# 2020–21 Újpest FC season

The 2020–21 season was Újpest Football Club's 140th competitive season, 129th consecutive season in the OTP Bank Liga and 128th year in existence as a football club.

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | FW | CIV | Junior Tallo (from Chambly) |
| 10 | FW | HUN | Zoltán Stieber (from Zalaegerszeg) |
| 13 | DF | GRE | Giorgos Koutroubis (from OFI Crete) |
| 15 | MF | SRB | Miroslav Bjeloš (from Napredak Kruševac) |
| 17 | FW | GEO | Giorgi Beridze (from Gent) |
| 19 | DF | POR | Mauro Cerqueira (from Académica Coimbra) |
| 21 | DF | SRB | Nemanja Antonov (from Mouscron) |
| 22 | MF | SRB | Nikola Mitrović (from Zalaegerszeg) |
| — | FW | SRB | Petar Gigić (loan from Partizan Beograd) |
| — | DF | MNE | Jovan Baošić (from Zeta Golubovci) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | HUN | Róbert Litauszki (to Vasas) |
| 6 | MF | NGA | Obinna Nwobodo (to Göztepe S.K.) |
| 10 | MF | HUN | Donát Zsótér (to Budapest Honvéd) |
| 19 | FW | HUN | Márk Koszta (to Zalaegerszeg) |
| 20 | FW | ROU | Andreias Calcan (to Politehnica Iaşi) |
| 21 | MF | HUN | Benjamin Balázs (to MTK Budapest) |
| 28 | DF | BEL | Jonathan Heris (to Eupen) |
| 68 | DF | BIH | Dženan Bureković (to Göztepe S.K.) |
| 86 | FW | HUN | Soma Novothny (to Bochum) |
| — | DF | HUN | Kristóf Szűcs (loan to Ajka) |
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 | 15 August 2020 | 8 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | TBA | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 32 | −12 | 031.25 |
| Hungarian Cup | 7 October 2020 | TBA | Round of 128 | TBA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 038.89 |
Last updated: 20 December 2020 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Paks | 33 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 76 | 64 | +12 | 50 | |
| 5 | Kisvárda | 33 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 46 | |
| 6 | Újpest | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 46 | 67 | −21 | 42 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 7 | MTK | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 42 | |
| 8 | Mezőkövesd | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 42 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 December 2020. Source: Soccerway

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | D | W |
| Position | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 |

#### Matches
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 20 December 2020.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | OTP Bank Liga | OTP Bank Liga | Hungarian Cup | Hungarian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SRB | Filip Pajović | 6 | -7 | 5 | -7 | 1 | -0 |
| 3 | DF | MNE | Jovan Baošić | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | MKD | Kire Ristevski | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | HUN | Zsolt Máté | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | NGA | Obinna Nwobodo | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | HUN | Krisztián Simon | 12 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | HUN | Patrik Bacsa | 16 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | HUN | Zoltán Stieber | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Junior Tallo | 12 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | GRE | Giorgos Koutroubis | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | HUN | Áron Csongvai | 13 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SRB | Miroslav Bjeloš | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | GEO | Giorgi Beridze | 11 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 19 | DF | POR | Mauro Cerqueira | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | SRB | Nemanja Antonov | 13 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SRB | Nikola Mitrović | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | HUN | Dávid Banai | 10 | -18 | 9 | -18 | 1 | -0 |
| 27 | MF | HUN | Mátyás Katona | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | NGA | Vincent Onovo | 14 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | SRB | Petar Gigić | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 49 | DF | SRB | Branko Pauljević | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | HUN | Péter Szakály | 13 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 62 | DF | KOS | Lirim Kastrati | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | DF | BIH | Dženan Bureković | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | CRO | Antonio Perošević | 12 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Youth players: ||||||||||
| 6 | DF | HUN | Patrik Eckl | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | HUN | Zsolt Nagy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | HUN | Barnabás Rácz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | HUN | Áron Szűcs | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | HUN | Péter Hajdi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | SRB | Ognjen Radošević | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | HUN | György Varga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | COD | Rosy Lubaki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | HUN | Levente Laczik | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | HUN | Márk Mucsányi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | HUN | Zoltán Tomori | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0 | 0 | -0 |
| 39 | DF | HUN | Csanád Fehér | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | FW | HUN | Dániel Büki | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | DF | HUN | Balázs Hajnal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | HUN | Márk Németh | 1 | -4 | 1 | -4 | 0 | -0 |
| Players no longer at the club: ||||||||||

### Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
    Last updated on 20 December 2020
| Position | Nation | Number | Name | OTP Bank Liga | Hungarian Cup | Total |
| 1 | | 17 | Giorgi Beridze | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | | 7 | Krisztián Simon | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | | 77 | Antonio Perošević | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | | 11 | Junior Tallo | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | | 14 | Áron Csongvai | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | | 55 | Péter Szakály | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | | 5 | Zsolt Máté | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | 21 | Nemanja Antonov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | | 30 | Vincent Onovo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | 9 | Patrik Bacsa | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | | 45 | Petar Gigić | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | | 27 | Mátyás Katona | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | | 10 | Zoltán Stieber | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| / | / | / | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | TOTALS | 20 | 10 | 30 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.
    Last updated on 20 December 2020
| Position | Number | Name | OTP Bank Liga | OTP Bank Liga | Hungarian Cup | Hungarian Cup | Total (Hu Total) | Total (Hu Total) |
| GK | 1 | Filip Pajović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 4 | Kire Ristevski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 1 (1) |
| MF | 7 | Krisztián Simon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 9 | Patrik Bacsa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 10 | Zoltán Stieber | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 1 (1) |
| FW | 11 | Junior Tallo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (4) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 13 | Giorgos Koutroubis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 14 | Áron Csongvai | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (5) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 15 | Miroslav Bjeloš | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 17 | Giorgi Beridze | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (3) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 19 | Mauro Cerqueira | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 21 | Nemanja Antonov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (4) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 22 | Nikola Mitrović | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (3) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 30 | Vincent Onovo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (4) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 45 | Petar Gigić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (3) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 49 | Branko Pauljević | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 55 | Péter Szakály | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 68 | Dženan Bureković | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 1 (1) |
| FW | 77 | Antonio Perošević | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 (3) | 0 (0) |
| | | TOTALS | 39 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 41 (39) | 3 (3) |

### Clean sheets

    Last updated on 20 December 2020
| Position | Number | Name | OTP Bank Liga | Hungarian Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | Filip Pajović | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 23 | Dávid Banai | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 99 | Márk Németh | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 34 | Zoltán Tomori | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 1 | 2 | 3 |