Tibor Nyilasi

The native form of this personal name is Nyilasi Tibor. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Tibor Nyilasi (born 18 January 1955) is a retired Hungarian football player and manager. A midfielder, he signed with Ferencváros in 1972 and played there until transferring to Austria Wien in 1983. He made 70 appearances for the Hungary national team from 1975 to 1985, scoring 32 goals.^[1] He played in the 1978 FIFA World Cup (where he was sent off against Argentina) and the 1982 FIFA World Cup.^[2] After he retired as a player he was manager of Ferencváros. He has more recently also worked for the Hungarian Football Federation and is regularly appearing as a pundit on the Hungarian sports channel 'Sport TV'.

Tibor Nyilasi

Ferihegy Airport, András Bánó TV reporter Kálmán Mészöly national team manager and Tibor Nyilasi national team captain will report to TV Híradó.
Personal information
Date of birth	(1955-01-18) 18 January 1955 (age 70)
Place of birth	Várpalota, Hungary
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
0000–1972	Úttörőstadion SC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1972–1983	Ferencvárosi TC	243	(132)
1983–1988	Austria Wien	120	(81)
Total		363	(213)
International career
1975–1985	Hungary	70	(32)
Managerial career
1990–1994	Ferencvárosi TC
1997–1999	Ferencvárosi TC
2014–2015	Hungary (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Manager career

He managed Ferencvárosi TC twice. The first spell was between 6 June 1990 and 30 June 1994. During this period, Ferencváros played 128 matches. Ferencváros won 73 matches, drew only 25 matches, and lost 30 games. On 18 August 1990, he managed Ferencváros for the first time in a 5-0 victory over arch rivals Újpest.^[3] During his first spell, Péter Lipcsei became a solid player. Ferencváros won the 1991–92 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season^[4] and the 1990–91 Magyar Kupa, 1992–93 Magyar Kupa, and the 1993–94 Magyar Kupa seasons with Nyilasi.

His second spell started on 10 June 1997 and finished 17 December 1998.

Personal life

In April 2025, he had a cardiac surgery in Budapest.^[5]

Career Statistics

International

Scores and results list Hungary's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nyilasi goal.

List of international goals scored by Tibor Nyilasi

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	24 September 1975	Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary	Austria	1-0	2-1	UEFA Euro 1976 qualification	[6]
2	19 October 1975	Stadion Rohonci Út, Szombathely, Hungary	Luxembourg	2-0	8-1	UEFA Euro 1976 qualification	[7]
3				3-0
4				4-0
5				5-0
6				6-0
7	27 March 1976	Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary	Argentina	1-0	2-0	Friendly	[8]
8	13 October 1976	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Austria	1-0	4-2	Friendly	[9]
9				2-0
10	15 March 1977	Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran, Iran	Iran	2-0	2-0	Friendly	[10]
11	13 April 1977	Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary	Poland	1-0	2-1	Friendly	[11]
12				2-1
13	30 April 1977	Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary	Soviet Union	1-0	2-1	1978 FIFA World Cup qualification	[12]
14	28 May 1977	Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary	Greece	2-0	3-0	1978 FIFA World Cup qualification	[13]
15	12 October 1977	Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary	Sweden	1-0	3-0	Friendly	[14]
16	29 October 1977	Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary	Bolivia	1-0	6-0	1978 FIFA World Cup qualification	[15]
17	15 April 1978	Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary	Czechoslovakia	2-0	2-1	Friendly	[16]
18	15 April 1981	Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia, Spain	Spain	3-0	3-0	Friendly	[17]
19	14 October 1981	Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary	Switzerland	1-0	3-0	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification	[18]
20				2-0
21	24 March 1982	Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary	Austria	2-3	2-3	Friendly	[19]
22	15 June 1982	Nuevo Estadio, Elche, Spain	El Salvador	1-0	10-1	1982 FIFA World Cup	[20]
23				10-1
24	27 March 1983	Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	2-1	6-2	UEFA Euro 1984 qualification	[21]
25	17 April 1983	Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary	Luxembourg	2-0	6-2	UEFA Euro 1984 qualification	[22]
26				5-2
27	15 May 1983	Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary	Greece	1-1	2-3	UEFA Euro 1984 qualification	[23]
28	1 June 1983	Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark	Denmark	1-1	1-3	UEFA Euro 1984 qualification	[24]
29	7 September 1983	Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary	West Germany	1-0	1-1	Friendly	[25]
30	6 June 1984	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Belgium	2-1	2-2	Friendly	[26]
31	17 November 1984	Tsirio Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus	Cyprus	2-1	2-1	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification	[27]
32	3 April 1985	Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary	Cyprus	1-0	2-0	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification	[28]

Honours

Club

Ferencvárosi

• Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 1975–76, 1980–81,
• Hungarian Cup: 1973–74, 1975–76, 1977–78
• Cup Winners' Cup: Runner-up 1974–75

Austria Wien

• Austrian Bundesliga: 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86
• Austrian Cup: 1985–86

Individual

• ADN Eastern European Footballer of the Season: 1978^[29]
• Hungarian Top Scorer: 1980–81
• European Silver Boot: 1980–81
• UEFA Cup Top Scorer: 1983–84
• Austrian Top Scorer: 1983–84

Manager

Ferencvárosi

• Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 1991–92
• Hungarian Cup: 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94

Sources

• Ki kicsoda a magyar sportéletben?, II. kötet (I–R). Szekszárd, Babits Kiadó, 1995, p. 395., ISBN 963-495-011-6
• Nagy Béla: Fradisták (Sportpropaganda, 1981) ISBN 963-7542-44-2
• Nagy Béla: Fradi futballkönyv (Sportpropaganda, 1985) ISBN 963-7543-04-X
• Rejtő László–Lukács László–Szepesi György: Felejthetetlen 90 percek (Sportkiadó, 1977) ISBN 963-253-501-4
• Hoppe Pál – Szabó Ferenc: A Nyíl (Budapest, 1984)
• Nagy Béla: Nyilasi album (Budapest, 2003)
• His stats at Austria Wien