# 2018–19 Újpest FC season

The 2018–19 season was Újpest Football Club's 138th competitive season, 127nd consecutive season in the OTP Bank Liga and 126th year in existence as a football club.

## Squad

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 |
| 2 | DF | HUN | Kristóf Szűcs |
| 4 | DF | MKD | Kire Ristevski |
| 5 | DF | HUN | Róbert Litauszki (captain) |
| 6 | MF | NGA | Obinna Nwobodo |
| 7 | FW | HUN | Krisztián Simon |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Theophilus Solomon |
| 10 | MF | HUN | Donát Zsótér |
| 14 | MF | MLI | Alassane Diallo |
| 18 | MF | CRO | Bojan Sanković |
| 19 | DF | MNE | Mijuško Bojović |
| 21 | MF | HUN | Benjamin Balázs |
| 22 | DF | HUN | Dávid Mohl |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | GK | HUN | Dávid Banai |
| 24 | MF | HUN | Barnabás Rácz |
| 26 | MF | HUN | Dániel Nagy |
| 27 | MF | ROU | Lóránt Kovács |
| 30 | MF | NGA | Vincent Onovo |
| 31 | FW | COD | Rosy Lubaki |
| 35 | GK | HUN | Bence Gundel-Takács |
| 49 | MF | SRB | Branko Pauljević |
| 68 | DF | BIH | Dženan Bureković |
| 77 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Beridze (on loan from Gent) |
| 90 | FW | CIV | Lacina Traoré |
| 99 | FW | HUN | Dániel Lukács (on loan from Honvéd) |

### 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 |
| 9 | FW | HUN | Patrik Tischler (at Honvéd) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 86 | FW | HUN | Soma Novothny (at Busan IPark) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 19 July 2018 | DF | Răzvan Horj | Viitorul Constanța | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2018 | FW | Rosy Lubaki | Sanga Balende | Undisclosed |
| 24 September 2018 | DF | Kire Ristevski | | Free |
| 1 February 2019 | MF | Lóránt Kovács | Haladás | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2019 | MF | Barnabás Rácz | Haladás | Undisclosed |
| 19 February 2019 | FW | Theophilus Solomon | Inter Zaprešić | Undisclosed |
| 23 February 2019 | FW | Lacina Traoré | AS Monaco | Free |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| | DF | Dávid Kálnoki-Kis | Budapest Honvéd | Undisclosed |
| | MF | Gergő Németh | Gyirmót | Undisclosed |
| | MF | József Windecker | Levadiakos | Undisclosed |
| | MF | Souleymane Diarra | Lens | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2018 | FW | Viktor Angelov | Shkupi | Undisclosed |
| 19 December 2019 | DF | Bence Pávkovics | Debrecen | Undisclosed |
| 11 January 2019 | MF | Benjámin Cseke | Paksi | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2019 | DF | Dávid Mohl | Haladás | Undisclosed |
| 26 February 2019 | DF | Răzvan Horj | CFR Cluj | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 9 August 2018 | MF | | Giorgi Beridze | Gent | End of season | |
| 31 August 2018 | FW | | Dániel Lukács | Budapest Honvéd | End of season | |

### Loans out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| 28 August 2018 | FW | Patrik Tischler | Budapest Honvéd | End of season |
| 31 August 2018 | DF | Bence Pávkovics | Debrecen | 19 December 2018 |
| 14 March 2019 | FW | Soma Novothny | Busan IPark | End of 2019 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Debrecen | 33 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 44 | 39 | +5 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Budapest Honvéd | 33 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Újpest | 33 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 48 | |
| 6 | Mezőkövesd | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 44 | |
| 7 | Puskás Akadémia | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 40 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 May 2019. Source: See Results

#### Results
### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 19 May 2019

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | NB I | NB I | Magyar Kupa | Magyar Kupa | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SRB | Filip Pajović | 34 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | HUN | Kristóf Szűcs | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | MKD | Kire Ristevski | 24 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | HUN | Róbert Litauszki | 29 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | NGA | Obinna Nwobodo | 33 | 7 | 26+1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | HUN | Krisztián Simon | 10 | 1 | 2+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Theophilus Solomon | 10 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | HUN | Donát Zsótér | 39 | 7 | 23+9 | 4 | 0+3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | MLI | Alassane Diallo | 20 | 2 | 6+9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | CRO | Bojan Sanković | 36 | 1 | 29+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | MNE | Mijuško Bojović | 25 | 2 | 18+1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | HUN | Benjamin Balázs | 26 | 2 | 13+6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | HUN | Dávid Mohl | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | HUN | Dávid Banai | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | HUN | Barnabás Rácz | 13 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | HUN | Dániel Nagy | 29 | 5 | 15+9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | ROU | Lóránt Kovács | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | NGA | Vincent Onovo | 32 | 2 | 26+3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | COD | Rosy Lubaki | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | HUN | Bence Gundel-Takács | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | DF | SRB | Branko Pauljević | 36 | 0 | 26+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 68 | DF | BIH | Dženan Bureković | 35 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Beridze | 30 | 5 | 19+8 | 4 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | CIV | Lacina Traoré | 9 | 3 | 8+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | HUN | Dániel Lukács | 11 | 1 | 0+7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan : ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | HUN | Patrik Tischler | 8 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 86 | FW | HUN | Soma Novothny | 30 | 8 | 21+2 | 8 | 1+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Players who left Újpest during the season: ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | HUN | Benjámin Cseke | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ROU | Răzvan Horj | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | HUN | Bence Pávkovics | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | MKD | Viktor Angelov | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | NB I | Magyar Kupa | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 86 | Soma Novothny | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | MF | 6 | Obinna Nwobodo | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | MF | 10 | Donát Zsótér | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | MF | 77 | Giorgi Beridze | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | 26 | Dániel Nagy | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | FW | 90 | Lacina Traoré | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | | | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 21 | Benjamin Balázs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 14 | Alassane Diallo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 30 | Vincent Onovo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 5 | Róbert Litauszki | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 19 | Mijuško Bojović | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | 17 | Răzvan Horj | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 7 | Krisztián Simon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 68 | Dženan Bureković | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | 99 | Dániel Lukács | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 8 | Benjámin Cseke | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 18 | Bojan Sanković | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 38 | 10 | 5 | 53 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | NB I | NB I | Magyar Kupa | Magyar Kupa | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Filip Pajović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Kire Ristevski | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Róbert Litauszki | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Obinna Nwobodo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Theophilus Solomon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Donát Zsótér | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Alassane Diallo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Răzvan Horj | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Bojan Sanković | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Mijuško Bojović | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Benjamin Balázs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | Dániel Nagy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Lóránt Kovács | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Vincent Onovo | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 49 | MF | Branko Pauljević | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 68 | DF | Dženan Bureković | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Giorgi Beridze | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | Lacina Traoré | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| 86 | FW | Soma Novothny | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Players who left Újpest during the season: ||||||||||||
| | | TOTALS | 68 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 76 | 4 |