# 2017–18 Debreceni VSC season

The 2017–18 season will be Debreceni VSC's 40th competitive season, 25th consecutive season in the OTP Bank Liga and 115th year in existence as a football club.

## First team squad

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 | UKR | Oleksandr Nad |
| 2 | DF | HUN | Ákos Kinyik |
| 3 | DF | HUN | Csaba Szatmári |
| 4 | MF | ROU | Ioan Filip |
| 6 | DF | HUN | Balázs Bényei |
| 8 | MF | HUN | Dániel Tőzsér |
| 10 | FW | HUN | Tibor Tisza |
| 11 | MF | HUN | János Ferenczi |
| 14 | DF | HUN | Krisztián Kuti |
| 15 | DF | HUN | Szabolcs Barna |
| 16 | FW | HUN | Péter Bíró |
| 17 | DF | HUN | Norbert Mészáros |
| 19 | MF | CMR | Justin Mengolo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | HUN | Tamás Takács |
| 21 | MF | HUN | Kevin Varga |
| 23 | FW | HUN | Dániel Bereczki |
| 24 | MF | SRB | Danilo Sekulić |
| 25 | FW | SUI | Haris Tabaković |
| 27 | MF | HUN | Ádám Bódi |
| 29 | MF | HUN | Erik Kusnyír |
| 33 | MF | HUN | Richárd Csősz |
| 42 | FW | HUN | Norbert Könyves |
| 70 | MF | HUN | Kevin Nagy |
| 77 | MF | BIH | Aleksandar Jovanović |
| 86 | GK | SVK | Tomáš Košický |
| 99 | MF | HUN | Bence Sós |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | UKR | Oleksandr Nad (from Gyirmót) |
| 2 | DF | HUN | Ákos Kinyik (loan return from Budaörs) |
| 6 | DF | HUN | Balázs Bényei (from Békéscsaba) |
| 12 | GK | SVK | Ján Novota (from Rapid Wien) |
| 14 | DF | HUN | Krisztián Kuti (loan return from Cigánd) |
| 20 | FW | HUN | Tamás Takács (loan return from Nyíregyháza) |
| 21 | MF | HUN | Kevin Varga (loan return from Cigánd) |
| 25 | FW | SUI | Haris Tabaković (from Grasshopper) |
| 27 | MF | HUN | Ádám Bódi (loan from Videoton) |
| 44 | FW | HUN | Tibor Tisza (from Nyíregyháza) |
| 99 | MF | HUN | Bence Sós (loan return from Mezőkövesd) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CRO | Ivan Kelava (to Politehnica Iași) |
| 2 | DF | HUN | Attila Osváth (loan return to Vasas) |
| 10 | MF | HUN | Dávid Holman (to Slovan Bratislava) |
| 15 | MF | HUN | Dániel Völgyi (free agent) |
| 16 | MF | BIH | Ognjen Đelmić (free agent) |
| 18 | FW | NGA | Derick Ogbu (free agent) |
| 22 | FW | VEN | Frank Feltscher (free agent) |
| 25 | DF | SRB | Dušan Brković (free agent) |
| 28 | DF | HUN | Zoltán Nagy (to Debreceni EAC) |
| 44 | GK | SRB | Branislav Danilović (loan return to Puskás Akadémia) |
| 53 | MF | HUN | Péter Berdó (to Szolnok) |
| 70 | MF | UKR | Ivan Bobko (to Chornomorets Odesa) |
| 87 | GK | HUN | István Verpecz (to Paks) |
| 90 | FW | BIH | Haris Handžić (to Zrinjski Mostar) |
| 91 | FW | KOR | Suk Hyun-jun (loan return to Porto) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 86 | GK | SVK | Tomáš Košický (from Hapoel Ra'anana) |
| — | FW | HUN | Krisztián Kerekes (loan return from Budafok) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | HUN | Péter Szilvási (to Gyirmót) |
| 12 | GK | SVK | Ján Novota (retired) |
| 27 | MF | SVK | Karol Mészáros (to Szombathelyi Haladás) |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Újpest | 33 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Honvéd | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 47 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Debrecen | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 44 | |
| 6 | Puskás Akadémia | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 43 | |
| 7 | Paks | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 42 | |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2017–18 Magyar Kupa, Újpest, 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 |
Last updated: 2 June 2018. Source: NB1

#### 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | W | D | L | L | W | W | L | D | L |
| Position | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 |

