# 2017–18 Budapest Honvéd FC season

The 2017–18 season was Budapest Honvéd FC's 107th competitive season, 13th consecutive season in the OTP Bank Liga and 108th year in existence as a football club.

## First team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | HUN | Dávid Bobál |
| 6 | MF | HUN | Dániel Gazdag |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Davide Lanzafame |
| 8 | DF | NGA | George Ikenne |
| 9 | FW | HUN | Márton Eppel |
| 11 | FW | COD | Kadima Kabangu |
| 13 | DF | HUN | Tibor Heffler |
| 15 | DF | SRB | Stefan Deák |
| 16 | MF | HUN | Zsolt Pölöskei |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Danilo |
| 22 | FW | HUN | Milán Májer |
| 23 | MF | HUN | Bence Banó-Szabó |
| 24 | MF | BIH | Đorđe Kamber |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | DF | CRO | Ivan Lovrić |
| 33 | DF | CRO | Tonći Kukoč |
| 36 | DF | HUN | Botond Baráth |
| 55 | FW | HUN | Norbert Szendrei |
| 57 | MF | HUN | Filip Holender |
| 61 | DF | SVK | Tomáš Košút |
| 77 | MF | HUN | Gergő Nagy |
| 92 | FW | HUN | Kristóf Herjeczki |
| 93 | MF | HUN | Dávid Stoiacovici |
| 96 | FW | HUN | Dániel Lukács |
| 97 | FW | HUN | Nikolasz Kovács |
| 98 | FW | HUN | Bálint Tömösvári |
| 99 | GK | HUN | Dávid Gróf |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | FW | HUN | Gergely Bobál (loan return from Zalaegerszeg) |
| 15 | DF | SRB | Stefan Deák (from Mosonmagyaróvár) |
| 16 | MF | HUN | Zsolt Pölöskei (from Videoton) |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Danilo (from Dibba Al-Fujairah) |
| 22 | DF | NGA | Akeem Latifu (from Zira) |
| 86 | DF | HUN | Zsolt Laczkó (loan from Paks) |
| 92 | FW | HUN | Kristóf Herjeczki (from Budapest Honvéd youth) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | HUN | Márk Koszta (to Mezőkövesd) |
| 26 | MF | HUN | Patrik Hidi (to Real Oviedo) |
| 38 | DF | HUN | Ádám Hajdú (to Paks) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | DF | HUN | Tibor Heffler (from Cegléd) |
| 33 | DF | CRO | Tonći Kukoč (from Zrinjski Mostar) |
| 61 | DF | SVK | Tomáš Košút (from Arka Gdynia) |
| — | DF | HUN | Botond Erdélyi (loan return from Kisvárda) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | FW | HUN | Gergely Bobál (to Csákvár) |
| 20 | MF | HUN | Mihály Csábi (to Monor) |
| 22 | DF | NGA | Akeem Latifu (to Sogndal) |
| 86 | DF | HUN | Zsolt Laczkó (loan return to Paks) |
| 89 | DF | HUN | Balázs Villám (to Gyirmót) |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 2 June 2018.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | OTP Bank Liga | OTP Bank Liga | Champions League | Champions League | Hungarian Cup | Hungarian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | HUN | Dávid Bobál | 25 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | HUN | Dániel Gazdag | 36 | 4 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Davide Lanzafame | 41 | 22 | 32 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | NGA | George Ikenne | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | HUN | Márton Eppel | 40 | 17 | 32 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | COD | Kadima Kabangu | 8 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | HUN | Tibor Heffler | 18 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SRB | Stefan Deák | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | HUN | Zsolt Pölöskei | 19 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Danilo | 32 | 7 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | HUN | Milán Májer | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | HUN | Bence Banó-Szabó | 29 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | BIH | Đorđe Kamber | 35 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | CRO | Ivan Lovrić | 27 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | CRO | Tonći Kukoč | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | HUN | Botond Baráth | 35 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 55 | FW | HUN | Norbert Szendrei | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | MF | HUN | Filip Holender | 30 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 61 | DF | SVK | Tomáš Košút | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 77 | MF | HUN | Gergő Nagy | 24 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 92 | FW | HUN | Kristóf Herjeczki | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 93 | MF | HUN | Dávid Stoiacovici | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 96 | FW | HUN | Dániel Lukács | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 97 | FW | HUN | Nikolasz Kovács | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | FW | HUN | Bálint Tömösvári | 14 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | HUN | Dávid Gróf | 35 | -58 | 33 | -53 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 |
| Youth players: ||||||||||||
| 18 | GK | HUN | András Horváth | 7 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -7 |
| 19 | FW | HUN | Márk Hegedűs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: ||||||||||||
| 22 | DF | NGA | Akeem Latifu | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 86 | DF | HUN | Zsolt Laczkó | 18 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 89 | DF | HUN | Balázs Villám | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

### Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
    Last updated on 2 June 2018
| Position | Nation | Number | Name | OTP Bank Liga | Champions League | Hungarian Cup | Total |
| 1 | | 7 | Davide Lanzafame | 18 | 2 | 2 | 22 |
| 2 | | 9 | Márton Eppel | 14 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | | 17 | Danilo | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | | 57 | Filip Holender | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | | 6 | Dániel Gazdag | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | | 36 | Botond Baráth | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | | 11 | Kadima Kabangu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | | 2 | Dávid Bobál | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | | 24 | Đorđe Kamber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | 61 | Tomáš Košút | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| / | / | / | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | TOTALS | 50 | 3 | 11 | 64 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.
    Last updated on 2 June 2018
| Position | Number | Name | OTP Bank Liga | OTP Bank Liga | Champions League | Champions League | Hungarian Cup | Hungarian Cup | Total (Hu Total) | Total (Hu Total) |
| DF | 2 | Dávid Bobál | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 (2) | 1 (1) |
| MF | 6 | Dániel Gazdag | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 (5) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 7 | Davide Lanzafame | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 (9) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 8 | George Ikenne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 9 | Márton Eppel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 (5) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 11 | Kadima Kabangu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 13 | Tibor Heffler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 (4) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 15 | Stefan Deák | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 16 | Zsolt Pölöskei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 17 | Danilo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 (6) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 22 | Akeem Latifu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 23 | Bence Banó-Szabó | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 24 | Đorđe Kamber | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 (3) | 1 (1) |
| DF | 25 | Ivan Lovrić | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (6) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 33 | Tonći Kukoč | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 (4) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 36 | Botond Baráth | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 (7) | 2 (1) |
| MF | 57 | Filip Holender | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 61 | Tomáš Košút | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 77 | Gergő Nagy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 (3) | 1 (1) |
| DF | 86 | Zsolt Laczkó | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 98 | Bálint Tömösvári | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 (0) |
| GK | 99 | Dávid Gróf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| | | TOTALS | 68 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 88 (68) | 5 (4) |

### Overall

| Games played | 42 (33 OTP Bank Liga, 2 Champions League and 7 Hungarian Cup) |
| Games won | 16 (13 OTP Bank Liga, 0 Champions League and 3 Hungarian Cup) |
| Games drawn | 11 (8 OTP Bank Liga, 0 Champions League and 3 Hungarian Cup) |
| Games lost | 15 (12 OTP Bank Liga, 2 Champions League and 1 Hungarian Cup) |
| Goals scored | 64 |
| Goals conceded | 65 |
| Goal difference | -1 |
| Yellow cards | 88 |
| Red cards | 5 |
| Worst discipline | Botond Baráth (8 , 2 ) |
| Best result | 3–0 (A) v Balmazújváros - OTP Bank Liga - 28-10-2017 |
| Worst result | 1–4 (H) v Vasas OTP Bank Liga - 30-09-2017 |
| Worst result | 2–5 (A) v Ferencváros OTP Bank Liga - 24-02-2018 |
| Most appearances | Davide Lanzafame (41 appearances) |
| Top scorer | Davide Lanzafame (22 goals) |
| Points | 59/126 (46.83%) |
Last updated: 2 June 2018 Source:

## Nemzeti Bajnokság I
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
| 6 | Puskás Akadémia | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 43 | |
* ↑ 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 |
Last updated: 2 June 2018. Source: NB1

### 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 | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | D | D | W | L | W | D | L | W |
| Position | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 |

## Champions League

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