# 2023–24 Diósgyőri VTK season

The 2023–24 season was Diósgyőri Vasgyárak Testgyakorló Köre's 58th competitive season, 111th year in existence as a football club and first season in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I after winning the second division in the previous season. In addition to the domestic league, Diósgyőr participated in that season's editions of the Magyar Kupa.
After gaining promotion last season, Serhiy Kuznetsov was sacked by Diósgyőr on 31 January 2024. Miklós Simon, the professional director of the Diósgyőr Football Academy was appointed as interim manager. On 14 February 2024, Vladimir Radenković was appointed as Kuznetsov's permanent successor, who worked at the club nine years ago as the assistant coach to Tomislav Sivić.

## Squad

    Squad at end of 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 |
| 2 | DF | DEN | Marco Lund |
| 3 | DF | HUN | Csaba Szatmári |
| 4 | DF | HUN | Szilárd Bokros |
| 5 | DF | BUL | Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski |
| 6 | DF | HUN | Bence Bárdos |
| 7 | DF | HUN | István Csirmaz |
| 9 | FW | GRE | Argyris Kampetsis |
| 10 | FW | HUN | Levente Szabó |
| 11 | FW | HUN | Gábor Jurek |
| 12 | GK | UKR | Artem Odyntsov |
| 15 | DF | NGA | Godfrey Bitok |
| 16 | DF | HUN | Bence Komlósi |
| 17 | FW | NED | Elton Acolatse |
| 20 | MF | HUN | Ágoston Bényei |
| 21 | MF | BLR | Vladislav Klimovich |
| 22 | GK | HUN | Bogdán Bánhegyi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | MF | HUN | Gergő Holdampf |
| 28 | FW | BRA | Pernambuco |
| 29 | FW | ARG | Franchu |
| 32 | GK | HUN | Balázs Tóth |
| 33 | DF | HUN | Dániel Gera |
| 34 | FW | NGA | Bright Edomwonyi |
| 37 | DF | CZE | Ondřej Bačo |
| 44 | GK | SRB | Branislav Danilović |
| 50 | MF | ESP | Álex Vallejo |
| 59 | MF | ROU | Doru Popadiuc |
| 66 | MF | HUN | Bálint Ferencsik |
| 72 | DF | SRB | Daniel Farkaš |
| 74 | MF | HUN | Ádám Szamosi |
| 87 | FW | HUN | Vince Fekete |
| 88 | DF | HUN | Milán Demeter |
| 94 | FW | SVN | Rudi Požeg Vancaš |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | From |
| Summer | DF | 2 | Julien Célestine | León |
| Summer | DF | 5 | Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski | Widzew Łódź |
| Summer | FW | 9 | Argyris Kampetsis | Panathinaikos |
| Summer | GK | 12 | Artem Odyntsov | Kisvárda |
| Summer | DF | 15 | Godfrey Bitok | Free agent |
| Summer | FW | 17 | Elton Acolatse | F.C. Ashdod |
| Summer | MF | 21 | Vladislav Klimovich | Nea Salamis Famagusta |
| Summer | FW | 34 | Bright Edomwonyi | Koper |
| Summer | MF | 50 | Álex Vallejo | Free agent |
| Summer | FW | 94 | Rudi Požeg Vancaš | Koper |
| Summer | FW | 99 | Marin Jurina | Al Faisaly |
| Winter | DF | 2 | Marco Lund | IFK Norrköping |
| Winter | DF | 16 | Bence Komlósi | Parma |
| Winter | GK | 22 | Bogdán Bánhegyi | Youth team |
| Winter | GK | 32 | Balázs Tóth | Kazincbarcika |
| Winter | DF | 34 | Ondřej Bačo | Hapoel Jerusalem |
| Winter | MF | 59 | Doru Popadiuc | Universitatea Cluj |
* ↑ Previous club Volga Ulyanovsk.
* ↑ Previous club Stal Mielec.

### Transfers out

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | To |
| Summer | FW | 9 | Márton Eppel | Released |
| Summer | MF | 12 | Vladimir Koman | Released |
| Summer | MF | 17 | Adrián Szőke | Released |
| Summer | DF | 26 | Kornél Szűcs | Kecskemét |
| Summer | MF | 27 | Botond Vajda | Debrecen |
| Summer | FW | 28 | Marcell Hornyák | Pécs |
| Summer | FW | 42 | Norbert Könyves | Released |
| Summer | GK | 55 | Zsombor Senkó | Zalaegerszeg |
| Summer | MF | 66 | Bálint Illés | Mezőkövesd |
| Winter | FW | 10 | Dániel Lukács | Kecskemét |
| Winter | FW | 99 | Marin Jurina | MTK |
* ↑ Joined Warta Poznań.
* ↑ Joined Paks.

### Loans in

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | From | End date |
| Summer | GK | 30 | Karlo Sentić | Hajduk Split | Middle of season |
| Winter | FW | 10 | Levente Szabó | Fehérvár | End of season |

### Loans out

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | To | End date |
| Winter | FW | 70 | Jérémie Moussango | Košice | 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 | 29 July 2023 | 18 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 50 | 56 | −6 | 036.36 |
| Magyar Kupa | 17 September 2023 | 3 April 2024 | Round of 64 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 63 | 63 | +0 | 040.54 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Debrecen | 33 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 48 |
| 6 | Kecskemét | 33 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 45 |
| 7 | Diósgyőr | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 50 | 56 | −6 | 45 |
| 8 | MTK | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 62 | −19 | 44 |
| 9 | Zalaegerszeg | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 54 | 60 | −6 | 43 |

#### 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 | 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 | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | W | D | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | L | W | D |
| Position | 9 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| Points | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 32 | 35 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 40 | 41 | 41 | 44 | 45 |

#### Matches
### Magyar Kupa
## 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Player | Pos. | Apps | | | | Apps | | | Apps | | | |
| 2 | Julien Célestine | DF | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Marco Lund | DF | 14 | | 3 | | 2 | | 1 | 16 | | 4 | |
| 3 | Csaba Szatmári | DF | 28 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | | | 31 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | Szilárd Bokros | DF | 13 | | 1 | | 2 | | | 15 | | 1 | |
| 5 | Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski | DF | 15 | | 4 | | 2 | | | 17 | | 4 | |
| 6 | Bence Bárdos | DF | 10 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | 11 | 1 | 1 | |
| 7 | István Csirmaz | DF | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 8 | Attila Lőrinczy | FW | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 9 | Argyris Kampetsis | FW | 17 | | 3 | | 3 | | | 20 | | 3 | |
| 10 | Dániel Lukács | FW | 17 | 2 | | | 2 | 1 | | 19 | 3 | | |
| 10 | Levente Szabó | FW | 12 | 3 | 1 | | 2 | 1 | | 14 | 4 | 1 | |
| 11 | Gábor Jurek | FW | 23 | 2 | 4 | | 3 | | | 26 | 2 | 4 | |
| 12 | Artem Odyntsov | GK | 22 | | 1 | | 2 | | | 24 | | 1 | |
| 14 | Gergő Csatári | MF | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | |
| 15 | Godfrey Bitok | DF | 31 | 1 | 5 | | 3 | | 1 | 34 | 1 | 6 | |
| 16 | Bence Komlósi | DF | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 17 | Elton Acolatse | FW | 24 | 2 | 1 | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 2 | |
| 20 | Ágoston Bényei | MF | 25 | 2 | 2 | | 4 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 3 | |
| 21 | Vladislav Klimovich | MF | 26 | 2 | 1 | | 2 | 1 | | 28 | 3 | 1 | |
| 22 | Bogdán Bánhegyi | GK | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 23 | Sinan Medgyes | DF | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 25 | Gergő Holdampf | MF | 32 | 1 | 2 | | 4 | | 1 | 36 | 1 | 3 | |
| 28 | Pernambuco | FW | 28 | 4 | 1 | | 4 | 1 | | 32 | 5 | 1 | |
| 29 | Franchu | FW | 13 | 2 | 1 | | 2 | 1 | | 15 | 3 | 1 | |
| 30 | Karlo Sentić | GK | 9 | | | | 1 | | | 10 | | | |
| 32 | Balázs Tóth | GK | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 33 | Dániel Gera | DF | 29 | 5 | 9 | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 10 | |
| 34 | Bright Edomwonyi | FW | 30 | 8 | 3 | | 2 | 2 | | 32 | 10 | 3 | |
| 37 | Ondřej Bačo | DF | 2 | | | | 1 | | | 3 | | | |
| 44 | Branislav Danilović | GK | 2 | | | | 1 | | | 3 | | | |
| 50 | Álex Vallejo | MF | 29 | 2 | 6 | | 4 | | 1 | 33 | 2 | 7 | |
| 59 | Doru Popadiuc | MF | 5 | | 2 | | 1 | | | 6 | | 2 | |
| 66 | Bálint Ferencsik | MF | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | | | |
| 70 | Jérémie Moussango | FW | 7 | | | | 1 | | 1 | 8 | | 1 | |
| 72 | Daniel Farkaš | DF | 7 | | | 1 | 1 | | | 8 | | | 1 |
| 74 | Ádám Szamosi | MF | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 87 | Vince Fekete | FW | 3 | 1 | | | | | | 3 | 1 | | |
| 88 | Milán Demeter | DF | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 94 | Rudi Požeg Vancaš | FW | 30 | 7 | 3 | | 4 | 1 | | 34 | 8 | 3 | |
| 99 | Marin Jurina | FW | 7 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | 8 | 2 | 1 | |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | | | | 1 | | | 3 | | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 50 | 59 | 3 | | 13 | 8 | | 63 | 67 | 3 |

### Clean sheets

| | | | Clean sheets | Clean sheets | Clean sheets |
| No. | Player | Games Played | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Magyar Kupa | Total |
| 12 | Artem Odyntsov | 24 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 30 | Karlo Sentić | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 44 | Branislav Danilović | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Bogdán Bánhegyi | 1 | 0 | | 0 |
| 32 | Balázs Tóth | 0 | | | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 7 | 0 | 7 |