Puskás Akadémia FC

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Puskás Akadémia
Full namePuskás Akadémia Football Club
Short namePAFC
Founded2005; 19 years ago (2005)
GroundPancho Aréna, Felcsút
Capacity3,816 (all seated)
OwnerFelcsúti Utánpótlás Neveléséért Alapítvány
CoachZsolt Hornyák
LeagueNB I
2022–23NB I, 4th of 12
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Puskás Akadémia Football Club, commonly known as Puskás Akadémia, is a football club based in Felcsút, Hungary, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top flight of Hungarian football.

Puskás Akadémia have spent five seasons in the

season.

History

The aim of the founders was to establish an academy for Fehérvár FC and to establish a fitting memorial to former Hungarian national footballer Ferenc Puskás.

On the 30th matchday of the 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season, Robert Jarni was dismissed due to the defeat against Békéscsaba 1912 Előre at the Pancho Aréna on 16 April 2016 resulting Puskás Akadémia's last position and relegation for the first time in history.[1]

On 22 December 2016, Attila Pintér was appointed as the head coach of the club. Pintér left Mezőkövesdi SE, playing in the 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season, for Puskás Akadémia.[2]

On 21 May 2017, Puskás Akadémia won the 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság II season after a goalless draw against Ceglédi VSE in Albertirsa. As a consequence, Puskás Akadémia got promoted to the 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season. They could return to the first division after spending only one year in the second division.[3][4]

On 12 June 2017, András Komjáti, previously manager of Vasas SC, was appointed as the club director.[5]

Before the start of the

Ferencváros,[7] thus becoming the third most valuable team in the 2017–18 season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I.[8]

On 4 June 2018, Pintér was sacked after finishing 6th in the 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I.[9]

On 8 December 2018, after a 1–1 draw against Paksi FC Benczés was sacked due to the negative results. The club finished 9th before the winter break. Therefore, András Komjáti would be the interim manager on the last match day of the 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I.[10]

On 29 December 2018,

Greuther Fürth.[11] On 7 April 2019, Radoki was replaced by András Komjáti after a shocking defeat (0–4) at home against Kisvárda FC.[12]

The first match, against

2020-21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season was postponed after one player of the club tested positive for COVID-19.[13]

Puskás finished second in the

2021-22 UEFA Conference League season. In the first round, Puskás drew with FC Inter Turku[14] and beat the Finnish team at home.[15] However, in the second round Puskás were defeated both at home (0–2) and away (0-3) by the Latvian club FK RFS.[16][17]

On 21 July 2022, Puskás lost 3-0 against Vitória S.C. in the first leg of the second round of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League at the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques in Guimarães, Portugal.[18][19]

Honours

Youth teams

European record

As of match played 28 July 2022

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Agg.
2020–21 UEFA Europa League 1QR Sweden Hammarby IF 0−3
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League 1QR Finland Inter Turku 2–0 1–1 3–1
2QR Latvia RFS 0−2 0−3 0−5
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 2QR Portugal Vitória de Guimarães 0–0 0−3 0–3
Notes
  • QR: Qualifying round

Players

Current squad

As of 14 February 2024[20]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
5 DF Hungary HUN Bence Batik
7 FW Hungary HUN György Komáromi
8 MF Hungary HUN Martin Kern
9 FW The Gambia GAM Lamin Colley
10 FW Sweden SWE Jonathan Levi
11 FW Suriname SUR Luciano Slagveer
13 DF Canada CAN Nathaniel Noel
14 DF Poland POL Wojciech Golla
15 MF Czech Republic CZE Jakub Plšek
16 MF Finland FIN Urho Nissilä
17 DF Czech Republic CZE Patrizio Stronati
18 MF Romania ROU Marius Corbu
19 MF Ukraine UKR Artem Favorov
20 MF Finland FIN Mikael Soisalo
21 FW Croatia CRO Jakov Puljić
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF Hungary HUN Roland Szolnoki (captain)
23 DF Switzerland SUI Quentin Maceiras
24 GK Hungary HUN Tamás Markek
25 MF Hungary HUN Zsolt Nagy
26 DF Hungary HUN Ádám Umathum
31 DF Hungary HUN Zsombor Bévárdi
33 DF England ENG Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill
42 FW Hungary HUN Kevin Mondovics
66 DF Hungary HUN Ákos Markgráf
72 GK Hungary HUN Bendegúz Lehoczki
73 MF Hungary HUN Szabolcs Dusinszki
76 DF Hungary HUN Barna Pál
88 MF Hungary HUN Bence Vékony
91 GK Hungary HUN Ármin Pécsi

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Hungary HUN Martin Auerbach (at Mosonmagyaróvár until 30 June 2024)
GK Hungary HUN Balázs Tóth (at Fehérvár until 30 June 2024)
DF Hungary HUN Levente Babós (at Csákvár until 30 June 2024)
DF Hungary HUN Bendegúz Farkas (at Nyíregyháza until 30 June 2024)
DF Ukraine UKR Artem Nahirnyi (at Csákvár until 30 June 2024)
MF Hungary HUN Balázs Bakti (at Vasas until 30 June 2024)
MF Hungary HUN Marcell Major (at Csákvár until 30 June 2024)
MF Hungary HUN Gergely Mim (at Zalaegerszeg until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Hungary HUN Gergő Ominger (at Csákvár until 30 June 2024)
MF Hungary HUN Patrik Posztobányi (at Siófok until 30 June 2024)
MF Hungary HUN Márton Radics (at Mosonmagyaróvár until 30 June 2024)
FW Mongolia MNG
Komarno
until 30 June 2024
)
FW Ukraine UKR Yevheniy Kichun (at Gyirmót until 30 June 2024)
FW Romania ROU Nándor Tamás (at Csákvár until 30 June 2024)
FW Ukraine UKR Oleh Yablonskyi (at Csákvár until 30 June 2024)

Reserve team

For the reserve squads, see Puskás Akadémia II

Seasons

Managers

See also

References

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  2. ^ "NBII: Pintér Attila lesz a Puskás Akadémia vezetőedzője – hivatalos". Nemzeti Sport. 22 December 2016. Archived from the original on 18 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  3. ^ "NB II: bajnokként feljutott a Puskás AFC, drámai zalai végjáték". Nemzeti Sport. 21 May 2017. Archived from the original on 24 May 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
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  5. ^ "PAFC: Komjáti András lett a klubigazgató". Nemzeti Sport. 12 June 2017. Archived from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  6. ^ "PAFC: Mezőkövesdről érkezett szélső – hivatalos" [PAFC: a winger arrived from Mezőkövesd - official] (in Hungarian). Nemzetisport.hu. 3 July 2017. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  7. ^ "PAFC: itt a mai második igazolás, Radó aláírt – hivatalos" [PAFC: here is the second signing today, Radó was signed - official] (in Hungarian). Nemzetisport.hu. 3 July 2017. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  8. ^ "NB I: a Fradi a legértékesebb csapat, a Puskás Akadémia a 3" [NB I: Fradi is the most valuable, Puskás Akadémia is the third] (in Hungarian). Nemzetisport.hu. 3 July 2017. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
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  10. ^ "Puskás Akadémia: menesztették Benczés Miklós vezetőedzőt" [Puskás Akadémia: Miklós Benczés was sacked]. Nemzeti Sport. 8 December 2018. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  11. ^ "Puskás Akadémia: aláírt a Móron született vezetőedző" [Puskás Akadémia: a manager who was born in Mór was appointed]. Nemzeti Sport. 29 December 2018. Archived from the original on 30 December 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  12. ^ "Puskás Akadémia: a hétvégi vereség után felmentették Radoki Jánost". Nemzeti Sport. 7 April 2019. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
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