2017–18 Puskás Akadémia FC season

Puskás Akadémia
2017–18 season
Chairman	Felcsúti Utánpótlás Neveléséért Alapítvány
Manager	Attila Pintér
Nemzeti Bajnokság I	6th
Magyar Kupa	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Josip Knežević (11); All: ; Josip Knežević (15)
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2017–18 season was Puskás Akadémia Football Club's 4th competitive season, 1st consecutive season in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I and 7th year in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, Puskás Akadémia participated in this season's editions of the Magyar Kupa.

The club lost their first Magyar Kupa final in history after penalties against Budapest's Újpest.^[1]

First team squad

As of 1 February, 2018.

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	HUN	Balázs Tóth
6	DF	SVN	Dejan Trajkovski
7	FW	HUN	Márk Szécsi
8	MF	HUN	Dávid Márkvárt (captain)
9	FW	MLI	Ulysse Diallo
10	FW	HUN	András Radó
11	FW	HUN	Dániel Prosser
12	MF	HUN	Balázs Balogh
14	DF	BEL	Jonathan Heris
15	MF	CMR	Patrick Mevoungou
16	MF	URU	Gonzalo Vega
17	MF	HUN	László Zsidai
19	GK	HUN	Lajos Hegedűs
20	DF	HUN	Vilmos Vanczák


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	SVN	Denis Klinar
23	DF	HUN	Csaba Spandler
24	DF	HUN	Patrik Poór
27	MF	ALB	Liridon Latifi
28	MF	CRO	Stipe Bačelić-Grgić
30	MF	CRO	Josip Knežević
33	FW	HUN	Gábor Molnár
44	GK	SRB	Branislav Danilović
45	FW	NGA	Ezekiel Henty (loaned from Videoton)
55	MF	HUN	Péter Szakály
68	DF	HUN	János Hegedűs
71	DF	HUN	Attila Osváth
77	FW	CRO	Antonio Perošević
80	MF	HUN	Márk Madarász

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	DF	HUN	Ádám Csilus (at Nyíregyháza Spartacus FC)
18	MF	HUN	Attila Polonkai (at Csákvári TK)
22	DF	HUN	Zsolt Tar (at Csákvári TK)
25	DF	HUN	Zsolt Nagy (at Csákvári TK)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
32	DF	CRO	Ivor Horvat (at Csákvári TK)
—	DF	HUN	Ádám Lipcsei (at Csákvári TK)
—	MF	HUN	Dávid Mészáros (at Csákvári TK)

^[2]

Transfers

Summer

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.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	FW	HUN	Márk Szécsi (from Nyíregyháza)
9	FW	MLI	Ulysse Diallo (from Mezőkövesd)
10	FW	HUN	András Radó (from Ferencváros)
12	MF	HUN	Balázs Balogh (from Újpest)
14	DF	BEL	Jonathan Heris (from Újpest)
15	MF	CMR	Patrick Mevoungou (from Diósgyőr)
16	MF	HUN	Roland Sallai (from return from Palermo)
24	DF	HUN	Patrik Poór (from MTK Budapest)
27	MF	ALB	Liridon Latifi (from Skënderbeu Korçë)
28	MF	CRO	Stipe Bačelić-Grgić (from return from Mezőkövesd)
30	MF	CRO	Josip Knežević (from Osijek)
32	DF	CRO	Ivor Horvat (from Koper)
33	FW	HUN	Gábor Molnár (from Mezőkövesd)
44	GK	SRB	Branislav Danilović (from return from Debrecen)
71	DF	HUN	Attila Osváth (from Vasas)
77	FW	CRO	Antonio Perošević (from Osijek)
80	MF	HUN	Márk Madarász (from Gyirmót)
—	DF	HUN	Ádám Lipcsei (from return from Csákvár)

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.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	HUN	Bence Gundel-Takács (to Újpest)
2	DF	HUN	Tibor Heffler (to Cegléd)
3	DF	HUN	Gyula Forró (to Nyíregyháza)
5	DF	HUN	Bence Tóth (to Videoton)
6	DF	HUN	Gábor Gyömbér (to Soroksár)
7	MF	UKR	Dmytro Lyopa (to Osijek)
7	MF	HUN	László Pekár (to Nyíregyháza)
10	FW	HUN	Zsolt Óvári (to Diósgyőr)
15	MF	HUN	Bence Szabó (to Videoton)
16	MF	HUN	Roland Sallai (to APOEL Nicosia)
17	FW	HUN	Gábor Makrai (to Diósgyőr)
29	FW	HUN	László Lencse (to MTK Budapest)
23	GK	HUN	Krisztián Pogacsics (to Balmazújváros)
32	MF	HUN	Lóránd Szatmári (to Győr)
49	DF	SRB	Branko Pauljević (to Újpest)
52	DF	HUN	Alex Damásdi (to Cegléd)
91	DF	HUN	Gergő Vaszicsku (to Budafok)
—	DF	HUN	Ákos Fodor (to Kisvárda)
—	DF	HUN	Dániel Kertai (to Iváncsa)

Winter

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.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	SVN	Denis Klinar (from Olimpija Ljubljana)^[3]
—	MF	URU	Gonzalo Vega (from River Plate)^[4]
—	DF	SVN	Dejan Trajkovski (from Twente)^[5]

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.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
9	MF	HUN	Martin Hudák (to Zalaegerszeg)^[6]

Source: ^[7]^[8]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Nemzeti Bajnokság I	16 July 2017	2 June 2018	Matchday 1	6th	33	11	10	12	41	46	−5	033.33
Magyar Kupa	20 September 2017	1 March 2023	Round of 128	Runners-up	10	6	1	3	21	7	+14	060.00
Total					43	17	11	15	62	53	+9	039.53

Source: Competitions

Nemzeti Bajnokság I

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Honvéd	33	13	8	12	50	53	−3	47	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
5	Debrecen	33	12	8	13	53	47	+6	44
6	Puskás Akadémia	33	11	10	12	41	46	−5	43
7	Paks	33	11	9	13	43	48	−5	42
8	Szombathelyi Haladás	33	11	5	17	35	50	−15	38

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) Fair play ranking; 9) Drawing of lots.^[9]
Notes:

^ Since the winners of the 2017–18 Magyar Kupa, Újpest, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

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
33	11	10	12	41	46	−5	43	6	5	5	16	17	−1	5	5	7	25	29	−4

Source: Hungarian Football Federation

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	D	D	L	L	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	W
Position	8	11	12	12	12	12	8	6	5	6	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	10	9	8	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	6

Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

16 July 2017 1	Ferencváros	1–1	Puskás Akadémia	Budapest
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Batik 14' Varga 42' Pedro 45' Koch 54'	Report	Vanczák 8' Szakály 24', 24' Márkvárt 45' Poór 50'	Stadium: Groupama Arena Attendance: 6,087 Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó

23 July 2017 2	Puskás Akadémia	1–3	Videoton	Felcsút
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diallo 2' Spandler 16' Vanczák 59'	Report	Fejes 14' Lazović 27', 75' Hadžić 31' Juhász 51' Šćepović 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Pancho Arena Attendance: 1,983 Referee: Ádám Farkas

30 July 2017 3	Vasas	2–0	Puskás Akadémia	Budapest
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Burmeister 41' Vaskó 59' Kulcsár 74'	Report		Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadion Attendance: 1,500 Referee: József Erdős

5 August 2017 4	Puskás Akadémia	0–2	Honvéd	Felcsút
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Márkvárt 34' Heris 68'	Report	Bobál 21' Lovrić 35' Lanzafame 45' Eppel 60'	Stadium: Pancho Arena Attendance: 1,786 Referee: Tamás Bognár

12 August 2017 5	Diósgyőr	2–2	Puskás Akadémia	Debrecen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Makrai 10' Busai 55' Karan 64' Vela 89'	Report	Heris 4' Spandler 13' Prosser 75' Márkvárt 82'	Stadium: Nagyerdei Stadion Attendance: 2,514 Referee: Zoltán Iványi

19 August 2017 6	Puskás Akadémia	2–1	Balmazújváros	Felcsút
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Molnár 9' Diallo 38' Knežević 45', 80' J. Hegedűs 63' Mevoungou 67'	Report	Arabuli 38', 64' (pen.) Sigér 52' Kovács 90+3'	Stadium: Pancho Arena Attendance: 814 Referee: Péter Solymosi

