The Hungary national team's Head coach Sandor Egervari was appointed as head coach of the senior team ahead of Euro 2012 qualifying in which Hungary were playing against Finland, Moldova, the Netherlands, San Marino and Sweden. Hungary took six wins, lost one, and lost three games when they ended the group third with 19 points. In the process of qualifying in September of the year 2011, Hungary was ranked 27th position on the FIFA World Ranking, their highest ranking to the present. [61] At the close of the year the team of the national team played Liechtenstein in memory of the recently passed away Florian Albert, who was the only Hungarian footballer to be awarded the Ballon d'Or.
Hungary were in the group D for Their 2014. World Cup qualifying, along with the Netherlands, Turkey, Romania, Estonia and Andorra. They had 14 points when they entered the final round of games but fell to a national record loss of 8-1 to the Netherlands and this led to the resignation of the head director Sandor Egervari. In their final game of the group which ended in a 2-0 win over Andorra, Hungary were led by interim director Jozsef Csabi. They came in third in the group with 17 points. They missed out on qualifying. After the game and the game's end, forward Adam Szalai gave a press conference, delivering a powerful harsh monologue on his impression of "continuously telling our fans lies" in suggesting that the team could have an opportunity to compete with the top teams around the world. Similar views have been voiced earlier from midfielder Szabolcs Huszti. The time was when an film crew started filming the team in their matches and preparations. Meg 50 perc, the documentary Meg 50 Perc, was finally released in 2016, shortly prior to Euro 2016.
Attila Pinter was named the director of coaching for the national team in December of 2013. Some[who?] considered this decision to be controversial due to Pinter's lack of popularity among fans and players alike. The team played its first match at the recently constructed Groupama Arena on 7 September 2014, and suffered a 2-1 loss against Northern Ireland in Euro 2016 qualifying. Pinter was then removed, and Pal Dardai being appointed as an interim replacement for three games. He declined an offer to head his team on a long-term contract, and was nevertheless kept on. In the following months, Dardai was at Hertha BSC, where he was been a passing youth coach. He became manager for the initial team, but he was in charge of the team. The summer of 2015 Dardai quit as head coach for the Hungarian national team, deciding to devote himself to his job as Hertha manager. He was succeeded by German director of sports for the Hungarian Football Association, Bernd Storckin July of 2015. Storck was able to continue exercising in the interim from the position of Sports Director at the Association.
On the 15th of November, 2015, a Storck-led Hungary was selected to host its very first European Championship (UEFA Euro 2016) after 44 years at the time Hungary was selected for the 1972 event. Hungary defeated Norway in the opening leg of the qualifying playoffs by 1-0 with the sole goal made from Laszlo Kleinheisler. In the second leg, Hungary beat Norway 2-1 and qualified for the Euro 2016 finals. After defeating Austria by 2-0 and drawing with Iceland, Hungary played an amazing 3-3 draw against the eventual Euro winner Portugal. After that, Hungary managed to qualify for the round of 16 with one game left, which was their most impressive Euro as well as World Cup performance in over 40 years.
Hungary was not able to make it to qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia because they fell outside the qualifying spots. In the process, they played in a draw in a match against Faroe Islands and were humiliated after losing to Andorra 1-1. After not qualifying, the manager Bernd Storck resigned. On the 10th of November, 2017, Hungary was again embarrassed after being defeated by Luxembourg by 2-1 in an informal match. The 30th of October, 2017 Georges Leekens was appointed as the director for the new season. Hungary suffered defeat in both games in March of 2018, the first of which was a disappointing one to minnows Kazakhstan (2-3).
On the 19th of June, 2018, after three defeats and a draw during his rule, Leekens was let go and Marco Rossi was appointed in his place.
2019-19 UEFA Nations League C saw Hungary drawn alongside Finland, Greece and Estonia. Hungary enjoyed a surprisingly successful performance, but losing against Finland and Greece made it impossible for them to be at the top group. In the end, UEFA revised the formula in the aftermath, which meant Hungary was officially elevated into 2020-21 UEFA Nations League B, having finished second prior to.
It was reported that the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying drew an unsatisfactory outcome in favor of the Hungarians. They were in the group E. they were up against Croatia, Wales, Slovakia and Azerbaijan which won the silver medal at the 2018 FIFA World Cup while the Azerbaijan was one of the 12 host countries at the tournament. Hungary was able to win in the face of Croatia and Wales at home, scoring important victories, as in a string of victories against Azerbaijan. However, two consecutive losses against Slovakia and away defeats against Croatia and Wales The final loss occurring just in the event that Hungary was able to be directly qualified, which sent Hungary to a disappointing fourth place result, which was a disappointment for the Welsh who were able to qualify directly. The good news is that Hungary did manage to be a part of the play-offs and was thanked for coming 2nd in the group in the Nations League, behind Finland and scheduled to play Bulgaria.