# 2023–24 Újpest FC season

The 2023–24 season was Újpest Football Club's 119th competitive season, 113th consecutive season in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I and 122nd year in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, Újpest participated in that season's editions of the Magyar Kupa.
Nebojša Vignjević has been in charge since his return in March 2023, and was fired on 8 February 2024 after the club's change of ownership by MOL Group was announced. He was succeeded by Géza Mészöly, who was last acting as caretaker manager at Haladás in September 2022. He was appointed for the third time after managing Újpest between 2004–2006 and 2010–2011.
MOL Group became the new owner of Újpest on 31 March 2024. Roderick Duchâtelet had owned the club since autumn 2011 and under his ownership they achieved three Magyar Kupa, one Szuperkupa and one third place in the domestic league.

## 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 |
| 1 | GK | HUN | Gellért Genzler |
| 2 | DF | ALB | Albi Doka |
| 3 | DF | HUN | Csanád Fehér |
| 5 | DF | GEO | Davit Kobouri |
| 6 | MF | GER | Luca Mack |
| 7 | MF | HUN | Krisztián Simon |
| 8 | MF | DOM | Heinz Mörschel |
| 10 | MF | HUN | Mátyás Tajti |
| 11 | MF | HUN | Tamás Kiss |
| 17 | FW | ROU | George Ganea |
| 18 | DF | HUN | András Huszti (loaned from Zalaegerszeg) |
| 19 | MF | CIV | Aboubakar Keita |
| 21 | MF | HUN | György Varga |
| 22 | DF | HUN | Krisztián Tamás |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | GK | HUN | Dávid Banai |
| 26 | MF | HUN | Bálint Geiger |
| 27 | FW | NGA | Franklin Sasere |
| 28 | MF | SRB | Ognjen Radošević |
| 29 | MF | NGA | Vincent Onovo |
| 31 | GK | HUN | Zsombor Molnár |
| 32 | FW | NGA | Peter Ambrose |
| 42 | DF | GRE | Georgios Antzoulas |
| 45 | MF | MKD | Stefan Jevtoski |
| 49 | DF | SRB | Branko Pauljević |
| 68 | DF | BIH | Dženan Bureković |
| 77 | FW | HUN | Kevin Csoboth |
| 88 | MF | SRB | Matija Ljujić |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | From |
| Summer | FW | — | Domonkos Tamási | Youth team |
| Summer | MF | 11 | Tamás Kiss | Free agent |
| Summer | FW | 17 | George Ganea | Free agent |
| Summer | DF | 22 | Krisztián Tamás | Free agent |
| Summer | MF | 26 | Bálint Geiger | Youth team |
| Summer | FW | 27 | Franklin Sasere | Vaduz |
| Summer | FW | 57 | Ákos Tóth | Youth team |
| Winter | GK | 1 | Gellért Genzler | Youth team |
| Winter | DF | 2 | Albi Doka | Tirana |
| Winter | DF | 5 | Davit Kobouri | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| Winter | MF | 19 | Aboubakar Keita | Free agent |
* ↑ Previous club Puskás Akadémia.
* ↑ Previous club FC U Craiova.
* ↑ Previous club Honvéd.
* ↑ Previous club AIK.

### Transfers out

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | To |
| Summer | GK | 1 | Filip Pajović | Released |
| Summer | DF | 4 | Abdoulaye Diaby | FC St. Gallen |
| Summer | MF | 5 | Petrus Boumal | Released |
| Summer | DF | 11 | Nemanja Antonov | Released |
| Summer | FW | 82 | Giuseppe Borello | Released |
| Summer | FW | 91 | Ognjen Mudrinski | Released |
| Winter | DF | 2 | Lirim Kastrati | Widzew Łódź |
| Winter | GK | 13 | Đorđe Nikolić | Sivasspor |
| Winter | DF | 20 | Märten Kuusk | GKS Katowice |
| Winter | FW | 30 | Oliver Jürgens | DAC Dunajská Streda |
| Winter | DF | 33 | Miloš Kosanović | Released |
* ↑ Joined Al Bataeh.
* ↑ Joined MTK.
* ↑ Joined Monopoli.
* ↑ Joined Ajman.

### Loans in

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | From | End date |
| Winter | DF | 18 | András Huszti | Zalaegerszeg | End of season |

### Loans out

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | To | End date |
| Summer | MF | 18 | Bálint Szabó | Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc | Middle of season |
| Winter | MF | 18 | Bálint Szabó | Kozármisleny | 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 | 19 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 33 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 45 | 67 | −22 | 033.33 |
| Magyar Kupa | 16 September 2023 | 29 February 2024 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 13 | 4 | 19 | 51 | 70 | −19 | 036.11 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | MTK | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 62 | −19 | 44 | |
| 9 | Zalaegerszeg | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 54 | 60 | −6 | 43 | |
| 10 | Újpest | 33 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 45 | 67 | −22 | 37 | |
| 11 | Kisvárda (R) | 33 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 40 | 55 | −15 | 31 | Relegation to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II |
| 12 | Mezőkövesd (R) | 33 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 31 | 63 | −32 | 21 | 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 | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | D | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Points | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 31 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 37 | 37 | 37 |

#### 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 | | | |
| 1 | Gellért Genzler | GK | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Albi Doka | DF | 5 | | | | 1 | | | 6 | | | |
| 2 | Lirim Kastrati | DF | 13 | | 2 | | 2 | | | 15 | | 2 | |
| 3 | Csanád Fehér | DF | 12 | | | | 2 | 1 | | 14 | 1 | | |
| 5 | Davit Kobouri | DF | 14 | | 3 | | 1 | | | 15 | | 3 | |
| 6 | Luca Mack | MF | 25 | 1 | 7 | | 3 | | | 28 | 1 | 7 | |
| 7 | Krisztián Simon | MF | 21 | 1 | | | 2 | 1 | | 23 | 2 | | |
| 8 | Heinz Mörschel | MF | 31 | 6 | 6 | | 1 | | | 32 | 6 | 6 | |
| 10 | Mátyás Tajti | MF | 23 | 2 | 3 | | 3 | | | 26 | 2 | 3 | |
| 11 | Tamás Kiss | MF | 26 | | 1 | | 2 | | 1 | 28 | | 2 | |
| 13 | Đorđe Nikolić | GK | 5 | | | | 1 | | | 6 | | | |
| 13 | Balázs Simon | FW | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Miron Mucsányi | MF | 4 | | | | | | | 4 | | | |
| 17 | George Ganea | FW | 24 | | 3 | | 2 | | | 26 | | 3 | |
| 18 | András Huszti | DF | 8 | 1 | 2 | | | | | 8 | 1 | 2 | |
| 19 | Aboubakar Keita | MF | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | Märten Kuusk | DF | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 21 | György Varga | MF | 9 | 1 | 1 | | | | | 9 | 1 | 1 | |
| 22 | Krisztián Tamás | DF | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Dávid Banai | GK | 21 | | 2 | | 2 | | | 23 | | 2 | |
| 26 | Bálint Geiger | MF | 6 | | | | 1 | | | 7 | | | |
| 27 | Franklin Sasere | FW | 19 | | 1 | | 2 | | | 21 | | 1 | |
| 28 | Ognjen Radošević | MF | 16 | 2 | 3 | | 2 | 1 | | 18 | 3 | 3 | |
| 29 | Vincent Onovo | MF | 18 | 2 | 1 | | 2 | 1 | | 20 | 3 | 1 | |
| 30 | Oliver Jürgens | FW | 6 | | | | 2 | 1 | | 8 | 1 | | |
| 31 | Zsombor Molnár | GK | 8 | | | | | | | 8 | | | |
| 32 | Peter Ambrose | FW | 31 | 9 | 3 | | 3 | 1 | | 34 | 10 | 3 | |
| 33 | Miloš Kosanović | DF | 9 | | 2 | | 1 | | | 10 | | 2 | |
| 33 | Márk Mucsányi | MF | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 34 | Tim Hall | DF | 15 | | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | 16 | | 2 | 1 |
| 42 | Georgios Antzoulas | DF | 24 | 1 | 2 | | 1 | | | 25 | 1 | 2 | |
| 45 | Stefan Jevtoski | MF | 5 | | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2 | 7 | | 3 | 1 |
| 49 | Branko Pauljević | DF | 27 | | 4 | | 3 | | | 30 | | 4 | |
| 57 | Ákos Tóth | FW | 1 | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | 1 | |
| 62 | Dominik Kovács | DF | 3 | | | | 1 | | | 4 | | | |
| 77 | Kevin Csoboth | FW | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | 35 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 88 | Matija Ljujić | MF | 19 | 10 | 5 | | 2 | | 1 | 21 | 10 | 6 | |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | | | | | | | | | | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 45 | 60 | 5 | | 6 | 4 | | 51 | 64 | 5 |

### Hat-tricks

| No. | Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| 88 | Matija Ljujić | Puskás Akadémia (A) | 3–3 | 4 August 2023 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I |

### Clean sheets

| | | | Clean sheets | Clean sheets | Clean sheets |
| No. | Player | Games Played | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Magyar Kupa | Total |
| 23 | Dávid Banai | 23 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Đorđe Nikolić | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Zsombor Molnár | 8 | 1 | | 1 |
| 1 | Gellért Genzler | 0 | | | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 5 | 1 | 6 |