# 2018–19 MTK Budapest FC season

The 2018–19 season was MTK Budapest FC's 117th competitive season, 1st consecutive season in the OTP Bank Liga and 130th year in existence as a football club.

## First team 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 | UKR | Artem Kychak |
| 3 | DF | HUN | Bence Deutsch |
| 5 | DF | HUN | Béla Balogh |
| 6 | MF | HUN | Bálint Vogyicska |
| 7 | FW | HUN | Balázs Farkas |
| 8 | MF | HUN | András Schäfer |
| 9 | MF | HUN | István Bognár |
| 10 | MF | HUN | Patrik Vass |
| 11 | FW | HUN | Dániel Gera |
| 13 | DF | HUN | Gergő Gengeliczki |
| 14 | FW | HUN | Sándor Torghelle |
| 17 | MF | HUN | Kevin Korozmán |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | HUN | József Kanta (captain) |
| 20 | GK | HUN | Bence Varga |
| 22 | MF | HUN | Máté Katona |
| 27 | MF | HUN | Ádám Pintér |
| 29 | FW | HUN | László Lencse |
| 33 | DF | UKR | Yevhen Selin |
| 38 | DF | HUN | Ádám Vass |
| 62 | MF | HUN | Ronald Takács |
| 70 | FW | HUN | Tamás Kulcsár |
| 77 | DF | HUN | Ákos Baki |
| 88 | DF | NGA | George Ikenne |
| 98 | GK | HUN | László Horváth |
Source:

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | UKR | Artem Kychak (from Olimpik Donetsk) |
| 6 | MF | SEN | Khaly Thiam (loan return from Levski Sofia) |
| 6 | MF | HUN | Bálint Vogyicska (loan return from Vasas) |
| 9 | MF | HUN | István Bognár (from Mezőkövesd) |
| 20 | GK | HUN | Bence Varga (from MTK Budapest II) |
| 27 | MF | HUN | Ádám Pintér (from Greuther Fürth) |
| 33 | DF | UKR | Yevhen Selin (from Asteras Tripoli) |
| 88 | DF | NGA | George Ikenne (from Budapest Honvéd) |
| 98 | GK | HUN | László Horváth (from Balmazújváros) |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Myke Ramos (loan return from Haladás) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | HUN | Viktor Szentpéteri (to Mezőkövesd) |
| 6 | MF | SEN | Khaly Thiam (to Levski Sofia) |
| 12 | MF | HUN | Dávid Jakab (to Győr) |
| 20 | FW | HUN | Ádám Hrepka (to Vasas) |
| 21 | MF | HUN | Gábor Bori (to Monor) |
| 23 | DF | HUN | Attila Talabér (loan to Vasas) |
| 30 | MF | HUN | Bálint Borbély (to Vasas) |
| 34 | GK | HUN | Tamás Fadgyas (to Nyíregyháza) |
| 67 | MF | HUN | Bence Bayer (loan to Monor) |
| 99 | GK | HUN | Balázs Bese (loan to Vasas) |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Myke Ramos (loan to Al-Ittihad) |
Source:

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | HUN | Szabolcs Schön (from Ajax U-19) |
| 17 | MF | AUT | Slobodan Mihajlović (from Horn) |
| 18 | FW | MLI | Ulysse Diallo (from Puskás Akadémia) |
| 71 | MF | HUN | Anton Bidzilya (from MTK Budapest U-19) |
| 73 | DF | HUN | Benedek Varju (from MTK Budapest U-19) |
| 74 | MF | HUN | Gergely Kapronczai (from MTK Budapest U-19) |
| — | DF | HUN | Norbert Farkas (from Balmazújváros) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | FW | HUN | Balázs Farkas (to Zalaegerszeg) |
| 8 | MF | HUN | András Schäfer (to Genoa) |
| 17 | MF | HUN | Kevin Korozmán (to Soroksár) |
| 62 | DF | HUN | Ronald Takács |
| — | DF | HUN | Norbert Farkas (loan to Monor) |
Source:

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 19 May 2019.
| 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 |
| 1 | GK | UKR | Artem Kychak | 25 | -39 | 25 | -39 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | HUN | Bence Deutsch | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | HUN | Béla Balogh | 25 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | HUN | Bálint Vogyicska | 21 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | HUN | Szabolcs Schön | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | HUN | István Bognár | 34 | 6 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | HUN | Patrik Vass | 24 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | HUN | Dániel Gera | 27 | 8 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | HUN | Gergő Gengeliczki | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | HUN | Sándor Torghelle | 31 | 8 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | AUT | Slobodan Mihajlović | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | MLI | Ulysse Diallo | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | HUN | József Kanta | 30 | 7 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | HUN | Máté Katona | 27 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | HUN | Ádám Pintér | 25 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | HUN | László Lencse | 32 | 6 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | UKR | Yevhen Selin | 29 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 38 | DF | HUN | Ádám Vass | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | DF | GHA | Nasiru Banahene | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | HUN | Tamás Kulcsár | 16 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 71 | MF | HUN | Anton Bidzilya | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 73 | DF | HUN | Benedek Varju | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | HUN | Ákos Baki | 12 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | NGA | George Ikenne | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | GK | HUN | László Horváth | 10 | -17 | 8 | -16 | 2 | -1 |
| Youth players: ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | HUN | Mihály Kata | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | HUN | Barnabás Nagy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | HUN | Bence Varga | 3 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -1 |
| Out to loan: ||||||||||
| 99 | FW | BRA | Myke Ramos | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | HUN | Balázs Farkas | 16 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | HUN | András Schäfer | 15 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | MF | HUN | Ronald Takács | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
    Last updated on 19 May 2019
| Position | Nation | Number | Name | OTP Bank Liga | Hungarian Cup | Total |
| 1 | | 14 | Sándor Torghelle | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | | 11 | Dániel Gera | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | | 19 | József Kanta | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | | 29 | László Lencse | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | | 9 | István Bognár | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | | 7 | Balázs Farkas | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | | 70 | Tamás Kulcsár | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | | 99 | Myke Ramos | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | | 77 | Ákos Baki | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | | 10 | Patrik Vass | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | | 33 | Yevhen Selin | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | | 6 | Bálint Vogyicska | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | | 8 | András Schäfer | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | | 22 | Máté Katona | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | | 18 | Ulysse Diallo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| / | / | / | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | TOTALS | 42 | 14 | 56 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.
    Last updated on 19 May 2019
| Position | Number | Name | OTP Bank Liga | OTP Bank Liga | Hungarian Cup | Hungarian Cup | Total (Hu Total) | Total (Hu Total) |
| GK | 1 | Artem Kychak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 5 | Béla Balogh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 6 | Bálint Vogyicska | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (4) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 7 | Balázs Farkas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 8 | András Schäfer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 10 | Patrik Vass | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 11 | Dániel Gera | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 (8) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 13 | Gergő Gengeliczki | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 (7) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 14 | Sándor Torghelle | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 (9) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 17 | Slobodan Mihajlović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 18 | Ulysse Diallo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 19 | József Kanta | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 (8) | 1 (1) |
| DF | 22 | Máté Katona | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (5) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 27 | Ádám Pintér | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (6) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 29 | László Lencse | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (6) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 33 | Yevhen Selin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (4) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 38 | Ádám Vass | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (4) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 70 | Tamás Kulcsár | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (3) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 71 | Anton Bidzilya | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 73 | Benedek Varju | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 77 | Ákos Baki | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 1 (1) |
| DF | 88 | George Ikenne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| | | TOTALS | 79 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 84 (79) | 2 (2) |

### Overall

| Games played | 36 (33 OTP Bank Liga and 3 Hungarian Cup) |
| Games won | 12 (10 OTP Bank Liga and 2 Hungarian Cup) |
| Games drawn | 4 (4 OTP Bank Liga and 0 Hungarian Cup) |
| Games lost | 20 (19 OTP Bank Liga and 1 Hungarian Cup) |
| Goals scored | 56 |
| Goals conceded | 58 |
| Goal difference | −2 |
| Yellow cards | 84 |
| Red cards | 2 |
| Worst discipline | József Kanta (8 , 1 ) |
| Best result | 8–0 (A) v Tállya – Magyar Kupa – 22-09-2018 |
| Worst result | 1–4 (H) v Ferencváros – Nemzeti Bajnokság I – 29-07-2018 |
| Worst result | 0–3 (A) v Paks – Nemzeti Bajnokság I – 15-09-2018 |
| Worst result | 1–4 (H) v Budapest Honvéd – Nemzeti Bajnokság I – 19-05-2019 |
| Most appearances | István Bognár (34 appearances) |
| Top scorer | Dániel Gera (8 goals) |
| Top scorer | Sándor Torghelle (8 goals) |
| Points | 40/108 (37.04%) |
Last updated: 19 May 2019 Source:

## Nemzeti Bajnokság I
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Paks | 33 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 39 | |
| 9 | Kisvárda | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 38 | |
| 10 | Diósgyőr | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 38 | |
| 11 | MTK (R) | 33 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 42 | 56 | −14 | 34 | Relegation to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II |
| 12 | Szombathelyi Haladás (R) | 33 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 31 | 51 | −20 | 30 | Relegation to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II |

### 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: 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 | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | L | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 |