#### Matches
### Hungarian Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 2 June 2018.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | OTP Bank Liga | OTP Bank Liga | Hungarian Cup | Hungarian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | UKR | Oleksandr Nad | 32 | -42 | 31 | -40 | 1 | -2 |
| 2 | DF | HUN | Ákos Kinyik | 34 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | HUN | Csaba Szatmári | 34 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ROU | Ioan Filip | 26 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | HUN | Balázs Bényei | 29 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | HUN | Dániel Tőzsér | 37 | 6 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | HUN | Tibor Tisza | 18 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 11 | MF | HUN | János Ferenczi | 25 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | HUN | Krisztián Kuti | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | HUN | Szabolcs Barna | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | HUN | Péter Bíró | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | HUN | Norbert Mészáros | 26 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | CMR | Justin Mengolo | 22 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | HUN | Tamás Takács | 32 | 11 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 21 | MF | HUN | Kevin Varga | 33 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | HUN | Dániel Bereczki | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SRB | Danilo Sekulić | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 25 | FW | SUI | Haris Tabaković | 25 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | HUN | Ádám Bódi | 27 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | HUN | Erik Kusnyír | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | HUN | Richárd Csősz | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | HUN | Norbert Könyves | 31 | 10 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| 70 | MF | HUN | Kevin Nagy | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 77 | MF | BIH | Aleksandar Jovanović | 33 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 86 | GK | SVK | Tomáš Košický | 6 | -11 | 1 | -4 | 5 | -7 |
| 99 | MF | HUN | Bence Sós | 25 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Youth players: ||||||||||
| 18 | FW | HUN | Donát Bárány | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Players no longer at the club: ||||||||||
| 5 | DF | HUN | Péter Szilvási | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | HUN | Dávid Holman | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | SVK | Ján Novota | 4 | -6 | 1 | -3 | 3 | -3 |

### Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
    Last updated on 2 June 2018
| Position | Nation | Number | Name | OTP Bank Liga | Hungarian Cup | Total |
| 1 | | 25 | Haris Tabaković | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | | 20 | Tamás Takács | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | | 42 | Norbert Könyves | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | | 10 | Tibor Tisza | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 5 | | 8 | Dániel Tőzsér | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | | 19 | Justin Mengolo | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | | 99 | Bence Sós | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | | 27 | Ádám Bódi | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | | 21 | Kevin Varga | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | | 77 | Aleksandar Jovanović | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | | 18 | Donát Bárány | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | | 24 | Danilo Sekulić | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | | 2 | Ákos Kinyik | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | | 11 | János Ferenczi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | | 3 | Csaba Szatmári | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | | 70 | Kevin Nagy | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | | 16 | Péter Bíró | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| / | / | / | Own Goals | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 53 | 25 | 78 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.
    Last updated on 2 June 2018
| Position | Number | Name | OTP Bank Liga | OTP Bank Liga | Hungarian Cup | Hungarian Cup | Total (Hu Total) | Total (Hu Total) |
| GK | 1 | Oleksandr Nad | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (4) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 2 | Ákos Kinyik | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 (6) | 1 (0) |
| DF | 3 | Csaba Szatmári | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 (6) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 4 | Ioan Filip | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 (2) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 6 | Balázs Bényei | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 (5) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 8 | Dániel Tőzsér | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 (9) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 11 | János Ferenczi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 (3) | 1 (1) |
| DF | 14 | Krisztián Kuti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 15 | Szabolcs Barna | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 19 | Justin Mengolo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (3) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 20 | Tamás Takács | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 (4) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 21 | Kevin Varga | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 (8) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 25 | Haris Tabaković | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (3) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 27 | Ádám Bódi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 29 | Erik Kusnyír | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 33 | Richárd Csősz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 42 | Norbert Könyves | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (4) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 77 | Aleksandar Jovanović | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 (4) | 1 (1) |
| MF | 99 | Bence Sós | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| | | TOTALS | 69 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 78 (69) | 3 (2) |

### Overall

| Games played | 42 (33 OTP Bank Liga and 9 Hungarian Cup) |
| Games won | 18 (12 OTP Bank Liga and 6 Hungarian Cup) |
| Games drawn | 9 (8 OTP Bank Liga and 1 Hungarian Cup) |
| Games lost | 15 (13 OTP Bank Liga and 2 Hungarian Cup) |
| Goals scored | 78 |
| Goals conceded | 59 |
| Goal difference | +19 |
| Yellow cards | 78 |
| Red cards | 3 |
| Worst discipline | Dániel Tőzsér (10 , 0 ) |
| Best result | 10–1 (A) v Csongrád - Magyar Kupa - 20-09-2017 |
| Worst result | 0–4 (A) v Puskás Akadémia - Magyar Kupa - 18-04-2018 |
| Worst result | 0–4 (A) v Balmazújváros - Nemzeti Bajnokság I - 19-05-2018 |
| Most appearances | Dániel Tőzsér (37 appearances) |
| Top scorer | Haris Tabaković (13 goals) |
| Points | 63/126 (50.0%) |
Last updated: 2 June 2018 Source: