# 2017–18 Újpest FC season

The 2017–18 season was Újpest Football Club's 113th competitive season, 107th consecutive season in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I and 116th year in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, Újpest participated in that season's editions of the Magyar Kupa.
Besides Újpest, Vasas also played their matches at the Szusza Ferenc Stadion during the season due to the ongoing construction of the Illovszky Rudolf Stadion.
The club reached their 17th Magyar Kupa final, where they won the match 5–4 on penalties following a 2–2 draw after extra time for their tenth title against Puskás Akadémia. Following the cup success, Újpest secured the 3rd place in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, after a 2–1 win against Debrecen in the last round.
This was the first ever season since 2006–07 without former captain Szabolcs Balajcza, who departed for Siófok in the summer and first time since 2010–11 without Balázs Balogh who departed to Puskás Akadémia.

## 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 | SRB | Filip Pajović |
| 2 | DF | HUN | Kristóf Szűcs |
| 4 | DF | HUN | Dávid Kálnoki-Kis |
| 5 | DF | HUN | Róbert Litauszki |
| 6 | MF | HUN | József Windecker |
| 7 | MF | HUN | Krisztián Simon |
| 8 | MF | HUN | Benjámin Cseke |
| 9 | FW | HUN | Patrik Tischler |
| 10 | MF | HUN | Donát Zsótér |
| 14 | MF | MLI | Alassane Diallo |
| 18 | MF | MNE | Bojan Sanković |
| 19 | DF | MNE | Mijuško Bojović |
| 21 | MF | HUN | Benjamin Balázs |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | HUN | Dávid Mohl |
| 23 | GK | HUN | Dávid Banai |
| 24 | FW | SRB | Marko Filipović |
| 25 | MF | MKD | Remzifaik Selmani |
| 26 | MF | HUN | Dániel Nagy |
| 27 | MF | HUN | Bence Pávkovics |
| 28 | MF | NGA | Obinna Nwobodo |
| 29 | MF | HUN | Gergő Németh |
| 30 | MF | NGA | Vincent Onovo |
| 35 | GK | HUN | Bence Gundel-Takács |
| 49 | DF | SRB | Branko Pauljević |
| 68 | DF | BIH | Dženan Bureković |
| 86 | FW | HUN | Soma Novothny |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | From |
| Summer | FW | — | Bence Gelencsér | Ferencváros |
| Summer | DF | — | Balázs Hajnal | Youth team |
| Summer | DF | — | Róbert Horváth | Youth team |
| Summer | FW | — | Máté Hulicsár | Kecskeméti LC |
| Summer | DF | — | Zsolt Máté | Honvéd |
| Summer | N/A | — | Árpád Németh | Youth team |
| Summer | MF | — | Kristóf Németh | Youth team |
| Summer | GK | 1 | Filip Pajović | Čukarički |
| Summer | DF | 5 | Róbert Litauszki | Free agent |
| Summer | MF | 7 | Krisztián Simon | Free agent |
| Summer | FW | 9 | Patrik Tischler | Puskás Akadémia |
| Summer | MF | 10 | Donát Zsótér | Sint-Truidense |
| Summer | MF | 14 | Alassane Diallo | Free agent |
| Summer | DF | 19 | Mijuško Bojović | Free agent |
| Summer | FW | 24 | Marko Filipović | Vasas Kubala Akadémia |
| Summer | MF | 25 | Remzifaik Selmani | Renova |
| Summer | MF | 26 | Dániel Nagy | Würzburger Kickers |
| Summer | MF | 28 | Obinna Nwobodo | Enugu Rangers |
| Summer | MF | 29 | Gergő Németh | Free agent |
| Summer | GK | 35 | Bence Gundel-Takács | Puskás Akadémia |
| Summer | DF | 49 | Branko Pauljević | Puskás Akadémia |
| Summer | FW | 86 | Soma Novothny | Sint-Truidense |
| Winter | MF | 30 | Vincent Onovo | Free agent |
| Winter | DF | 68 | Dženan Bureković | Free agent |
* ↑ Previous club Cracovia.
* ↑ Previous club 1860 Munich.
* ↑ Previous club Standard Liège.
* ↑ Previous club Gyirmót.
* ↑ Previous club Sturm Graz.
* ↑ Previous club HJK.
* ↑ Previous club Vojvodina.

### Transfers out

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | To |
| Summer | GK | 1 | Szabolcs Balajcza | Released |
| Summer | DF | 3 | Jonathan Heris | Puskás Akadémia |
| Summer | MF | 7 | Enis Bardhi | Levante |
| Summer | MF | 8 | Balázs Balogh | Puskás Akadémia |
| Summer | MF | 10 | Kylian Hazard | Chelsea |
| Summer | FW | 11 | Mihailo Perović | Voždovac |
| Summer | MF | 14 | Gábor Nagy | Released |
| Summer | MF | 19 | Nemanja Andrić | Released |
| Summer | DF | 27 | Sándor Molnár | BKV Előre |
| Summer | DF | 28 | Zoltán Gubacsi | Salgótarján |
| Summer | MF | 28 | János Lázok | Released |
| Winter | GK | 32 | Zoltán Kovács | Zalaegerszeg |
* ↑ Joined Siófok.
* ↑ Joined Zalaegerszeg.
* ↑ Joined Balmazújváros.

