2023–24 Zalaegerszegi TE season
Zalaegerszeg 2023–24 football season
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The 2023–24 season is Zalaegerszegi Torna Egylet's 43rd competitive season, 5th consecutive season in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I and 103rd year in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, Zalaegerszeg participate in this season's editions of the Magyar Kupa and UEFA Europa Conference League where they earned their chance to qualify by winning the previous season's Magyar Kupa final.
ChairmanGábor Végh
ManagerGábor Boér
(until 12 November)[1]
Gábor Márton
(from 13 November)[2]
(until 12 November)[1]
Gábor Márton
(from 13 November)[2]
StadiumZTE Arena
| 2023–24 season | |||
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| Chairman | Gábor Végh | ||
| Manager | Gábor Boér (until 12 November)[1] Gábor Márton (from 13 November)[2] | ||
| Stadium | ZTE Arena | ||
| Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 9th | ||
| Magyar Kupa | Round of 16 | ||
| UEFA Europa Conference League | Second qualifying round | ||
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First team squad
- As of 28 September 2023[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
Summer
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In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Source:[4]
Pre-season and friendlies
| 29 June 2023 Friendly | Bohemians 1905  | 1–0 |  Zalaegerszeg | Ptuj, Slovenia |
| 17:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
| 2 July 2023 Friendly | Dinamo București  | 0–1 | Zalaegerszeg | Zreče, Slovenia |
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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| 6 July 2023 Friendly | Gyirmót | 1–2 | Zalaegerszeg | Győr |
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Ménfői úti Stadion Attendance: 0[5] |
| 15 July 2023 Friendly | Zalaegerszeg | 3–2 |  Union Berlin | Zalaegerszeg, Hungary |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: ZTE Arena |
| 16 July 2023 Friendly | Zalaegerszeg | 2–1 |  Nafta | Zalaegerszeg, Hungary |
| CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: ZTE Arena |
| 20 July 2023 Friendly | Zalaegerszeg | 1–1 |  Al-Ettifaq | Zalaegerszeg, Hungary |
| 17:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: ZTE Arena Attendance: 1,200[6] Referee: Gábor Iványi |
Competitions
Overview
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 30 July 2023 | 25 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | TBA | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 33.33 |
| Magyar Kupa | 16 September 2023 | TBA | Round of 64 | TBA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 27 July 2023 | 3 August 2024 | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0.00 |
| Total | 25 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 36.00 | ||||
Last updated: 17 February 2024
Source: Competitions
Nemzeti Bajnokság I
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 7 | Diósgyőr | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 50 | 56 | −6 | 45 | |
| 8 | MTK | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 62 | −19 | 44 | |
| 9 | Zalaegerszeg | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 54 | 60 | −6 | 43 | |
| 10 | Újpest | 33 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 45 | 67 | −22 | 37 | |
| 11 | Kisvárda (R) | 33 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 40 | 55 | −15 | 31 | Relegation to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II |
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) Fair play ranking; 8) Drawing of lots.[7]
(R) Relegated
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) Fair play ranking; 8) Drawing of lots.[7]
(R) Relegated
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 23 | −9 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 18 | −2 |
Last updated: 17 February 2024.
Source: Soccerway
Results by round
Updated to match(es) played on 18 February 2024. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
| 30 July 2023 1 | Zalaegerszeg | 0–2 | Kisvárda | Zalaegerszeg |
| 20:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: ZTE Arena Attendance: 2,314[8] Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó |
| 6 August 2023 2 | Zalaegerszeg | 2–1 | MTK | Zalaegerszeg |
| 20:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: ZTE Arena Attendance: 1,823[9] Referee: Dr Bence Csonka |
| 13 August 2023 3 | Debrecen | 1–0 | Zalaegerszeg | Debrecen |
| 16:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Nagyerdei Stadion Attendance: 5,011[10] Referee: István Vad |
| 18 August 2023 4 | Zalaegerszeg | 1–3 | Diósgyőr | Zalaegerszeg |
| 20:15 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: ZTE Arena Attendance: 2,792[11] Referee: Csaba Pintér |
| 26 August 2023 5 | Újpest | 2–1 | Zalaegerszeg | Budapest |
| 20:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadion Attendance: 4,003[12] Referee: Ádám Farkas |
| 3 September 2023 6 | Zalaegerszeg | 2–6 | Ferencváros | Zalaegerszeg |
| 17:15 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: ZTE Arena Attendance: 5,313[13] Referee: József Erdős |
| 24 September 2023 7 | Fehérvár | 3–3 | Zalaegerszeg | Székesfehérvár |
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Sóstói Stadion Attendance: 2,565[14] Referee: István Vad |
| 29 September 2023 8 | Zalaegerszeg | 1–1 | Puskás Akadémia | Zalaegerszeg |
| 20:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: ZTE Arena Attendance: 2,872[15] Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó |
| 7 October 2023 9 | Mezőkövesd | 1–2 | Zalaegerszeg | Mezőkövesd |
| 12:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Városi Stadion Attendance: 1,200[16] Referee: Csaba Pintér |
| 21 October 2023 10 | Zalaegerszeg | 2–5 | Paks | Zalaegerszeg |
| 14:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: ZTE Arena Attendance: 3,277[17] Referee: József Erdős |
| 28 October 2023 11 | Kecskemét | 3–1 | Zalaegerszeg | Kecskemét |
| 12:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Széktói Stadion Attendance: 2,487[18] Referee: Márton Rúsz |
| 5 November 2023 12 | Kisvárda | 0–1 | Zalaegerszeg | Kisvárda |
| 12:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Várkerti Stadion Attendance: 1,820[19] Referee: Tamás Bognár |
| 10 November 2023 13 | MTK | 2–0 | Zalaegerszeg | Budapest |
| 20:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Attendance: [20] Referee: Mihály Káprály |
| 25 November 2023 14 | Zalaegerszeg | 1–2 | Debrecen | Zalaegerszeg |
| 17:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: ZTE Arena Attendance: 1,914[21] Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó |
| 3 December 2023 15 | Diósgyőr | 0–3 | Zalaegerszeg | Miskolc |
| 15:15 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: DVTK Stadion Attendance: 3,652[22] Referee: István Vad |
| 9 December 2023 16 | Zalaegerszeg | 1–1 | Újpest | Zalaegerszeg |
| 15:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: ZTE Arena Attendance: 1,755[23] Referee: Gergő Bogár |
| 17 December 2023 17 | Ferencváros | 3–0 | Zalaegerszeg | Budapest |
| 16:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Groupama Arena Attendance: 7,017[24] Referee: Mihály Káprály |
| 3 February 2024 18 | Zalaegerszeg | 3–1 | Fehérvár | Zalaegerszeg |
| 12:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: ZTE Arena Attendance: 2,479[25] Referee: István Vad |
| 7 February 2024 19 | Puskás Akadémia | 0–1 | Zalaegerszeg | Felcsút |
| 20:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Pancho Aréna Attendance: 1,234[26] Referee: József Erdős |
| 11 February 2024 20 | Zalaegerszeg | 1–1 | Mezőkövesd | Zalaegerszeg |
| 19:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: ZTE Arena Attendance: 1,198[27] Referee: Mihály Káprály |
| 16 February 2024 21 | Paks | 3–4 | Zalaegerszeg | Paks |
| 20:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Fehérvári úti Stadion Attendance: 1,600[28] Referee: Gergő Bogár |
| 2 March 2024 22 | Zalaegerszeg | 3–1 | Kecskemét | Zalaegerszeg |
| CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: ZTE Arena Attendance: 2,588 Referee: B. Csonka |
| 9 March 2024 23 | Kisvárda | 1–0 | Zalaegerszeg | Kisvárda |
| CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Várkerti Stadion Attendance: 1,585 Referee: J. Erdős |
| 16 March 2024 24 | Zalaegerszeg | 2–2 | MTK | Zalaegerszeg |
| CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: ZTE Arena Attendance: 2,124 Referee: M. Rúsz |
| 30 March 2024 25 | Debrecen | 5–1 | Zalaegerszeg | Debrecen |
| CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Nagyerdei Stadion Attendance: 4,002 Referee: P. Antal |
| 6 April 2024 26 | Zalaegerszeg | 5–1 | Diósgyőr | Zalaegerszeg |
| CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: ZTE Arena Attendance: 3,310 Referee: T. Bognár |
| 13 April 2024 27 | Újpest | 1–5 | Zalaegerszeg | Budapest |
| CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadion |
| 20 April 2024 28 | Zalaegerszeg | 2–3 | Ferencváros | Zalaegerszeg |
| CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: ZTE Arena |
| 27 April 2024 29 | Fehérvár | 1–1 | Zalaegerszeg | Székesfehérvár |
| CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Sóstói Stadion |
| 4 May 2024 30 | Zalaegerszeg | 1–0 | Puskás Akadémia | Zalaegerszeg |
| CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: ZTE Arena |
| 11 May 2024 31 | Mezőkövesd | 1–2 | Zalaegerszeg | Mezőkövesd |
| CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Városi Stadion |
| 18 May 2024 32 | Zalaegerszeg | 1–1 | Paks | Zalaegerszeg |
| CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: ZTE Arena |
| 25 May 2024 33 | Kecskemét | 2–1 | Zalaegerszeg | Kecskemét |
| CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Széktói Stadion |
Magyar Kupa
The draw for the round of 64 was held on 28 August 2023.[29]
| 16 September 2023 Round of 64 | Cigánd | 0–4 | Zalaegerszeg | Cigánd |
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Cigándi Sportpálya Attendance: 800[30] Referee: Márk Szigetvári |
| 1 November 2023 Round of 32 | Haladás | 1–2 | Zalaegerszeg | Szombathely |
| 17:15 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Haladás Sportkomplexum Attendance: 6,786[31] Referee: Gergő Bogár |
| 27 February 2024 Round of 16 | Diósgyőr | 4–2 | Zalaegerszeg | Miskolc |
| 17:30 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: DVTK Stadion |
UEFA Europa Conference League
Second qualifying round
| 27 July 2023 First leg | Osijek  | 1–0 | Zalaegerszeg | Osijek, Croatia |
| 20:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Opus Arena Attendance: 12,011[32] Referee: Bastian Dankert (Germany) |
| 3 August 2023 Second leg | Zalaegerszeg | 1–2 (1–3 agg.) | Osijek | Zalaegerszeg, Hungary |
| 18:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: ZTE Arena Attendance: 5,347[33] Referee: Gal Leibovitz (Israel) | ||
| Note: Osijek won 3–1 on aggregate. | ||||
Squad statistics
- Last updated on 17 February 2024.
| No. | Pos. | Name | League | Cup | Europe | Total | Discipline | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |  |  | |||
| 1 | GK | Dávid Dombó |
11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Zoran Lesjak |
3(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Bence Várkonyi |
9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | FW | Gergely Mim |
13(4) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14(4) | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Josip Špoljarić |
2(6) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(6) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | István Soltész |
2(2) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Máté Sajbán |
13(5) | 2 | 0(2) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15(7) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF |  Yohan Croizet |
9(6) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11(6) | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Mátyás Tajti |
3(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5(2) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Norbert Szendrei |
15(1) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19(1) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | FW |  Eduvie Ikoba |
3(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 1 | 3(3) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Barnabás Kovács |
4(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 4(7) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | András Huszti |
10(5) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14(5) | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | MF |  Bojan Sanković |
18(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Antonio Mance |
13(2) | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15(2) | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Dániel Csóka |
12(2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 14(3) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF |  Guy Hadida |
0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF |  Daniel Milovanovikj |
1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Péter Tullner |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Bence Bedi |
18 | 1 | 1(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 19(2) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | FW |  Christopher Baloteli |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Zsombor Gruber |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Todor Todoroski |
3(2) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(3) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | DF |  Sinan Medgyes |
12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | DF |  Oleksandr Safronov |
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | Attila Mocsi |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | DF |  Stefanos Evangelou |
15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Bence Gergényi |
2(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4(3) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 49 | MF | Bence Kiss |
3(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | GK | Zsombor Senkó |
6(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | Meshack Ubochioma |
2(11) | 1 | 1(1) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5(12) | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 71 | FW | Dominik Csóka |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | Szabolcs Szalay |
2(8) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5(9) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | FW | Milán Klausz |
0(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(7) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | GK | Márton Gyurján |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | FW | Dániel Németh |
6(8) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 6(11) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Own goals | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | N/A | |||