# 2017–18 Videoton FC season

The 2017–18 season was Videoton Football Club's 49th competitive season, 18th consecutive season in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I and 76th year in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, Videoton participated in this season's editions of the Magyar Kupa and UEFA Europa League. The club won its third league title this season, two points ahead of closest challenger Ferencváros.

## 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 | HUN | Tamás Horváth |
| 3 | DF | HUN | Paulo Vinícius |
| 5 | DF | HUN | Attila Fiola |
| 6 | DF | HUN | András Fejes |
| 7 | FW | SRB | Danko Lazović |
| 8 | MF | BIH | Anel Hadžić |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Mirko Marić |
| 10 | MF | HUN | István Kovács |
| 11 | DF | FRA | Loïc Nego |
| 17 | MF | HUN | Máté Pátkai |
| 18 | MF | HUN | Bence Szabó |
| 21 | FW | NGA | Ezekiel Henty |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | CPV | Stopira |
| 23 | DF | HUN | Roland Juhász |
| 25 | DF | HUN | Krisztián Tamás |
| 27 | MF | HUN | Ádám Bódi |
| 30 | DF | HUN | Roland Szolnoki |
| 31 | MF | HUN | Dávid Barczi |
| 33 | MF | HUN | József Varga |
| 44 | FW | SRB | Marko Šćepović |
| 49 | MF | HUN | Krisztián Géresi |
| 51 | GK | HUN | András Hársfalvi |
| 74 | GK | HUN | Ádám Kovácsik |
| 99 | MF | BIH | Asmir Suljić |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | HUN | Bence Szabó (from Puskás Akadémia) |
| 21 | FW | NGA | Ezekiel Henty (from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 23 | DF | HUN | Krisztián Tamás (from Gyirmót) |
| 51 | GK | HUN | András Hársfalvi (from Zalaegerszeg) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | HUN | Zsolt Pölöskei (to Budapest Honvéd) |
| 13 | GK | HUN | Illés Zöldesi (loan to Kisvárda) |
| 14 | MF | HUN | Zsombor Bévárdi (loan to Siófok) |
| 46 | MF | HUN | Ádám Simon (to Haladás) |
| 95 | DF | HUN | Márton Lorentz (loan to Siófok) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | MF | HUN | Szabolcs Huszti (from Changchun Yatai) |
| 12 | GK | SVK | Tomáš Tujvel (from Mezőkövesd) |
| 14 | FW | SRB | Stefan Šćepović (from Getafe) |
| 19 | MF | MKD | Boban Nikolov (from Vardar) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | HUN | Tamás Horváth (to Mezőkövesd) |
| 6 | DF | HUN | András Fejes (to Paks) |
| 31 | MF | HUN | Dávid Barczi (to Vasas) |
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 | 16 July 2017 | 2 June 2018 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 33 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 65 | 28 | +37 | 060.61 |
| Magyar Kupa | 20 September 2017 | 29 November 2017 | Round of 128 | Round of 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 066.67 |
| UEFA Europa League | 29 June 2017 | 24 August 2017 | First qualifying round | Play-off round | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 037.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 85 | 41 | +44 | 056.82 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Videoton (C) | 33 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 65 | 28 | +37 | 68 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Ferencváros | 33 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 69 | 31 | +38 | 66 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Újpest | 33 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 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 | |
* ↑ 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 |
Source: HFF

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League

The First and Second Qualifying Round draws took place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 19 June 2017.

#### Play-off round
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | Magyar Kupa | Magyar Kupa |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | HUN | Tamás Horváth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | HUN | Paulo Vinícius | 18 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | HUN | Patrik Réti | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | HUN | Attila Fiola | 30 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | HUN | András Fejes | 15 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | SRB | Danko Lazović | 36 | 16 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BIH | Anel Hadžić | 36 | 5 | 28 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Mirko Marić | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | HUN | Szabolcs Huszti | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | HUN | István Kovács | 23 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | FRA | Loïc Nego | 42 | 6 | 31 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | SVK | Tomáš Tujvel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | SRB | Stefan Šćepović | 14 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | HUN | Máté Pátkai | 36 | 6 | 28 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | HUN | Bence Szabó | 12 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 19 | MF | MKD | Boban Nikolov | 13 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | HUN | Attila Mocsi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | NGA | Ezekiel Henty | 20 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | HUN | Bálint Szabó | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | CPV | Stopira | 39 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | HUN | Roland Juhász | 37 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | HUN | Krisztián Tamás | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 27 | MF | HUN | Ádám Bódi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | HUN | Roland Szolnoki | 21 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | HUN | Dávid Barczi | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | HUN | József Varga | 32 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | SRB | Marko Šćepović | 35 | 17 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 49 | MF | HUN | Krisztián Géresi | 22 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 51 | GK | HUN | András Hársfalvi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | HUN | Bence Tóth | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 65 | FW | HUN | Alexander Torvund | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | FW | BIH | Elvir Hadžić | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | GK | HUN | Ádám Kovácsik | 40 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | HUN | Bendegúz Bolla | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | BIH | Asmir Suljić | 25 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

### Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Position | Nation | Number | Name | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | UEFA Europa League | Magyar Kupa | Total |
| 1 | | 44 | Marko Šćepović | 10 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| 2 | | 7 | Danko Lazović | 14 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| 3 | | 11 | Loïc Négo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | | 14 | Stefan Šćepović | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | | 17 | Máté Pátkai | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | | 8 | Anel Hadžić | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | | 21 | Ezekiel Henty | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | | 18 | Bence Szabó | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 9 | | 19 | Boban Nikolov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | | 23 | Roland Juhász | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | | 25 | Krisztián Tamás | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | | 6 | András Fejes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | | 22 | Stopira | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | | 49 | Krisztián Géresi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | | 3 | Paulo Vinícius | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | | 9 | Szabolcs Huszti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | | 10 | István Kovács | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | | 99 | Asmir Suljić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| / | / | / | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 65 | 11 | 9 | 85 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.
| Position | Number | Name | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | Magyar Kupa | Magyar Kupa | Total (Hu Total) | Total (Hu Total) |
| DF | 3 | Paulo Vinícius | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (4) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 5 | Attila Fiola | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 (10) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 6 | András Fejes | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (5) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 7 | Danko Lazović | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 (10) | 2 (2) |
| MF | 8 | Anel Hadžić | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 (13) | 1 (1) |
| FW | 9 | Mirko Marić | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 9 | Szabolcs Huszti | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (4) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 10 | István Kovács | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (4) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 11 | Loïc Nego | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 (6) | 1 (1) |
| MF | 17 | Máté Pátkai | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 (14) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 18 | Bence Szabó | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 19 | Boban Nikolov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (5) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 20 | Attila Mocsi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 21 | Ezekiel Henty | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (3) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 22 | Stopira | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (4) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 23 | Roland Juhász | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 (10) | 1 (0) |
| DF | 25 | Krisztián Tamás | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 30 | Roland Szolnoki | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 31 | Dávid Barczi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 33 | József Varga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 1 (0) |
| FW | 44 | Marko Šćepović | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 (6) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 49 | Krisztián Géresi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 71 | Elvir Hadžić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| GK | 74 | Ádám Kovácsik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 77 | Bendegúz Bolla | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 99 | Asmir Suljić | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (3) | 1 (1) |
| | | TOTALS | 109 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 139 (109) | 7 (5) |