# 2021–22 Újpest FC season

The 2021–22 season was Újpest Football Club's 141st competitive season, 130th consecutive season in the OTP Bank Liga and 129th year in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, Újpest participated in this season's editions of the Magyar Kupa and the inaugural UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Squad

    As of match played 4 August 2021
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Filip Pajović | GK | (1993-07-30)30 July 1993 (aged 28) | Čukarički | 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Dávid Banai | GK | (1994-05-09)9 May 1994 (aged 27) | youth sector | 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Zoltán Tomori | GK | (1999-05-07)7 May 1999 (aged 22) | Budapest Honvéd II | 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | Lirim Kastrati | DF | (1999-02-02)2 February 1999 (aged 22) | Bologna youth | 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Abdoulaye Diaby | DF | (2000-07-04)4 July 2000 (aged 21) | Royal Antwerp | 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Zsolt Máté | DF | (1997-09-14)14 September 1997 (aged 23) | youth sector | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Giorgos Koutroubis | DF | (1991-02-10)10 February 1991 (aged 30) | OFI Crete | 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Mauro Cerqueira | DF | (1992-08-20)20 August 1992 (aged 28) | Académica Coimbra | 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Nemanja Antonov | DF | (1995-05-06)6 May 1995 (aged 26) | Royal Mouscron | 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Branko Pauljević | DF | (1989-06-12)12 June 1989 (aged 32) | Puskás Akadémia | 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| TBA | Kristóf Szűcs | DF | (1997-01-03)3 January 1997 (aged 24) | youth sector | 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 6 | Luca Mack | MF | (2000-05-25)25 May 2000 (aged 21) | Stuttgart | 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | András Stieber | MF | (1991-10-08)8 October 1991 (aged 29) | Budaörs | 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Áron Csongvai | MF | (2000-10-31)31 October 2000 (aged 20) | youth sector | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Miroslav Bjeloš | MF | (1990-10-29)29 October 1990 (aged 30) | Napredak Kruševac | 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Vincent Onovo | MF | (1995-12-10)10 December 1995 (aged 25) | HJK Helsinki | 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Nikola Mitrović | MF | (1987-01-02)2 January 1987 (aged 34) | Zalaegerszeg | 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Yohan Croizet | MF | (1992-02-15)15 February 1992 (aged 29) | OH Leuven | 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Mátyás Katona | MF | (1999-12-30)30 December 1999 (aged 21) | youth sector | 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Stefan Jevtoski | MF | (1997-09-02)2 September 1997 (aged 23) | Rabotnički | 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Péter Szakály | MF | (1986-08-17)17 August 1986 (aged 34) | Puskás Akadémia | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 7 | Krisztián Simon | FW | (1991-06-10)10 June 1991 (aged 30) | 1860 München | 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Junior Tallo | FW | (1992-12-21)21 December 1992 (aged 28) | Chambly | 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Fernando Viana | FW | (1992-02-20)20 February 1992 (aged 29) | Kisvárda | 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Zoltán Stieber | FW | (1988-10-16)16 October 1988 (aged 32) | Zalaegerszeg | 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Giorgi Beridze | FW | (1997-05-12)12 May 1997 (aged 24) | Gent | 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Márk Mucsányi | FW | (2001-11-16)16 November 2001 (aged 19) | youth sector | 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away on loan |||||||||
| Players who left during the season |||||||||

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | HUN | Csanád Fehér (from Újpest II) |
| 4 | DF | MLI | Abdoulaye Diaby (from Royal Antwerp) |
| 6 | MF | GER | Luca Mack (from Stuttgart) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Fernando Viana (from Kisvárda) |
| 45 | MF | MKD | Stefan Jevtoski (from Rabotnički) |
| 62 | DF | HUN | Dominik Kovács (from Újpest II) |
| 98 | FW | CIV | Mory Koné (from Ararat Yerevan) |
| — | DF | HUN | Kristóf Szűcs (loan return from Ajka) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | MNE | Jovan Baošić (to Budućnost Podgorica) |
| 4 | DF | MKD | Kire Ristevski (to AEL Limassol) |
| 6 | FW | MAR | Yassine El Ghanassy (released) |
| 9 | FW | HUN | Patrik Bacsa (to Győr) |
| 19 | DF | POR | Mauro Cerqueira (released) |
| 20 | MF | NGA | Vincent Onovo (to Randers) |
| 77 | FW | CRO | Antonio Perošević (to East Bengal) |
| — | FW | MLI | Victor Kantabadouno (loan return to Wakriya) |
Source:

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | EST | Märten Kuusk (from Flora Tallinn) |
| — | MF | CMR | Abdoulaye Yahaya (from Lokomotiva Zagreb) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | HUN | Zsolt Máté (loan to Tiszakécske) |
| 8 | FW | CIV | Junior Tallo (loan to Samsunspor) |
| 10 | FW | HUN | Zoltán Stieber (to MTK Budapest) |
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 | 1 August 2021 | 13 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 036.36 |
| Hungarian Cup | 18 September 2021 | 19 April 2022 | Round of 64 | Semi-Finals | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 080.00 |
| UEFA Conference League | 22 July 2021 | 12 August 2021 | Second qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 66 | 63 | +3 | 042.86 |
Last updated: 15 February 2023 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Puskás Akadémia | 33 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Fehérvár | 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 48 | 43 | +5 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Újpest | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 44 | |
| 6 | Paks | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 75 | 63 | +12 | 43 | |
| 7 | Debrecen | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 39 | |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2021–22 Magyar Kupa, Ferencváros, qualified for the Champions League, the Europa Conference League berth awarded to the Magyar Kupa winners was transferred to the highest-placed Nemzeti Bajnokság I team not already qualified for European competition, 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: 15 February 2023. Source: Soccerway

#### 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 | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | D | L | L | D | L | L | D | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | D | W |
| Position | 11 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 |

#### Matches
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 15 February 2023.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | OTP Bank Liga | OTP Bank Liga | Conference League | Conference League | Hungarian Cup | Hungarian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SRB | Filip Pajović | 13 | -21 | 7 | -10 | 2 | -5 | 4 | -6 |
| 2 | DF | KOS | Lirim Kastrati | 36 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | MLI | Abdoulaye Diaby | 27 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | CMR | Petrus Boumal | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Luca Mack | 21 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | HUN | Krisztián Simon | 25 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | GEO | Budu Zivzivadze | 14 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Fernando Viana | 23 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Yohan Croizet | 33 | 7 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | SRB | Nemanja Antonov | 41 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | GRE | Giorgos Koutroubis | 39 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | HUN | Áron Csongvai | 38 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | SRB | Miroslav Bjeloš | 29 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | GEO | Giorgi Beridze | 34 | 12 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 19 | MF | CMR | Abdoulaye Yahaya | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | EST | Märten Kuusk | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SRB | Nikola Mitrović | 40 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | HUN | Dávid Banai | 31 | -41 | 27 | -37 | 2 | -3 | 2 | -1 |
| 27 | MF | HUN | Mátyás Katona | 31 | 5 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | HUN | Tamás Kádár | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | MKD | Stefan Jevtoski | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | DF | SRB | Branko Pauljević | 34 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | HUN | Péter Szakály | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | FW | CIV | Mory Koné | 13 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Youth players: ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | HUN | Csanád Fehér | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | HUN | Márk Mucsányi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | HUN | Zoltán Tomori | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0 | 0 | -0 | 0 | -0 |
| 62 | DF | HUN | Dominik Kovács | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | HUN | Zsombor Kálnoki-Kis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | HUN | Tamás Hámori | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0 | 0 | -0 | 0 | -0 |
| Out to loan: ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | HUN | Zsolt Máté | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | CIV | Junior Tallo | 13 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: ||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | HUN | Zoltán Stieber | 13 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | NGA | Vincent Onovo | 20 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |

### Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
    Last updated on 15 February 2023
| Position | Nation | Number | Name | OTP Bank Liga | UEFA Conference League | Hungarian Cup | Total |
| 1 | | 17 | Giorgi Beridze | 8 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | | 8 | Budu Zivzivadze | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | | 24 | Yohan Croizet | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | | 27 | Mátyás Katona | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | | 15 | Miroslav Bjeloš | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | | 8 | Junior Tallo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | | 14 | Áron Csongvai | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | | 4 | Abdoulaye Diaby | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | | 20 | Vincent Onovo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | | 10 | Zoltán Stieber | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | | 7 | Krisztián Simon | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | | 98 | Mory Koné | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | | 49 | Branko Pauljević | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | | 22 | Nikola Mitrović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | | 19 | Abdoulaye Yahaya | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | | 11 | Nemanja Antonov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | | 9 | Fernando Viana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | | 2 | Lirim Kastrati | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| / | / | / | Own Goals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| | | | TOTALS | 50 | 6 | 10 | 66 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.
    Last updated on 15 February 2023
| Position | Number | Name | OTP Bank Liga | OTP Bank Liga | UEFA Conference League | UEFA Conference League | Hungarian Cup | Hungarian Cup | Total (Hu Total) | Total (Hu Total) |
| DF | 2 | Lirim Kastrati | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (4) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 5 | Petrus Boumal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 4 | Abdoulaye Diaby | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 (4) | 2 (2) |
| MF | 6 | Luca Mack | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 7 | Krisztián Simon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 8 | Budu Zivzivadze | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 8 | Junior Tallo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2) | 1 (1) |
| FW | 9 | Fernando Viana | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 10 | Yohan Croizet | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (3) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 10 | Zoltán Stieber | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 11 | Nemanja Antonov | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 (3) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 13 | Giorgos Koutroubis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 (4) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 14 | Áron Csongvai | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 15 | Miroslav Bjeloš | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 17 | Giorgi Beridze | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 19 | Abdoulaye Yahaya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 20 | Märten Kuusk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 20 | Vincent Onovo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 22 | Nikola Mitrović | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 (0) |
| GK | 23 | Dávid Banai | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (4) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 27 | Mátyás Katona | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 45 | Stefan Jevtoski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 49 | Branko Pauljević | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 2 (2) |
| | | TOTALS | 70 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 89 (70) | 6 (5) |

### Clean sheets

    Last updated on 15 February 2023
| Position | Number | Name | OTP Bank Liga | UEFA Conference League | Hungarian Cup | Total |
| 1 | 23 | Dávid Banai | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | Filip Pajović | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 34 | Zoltán Tomori | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 99 | Tamás Hámori | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |