2016–17 Újpest FC season

Újpest FC
2016–17 season
Chairman	Ferenc Szusza Stadium
OTP Bank Liga	12th place
Hungarian Cup	Pre-Season
Lowest home attendance	2 500 (vs Honvéd, 16 July 2016)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

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.

First Team Squad

As of 05 November 2016.^[1]

Squad No.	Name	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	DM	(1990-09-03) 3 September 1990 (age 33)
4	Dávid Kálnoki-Kis	RB	(1991-08-06) 6 August 1991 (age 32)
13	Dávid Mohl	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	CF	(1995-07-02) 2 July 1995 (age 28)
8	Balázs Balogh	LM	(1990-06-11) 11 June 1990 (age 33)
14	Gábor Nagy	CM	(1985-10-16) 16 October 1985 (age 38)
18	Bojan Sanković	CM	(1993-11-21) 21 November 1993 (age 30)
20	Souleymane Diarra	CM	(1995-01-30) 30 January 1995 (age 29)
21	Benjamin Balázs	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	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

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

Transfers

In

Summer

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

Appearances and goals

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

No.	Pos.	Name	OTP Bank Liga		Hungarian Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	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

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

Last updated on 21 August 2016

Position	Number	Name	OTP Bank Liga	Total
1	7	Enis Bardhi	3	3
2	19	Nemanja Andrić	2	2
3	28	János Lázok	1	1
4	21	Benjamin Balázs	1	1
5	20	Souleymane Diarra	1	1
		TOTALS	8	8

Overall

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 Mezőkövesd – OTP Bank Liga – 17-08-2016
Worst result	0–2 (H) v Honvéd – OTP 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

Pre-season

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	Segovia 54'

24 June 2016	Újpest	2 – 2	FC Rostov	Grein, Upper Austria
18:30 CEST	Bardhi Andrić	Report	Poloz

9 July 2016	Újpest	3 – 0	Budaörsi SC	Budapest, Pest County
	Angelov Balázs Gere	Report		Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadium

Nemzeti bajnokság I

Matches

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	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	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	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

Újpest v MTK

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	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	Videoton	Budapest, Pest County
18:30 CEST	Windecker 54' Diarra 57' 72' Bardhi 90+2'	Report	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	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

Honvéd v Újpest

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	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	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

MTK Budapest v Újpest

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

Haladás v Újpest

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	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	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	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	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

Újpest v MTK Budapest

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	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	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	Williams 71' (pen. )	Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadium Attendance: 2,050 Referee: Jozsef Erdos

27 May 2017 33	Ferencváros	v	Újpest	Budapest, Pest County
19:00 CEST				Stadium: Groupama Arena

Magyar Kupa

Újpest

14 September 2016 6 Round	BTE Felsőzsolca	0 – 4	Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County
		Report		Stadium: Felsőzsolcai Sportpálya

26 October 2016 Last 64	Mád FC	0 – 4	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

Pos	Team v t e	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

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	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	D	D	D	D	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	L	W
Position	12	12	7	5	4	3	4	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	7

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

Results summary


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

^ "First Team Squad of Újpest FC". Újpest FC.
^ "We have proven a new defender". Retrieved 30 June 2016.
^ "Only Újpest!". Retrieved 1 August 2016.
^ "We have renewed a new contract!". Retrieved 18 August 2016.
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^ "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.

[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.

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