# 2007–08 Rákospalotai EAC season

The 2007–08 season was Rákospalotai Egyetértés Atlétikai Club's or shortly REAC's (Sopron REAC from spring) 61st competitive season, 3rd consecutive season in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I and 95th year in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, Rákospalota participated in this season's editions of the Magyar Kupa and Ligakupa.
According to the HFF decision, from 1 January 2008 only stadiums with electric lighting were allowed to host league matches. As the club not have lighting in their stadium, they welcomed their opponents in the spring at the home of Sopron as Sopron REAC. The city's main club, Sopron, has been fined and had its license revoked. With this solution football continued there.

## First team squad

The players listed had league appearances and stayed until the end of the season.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | HUN | Mátyás Esterházy |
| 2 | DF | HUN | Balázs Dinka |
| 5 | DF | HUN | Balázs Sallai |
| 6 | MF | HUN | András Kőhalmi |
| 7 | MF | HUN | Gergő Cseri |
| 8 | DF | HUN | Vince Kapcsos |
| 9 | MF | HUN | Zoltán Varga |
| 10 | FW | HUN | Gábor Torma |
| 11 | FW | HUN | Krisztián Nyerges |
| 12 | GK | HUN | Levente Szántai |
| 13 | MF | HUN | Tamás Kiss |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | HUN | Balázs Kovács |
| 15 | MF | HUN | Roland Dancs |
| 17 | DF | HUN | Gábor Horváth |
| 21 | MF | HUN | András Selei (loaned from MTK) |
| 22 | MF | HUN | Tamás Somorjai (loaned from Vasas) |
| 23 | MF | HUN | Gergő Rása (loaned from Újpest) |
| 24 | MF | HUN | Norbert Zana |
| 26 | DF | HUN | Tamás Gasparik |
| 29 | MF | HUN | Károly Erős |
| 30 | DF | HUN | Olivér Pusztai |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | From |
| Summer | GK | – | Gergely Szalay | MTK |
| Summer | GK | 1 | Dániel Botlik | Vasas |
| Summer | MF | 3 | Aladár Virág | Debrecen |
| Summer | FW | 4 | Tamás Nagy | Tatabánya |
| Summer | MF | 6 | András Kőhalmi | Újpest |
| Summer | MF | 9 | Zoltán Varga | Pécs |
| Summer | GK | 12 | Levente Szántai | Soroksár |
| Summer | N/A | 15 | Kristóf Schlafer | Vasas |
| Summer | FW | 19 | Franck Matondo | Pforzheim |
| Summer | MF | 21 | Csaba Madar | Nyíregyháza |
| Summer | MF | 29 | Károly Erős | Újpest |
| Summer | MF | 29 | Attila Héger | Újpest |
| Summer | DF | 30 | Olivér Pusztai | Győr |
| Winter | GK | 1 | Mátyás Esterházy | Kecskemét |
| Winter | MF | 15 | Roland Dancs | Sopron |
| Winter | MF | 24 | Norbert Zana | Sopron |

### Transfers out

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | To |
| Summer | FW | – | Márton Göntér | Haladás VSE |
| Summer | N/A | – | László Csorba | Bánk |
| Summer | N/A | – | Roland Szűcs | Bánk |
| Summer | GK | 1 | Dániel Illyés | End of contract |
| Summer | DF | 3 | Csaba Regedei | Újpest |
| Summer | MF | 6 | Balázs Schrancz | Felcsút |
| Summer | FW | 21 | Sándor Török | Felcsút |
| Summer | MF | 23 | Tamás Somorjai | Vasas |
| Summer | MF | 24 | Norbert Tóth | Zalaegerszeg |
| Winter | GK | 1 | Balázs Farkas | Pécs |
| Winter | MF | 3 | Aladár Virág | Diósgyőr |
| Winter | FW | 4 | Tamás Nagy | B36 Tórshavn |
| Winter | FW | 19 | Franck Matondo | Melk |
| Winter | MF | 21 | Csaba Madar | Hajdúszoboszló |
| Winter | MF | 22 | Attila Polonkai | Fehérvár |
| Winter | FW | 24 | Péter Kocsis | BKV Előre |

### Loans in

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | From | End date |
| Summer | MF | 23 | Gergő Rása | Újpest | End of season |
| Winter | MF | 21 | András Selei | MTK | End of season |
| Winter | MF | 23 | Tamás Somorjai | Vasas | End of season |

### Loans out

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | To | End date | Ref |
| Winter | N/A | 17 | Sándor Imre | Bicske | End of season | |

## Friendlies

REAC played the first match after the renovation of the Sport utca Stadion, the Szigetszentmiklós pitch, which has been in existence since the 1930s.

## 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 | 22 July 2007 | 1 June 2008 | Matchday 1 | 12th | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 42 | 60 | −18 | 023.33 |
| Magyar Kupa | 29 August 2007 | 25 September 2007 | Third round | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 050.00 |
| Ligakupa (Autumn season) | 22 August 2007 | 27 October 2007 | Group stage | Quarter-finals | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 025.00 |
| Ligakupa (Spring season) | 30 November 2007 | 12 March 2008 | Group stage | Quarter-finals | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 20 | −11 | 037.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 13 | 12 | 23 | 74 | 101 | −27 | 027.08 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Nyíregyháza | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 40 |
| 11 | Paks | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 37 |
| 12 | Rákospalota | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 42 | 60 | −18 | 30 |
| 13 | Diósgyőr | 30 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 43 | 63 | −20 | 28 |
| 14 | Siófok | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 27 |

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | D | D | D | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | D | L | L |
| Position | 15 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

#### Matches
### Ligakupa
#### Autumn season
##### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ZAL | RAK | SIO | KAP |
| 1 | Zalaegerszeg | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Rákospalota | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase | 3–5 | — | 2–0 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Siófok | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 7 | | 2–3 | 1–1 | — | 4–1 |
| 4 | Kaposvár | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 2 | | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | — |

##### Knockout phase

Quarter-finals

#### Spring season
##### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DEB | RAK | HON | NYI |
| 1 | Debrecen | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Rákospalota | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | 3–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Budapest Honvéd | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 8 | | 1–2 | 5–0 | — | 4–2 |
| 4 | Nyíregyháza | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 2 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |
* ↑ Rákospalota was deducted 1 points

##### Knockout phase

Quarter-finals

## 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 | Ligakupa | Ligakupa | Ligakupa | Ligakupa | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Player | Pos. | Apps | | | | Apps | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | |
| 1 | Balázs Farkas | GK | 7 | | | | | | | 5 | | | | 12 | | | |
| 1 | Dániel Botlik | GK | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Mátyás Esterházy | GK | 1 | | | | | | | 3 | | | | 4 | | | |
| 1 | Dániel Schön | GK | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Balázs Dinka | DF | 21 | | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | | 31 | 1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Aladár Virág | MF | 11 | | | | | | | 7 | | | | 18 | | | |
| 4 | Tamás Nagy | FW | 10 | | 1 | | | | | 6 | 1 | 1 | | 16 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | Balázs Sallai | DF | 28 | | 3 | | 1 | | | 7 | | | | 36 | | 3 | |
| 6 | András Kőhalmi | MF | 22 | 1 | 3 | | 1 | | | 7 | 2 | | | 30 | 3 | 3 | |
| 7 | Gergő Cseri | MF | 27 | | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | 8 | | 1 | | 36 | | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | Vince Kapcsos | DF | 26 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | | | 10 | 2 | 2 | | 37 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| 9 | Zoltán Varga | MF | 19 | 4 | 2 | | 1 | | | 9 | 1 | 2 | | 29 | 5 | 4 | |
| 10 | Gábor Torma | FW | 26 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | | | 33 | 17 | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | Krisztián Nyerges | FW | 24 | 8 | | | 1 | 2 | | 5 | 4 | | | 30 | 14 | | |
| 12 | Levente Szántai | GK | 21 | | 2 | | 1 | | | 8 | | | | 30 | | 2 | |
| 13 | Tamás Kiss | MF | 5 | | | | | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 3 | | 17 | 4 | 4 | |
| 14 | Balázs Kovács | MF | 9 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | 13 | | 3 | | 23 | 1 | 4 | |
| 15 | Tibor Virágh | DF | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | |
| 15 | Kristóf Schlafer | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | |
| 15 | Roland Dancs | MF | 14 | 2 | 1 | | | | | 2 | | | | 16 | 2 | 1 | |
| 16 | Tamás Floszmann | GK | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | |
| 17 | Gábor Horváth | DF | 26 | 1 | 10 | | 1 | | | 12 | 1 | 4 | | 39 | 2 | 14 | |
| 18 | Gergely Délczeg | FW | | | | | | | | 9 | 2 | | | 9 | 2 | | |
| 19 | Franck Matondo | FW | 1 | | | | | | | 7 | 3 | 2 | | 8 | 3 | 2 | |
| 21 | Csaba Madar | MF | 13 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 2 | | 9 | | | | 23 | 3 | 1 | |
| 21 | András Selei | MF | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | | | | 11 | | | |
| 22 | Attila Polonkai | MF | 14 | 1 | 3 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | 17 | 2 | 4 | |
| 22 | Tamás Somorjai | MF | 13 | 7 | | | | | | 3 | | | | 16 | 7 | | |
| 23 | Gergő Rása | MF | 14 | | 4 | | | | | 11 | | 2 | 1 | 25 | | 6 | 1 |
| 24 | Norbert Zana | MF | 6 | | 2 | | | | | 3 | | | | 9 | | 2 | |
| 24 | Péter Kocsis | FW | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | 3 | | | |
| 26 | Tamás Gasparik | DF | 2 | | | | | | | 9 | | | | 11 | | | |
| 27 | Dániel Nagy | MF | | | | | | | | 5 | | | | 5 | | | |
| 28 | Ferenc Baghy | | | | | | | | | 4 | | 1 | | 4 | | 1 | |
| 29 | Károly Erős | MF | 26 | | 10 | | | | 1 | 8 | | 4 | | 34 | | 15 | |
| 30 | Olivér Pusztai | DF | 5 | 1 | 1 | | | | | 6 | | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 39 | 58 | 3 | | 9 | 5 | | 23 | 29 | 2 | | 71 | 92 | 5 |

### Hat-tricks

| No. | Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition | Round |
| 10 | Gábor Torma | Sárosd | 8–2 (A) | 29 August 2007 | Magyar Kupa | Third round |
| 10 | Gábor Torma | Siófok | 4–2 (H) | 10 May 2008 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 27 |

### Clean sheets

| | | | Clean sheets | Clean sheets | Clean sheets | Clean sheets |
| No. | Player | Games Played | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Magyar Kupa | Ligakupa | Total |
| 12 | Levente Szántai | 30 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | Balázs Farkas | 12 | 1 | | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Tamás Floszmann | 1 | | | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Mátyás Esterházy | 4 | 0 | | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Dániel Botlik | 0 | | | | 0 |
| 1 | Dániel Schön | 0 | | | | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |