5 golden generations who never won the World Cup

#4 Hungary (1950-1956)

The Miracle of Bern will always haunt the fans of Hungary till the end of time

Regarded as the most influential golden generation of football, the Hungary national team was so dominant during 1950-56 that they suffered only one defeat in 6 years - and that was in the 1954 World Cup final at the hands of West Germany, famously known as "Miracle of Bern".

Despite taking two early leads, Hungary - the no.1 ranked team at that time, succumbed 2-3 to West Germany, a team with amateurs, as the country had no national league back then.

Known as the Mighty Magyars, the golden generation included players like Ferenc Puskás, Sándor Kocsis, Nándor Hidegkuti, Zoltán Czibor, József Bozsik and Gyula Grosics. This team had won the Gold medal in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.

Apart from that, this generation had also played some of the most famous matches in football history. In 1953, they outplayed England team at Wembley stadium beating 6-3, which is often referred to as "the match of the century".

The match had such a widespread impact on English football that it changed the tactics and training of English clubs forever, accepting the more continental practices.

In what is widely known as " the Battle of Berne", Hungary demolished Brazil in the 1954 World Cup quarter-final, amid a series of fouls and fights on the pitch. The Brawl continued off the pitch, into the tunnels and even in the players' dressing rooms.

This golden generation was put to an abrupt end by the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, leaving the country without the taste of a World Cup.