# 2020–21 Zalaegerszegi TE season

The 2019–20 season was Zalaegerszegi TE's 2nd competitive season, 40th consecutive season in the OTP Bank Liga and 100th year in existence as a football club.

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | HUN | Bertalan Kun (from Győr) |
| — | FW | HUN | Dávid Zimonyi (from Lipót) |
| — | MF | HUN | Patrik Vass (from MTK Budapest) |
| — | GK | HUN | Márton Gyurján (from Haladás) |
| — | FW | HUN | Regő Szánthó (loan from Ferencváros) |
| — | MF | HUN | Mátyás Tajti (from Zagłębie Lubin) |
| — | MF | MNE | Bojan Sanković (from Irtysh Pavlodar) |
| — | FW | HUN | Filip Dragóner (from Mezőkövesd) |
| — | DF | SRB | Aleksandar Tanasin (from Proleter) |
| — | MF | HUN | Bence Szabó (from Debrecen) |
| — | FW | HUN | Norbert Könyves (from Paks) |
| — | DF | SVN | Žiga Živko (loan from Nafta) |
| — | MF | HUN | Barnabás Kovács (from Dunaújváros) |
| — | FW | HUN | Márk Koszta (from Újpest) |
| — | MF | UKR | Artem Favorov (loan from Puskás Akadémia) |
| — | MF | HUN | Dániel Szökrönyös (loan return from Hévíz) |
| — | DF | HUN | Bence Gergényi (loan return from Nafta) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | HUN | Zoltán Kovács (to Budafok) |
| — | MF | SRB | Nikola Mitrović (to Újpest) |
| — | MF | HUN | Gergő Kocsis (to Podbeskidzie) |
| — | FW | HUN | András Radó (to Vasas) |
| — | FW | HUN | Gergely Bobál (to Nacional) |
| — | FW | USA | Eric McWoods (to Balzan) |
| — | FW | USA | Eduvie Ikoba (to Trenčín) |
| — | MF | HUN | Zoltán Stieber (to Újpest) |
| — | GK | HUN | Norbert Szemerédi |
| — | MF | HUN | Dávid Barczi |
| — | DF | HUN | Bendegúz Bolla (loan return to Fehérvár) |
| — | DF | HUN | Krisztián Tamás (loan return to Fehérvár) |
| — | MF | HUN | Stjepan Oštrek (loan return to Nafta) |
| — | MF | CYP | Fanos Katelaris (loan return to Omonia Nicosia) |
| — | MF | HUN | Lukács Bőle (loan return to Ferencváros) |
| — | DF | CRO | Matija Katanec (loan return to Mezőkövesd) |
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### Nemzeti Bajnokság I
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | MTK | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 42 | |
| 8 | Mezőkövesd | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 42 | |
| 9 | Zalaegerszeg | 33 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 37 | |
| 10 | Honvéd | 33 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 37 | |
| 11 | Diósgyőr (R) | 33 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 34 | 53 | −19 | 33 | Relegation to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 May 2021. Source: NB1

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | D |
| Position | 6 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 |

#### Matches
### Hungarian Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 15 May 2021.
| 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 | HUN | Patrik Demjén | 18 | -35 | 18 | -35 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | HUN | Dávid Kálnoki-Kis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CRO | Zoran Lesjak | 18 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | HUN | Dávid Bobál | 20 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | HUN | Dániel Szalai | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | HUN | Patrik Vass | 17 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | HUN | Mátyás Tajti | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | HUN | Márk Koszta | 15 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | FW | HUN | Benjamin Babati | 18 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | HUN | Regő Szánthó | 17 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | HUN | Dávid Zimonyi | 12 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | MF | POR | Sandro Semedo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | MNE | Bojan Sanković | 19 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | SVK | János Szépe | 13 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | HUN | Barnabás Kovács | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | HUN | Bertalan Kun | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SRB | Aleksandar Tanasin | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | HUN | Márkó Futács | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | UKR | Artem Favorov | 16 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | HUN | Bence Bedi | 18 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | HUN | Erik Németh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | SVK | Žiga Živko | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | HUN | Norbert Könyves | 15 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | HUN | Bence Gergényi | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | FW | HUN | Filip Dragóner | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 95 | GK | HUN | Márton Gyurján | 2 | -1 | 0 | -0 | 2 | -1 |
| Youth players: ||||||||||
| 23 | MF | HUN | Bence Szabó | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | HUN | László Papp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | GK | HUN | Bence Köcse | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0 | 0 | -0 |
| 77 | FW | HUN | Szabolcs Szalay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
    Last updated on 15 May 2021
| Position | Nation | Number | Name | OTP Bank Liga | Hungarian Cup | Total |
| 1 | | 9 | Márk Koszta | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | | 42 | Norbert Könyves | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | | 11 | Regő Szánthó | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | | 16 | Dávid Zimonyi | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | | 19 | János Szépe | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | | 10 | Benjamin Babati | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | | 25 | Artem Favorov | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | | 71 | Filip Dragóner | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | | 27 | Bence Bedi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | | 7 | Patrik Vass | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | | 5 | Dávid Bobál | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | | 4 | Zoran Lesjak | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | | 6 | Dániel Szalai | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| / | / | / | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | TOTALS | 37 | 14 | 51 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.
    Last updated on 15 May 2021
| Position | Number | Name | OTP Bank Liga | OTP Bank Liga | Hungarian Cup | Hungarian Cup | Total (Hu Total) | Total (Hu Total) |
| DF | 3 | Erik Németh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 4 | Zoran Lesjak | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 (3) | 1 (1) |
| DF | 5 | Dávid Bobál | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 6 | Dániel Szalai | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 (2) | 1 (1) |
| MF | 7 | Patrik Vass | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 8 | Mátyás Tajti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 9 | Márk Koszta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 11 | Regő Szánthó | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (4) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 18 | Bojan Sanković | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (3) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 16 | Dávid Zimonyi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 18 | Bojan Sanković | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 19 | János Szépe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 20 | Barnabás Kovács | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 22 | Aleksandar Tanasin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 25 | Artem Favorov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 27 | Bence Bedi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 36 | Žiga Živko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 42 | Norbert Könyves | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 44 | Bence Gergényi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (4) | 0 (0) |
| | | TOTALS | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 35 (34) | 2 (2) |

### Overall

| Games played | 20 (18 OTP Bank Liga and 2 Hungarian Cup) |
| Games won | 8 (6 OTP Bank Liga and 2 Hungarian Cup) |
| Games drawn | 4 (4 OTP Bank Liga and 0 Hungarian Cup) |
| Games lost | 8 (8 OTP Bank Liga and 0 Hungarian Cup) |
| Goals scored | 48 |
| Goals conceded | 35 |
| Goal difference | +13 |
| Yellow cards | 35 |
| Red cards | 2 |
| Worst discipline | Dániel Szalai (3 , 1 ) |
| Worst discipline | Zoran Lesjak (3 , 1 ) |
| Best result | 11–0 (A) v Mezőkeresztes - Hungarian Cup - 19-9-2020 |
| Worst result | 2–4 (H) v Budapest Honvéd - Nemzeti Bajnokság I - 4-10-2020 |
| Worst result | 1–3 (A) v Paks - Nemzeti Bajnokság I - 18-10-2020 |
| Worst result | 1–3 (H) v Budafok - Nemzeti Bajnokság I - 25-10-2020 |
| Most appearances | Dávid Bobál (20 appearances) |
| Most appearances | Bence Gergényi (20 appearances) |
| Top scorer | Márk Koszta (7 goals) |
| Points | 28/60 (43.58%) |
Last updated: 15 May 2021 Source: