# 2017–18 Puskás Akadémia FC season

The 2017–18 season was Puskás Akadémia Football Club's 4th competitive season, 1st 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.
The club lost their first Magyar Kupa final in history after penalties against Budapest's Újpest.

## First team squad

As of 1 February, 2018.
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 | Balázs Tóth |
| 6 | DF | SVN | Dejan Trajkovski |
| 7 | FW | HUN | Márk Szécsi |
| 8 | MF | HUN | Dávid Márkvárt (captain) |
| 9 | FW | MLI | Ulysse Diallo |
| 10 | FW | HUN | András Radó |
| 11 | FW | HUN | Dániel Prosser |
| 12 | MF | HUN | Balázs Balogh |
| 14 | DF | BEL | Jonathan Heris |
| 15 | MF | CMR | Patrick Mevoungou |
| 16 | MF | URU | Gonzalo Vega |
| 17 | MF | HUN | László Zsidai |
| 19 | GK | HUN | Lajos Hegedűs |
| 20 | DF | HUN | Vilmos Vanczák |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | SVN | Denis Klinar |
| 23 | DF | HUN | Csaba Spandler |
| 24 | DF | HUN | Patrik Poór |
| 27 | MF | ALB | Liridon Latifi |
| 28 | MF | CRO | Stipe Bačelić-Grgić |
| 30 | MF | CRO | Josip Knežević |
| 33 | FW | HUN | Gábor Molnár |
| 44 | GK | SRB | Branislav Danilović |
| 45 | FW | NGA | Ezekiel Henty (loaned from Videoton) |
| 55 | MF | HUN | Péter Szakály |
| 68 | DF | HUN | János Hegedűs |
| 71 | DF | HUN | Attila Osváth |
| 77 | FW | CRO | Antonio Perošević |
| 80 | MF | HUN | Márk Madarász |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | DF | HUN | Ádám Csilus (at Nyíregyháza Spartacus FC) |
| 18 | MF | HUN | Attila Polonkai (at Csákvári TK) |
| 22 | DF | HUN | Zsolt Tar (at Csákvári TK) |
| 25 | DF | HUN | Zsolt Nagy (at Csákvári TK) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | DF | CRO | Ivor Horvat (at Csákvári TK) |
| — | DF | HUN | Ádám Lipcsei (at Csákvári TK) |
| — | MF | HUN | Dávid Mészáros (at Csákvári TK) |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | FW | HUN | Márk Szécsi (from Nyíregyháza) |
| 9 | FW | MLI | Ulysse Diallo (from Mezőkövesd) |
| 10 | FW | HUN | András Radó (from Ferencváros) |
| 12 | MF | HUN | Balázs Balogh (from Újpest) |
| 14 | DF | BEL | Jonathan Heris (from Újpest) |
| 15 | MF | CMR | Patrick Mevoungou (from Diósgyőr) |
| 16 | MF | HUN | Roland Sallai (from return from Palermo) |
| 24 | DF | HUN | Patrik Poór (from MTK Budapest) |
| 27 | MF | ALB | Liridon Latifi (from Skënderbeu Korçë) |
| 28 | MF | CRO | Stipe Bačelić-Grgić (from return from Mezőkövesd) |
| 30 | MF | CRO | Josip Knežević (from Osijek) |
| 32 | DF | CRO | Ivor Horvat (from Koper) |
| 33 | FW | HUN | Gábor Molnár (from Mezőkövesd) |
| 44 | GK | SRB | Branislav Danilović (from return from Debrecen) |
| 71 | DF | HUN | Attila Osváth (from Vasas) |
| 77 | FW | CRO | Antonio Perošević (from Osijek) |
| 80 | MF | HUN | Márk Madarász (from Gyirmót) |
| — | DF | HUN | Ádám Lipcsei (from return from Csákvár) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | HUN | Bence Gundel-Takács (to Újpest) |
| 2 | DF | HUN | Tibor Heffler (to Cegléd) |
| 3 | DF | HUN | Gyula Forró (to Nyíregyháza) |
| 5 | DF | HUN | Bence Tóth (to Videoton) |
| 6 | DF | HUN | Gábor Gyömbér (to Soroksár) |
| 7 | MF | UKR | Dmytro Lyopa (to Osijek) |
| 7 | MF | HUN | László Pekár (to Nyíregyháza) |
| 10 | FW | HUN | Zsolt Óvári (to Diósgyőr) |
| 15 | MF | HUN | Bence Szabó (to Videoton) |
| 16 | MF | HUN | Roland Sallai (to APOEL Nicosia) |
| 17 | FW | HUN | Gábor Makrai (to Diósgyőr) |
| 29 | FW | HUN | László Lencse (to MTK Budapest) |
| 23 | GK | HUN | Krisztián Pogacsics (to Balmazújváros) |
| 32 | MF | HUN | Lóránd Szatmári (to Győr) |
| 49 | DF | SRB | Branko Pauljević (to Újpest) |
| 52 | DF | HUN | Alex Damásdi (to Cegléd) |
| 91 | DF | HUN | Gergő Vaszicsku (to Budafok) |
| — | DF | HUN | Ákos Fodor (to Kisvárda) |
| — | DF | HUN | Dániel Kertai (to Iváncsa) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | SVN | Denis Klinar (from Olimpija Ljubljana) |
| — | MF | URU | Gonzalo Vega (from River Plate) |
| — | DF | SVN | Dejan Trajkovski (from Twente) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | MF | HUN | Martin Hudák (to Zalaegerszeg) |
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 | 16 July 2017 | 2 June 2018 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 033.33 |
| Magyar Kupa | 20 September 2017 | 1 March 2023 | Round of 128 | Runners-up | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 060.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 62 | 53 | +9 | 039.53 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
| 7 | Paks | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 42 | |
| 8 | Szombathelyi Haladás | 33 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 38 | |
* ↑ 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | W | D | L | W | D | D | L | L | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 |

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

| 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 |
| 6 | DF | SVN | Dejan Trajkovski | 20 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | HUN | Márk Szécsi | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | HUN | Dávid Márkvárt | 30 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | MLI | Ulysse Diallo | 33 | 9 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | HUN | András Radó | 17 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | HUN | Dániel Prosser | 20 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| 12 | MF | HUN | Balázs Balogh | 35 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | BEL | Jonathan Heris | 25 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | CMR | Patrick Mevoungou | 26 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | HUN | László Zsidai | 18 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | GK | HUN | Lajos Hegedűs | 38 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | HUN | Vilmos Vanczák | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | SVN | Denis Klinar | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | HUN | Csaba Spandler | 32 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | HUN | Patrik Poór | 23 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ALB | Liridon Latifi | 14 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | CRO | Stipe Bačelić-Grgić | 24 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | CRO | Josip Knežević | 36 | 15 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 4 |
| 33 | MF | HUN | Gábor Molnár | 34 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 44 | GK | SRB | Branislav Danilović | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | NGA | Ezekiel Henty | 17 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| 55 | MF | HUN | Péter Szakály | 29 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| 68 | DF | HUN | János Hegedűs | 20 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 71 | FW | HUN | Attila Osváth | 18 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | CRO | Antonio Perošević | 30 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
| 80 | MF | HUN | Márk Madarász | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Youth players: ||||||||||
| Out to loan: ||||||||||
| 13 | DF | HUN | Ádám Csilus | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | HUN | Attila Polonkai | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | HUN | Zsolt Nagy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | CRO | Ivor Horvat | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: ||||||||||
| 16 | MF | HUN | Roland Sallai | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Position | Nation | Number | Name | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Magyar Kupa | Total |
| 1 | | 30 | Josip Knežević | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| 2 | | 9 | Ulysse Diallo | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | | 77 | Antonio Perošević | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | | 45 | Ezekiel Henty | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | | 11 | Dániel Prosser | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | | 55 | Péter Szakály | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | | 10 | András Radó | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | | 33 | Gábor Molnár | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | | 68 | János Hegedűs | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | | 6 | Dejan Trajkovski | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | 8 | Dávid Márkvárt | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | 14 | Jonathan Heris | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | 23 | Csaba Spandler | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | 27 | Liridon Latifi | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | | 80 | Márk Madarász | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| / | / | / | Own Goals | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 41 | 21 | 62 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.
| Position | Number | Name | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Magyar Kupa | Magyar Kupa | Total (Hu Total) | Total (Hu Total) |
| DF | 6 | Dejan Trajkovski | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (4) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 7 | Márk Szécsi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 8 | Dávid Márkvárt | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 (8) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 9 | Ulysse Diallo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (5) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 11 | Dániel Prosser | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 12 | Balázs Balogh | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 (4) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 13 | Ádám Csilus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 14 | Jonathan Heris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 15 | Patrick Mevoungou | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 (5) | 1 (1) |
| MF | 17 | László Zsidai | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 (4) | 0 (0) |
| GK | 19 | Lajos Hegedűs | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 20 | Vilmos Vanczák | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (6) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 21 | Denis Klinar | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 (4) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 23 | Csaba Spandler | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 (6) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 24 | Patrik Poór | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 (3) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 27 | Liridon Latifi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 28 | Stipe Bačelić-Grgić | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 (2) | 1 (1) |
| MF | 30 | Josip Knežević | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 (10) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 33 | Gábor Molnár | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 45 | Ezekiel Henty | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1) | 1 (1) |
| MF | 55 | Péter Szakály | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (4) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 68 | János Hegedűs | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 (4) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 71 | Attila Osváth | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 (5) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 77 | Antonio Perošević | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 (6) | 0 (0) |
| | | TOTALS | 90 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 108 (90) | 3 (3) |

### Clean sheets

| Position | Number | Name | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Magyar Kupa | Total |
| 1 | 19 | Lajos Hegedűs | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | 44 | Branislav Danilović | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 9 | 5 | 14 |