26 August 2017 7	Haladás	1–5	Puskás Akadémia	Sopron
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mi. Németh 9' Kovács 16', 54' Mészáros 33' Király 58'	Report	Márkvárt 11' Balogh 34' Molnár 39' Szakály 44' Knežević 53' (pen.), 66' Diallo 62', 81', 90' Osváth 65'	Stadium: Káposztás utcai Stadion Attendance: 1,075 Referee: Ádám Farkas

9 September 2017 8	Újpest	1–3	Puskás Akadémia	Budapest
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Zsótér 61' Novothny 72'	Report	Diallo 22' Osváth 29' Knežević 49' (pen.), 53', 87'	Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadion Attendance: 0^[10] Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó

16 September 2017 9	Puskás Akadémia	1–0	Mezőkövesd	Felcsút
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Prosser 52' Diallo 57' Mevoungou 83'	Report	Hudák 14' Veselinović 25' Szeles 65' Baracskai 82' Tóth 87'	Stadium: Pancho Arena Attendance: 811 Referee: Zoltán Iványi

23 September 2017 10	Debrecen	3–0	Puskás Akadémia	Debrecen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Varga 44', 59' Könyves 82' Tőzsér 86'	Report	Osváth 37' Diallo 90+2'	Stadium: Nagyerdei Stadion Attendance: 3,241 Referee: Jószef Erdős

30 September 2017 11	Puskás Akadémia	1–2	Paks	Felcsút
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Knežević 79' Osváth 82'	Report	Á. Simon 63', 74' Bertus 71' Verpecz 78'	Stadium: Pancho Arena Attendance: 823 Referee: Gergely Szőts

14 October 2017 12	Puskás Akadémia	1–1	Ferencváros	Felcsút
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Vanczák 59' Latifi 68' Knežević 79', 86' (pen.)	Report	Paintsil 39' Leandro 74' Blažič 74' Otigba 79' Botka 90'	Stadium: Pancho Arena Attendance: 3,127 Referee: Tamás Bognár

21 October 2017 13	Videoton	2–0	Puskás Akadémia	Budapest
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Fiola 50' Vinícius 50' Henty 83', 90+1' Juhász 88' Lazović 90+2'	Report	Perošević 29' Balogh 56' Mevoungou 90+1'	Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Attendance: 1,108 Referee: Viktor Kassai

28 October 2017 14	Puskás Akadémia	0–0	Vasas	Felcsút
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Bačelić-Grgić 52' Vanczák 60'	Report	Ádám 44' Burmeister 76'	Stadium: Pancho Arena Attendance: 986 Referee: Ádám Farkas

4 November 2017 15	Honvéd	4–3	Puskás Akadémia	Budapest
19:30 CET (UTC+1)	Holender 23' Pölöskei 27' Lanzafame 58', 87' Banó-Szabó 65' Cirino 83', 90+3'	Report	Szakály 52' Knežević 55', 71' Mevoungou 90' Márkvárt 90+4'	Stadium: Bozsik József Stadion Attendance: 2,105 Referee: Csaba Pintér

18 November 2017 16	Puskás Akadémia	1–0	Diósgyőr	Felcsút
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Knežević 9', 63' Vanczák 47' Szécsi 76' Balogh 90+2'	Report	Forgács 37' Busai 90+1'	Stadium: Pancho Arena Attendance: 1,516 Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó

25 November 2017 17	Balmazújváros	2–2	Puskás Akadémia	Balmazújváros
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Sigér 43' Szécsi 55' Fekete 87' Maisuradze 88'	Report	Szakály 15' Knežević 55' Perošević 61' Márkvárt 70' Zsidai 84'	Stadium: Városi Sportpálya Attendance: 714 Referee: Balázs Berkes

2 December 2017 18	Puskás Akadémia	1–3	Haladás	Felcsút
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Szakály 3' Vanczák 38' Spandler 58'	Report	Ramos 14' (pen.), 90+4' Mészáros 42' Wils 59' Halmosi 71' Jagodics 84'	Stadium: Pancho Arena Attendance: 712 Referee: István Vad

9 December 2017 19	Puskás Akadémia	2–1	Újpest	Felcsút
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Knežević 3' Diallo 7' Perošević 37', 38' Spandler 71' Csilus 74'	Report	Novothny 43' Nwobodo 58', 83' Tischler 64'	Stadium: Pancho Arena Attendance: 1,328 Referee: Zoltán Iványi

