# 2016–17 Budapest Honvéd FC season

The 2016–17 season was Budapest Honvéd Football Club's 103rd competitive season, 13th consecutive season in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I and 109th season in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, Honvéd participated in that season's editions of the Magyar Kupa.

## Squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | HUN | Dávid Bobál |
| 6 | MF | HUN | Dániel Gazdag |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Davide Lanzafame |
| 8 | DF | NGA | George Ikenne |
| 9 | FW | HUN | Márton Eppel |
| 11 | FW | COD | Kadima Kabangu |
| 18 | GK | HUN | András Horváth |
| 19 | FW | HUN | Márk Koszta |
| 20 | MF | HUN | Dániel Kovács |
| 21 | FW | HUN | Bálint Tömösvári |
| 22 | MF | HUN | Dániel Göblyös |
| 23 | MF | HUN | Donát Zsótér |
| 24 | MF | SRB | Đorđe Kamber |
| 25 | DF | CRO | Ivan Lovrić |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | MF | HUN | Patrik Hidi |
| 27 | DF | HUN | András Márton |
| 30 | DF | ROU | Raul Palmeș |
| 36 | DF | HUN | Botond Baráth |
| 55 | FW | HUN | Dániel Lukács |
| 57 | FW | SRB | Filip Holender |
| 66 | MF | SRB | Dušan Vasiljević |
| 77 | MF | HUN | Gergő Nagy |
| 85 | GK | HUN | Csaba Somogyi |
| 86 | MF | HUN | Zsolt Laczkó |
| 89 | DF | HUN | Balázs Villám |
| 92 | FW | HUN | Zsolt Balázs |
| 99 | GK | HUN | Dávid Gróf |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | From |
| Summer | FW | – | Henrik Tóth | Espérance Aulnaysienne |
| Summer | FW | 7 | Davide Lanzafame | Novara |
| Summer | DF | 38 | Ádám Hajdú | MTK |
| Summer | GK | 99 | Dávid Gróf | Csákvár |
| Winter | GK | 85 | Csaba Somogyi | Free agent |
| Winter | DF | 89 | Balázs Villám | Zalaegerszeg |
* ↑ Previous club Szolnok.

### Transfers out

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | To |
| Summer | MF | – | Krisztofer Szerető | Stoke City |
| Summer | DF | 5 | Aleksandar Ignjatović | Released |
| Summer | DF | 14 | Loránd Szilágyi | Cigánd |
| Summer | FW | 63 | László Erdélyi | Sopron |
| Summer | FW | 70 | Richárd Jelena | Released |
| Summer | GK | 71 | Szabolcs Kemenes | Released |
| Summer | FW | 96 | Dan Constantinescu | Kazincbarcika |
| Summer | FW | 99 | Souleymane Youla | Released |
| Winter | MF | – | Szabolcs Schön | Ajax |
| Winter | GK | 1 | Oleksandr Nad | Released |
| Winter | FW | 17 | Dániel Prosser | Puskás Akadémia |
| Winter | DF | 21 | Endre Botka | Ferencváros |
* ↑ Joined Paks.
* ↑ Joined Paks.
* ↑ Joined Indy Eleven.
* ↑ Joined Gyirmót.

### Loans in

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | From | End date |
| Summer | MF | 23 | Donát Zsótér | Sint-Truidense | End of season |
| Summer | FW | 92 | Zsolt Balázs | Paks | End of season |
| Winter | MF | 86 | Zsolt Laczkó | Paks | End of season |

### Loans out

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | To | End date |
| Summer | FW | – | György Kamarás | Balmazújváros | End of season |
| Summer | MF | – | Zsolt Mátyás | Vác | End of season |
| Summer | DF | – | Márkó Varga | Kozármisleny | End of season |
| Summer | FW | 5 | Gergely Bobál | Zalaegerszeg | End of season |
| Summer | MF | 7 | Richárd Vernes | Paks | End of season |
| Summer | MF | 16 | Mihály Csábi | Kozármisleny | Middle of season |
| Winter | DF | – | Imre Fehér | SZEOL | End of season |
| Winter | DF | 38 | Ádám Hajdú | Paks | End of season |
| Winter | GK | 44 | Dániel Vajda | Budaörs | 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 | 16 July 2016 | 27 May 2017 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 33 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 55 | 30 | +25 | 060.61 |
| Magyar Kupa | 14 September 2016 | 1 March 2017 | Round of 128 | Round of 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 060.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 74 | 36 | +38 | 060.53 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Honvéd (C) | 33 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 55 | 30 | +25 | 65 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Videoton | 33 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 65 | 28 | +37 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Vasas | 33 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 50 | 40 | +10 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Ferencváros | 33 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 54 | 44 | +10 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Paks | 33 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 45 | |
* ↑ Ferencváros qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 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: 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Points | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 34 | 37 | 40 | 40 | 41 | 44 | 47 | 47 | 50 | 50 | 53 | 56 | 59 | 62 | 65 |

#### Matches
### Magyar Kupa
#### Round of 16
## 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 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Magyar Kupa | Magyar Kupa | Magyar Kupa | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Player | Pos. | Apps | | | | Apps | | | Apps | | | |
| 1 | Oleksandr Nad | GK | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Dávid Bobál | DF | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | | | 26 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | Dániel Gazdag | MF | 32 | | 5 | | 2 | | | 34 | | 5 | |
| 5 | Gergely Bobál | FW | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | | | |
| 7 | Davide Lanzafame | FW | 25 | 11 | 5 | | 2 | 1 | | 27 | 12 | 5 | |
| 7 | Richárd Vernes | MF | 6 | | 1 | | | | | 6 | | 1 | |
| 8 | George Ikenne | DF | 21 | | 2 | | 3 | | 1 | 24 | | 3 | |
| 9 | Márton Eppel | FW | 27 | 16 | 2 | | 2 | | | 29 | 16 | 2 | |
| 11 | Kadima Kabangu | FW | 5 | | 1 | | 4 | 2 | | 9 | 2 | 1 | |
| 17 | Dániel Prosser | FW | 11 | 4 | 1 | | 3 | 4 | | 14 | 8 | 1 | |
| 18 | András Horváth | GK | 8 | | | | 2 | | | 10 | | | |
| 19 | Márk Koszta | FW | 31 | 6 | 3 | | | | | 31 | 6 | 3 | |
| 20 | Dániel Kovács | MF | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 21 | Endre Botka | DF | 17 | | 5 | | 2 | | | 19 | | 5 | |
| 21 | Bálint Tömösvári | FW | 3 | | | | 2 | 2 | | 5 | 2 | | |
| 22 | Dániel Göblyös | MF | | | | | 2 | | 1 | 2 | | 1 | |
| 23 | Donát Zsótér | MF | 22 | 3 | 5 | | 3 | | | 25 | 3 | 5 | |
| 24 | Đorđe Kamber | MF | 32 | 3 | 2 | | 2 | | | 34 | 3 | 2 | |
| 25 | Ivan Lovrić | DF | 28 | | 6 | 1 | 5 | | 1 | 33 | | 7 | 1 |
| 26 | Patrik Hidi | MF | 28 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | | 32 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 30 | Raul Palmeș | DF | 1 | | | | 2 | | | 3 | | | |
| 36 | Botond Baráth | DF | 22 | | 7 | | 3 | | | 25 | | 7 | |
| 38 | Ádám Hajdú | DF | 13 | | 1 | | 3 | | | 16 | | 1 | |
| 57 | Filip Holender | FW | 27 | 2 | 5 | | 4 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 6 | |
| 66 | Dušan Vasiljević | MF | 15 | 1 | 3 | | 5 | 4 | | 20 | 5 | 3 | |
| 70 | Ákos Bíró | FW | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | |
| 77 | Gergő Nagy | MF | 19 | 1 | 2 | | 5 | | | 24 | 1 | 2 | |
| 86 | Zsolt Laczkó | MF | 3 | | | | 1 | | 1 | 4 | | 1 | |
| 89 | Balázs Villám | DF | 5 | | 1 | | | | | 5 | | 1 | |
| 92 | Zsolt Balázs | FW | 9 | | | | 3 | 1 | | 12 | 1 | | |
| 99 | Dávid Gróf | GK | 25 | | 1 | | 3 | | | 28 | | 1 | |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 55 | 64 | 3 | | 19 | 5 | | 74 | 69 | 3 |

### Hat-tricks

| No. | Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| 17 | Dániel Prosser | Mórahalom (A) | 7–1 | 14 September 2016 | Magyar Kupa |
| 66 | Dušan Vasiljević | Ménfőcsanak (A) | 5–0 | 30 November 2016 | Magyar Kupa |
| 19 | Márk Koszta | Debrecen (A) | 5–2 | 20 May 2017 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I |

### Clean sheets

| | | | Clean sheets | Clean sheets | Clean sheets |
| No. | Player | Games Played | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Magyar Kupa | Total |
| 99 | Dávid Gróf | 28 | 10 | | 10 |
| 18 | András Horváth | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | Oleksandr Nad | | | | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 13 | 1 | 14 |

## Awards

Nemzeti Bajnokság I top scorer
Player
Goals
Ref
Márton Eppel
16
Nemzeti Bajnokság I Manager of the Season
Manager
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Marco Rossi
Nemzeti Bajnokság I Young Player Award
Player
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Donát Zsótér :