# 2024–25 Debreceni EAC (basketball) season

The 2024–25 season is Debreceni EAC's the 13th in existence and the club's 8th consecutive season in the top tier of Hungarian basketball.

## History

The basketball section of Debreceni EAC was founded in 2012. The club plays its home games at the Oláh Gábor Sports Hall, which has a capacity of 1,000 people. They entered the top division Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A for the 2017–18 season. In DEAC's debut season, the team finished in 11th place.
In the 2018–19 season, DEAC reached the semi-finals of the Hungarian Cup for the first time in history.

## Players
### Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

### Transactions
#### In

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Date |
| PG | Máté Pongó | 31 | Szolnok | Transfer | 1 June 2024 |
| PG | Kyan Anderson | 32 | Ankaragucu | Transfer | 24 June 2024 |
| PF | Danilo Ostojić | 28 | Zalaegerszeg | Transfer | 8 July 2024 |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to |
| 0 | PF | Csongor Fekete | 21 | |
| 8 | C | Lovro Buljević | 26 | |
| 9 | PG | Tadija Tadić | 25 | Kumanovo |
| 15 | PG | Deon Edwin | 32 | MZT Skopje |

### Managerial changes

| Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Anđelko Mandić | Resigned | 18 March 2025 | 7th | Ákos Pethő | 18 March 2025 |

## Pre-season and friendlies
### Pre-season

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### In-season
## Competitions
### Overview

In italics, we indicate the Last match and the Final position achieved in competition(s) that have not yet been completed.
| 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 | PF | PA | PD | Win % |
| Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A Regular Season | 27 September 2024 | 16 March 2025 | Round 1 | 7th | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1,627 | 1,669 | −42 | 050.00 |
| Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A Play-off | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | !— | !— |
| Hungarian Cup | 18 January 2025 | 9 March 2025 | Quarter-final | 4th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 246 | 252 | −6 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 25 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 1,873 | 1,921 | −48 | 048.00 |
Last updated: 16 March 2025 Source: HunBasket – DEAC https://hunbasket.hu/csapat/x2425/hun/40000/deac

### Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 22 | 11 | 11 | 1627 | 1669 | −42 | 6 | 5 | 787 | 793 | −6 | 5 | 6 | 840 | 876 | −36 |
Last updated: 16 March 2025. Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

    Sources:
| Round | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7$^2$ | 11 | 12 | 3$^1$ | 13 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 14$^3$ | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | | | | |
| Position | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | | | | |
$^2$ Round 7 match (Falco–DEAC) has been postponed after Round 10 (4 Dec 2024). $^3$ Round 14 match (DEAC–Sopron) has been postponed after Round 18 (4 Feb 2025).

#### Matches

    Sources:

##### Results overview

All results are indicated from the perspective of DEAC. We indicate in parentheses the number of round.
| Opponent | City | Home score | Away score | Double |
| Alba Fehérvár | Székesfehérvár | 81–74 (16) | 71–88 (3) | 152–162 |
| Atomerőmű SE | Paks | 54–82 (6) | 78–82 (19) | 132–164 |
| Budapesti Honvéd | Budapest | 84–66 (2) | 80–68 (15) | 164–134 |
| Falco-Vulcano Energia KC | Szombathely | 65–87 (20) | 47–85 (7) | 112–172 |
| Duna Aszfalt-DTKH | Kecskemét | 62–70 (11) | – | 62–70 |
| Egis Körmend | Körmend | 66–82 (18) | 85–80 (5) | 151–162 |
| MVM-OSE Lions | Oroszlány | 89–67 (13) | – | 89–67 |
| NKA Universitas Pécs | Pécs | 68–78 (21) | 80–68 (8) | 148–146 |
| PVSK-VEOLIA | Pécs | 75–68 (4) | 84–68 (17) | 159–136 |
| Sopron KC | Sopron | 75–57 (14) | 79–80 (1) | 154–137 |
| SZTE-Szedeák | Szeged | – | 85–74 (12) | 85–74 |
| NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbányász | Szolnok | – (23) | 67–80 (10) | 67–80 |
| Zalakerámia ZTE KK | Zalaegerszeg | 68–62 (9) | 84–103 (22) | 152–165 |

### Hungarian Cup
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 246 | 252 | −6 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 81 | +5 | 0 | 2 | 160 | 171 | −11 |
Last updated: 9 March 2025. Source: Competitive matches