2019–20 Újpest FC season
# 2019–20 Újpest FC season

The 2019–20 season was Újpest Football Club's 139th competitive season, 128nd consecutive season in the OTP Bank Liga and 127th year in existence as a football club.

## Season events

On 25 February, Újpest announced that their home games against Puskás Akadémia and Paks would be played at the ZTE Arena in Zalaegerszeg instead of Újpest's regular Szusza Ferenc Stadion in Budapest.

On 11 March, the Hungarian Football Federation announced that all games would be played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, before announcing that all games had been postponed on 16 March.

## Squad

    As of 7 February 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | SRB | Filip Pajović |
| 4 | DF | MKD | Kire Ristevski |
| 5 | DF | HUN | Róbert Litauszki (captain) |
| 6 | MF | NGA | Obinna Nwobodo |
| 7 | MF | HUN | Krisztián Simon |
| 8 | FW | ISL | Aron Bjarnason |
| 9 | FW | HUN | Patrik Bacsa |
| 10 | FW | HUN | Donát Zsótér |
| 11 | MF | CRO | Antonio Perošević |
| 14 | FW | HUN | Áron Csongvai |
| 15 | MF | GUI | Moussa Corso Traoré (loan from Vasalunds) |
| 17 | MF | HUN | Péter Szakály |
| 19 | FW | HUN | Márk Koszta |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | ROU | Andreias Calcan |
| 21 | DF | HUN | Benjamin Balázs |
| 22 | MF | SVK | Jakub Sedláček |
| 23 | GK | HUN | Dávid Banai |
| 24 | MF | HUN | Barnabás Rácz |
| 27 | MF | HUN | Mátyás Katona |
| 28 | DF | BEL | Jonathan Heris |
| 30 | MF | NGA | Vincent Onovo |
| 34 | GK | HUN | Zoltán Tomori |
| 49 | DF | SRB | Branko Pauljević |
| 55 | DF | HUN | Zsolt Máté |
| 68 | DF | BIH | Dženan Bureković |
| 86 | FW | HUN | Soma Novothny |

## Transfers

### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 11 June 2019 | MF | Karol Mészáros | Szombathely | Undisclosed |
| 18 June 2019 | DF | Zsolt Máté | Újpest II | Promoted |
| 28 June 2019 | FW | Márk Koszta | Mezőkövesd | Undisclosed |
| 8 July 2019 | FW | Aron Bjarnason | Breiðablik | Undisclosed |
| 27 August 2019 | GK | Tamás Fadgyas | Nyíregyháza | Undisclosed |
| 29 August 2019 | MF | Péter Szakály | Puskás Akadémia | Undisclosed |
| 29 August 2019 | FW | Róbert Feczesin | Adanaspor | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2019 | DF | Jonathan Heris | Puskás Akadémia | Undisclosed |
| 6 September 2019 | FW | Antonio Perošević | Puskás Akadémia | Undisclosed |
| 22 January 2020 | FW | Patrik Bacsa | Diósgyőri VTK | Undisclosed |
| 23 January 2020 | FW | Andreias Calcan | Viitorul Constanța | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2020 | MF | Jakub Sedláček | Pohronie | Undisclosed |
| 7 February 2020 | GK | Zoltán Tomori | Budapest Honvéd | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Winter 2020 | MF | | Moussa Corso Traoré | Vasalunds | End of season | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 28 June 2019 | MF | Dániel Nagy | Mezőkövesd | Undisclosed |
| 3 July 2019 | FW | Patrik Tischler | Kisvárda | Undisclosed |
| 5 July 2019 | FW | Theophilus Solomon | Partizani Tirana | Undisclosed |
| 15 August 2019 | FW | Lacina Traoré | CFR Cluj | Undisclosed |
| 29 August 2019 | GK | Bence Gundel-Takács | Fehérvár | Undisclosed |
| 6 January 2020 | GK | Tamás Fadgyas | Nyíregyháza Spartacus | Undisclosed |
| 6 January 2020 | MF | Lóránt Kovács | Sepsi OSK | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 March 2019 | FW | Soma Novothny | Busan IPark | End of 2019 |
| Summer 2019 | DF | Kristóf Szűcs | Vác | End of season |
| Summer 2019 | DF | Marko Filipović | Vác | End of season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 June 2019 | DF | Mijuško Bojović | Keşla | 11 July 2019 |
| 17 June 2019 | MF | Alassane Diallo | FC 93 | |
| 6 January 2020 | MF | Bojan Sanković | Irtysh Pavlodar | 11 January 2020 |
| 6 January 2020 | MF | Karol Mészáros | Dynamo České Budějovice | |
| 16 January 2020 | MF | Róbert Feczesin | Vasas SC | 16 January 2020 |
| January 2020 | FW | Rosy Lubaki | | |
| 29 June 2020 | DF | Jonathan Heris | KAS Eupen | 14 July 2020 |
| 29 June 2020 | DF | Benjamin Balázs | MTK Budapest | |
| 29 June 2020 | DF | Róbert Litauszki | Vasas | |
| 29 June 2020 | FW | Soma Novothny | VfL Bochum | 7 September 2020 |
| 29 June 2020 | FW | Donát Zsótér | Budapest Honvéd | |

## Competitions

### Nemzeti Bajnokság I

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Mezőkövesd | 33 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 50 | |
| 5 | Honvéd | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 44 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 6 | Újpest | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 43 | |
| 7 | Zalaegerszeg | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 51 | 44 | +7 | 43 | |
| 8 | Kisvárda | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 42 | |

* ↑ Budapest Honvéd qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2019–20 Magyar Kupa.

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 27 June 2020. Source: NB1

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | L | W | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | D | D | L | W | W |
| Position | 12 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 |

## Squad Statistics

    As of match played 27 June 2020

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | NB I | NB I | Magyar Kupa | Magyar Kupa |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SRB | Filip Pajović | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | MKD | Kire Ristevski | 32 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | HUN | Róbert Litauszki | 14 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | NGA | Obinna Nwobodo | 37 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | HUN | Krisztián Simon | 33 | 5 | 24+5 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | ISL | Aron Bjarnason | 18 | 2 | 5+11 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | HUN | Patrik Bacsa | 14 | 2 | 2+12 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | HUN | Donát Zsótér | 31 | 3 | 21+6 | 3 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CRO | Antonio Perošević | 19 | 1 | 10+6 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | HUN | Áron Csongvai | 13 | 1 | 4+6 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | HUN | Péter Szakály | 25 | 1 | 14+6 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | HUN | Márk Koszta | 21 | 4 | 2+16 | 3 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | ROU | Andreias Calcan | 11 | 2 | 6+3 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | HUN | Benjamin Balázs | 26 | 1 | 17+6 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SVK | Jakub Sedláček | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | HUN | Dávid Banai | 25 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | HUN | Barnabás Rácz | 9 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | HUN | Mátyás Katona | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | BEL | Jonathan Heris | 30 | 2 | 25+1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | NGA | Vincent Onovo | 37 | 3 | 29+3 | 2 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 49 | DF | SRB | Branko Pauljević | 30 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | HUN | Zsolt Máté | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | DF | BIH | Dženan Bureković | 32 | 0 | 25+2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 86 | FW | HUN | Soma Novothny | 19 | 6 | 16+1 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Players away on loan : ||||||||||
| Players who left Újpest during the season: ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | HUN | Róbert Feczesin | 14 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | MNE | Bojan Sanković | 18 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ROU | Lóránt Kovács | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | SVK | Karol Mészáros | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | NB I | Magyar Kupa | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | MF | | 9 | Róbert Feczesin | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | FW | | 86 | Soma Novothny | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| | MF | | 7 | Krisztián Simon | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | | 6 | Obinna Nwobodo | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | | 19 | Márk Koszta | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 6 | MF | | 10 | Donát Zsótér | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| MF | 6 | | 30 | Vincent Onovo | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| | | | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 6 | FW | | 20 | Andreias Calcan | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | | 4 | Kire Ristevski | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | | 9 | Patrik Bacsa | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | | 28 | Jonathan Heris | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | | 8 | Aron Bjarnason | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | | 21 | Benjamin Balázs | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | | 18 | Bojan Sanković | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | | 5 | Róbert Litauszki | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | | 49 | Branko Pauljević | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | | 55 | Zsolt Máté | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | | 17 | Péter Szakály | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | | 11 | Antonio Perošević | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | | 14 | Áron Csongvai | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | | TOTALS | 45 | 10 | 55 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | NB I | Magyar Kupa | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | 23 | Dávid Banai | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | GK | 1 | Filip Pajović | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| | | | TOTALS | 7 | 3 | 10 |

### Disciplinary Record

| Number | Position | Name | NB I | NB I | Magyar Kupa | Magyar Kupa | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | DF | Kire Ristevski | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Róbert Litauszki | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Obinna Nwobodo | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Krisztián Simon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Aron Bjarnason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Patrik Bacsa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | Donát Zsótér | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Antonio Perošević | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Áron Csongvai | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Péter Szakály | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Andreias Calcan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | Benjamin Balázs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | GK | Dávid Banai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Mátyás Katona | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Jonathan Heris | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Vincent Onovo | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 49 | DF | Branko Pauljević | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 68 | DF | Dženan Bureković | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 86 | FW | Soma Novothny | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players who left Újpest during the season: ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | Róbert Feczesin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Bojan Sanković | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Lóránt Kovács | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 63 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 67 | 4 |
