# 2007–08 Zalaegerszegi TE season

The 2007–08 season was Zalaegerszegi Torna Egylet Football Club's 70th competitive season, 16th consecutive season in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I and 87th year in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, Zalaegerszeg participated in this season's editions of the Magyar Kupa, Ligakupa and UEFA Intertoto Cup.

## 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 | Géza Vlaszák |
| 2 | DF | HUN | Gergely Kocsárdi |
| 4 | DF | CRO | Lovre Vulin |
| 5 | DF | SVK | Peter Polgár |
| 6 | DF | ROU | Sorin Botiș |
| 7 | MF | HUN | Balázs Molnár |
| 8 | MF | HUN | Zoltán Tóth |
| 9 | FW | HUN | Róbert Waltner |
| 10 | MF | SRB | Milan Davidov |
| 11 | FW | SVN | Damir Pekič |
| 12 | GK | HUN | Krisztián Pogacsics |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | FW | FRA | Mahamadou Diawara |
| 16 | MF | HUN | Péter Máté |
| 17 | FW | HUN | Zsolt Balázs |
| 19 | MF | HUN | Béla Koplárovics |
| 20 | FW | PLE | Imad Zatara |
| 21 | FW | GAB | Roguy Méyé |
| 22 | DF | SVN | Matej Miljatovič |
| 32 | MF | HUN | András Horváth |
| 41 | MF | HUN | Tibor Fülöp |
| 51 | DF | HUN | Gergő Kovács |
| 52 | MF | HUN | Csaba Ferkó |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | From |
| Summer | GK | 1 | Đorđe Babalj | Vojvodina |
| Summer | DF | 2 | Ivan Dudić | Bežanija |
| Summer | DF | 5 | Peter Polgár | Slovan Bratislava |
| Summer | MF | 10 | Milan Davidov | Vojvodina |
| Summer | FW | 11 | Damir Pekič | Maribor |
| Summer | MF | 13 | Tihamér Lukács | Pécs |
| Summer | MF | 14 | Árpád Majoros | Vasas |
| Summer | FW | 15 | Mahamadou Diawara | Entente SSG |
| Summer | MF | 20 | Norbert Tóth | Rákospalota |
| Summer | DF | 22 | Matej Miljatovič | Kickers Offenbach |
| Summer | MF | 41 | Tibor Fülöp | Makó |
| Winter | DF | 2 | Gergely Kocsárdi | Nafta Lendava |
| Winter | GK | 1 | Géza Vlaszák | AEL Limassol |
| Winter | FW | 20 | Imad Zatara | Brommapojkarna |
| Winter | FW | 21 | Roguy Méyé | Mangasport |
| Winter | MF | 52 | Csaba Ferkó | Integrál-DAC |

### Transfers out

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | To |
| Summer | GK | 1 | Martin Lipčák | Neded |
| Summer | DF | 2 | Gergely Kocsárdi | Nafta Lendava |
| Winter | GK | 1 | Đorđe Babalj | Vojvodina |
| Winter | DF | 2 | Ivan Dudić | Újpest |
| Winter | DF | 3 | Tamás Kádár | Newcastle United |
| Winter | MF | 14 | Árpád Majoros | Cracovia |
| Winter | MF | 20 | Norbert Tóth | Szombathelyi Haladás |

### Loans in

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | From | End date | Ref |

### Loans out

| Transfer window | Pos. | No. | Player | From | End date |
| Summer | FW | 9 | Róbert Waltner | Al Dhafra | February 2008 |
| Winter | MF | 13 | Tihamér Lukács | Vihren | End of season |
| Winter | MF | 18 | Gábor Simonfalvi | Pécs | End of season |

## 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 | 20 July 2007 | 2 June 2008 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 043.33 |
| Magyar Kupa | 29 August 2007 | 26 September 2007 | Third round | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 050.00 |
| Ligakupa (Autumn season) | 15 August 2007 | 14 November 2007 | Group stage | Semi-finals | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 11 | +15 | 080.00 |
| Ligakupa (Spring season) | 1 December 2007 | 12 March 2008 | Group stage | Quarter-finals | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 5 | +14 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup | 7 July 2007 | 14 July 2007 | Second round | Second round | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 111 | 62 | +49 | 050.00 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Fehérvár | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 48 | 32 | +16 | 54 | |
| 6 | Kaposvár | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 51 | |
| 7 | Zalaegerszeg | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 46 | |
| 8 | Honvéd | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 45 | 36 | +9 | 43 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
| 9 | Vasas | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 41 | |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | D | W | D | W | L |
| Position | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### 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
Semi-finals

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ZAL | GYO | TAT | SOP |
| 1 | Zalaegerszeg | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 3 | +16 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 7–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Győr | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–1 | — | 3–2 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Tatabánya | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 19 | −12 | 3 | | 1–2 | 1–4 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Sopron | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 18 | −14 | 3 | Exclution | 0–3 | 0–3 | 3–0 | — |
* 1 2 3 4 Sopron couldn't finish the 2007–08 season due to bankruptcy. All remaining matches were counted as won for their opponents.

##### Knockout phase

Quarter-finals

### UEFA Intertoto Cup

Second round

## 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 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | UEFA Intertoto Cup | UEFA Intertoto Cup | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Player | Pos. | Apps | | | | Apps | | | Apps | | | Apps | | | Apps | | | |
| 1 | Géza Vlaszák | GK | 13 | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 14 | | 1 | |
| 1 | Đorđe Babalj | GK | 15 | | | | | | | 5 | | | | | | 20 | | | |
| 1 | Martin Lipčák | GK | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | | 1 |
| 2 | Ivan Dudić | DF | 12 | | 3 | 1 | 1 | | | 9 | | 1 | | | | 22 | | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | Gergely Kocsárdi | DF | 10 | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 11 | | | |
| 3 | Tamás Kádár | DF | 9 | 1 | | | | | | 4 | | 1 | 2 | | | 15 | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | Lovre Vulin | DF | 21 | 1 | 9 | | 1 | 1 | | 9 | | 3 | | | | 31 | 2 | 12 | |
| 5 | Peter Polgár | DF | 20 | | 5 | | 2 | | | 9 | | 2 | 2 | 2 | | 33 | | 9 | |
| 6 | Sorin Botiș | DF | 17 | 1 | 4 | | | | | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | | 29 | 4 | 11 | |
| 7 | Balázs Molnár | MF | 23 | | 7 | | 1 | | | 6 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 31 | | 9 | |
| 8 | Zoltán Tóth | MF | 20 | 3 | 4 | | 1 | | | 9 | | 2 | 2 | 1 | | 32 | 3 | 7 | |
| 9 | Róbert Waltner | FW | 22 | 18 | 2 | | | | | 1 | 1 | | 2 | | | 25 | 19 | 2 | |
| 10 | Milan Davidov | MF | 28 | | 2 | | 2 | | 1 | 8 | | | | | | 38 | | 3 | |
| 11 | Damir Pekič | FW | 22 | 5 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | 5 | 2 | | | | | 28 | 8 | 1 | |
| 12 | Krisztián Pogacsics | GK | 3 | | | | 2 | | | 11 | | | 1 | | | 17 | | | |
| 13 | Tihamér Lukács | MF | 8 | | | | 2 | 2 | | 10 | 4 | | 2 | | | 22 | 6 | | |
| 14 | Árpád Majoros | MF | 2 | | | | | | | 4 | 1 | | | | | 6 | 1 | | |
| 15 | Mahamadou Diawara | FW | 8 | | | | 1 | 3 | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | | | 12 | 5 | 1 | |
| 16 | Péter Máté | MF | 26 | | 7 | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | | 39 | 2 | 12 | |
| 17 | Zsolt Balázs | FW | 18 | 1 | | | 1 | | | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | | | 35 | 6 | 1 | |
| 17 | Gábor Simonfalvi | MF | 3 | | | | 1 | | | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | | | 15 | 1 | 2 | |
| 19 | Béla Koplárovics | MF | 27 | 4 | 1 | | 2 | | 1 | 8 | 5 | | 2 | | | 39 | 9 | 2 | |
| 20 | Norbert Tóth | MF | 14 | 2 | 2 | | 1 | 1 | | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | 23 | 5 | 3 | |
| 20 | Imad Zatara | FW | 12 | 3 | 1 | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | | 13 | 3 | 2 | |
| 21 | Roguy Méyé | FW | 21 | 10 | 6 | | 2 | 1 | | 8 | 8 | | | | | 31 | 19 | 6 | |
| 22 | Matej Miljatovič | DF | 25 | 2 | 7 | | 1 | | | 7 | | | | | | 33 | 2 | 7 | |
| 25 | Ferenc Szommer | GK | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 30 | Balázs Osbáth | GK | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 31 | József Bozsik | MF | | | | | | | | 4 | | | 1 | | | 5 | | | |
| 32 | András Horváth | MF | 1 | | | | 1 | | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | 10 | 1 | 2 | |
| 33 | Péter Németh | DF | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | | |
| 34 | Zoltán Sámson | | | | | | | | | 6 | | 1 | | | | 6 | | 1 | |
| 35 | Gábor Papp | MF | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 3 | | | |
| 36 | Tamás Molnár | FW | | | | | | | | 3 | 2 | | | | | 3 | 2 | | |
| 38 | András Karakai | MF | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | | |
| 39 | Ádám Pintér I | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 41 | Tibor Fülöp | MF | 1 | | | | 1 | | | 7 | 2 | 1 | | | | 9 | 2 | 1 | |
| 42 | György Zsömlye | MF | | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | 4 | | | |
| 43 | András Kütsön | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 3 | | | |
| 44 | István Rácz | DF | | | | | | | | 8 | | 2 | | | | 8 | | 2 | |
| 45 | Gábor Sági | FW | | | | | 1 | | | 8 | 2 | 1 | | | | 9 | 2 | 1 | |
| 46 | Krisztián Kottán | MF | | | | | 1 | | | 6 | | 1 | | | | 7 | | 1 | |
| 47 | Tamás Balogh | DF | | | | | | | | 5 | | | | | | 5 | | | |
| 49 | Krisztián Dóczi | MF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 50 | Adrián Kocsis | DF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 51 | Gergő Kovács | DF | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 52 | Csaba Ferkó | MF | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 51 | 62 | 1 | | 11 | 4 | | 42 | 32 | | 6 | 1 | | 104 | 104 | 2 |

### Hat-tricks

| No. | Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition | Round |
| 15 | Mahamadou Diawara | Bonyhád | 10–0 (A) | 29 August 2007 | Magyar Kupa | Third round |

### Clean sheets

| | | | Clean sheets | Clean sheets | Clean sheets | Clean sheets | Clean sheets |
| No. | Player | Games Played | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Magyar Kupa | Ligakupa | UEFA Intertoto Cup | Total |
| 12 | Krisztián Pogacsics | 17 | 2 | 1 | 6 | | 9 |
| 1 | Đorđe Babalj | 20 | 3 | | 1 | | 4 |
| 1 | Géza Vlaszák | 14 | 4 | | 0 | | 4 |
| 1 | Martin Lipčák | 1 | | | | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Ferenc Szommer | 0 | | | | | 0 |
| 30 | Balázs Osbáth | 0 | | | | | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 17 |

## Awards

Nemzeti Bajnokság I top scorer
Player
Goals
Ref
Róbert Waltner
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