# 2016–17 Vasas FC season

The 2016–17 season was Vasas Football Club's 86th competitive season, 2nd consecutive season in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I and 115th year in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, Vasas participated in this season's editions of the Magyar Kupa.
This was the last season the team played at the Illovszky Rudolf Stadion built in 1960, before it is finally demolished to make room for the new ground. On 29 October 2016, first placed Vasas hosted second placed Videoton in a 1–1 draw in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I at the farewell match.
Vasas temporarily played at the home of teams from Budapest. The last two games of the first half of the season were played at the Bozsik József Stadion of Honvéd. In the second half of the season, the club played their home games at Újpest's Szusza Ferenc Stadion. In matches against the latter club, the home of the opposing team cannot be chosen as the venue for the matches between them for Vasas, according to the competition rules. Therefore, the Magyar Kupa match were played at the Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion of MTK, where the 26th round again at the Bozsik.
The team fought with Honvéd and Videoton for the title, which they finally had to relinquish due to the defeat against Paks in the 30th round. After 11 years, they also reached their 8th Magyar Kupa final, where they lost the match 5–4 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time against Ferencváros.

## Squad

    As of 28 April 2017
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 | Gergely Nagy |
| 3 | MF | CAN | Manjrekar James |
| 4 | DF | MKD | Kire Ristevski |
| 6 | MF | HUN | Donát Szivacski |
| 7 | DF | HUN | Szilveszter Hangya |
| 8 | FW | HUN | Martin Ádám |
| 10 | FW | HUN | Mohamed Remili |
| 12 | FW | HUN | Botond Király |
| 13 | MF | HUN | Zsombor Berecz |
| 14 | FW | HUN | Bálint Gaál |
| 17 | FW | UKR | Yevhen Pavlov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | GER | Felix Burmeister |
| 20 | MF | HUN | Márk Kleisz |
| 21 | DF | HUN | Zsolt Korcsmár |
| 23 | MF | HUN | Máté Vida |
| 27 | FW | HUN | Benedek Murka |
| 28 | DF | HUN | Tamás Vaskó |
| 33 | GK | MNE | Vukašin Poleksić (loaned from Békéscsaba) |
| 66 | FW | TUR | Mahir Sağlık |
| 70 | FW | HUN | Tamás Kulcsár |
| 89 | DF | HUN | András Debreceni |
| 90 | GK | HUN | Dániel Póser |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | From |
| Summer | FW | — | Patrik Horváth | Youth team |
| Summer | MF | — | Dávid Kovács | Youth team |
| Summer | DF | — | Zoltán Szilágyi | Youth team |
| Summer | DF | — | Olivér Tóth | Youth team |
| Summer | MF | 3 | Manjrekar James | Diósgyőr |
| Summer | FW | 12 | Botond Király | Rákosmente |
| Summer | DF | 19 | Felix Burmeister | Free agent |
| Summer | MF | 20 | Márk Kleisz | Youth team |
| Summer | DF | 28 | Tamás Vaskó | Békéscsaba |
| Summer | FW | 66 | Mahir Sağlık | Free agent |
| Summer | FW | 70 | Tamás Kulcsár | Debrecen |
| Summer | FW | 88 | Dániel Gergye | Free agent |
| Winter | FW | 14 | Bálint Gaál | Haladás |
* ↑ Previous club Arminia Bielefeld.
* ↑ Previous club SC Paderborn.
* ↑ Previous club Puskás Akadémia.

### Transfers out

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | To |
| Summer | DF | — | László Tamás | Balmazújváros |
| Summer | FW | 9 | Ilias Ignatidis | Released |
| Summer | MF | 12 | Miloš Adamović | Radnik Surdulica |
| Summer | MF | 15 | Mátyás Gál | Siófok |
| Summer | DF | 26 | Tamás Grúz | Budafok |
| Summer | GK | 31 | Bence Hermány | Released |
| Summer | MF | 37 | Christian Müller | Released |
| Summer | FW | 42 | Norbert Könyves | Debrecen |
| Summer | DF | 93 | Danijel Romić | Hapoel Katamon |
| Winter | FW | 77 | Péter Czvitkovics | Released |
* ↑ Joined Nyíregyháza.
* ↑ Joined Siófok.

### Loans in

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | From | End date |
| Summer | GK | 33 | Vukašin Poleksić | Békéscsaba | End of season |

### Loans out

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | To | End date |
| Summer | FW | — | Patrik Horváth | Budaörs | End of season |
| Summer | MF | — | Dávid Kovács | Siófok | End of next season |
| Summer | DF | — | Zoltán Szilágyi | Siófok | End of next season |
| Summer | DF | — | Olivér Tóth | Budaörs | End of season |
| Summer | FW | 99 | Csanád Novák | Gyirmót | End of season |
| Winter | DF | 2 | Attila Osváth | Debrecen | End of season |
| Winter | DF | 14 | Csaba Preklet | Cegléd | 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 | 17 July 2016 | 27 May 2017 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 33 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 50 | 40 | +10 | 045.45 |
| Magyar Kupa | 14 September 2016 | 31 May 2017 | Round of 128 | Runners-up | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 8 | +22 | 080.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 23 | 8 | 12 | 80 | 48 | +32 | 053.49 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Honvéd (C) | 33 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 55 | 30 | +25 | 65 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Videoton | 33 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 65 | 28 | +37 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Vasas | 33 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 50 | 40 | +10 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Ferencváros | 33 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 54 | 44 | +10 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Paks | 33 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 45 | |
* ↑ Ferencváros qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Magyar Kupa.

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | W | D |
| Position | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Points | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 41 | 41 | 44 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 48 | 51 | 52 |

#### Matches
### Magyar Kupa
#### Final
## 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 | Gergely Nagy | GK | 29 | | 2 | | 5 | | | 34 | | 2 | |
| 2 | Attila Osváth | DF | 3 | | 1 | | 2 | | | 5 | | 1 | |
| 3 | Manjrekar James | MF | 11 | | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| 4 | Kire Ristevski | DF | 31 | 2 | 7 | | 8 | | 1 | 39 | 2 | 8 | |
| 6 | Donát Szivacski | MF | 15 | | 4 | | 3 | | | 18 | | 4 | |
| 7 | Szilveszter Hangya | DF | 30 | | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | Martin Ádám | FW | 24 | 7 | 6 | | 6 | 1 | | 30 | 8 | 6 | |
| 10 | Mohamed Remili | FW | 30 | 3 | 5 | | 9 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 5 | 6 | |
| 12 | Botond Király | FW | 10 | 2 | 1 | | 5 | | | 15 | 2 | 1 | |
| 13 | Zsombo Berecz | MF | 32 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3 | | 41 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | Bálint Gaál | FW | 13 | 2 | | | 5 | | 1 | 18 | 2 | 1 | |
| 14 | Csaba Preklet | DF | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | |
| 17 | Yevhen Pavlov | FW | 20 | 3 | 1 | | 2 | 1 | | 22 | 4 | 1 | |
| 19 | Felix Burmeister | DF | 27 | 3 | 5 | | 8 | | 2 | 35 | 3 | 7 | |
| 20 | Márk Kleisz | MF | 20 | | 1 | | 7 | 1 | | 27 | 1 | 1 | |
| 21 | Zsolt Korcsmár | DF | 23 | 2 | 8 | | 7 | 2 | | 30 | 4 | 8 | |
| 23 | Máté Vida | MF | 25 | 1 | 4 | | 5 | | | 30 | 1 | 4 | |
| 24 | Zoltán Tomori | GK | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 27 | Benedek Murka | FW | 20 | 2 | 1 | | 5 | 1 | | 25 | 3 | 1 | |
| 28 | Tamás Vaskó | DF | 24 | 6 | 6 | | 8 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 7 | 7 | |
| 33 | Vukašin Poleksić | GK | 4 | | | | | | | 4 | | | |
| 39 | István Ferenczi | FW | 6 | 2 | 1 | | 2 | 3 | | 8 | 5 | 1 | |
| 42 | Norbert Könyves | FW | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 66 | Mahir Sağlık | FW | 25 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 1 |
| 70 | Tamás Kulcsár | FW | 12 | 2 | 1 | | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 2 | |
| 77 | Péter Czvitkovics | FW | 5 | | | | 2 | 1 | | 7 | 1 | | |
| 88 | Dániel Gergye | FW | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | |
| 89 | András Debreceni | DF | 16 | | 3 | | 4 | | | 20 | | 3 | |
| 90 | Dániel Póser | GK | | | | | 5 | | | 5 | | | |
| 98 | Áron Borvető | FW | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 99 | Csanád Novák | FW | 4 | | | | | | | 4 | | | |
| 99 | Botond Szabó | MF | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 50 | 73 | 4 | | 30 | 12 | | 80 | 85 | 4 |

### Clean sheets

| | | | Clean sheets | Clean sheets | Clean sheets |
| No. | Player | Games Played | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Magyar Kupa | Total |
| 1 | Gergely Nagy | 34 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 90 | Dániel Póser | 5 | | 3 | 3 |
| 33 | Vukašin Poleksić | 4 | 1 | | 1 |
| 24 | Zoltán Tomori | 0 | | | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 7 | 4 | 11 |