### Loans in

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | From | End date |
| Summer | MF | 16 | Anton Salétros | AIK | Middle of season |

### Loans out

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | To | End date |
| Summer | MF | 20 | Souleymane Diarra | Lens | End of season |
| Summer | FW | 25 | Zoltán Gere | Salgótarján | End of season |
| Winter | FW | 17 | Viktor Angelov | Rabotnički | 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 | 15 July 2017 | 2 June 2018 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 33 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 036.36 |
| Magyar Kupa | 20 September 2017 | 23 May 2018 | Round of 128 | Winners | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 7 | +19 | 070.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 67 | 45 | +22 | 044.19 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Videoton (C) | 33 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 65 | 28 | +37 | 68 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 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 | |
* ↑ 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 |
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 | D | D | D | W | L | D | W | L | L | W | D | D | L | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | D | L | D | W | W |
| Position | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 29 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 37 | 38 | 41 | 42 | 42 | 43 | 46 | 49 |

#### 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 | Magyar Kupa | Magyar Kupa | Magyar Kupa | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Player | Pos. | Apps | | | Apps | | | Apps | | |
| 1 | Filip Pajović | GK | 30 | | 1 | 6 | | | 36 | | 1 |
| 2 | Kristóf Szűcs | DF | 10 | | 1 | 3 | | | 13 | | 1 |
| 4 | Dávid Kálnoki-Kis | DF | 9 | | 2 | 3 | 1 | | 12 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Róbert Litauszki | DF | 31 | 1 | 10 | 7 | | 1 | 38 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | József Windecker | MF | 18 | 2 | 4 | 1 | | | 19 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Krisztián Simon | MF | 22 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | | 28 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | Benjámin Cseke | MF | 11 | | | 4 | | | 15 | | |
| 9 | Patrik Tischler | FW | 27 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 36 | 14 | 4 |
| 10 | Donát Zsótér | MF | 27 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | Alassane Diallo | MF | 11 | | 3 | 8 | | 2 | 19 | | 5 |
| 16 | Anton Salétros | MF | 5 | | 1 | 1 | | | 6 | | 1 |
| 17 | Viktor Angelov | FW | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | | | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Bojan Sanković | MF | 25 | | 3 | 8 | | | 33 | | 3 |
| 19 | Mijuško Bojović | DF | 18 | | 3 | 9 | 2 | | 27 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | Souleymane Diarra | MF | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 21 | Benjamin Balázs | MF | 27 | | 4 | 8 | | | 35 | | 4 |
| 22 | Dávid Mohl | DF | 21 | | 4 | 4 | | | 25 | | 4 |
| 23 | Dávid Banai | GK | | | | 2 | | | 2 | | |
| 24 | Marko Filipović | FW | | | | | | | | | |
| 25 | Remzifaik Selmani | MF | 2 | | | 3 | 1 | | 5 | 1 | |
| 26 | Dániel Nagy | MF | 28 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | | 34 | 10 | 5 |
| 27 | Bence Pávkovics | MF | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | | 14 | 2 | 3 |
| 28 | Obinna Nwobodo | MF | 30 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 4 | 9 |
| 30 | Vincent Onovo | MF | 12 | | 3 | 5 | | 1 | 17 | | 4 |
| 32 | Zoltán Kovács | GK | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | |
| 35 | Bence Gundel-Takács | GK | 3 | | | 1 | | | 4 | | |
| 49 | Branko Pauljević | DF | 30 | 4 | 5 | 8 | | 2 | 38 | 4 | 7 |
| 68 | Dženan Bureković | DF | 11 | | 1 | 7 | | 1 | 18 | | 2 |
| 86 | Soma Novothny | FW | 31 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | | 38 | 19 | 8 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | | | | | | | | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 41 | 76 | | 26 | 12 | | 67 | 88 |

### Hat-tricks

| No. | Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| 9 | Patrik Tischler | Öttevény (A)$^4$ | 6–0 | 20 September 2017 | Magyar Kupa |
| 86 | Soma Novothny | Mezőkövesd (A) | 4–2 | 23 September 2017 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I |
| 9 | Patrik Tischler | Gödöllő (A) | 3–0 | 25 October 2017 | Magyar Kupa |
$^4$ – Player scored four goals.

### Clean sheets

| | | | Clean sheets | Clean sheets | Clean sheets |
| No. | Player | Games Played | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Magyar Kupa | Total |
| 1 | Filip Pajović | 36 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 23 | Dávid Banai | 2 | | 2 | 2 |
| 32 | Zoltán Kovács | 1 | | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Bence Gundel-Takács | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 10 | 6 | 16 |