24 February 2018 20	Mezőkövesd	0–0	Puskás Akadémia	Mezőkövesd
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pillár 28'	Report	Mevoungou 21' Klinar 73' Knežević 90+2'	Stadium: Városi Stadion Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Balázs Berke

3 March 2018 21	Puskás Akadémia	0–0	Debrecen	Felcsút
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Heris 70'	Report	Szatmári 76'	Stadium: Pancho Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó

10 March 2018 22	Paks	3–1	Puskás Akadémia	Paks
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vági 12' Bartha 33' Hahn 44' Bertus 61', 64' Á. Simon 70' Kulcsár 82' Gévay 87'	Report	Klinar 48' Perošević 57' Trajkovski 62', 90+4' Bačelić-Grgić 63' Spandler 74'	Stadium: Fehérvári úti Stadion Attendance: 860 Referee: Ferenc Karakó

17 March 2018 23	Ferencváros	3–1	Puskás Akadémia	Budapest
19:30 CET (UTC+1)	Moutari 33' Paintsil 38' Otigba 41' Böde 74', 90+3' Nagy 80' Blažič 90'	Report	Henty 25', 81' Knežević 36' Zsidai 37' Perošević 81'	Stadium: Groupama Arena Attendance: 8,411 Referee: Csaba Pintér

31 March 2018 24	Puskás Akadémia	0–0	Videoton	Felcsút
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zsidai 41' Osváth 68' Trajkovski 87'	Report	Juhász 11' Fiola 25' Hadžić 41' Lazović 64'	Stadium: Pancho Arena Attendance: 1,825 Referee: Zsolt Szabó

7 April 2018 25	Vasas	1–2	Puskás Akadémia	Budapest
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Berecz 45' Vaskó 80' Mevoungou 90+4' (o.g.)	Report	Trajkovski 15' Spandler 22' Diallo 22' Poór 68' Mevoungou 75' Radó 84'	Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadion Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Zoltán Iványi

14 April 2018 26	Puskás Akadémia	1–1	Honvéd	Felcsút
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	J. Hegedűs 34' L. Hegedűs 76' Szakály 90+2'	Report	Danilo 28', 86' Kukoč 90+3'	Stadium: Pancho Arena Attendance: 800 Referee: Gergely Szőts

21 April 2018 27	Diósgyőr	0–1	Puskás Akadémia	Mezőkövesd
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tamás 9' Ugrai 48' Ioannidis 48' Eperjesi 88'	Report	Szakály 24' Henty 31' J. Hegedűs 48' Knežević 50' Trajkovski 90+6'	Stadium: Városi Stadion Attendance: 1,262 Referee: Tamás Bognár

28 April 2018 28	Puskás Akadémia	3–1	Balmazújváros	Felcsút
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Szakály 10' Knežević 21' Zsidai 56' Diallo 71', 90+5' Radó 80'	Report	Erdei 16', 17' Tamás 22' Vayda 90+2'	Stadium: Pancho Arena Attendance: 783 Referee: Balázs Berke

5 May 2018 29	Haladás	3–2	Puskás Akadémia	Szombathely
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Halmosi 6' Mészáros 13' Wils 68' Williams 71' Mi. Németh 75' Kovács 83' Bošnjak 90+2'	Report	Henty 5' (pen.), 82' J. Hegedűs 12' Spandler 39' Poór 67' Márkvárt 84' Perošević 90+3'	Stadium: Haladás Sportkomplexum Attendance: 4,133 Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó

12 May 2018 30	Újpest	0–1	Puskás Akadémia	Budapest
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Litauszki 37' Diallo 67' Szűcs 75' Bureković 90'	Report	Knežević 44' Molnár 59' Márkvárt 64'	Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadion Attendance: 2,040 Referee: Ferenc Karakó

19 May 2018 31	Puskás Akadémia	1–2	Mezőkövesd	Felcsút
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Perošević 33' J. Hegedűs 82', 90+1'	Report	Pillár 11' Cseri 40' Koszta 88'	Stadium: Pancho Arena Attendance: 882 Referee: Péter Solymosi

27 May 2018 32	Debrecen	1–1	Puskás Akadémia	Debrecen
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tabaković 57', 84' Varga 77' Bódi 90+3'	Report	Radó 10' Márkvárt 36' Klinar 38' Bačelić-Grgić 63' L. Hegedűs 84'	Stadium: Nagyerdei Stadion Attendance: 2,414 Referee: Tamás Bognár

2 June 2018 33	Puskás Akadémia	1–0	Paks	Felcsút
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Klinar 42' Balogh 69' Radó 71'	Report	Gévay 23' Szabó 30' Á. Simon 36' Zachán 62'	Stadium: Pancho Arena Attendance: 800 Referee: József Erdős

Magyar Kupa

20 September 2017 Round of 128	Kaposvár	1–3	Puskás Akadémia	Kaposvár
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lakatos 55' Ur 73'	Report	Prosser 27' Perošević 51' Osváth 54' Latifi 74'	Stadium: Rákóczi Stadion Attendance: 300^[11] Referee: Szabolcs Szilasi

25 October 2017 Round of 64	Eger	0–6	Puskás Akadémia	Eger
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Balogh 7' Molnár 87'	Report	Prosser 22', 50', 65' Balogh 34' Knežević 44' Titkó 56' (o.g.) Madarász 63'	Stadium: Szentmarjay Tibor Városi Stadion Attendance: 600^[12] Referee: Katalin Kulcsár

28 November 2017 Round of 32	Kisvárda	0–1	Puskás Akadémia	Kisvárda
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Heffler 7' Gosztonyi 52' Papucsek 76'	Report	Diallo 18' Molnár 39' Osváth 73' Bačelić-Grgić 80' Balogh 90+2'	Stadium: Várkert Sportpálya Attendance: 1,050^[13] Referee: Viktor Kassai

Round of 16

20 February 2018 First Leg	Zalaegerszeg	1–0	Puskás Akadémia	Zalaegerszeg
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vernes 65' (pen.) Patvaros 69' Fodor 70'	Report	Klinar 76'	Stadium: ZTE Arena Attendance: 428^[14] Referee: Gergő Bogár

28 February 2018 Second Leg	Puskás Akadémia	2–0 (a.e.t.) (2–1 agg.)	Zalaegerszeg	Felcsút
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diallo 56' Perošević 69', 110' Knežević 81' Spandler 83'	Report	Hudák 68' Devecseri 81'	Stadium: Pancho Arena Attendance: 200^[15] Referee: Péter Solymosi
Note: Puskás Akadémia won 2-1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

13 March 2018 First Leg	Puskás Akadémia	0–1	Diósgyőr	Felcsút
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Klinar 28' Zsidai 85'	Report	Ioannidis 34' Ugrai 39' Tóth 45' Brković 51' Bacsa 90+4'	Stadium: Pancho Arena Attendance: 778^[16] Referee: Gergely Szőts

4 April 2018 Second Leg	Diósgyőr	0–3 (1–3 agg.)	Puskás Akadémia	Mezőkövesd
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nagy 24' Ioannidis 45' Szarka 50' Brković 55' Ugrai 77'	Report	Perošević 40' Knežević 49' Henty 85'	Stadium: Városi Stadion Attendance: 1,750^[17] Referee: Ádám Farkas
Note: Puskás Akadémia won 3-1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

18 April 2018 First Leg	Puskás Akadémia	4–0	Debrecen	Felcsút
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Henty 2', 31' Perošević 43' Poór 54' Knežević 80'	Report	Bényei 23' Kinyik 42'	Stadium: Pancho Arena Attendance: 818^[18] Referee: József Erdős

8 May 2018 Second Leg	Debrecen	2–0 (2–4 agg.)	Puskás Akadémia	Debrecen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tisza 38' Takács 50' Szatmári 71' Tőzsér 89'	Report	Henty 31'	Stadium: Nagyerdei Stadion Attendance: 855^[19] Referee: Zoltán Iványi
Note: Puskás Akadémia won 4-2 on aggregate.

Final

23 May 2018 Final	Puskás Akadémia	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Újpest	Budapest
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Knežević 38' Márkvárt 60' Perošević 66' J. Hegedűs 109' L. Hegedűs 113'	Report	Zsótér 55', 88' Bojović 62' Nwobodo 105' Pauljević 113'	Stadium: Groupama Arena Attendance: 11,270 Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó
	Penalties
	Perošević Bačelić-Grgić Diallo Henty Balogh J. Hegedűs		Onovo Litauszki Diallo Balázs Zsótér Bojović
Note: Újpest won 5–4 on penalties.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Nemzeti Bajnokság I		Magyar Kupa
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
6	DF	SVN	Dejan Trajkovski	20	1	13	1	7	0
7	FW	HUN	Márk Szécsi	14	0	12	0	2	0
8	MF	HUN	Dávid Márkvárt	30	1	25	1	5	0
9	FW	MLI	Ulysse Diallo	33	9	25	7	8	2
10	FW	HUN	András Radó	17	4	14	4	3	0
11	FW	HUN	Dániel Prosser	20	5	13	1	7	4
12	MF	HUN	Balázs Balogh	35	0	29	0	6	0
14	DF	BEL	Jonathan Heris	25	1	22	1	3	0
15	MF	CMR	Patrick Mevoungou	26	0	24	0	2	0
17	MF	HUN	László Zsidai	18	0	11	0	7	0
19	GK	HUN	Lajos Hegedűs	38	0	30	0	8	0
20	DF	HUN	Vilmos Vanczák	17	0	15	0	2	0
21	DF	SVN	Denis Klinar	10	0	7	0	3	0
23	DF	HUN	Csaba Spandler	32	1	22	1	10	0
24	DF	HUN	Patrik Poór	23	0	17	0	6	0
27	MF	ALB	Liridon Latifi	14	1	12	0	2	1
28	MF	CRO	Stipe Bačelić-Grgić	24	0	19	0	5	0
30	MF	CRO	Josip Knežević	36	15	27	11	9	4
33	MF	HUN	Gábor Molnár	34	2	26	2	8	0
44	GK	SRB	Branislav Danilović	5	0	3	0	2	0
45	FW	NGA	Ezekiel Henty	17	6	11	3	6	3
55	MF	HUN	Péter Szakály	29	5	23	5	6	0
68	DF	HUN	János Hegedűs	20	2	14	2	6	0
71	FW	HUN	Attila Osváth	18	0	14	0	4	0
77	FW	CRO	Antonio Perošević	30	7	22	2	8	5
80	MF	HUN	Márk Madarász	7	1	2	0	5	1
Youth players:
Out to loan:
13	DF	HUN	Ádám Csilus	3	0	3	0	0	0
18	MF	HUN	Attila Polonkai	1	0	1	0	0	0
25	DF	HUN	Zsolt Nagy	1	0	1	0	0	0
32	DF	CRO	Ivor Horvat	1	0	1	0	0	0
Players no longer at the club:
16	MF	HUN	Roland Sallai	1	0	1	0	0	0

Top scorers

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

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	Magyar Kupa	Total
1		30	Josip Knežević	11	4	15
2		9	Ulysse Diallo	7	2	9
3		77	Antonio Perošević	2	5	7
4		45	Ezekiel Henty	3	3	6
5		11	Dániel Prosser	1	4	5
5		55	Péter Szakály	5	0	5
7		10	András Radó	4	0	4
8		33	Gábor Molnár	2	0	2
8		68	János Hegedűs	2	0	2
10		6	Dejan Trajkovski	1	0	1
		8	Dávid Márkvárt	1	0	1
		14	Jonathan Heris	1	0	1
		23	Csaba Spandler	1	0	1
		27	Liridon Latifi	0	1	1
		80	Márk Madarász	0	1	1
/	/	/	Own Goals	0	1	1
			TOTALS	41	21	62

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.

