Szalai back as Rossi names young Hungary squad

The names of Tamás Kiss, who plays for Cambuur in the Netherlands, and Botond Balogh, who plays for Parma in Italy, appear for the first time in a Marco Rossi squad.

Team captain Ádám Szalai, who was forced to miss the October matches due to rehabilitation following knee surgery, returns, and Bálint Vécsei and Zsolt Nagy keep their places after encouraging performances in October.

Hungary's forward line also looks a little different given that Roland Sallai is not in the squad due to injury and Nemanja Nikolic is omitted due to lack of game-time and format club level, but the talismanic Ádám Szalai is back and Kevin Varga features again recovering from injury.

“As everyone already knows, we won't make it to the World Cup, and that gives us an opportunity to focus even more on building the team of the future. Of course, if you look at the first squad we announced in 2018, you can see that a lot of changes have been made recently in favour of younger players, but that’s even truer this time, as can be seen by the selection of Botond Balogh and Tamás Kiss. Although Balogh isn’t playing regularly at Parma yet, we want to work with him and see up close what he can do. Tamás Kiss has the speed and explosiveness needed for international matches, although he still has to work to make good use of these abilities in the matches", Rossi said.

The Hungarian national squad:

Goalkeepers:

Ádám Bogdán (Ferencváros)
Dénes Dibusz (Ferencváros)
Péter Gulácsi (RB Leipzig)

Defenders:

Botond Balogh (Parma)
Bendegúz Bolla (Grasshoppers)
Endre Botka (Ferencváros)
Attila Fiola (MOL Fehérvár)
Ákos Kecskés (Nizhny Novgorod)
Ádám Lang (Omonia Nicosia)
Zsolt Nagy (PAFC)
Willi Orbán (RB Leipzig)
Attila Szalai (Fenerbahçe FK)

Midfielders:

Dániel Gazdag (Philadelphia Union)
László Kleinheisler (NK Osijek)
Adam Nagy (AC Pisa)
Loic Nego (MOL Fehérvár)
András Schäfer (DAC)
Dominik Szoboszlai (RB Leipzig)
Bálint Vécsei (Ferencváros)

Forwards:

János Hahn (DAC)
Tamás Kiss (SC Cambuur)
Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City)
Szabolcs Schön (FC Dallas)
Ádám Szalai (FSV Mainz 05)
Kevin Varga (Kasimpasa)