# 2022–23 Zalaegerszegi TE season

The 2022–23 season was Zalaegerszegi Torna Egylet's 4th competitive season, 42nd consecutive season in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I and 102nd year in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, Zalaegerszeg participated in this season's editions of the Magyar Kupa.
Ricardo Moniz had guided the club to the Magyar Kupa final, where they would face Budafok. However, because of the dropped form in the league, he was sacked on 24 April 2023, and replaced by former manager Gábor Boér as head coach until the end of the season. Boér's first game in charge was against Mezőkövesd at away, which Zalaegerszeg won. The next game was the Magyar Kupa final on 3 May, where the club prevailed 2–0 after extra time, claiming their first Magyar Kupa title in history against the second division team.

## Kits

The pattern on the jersey represents the city of Zalaegerszeg.

## 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 |
| 1 | GK | HUN | Patrik Demjén |
| 3 | DF | HUN | Dávid Kálnoki-Kis (captain) |
| 4 | DF | CRO | Zoran Lesjak |
| 6 | MF | HUN | Gergely Mim |
| 7 | FW | ALB | Eros Grezda |
| 9 | FW | COD | Christy Manzinga |
| 10 | MF | HUN | Mátyás Tajti |
| 11 | MF | HUN | Norbert Szendrei |
| 12 | FW | USA | Eduvie Ikoba |
| 14 | MF | HUN | Barnabás Kovács |
| 17 | DF | HUN | András Huszti |
| 18 | MF | MNE | Bojan Sanković |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | HUN | Dániel Csóka |
| 27 | MF | HUN | Bence Bedi |
| 29 | FW | NGA | Christopher Baloteli |
| 33 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Safronov |
| 37 | DF | HUN | Attila Mocsi |
| 44 | DF | HUN | Bence Gergényi |
| 70 | MF | NGA | Meshack Ubochioma |
| 77 | FW | HUN | Szabolcs Szalay |
| 80 | FW | HUN | Milán Klausz |
| 95 | GK | HUN | Márton Gyurján |
| 97 | FW | HUN | Dániel Németh |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | ROU | Botond Gergely (from Csikszereda) |
| 6 | MF | HUN | Gergely Mim (loan from Puskás Akadémia) |
| 7 | FW | HUN | Milán Májer (from Budapest Honvéd) |
| 9 | FW | COD | Christy Manzinga (from Linfield) |
| 11 | MF | HUN | Norbert Szendrei (from Fehérvár) |
| 12 | FW | USA | Eduvie Ikoba (from Trenčín) |
| 13 | DF | HUN | Martin Majnovics (loan return from Horn) |
| 14 | MF | HUN | Barnabás Kovács (loan return from Tiszakécske) |
| 16 | FW | HUN | Dávid Zimonyi (loan return from Vasas) |
| 17 | DF | HUN | András Huszti (from Puskás Akadémia) |
| 19 | FW | BRA | Diego Carioca (loan from Kolos Kovalivka) |
| 21 | DF | HUN | Dániel Csóka (from Wimbledon) |
| 28 | DF | HUN | Erik Németh (loan return from Nafta Lendava) |
| 30 | MF | HUN | Zsombor Boros (from Vasas) |
| 33 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Safronov (from Nafta Lendava) |
| 80 | FW | HUN | Milán Klausz (from Győr) |
| 97 | FW | HUN | Dániel Németh (loan return from Nafta Lendava) |
| — | DF | HUN | Bence Szabó (loan return from Nafta Lendava) |
| — | MF | HUN | Dániel Szökrönyös (loan return from Kecskemét) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | HUN | Dávid Bobál (to Mezőkövesd) |
| 7 | FW | HUN | Dániel Zsóri (loan return to Fehérvár) |
| 11 | MF | CRO | Šime Gržan (loan return to Osijek) |
| 13 | DF | HUN | Martin Majnovics (End of contract) |
| 16 | FW | HUN | Dávid Zimonyi (to Vasas) |
| 17 | DF | HUN | András Huszti (loan return to Puskás Akadémia) |
| 21 | MF | BIH | Emir Halilović (to Velež Mostar) |
| 23 | FW | MKD | Daniel Milovanovikj (loan to Tikves) |
| 24 | DF | HUN | László Papp (loan to Nafta Lendava) |
| 28 | DF | HUN | Erik Németh (loan to Szentlőrinc) |
| 31 | DF | MKD | Nikola Serafimov (to Fehérvár) |
| 46 | GK | HUN | Bence Köcse (to Kelen) |
| 50 | FW | CRO | Josip Špoljarić (loan return to Osijek) |
| 57 | MF | ROU | Liviu Antal (loan return to Szombathelyi Haladás) |
| 68 | MF | HUN | Ádám Halmai (loan return to Fehérvár) |
| 71 | MF | HUN | Patrik Posztobányi (loan return to Puskás Akadémia) |
| 72 | DF | SVN | Mihael Rebernik (loan return to Nafta Lendava) |
| — | DF | HUN | Bence Szabó (to Nafta Lendava) |
| — | MF | HUN | Dániel Szökrönyös (to Nagykanizsa) |
Source:

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | HUN | Bence Balabás (from Austria Wien) |
| 7 | FW | ALB | Eros Grezda (from Manisa) |
| 28 | DF | HUN | Erik Németh (loan return from Szentlőrinc) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | HUN | Milán Májer (to Kecskemét) |
| 19 | FW | BRA | Diego Carioca (loan return to Kolos Kovalivka) |
| 28 | DF | HUN | Erik Németh (loan to Soroksár) |
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 | 29 July 2022 | 26 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 030.30 |
| Magyar Kupa | 17 September 2022 | 3 May 2023 | Round of 64 | Winners | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 041.03 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Mezőkövesd | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 42 | |
| 8 | Újpest | 33 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 42 | 55 | −13 | 41 | |
| 9 | Zalaegerszeg | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 39 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 10 | Fehérvár | 33 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 35 | |
| 11 | Budapest Honvéd (R) | 33 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 34 | 51 | −17 | 33 | Relegation to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II |
* ↑ Zalaegerszeg qualified to the Europa Conference League second qualifying round as winners of the 2022–23 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: Soccerway

#### 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 | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | D | D | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | W | D | L | D |
| Position | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 |

#### Matches
### Magyar Kupa
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 20 March 2023.
| 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 |
| 1 | GK | HUN | Patrik Demjén | 28 | -27 | 24 | -26 | 4 | -1 |
| 3 | DF | HUN | Dávid Kálnoki-Kis | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CRO | Zoran Lesjak | 21 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | HUN | Gergely Mim | 16 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ALB | Eros Grezda | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | COD | Christy Manzinga | 17 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | HUN | Mátyás Tajti | 21 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | HUN | Norbert Szendrei | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | USA | Eduvie Ikoba | 24 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | HUN | Barnabás Kovács | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | HUN | András Huszti | 18 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | MNE | Bojan Sanković | 25 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | HUN | Dániel Csóka | 19 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | HUN | Bence Bedi | 14 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | NGA | Christopher Baloteli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Safronov | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | HUN | Attila Mocsi | 25 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 44 | DF | HUN | Bence Gergényi | 26 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | NGA | Meshack Ubochioma | 25 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | HUN | Szabolcs Szalay | 24 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 80 | FW | HUN | Milán Klausz | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | GK | HUN | Márton Gyurján | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0 | 0 | -0 |
| 97 | FW | HUN | Dániel Németh | 20 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Youth players: ||||||||||
| 5 | DF | ROU | Botond Gergely | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | UKR | Denys Kryvotsiuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | HUN | Zsombor Boros | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Kosovchuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | HUN | Csongor Papp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Out to loan: ||||||||||
| Players no longer at the club: ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | HUN | Milán Májer | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Diego Carioca | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
    Last updated on 20 March 2023
| Position | Nation | Number | Name | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Magyar Kupa | Total |
| 1 | | 12 | Eduvie Ikoba | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | | 97 | Dániel Németh | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | | 77 | Szabolcs Szalay | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | | 44 | Bence Gergényi | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | | 9 | Christy Manzinga | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | | 4 | Zoran Lesjak | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | | 17 | András Huszti | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | | 10 | Mátyás Tajti | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | | 70 | Meshack Ubochioma | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | | 37 | Attila Mocsi | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | | 27 | Bence Bedi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | 21 | Dániel Csóka | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | 18 | Bojan Sanković | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | | 7 | Eros Grezda | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | 6 | Gergely Mim | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| / | / | / | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | TOTALS | 29 | 10 | 39 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition | Round |
| Eduvie Ikoba | Mezőkövesd | 5–0 (A) | 2 September 2022 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 7 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.
    Last updated on 20 March 2023
| Position | Number | Name | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Magyar Kupa | Magyar Kupa | Total (Hu Total) | Total (Hu Total) |
| DF | 3 | Dávid Kálnoki-Kis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (4) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 4 | Zoran Lesjak | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 (3) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 6 | Gergely Mim | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 7 | Milán Májer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 7 | Eros Grezda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 9 | Christy Manzinga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 10 | Mátyás Tajti | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (7) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 11 | Norbert Szendrei | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 (5) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 12 | Eduvie Ikoba | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 (4) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 14 | Barnabás Kovács | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 17 | András Huszti | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 (7) | 1 (1) |
| MF | 18 | Bojan Sanković | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (5) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 19 | Diego Carioca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 21 | Dániel Csóka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 (3) | 1 (1) |
| MF | 27 | Bence Bedi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 37 | Attila Mocsi | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 (5) | 1 (1) |
| DF | 44 | Bence Gergényi | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 (5) | 1 (1) |
| MF | 70 | Meshack Ubochioma | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 (3) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 77 | Szabolcs Szalay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 97 | Dániel Németh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| | | TOTALS | 65 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 72 (65) | 4 (4) |

### Clean sheets

    Last updated on 10 April 2023
| Position | Number | Name | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Magyar Kupa | Total |
| 1 | 1 | Patrik Demjén | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | 95 | Márton Gyurján | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 10 | 4 | 14 |