Position	Nation	Number	Name
Position	Nation	Number	Name	Nemzeti Bajnokság I		Magyar Kupa		Total (Hu Total)
DF		6	Dejan Trajkovski	4	0	0	0	4 (4)	0 (0)
FW		7	Márk Szécsi	1	0	0	0	1 (1)	0 (0)
MF		8	Dávid Márkvárt	8	0	1	0	9 (8)	0 (0)
FW		9	Ulysse Diallo	5	0	0	0	5 (5)	0 (0)
FW		11	Dániel Prosser	1	0	1	0	2 (1)	0 (0)
MF		12	Balázs Balogh	4	0	2	0	6 (4)	0 (0)
DF		13	Ádám Csilus	1	0	0	0	1 (1)	0 (0)
DF		14	Jonathan Heris	2	0	0	0	2 (2)	0 (0)
MF		15	Patrick Mevoungou	5	1	0	0	5 (5)	1 (1)
MF		17	László Zsidai	4	0	1	0	5 (4)	0 (0)
GK		19	Lajos Hegedűs	2	0	1	0	3 (2)	0 (0)
DF		20	Vilmos Vanczák	6	0	0	0	6 (6)	0 (0)
DF		21	Denis Klinar	4	0	2	0	6 (4)	0 (0)
DF		23	Csaba Spandler	6	0	1	0	7 (6)	0 (0)
DF		24	Patrik Poór	3	0	1	0	4 (3)	0 (0)
MF		27	Liridon Latifi	1	0	0	0	1 (1)	0 (0)
MF		28	Stipe Bačelić-Grgić	2	1	1	0	3 (2)	1 (1)
MF		30	Josip Knežević	10	0	1	0	11 (10)	0 (0)
MF		33	Gábor Molnár	1	0	1	0	2 (1)	0 (0)
FW		45	Ezekiel Henty	1	1	1	0	2 (1)	1 (1)
MF		55	Péter Szakály	4	0	0	0	4 (4)	0 (0)
DF		68	János Hegedűs	4	0	1	0	5 (4)	0 (0)
DF		71	Attila Osváth	5	0	2	0	7 (5)	0 (0)
FW		77	Antonio Perošević	6	0	1	0	7 (6)	0 (0)
			TOTALS	90	3	18	0	108 (90)	3 (3)

Clean sheets

Position	Number	Name	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	Magyar Kupa	Total
1	19	Lajos Hegedűs	9	4	13
2	44	Branislav Danilović	0	1	1
		TOTALS	9	5	14

References

^ "Újpest win their 10th Hungarian Cup on penalties". mlsz.hu. 24 May 2018.
^ "Puskás Akadémia".
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External links

[table_note_res_EL1Q0.12158897664472-9] Since the winners of the 2017–18 Magyar Kupa, Újpest, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

[1] "Újpest win their 10th Hungarian Cup on penalties". mlsz.hu. 24 May 2018.

[2] "Puskás Akadémia".

[3] "25 éves szlovénnal erősít a felcsúti Puskás Akadémia". 24.hu (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2023.

[4] "Puskás Akadémia: uruguayi játékmestert szerződtettek". nso.hu (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2023.

[5] "NB I: Hollandiából érkezett a PAFC új balhátvédje". nso.hu (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 9 January 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2023.

[6] "Hudák Zalaegerszegen". pfla.hu (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2023.

[7] "NB I: Nyári Átigazolások, 2017". nso.hu (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2023.

[8] "NB I: Téli Átigazolások, 2018". nso.hu (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 18 June 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.

[dokumentumtar.mlsz.hu-10] "Labdarúgás versenyszabályzata - Nagypályára és csökkentett pályára" (PDF). dokumentumtar.mlsz.hu (in Hungarian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 May 2018.

[11] "A Puskás Akadémia véget vetett az Újpest elleni nyeretlenségének". nso.hu (in hungarian). 9 September 2017.

[12] "MK: a DVSC tízet, az Újpest és a Haladás hatot vágott". nso.hu. 20 December 2017.

[13] "MK: Tischler-tripla; kiesett a Mezőkövesd és a Vasas is". nso.hu. 25 October 2017.

[14] "MK: elmaradt az újabb bravúr, a PAFC kiejtette a Kisvárdát". nso.hu. 28 November 2017.

[15] "NB II-es kupameglepetések: a Dorog a DVSC-t, a ZTE a Puskás Akadémiát intézte el". nso.hu. 20 February 2018.

[16] "MK: drámai hajrában harcolta ki a továbbjutást a DVSC". nso.hu. 28 February 2018.

[17] "MK: a DVTK győzött Felcsúton, előnyből várhatja a visszavágót". nso.hu. 13 March 2018.

[18] "MK: elődöntőben a Balmaz és a Puskás Akadémia is". nso.hu. 4 April 2018.

[19] "Puskás Akadémia vs. Debreceni VSC 4-0 (3-0)". haon.hu. 18 April 2018.

[20] "Történelmi siker kapujában a Puskás Akadémia". nso.hu. 8 May 2018.

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