# 2022–23 SC Pick Szeged season

The 2022–23 season was the 61st season in the history of SC Pick Szeged and their 47th consecutive season in the top flight. The club will participate in Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the Magyar Kupa and the EHF Champions League.

## Players
### Squad information

    Squad for the 2022–23 season.
    As of 2 September 2022

### Transfers

    Source: Rajt a K&H férfi ligában

### Staff members

    Source: Staff (Szakmai stáb) - Pick Szeged 2022/2023
* Head Coach: Juan Carlos Pastor
* Assistant Coach: Marko Krivokapić
* Goalkeeping Coach: Nenad Damjanović
* Fitness Coach: Slobodan Acimov
* Club Doctor: István Szabó MD
* Masseur: Đorđe Ignjatović

## Club
### Management

    Source: Management (Munkatársak)
| Position | Staff member |
| The club ||
| President | Dr. Ernő Péter Szűcs |
| Co-member | Attila Fülöp |
| Co-member | Sándor Fasimon |
| Co-member | Gábor Kolics |
| Senior team ||
| Sports director | Juan Carlos Pastor |
| Technical director | Iván Dobozi |
| Press chief | Róbert Süli |
| Secretary - General | Julianna Szilágyi |
| Director of marketing communication | Máté H. Nagy |
| Team manager | Ádám Ollár |
| Video analyst | Ferenc Szabó |
| International relations | Robin Borsos |
| International relations | Bettina Békefi |
| Company manager | Bence Kiss |
| Financial director | József Farkas |
| Youth team ||
| Director | Vladan Jordović |
| Secretary | Éva Szanka |
| Technical director of PICK Academy | Krisztián Kárpáti |

### Uniform

* Supplier: Adidas
* Shirt sponsor (front): Pick / tippmix / OTP Bank / SMP Solutions
* Shirt sponsor (back): Groupama Biztosító / Lexus Szeged
* Shorts sponsor: Groupama Biztosító / OTP Bank / Lexus Szeged / Hajós Építész Iroda

## Pre-season
### Friendly matches

| 10 August 2022 (2022-08-10) | Pick Szeged | 37–26 | Balatonfüredi KSE | Pick Aréna - Ludányi Márton Sportcsarnok, Szeged Attendance: 1,400 |
| 10 August 2022 (2022-08-10) | Frimmel 6 | (18–14) | Szűcs 8 | Pick Aréna - Ludányi Márton Sportcsarnok, Szeged Attendance: 1,400 |
| 10 August 2022 (2022-08-10) | | Report | | Pick Aréna - Ludányi Márton Sportcsarnok, Szeged Attendance: 1,400 |
| 12 August 2022 (2022-08-12) | Pick Szeged | 38–27 | HE-DO B. Braun Gyöngyös | Pick Aréna - Ludányi Márton Sportcsarnok, Szeged Attendance: 1,300 |
| 12 August 2022 (2022-08-12) | Radivojević 8 | (18–14) | Potisk 5 | Pick Aréna - Ludányi Márton Sportcsarnok, Szeged Attendance: 1,300 |
| 12 August 2022 (2022-08-12) | | Report | | Pick Aréna - Ludányi Márton Sportcsarnok, Szeged Attendance: 1,300 |
| 19 August 2022 (2022-08-19) | Crvena zvezda | 20–38 | Pick Szeged | Sânnicolau Mare Attendance: 600 |
| 19 August 2022 (2022-08-19) | | (10–19) | Frimmel 6 | Sânnicolau Mare Attendance: 600 |
| 19 August 2022 (2022-08-19) | | Report | | Sânnicolau Mare Attendance: 600 |
| 20 August 2022 (2022-08-20) | Minaur Baia Mare | 26–31 | Pick Szeged | Sânnicolau Mare Attendance: 600 |
| 20 August 2022 (2022-08-20) | | (12–17) | Rosta 7 | Sânnicolau Mare Attendance: 600 |
| 20 August 2022 (2022-08-20) | | Report | | Sânnicolau Mare Attendance: 600 |

## Competitions

Times up to 30 October 2022 and from 26 March 2023 are CEST (UTC+2). Times from 30 October 2022 to 26 March 2023 are CET (UTC+1).
Win  Draw  Loss

### 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 | 3 September 2022 | - | Matchday 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 50 | +29 | 100.00 |
| Magyar Kupa | - | - | Fifth round | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| EHF Champions League | 15 September 2022 | - | Group stage | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 50 | +29 | 100.00 |
Last updated: 8 September 2022 Source: Flashscore

### Nemzeti Bajnokság I
#### Regular season
##### 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 |
| Ground | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

##### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 5 July 2022.
| Round 1 3 September 2022 (2022-09-03) 18:00 | Pick Szeged | 40–25 | CYEB-Budakalász | Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Nagy, Túróczy |
| Round 1 3 September 2022 (2022-09-03) 18:00 | Rosta 7 | (19–14) | Varjú 7 | Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Nagy, Túróczy |
| Round 1 3 September 2022 (2022-09-03) 18:00 | 1× 3× | Report | 1× 4× | Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Nagy, Túróczy |
| Round 2 8 September 2022 (2022-09-08) 18:00 | Pick Szeged | 39–25 | HÉP-Cegléd | Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 2,000 Referees: G. Kiu, T. Kiu |
| Round 2 8 September 2022 (2022-09-08) 18:00 | Blonz 7 | (21–10) | Kállai 6 | Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 2,000 Referees: G. Kiu, T. Kiu |
| Round 2 8 September 2022 (2022-09-08) 18:00 | 2× 1× | Report | 4× 1× | Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 2,000 Referees: G. Kiu, T. Kiu |
| Round 3 17 September 2022 (2022-09-17) 19:00 | Pick Szeged | 37–28 | Balatonfüredi KSE | Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Fekete, Tóth |
| Round 3 17 September 2022 (2022-09-17) 19:00 | three players 6 | (20–12) | Szmetán 6 | Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Fekete, Tóth |
| Round 3 17 September 2022 (2022-09-17) 19:00 | 3× | Report | 1× 3× | Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Fekete, Tóth |
| Round 4 24 September 2022 (2022-09-24) 18:00 | Dabas KC | 26–37 | Pick Szeged | OBO Aréna, Dabas Attendance: 700 Referees: Héjja, Kónya |
| Round 4 24 September 2022 (2022-09-24) 18:00 | Horvat 6 | (17–17) | Blonz 7 | OBO Aréna, Dabas Attendance: 700 Referees: Héjja, Kónya |
| Round 4 24 September 2022 (2022-09-24) 18:00 | 1× 3× | Report | 1× 3× | OBO Aréna, Dabas Attendance: 700 Referees: Héjja, Kónya |
| Round 5 1 October 2022 (2022-10-01) 19:30 | Pick Szeged | 39–33 | Ferencvárosi TC | Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Sándor, Szikszay |
| Round 5 1 October 2022 (2022-10-01) 19:30 | Rosta 13 | (20–13) | Füzi, Prainer 6 | Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Sándor, Szikszay |
| Round 5 1 October 2022 (2022-10-01) 19:30 | 2× 5× | Report | 2× 4× | Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Sándor, Szikszay |
| Round 6 22 October 2022 (2022-10-22) 16:00 | Telekom Veszprém | 31–26 | Pick Szeged | Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Andorka, Hucker |
| Round 6 22 October 2022 (2022-10-22) 16:00 | Vailupau 5 | (16–10) | Blonz 7 | Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Andorka, Hucker |
| Round 6 22 October 2022 (2022-10-22) 16:00 | 1× 2× 1× | Report | 1× 1× 1× | Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Andorka, Hucker |
| Round 7 29 October 2022 (2022-10-29) 20:05 | Pick Szeged | 32–24 | HE-DO B. Braun Gyöngyös | Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 1,600 Referees: G. Kiu, T. Kiu |
| Round 7 29 October 2022 (2022-10-29) 20:05 | Garciandia 8 | (17–13) | Potisk 6 | Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 1,600 Referees: G. Kiu, T. Kiu |
| Round 7 29 October 2022 (2022-10-29) 20:05 | 1× 1× | Report | 1× 1× | Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 1,600 Referees: G. Kiu, T. Kiu |
| Round 8 6 November 2022 (2022-11-06) 16:00 | Pick Szeged | 32–30 | MOL Tatabánya KC | Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Nagy, Túróczy |
| Round 8 6 November 2022 (2022-11-06) 16:00 | Radivojević 8 | (16–15) | Győri, Ancsin 6 | Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Nagy, Túróczy |
| Round 8 6 November 2022 (2022-11-06) 16:00 | 2× 7× | Report | 1× 2× | Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Nagy, Túróczy |
| Round 9 12 November 2022 (2022-11-12) 18:00 | Fejér-B.Á.L. Veszprém | – | Pick Szeged | Városi Sportcsarnok, Veszprém Referees: Hajdu, Halász |
| Round 9 12 November 2022 (2022-11-12) 18:00 | | (–) | | Városi Sportcsarnok, Veszprém Referees: Hajdu, Halász |
| Round 9 12 November 2022 (2022-11-12) 18:00 | | Report | | Városi Sportcsarnok, Veszprém Referees: Hajdu, Halász |
| Round 10 26 November 2022 (2022-11-26) 16:00 | Pick Szeged | – | HSA-NEKA | Pick Aréna, Szeged |
| Round 10 26 November 2022 (2022-11-26) 16:00 | | (–) | | Pick Aréna, Szeged |
| Round 10 26 November 2022 (2022-11-26) 16:00 | | Report | | Pick Aréna, Szeged |
| Round 11 3 December 2022 (2022-12-03) 16:15 | Budai Farkasok-Rév Group | – | Pick Szeged | Városi Uszoda és Sportcsarnok, Budaörs |
| Round 11 3 December 2022 (2022-12-03) 16:15 | | (–) | | Városi Uszoda és Sportcsarnok, Budaörs |
| Round 11 3 December 2022 (2022-12-03) 16:15 | | Report | | Városi Uszoda és Sportcsarnok, Budaörs |

##### Results overview

| Opposition | Home score | Away score | Double |
| Balatonfüredi KSE | 37–28 | 25 Feb | - |
| Budai Farkasok-Rév Group | 19 Nov | 3 Dec | - |
| CYEB-Budakalász | 40–25 | 11 Feb | - |
| HÉP-Cegléd | 39–25 | 3 Feb | - |
| Csurgói KK | 10 Dec | 21 May | - |
| Dabas KK | 4 Mar | 26–37 | - |
| Ferencvárosi TC | 39–33 | 18 Mar | - |
| HE-DO B. Braun Gyöngyös | 32–24 | 2 Apr | - |
| Sport36-Komló | 26 May | 17 Dec | - |
| HSA-NEKA | 26 Nov | 5 May | - |
| MOL Tatabánya KC | 32–30 | 25 May | - |
| Telekom Veszprém | 15 Apr | 31–26 | - |
| Fejér-B.Á.L. Veszprém | 22 Apr | 12 Nov | - |

### Magyar Kupa

Szeged entered the tournament in the fifth round.

### EHF Champions League
#### Group stage

The draw was held on 1 July 2022 in Vienna, Austria.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAR | KIE | NAN | THW | AAL | SZE | CEL | ELV |
| 1 | Barça | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 484 | 404 | +80 | 27 | Quarterfinals | — | 32–28 | 34–29 | 26–24 | 32–26 | 35–25 | 38–30 | 40–30 |
| 2 | Barlinek Industria Kielce | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 465 | 427 | +38 | 22 | Quarterfinals | 31–32 | — | 40–33 | 40–37 | 33–28 | 37–30 | 36–28 | 37–33 |
| 3 | HBC Nantes | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 478 | 451 | +27 | 15 | Playoffs | 33–37 | 30–33 | — | 38–30 | 35–28 | 35–30 | 31–32 | 41–30 |
| 4 | THW Kiel | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 460 | 440 | +20 | 15 | Playoffs | 30–30 | 32–29 | 37–33 | — | 36–36 | 34–29 | 39–27 | 36–26 |
| 5 | Aalborg Håndbold | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 445 | 438 | +7 | 13 | Playoffs | 33–39 | 28–30 | 33–34 | 26–30 | — | 33–27 | 36–32 | 31–24 |
| 6 | OTP Bank - Pick Szeged | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 426 | 452 | −26 | 11 | Playoffs | 28–35 | 28–31 | 28–28 | 36–33 | 29–41 | — | 36–27 | 30–23 |
| 7 | Celje Pivovarna Laško | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 412 | 475 | −63 | 6 | | 27–28 | 30–33 | 24–35 | 38–36 | 31–34 | 28–36 | — | 29–26 |
| 8 | Elverum Håndball | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 398 | 481 | −83 | 3 | | 30–46 | 26–27 | 36–42 | 26–26 | 25–33 | 32–34 | 31–29 | — |
* 1 2 Nantes 71–67 Kiel
| 14 September 2022 18:45 | Pick Szeged | 28–35 | Barça | Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
| 14 September 2022 18:45 | Bodó 5 | (15–14) | Fabregas, Mem 7 | Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
| 14 September 2022 18:45 | 1× 1× | Report | 5× | Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
| 22 September 2022 18:45 | HBC Nantes | 35–30 | Pick Szeged | H Arena, Nantes Attendance: 5,629 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 22 September 2022 18:45 | Rivera 10 | (17–15) | Radivojević 9 | H Arena, Nantes Attendance: 5,629 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 22 September 2022 18:45 | 1× 5× | Report | 2× | H Arena, Nantes Attendance: 5,629 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 29 September 2022 18:45 | THW Kiel | 34–29 | Pick Szeged | Wunderino Arena, Kiel Attendance: 5,316 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR) |
| 29 September 2022 18:45 | Ekberg 6 | (15–14) | Rosta 5 | Wunderino Arena, Kiel Attendance: 5,316 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR) |
| 29 September 2022 18:45 | 4× | Report | 1× 3× | Wunderino Arena, Kiel Attendance: 5,316 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR) |
| 6 October 2022 18:45 | Pick Szeged | 29–41 | Aalborg Håndbold | Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 6 October 2022 18:45 | Šoštarič 6 | (15–17) | Hansen 11 | Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 6 October 2022 18:45 | 1× 5× | Report | 2× | Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 26 October 2022 18:45 | Pick Szeged | 30–23 | Elverum | Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Martins, Martins (POR) |
| 26 October 2022 18:45 | Rosta, Tønnesen 6 | (16–10) | Blomgren 4 | Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Martins, Martins (POR) |
| 26 October 2022 18:45 | 1× 4× | Report | 3× | Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Martins, Martins (POR) |
| 3 November 2022 20:45 | Łomża Industria Kielce | 37–30 | Pick Szeged | Hala Legionów, Kielce Attendance: 4,200 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN) |
| 3 November 2022 20:45 | Moryto, Sićko 7 | (22–14) | three players 5 | Hala Legionów, Kielce Attendance: 4,200 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN) |
| 3 November 2022 20:45 | 4× | Report | 4× | Hala Legionów, Kielce Attendance: 4,200 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN) |

##### Results overview

| Opposition | Home score | Away score | Double |
| Barça | 28–35 | 22 Feb | - |
| Celje Pivovarna Laško | 23 Nov | 30 Nov | - |
| Łomża Industria Kielce | 7 Dec | 37–30 | - |
| THW Kiel | 15 Feb | 34–29 | - |
| HBC Nantes | 1 Mar | 35–30 | - |
| Elverum | 30–23 | 14 Dec | - |
| Aalborg Håndbold | 29–41 | 8 Feb | - |

## Statistics
### Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. Last updated on 8 September 2022.
| Position | No. | Name | Hungarian League | Hungarian Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 25 | Sebastian Frimmel | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 45 | Miklós Rosta | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | 71 | Alexander Blonz | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 5 | Kent Robin Tønnesen | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 9 | Richárd Bodó | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | 10 | Miguel Martins | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | 21 | Zoltán Szita | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | 24 | Mario Šoštarić | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | 27 | Bence Bánhidi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | 41 | Imanol Garciandia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | 16 | Roland Mikler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | 17 | Bogdan Radivojević | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | 44 | Dean Bombač | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | 51 | Borut Mačkovšek | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | 29 | Marcell Ludmán | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | 55 | Levente Tisza | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 79 | 0 | 0 | 79 |

### Attendances

List of the home matches:
| Round | Against | Attadance | Capatility | Date |
| NB I – 1. | CYEB-Budakalász | 1,000 | 12.3% | (2022-09-01)September 1, 2022 |
| NB I – 2. | HÉP-Cegléd | 2,000 | 24.6% | (2022-09-01)September 1, 2022 |
| CL – (GS) 1. | Barça | 8,000 | 96.4% | (2022-09-15)September 15, 2022 |
| NB I – 3. | Balatonfüredi KSE | 1,500 | 18.4% | (2022-09-17)September 17, 2022 |
| NB I – 5. | Ferencvárosi TC | 2,000 | 24.6% | (2022-10-01)October 1, 2022 |
| CL – (GS) 4. | Aalborg Håndbold | 3,000 | 36.1% | (2022-10-06)October 6, 2022 |
| CL – (GS) 5. | Elverum | 4,000 | 48.2% | (2022-10-26)October 26, 2022 |
| NB I – 7. | HE-DO B. Braun Gyöngyös | 1,600 | 19.6% | (2022-10-29)October 29, 2022 |
| NB I – 8. | MOL Tatabánya KC | 3,500 | 43.0% | (2022-11-06)November 6, 2022 |
| NB I – 24. | Budai Farkasok-Rév Group | | | (2022-11-19)November 19, 2022 |
| CL – (GS) 7. | Celje Pivovarna Laško | | | (2022-11-23)November 23, 2022 |
| NB I – 10. | HSA-NEKA | | | (2022-11-26)November 26, 2022 |
| CL – (GS) 9. | Łomża Industria Kielce | | | (2022-12-07)December 7, 2022 |
| NB I – 12. | Csurgói KK | | | (2022-12-10)December 10, 2022 |