# 2018–19 Puskás Akadémia FC season

The 2018–19 season was Puskás Akadémia Football Club's 5th competitive season, 2nd consecutive season in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I and 7th year in existence as a football club.In addition to the domestic league, Puskás Akadémia participated in this season's editions of the Magyar Kupa.

## 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 |
| 3 | DF | SVK | Richard Križan |
| 4 | MF | HUN | Szilárd Bokros |
| 5 | MF | CRO | Benedik Mioč |
| 6 | DF | SVN | Dejan Trajkovski |
| 7 | FW | GEO | Bachana Arabuli |
| 8 | MF | SVK | Jozef Urblík |
| 9 | FW | HUN | Bence Sós |
| 10 | MF | HUN | András Radó |
| 11 | MF | SVK | Jan Vlasko |
| 12 | MF | HUN | Balázs Balogh |
| 14 | DF | BEL | Jonathan Heris |
| 16 | MF | URU | Gonzalo Vega |
| 19 | GK | HUN | Lajos Hegedűs |
| 21 | MF | HUN | Tamás Kiss |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | HUN | Roland Szolnoki |
| 23 | DF | HUN | Csaba Spandler |
| 24 | DF | HUN | Patrik Poór |
| 25 | MF | HUN | Zsolt Nagy |
| 26 | DF | BUL | Kamen Hadzhiev |
| 27 | MF | ALB | Liridon Latifi |
| 29 | FW | HUN | Nándor Tamás |
| 30 | MF | CRO | Josip Knežević |
| 33 | MF | HUN | József Varga |
| 44 | GK | SRB | Branislav Danilović |
| 55 | MF | HUN | Péter Szakály |
| 68 | DF | HUN | János Hegedűs |
| 71 | DF | HUN | Attila Osváth |
| 77 | FW | PAN | Tony Taylor |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | MF | CRO | Benedik Mioc (loan from Osijek) |
| 7 | FW | GEO | Bachana Arabuli (from Balmazújváros) |
| 9 | FW | ECU | Bryan de Jesús (loan from El Nacional) |
| 11 | MF | SVK | Jan Vlasko (from Spartak Trnava) |
| 21 | FW | HUN | Tamás Kiss (from Szombathely) |
| 22 | DF | HUN | Roland Szolnoki (from MOL Vidi) |
| 25 | MF | SVK | Jozef Urblik (from Vysočina Jihlava) |
| 33 | MF | HUN | József Varga (from MOL Vidi) |
| 45 | FW | NGA | Ezekiel Henty (from MOL Vidi) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | HUN | Zsolt Tar (to Győr) |
| 7 | FW | HUN | Márk Szécsi (loan to Debrecen) |
| 8 | MF | HUN | Dávid Márkvárt (to Diósgyőr) |
| 11 | MF | HUN | Dániel Prosser (loan to Sepsi) |
| 13 | DF | HUN | Ádám Csilus (loan to Csákvár) |
| 15 | MF | CMR | Patrick Mevoungou (to Mezőkövesd) |
| 21 | DF | SVN | Denis Klinar (to Maribor) |
| 28 | MF | CRO | Stipe Bačelić-Grgić (to Slaven Belupo) |
| 33 | FW | HUN | Gábor Molnár (loan to Mezőkövesd) |
| 45 | FW | NGA | Ezekiel Henty (loan to Osijek) |
| 77 | FW | CRO | Antonio Perošević (loan to Al-Ittihad) |
| 80 | MF | HUN | Márk Madarász (loan to Zalaegerszeg) |
Source:

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | SVK | Richard Križan (from Nitra) |
| 9 | FW | HUN | Bence Sós (loan from Fehérvár) |
| 11 | FW | HUN | Dániel Prosser (loan return from Sepsi) |
| 26 | DF | BUL | Kamen Hadzhiev (from Beroe) |
| 29 | FW | HUN | Nándor Tamás (loan return from Csákvár) |
| 77 | FW | PAN | Tony Taylor (from Ottawa) |
| 80 | MF | HUN | Márk Madarász (loan return from Zalaegerszeg) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | ECU | Bryan de Jesús (loan return to El Nacional) |
| 11 | FW | HUN | Dániel Prosser (loan to Diósgyőr) |
| 17 | MF | HUN | László Zsidai (to Paks) |
| 80 | MF | HUN | Márk Madarász (loan to Győr) |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 19 May 2019.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Magyar Kupa | Magyar Kupa |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 3 | DF | SVK | Richard Križan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | HUN | Szilárd Bokros | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | CRO | Benedik Mioč | 29 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | SVN | Dejan Trajkovski | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | GEO | Bachana Arabuli | 24 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | SVK | Jozef Urblík | 24 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | HUN | Bence Sós | 14 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | HUN | András Radó | 33 | 7 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| 11 | MF | SVK | Jan Vlasko | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | HUN | Balázs Balogh | 19 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | BEL | Jonathan Heris | 26 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | URU | Gonzalo Vega | 15 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 19 | GK | HUN | Lajos Hegedűs | 22 | -28 | 18 | -26 | 4 | -2 |
| 21 | MF | HUN | Tamás Kiss | 35 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | HUN | Roland Szolnoki | 23 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | HUN | Csaba Spandler | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | HUN | Patrik Poór | 25 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | HUN | Zsolt Nagy | 16 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | BUL | Kamen Hadzhiev | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ALB | Liridon Latifi | 21 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 29 | FW | HUN | Nándor Tamás | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | CRO | Josip Knežević | 27 | 12 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | HUN | József Varga | 18 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | GK | SRB | Branislav Danilović | 18 | -23 | 15 | -19 | 3 | -4 |
| 55 | MF | HUN | Péter Szakály | 21 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 68 | DF | HUN | János Hegedűs | 25 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 71 | DF | HUN | Attila Osváth | 19 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 77 | FW | PAN | Tony Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Youth players: ||||||||||
| 17 | MF | HUN | György Komáromi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | HUN | Ádám Varga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Out to loan: ||||||||||
| 33 | FW | HUN | Gábor Molnár | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | HUN | Dávid Márkvárt | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | MLI | Ulysse Diallo | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ECU | Bryan de Jesús | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | HUN | László Zsidai | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |

### Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
    Last updated on 19 May 2019
| Position | Nation | Number | Name | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Magyar Kupa | Total |
| 1 | | 30 | Josip Knežević | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | | 10 | András Radó | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | | 7 | Bachana Arabuli | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | | 27 | Liridon Latifi | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 | | 21 | Tamás Kiss | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | | 25 | Zsolt Nagy | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | | 68 | János Hegedűs | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | | 16 | Gonzalo Vega | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | | 9 | Ulysse Diallo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | 33 | Gábor Molnár | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | | 9 | Bryan de Jesús | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | | 8 | Jozef Urblík | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | | 33 | József Varga | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | | 29 | Nándor Tamás | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | | 5 | Benedik Mioč | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | | 11 | Jan Vlasko | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | | 71 | Attila Osváth | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | | 17 | László Zsidai | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| / | / | / | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 36 | 17 | 53 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.
    Last updated on 19 May 2019
| Position | Number | Name | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Magyar Kupa | Magyar Kupa | Total (Hu Total) | Total (Hu Total) |
| MF | 4 | Szilárd Bokros | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 5 | Benedik Mioč | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 6 | Dejan Trajkovski | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (4) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 7 | Bachana Arabuli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (3) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 8 | Jozef Urblík | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 9 | Bence Sós | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 (2) | 1 (1) |
| FW | 9 | Ulysse Diallo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (3) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 14 | Jonathan Heris | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 (3) | 1 (1) |
| MF | 16 | Gonzalo Vega | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 17 | György Komáromi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 17 | László Zsidai | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (4) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 21 | Tamás Kiss | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 (3) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 22 | Roland Szolnoki | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 (8) | 1 (1) |
| DF | 23 | Csaba Spandler | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 (3) | 1 (1) |
| DF | 24 | Patrik Poór | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (5) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 25 | Zsolt Nagy | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 (4) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 26 | Kamen Hadzhiev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 27 | Liridon Latifi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 1 (1) |
| FW | 29 | Nándor Tamás | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 30 | Josip Knežević | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (5) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 33 | József Varga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (6) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 33 | Gábor Molnár | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 1 (1) |
| GK | 44 | Branislav Danilović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 55 | Péter Szakály | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 68 | János Hegedűs | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 (5) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 71 | Attila Osváth | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 (3) | 0 (0) |
| | | TOTALS | 77 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 91 (77) | 6 (6) |

### Overall

| Games played | 40 (33 Nemzeti Bajnokság I and 7 Magyar Kupa) |
| Games won | 15 (11 Nemzeti Bajnokság I and 4 Magyar Kupa) |
| Games drawn | 9 (7 Nemzeti Bajnokság I and 2 Magyar Kupa) |
| Games lost | 16 (15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I and 1 Magyar Kupa) |
| Goals scored | 53 |
| Goals conceded | 51 |
| Goal difference | +2 |
| Yellow cards | 91 |
| Red cards | 6 |
| Worst discipline | Roland Szolnoki (9 , 1 ) |
| Best result | 6–0 (A) v Pénzügyőr - Magyar Kupa - 4-12-2018 |
| Worst result | 0–4 (A) v Ferencváros - Nemzeti Bajnokság I - 23-2-2019 |
| Worst result | 0–4 (H) v Kisvárda - Nemzeti Bajnokság I - 6-4-2019 |
| Most appearances | Tamás Kiss (35 appearances) |
| Top scorer | Josip Knežević (12 goals) |
| Points | 54/120 (45.0%) |
Last updated: 19 May 2019 Source:

## Nemzeti Bajnokság I
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Újpest | 33 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 48 |
| 6 | Mezőkövesd | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 44 |
| 7 | Puskás Akadémia | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 40 |
| 8 | Paks | 33 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 39 |
| 9 | Kisvárda | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 38 |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 May 2019. 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 | 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 | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | D | D | W | D |
| Position | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |