# 2015–16 Debreceni VSC season

The 2015–16 season was Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club's 42nd competitive season, 23rd consecutive season in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I and 103rd season in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, Debrecen participated in that season's editions of the Magyar Kupa and the UEFA Europa League.

## 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 |
| 1 | GK | HUN | Balázs Slakta |
| 3 | DF | HUN | Csaba Szatmári |
| 8 | MF | HUN | Dávid Holman |
| 11 | MF | HUN | János Ferenczi |
| 12 | GK | HUN | Miklós Erdélyi |
| 13 | DF | HUN | Pál Lázár |
| 14 | DF | HUN | Krisztián Kuti |
| 16 | MF | BIH | Ognjen Đelmić |
| 17 | DF | HUN | Norbert Mészáros |
| 18 | DF | HUN | Péter Máté |
| 19 | DF | HUN | Szabolcs Barna |
| 20 | FW | HUN | Tamás Takács |
| 21 | MF | HUN | Bence Ludánszki |
| 22 | GK | CRO | Božidar Radošević |
| 23 | FW | HUN | Dániel Bereczki |
| 25 | DF | SRB | Dušan Brković |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | FW | SEN | Ibrahima Sidibe |
| 27 | MF | HUN | Ádám Bódi |
| 28 | DF | HUN | Zoltán Nagy |
| 30 | GK | HUN | János Balogh |
| 33 | MF | HUN | József Varga |
| 37 | DF | HUN | Ákos Kinyik |
| 39 | FW | FRA | Adamo Coulibaly |
| 44 | FW | HUN | Tibor Tisza |
| 53 | DF | HUN | Péter Berdó |
| 55 | MF | HUN | Péter Szakály |
| 69 | DF | HUN | Mihály Korhut |
| 70 | FW | HUN | Tamás Kulcsár |
| 77 | MF | SRB | Aleksandar Jovanović |
| 87 | GK | HUN | István Verpecz |
| 88 | FW | HUN | Zsolt Horváth |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | From |
| Summer | DF | 5 | Péter Szilvási | Free agent |
| Summer | GK | 22 | Božidar Radošević | Free agent |
| Summer | GK | 30 | János Balogh | Free agent |
| Summer | FW | 88 | Zsolt Horváth | Free agent |
| Summer | FW | 91 | Geoffrey Castillion | Universitatea Cluj |
| Winter | MF | 8 | Dávid Holman | Ferencváros |
| Winter | MF | 16 | Ognjen Đelmić | Free agent |
| Winter | FW | 20 | Tamás Takács | Diósgyőr |
* ↑ Previous club Greuther Fürth II.
* ↑ Previous club Balmazújváros.
* ↑ Previous club Nyíregyháza.
* ↑ Previous club MTK.
* ↑ Previous club Željezničar.

### Transfers out

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | To |
| Summer | FW | – | Ádám Kovács | Released |
| Summer | DF | – | Martin Króner | Zalaegerszeg |
| Summer | GK | – | Gergő Szécsi | Balmazújváros |
| Summer | MF | 8 | Selim Bouadla | Released |
| Summer | MF | 10 | Rene Mihelič | Hapoel Ra'anana |
| Summer | FW | 20 | Dávid Wittrédi | Released |
| Summer | DF | 24 | Dániel Böszörményi | Released |
| Summer | DF | 24 | Igor Morozov | Released |
| Winter | MF | 6 | László Zsidai | Puskás Akadémia |
| Winter | FW | 16 | Norbert Balogh | Palermo |
| Winter | FW | 66 | Márk Szécsi | Nyíregyháza |
* ↑ Joined Académica de Coimbra.
* ↑ Joined Kozármisleny.

### Loans in

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | From | End date |

### Loans out

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | To | End date |
| Summer | FW | – | Tamás Kertész | Békéscsaba | Middle of season |
| Summer | MF | – | Tamás Sándor | Balmazújváros | Middle of season |
| Winter | DF | 5 | Péter Szilvási | Mezőkövesd | End of season |
| Winter | FW | 15 | Bence Sós | Mezőkövesd | End of season |
| Winter | FW | 91 | Geoffrey Castillion | Puskás Akadémia | 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 | 19 July 2015 | 30 April 2016 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 33 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 042.42 |
| Magyar Kupa | 14 October 2015 | 13 April 2016 | Round of 32 | Semi-finals | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 057.14 |
| UEFA Europa League | 2 July 2015 | 6 August 2015 | First qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 78 | 50 | +28 | 043.48 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ferencváros (C) | 33 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 69 | 23 | +46 | 76 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Videoton | 33 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Debrecen | 33 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | MTK Budapest | 33 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Haladás | 33 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 50 | |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2015–16 Magyar Kupa, Ferencváros, 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 | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | D | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | D |
| Position | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Points | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 34 | 35 | 38 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 42 | 45 | 45 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
##### Third qualifying round
## 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 | Magyar Kupa | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Player | Pos. | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | |
| 1 | Balázs Slakta | GK | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Csaba Szatmári | DF | 2 | | | | 5 | | | | | | | | 7 | | | |
| 5 | Péter Szilvási | DF | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 6 | László Zsidai | MF | 13 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | 4 | | | | 17 | 1 | 4 | |
| 7 | Tibor Dombi | MF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Dávid Holman | MF | 13 | 2 | 1 | | 3 | | 2 | | | | | | 16 | 2 | 3 | |
| 8 | Kristóf Kondás | MF | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 10 | Rene Mihelič | MF | 3 | | | | | | | | 3 | 1 | | | 6 | 1 | | |
| 11 | János Ferenczi | MF | 14 | | 2 | | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | 19 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 | Pál Lázár | DF | 16 | | 4 | | 4 | | | | | | | | 20 | | 4 | |
| 14 | Attila Nagy | MF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Bence Sós | FW | 3 | | | | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | 5 | 2 | | |
| 16 | Norbert Balogh | FW | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | | | | | 6 | 2 | 1 | | 24 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | Ognjen Đelmić | MF | 7 | | | | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | 9 | 1 | | |
| 17 | Norbert Mészáros | DF | 29 | | | | 2 | | | | 5 | | 2 | | 36 | | 2 | |
| 18 | Péter Máté | DF | 15 | 1 | 5 | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | 1 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 19 | Szabolcs Barna | DF | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 20 | Tamás Takács | FW | 10 | 5 | | 1 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 13 | 8 | | 1 |
| 21 | Bence Ludánszki | MF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 22 | Božidar Radošević | GK | 23 | | | | 5 | | | | | | | | 28 | | | |
| 23 | Dániel Bereczki | FW | 5 | | | | 3 | | | | | | | | 8 | | | |
| 24 | Igor Morozov | DF | 2 | | 1 | | | | | | 2 | | | | 4 | | 1 | |
| 24 | Ákos Vincze | DF | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 25 | Dušan Brković | DF | 28 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | | 5 | 2 | 3 | | 37 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| 26 | Ibrahima Sidibe | FW | 22 | 5 | 3 | | 1 | | | | 6 | 3 | | | 29 | 8 | 3 | |
| 27 | Ádám Bódi | MF | 27 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | | | | 6 | 2 | 1 | | 38 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 28 | Zoltán Nagy | DF | 4 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 30 | János Balogh | GK | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 33 | József Varga | MF | 25 | | 5 | | 4 | | 1 | | 6 | | 2 | | 35 | | 8 | |
| 37 | Ákos Kinyik | DF | | | | | 2 | | 1 | | | | | | 2 | | 1 | |
| 39 | Adamo Coulibaly | FW | 7 | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | 9 | | | |
| 44 | Tibor Tisza | FW | 24 | 6 | 3 | | 4 | 1 | | | 4 | 3 | 1 | | 32 | 10 | 4 | |
| 45 | Tamás Rácz | GK | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 53 | Péter Berdó | DF | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 2 | | | |
| 55 | Péter Szakály | MF | 19 | 2 | 5 | | 6 | | 2 | | 5 | 1 | | | 30 | 3 | 7 | |
| 66 | Márk Szécsi | FW | 7 | | 1 | | 3 | 1 | | | 2 | | | | 12 | 1 | 1 | |
| 69 | Mihály Korhut | DF | 31 | 2 | 7 | | 3 | | 1 | | 6 | | 1 | | 40 | 2 | 9 | |
| 70 | Tamás Kulcsár | FW | 18 | 3 | 1 | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | 22 | 3 | 1 | |
| 77 | Aleksandar Jovanović | MF | 29 | 3 | 8 | | 6 | | 2 | | 6 | | 2 | | 41 | 3 | 12 | |
| 87 | István Verpecz | GK | 10 | | | | 2 | | | 1 | 6 | | | | 18 | | | 1 |
| 88 | Zsolt Horváth | FW | 18 | 6 | 1 | | 7 | 1 | | | 4 | | | | 29 | 7 | 1 | |
| 91 | Geoffrey Castillion | FW | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | | | 4 | 3 | | | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 3 | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 4 | | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 48 | 66 | 5 | | 13 | 10 | 1 | | 17 | 13 | 1 | | 78 | 89 | 7 |

### Hat-tricks

| No. | Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| 88 | Zsolt Horváth | MTK (H) | 3–1 | 12 December 2015 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I |
| 20 | Tamás Takács | Nyíregyháza (H) | 5–0 | 1 March 2016 | Magyar Kupa |

### Clean sheets

| | | | Clean sheets | Clean sheets | Clean sheets | Clean sheets |
| No. | Player | Games Played | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Magyar Kupa | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 22 | Božidar Radošević | 28 | 8 | 3 | | 11 |
| 87 | István Verpecz | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 1 | Balázs Slakta | 1 | | 1 | | 1 |
| 30 | János Balogh | | | | | |
| 45 | Tamás Rácz | | | | | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 12 | 5 | 1 | 18 |