# 2017–18 Vasas FC season

The 2017–18 season was Vasas Football Club's 87th competitive season, 3rd consecutive season in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I and 116th year in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, Vasas participated in this season's editions of the Magyar Kupa and UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 30 May 2017 to 2 June 2018.
Following the rebuilding of Illovszky Rudolf Stadion, Vasas played most of their home fixtures at Szusza Ferenc Stadion during this season. There were concerns that the stadium will not meet stadium heating obligations, but a mobile track heating device lifted the problem.
This was the team's first ever qualifying phase in the UEFA Europa League after the format change since their last participation in 2000–01. Vasas entered the competition in the first qualifying round where they were defeated by Beitar Jerusalem.
The club entered the last rounds of the league in a fierce relegation battle between Diósgyőr, Balmazújváros, Haladás, Mezőkövesd and eventually finishing in the bottom. After finishing third and reaching Magyar Kupa final last season, Vasas will not play in Hungary's top-flight next season.

## 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 | HUN | Gergely Nagy |
| 3 | DF | CAN | Manjrekar James |
| 4 | DF | MKD | Kire Ristevski |
| 6 | MF | HUN | Donát Szivacski |
| 7 | MF | HUN | Szilveszter Hangya |
| 8 | FW | HUN | Martin Ádám |
| 9 | FW | HUN | Norbert Csiki |
| 10 | FW | HUN | Mohamed Remili (captain) |
| 13 | MF | HUN | Zsombor Berecz |
| 14 | FW | HUN | Bálint Gaál |
| 17 | FW | UKR | Yevhen Pavlov |
| 19 | DF | GER | Felix Burmeister |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | HUN | Márk Kleisz |
| 23 | MF | HUN | Máté Vida |
| 27 | FW | HUN | Benedek Murka |
| 28 | DF | HUN | Tamás Vaskó |
| 31 | MF | HUN | Dávid Barczi |
| 32 | DF | CZE | Vít Beneš |
| 40 | FW | HUN | István Ferenczi |
| 77 | MF | HUN | Tamás Egerszegi |
| 86 | FW | HUN | Zsolt Laczkó |
| 87 | GK | SVK | Ľuboš Kamenár |
| 90 | GK | HUN | Dániel Póser |
| 98 | MF | HUN | Bálint Vogyicska |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | HUN | Attila Osváth (loan return from Debrecen) |
| 12 | FW | GRE | Nikos Vergos (loan from Olympiacos) |
| 14 | DF | HUN | Csaba Preklet (loan return from Cegléd) |
| 15 | DF | HUN | Máté Czingráber (loan return from Siófok) |
| 22 | DF | CZE | Jan Šimůnek (from Dukla Prague) |
| 32 | DF | CZE | Vít Beneš (from Jablonec) |
| 87 | GK | SVK | Ľuboš Kamenár (from Śląsk Wrocław) |
| 98 | MF | HUN | Bálint Vogyicska (loan from MTK Budapest) |
| 99 | FW | HUN | Csanád Novák (loan return from Gyirmót) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | HUN | Attila Osváth (to Puskás Akadémia) |
| 14 | DF | HUN | Csaba Preklet (to Cegléd) |
| 21 | DF | HUN | Zsolt Korcsmár (to Midtjylland) |
| 33 | GK | MNE | Vukašin Poleksić (loan return to Békéscsaba) |
| 66 | FW | TUR | Mahir Sağlık (to Sakaryaspor) |
| 89 | DF | HUN | András Debreceni (to Győr) |
| 98 | FW | HUN | Áron Borvető (to Vác) |
| 99 | FW | HUN | Csanád Novák (to Mezőkövesd) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | HUN | Norbert Csiki (from Gyirmót) |
| 31 | MF | HUN | Dávid Barczi (from Videoton) |
| 77 | MF | HUN | Tamás Egerszegi (from Miedź Legnica) |
| 86 | FW | HUN | Zsolt Laczkó (from Paks) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | MF | HUN | Botond Király (loan to Csákvár) |
| 12 | FW | GRE | Nikos Vergos (loan return to Olympiacos) |
| 15 | DF | HUN | Máté Czingráber (to Soproni VSE) |
| 22 | DF | CZE | Jan Šimůnek (Retired) |
| 70 | FW | HUN | Tamás Kulcsár (to MTK Budapest) |

## 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 | 16 July 2017 | 2 June 2018 | Matchday 1 | 12th | 33 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 38 | 61 | −23 | 027.27 |
| Magyar Kupa | 20 September 2017 | 25 October 2017 | Round of 128 | Round of 64 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 29 June 2017 | 6 July 2017 | First qualifying round | First qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 44 | 70 | −26 | 027.03 |
Source: Competitions

### 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 |
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 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | L | D | W | L | D | L | W | L |
| Position | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### First qualifying round
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Magyar Kupa | Magyar Kupa | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | HUN | Gergely Nagy | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | CAN | Manjrekar James | 31 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | MKD | Kire Ristevski | 27 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | HUN | Donát Szivacski | 22 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | HUN | Szilveszter Hangya | 31 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | HUN | Martin Ádám | 30 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | HUN | Norbert Csiki | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | HUN | Mohamed Remili | 32 | 5 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | HUN | Zsombor Berecz | 26 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | HUN | Bálint Gaál | 23 | 6 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | UKR | Yevhen Pavlov | 29 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | DF | GER | Felix Burmeister | 32 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | HUN | Márk Kleisz | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | HUN | Máté Vida | 33 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | HUN | Benedek Murka | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | HUN | Tamás Vaskó | 29 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | HUN | Dávid Barczi | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | CZE | Vít Beneš | 26 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | HUN | István Ferenczi | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | HUN | Tamás Egerszegi | 14 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | FW | HUN | Zsolt Laczkó | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | GK | SVK | Ľuboš Kamenár | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | GK | HUN | Dániel Póser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | MF | HUN | Bálint Vogyicska | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players loaned out (for spring): ||||||||||||
| 9 | MF | HUN | Botond Király | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players left the club (from summer): ||||||||||||
| 66 | FW | TUR | Mahir Sağlık | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 89 | DF | HUN | András Debreceni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players left the club (from winter): ||||||||||||
| 12 | FW | GRE | Nikos Vergos | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | HUN | Máté Czingráber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | CZE | Jan Šimůnek | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | HUN | Tamás Kulcsár | 21 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Name | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Magyar Kupa | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 14 | | Bálint Gaál | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 10 | | Mohamed Remili | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 17 | | Yevhen Pavlov | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 70 | | Tamás Kulcsár | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 19 | | Felix Burmeister | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 77 | | Tamás Egerszegi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 13 | | Zsombor Berecz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | | Manjrekar James | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 8 | | Martin Ádám | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 4 | | Kire Ristevski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 6 | | Donát Szivacski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 7 | | Szilveszter Hangya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 12 | | Nikos Vergos | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 23 | | Máté Vida | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 31 | | Dávid Barczi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 32 | | Vít Beneš | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 3 | 3 | 44 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition | Round | Ref |
| Mohamed Remili | Budapest Honvéd | 4–1 (A) | 30 September 2017 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 11 | |

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Magyar Kupa | Magyar Kupa | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | | Manjrekar James | 8 | 1 | | | | | 8 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | Szilveszter Hangya | 8 | | 1 | | | | 9 | |
| 8 | FW | | Martin Ádám | 7 | 1 | | | | | 7 | 1 |
| 28 | DF | | Tamás Vaskó | 6 | | 1 | | 1 | | 8 | |
| 19 | DF | | Felix Burmeister | 5 | | 1 | | 1 | | 7 | |
| 4 | DF | | Kire Ristevski | 6 | | | | | | 6 | |
| 13 | MF | | Zsombor Berecz | 5 | | 1 | | | | 6 | |
| 23 | MF | | Máté Vida | 6 | | | | | | 6 | |
| 6 | MF | | Donát Szivacski | 4 | 1 | | | | | 4 | 1 |
| 70 | FW | | Tamás Kulcsár | 4 | | | | 1 | | 5 | |
| 10 | FW | | Mohamed Remili | 4 | | | | | | 4 | |
| 77 | MF | | Tamás Egerszegi | 4 | | | | | | 4 | |
| 31 | MF | | Dávid Barczi | 2 | 1 | | | | | 2 | 1 |
| 98 | MF | | Bálint Vogyicska | 3 | | | | | | 3 | |
| 14 | FW | | Bálint Gaál | 2 | | | | | | 2 | |
| 17 | FW | | Yevhen Pavlov | 2 | | | | | | 2 | |
| 27 | FW | | Benedek Murka | 2 | | | | | | 2 | |
| 86 | FW | | Zsolt Laczkó | 2 | | | | | | 2 | |
| 87 | GK | | Ľuboš Kamenár | 2 | | | | | | 2 | |
| 20 | MF | | Márk Kleisz | 1 | | | | | | 1 | |
| 32 | DF | | Vít Beneš | 1 | | | | | | 1 | |
| 66 | FW | | Mahir Sağlık | | | | | 1 | | 1 | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 84 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 92 | 4 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Nat. | Name | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Magyar Kupa | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | | Ľuboš Kamenár | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | | Gergely Nagy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | | Dániel Póser | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |