2016–17 Újpest FC season

The 2016–17 season was Újpest Football Club's 111th competitive season, 105th consecutive season in the OTP Bank Liga and 131st year in existence as a football club.

Újpest FC
2016–17 season
ChairmanRoderick Duchâtelet
ManagerNebojša Vignjević
StadiumFerenc Szusza Stadium
OTP Bank Liga12th place
Hungarian CupPre-Season
Lowest home attendance2 500 (vs Honvéd, 16 July 2016)

First Team Squad edit

As of 05 November 2016.[1]
Squad No. Name Nationality Position Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1 Szabolcs Balajcza   GK (1979-07-14) 14 July 1979 (age 44)
23 Dávid Banai   GK (1994-05-09) 9 May 1994 (age 29)
32 Zoltán Kovács   GK (1984-10-29) 29 October 1984 (age 39)
Defenders
2 Tibor Nagy   RB (1991-08-14) 14 August 1991 (age 32)
3 Jonathan Heris   CB / DM (1990-09-03) 3 September 1990 (age 33)
4 Dávid Kálnoki-Kis   CB / RB (1991-08-06) 6 August 1991 (age 32)
13 Dávid Mohl   LB / LM (1985-04-22) 22 April 1985 (age 39)
15 Ákos Kecskés   CB (1996-01-04) 4 January 1996 (age 28)
30 Péter Bauer   CB (1998-03-09) 9 March 1998 (age 26)
Midfielders
5 Benjámin Cseke   LM (1994-07-22) 22 July 1994 (age 29)
6 József Windecker   DM (1992-12-02) 2 December 1992 (age 31)
7 Enis Bardhi   LW / RW / CF (1995-07-02) 2 July 1995 (age 28)
8 Balázs Balogh   DM / LB / LM (1990-06-11) 11 June 1990 (age 33)
14 Gábor Nagy   RM / AM / CM (1985-10-16) 16 October 1985 (age 38)
18 Bojan Sanković   DM / CM (1993-11-21) 21 November 1993 (age 30)
20 Souleymane Diarra   CM (1995-01-30) 30 January 1995 (age 29)
21 Benjamin Balázs   LW / AM / RW (1990-04-26) 26 April 1990 (age 34)
27 Bence Pávkovics   CM (1997-03-27) 27 March 1997 (age 27)
Strikers
10 Kylian Hazard   AM (1995-08-05) 5 August 1995 (age 28)
11 Mihailo Perović   CF (1997-01-23) 23 January 1997 (age 27)
17 Viktor Angelov   CF (1994-03-27) 27 March 1994 (age 30)
19 Nemanja Andrić   LW / RW (1987-06-13) 13 June 1987 (age 36)
24 Patrik Tóth   CF (1996-07-31) 31 July 1996 (age 27)
25 Zoltán Gere   CF (1997-06-13) 13 June 1997 (age 26)
28 János Lázok   CF (1984-10-04) 4 October 1984 (age 39)

New contracts edit

No. Pos Player Contract length Contract end Date Source
CB   Ákos Kecskés 1 year 2017 30 June 2016 [2]
7 LW / RW / CF   Enis Bardhi 4 year 2020 1 August 2016 [3]
20 CM   Souleymane Diarra 4 year 2020 18 August 2016 [4]

Transfers edit

In edit

Summer edit

Player Nationality Position Age Moving from Transfer fee Date
Bence Pávkovics   Hungary Central midfielder 19   Újpest FC U20 Free transfer[5] 30 June 2016

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

Last updated: 4 November 2016.
Source: [citation needed]

No. Pos. Name OTP Bank Liga Hungarian Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals    
1 GK   Szabolcs Balajcza 9 0 0 0 9 0 0 0
2 DF   Tibor Nagy 12 0 0 0 12 0 4 0
3 DF   Jonathan Heris 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
4 DF   Dávid Kálnoki-Kis 7 0 0 0 7 0 2 0
5 MF   Benjámin Cseke 10 (1) 2 0 0 10 (1) 2 1 0
6 MF   József Windecker 11 (3) 1 0 0 11 (3) 1 0 0
7 MF   Enis Bardhi 11 (2) 6 0 0 11 (2) 6 2 0
8 MF   Balázs Balogh 6 (1) 2 0 0 6 (1) 2 1 0
10 MF   Kylian Hazard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 FW   Mihailo Perović 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 DF   Dávid Mohl 14 0 0 0 14 0 2 0
14 MF   Gábor Nagy 0 (4) 0 0 0 0 (4) 0 1 0
15 DF   Ákos Kecskés 10 0 0 0 10 0 2 1
17 FW   Viktor Angelov 4 (4) 0 0 0 4 (4) 0 0 0
18 DF   Bojan Sanković 6 (1) 0 0 0 6 (1) 0 2 0
19 MF   Nemanja Andrić 9 (4) 2 0 0 9 (4) 2 4 0
20 MF   Souleymane Diarra 13 (1) 3 0 0 13 (1) 3 4 0
21 MF   Benjamin Balázs 8 (5) 2 0 0 8 (5) 2 2 0
23 GK   Dávid Banai 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
24 FW   Patrik Tóth 0 (5) 0 0 0 0 (5) 0 0 0
25 FW   Zoltán Gere 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF   Bence Pávkovics 8 (4) 0 0 0 8 (4) 0 2 0
28 FW   János Lázok 8 (6) 3 0 0 8 (6) 3 3 0
30 DF   Péter Bauer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 GK   Zoltán Kovács 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Top scorers edit

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Last updated on 21 August 2016
Position Nation Number Name OTP Bank Liga Hungarian Cup Total
1   7 Enis Bardhi 3 0 3
2   19 Nemanja Andrić 2 0 2
3   28 János Lázok 1 0 1
4   21 Benjamin Balázs 1 0 1
5   20 Souleymane Diarra 1 0 1
TOTALS 8 0 8

Overall edit

Games played 6 (6 OTP Bank Liga, 0 Hungarian Cup)
Games won 4 (4 OTP Bank Liga, 0 Hungarian Cup)
Games drawn 0 (0 OTP Bank Liga, 0 Hungarian Cup)
Games lost 2 (2 OTP Bank Liga, 0 Hungarian Cup)
Goals scored 8
Goals conceded 5
Goal difference +3
Yellow cards 18
Red cards 0
Worst discipline   Nemanja Andrić (3  , 0  )
Best result 2–0 (A) v MezőkövesdOTP Bank Liga – 17-08-2016
Worst result 0–2 (H) v HonvédOTP Bank Liga – 16-07-2016
Most appearances   Tibor Nagy (6 appearances)
  Benjámin Cseke (6 appearances)
  József Windecker (6 appearances)
  Dávid Mohl (6 appearances)
  Bojan Sanković (6 appearances)
  Nemanja Andrić (6 appearances)
  Souleymane Diarra (6 appearances)
  Benjamin Balázs (6 appearances)
  Bence Pávkovics (6 appearances)
  János Lázok (6 appearances)
Top scorers   Enis Bardhi (3 goals)
Points 12/18 (66.66%)

Last updated: 21 August 2016
Source: [citation needed]

Friendlies edit

Pre-season edit

19 June 2016 Újpest 1 – 1 Hajduk Split Grein, Upper Austria
Angelov   19' Report Sušić   80'
21 June 2016 Újpest 2 – 3 St. Pölten Grein, Upper Austria
18:00 CEST Mohl   73'
Andrić   88'
Report Thürauer   16'
Mader   51'
Segovia   54'

Nemzeti bajnokság I edit

Matches edit

16 July 2016 1 Újpest 0 – 2 Honvéd Budapest, Pest County
18:00 CEST Andrić   18'
Kecskés   28'
Diarra   58'
Sanković   79'
Report Hidi   4'
Holender   12'
Eppel   44'
Lovrić   89'
Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadium
Attendance: 2 500
Referee:   Zoltán Iványi
23 July 2016 2 Diósgyőr 2 – 1 Újpest Miskolc, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County
18:00 CEST Tamás   11'
Oláh   14'   52'
Antal   27'
Okuka   28'
Elek   49'
Bognár   54'
Nikházi   56'
Report Mohl   11'
Andrić   28'
Pávkovics   50'
Stadium: DVTK Stadion
Attendance: 6 381
Referee:   István Vad
30 July 2016 3 Újpest 1 – 0 Paks Budapest, Pest County
18:00 CEST Nagy   8'
Lázok   11'
Balázs   70'
Report Balázs   90'
Bartha   90+2'
Gévay   90+2'
Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadium
Attendance: 1 400
Referee:   Csaba Pintér
6 August 2016 4 Vasas 0 – 1 Újpest Budapest, Pest County
20:30 CEST Berecz   51' Report Kecskés   30'
Cseke   32'
Lázok   65'
Bardhi   84'   85'
Balázs   90+3'
Stadium: Stadion Rudolf Illovszky
Attendance: 4 629
Referee:   Péter Solymosi
13 August 2016 5 Újpest 3 – 1 Gyirmót Budapest, Pest County
18:00 CEST Kálnoki-Kis   57'
Andrić   64'
Bardhi   66', 71'
Balázs   68'
Nagy   75'
Report Máté   3'
Nagy   67'
Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadium
Attendance: 2 500
Referee:   József Erdős
17 August 2016 6 Mezőkövesd 0 – 2 Újpest Mezőkövesd, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County
19:00 CEST Hudák   66' Report Andrić   29'   58'
Diarra   43'
Sanković   62'
Stadium: Mezőkövesdi Városi Stadion
Attendance: 2 452
Referee:   Balázs Berke
21 August 2016 7 Újpest 0 – 0 MTK Budapest, Pest County
18:00 CEST Kálnoki-Kis   62'
Diarra   81'
Nagy   82'
Report Borbély   54'
Vukmir   77'
Stadium: Illovszky Rudolf Stadion
Attendance: 3,300
Referee:   Peter Solymosi
10 September 2016 8 Debreceni VSC 2 – 1 Újpest Debrecen, Hajdú-Bihar County
18:00 CEST Holman   9'
Sekulić   75'
Horváth   83'
Ferenczi   86'
Nagy   90+2'
Report Lázok   44'
Andrić   49'
Sekulić   78' (o.g.)
Nagy   89'
Stadium: Nagyerdei Stadion
Attendance: 4,081
Referee:   Tamás Bognár
17 September 2016 9 Újpest 3 – 4 Videoton Budapest, Pest County
18:30 CEST Windecker   54'
Diarra   57'   72'
Bardhi   90+2'
Report Lazović   21'
Krisztián Géresi   29'
Stopira   45'
Nego   51'
Paulo Vinícius   65'
Pátkai   70'
Filipe Oliveira   71'
Stadium: Illovszky Rudolf Stadion
Attendance: 3,500
Referee:   Zoltan Ivanyi
21 September 2016 10 Újpest 1 – 1 Haladás Budapest, Pest County
19:00 CEST Wils   18' (o.g.) Report Kovács   57'
Wils   61'
Stadium: Illovszky Rudolf Stadion
Attendance: 2,500
Referee:   Gergely Szots
24 September 2016 11 Ferencváros 3 – 3 Újpest Budapest, Pest County
20:30 CEST Djuricin   10'   66'
Pintér   45+2'
Nagy   53'
Leandro   60'   85'
Bence Pávkovics   65' (o.g.)
Report Diarra   20'   69'
Balogh   38'   53' (pen.)
Nagy   45'
Bence Pávkovics   74'
Stadium: Groupama Arena
Attendance: 11,760
Referee:   Viktor Kassai
15 October 2016 12 Honvéd 1 – 1 Újpest Budapest, Pest County
18:00 CEST Lanzafame   69' Report Lázok   52'
Bardhi   68'
Balogh   89'
Stadium: Bozsik József Stadion
Attendance: 2,713
Referee:   Sandor Ando-Szabo
22 October 2016 13 Újpest 4 – 4 Diósgyőr Budapest, Pest County
18:00 CEST Lázok   21'   57'
Cseke   37'   88'
Mohl   69'
Bardhi   85'
Report Diego Vela   3'   58'
Nono   34'
Bognár   52' (pen.)
Lipták   74'
Lázár   81'
Jagodinskis   90+2'
Stadium: Illovszky Rudolf Stadion
Attendance: 2,000
Referee:   Csaba Pinter
29 October 2016 14 Paks 1 – 1 Újpest Paks, Tolna County
18:00 CEST Gévay   40'
Kulcsár   58'
Báló   67'
Szakály   88'
Vernes   90+1'
Report Balázs   9'
Heris   40'
Kecskés   75'  
Stadium: Fehérvári úti Stadion
Attendance: 1,234
Referee:   Tamás Bognár
5 November 2016 15 Újpest 2 – 2 Vasas FC Kecskemét, Bács-Kiskun County
18:00 CEST Windecker   34'
Bardhi   61'
Report Ristevski   32'
Sağlık   49'   87'
Korcsmár   76'
Vida   90+1'
Stadium: Széktói Stadion
Attendance: 1,442
Referee:   Peter Solymosi
19 November 2016 16 Gyirmót 1 – 2 Újpest Győr, Győr-Moson-Sopron County
15:30 CEST Filkor   13'
Bojović   78'
Report Diarra   13'
Windecker   67'   90+3'
Nagy   80'
Lázok   84'
Stadium: Alcufer Stadion
Attendance: 1,324
Referee:   Gergely Szots
26 November 2016 17 Újpest 1 – 1 Mezőkövesd-Zsóry SE Kecskemét, Bács-Kiskun County
15:30 CEST Windecker   42'
Andrić   52' (pen.)
Bardhi   58'
Report Hudák   55'
Pauljević   55'   62'
Tujvel   90+2'
Stadium: Széktói Stadion
Attendance: 700
Referee:   Sandor Ando-Szabo
3 December 2016 18 MTK Budapest 1 – 1 Újpest Budapest, Pest County
15:30 CEST Poór   47'
Vukmir   78'
Report Bardhi   16'
Heris   66'
Diarra   73'
Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion
Attendance: 2,584
Referee:   Tamás Bognár
10 December 2016 19 Újpest 2 – 0 Debreceni VSC Kecskemét, Bács-Kiskun County
15:30 CEST Diarra   44'
Bence Pávkovics   46'
Andrić   48'
Balázs   56'
Bardhi   78'
Report Sekulić   68'
Takács   78'
Tőzsér   84'
Stadium: Széktói Stadion
Attendance: 300
Referee:   Zoltan Ivanyi
18 February 2017 20 Videoton 5 – 1 Újpest Felcsút, Fejér County
15:30 CEST Hadžić   32'
Šćepović   58'   83'
Suljić   64'
Stopira   84'
Report Perović   7'
Kálnoki-Kis   17'
Diarra   65'  
Stadium: Pancho Arena
Attendance: 2,179
Referee:   Peter Solymosi
25 February 2017 21 Haladás 0 – 2 Újpest Sopron, Sopron County
15:30 CEST Report Perović   13'
Kristóf Szűcs   78'   90+3'
Stadium: Káposztás utcai Stadion
Attendance: 1,834
Referee:   Sandor Ando-Szabo
4 March 2017 22 Újpest 0 – 1 Ferencváros Budapest, Pest County
18:00 CEST Balázs   34'
Cseke   52'
Bence Pávkovics   67'
Report Gera   36'
Djuricin   84'
Radó   88'
Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadium
Attendance: 8,005
Referee:   Adam Farkas
11 March 2017 23 Újpest 1 – 1 Honvéd Budapest, Pest County
18:00 CEST Heris   17'
Kecskés   56'
Angelov   90+1'
Report Zsótér   24'   28'
Holender   30'
Lanzafame   72'
Ikenne   90'
Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadium
Attendance: 3,130
Referee:   Viktor Kassai
1 April 2017 24 Diósgyőr 3 – 1 Újpest Mezőkövesd, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County
18:00 CEST Makrai   19'
Ugrai   32'
Lipták   54'
Karan   69'   72'
Report Balogh   14'
Diarra   41'
Lázok   52'
Bardhi   66'
Sanković   89'
Stadium: Mezőkövesdi Városi Stadion
Attendance: 2,295
Referee:   Adam Farkas
8 April 2017 25 Újpest 1 – 1 Paks Budapest, Pest County
18:00 CEST Kovács   31'
Diarra   49'
Heris   65'
Perović   90+3'
Report Bartha   23' (pen.)
Lenzsér   59'
Vernes   83'
Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadium
Attendance: 1,568
Referee:   Ferenc Karakó
11 April 2017 26 Vasas FC 2 – 3 Újpest Budapest, Pest County
18:00 CEST Debrecceni   32'
Gaál   54'
Király   88'
Ferenczi   90+1'
Report Heris   4'
Kecskés   38'
Balogh   45+1'
Mohl   60'
Stadium: Bozsik Stadion
Attendance: 1,100
Referee:   Sandor Ando-Szabo
15 April 2017 27 Újpest 2 – 2 Gyirmót Budapest, Pest County
18:00 CEST Diarra   26'   76'
Bardhi   56'
Report Bojović   17'   35'
Novák   54'   88'
Kolčák   59'
Simon   77'
Nad   84'
Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadium
Attendance: 1,673
Referee:   Csaba Pinter
22 April 2017 28 Mezőkövesd Zsóry FC 1 – 3 Újpest Mezőkövesd, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County
18:00 CEST Pauljević   3'  
Bačelić-Grgić   90+2'
Summary Andrić   32'   64'
Bardhi   34'
Balázs   39'   72'
Kristóf Szűcs   68'
Stadium: Mezőkövesdi Városi Stadion
Attendance: 1,507
Referee:   Viktor Kassai
29 April 2017 29 Újpest 1 – 2 MTK Budapest Budapest, Pest County
18:00 CEST Sanković   2'
Cseke   44'
Lázok   45'
Bardhi   83' (pen.)
Summary Baki   30'
Katona   38'
Torghelle   45' (pen.)
Grgić   64'
Hrepka   90'   90+5'
Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadium
Attendance: 1,962
Referee:   István Vad
6 May 2017 30 Debreceni VSC 1 – 0 Újpest Debrecen, Hajdú-Bihar County
18:00 CEST Brković   47'
Filip   67'
Heris   78' (o.g.)
Summary Diarra   90+4' Stadium: Nagyerdei Stadion
Attendance: 5,112
Referee:   Zoltan Ivanyi
13 May 2017 31 Újpest 0 – 3 Videoton Budapest, Pest County
20:30 CEST Diarra   28'
Kálnoki-Kis   31'
Windecker   59'
Summary Nego   14'
Stopira   16'
Šćepović   41'
Varga   77'
Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadium
Attendance: 2,160
Referee:   Ferenc Karakó
20 May 2017 32 Újpest 2 – 1 Haladás Budapest, Pest County
18:00 CEST Balogh   21'
Kristóf Szűcs   70'
Bardhi   86'
Summary Wils   61'
Williams   71' (pen.)
Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadium
Attendance: 2,050
Referee:   Jozsef Erdos

Magyar Kupa edit

14 September 2016 6 Round BTE Felsőzsolca 0 – 4 Újpest Felsőzsolca, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County
Report Stadium: Felsőzsolcai Sportpálya
26 October 2016 Last 64 Mád FC 0 – 4 Újpest Mád, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County
13:30 Report Stadium: Mád FC Sporttelep
30 November 2016 Last 32 Kozármisleny 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(2 – 4 p)
Újpest Pécs, Baranya County
17:00 Report Stadium: Stadion PMFC
11 February 2017 Last 16 First Leg Zalaegerszegi TE 1 – 4 Újpest Zalaegerszeg, Zala County
14:00 Nagy   65'
Bobál   88'
Report Mohl   10'
Bardhi   18'
Balogh   69'
Diarra   71'
Stadium: ZTE Arena
Attendance: 3,150
Referee:   Tamás Bognár
1 March 2017 Last 16 Second Leg Újpest 2 – 0
(6 – 1 agg.)
Zalaegerszegi TE Budapest
18:00 Nagy   49'
Diarra   59'
Report Stadium: Szusza Ferenc stadion
Attendance: 1,009
Referee:   Gergő Bogár
29 March 2017 Quarter Final First Leg Újpest 1 – 2 Vasas Budapest
20:00 Lázok   5'
Mohl   7'
Diarra   38'
Heris   74'
Kálnoki-Kis   90'
Report James   38'   62'
Vaskó   42'
Remili   86'
Stadium: Szusza Ferenc stadion
Referee:   István Vad
5 April 2017 Quarter Final Second Leg Vasas 0 – 1
(2 – 2 agg.)
Újpest Budapest
20:30 Gaál   49'
James   66'
Report Andrić   47'
Heris   81'
Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion
Attendance: 1,300
Referee:   Gergely Szots

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 Paks 33 11 12 10 41 37 +4 45
6 Szombathelyi Haladás 33 12 7 14 42 46 −4 43
7 Újpest 33 10 12 11 47 51 −4 42
8 Mezőkövesd 33 10 10 13 39 54 −15 40
9 Debrecen 33 11 8 14 42 46 −4 41
Source: Hungarian Football Federation (in Hungarian), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Fairplay; 9) Draw.[6]

Results by round edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233
GroundHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHHA
ResultLLWWWWDLLDDDDDDWDDWLWLDLDWDWLLLW
Position1212754345777777777778888876666777
Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2017. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
32 10 12 10 47 49  −2 42 4 8 5 24 26  −2 6 4 5 23 23  0

Last updated: 20 May 2017.
Source: Matches

References edit

  1. ^ "First Team Squad of Újpest FC". Újpest FC.
  2. ^ "We have proven a new defender". Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Only Újpest!". Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  4. ^ "We have renewed a new contract!". Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Getting stronger with a new defender". Újpest FC. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  6. ^ "NB I. férfi felnőtt nagypályás labdarúgó bajnokság versenykiírása 2016 – 2017" (PDF) (in Hungarian). Hungarian Football Federation. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.