# 2015–16 Békéscsaba 1912 Előre season

The 2015–16 season was Békéscsaba 1912 Előre's 98th competitive season, 103rd year in existence as a football club and 1st consecutive season in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I since their relegation from it in 2005. Stayed in the relegation zone since the second round, the club's relegation became certain in the penultimate round of the league season.
In addition to the domestic league, Békéscsaba participated in this season's editions of the Magyar Kupa. Despite the crashing performance in the league, the team reached the semi-finals and they were knocked out by Újpest.

## 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 | Roland Mursits |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Fábio Guarú |
| 4 | DF | HUN | Balázs Bényei |
| 5 | DF | HUN | Balázs Koszó |
| 6 | FW | HUN | Botond Birtalan |
| 7 | FW | HUN | Dániel Szalai |
| 8 | FW | ENG | Nathan Eccleston |
| 9 | MF | HUN | Péter Takács |
| 10 | MF | HUN | István Spitzmüller |
| 11 | DF | HUN | Zsolt Balog (captain) |
| 13 | FW | SRB | Bratislav Punoševac |
| 14 | MF | HUN | Bálint Borbély |
| 15 | DF | HUN | Zsolt Fehér |
| 17 | FW | HUN | László Oláh |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | HUN | Viktor Vadász |
| 20 | FW | SVK | Matúš Paukner |
| 21 | DF | HUN | György Juhász |
| 22 | DF | HUN | Ádám Viczián |
| 23 | DF | MNE | Slavko Damjanović |
| 24 | FW | ESP | Ezequiel Calvente |
| 25 | MF | AUT | Thomas Piermayr |
| 27 | MF | HUN | Márkó Pilán |
| 28 | DF | HUN | Tamás Vaskó |
| 30 | DF | UKR | Oleksiy Shvedyuk |
| 42 | DF | HUN | Norbert Szélpál |
| 44 | GK | MNE | Vukašin Poleksić |
| 67 | MF | HUN | Martin Hudák |
| 86 | FW | HUN | Zsolt Laczkó |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | From |
| Summer | DF | 2 | Fábio Guarú | Puskás Akadémia |
| Summer | DF | 4 | Balázs Bényei | Debrecen |
| Summer | FW | 7 | Dániel Szalai | Free agent |
| Summer | GK | 12 | Luboš Ilizi | Znojmo |
| Summer | FW | 13 | Bratislav Punoševac | Free agent |
| Summer | FW | 17 | László Oláh | Free agent |
| Summer | DF | 18 | Viktor Vadász | Free agent |
| Summer | DF | 23 | Slavko Damjanović | Bačka 1901 |
| Summer | FW | 24 | Ezequiel Calvente | Free agent |
| Summer | MF | 25 | Thomas Piermayr | Free agent |
| Summer | DF | 28 | Tamás Vaskó | Dunaújváros |
| Summer | DF | 30 | Oleksiy Shvedyuk | Free agent |
| Summer | FW | 86 | Zsolt Laczkó | Free agent |
| Summer | MF | 88 | Georgi Korudzhiev | Free agent |
| Winter | FW | 8 | Nathan Eccleston | Free agent |
| Winter | MF | 9 | Péter Takács | Free agent |
| Winter | FW | 20 | Matúš Paukner | Nitra |
| Winter | GK | 44 | Vukašin Poleksić | Sutjeska Nikšić |
* ↑ Previous club: Kecskemét.
* ↑ Previous club: Budapest Honvéd.
* ↑ Previous club: Vasas.
* ↑ Previous club: Újpest.
* ↑ Previous club: Penafiel.
* ↑ Previous club: FK Minsk.
* ↑ Previous club: Kecskemét.
* ↑ Previous club: Haskovo.
* ↑ Previous club: Kilmarnock.
* ↑ Previous club: Mezőkövesd.

### Transfers out

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | To |
| Summer | MF | 4 | Viktor Tölgyesi | Released |
| Summer | MF | 7 | Richárd Balázs | Szigetszentmiklós |
| Summer | FW | 9 | Thomas Prasler | Vác |
| Summer | MF | 18 | Patrik Király | Szeged |
| Summer | DF | 19 | Miklós Balogh | Szeged |
| Summer | FW | 24 | Péter Berki | Released |
| Summer | GK | 90 | Dániel Póser | Released |
| Winter | DF | 3 | Mihály Szántó | Released |
| Winter | GK | 12 | Luboš Ilizi | Released |
| Winter | FW | 20 | Péter Szilágyi | Soroksár |
| Winter | MF | 88 | Georgi Korudzhiev | Released |
* ↑ Joined Felsőtárkány.
* ↑ Joined Vasas.

### Loans in

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | From | End date |
| Summer | FW | 9 | Tamás Kertész | Debrecen | January 2016 |
| Winter | MF | 67 | Martin Hudák | Puskás Akadémia | End of season |
* ↑ Renewed loan from previous season.

### Loans out

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | To | End date |
| Summer | DF | 5 | Balázs Koszó | Dunaújváros | January 2016 |
| Summer | MF | 25 | Milán Balogh | Gyula | End of season |
| Winter | DF | 8 | István Bagi | Kisvárda | End of season |
Source:

## 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 | 19 July 2015 | 30 April 2016 | Matchday 1 | 12th | 33 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 55 | −30 | 018.18 |
| Magyar Kupa | 12 August 2015 | 12 April 2016 | Round of 128 | Semi-finals | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 055.56 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 35 | 61 | −26 | 026.19 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Honvéd | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 43 | |
| 9 | Diósgyőr | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 38 | |
| 10 | Vasas | 33 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 32 | 54 | −22 | 32 | |
| 11 | Puskás Akadémia (R) | 33 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 35 | 51 | −16 | 31 | Relegation to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II |
| 12 | Békéscsaba (R) | 33 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 55 | −30 | 27 | 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 |
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 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | D | W | L | D | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | D |
| Position | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

#### Matches
### Magyar Kupa

Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals

## 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 | Magyar Kupa | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Player | Pos. | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | |
| 1 | Roland Mursits | GK | 13 | | 1 | | 4 | | | | 17 | | 1 | |
| 2 | Fábio Guarú | DF | 30 | | 5 | | 7 | | | | 37 | | 5 | |
| 4 | Balázs Bényei | DF | 28 | | 9 | | 6 | | 1 | | 34 | | 10 | |
| 5 | Balázs Koszó | DF | 6 | | | | 2 | | | | 8 | | | |
| 6 | Botond Birtalan | FW | 28 | 4 | 5 | | 7 | 3 | | | 35 | 7 | 5 | |
| 7 | Dániel Szalai | FW | 7 | | 2 | 1 | 4 | | | | 11 | | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | István Bagi | DF | 5 | | 1 | | 5 | | 1 | | 10 | | 2 | |
| 8 | Nathan Eccleston | FW | 5 | 1 | | | 1 | | | | 6 | 1 | | |
| 9 | Tamás Kertész | FW | 6 | | | | 4 | 1 | 1 | | 10 | 1 | 1 | |
| 9 | Péter Takács | MF | 11 | | 4 | | 3 | | | 1 | 14 | | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | István Spitzmüller | MF | 32 | | 1 | | 8 | | 1 | | 40 | | 2 | |
| 11 | Zsolt Balog | DF | 9 | | 1 | | 2 | | | | 11 | | 1 | |
| 12 | Luboš Ilizi | GK | 7 | | 1 | | 3 | | | | 10 | | 1 | |
| 12 | Gábor Máthé | GK | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Bratislav Punoševac | FW | 27 | 3 | 10 | | 5 | 1 | 2 | | 32 | 4 | 12 | |
| 14 | Bálint Borbély | MF | 14 | | 5 | 1 | 4 | | 3 | | 18 | | 8 | 1 |
| 15 | Zsolt Fehér | DF | 17 | | 1 | | 3 | | | | 20 | | 1 | |
| 17 | László Oláh | FW | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | |
| 18 | Viktor Vadász | DF | 7 | | | | 4 | | | | 11 | | | |
| 20 | Péter Szilágyi | FW | 12 | 1 | | | 4 | 1 | 1 | | 16 | 2 | 1 | |
| 20 | Matúš Paukner | FW | 9 | 1 | | | 4 | | | | 13 | 1 | | |
| 21 | György Juhász | DF | 6 | | 1 | | 4 | | 1 | | 10 | | 2 | |
| 22 | Ádám Viczián | DF | 20 | 2 | 4 | | 3 | | 1 | | 23 | 2 | 5 | |
| 23 | Slavko Damjanović | DF | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | | 27 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 24 | Ezequiel Calvente | FW | 26 | 3 | 7 | | 1 | | 1 | | 27 | 3 | 8 | |
| 25 | Thomas Piermayr | MF | 23 | | 9 | 1 | 8 | | 2 | | 31 | | 11 | 1 |
| 27 | Márkó Pilán | MF | 2 | | | | | | | | 2 | | | |
| 28 | Tamás Vaskó | DF | 22 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | | | 28 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 30 | Oleksiy Shvedyuk | DF | 2 | | | | 1 | | | | 3 | | | |
| 42 | Norbert Szélpál | DF | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 44 | Vukašin Poleksić | GK | 13 | | 2 | | 3 | | | | 16 | | 2 | |
| 67 | Martin Hudák | MF | 4 | | 1 | | 2 | | 1 | | 6 | | 2 | |
| 86 | Zsolt Laczkó | FW | 29 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | | 35 | 6 | 11 | 2 |
| 88 | Georgi Korudzhiev | MF | 9 | | 3 | | 3 | 1 | | | 12 | 1 | 3 | |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 25 | 88 | 7 | | 10 | 20 | 1 | | 35 | 108 | 8 |

### Clean sheets

| | | | Clean sheets | Clean sheets | Clean sheets |
| No. | Player | Games Played | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Magyar Kupa | Total |
| 44 | Vukašin Poleksić | 16 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Luboš Ilizi | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | Roland Mursits | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Gábor Máthé | 0 | | | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 7 | 4 | 11 |