2017–18 Puskás FC season
# 2017–18 Puskás FC season

The 2017–18 season was Puskás FC's 4th competitive season, 1st consecutive season in the OTP Bank Liga and 7th year in existence as a football club.

## First team squad

As of 1 February, 2018.

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 | HUN | Balázs Tóth |
| 7 | FW | HUN | Márk Szécsi |
| 8 | MF | HUN | Dávid Márkvárt (captain) |
| 9 | FW | MLI | Ulysse Diallo |
| 10 | FW | HUN | András Radó |
| 11 | FW | HUN | Dániel Prosser |
| 12 | MF | HUN | Balázs Balogh |
| 14 | DF | BEL | Jonathan Heris |
| 15 | MF | CMR | Patrick Mevoungou |
| 17 | MF | HUN | László Zsidai |
| 19 | GK | HUN | Lajos Hegedűs |
| 20 | DF | HUN | Vilmos Vanczák |
| 21 | DF | SVN | Denis Klinar |
| 23 | DF | HUN | Csaba Spandler |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | DF | HUN | Patrik Poór |
| 27 | MF | ALB | Liridon Latifi |
| 28 | MF | CRO | Stipe Bačelić-Grgić |
| 30 | MF | CRO | Josip Knežević |
| 33 | FW | HUN | Gábor Molnár |
| 44 | GK | SRB | Branislav Danilović |
| 55 | MF | HUN | Péter Szakály |
| 68 | DF | HUN | János Hegedűs |
| 71 | DF | HUN | Attila Osváth |
| 77 | FW | CRO | Antonio Perošević |
| 80 | MF | HUN | Márk Madarász |
| — | MF | URU | Gonzalo Vega |
| — | DF | SVN | Dejan Trajkovski |
| — | FW | NGA | Ezekiel Henty (on loan from Videoton) |

### Out on loan

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 13 | DF | HUN | Ádám Csilus (at Nyíregyháza Spartacus FC) |
| 18 | MF | HUN | Attila Polonkai (at Csákvári TK) |
| 22 | DF | HUN | Zsolt Tar (at Csákvári TK) |
| 25 | DF | HUN | Zsolt Nagy (at Csákvári TK) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | DF | CRO | Ivor Horvat (at Csákvári TK) |
| — | DF | HUN | Ádám Lipcsei (at Csákvári TK) |
| — | MF | HUN | Dávid Mészáros (at Csákvári TK) |

## Transfers

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 7 | FW | HUN | Márk Szécsi (from Nyíregyháza) |
| 9 | FW | MLI | Ulysse Diallo (from Mezőkövesd) |
| 10 | FW | HUN | András Radó (from Ferencváros) |
| 12 | MF | HUN | Balázs Balogh (from Újpest) |
| 14 | DF | BEL | Jonathan Heris (from Újpest) |
| 15 | MF | CMR | Patrick Mevoungou (from Diósgyőr) |
| 16 | MF | HUN | Roland Sallai (from return from Palermo) |
| 24 | DF | HUN | Patrik Poór (from MTK Budapest) |
| 27 | MF | ALB | Liridon Latifi (from Skënderbeu Korçë) |
| 28 | MF | CRO | Stipe Bačelić-Grgić (from return from Mezőkövesd) |
| 30 | MF | CRO | Josip Knežević (from Osijek) |
| 32 | DF | CRO | Ivor Horvat (from Koper) |
| 33 | FW | HUN | Gábor Molnár (from Mezőkövesd) |
| 44 | GK | SRB | Branislav Danilović (from return from Debrecen) |
| 71 | DF | HUN | Attila Osváth (from Vasas) |
| 77 | FW | CRO | Antonio Perošević (from Osijek) |
| 80 | MF | HUN | Márk Madarász (from Gyirmót) |
| — | DF | HUN | Ádám Lipcsei (from return from Csákvár) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | HUN | Bence Gundel-Takács (to Újpest) |
| 2 | DF | HUN | Tibor Heffler (to Cegléd) |
| 3 | DF | HUN | Gyula Forró (to Nyíregyháza) |
| 5 | DF | HUN | Bence Tóth (to Videoton) |
| 6 | DF | HUN | Gábor Gyömbér (to Soroksár) |
| 7 | MF | UKR | Dmytro Lyopa (to Osijek) |
| 7 | MF | HUN | László Pekár (to Nyíregyháza) |
| 10 | FW | HUN | Zsolt Óvári (to Diósgyőr) |
| 15 | MF | HUN | Bence Szabó (to Videoton) |
| 16 | MF | HUN | Roland Sallai (to APOEL Nicosia) |
| 17 | FW | HUN | Gábor Makrai (to Diósgyőr) |
| 29 | FW | HUN | László Lencse (to MTK Budapest) |
| 23 | GK | HUN | Krisztián Pogacsics (to Balmazújváros) |
| 32 | MF | HUN | Lóránd Szatmári (to Győr) |
| 49 | DF | SRB | Branko Pauljević (to Újpest) |
| 52 | DF | HUN | Alex Damásdi (to Cegléd) |
| 91 | DF | HUN | Gergő Vaszicsku (to Budafok) |
| — | DF | HUN | Ákos Fodor (to Kisvárda) |
| — | DF | HUN | Dániel Kertai (to Iváncsa) |

## Statistics

### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 23 September 2017.

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | OTP Bank Liga | OTP Bank Liga | Hungarian Cup | Hungarian Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 7 | FW | HUN | Márk Szécsi | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | HUN | Dávid Márkvárt | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | MLI | Ulysse Diallo | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | HUN | András Radó | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | HUN | Dániel Prosser | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | HUN | Balázs Balogh | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | BEL | Jonathan Heris | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | CMR | Patrick Mevoungou | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | HUN | László Zsidai | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | GK | HUN | Lajos Hegedűs | 7 | -10 | 7 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | HUN | Vilmos Vanczák | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | HUN | Csaba Spandler | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | HUN | Patrik Poór | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ALB | Liridon Latifi | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | CRO | Stipe Bačelić-Grgić | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | CRO | Josip Knežević | 9 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | HUN | Gábor Molnár | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | GK | SRB | Branislav Danilović | 3 | -6 | 3 | -6 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | HUN | Péter Szakály | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | DF | HUN | János Hegedűs | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | FW | HUN | Attila Osváth | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Youth players: ||||||||||
| Out to loan: ||||||||||
| 13 | DF | HUN | Ádám Csilus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | HUN | Attila Polonkai | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | HUN | Zsolt Nagy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | CRO | Ivor Horvat | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: ||||||||||
| 16 | MF | HUN | Roland Sallai | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

    Last updated on 23 September 2017

| Position | Nation | Number | Name | OTP Bank Liga | Hungarian Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | | 30 | Josip Knežević | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | | 9 | Ulysse Diallo | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | | 33 | Gábor Molnár | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | | 55 | Péter Szakály | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | | 14 | Jonathan Heris | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | | 11 | Dániel Prosser | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| / | / | / | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | TOTALS | 15 | 0 | 15 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.

    Last updated on 23 September 2017

| Position | Number | Name | OTP Bank Liga | OTP Bank Liga | Hungarian Cup | Hungarian Cup | Total (Hu Total) | Total (Hu Total) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| MF | 8 | Dávid Márkvárt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (4) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 9 | Ulysse Diallo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (3) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 11 | Dániel Prosser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 12 | Balázs Balogh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 14 | Jonathan Heris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 15 | Patrick Mevoungou | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 20 | Vilmos Vanczák | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 23 | Csaba Spandler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 24 | Patrik Poór | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 30 | Josip Knežević | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 55 | Péter Szakály | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 68 | János Hegedűs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 71 | Attila Osváth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (3) | 0 (0) |
| | | TOTALS | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 (25) | 0 (0) |

### Overall

| Games played | 10 (10 OTP Bank Liga and 0 Hungarian Cup) |
| - | - |
| Games won | 4 (4 OTP Bank Liga and 0 Hungarian Cup) |
| Games drawn | 2 (2 OTP Bank Liga and 0 Hungarian Cup) |
| Games lost | 4 (4 OTP Bank Liga and 0 Hungarian Cup) |
| Goals scored | 15 |
| Goals conceded | 16 |
| Goal difference | -1 |
| Yellow cards | 25 |
| Red cards | 0 |
| Worst discipline | Dávid Márkvárt (4 , 0 ) |
| Best result | 5–1 (A) v Szombathelyi Haladás - OTP Bank Liga - 26-08-2017 |
| Worst result | 0–3 (A) v Debrecen - OTP Bank Liga - 23-09-2017 |
| Most appearances | Ulysse Diallo (10 appearances) |
| Most appearances | Balázs Balogh (10 appearances) |
| Most appearances | Jonathan Heris (10 appearances) |
| Most appearances | Patrick Mevoungou (10 appearances) |
| Top scorer | Josip Knežević (5 goal) |
| Top scorer | Ulysse Diallo (5 goal) |
| Points | 14/30 (46.67%) |

Last updated: 23 September 2017 Source:

## Nemzeti Bajnokság I

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Honvéd | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 47 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Debrecen | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 44 | |
| 6 | Puskás Akadémia | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 43 | |
| 7 | Paks | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 42 | |
| 8 | Szombathelyi Haladás | 33 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 38 | |

* ↑ Since the winners of the 2017–18 Magyar Kupa, Újpest, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 |

Last updated: 23 September 2017. Source: NB1

### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
