# 2007–08 Debreceni VSC season

The 2007–08 season was Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club's 15th consecutive season in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I and 105th year in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, Debrecen participated in this season's editions of the Magyar Kupa, the Ligakupa, the Szuperkupa and the UEFA Champions League.

## 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 | SRB | Vukašin Poleksić |
| 2 | DF | HUN | István Szűcs |
| 3 | DF | HUN | Csaba Szatmári |
| 4 | DF | HUN | Leandro |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Dragan Vukmir |
| 6 | DF | HUN | Zoltán Takács |
| 7 | MF | HUN | Tibor Dombi |
| 8 | FW | HUN | Zsombor Kerekes |
| 9 | MF | HUN | Tamás Sándor |
| 10 | FW | SRB | Igor Bogdanović |
| 11 | FW | HUN | Milán Faggyas |
| 12 | GK | HUN | János Balogh |
| 13 | DF | HUN | Péter Bíró |
| 14 | FW | HUN | Gergely Rudolf |
| 16 | DF | HUN | Ádám Komlósi |
| 17 | MF | HUN | Norbert Mészáros |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | HUN | Róbert Nagy |
| 21 | DF | HUN | Marcell Fodor |
| 22 | DF | HUN | Csaba Bernáth |
| 23 | FW | HUN | Péter Szilágyi |
| 24 | GK | HUN | Norbert Csernyánszki |
| 27 | MF | HUN | Gábor Demjén |
| 28 | DF | HUN | Zoltán Nagy |
| 29 | MF | HUN | István Spitzmüller |
| 30 | MF | HUN | Zoltán Kiss |
| 32 | FW | MKD | Aco Stojkov |
| 37 | MF | BRA | Lucas |
| 40 | FW | CMR | Dorge Kouemaha |
| 47 | DF | HUN | Péter Máté |
| 55 | MF | HUN | Péter Szakály |
| 77 | MF | HUN | Péter Czvitkovics |
| 87 | GK | HUN | István Verpecz |
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 | 22 July 2007 | 31 May 2008 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 67 | 29 | +38 | 063.33 |
| Magyar Kupa | 26 September 2007 | 4 June 2008 | Round of 32 | Winners | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 11 | +27 | 088.89 |
| Ligakupa (Autumn season) | 15 August 2007 | 14 November 2007 | Group stage | Semi-finals | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 050.00 |
| Ligakupa (Spring season) | 30 November 2007 | 7 May 2008 | Group stage | Advanced as Winners | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 11 | +17 | 066.67 |
| Ligakupa (Grand final) | 14 May 2008 | 20 May 2008 | Final | Runners-up | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Szuperkupa | 11 July 2007 | 15 July 2007 | Final | Winners | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 31 July 2007 | 8 August 2007 | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 67 | 41 | 14 | 12 | 154 | 68 | +86 | 061.19 |
Source: Competitions

### Szuperkupa

Debrecen, as Nemzeti Bajnokság I winners in the previous season, played against Honvéd in the 2008 Szuperkupa, who themselves won the Magyar Kupa.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | MTK (C) | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 67 | 23 | +44 | 66 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Debrecen | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 67 | 29 | +38 | 64 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Győr | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 64 | 35 | +29 | 58 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 4 | Újpest | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 55 | |
| 5 | Fehérvár | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 48 | 32 | +16 | 54 | |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### Ligakupa
#### Autumn season
##### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DEB | DIO | NYI | VAS |
| 1 | Debrecen | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Diósgyőr | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Nyíregyháza | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 9 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 4–0 |
| 4 | Vasas | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 4 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | — |

##### Knockout phase
###### Semi-finals
#### Spring season
##### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DEB | RAK | HON | NYI |
| 1 | Debrecen | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Rákospalota | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | 3–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Budapest Honvéd | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 8 | | 1–2 | 5–0 | — | 4–2 |
| 4 | Nyíregyháza | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 2 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |
* ↑ Rákospalota was deducted 1 points