# 2008–09 Rákospalotai EAC season

The 2008–09 season was Rákospalotai Egyetértés Atlétikai Club's or shortly REAC's 62nd competitive season, 4th consecutive season in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I and 96th year in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, Rákospalota participated in this season's editions of the Magyar Kupa and Ligakupa.
In the previous season they played their home games in Sopron in the spring, but now they are back as REAC and in their stadium, as the lumination in the facility has been completed. The club started the season under the leadership of Zoltán Aczél, who was sacked after the 5–3 defeat to Honvéd. He got replaced until the end of the year by Sándor Nagy, who managed U-16 team of REAC before. The position could not be kept by him due to lack of UEFA Pro License. The final choice for the position went to Tamás Hevesi, a musician and coach of the Ferencváros women's team. Finally, they accept his resignation after the 4–0 loss against Debrecen and Nagy would be back in charge indefinitely.
The relegation became inevitable for the team due to being in last place almost all season.

## First team squad

The players listed had league appearances and stayed until the end of the season.
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 | Mátyás Esterházy |
| 2 | DF | HUN | Balázs Dinka |
| 4 | MF | HUN | Ádám Csobánki (on loan from Fehérvár) |
| 5 | DF | HUN | Balázs Sallai |
| 6 | MF | HUN | András Kőhalmi |
| 7 | MF | HUN | Gergő Cseri |
| 8 | DF | HUN | Vince Kapcsos |
| 9 | MF | HUN | Zoltán Varga (on loan from Debrecen) |
| 10 | FW | HUN | Gábor Torma |
| 11 | FW | HUN | Krisztián Nyerges |
| 12 | GK | HUN | Levente Szántai |
| 13 | MF | HUN | Tamás Kiss |
| 14 | MF | HUN | Balázs Kovács |
| 15 | MF | HUN | Roland Dancs |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | HUN | Ármin Tihanyi |
| 18 | MF | HUN | Zoltán Pintér |
| 19 | MF | HUN | György Rézmányi |
| 20 | MF | HUN | Károly Erős |
| 21 | DF | HUN | Árpád Ambrusz (on loan from Nyíregyháza) |
| 22 | MF | HUN | Gergő Jeremiás |
| 23 | MF | HUN | Gergő Rása |
| 24 | MF | HUN | Tamás Hajdú |
| 25 | DF | HUN | Tibor Pomper |
| 26 | DF | HUN | Tamás Gasparik |
| 27 | FW | HUN | Károly Nagy |
| 28 | MF | HUN | Dávid Kósa |
| 29 | MF | HUN | Attila Héger |
| 33 | DF | HUN | Zoltán Kovács (on loan from Győr) |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | From |
| Summer | DF | 3 | Balázs Gallé | Újpest |
| Summer | N/A | 5 | László Csorba | Bánk |
| Summer | FW | 9 | Tamás Nagy | B36 Tórshavn |
| Summer | N/A | 11 | Marcell Odor | Rákosmente |
| Summer | GK | 16 | Péter Tóth | Veresegyház |
| Summer | MF | 18 | Iván Balaskó | Paks |
| Summer | DF | 19 | Ádám Horváth | Barcs |
| Summer | MF | 21 | Krisztián Lisztes | Ferencváros |
| Summer | MF | 22 | Gergő Jeremiás | Bőcs |
| Summer | MF | 23 | Gergő Rása | Újpest |
| Summer | DF | 25 | Tibor Pomper | Honvéd |
| Summer | FW | 25 | Márton Göntér | Haladás VSE |
| Summer | N/A | 26 | Roland Szűcs | Bánk |
| Summer | FW | 27 | Károly Nagy | MTK |
| Summer | N/A | 27 | Gergely Bakos | Rákosmente |
| Summer | FW | 28 | Róbert Hajnal | Vasas |
| Summer | MF | 29 | Balázs Oláh | Újpest |
| Summer | N/A | 29 | Gergely Sebestyén | Vasas |
| Spring | 19 | MF | György Rézmányi | Steinkjer |
| Winter | DF | 17 | Gábor Horváth III | Honvéd |
| Winter | MF | 18 | Zoltán Pintér | Diósgyőr |
| Winter | MF | 28 | Dávid Kósa | Jászapáti |

### Transfers out

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | To |
| Summer | GK | 1 | Dániel Botlik | Honvéd |
| Summer | MF | 9 | Zoltán Varga | Debrecen |
| Summer | N/A | 15 | Kristóf Schlafer | Vasas |
| Summer | FW | 18 | Gergely Délczeg | Zalaegerszeg |
| Summer | MF | 24 | Norbert Zana | Szolnok |
| Summer | MF | 27 | Dániel Nagy | ESMTK |
| Summer | N/A | 28 | Ferenc Baghy | ESMTK |
| Summer | DF | 30 | Olivér Pusztai | Austria Kärnten |
| Autumn | DF | 17 | Gábor Horváth I | Siófok |
| Winter | FW | 9 | Tamás Nagy | Zöbern |
| Winter | GK | 16 | Tamás Floszmann | Százhalombatta |
| Winter | MF | 18 | Iván Balaskó | Liberty Oradea |
| Winter | DF | 19 | Ádám Horváth | Soroksár |
| Winter | MF | 21 | Krisztián Lisztes | Hansa Rostock |
| Winter | FW | 28 | Róbert Hajnal | Union Gschwandt |

### Loans in

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | From | End date |
| Summer | FW | 4 | Tamás Tandari | Vasas | December 2008 |
| Winter | MF | 4 | Ádám Csobánki | Fehérvár | End of season |
| Winter | MF | 9 | Zoltán Varga | Debrecen | End of season |
| Winter | DF | 21 | Árpád Ambrusz | Nyíregyháza | End of season |
| Winter | DF | 33 | Zoltán Kovács | Győr | End of season |

### Loans out

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | To | End date | Ref |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 26 July 2008 | 30 May 2009 | Matchday 1 | 16th | 30 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 33 | 73 | −40 | 010.00 |
| Magyar Kupa | 3 September 2008 | 22 October 2008 | Third round | Round of 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 050.00 |
| Ligakupa | 1 October 2008 | 15 February 2009 | Group stage | Group stage | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 28 | −14 | 030.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 59 | 104 | −45 | 018.18 |
Source: Competitions

### Nemzeti Bajnokság I
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Diósgyőr | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 45 | −16 | 33 | |
| 13 | Budapest Honvéd | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 46 | −15 | 32 | Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round |
| 14 | Nyíregyháza | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 32 | |
| 15 | Siófok (R) | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 30 | 56 | −26 | 26 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II |
| 16 | Rákospalota (R) | 30 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 33 | 73 | −40 | 15 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II |
* ↑ Budapest Honvéd won the 2008–09 Hungarian Cup and thereby qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Hungarian Football Federation

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | D | L | L |
| Position | 9 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |

#### Matches
### Magyar Kupa

Round of 16

### Ligakupa
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FEH | HON | FER | KEC | RAK | BAK |
| 1 | Fehérvár | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 9 | +20 | 24 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 8–0 |
| 2 | Honvéd | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 16 | +17 | 19 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 5–3 | 8–1 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Ferencváros | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 19 | | 2–3 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 4 | Kecskemét | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 11 | | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | — | 2–2 | 4–0 |
| 5 | Rákospalota | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 28 | −14 | 10 | | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | — | 4–1 |
| 6 | Baktalórántháza | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 41 | −38 | 0 | | 0–2 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 0–2 | — |

## Statistics
### Overall

Appearances (Apps) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only, including sub appearances. Source: Competitions
| No. | Player | Pos. | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Magyar Kupa | Magyar Kupa | Magyar Kupa | Ligakupa | Ligakupa | Ligakupa | Ligakupa | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Player | Pos. | Apps | | | | Apps | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | |
| 1 | Mátyás Esterházy | GK | 9 | | 1 | | 4 | | | 2 | | | | 15 | | 1 | |
| 1 | Gergely Szalay | GK | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Balázs Dinka | DF | 12 | | 1 | | 2 | | | 3 | | | | 17 | | 1 | |
| 3 | Balázs Gallé | DF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Tamás Tandari | FW | | | | | 1 | 1 | | 2 | | | | 3 | 1 | | |
| 4 | Ádám Csobánki | MF | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Balázs Sallai | DF | 28 | | 5 | | 3 | | | 6 | 1 | | 1 | 37 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | László Csorba | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | |
| 6 | András Kőhalmi | MF | 22 | | 3 | | 4 | 1 | | 7 | | 1 | | 33 | 1 | 4 | |
| 7 | Gergő Cseri | MF | 23 | 1 | 5 | | 3 | | | 7 | | | | 33 | 1 | 5 | |
| 7 | Bálint Benke | MF | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | |
| 8 | Vince Kapcsos | DF | 23 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | | 34 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| 9 | Tamás Nagy | FW | 5 | | 2 | | | | | | | | | 5 | | 2 | |
| 9 | Zoltán Varga | MF | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | | | | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | Gábor Torma | FW | 20 | 6 | | | 3 | 3 | | 6 | 4 | | | 29 | 13 | | |
| 11 | Krisztián Nyerges | FW | 29 | 9 | 1 | | 4 | 2 | | 6 | | | | 39 | 11 | 1 | |
| 11 | Marcell Odor | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | |
| 12 | Levente Szántai | GK | 21 | | 4 | | | | | 9 | | | | 30 | | 4 | |
| 13 | Tamás Kiss | MF | 10 | 1 | 2 | | | | | 9 | | | | 19 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 | Ádám Szoboszlai | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | |
| 14 | Balázs Kovács | MF | 16 | | 5 | | 3 | | 1 | 6 | | 3 | | 25 | | 9 | |
| 15 | Roland Dancs | MF | 28 | 5 | 5 | | 4 | 1 | | 8 | 4 | 2 | | 40 | 10 | 7 | |
| 16 | Dániel Schön | GK | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Péter Tóth | GK | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | |
| 17 | Gábor Horváth I | DF | 7 | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | 7 | | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Gábor Horváth II | DF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 17 | Ármin Tihanyi | MF | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | 4 | | | |
| 17 | Sándor Imre | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | |
| 17 | Ádám Kramlik | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | |
| 18 | Iván Balaskó | MF | 9 | | 2 | | 4 | 1 | | 2 | | | | 15 | 1 | 2 | |
| 18 | Zoltán Pintér | MF | 12 | | 5 | | | | | 2 | | 1 | | 14 | | 6 | |
| 19 | György Rézmányi | MF | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | | | |
| 19 | Ádám Horváth | DF | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | |
| 20 | Károly Erős | MF | 18 | | 7 | 1 | 3 | | 2 | 6 | | 3 | | 27 | | 12 | 1 |
| 21 | Krisztián Lisztes | MF | 14 | 4 | 3 | | 2 | | | 3 | 1 | | | 19 | 5 | 3 | |
| 21 | Árpád Ambrusz | DF | 9 | | 5 | | | | | | | | | 9 | | 5 | |
| 22 | Gergő Jeremiás | MF | 27 | 2 | 2 | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | | | | 37 | 3 | 3 | |
| 23 | Gergő Rása | MF | 13 | | 4 | | 3 | | | 3 | | | | 19 | | 4 | |
| 23 | Lóránd Csorja | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | |
| 24 | Tamás Hajdú | MF | 1 | | | | | | | 3 | | 1 | | 4 | | 1 | |
| 25 | Tibor Pomper | DF | 16 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | | 1 | 7 | | 1 | | 26 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 25 | Márton Göntér | FW | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | |
| 26 | Tamás Gasparik | DF | 3 | | | | 1 | | 1 | 7 | | 1 | | 11 | | 2 | |
| 26 | Roland Szűcs | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | |
| 27 | Károly Nagy | FW | 4 | | | | | | | 6 | | | | 10 | | | |
| 27 | Gergely Bakos | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | |
| 28 | Dávid Kósa | MF | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 28 | Róbert Hajnal | FW | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | |
| 29 | Attila Héger | MF | 1 | | | | 1 | | | 5 | | | | 7 | | | |
| 29 | Balázs Oláh | MF | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | 3 | | | |
| 29 | Gergely Sebestyén | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | |
| 30 | Károly Illés | MF | | | | | | | | 4 | | | | 4 | | | |
| 33 | Zoltán Kovács | DF | 11 | | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | 11 | | 3 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 33 | 75 | 7 | | 12 | 7 | | 14 | 16 | 1 | | 59 | 98 | 8 |

### Clean sheets

| | | | Clean sheets | Clean sheets | Clean sheets | Clean sheets |
| No. | Player | Games Played | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Magyar Kupa | Ligakupa | Total |
| 12 | Levente Szántai | 30 | 1 | | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Mátyás Esterházy | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | Péter Tóth | 1 | | | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Gergely Szalay | 0 | | | | 0 |
| 16 | Dániel Schön | 0 | | | | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |