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KUBALA ÉS ZSENGELLÉR CSAPATA - A HUNGÁRIA FC TÖRTÉNETE A RÓMAI MENEKÜLTTÁBORTÓL KOLUMBIÁIG.
A well-illustrated history of post world War II history and football.
Hungaria FbC Roma was a football club which was active in the late fourties and early 1950s.
Hungaria FbC Roma was made up entirely of Hungarian expatriate players, or players of Hungarian origin. The club didn't play in any official matches, and instead only participated in exhibition matches. However, despite this, it still managed to attract a number of international players.
Hungaria disbanded while on tour in Colombia and was refounded as Deportivo Samarios on 10 March 1951. The team was founded with the help of José Eduardo Gnecco Correa and Eduardo Dávila Riascos and was formed by the squad of the Hungaria FbC Roma when it was disbanded after a tour in South America.
The first team consisted of10 Colombians, 8 Hungarians, 2 Yugoslavs, 1 Austrian, 1 Argentine, 1 Italian and 1 Romanian.
Deportivo Samarios debuted on league that same year and placed 14th. That season, the team achieved the record of the biggest win in the Colombian league against Universidad, with a score of 12–1.
The club was re-founded as Unión Magdalena on 19 April 1953.
22 x 16 cms, softback, 204 pages.
2023
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