# 2021–22 Zalaegerszegi TE season

The 2021–22 season will be Zalaegerszegi TE's 3rd competitive season, 41st consecutive season in the OTP Bank Liga and 101st year in existence as a football club.

## Squad

    As of 25 August 2021
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 | Patrik Demjén |
| 3 | DF | HUN | Dávid Kálnoki-Kis |
| 4 | DF | CRO | Zoran Lesjak |
| 5 | DF | HUN | Dávid Bobál |
| 6 | MF | MLI | Bakary Nimaga |
| 7 | MF | HUN | Alen Skribek (on loan from Puskás Akadémia) |
| 8 | MF | HUN | Mátyás Tajti |
| 9 | FW | HUN | Márk Koszta |
| 10 | FW | HUN | Benjamin Babati (captain) |
| 11 | FW | HUN | Péter Beke |
| 13 | DF | HUN | Martin Majnovics |
| 14 | FW | ALB | Eros Grezda (on loan from Osijek) |
| 16 | FW | HUN | Dávid Zimonyi |
| 17 | DF | HUN | András Huszti (on loan from Puskás Akadémia) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | MNE | Bojan Sanković |
| 21 | MF | BIH | Emir Halilovic |
| 23 | MF | MKD | Daniel Milovanovikj |
| 24 | FW | HUN | László Papp |
| 27 | MF | HUN | Bence Bedi |
| 31 | DF | MKD | Nikola Serafimov |
| 44 | DF | HUN | Bence Gergényi |
| 46 | GK | HUN | Bence Köcse |
| 50 | FW | CRO | Josip Spoljaric (on loan from Osijek) |
| 70 | FW | NGA | Meshack Ubochioma |
| 95 | GK | HUN | Márton Gyurján |
| 97 | FW | HUN | Dániel Németh |
| 99 | FW | BUL | Preslav Borukov |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | MLI | Bakary Nimaga (from Hartberg) |
| 7 | MF | HUN | Alen Skribek (loan from Puskás Akadémia) |
| 11 | FW | HUN | Péter Beke (from Hamburg II) |
| 13 | DF | HUN | Martin Majnovics (from St. Pölten) |
| 14 | FW | ALB | Eros Grezda (loan from Osijek) |
| 17 | DF | HUN | András Huszti (loan from Puskás Akadémia) |
| 21 | MF | BIH | Emir Halilović (from Bandırmaspor) |
| 23 | MF | MKD | Daniel Milovanovikj (from Akademija Pandev) |
| 31 | DF | MKD | Nikola Serafimov (from Akademija Pandev) |
| 50 | FW | CRO | Josip Špoljarić (loan from Osijek) |
| 70 | FW | NGA | Meshack Ubochioma (loan return from Nafta) |
| 99 | FW | BUL | Preslav Borukov (from Etar Tarnovo) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | DF | HUN | Dániel Szalai (to Budafok) |
| 7 | MF | HUN | Patrik Vass (to Nyíregyháza) |
| 11 | FW | HUN | Regő Szánthó (loan return to Ferencváros) |
| 17 | MF | POR | Sandro Semedo |
| 19 | DF | SVK | János Szépe (to Mezőkövesd) |
| 20 | MF | HUN | Barnabás Kovács (loan to Tiszakécske) |
| 21 | MF | HUN | Bertalan Kun (to Proleter Novi Sad) |
| 22 | DF | SRB | Aleksandar Tanasin (to Proleter Novi Sad) |
| 23 | FW | HUN | Márkó Futács |
| 25 | MF | UKR | Artem Favorov (loan return to Puskás Akadémia) |
| 28 | DF | HUN | Erik Németh (loan to Nafta) |
| 42 | FW | HUN | Norbert Könyves (to Diósgyőr) |
| 77 | FW | HUN | Szabolcs Szalay (loan to Tiszakécske) |
| — | MF | HUN | Dániel Szökrönyös (to Nafta) |
| — | DF | NGA | Orji Chukwuma |
Source:

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | HUN | Ádám Halmai (loan from Fehérvár) |
| — | DF | HUN | Attila Mocsi (from Szombathelyi Haladás) |
| — | FW | HUN | Dániel Zsóri (loan from Fehérvár) |
| — | MF | HUN | Ádám Halmai (loan from Fehérvár) |
| — | MF | CRO | Šime Gržan (loan from Osijek) |
| — | MF | HUN | Patrik Posztobányi (loan from Puskás Akadémia) |
| — | DF | SVN | Mihael Rebernik (loan from Nafta) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | MLI | Bakary Nimaga (to Rheindorf Altach) |
| 7 | MF | HUN | Alen Skribek (loan return to Puskás Akadémia) |
| 10 | MF | HUN | Benjamin Babati (to Mezőkövesd) |
| 11 | FW | HUN | Péter Beke (to Budafok) |
| 99 | FW | BUL | Preslav Borukov |
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 | 31 July 2021 | 25 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | TBA | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 033.33 |
| Hungarian Cup | 18 September 2021 | 27 October 2021 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 035.00 |
Last updated: 30 January 2022 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Paks | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 75 | 63 | +12 | 43 |
| 7 | Debrecen | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 39 |
| 8 | Zalaegerszeg | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 44 | 58 | −14 | 39 |
| 9 | Honvéd | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 38 |
| 10 | Mezőkövesd | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 38 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 30 January 2022. Source: Soccerway

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | D | W | D | W | L |
| Position | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 |

#### Matches
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 30 January 2022.
| 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 | HUN | Patrik Demjén | 18 | -36 | 18 | -36 | 0 | -0 |
| 3 | DF | HUN | Dávid Kálnoki-Kis | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CRO | Zoran Lesjak | 18 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | HUN | Dávid Bobál | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | HUN | Mátyás Tajti | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | HUN | Márk Koszta | 20 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | CRO | Šime Gržan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ALB | Eros Grezda | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | HUN | Dávid Zimonyi | 15 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | DF | HUN | András Huszti | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | MNE | Bojan Sanković | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | BIH | Emir Halilović | 19 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | MKD | Daniel Milovanovikj | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | HUN | Bence Bedi | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | HUN | Lóránt Sebestyén | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | MKD | Nikola Serafimov | 19 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | HUN | Attila Mocsi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | HUN | Bence Gergényi | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | FW | CRO | Josip Špoljarić | 17 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 68 | MF | HUN | Ádám Halmai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | NGA | Meshack Ubochioma | 18 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 71 | MF | HUN | Patrik Posztobányi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | HUN | Szabolcs Szalay | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | GK | HUN | Márton Gyurján | 2 | -1 | 0 | -0 | 2 | -1 |
| 97 | FW | HUN | Dániel Németh | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Youth players: ||||||||||
| 13 | DF | HUN | Martin Majnovics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | HUN | Csongor Papp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | HUN | László Papp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | GK | HUN | Bence Köcse | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0 | 0 | -0 |
| 78 | FW | HUN | Barnabás Fehér | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Out to loan: ||||||||||
| 28 | DF | HUN | Erik Németh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | MLI | Bakary Nimaga | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | HUN | Alen Skribek | 19 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | HUN | Benjamin Babati | 13 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | HUN | Péter Beke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | BUL | Preslav Borukov | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
    Last updated on 30 January 2022
| Position | Nation | Number | Name | OTP Bank Liga | Hungarian Cup | Total |
| 1 | | 9 | Márk Koszta | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | | 16 | Dávid Zimonyi | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | | 31 | Nikola Serafimov | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | | 7 | Alen Skribek | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | | 50 | Josip Špoljarić | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | | 70 | Meshack Ubochioma | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | | 99 | Preslav Borukov | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | | 10 | Benjamin Babati | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | | 14 | Eros Grezda | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | 4 | Zoran Lesjak | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | | 21 | Emir Halilović | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| / | / | / | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | TOTALS | 27 | 4 | 31 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.
    Last updated on 30 January 2022
| Position | Number | Name | OTP Bank Liga | OTP Bank Liga | Hungarian Cup | Hungarian Cup | Total (Hu Total) | Total (Hu Total) |
| DF | 3 | Dávid Kálnoki-Kis | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 (4) | 1 (1) |
| DF | 4 | Zoran Lesjak | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (3) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 5 | Dávid Bobál | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 1 (1) |
| MF | 7 | Alen Skribek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 8 | Mátyás Tajti | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 9 | Márk Koszta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 10 | Benjamin Babati | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (3) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 14 | Eros Grezda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 16 | Dávid Zimonyi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 17 | András Huszti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 18 | Bojan Sanković | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 21 | Emir Halilović | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (5) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 23 | Daniel Milovanovikj | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 27 | Bence Bedi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 31 | Nikola Serafimov | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 (5) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 44 | Bence Gergényi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 70 | Meshack Ubochioma | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (4) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 99 | Preslav Borukov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 (0) |
| | | TOTALS | 39 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 44 (39) | 2 (2) |

### Clean sheets

    Last updated on 30 January 2022
| Position | Number | Name | OTP Bank Liga | Hungarian Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | Patrik Demjén | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 95 | Márton Gyurján | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 46 | Bence Köcse | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 2 | 1 | 3 |