# 2017–18 Diósgyőri VTK season

The 2017–18 season was Diósgyőri VTK's 52nd competitive season, 7th consecutive season in the OTP Bank Liga and 107th year in existence as a football club.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 25 January 2018
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 | Erik Bukrán |
| 4 | DF | HUN | Márk Tamás |
| 5 | DF | HUN | Zoltán Lipták (captain) |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Diego Vela |
| 7 | FW | HUN | Gábor Makrai |
| 8 | MF | KOS | Florent Hasani |
| 9 | FW | HUN | Patrik Bacsa |
| 10 | FW | HUN | Roland Ugrai |
| 14 | FW | HUN | Zsolt Óvári |
| 15 | MF | HUN | Barnabás Tóth |
| 17 | MF | HUN | Miklós Kitl |
| 19 | DF | HUN | Tibor Nagy |
| 20 | MF | HUN | Attila Busai |
| 21 | MF | HUN | Gergő Kocsis (on loan from Dunajská Streda) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | GK | CRO | Ivan Radoš |
| 23 | DF | HUN | Dávid Forgács |
| 25 | DF | SRB | Dušan Brković |
| 27 | FW | HUN | Ákos Szarka |
| 30 | MF | ESP | Nono |
| 33 | FW | GRE | Nikolaos Ioannidis |
| 48 | DF | SRB | Dejan Karan |
| 50 | DF | HUN | Bence Bárdos |
| 71 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Shestakov |
| 74 | MF | HUN | Patrik Ternován |
| 81 | DF | HUN | Patrik Ivánka |
| 87 | DF | HUN | Róbert Tucsa |
| 94 | DF | HUN | Gábor Eperjesi |
| 99 | GK | HUN | Botond Antal |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | MF | HUN | Balázs Szabó (at Siófok until 30 June 2018) |
| 24 | MF | ROU | István Fülöp (at Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe until 30 June 2018) |
| — | FW | HUN | Gábor Boros (at Kazincbarcikai) |

### Transfers
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | FW | HUN | Gábor Makrai (from Puskás Akadémia) |
| 8 | MF | HUN | Bálint Oláh (loan return from Zalaegerszeg) |
| 9 | FW | HUN | Patrik Bacsa (loan return from Kisvárda) |
| 14 | FW | HUN | Zsolt Óvári (from Puskás Akadémia) |
| 15 | MF | HUN | Barnabás Tóth (from Vác) |
| 21 | DF | HUN | Gergő Kocsis (loan from Dunajská Streda) |
| 23 | DF | HUN | Dávid Forgács (from Ancona) |
| 33 | FW | GRE | Nikolaos Ioannidis (from Asteras Tripoli) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | LVA | Vitālijs Jagodinskis (to Politehnica Iași) |
| 15 | MF | CMR | Patrick Mevoungou (to Puskás Akadémia) |
| 23 | MF | GEO | Murtaz Daushvili (released) |
| 50 | FW | CIV | Georges Griffiths (deceased) |
| 68 | MF | HUN | Ramon Halmai (to Markt Allhau) |
| 86 | FW | HUN | Soma Novothny (loan return to Sint-Truidense) |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | KOS | Florent Hasani (from Trepça'89) |
| 25 | DF | SRB | Dušan Brković (from Riga) |
| 71 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Shestakov (from Olimpik Donetsk) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | HUN | Bálint Oláh (to Mezőkövesd) |
| 17 | MF | HUN | Miklós Kitl (to Dorog) |
| 30 | MF | ESP | Nono (to Slovan Bratislava) |
| 33 | DF | HUN | Milán Nemes (to Siófok) |

## 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 |
| 4 | DF | HUN | Márk Tamás | 31 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | HUN | Zoltán Lipták | 32 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Diego Vela | 34 | 6 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | HUN | Gábor Makrai | 18 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KOS | Florent Hasani | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | HUN | Patrik Bacsa | 24 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | HUN | Roland Ugrai | 36 | 12 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 2 |
| 14 | FW | HUN | Zsolt Óvári | 28 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | HUN | Barnabás Tóth | 15 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | HUN | Tibor Nagy | 21 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | HUN | Attila Busai | 32 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | HUN | Gergő Kocsis | 30 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | CRO | Ivan Radoš | 11 | -15 | 9 | -15 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | HUN | Dávid Forgács | 19 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | SRB | Dušan Brković | 11 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | SVK | Ákos Szarka | 29 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 33 | FW | GRE | Nikolaos Ioannidis | 34 | 7 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 48 | DF | SRB | Dejan Karan | 28 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | HUN | Bence Bárdos | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 71 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Shestakov | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 74 | MF | HUN | Patrik Ternován | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | FW | HUN | József Varga | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | DF | HUN | Gábor Eperjesi | 21 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | HUN | Botond Antal | 29 | -42 | 24 | -38 | 5 | -4 |
| Youth players: ||||||||||
| 11 | MF | HUN | Balázs Szabó | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 81 | DF | HUN | Patrik Ivánka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | DF | HUN | Róbert Tucsa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | HUN | Bálint Oláh | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | HUN | Miklós Kitl | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ESP | Nono | 18 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 |

### 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 | | 10 | Roland Ugrai | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | | 33 | Nikolaos Ioannidis | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | | 6 | Diego Vela | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | | 14 | Zsolt Óvári | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | | 25 | Dušan Brković | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | | 7 | Gábor Makrai | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | | 27 | Ákos Szarka | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | | 30 | Nono | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | | 48 | Dejan Karan | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | | 20 | Attila Busai | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | | 23 | Dávid Forgács | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | | 9 | Patrik Bacsa | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | | 4 | Márk Tamás | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | | 5 | Zoltán Lipták | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | | 50 | Bence Bárdos | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | | 15 | Barnabás Tóth | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | | 8 | Bálint Oláh | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| / | / | / | Own Goals | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| | | | TOTALS | 44 | 11 | 55 |

### 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) |
| DF | 4 | Márk Tamás | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 (4) | 1 (1) |
| DF | 5 | Zoltán Lipták | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 (7) | 2 (2) |
| MF | 6 | Diego Vela | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (7) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 7 | Gábor Makrai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 8 | Bálint Oláh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 6 | Florent Hasani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 9 | Patrik Bacsa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 10 | Roland Ugrai | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 (8) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 14 | Zsolt Óvári | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 15 | Barnabás Tóth | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 (3) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 19 | Tibor Nagy | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 (5) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 20 | Attila Busai | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 (9) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 21 | Gergő Kocsis | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (6) | 0 (0) |
| GK | 22 | Ivan Radoš | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 23 | Dávid Forgács | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (4) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 25 | Dušan Brković | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 (0) | 1 (1) |
| FW | 27 | Ákos Szarka | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 (6) | 1 (1) |
| MF | 30 | Nono | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 33 | Nikolaos Ioannidis | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 (4) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 48 | Dejan Karan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (5) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 71 | Serhiy Shestakov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 94 | Gábor Eperjesi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (3) | 0 (0) |
| GK | 99 | Botond Antal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| | | TOTALS | 80 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 93 (80) | 5 (5) |

### Overall

| Games played | 40 (33 OTP Bank Liga and 7 Hungarian Cup) |
| Games won | 16 (10 OTP Bank Liga and 6 Hungarian Cup) |
| Games drawn | 6 (6 OTP Bank Liga and 0 Hungarian Cup) |
| Games lost | 18 (17 OTP Bank Liga and 1 Hungarian Cup) |
| Goals scored | 55 |
| Goals conceded | 57 |
| Goal difference | −2 |
| Yellow cards | 93 |
| Red cards | 5 |
| Worst discipline | Zoltán Lipták (7 , 2 ) |
| Best result | 5–0 (A) v Vasas – OTP Bank Liga – 14-10-2017 |
| Worst result | 0–4 (A) v Balmazújváros – OTP Bank Liga – 05-08-2017 |
| Worst result | 0–4 (A) v Ferencváros – OTP Bank Liga – 27-05-2018 |
| Most appearances | Roland Ugrai (36 appearances) |
| Top scorer | Roland Ugrai (12 goals) |
| Points | 51/120 (42.5%) |
Last updated: 2 June 2018 Source:

## Nemzeti Bajnokság I
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Szombathelyi Haladás | 33 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 38 | |
| 9 | Mezőkövesd | 33 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 35 | 52 | −17 | 37 | |
| 10 | Diósgyőr | 33 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 36 | |
| 11 | Balmazújváros (R) | 33 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 36 | Relegation to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II |
| 12 | Vasas (R) | 33 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 38 | 61 | −23 | 34 | Relegation to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II |

### 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 | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 10 |