# 2014–15 Pécsi MFC season

The 2014–15 season was Pécsi Mecsek Football Club's 50th competitive season, 4th consecutive season in the OTP Bank Liga, where it finished 11th and 64th year in existence as a football club. Among the championship, the team competed in the Hungarian Cup and the Ligakupa. Both competitions saw Pécs MFC eliminated in the round of 16.

## Background

Despite finishing seventh in the previous season, reaching their best result in the last ten years, coaching duo Gábor Márton and Emil Lőrincz were sacked, and György Véber was appointed as new manager in early June. Former player of the club, Árpád Kulcsár was announced as assistant coach, whereas Zoltán Bogyay Jr. will be in charge as goalkeeper coach.
The club's top scorer of the last season, Krisztián Koller left the team and joined Nyíregyháza Spartacus FC together with Ferenc Fodor, however the rest of the squad will continue in Pécs for the season.

## Squad
### Current squad

As of 19 October 2014.
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 | Gergő Gőcze |
| 44 | GK | HUN | Vukasin Poleksic |
| 4 | DF | HUN | József Nagy |
| 5 | DF | CAN | James Manjrekar |
| 6 | DF | HUN | Béla Balogh |
| 7 | MF | HUN | Dávid Wittrédi |
| 8 | MF | HUN | Dávid Márkvárt |
| 9 | MF | HUN | Norbert Heffler |
| 10 | FW | HUN | Roland Frőhlich |
| 11 | FW | HUN | Patrik Gránicz |
| 14 | DF | CRO | Andrej Čaušić |
| 17 | MF | HUN | Adrián Horváth |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | HUN | Levente Lantos |
| 21 | DF | CRO | Danijel Romić |
| 22 | DF | HUN | Dávid Mohl |
| 25 | FW | HUN | Ferenc Rácz (loan from MTK) |
| 27 | MF | HUN | Róbert Kővári |
| 29 | FW | HUN | Richárd Frank |
| 32 | MF | HUN | Lóránd Szatmári |
| 33 | MF | NGA | Eke Uzoma |
| 44 | GK | MNE | Vukašin Poleksić |
| 60 | FW | HUN | Péter Pölöskei |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | HUN | Norbert Heffler (from Paks) |
| — | MF | NGA | Eke Uzoma (from Sandhausen) |
| — | FW | HUN | Péter Pölöskei (from Debrecen) |
| — | DF | CRO | Andrej Čaušić (from Dunajská Streda) |
| — | FW | HUN | Ferenc Rácz (loan from MTK) |
| — | GK | HUN | Donát Helesfay (loan from Kozármisleny) |
| — | GK | HUN | Péter Molnár (loan return from Kozármisleny) |
| — | GK | HUN | Ádám Holczer (loan return from Kozármisleny) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | HUN | Ferenc Fodor (to Nyíregyháza) |
| 9 | FW | HUN | Krisztián Koller (to Nyíregyháza) |
| 11 | MF | HUN | Miroszláv Zsdrál (to Kaposvár) |
| 13 | FW | SRB | Milan Perić (loan return to Videoton) |
| 15 | GK | HUN | Donát Helesfay (loan return to Kozármisleny) |
| 20 | MF | HUN | Viktor Városi (to Haladás) |
| 25 | FW | HUN | Ferenc Rácz (loan return to MTK Budapest) |
| 31 | GK | HUN | Bence Steer |
| 31 | GK | HUN | Ádám Holczer (to Soroksár) |
| 37 | MF | HUN | Dávid Bailo (to Zalaegerszeg) |
| 60 | FW | HUN | Péter Pölöskei (loan return to Debrecen) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | CRO | Mario Tadejevic (from free agent) |
| — | MF | CRO | Ivo Weitzer (from NK Zadar) |
| — | FW | BUL | Dimitar Makriev (from free agent) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | HUN | Péter Pölöskey (to unknown) |
| — | DF | HUN | Dávid Mohl (to unknown) |
| — | MF | HUN | Dávid Wittrédi (to DVSC) |
| — | DF | HUN | Levente Lantos (to Kozármisleny) |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 26 October 2014.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | OTP Bank Liga | OTP Bank Liga | Hungarian Cup | Hungarian Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | HUN | Gergő Gőcze | 12 | -18 | 7 | -13 | 1 | -1 | 4 | -4 |
| 4 | DF | HUN | József Nagy | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | CAN | James Manjrekar | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | HUN | Béla Balogh | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | HUN | Dávid Wittrédi | 13 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | HUN | Dávid Márkvárt | 16 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | HUN | Norbert Heffler | 17 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | HUN | Roland Frőhlich | 18 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | HUN | Patrik Gránicz | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | CRO | Andrej Čaušić | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | HUN | Adrián Horváth | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | HUN | Levente Lantos | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | CRO | Danijel Romić | 17 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | HUN | Dávid Mohl | 13 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | HUN | Ferenc Rácz | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 27 | MF | HUN | Róbert Kővári | 15 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | HUN | Richárd Frank | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 32 | MF | HUN | Lóránd Szatmári | 19 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | NGA | Eke Uzoma | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | GK | MNE | Vukašin Poleksić | 7 | -7 | 6 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | FW | HUN | Péter Pölöskei | 16 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Youth players: ||||||||||||
| 2 | MF | HUN | Péter Beke | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | HUN | Donát Helesfay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | MNE | Miloš Pejaković | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: ||||||||||||

### Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
    Last updated on 26 October 2014
| Position | Nation | Number | Name | OTP Bank Liga | Hungarian Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | | 27 | Róbert Kővári | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | | 8 | Dávid Márkvárt | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | | 7 | Dávid Wittrédi | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | | 22 | Dávid Mohl | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | | 60 | Péter Pölöskei | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | | 9 | Norbert Heffler | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | | 10 | Roland Frőhlich | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | | 25 | Ferenc Rácz | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | | 32 | Lóránd Szatmári | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | 18 | Levente Lantos | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | | 21 | Danijel Romić | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | | 29 | Richárd Frank | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| / | / | / | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 12 | 12 | 5 | 29 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.
    Last updated on 26 October 2014
| Position | Number | Name | OTP Bank Liga | OTP Bank Liga | Hungarian Cup | Hungarian Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total (Hu Total) | Total (Hu Total) |
| GK | 1 | Gergő Gőcze | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 4 | József Nagy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 6 | Béla Balogh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (3) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 7 | Dávid Wittrédi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 8 | Dávid Márkvárt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 (3) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 9 | Norbert Heffler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 10 | Roland Frőhlich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 14 | Andrej Čaušić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 17 | Adrián Horváth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (3) | 0 (0) |
| DF | 21 | Danijel Romić | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 (2) | 1 (1) |
| DF | 22 | Dávid Mohl | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (4) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 25 | Ferenc Rácz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 27 | Róbert Kővári | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| MF | 32 | Lóránd Szatmári | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 (0) |
| GK | 44 | Vukašin Poleksić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| FW | 60 | Péter Pölöskei | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (2) | 1 (1) |
| | | TOTALS | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 (27) | 2 (2) |

### Overall

| Games played | 19 (12 OTP Bank Liga, 3 Hungarian Cup and 4 Hungarian League Cup) |
| Games won | 7 (2 OTP Bank Liga, 3 Hungarian Cup and 2 Hungarian League Cup) |
| Games drawn | 5 (4 OTP Bank Liga, 0 Hungarian Cup and 1 Hungarian League Cup) |
| Games lost | 7 (6 OTP Bank Liga, 0 Hungarian Cup and 1 Hungarian League Cup) |
| Goals scored | 29 |
| Goals conceded | 25 |
| Goal difference | +4 |
| Yellow cards | 36 |
| Red cards | 2 |
| Worst discipline | Péter Pölöskei (4 , 1 ) |
| Worst discipline | Danijel Romić (4 , 1 ) |
| Best result | 5–0 (A) v Kozármisleny - Magyar Kupa - 23-09-2014 |
| Worst result | 0–4 (H) v MTK - OTP Bank Liga - 26-07-2014 |
| Most appearances | Lóránd Szatmári (19 appearances) |
| Top scorer | Dávid Wittrédi (4 goals) |
| Top scorer | Róbert Kővári (4 goals) |
| Top scorer | Dávid Márkvárt (4 goals) |
| Points | 29/57 (50.88%) |
Last updated: 26 October 2014 Source:

## Nemzeti Bajnokság I
### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 9 | Kecskemét (R) | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 38 | Dissolved - Kecskeméti LC KTE SI in the Bács-Kiskun County Football League One as successor |
| 10 | Puskás Akadémia | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 35 | |
| 11 | Pécs (R) | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 31 | Relegation to Baranya County Football League One |
| 12 | Nyíregyháza (R) | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 30 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság III |
| 13 | Honvéd | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 26 | 36 | −10 | 28 | |
* 1 2 3 Kecskemét, Nyíregyháza and Pécs won't be members of 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I due to licence problems

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 26 October 2014. Source: NB1

### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | D | D | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 13 |

## Hungarian Cup

Pécsi MFC started its Hungarian Cup campaign of the season at Szászvár a nearby town in Baranya county, against the local team of the Hungarian fourth division. Pécsi MFC proceeded to the next round with a comfortable win of 3-0 with some of the young players on the pitch.

## League Cup

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SZI | PÉC | SOR | PUS |
| 1 | Szigetszentmiklós | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Pécs | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Soroksár | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 7 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 3–2 |
| 4 | Puskás Akadémia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 4 | | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | — |