2024–25 Debreceni EAC (basketball) season

Debreceni EAC
2024–25 season
President	István Becsky
Head coach	Anđelko Mandić
Arena	Oláh Gábor Sports Hall
Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A	4th
Biggest win	84–66, Round 2; v Honvéd (H)
Biggest defeat	54–82, Round 6; v Atomerőmű (H)
Home	Away
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →
	All statistics correct as of 10 November 2024.

The 2024–25 season is Debreceni EAC's the 13th in existence and the club's 8th consecutive season in the top tier of Hungarian basketball.

History

The basketball section of Debreceni EAC was founded in 2012. The club plays its home games at the Oláh Gábor Sports Hall, which has a capacity of 1,000 people.^[1] They entered the top division Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A for the 2017–18 season. In DEAC's debut season, the team finished in 11th place.

In the 2018–19 season, DEAC reached the semi-finals of the Hungarian Cup for the first time in history.

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Debreceni EAC roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
SG	2	Fekete-Gál, Csongor	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	17 – (2007-01-01)1 January 2007
PG	5	Anderson, Kyan	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	32 – (1992-03-25)25 March 1992
SG	7	Neuwirth, Bence	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	22 – (2002-04-05)5 April 2002
SF	13	Drenovac, Đorđe	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	32 – (1992-08-09)9 August 1992
C	18	Czermann, Patrik	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	21 – (2003-02-23)23 February 2003
PF	20	Garamvölgyi, Ákos	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	30 – (1994-01-28)28 January 1994
PF	21	Ostojić, Danilo	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	28 – (1996-05-11)11 May 1996
PG	22	Pongó, Máté	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	30 – (1993-12-25)25 December 1993
SG	24	Mócsán, Bálint (C)	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	27 – (1997-06-18)18 June 1997
PG	27	Ságodi, Róbert	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	20 – (2004-05-22)22 May 2004
PF	28	Hegedűs, Brúnó	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	20 – (2004-06-18)18 June 2004
C	33	Flasár, Botond	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	19 – (2005-01-01)1 January 2005
PF	50	Williamson, Andre	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	35 – (1989-10-13)13 October 1989
SG	56	Várszegi, Ádám	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	20 – (2004-07-16)16 July 2004
SG	57	Kovács, Ákos	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	21 – (2003-03-12)12 March 2003
SG	68	Balázsi, Ákos	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	19 – (2005-01-01)1 January 2005
PG	88	Hőgye, Patrik	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	19 – (2005-04-12)12 April 2005
		Varga, Sándor	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	21 – (2003-01-01)1 January 2003

Head coach

Anđelko Mandić

Assistant coach(es)

Darko Ivanovic

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 11 August 2024

Transactions

In

Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Date	Source
PG	Máté Pongó	30	Szolnok	Transfer	1 June 2024	^[2]^[3]
PG	Kyan Anderson	32	Ankaragucu	Transfer	24 June 2024	^[4]
PF	Danilo Ostojić	28	Zalaegerszeg	Transfer	8 July 2024	^[5]

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to
0	PF	Csongor Fekete	20
8	C	Lovro Buljević	26
9	PG	Tadija Tadić	25
15	PG	Deon Edwin	32	MZT Skopje

Pre-season and friendlies

Pre-season

Sources: ^[6]^[7]^[8]

23 August 2024 (2024-08-23) Friendly	DEAC	89–68	Hübner Nyíregyháza	Debrecen
18:30	Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 28–14, 18–20, 24–13
	Pts: Drenovac 23/3	Boxscore	Pts: Komma 16	Arena: Oláh Gábor Sports Hall
Note: DEAC:* M. Pongó 9/3, Anderson 19/12, Drenovac 23/3, Williamson 15/3, Ostojić 7 • Substitutions: Neuwirth 9/6, Garamvölgyi 3, Hőgye 2, Várszegi 2*

30 August 2024 (2024-08-30) Friendly	DEAC	72–59	Spisski Rytieri	Debrecen
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 13–17, 23–17, 19–10
	Pts: Drenovac 21/9	Boxscore	Pts: Frey 10/6, Walker 10	Arena: Oláh Gábor Sports Hall
Note: DEAC:* M. Pongó 12/6, Anderson 9/9, Drenovac 21/9, Williamson 11, Ostojić 12 • Substitutions: Neuwirth 3/3, Garamvölgyi 4, Hőgye*

31 August 2024 (2024-08-31) Friendly	DEAC	72–85	CSM CSU Oradea	Debrecen
14:00	Scoring by quarter: 16–26, 15–20, 22–18, 19–21
	Pts: Drenovac 27/3	Boxscore	Pts: Pridgett 18/6	Arena: Oláh Gábor Sports Hall
Note: DEAC:* Anderson 14/6, M. Pongó 8/6, Drenovac 27/3, Williamson 12, Ostojić 10 • Substitutions: Neuwirth, Garamvölgyi, Hőgye 1*

4 September 2024 (2024-09-04) Friendly	DEAC	84–58	SZTE-Szedeák (Szeged)	Debrecen
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 26–17, 22–18, 13–10
	Pts: Drenovac 21/6	Boxscore	Pts: Langley 13/3	Arena: Oláh Gábor Sports Hall
Note: DEAC:* Anderson 16/9, M. Pongó 6/6, Drenovac 21/6, Williamson 12/3, Ostojić 10 • Substitutions: Neuwirth 3/3, Garamvölgyi 2, Hőgye 3/3, Kovács 5/3, Várszegi, Czermann 6, Balázsi*

6 September 2024 (2024-09-06) Friendly	Atomerőmű SE	79–65	DEAC	Nyíregyháza
16:00	Scoring by quarter: 14–10, 12–15, 33–16, 19–24
	Pts: Chandler 24/9	Boxscore	Pts: Drenovac 18/6
Note: DEAC:* Anderson 10/6, M. Pongó 7/3, Drenovac 18/6, Williamson 8, Ostojić 9 • Substitutions: Neuwirth 9/6, Garamvölgyi 2, Hőgye, Á. Kovács 2, Várszegi, Czermann*

7 September 2024 (2024-09-07) Friendly	Hübner Nyíregyháza	59–70	DEAC	Nyíregyháza
14:00 or 6:00	Scoring by quarter: 8–21, 14–16, 17–17, 20–16
	Pts: Locure 16/6	Boxscore	Pts: Drenovac 23/3
Note: DEAC:* Anderson 6, Hőgye 2, Drenovac 23/3, Williamson 5, Ostojić 8 • Substitutions: Neuwirth, M. Pongó 4, Garamvölgyi 8, Á. Kovács 9, Várszegi, Czermann 2, Fekete-Gál 3*

11 September 2024 (2024-09-11) Friendly	SZTE-Szedeák (Szeged)	76–74	DEAC	Szeged
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 10–23, 22–18, 19–25, 25–8
	Pts: Langley 14/3	Boxscore	Pts: Drenovac 28/9
Note: DEAC:* M. Pongó 7/3, Anderson 9/3, Drenovac 28/9, Williamson 7, Ostojić 2 • Substitutions: Garamvölgyi 10, Neuwirth, Á. Kovács 8, Várszegi 3/3, Hőgye*

12 September 2024 (2024-09-12) Friendly	KK Gajdobra (Serbian II)	80–56	DEAC	Gajdobra, Serbia
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 20–10, 29–13, 17–18, 14–15
	Pts: Drenovac 15/6	Boxscore		Arena: Gajdobra Sports Center
Note: DEAC:* M. Pongó 3/3, Hőgye 2, Drenovac 15/6, Williamson 5, Ostojić • Substitutions: Neuwirth 8/6, Anderson 5/3, Á. Kovács 7/3, Várszegi 5/3, Balázsi 4, Fekete-Gál 2, Czermann*

13 September 2024 (2024-09-13) Friendly	KK Vojvodina (Serbian I)	55–75	DEAC	Novi Sad, Serbia
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 7–24, 20–16, 19–16, 9–19
		Boxscore	Pts: Ostojić 20	Arena: SPC Vojvodina
Note: DEAC:* M. Pongó 6/6, Anderson 18/6, Drenovac 18/3, Williamson 11/6, Ostojić 20 • Substitutions: Neuwirth, Garamvölgyi 2, Kovács, Hőgye, Czermann*

14 September 2024 (2024-09-14) Friendly	KK Joker (Serbian I)	81–82	DEAC	Sombor, Serbia
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 23–31, 18–10, 20–20, 20–21
		Boxscore	Pts: Drenovac 21/9	Arena: Mostonga Hall
Note: DEAC:* M. Pongó 8/6, Anderson 20/12, Drenovac 21/9, Williamson 9, Ostojić 13 • Substitutions: Neuwirth, Garamvölgyi 6, Hőgye 5/3, Kovács, Várszegi*

21 September 2024 (2024-09-21) Friendly	NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbányász	70–80	DEAC	Szolnok
	Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 14–27, 27–16, 13–22
	Pts: Jovanović 16/9	Boxscore	Pts: Drenovac 24/6	Arena: Tiszaligeti Sportcsarnok
Note: DEAC:* M. Pongó 5/3, Anderson 17/9, Drenovac 24/6, Williamson 6, Ostojić 19 • Substitutions: Garamvölgyi 4, Hőgye 2*

Mid-season

19 November 2024 (2024-11-19) Friendly	Endo Plus Service-Honvéd	81–72	DEAC	Budapest
16:00	Scoring by quarter: 27–14, 12–16, 19–23, 23–19
	Pts: Grubor 21/9	Boxscore	Pts: Drenovac 17/3	Arena: Ludovika Arena
Note: DEAC:* M. Pongó 9/3, Anderson 9, Drenovac 17/3, Williamson 8, Garamvölgyi 3 • Substitutions: Kovács 4, Neuwirth 11/6, Várszegi 8/6, Czermann, Varga 3/3, Hegedűs*

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Win %
Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A Regular Season	27 September 2024	10 November 2024	Round 1	7	5	0	2	525	506	+19	071.43
Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A Play-off				0	0	0	0	!—	!—
Hungarian Cup				0	0	0	0	!—	!—
Total				7	5	0	2	525	506	+19	071.43

Last updated: 10 November 2024
Source: HunBasket – DEAC https://hunbasket.hu/csapat/x2425/hun/40000/deac

Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A

Regular season

Results summary

Overall						Home					Away
Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	W	L	PF	PA	PD	W	L	PF	PA	PD
7	5	2	525	506	+19	3	1	281	278	+3	2	1	244	228	+16

Last updated: 10 November 2024.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Sources: ^[9]^[10]

Round	1	2	4	5	6	8	9	10	7²	11	12	3¹	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	W	L	W	W
Position	8	8	6	5	6	5	4

Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2024. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; R = Rest
Notes:

¹ Round 3 match (Alba Fehérvár–DEAC) has been postponed after Round 12 (18 Dec 2024).

² Round 7 match (Falco–DEAC) has been postponed after Round 10 (4 Dec 2024).

Matches

Sources: ^[9]^[10]

27 September 2024 (2024-09-27) 1	Sopron	80–790OT	DEAC	Sopron
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 20–7, 17–25, 19–18, Overtime: 6–5
	Pts: Garrett 16 Rebs: Molnár 10 Asts: Edwards 5 PIR: Edwards 23	Boxscore	Pts: Anderson 25 Rebs: Ostojić 10 Asts: Anderson 8 PIR: Anderson 37	Arena: Novomatic Aréna Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Kapitány, Minár, Major

4 October 2024 (2024-10-04) 2	DEAC	84–66	Endo Plus Service-Honvéd	Debrecen
18:30	Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 18–18, 20–15, 25–19
	Pts: Drenovac 24 Rebs: Ostojić, Williamson 8 Asts: Anderson 7 PIR: Drenovac 27	Boxscore	Pts: Mucza 16 Rebs: Bajo 7 Asts: Kopácsi 5 PIR: Mucza 21	Arena: Oláh Gábor Sports Hall Referees: Földházi, Györfy, Rácz

12 October 2024 (2024-10-12) 4	DEAC	75–68	PVSK-VEOLIA	Debrecen
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 14–14, 22–21, 18–20
	Pts: Drenovac 25 Rebs: Ostojić, Williamson 8 Asts: Anderson 8 PIR: Drenovac 34	Boxscore	Pts: Archibald 24 Rebs: Payton 9 Asts: Archibald 4 PIR: Archibald 35	Arena: Oláh Gábor Sports Hall Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Goda, Makrai, Sörlei

19 October 2024 (2024-10-19) 5	Egis Körmend	80–85	DEAC	Körmend
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 18–28, 23–14, 13–15, 26–28
	Pts: Williams 24 Rebs: Williams 8 Asts: Williams 5 PIR: Williams 38	Boxscore	Pts: Drenovac 27 Rebs: Ostojić, Williamson 7 Asts: Pongó 7 PIR: Ostojić 30	Arena: Városi Sportcsarnok Attendance: 1,900 Referees: Benczur, Fodor, Kapusi

24 October 2024 (2024-10-24) 6	DEAC	54–82	Atomerőmű (Paks)	Debrecen
18:30	Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 11–19, 14–22, 14–19
	Pts: Anderson 13 Rebs: Ostojić 10 Asts: Pongó 4 PIR: Pongó 15	Boxscore	Pts: Chandler 26 Rebs: Dorogi 9 Asts: Lockett 6 PIR: Chandler 24	Arena: Oláh Gábor Sports Hall Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Földházi, Dr. Mészáros, Horváth

5 November 2024 (2024-11-05) 8	NKA Universitas Pécs	68–80	DEAC	Pécs
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 16–34, 22–19, 20–16, 10–11
	Pts: Nikolic, Abell 15 Rebs: Kerpel-Fronius 8 Asts: Nikolic 7 PIR: Nikolic 26	Boxscore	Pts: Drenovac 20 Rebs: Ostojić 11 Asts: Pongó 7 PIR: Ostojić 35	Arena: NKA Center Attendance: 750 Referees: V. Nagy, Minár, Nepp

9 November 2024 (2024-11-09) 9	DEAC	68–62	Zalakerámia (Zalaegerszeg)	Debrecen
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 16–16, 14–15, 19–17
	Pts: Anderson 23 Rebs: Ostojić 8 Asts: Anderson 5 PIR: Anderson 26	Boxscore	Pts: Bigelow 18 Rebs: Bigelow 8 Asts: Brown, Takács 3 PIR: Bigelow 21	Arena: Oláh Gábor Sports Hall Attendance: 800 Referees: Cziffra, Nyilas, Jakab

30 November 2024 (2024-11-30) 10	NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbányász	vs.	DEAC	Szolnok
18:00
		Boxscore		Arena: Tiszaligeti Sportcsarnok

4 December 2024 (2024-12-04) 7	Falco-Vulcano Energia KC (Szombathely)	vs.	DEAC	Szombathely
18:00
		Boxscore		Arena: Arena Savaria

9 December 2024 (2024-12-09) 11	DEAC	vs.	DTKH Kecskemét	Debrecen
18:30
		Boxscore		Arena: Oláh Gábor Sports Hall

13 December 2024 (2024-12-13) 12	SZTE–Szedeák (Szeged)	vs.	DEAC	Szeged
18:30
		Boxscore		Arena: Újszegedi Sportcsarnok

18 December 2024 (2024-12-18) 3	Arconic-Alba Fehérvár (Székesfehérvár)	vs.	DEAC	Székesfehérvár
18:00
		Boxscore		Arena: Alba Regia Sportcsarnok

22 December 2024 (2024-12-22) 13	DEAC	vs.	MVM-OSE Lions (Oroszlány)	Debrecen
18:00
		Boxscore		Arena: Oláh Gábor Sports Hall

28 December 2024 (2024-12-28) 14	DEAC	vs.	Sopron	Debrecen
18:00
		Boxscore		Arena: Oláh Gábor Sports Hall

4 January 2025 (2025-01-04) 15	Endo Plus Service-Honvéd	vs.	DEAC	Budapest
18:00
		Boxscore		Arena: Ludovika Arena

11 January 2025 (2025-01-11) 16	DEAC	vs.	Alba Fehérvár (Székesfehérvár)	Debrecen
18:00
		Boxscore		Arena: Oláh Gábor Sports Hall

23 January 2025 (2025-01-23) 17	PVSK-VEOLIA	vs.	DEAC	Pécs
18:00
		Boxscore		Arena: Lauber Dezső Sports Hall

1 February 2025 (2025-02-01) 18	DEAC	vs.	Egis Körmend	Debrecen
18:00
		Boxscore		Arena: Oláh Gábor Sports Hall

8 February 2025 (2025-02-08) 19	Atomerőmű (Paks)	vs.	DEAC	Paks
18:00
		Boxscore		Arena: ASE Sports Hall

12 February 2025 (2025-02-12) 20	DEAC	vs.	Falco-Vulcano Energia KC (Szombathely)	Debrecen
18:30
		Boxscore		Arena: Oláh Gábor Sports Hall

1 March 2025 (2025-03-01) 21	DEAC	vs.	NKA Universitas Pécs	Debrecen
18:00
		Boxscore		Arena: Oláh Gábor Sports Hall

16 March 2025 (2025-03-16) 22	Zalakerámia (Zalaegerszeg)	vs.	DEAC	Zalaegerszeg
18:00
		Boxscore		Arena: Városi Sportcsarnok

22 March 2025 (2025-03-22) 23	DEAC	vs.	NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbányász	Debrecen
18:00
		Boxscore		Arena: Oláh Gábor Sports Hall

28 March 2025 (2025-03-28) 24	DTKH Kecskemét	vs.	DEAC	Kecskemét
18:00
		Boxscore		Arena: Messzi István Sportcsarnok

5 April 2025 (2025-04-05) 25	DEAC	vs.	SZTE-Szedeák (Szeged)	Debrecen
18:00
		Boxscore		Arena: Oláh Gábor Sports Hall

12 April 2025 (2025-04-12) 26	MVM-OSE Lions (Oroszlány)	vs.	DEAC	Oroszlány
18:00
		Boxscore		Arena: Krajnyik András Sports Hall

Results overview

All results are indicated from the perspective of DEAC.
We indicate in parentheses the number of round.

Opposition	City	Home score	Away score	Double
Alba Fehérvár	Székesfehérvár	–	–	–
Atomerőmű SE	Paks	54–82 (6)	–	54–82
Budapesti Honvéd	Budapest	84–66 (2)	–	84–66
Falco-Vulcano Energia KC	Szombathely	–	–	–
Duna Aszfalt-DTKH	Kecskemét	–	–	–
Egis Körmend	Körmend	–	85–80 (5)	85–80
MVM-OSE Lions	Oroszlány	–	–	–
NKA Universitas Pécs	Pécs	–	80–68 (8)	80–68
PVSK-VEOLIA	Pécs	75–68 (4)	–	75–68
Sopron KC	Sopron	–	79–80 (1)	79–80
SZTE-Szedeák	Szeged	–	–	–
NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbányász	Szolnok	–	–	–
Zalakerámia ZTE KK	Zalaegerszeg	68–62 (9)	–	68–62

Hungarian Cup

Results summary

Overall						Home					Away
Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	W	L	PF	PA	PD	W	L	PF	PA	PD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Competitive matches

References

^ DEAC – Kosarsport.hu
^ "Pongó Máté aláírt a DEAC-hoz". kosarlabda.deac.hu (in Hungarian). 1 June 2024.
^ "Pongó Máté a mezőny elejére várja a DEAC-ot". nemzetisport.hu (in Hungarian). 3 September 2024.
^ "Új amerikai irányító a DEAC-ban". kosarlabda.deac.hu (in Hungarian). 24 June 2024.
^ "Zalaegerszegről érkezik a DEAC új centere". kosarlabda.deac.hu (in Hungarian). 8 July 2024.
^ "DEAC pre-season matches (Jövő héten kezdi a felkészülést a DEAC kosárlabdacsapata)". dehir.hu (in Hungarian). 2 August 2024.
^ "Hazai felkészülési tornán szerepel a DEAC". kosarlabda.deac.hu (in Hungarian). 28 August 2024.
^ "Négymeccses idegenbeli túrával zárja a felkészülést a DEAC". kosarlabda.deac.hu (in Hungarian). 10 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Sopronban kezdi meg a szezont a Mandics-csapat". kosarlabda.deac.hu (in Hungarian). DEAC Basketball Official Website. 25 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Season 2024-25 – HunBasket". hunbasket.hu (in Hungarian). HunBasket Official Website. Retrieved 25 September 2024.

External links

Debreceni EAC official website

[1] DEAC – Kosarsport.hu

[PONGO-2] "Pongó Máté aláírt a DEAC-hoz". kosarlabda.deac.hu (in Hungarian). 1 June 2024.

[PONGO2-3] "Pongó Máté a mezőny elejére várja a DEAC-ot". nemzetisport.hu (in Hungarian). 3 September 2024.

[ANDERSON-4] "Új amerikai irányító a DEAC-ban". kosarlabda.deac.hu (in Hungarian). 24 June 2024.

[OSTOJIC-5] "Zalaegerszegről érkezik a DEAC új centere". kosarlabda.deac.hu (in Hungarian). 8 July 2024.

[6] "DEAC pre-season matches (Jövő héten kezdi a felkészülést a DEAC kosárlabdacsapata)". dehir.hu (in Hungarian). 2 August 2024.

[7] "Hazai felkészülési tornán szerepel a DEAC". kosarlabda.deac.hu (in Hungarian). 28 August 2024.

[8] "Négymeccses idegenbeli túrával zárja a felkészülést a DEAC". kosarlabda.deac.hu (in Hungarian). 10 September 2024.

[SEASON_DEAC-9] "Sopronban kezdi meg a szezont a Mandics-csapat". kosarlabda.deac.hu (in Hungarian). DEAC Basketball Official Website. 25 September 2024.

[SEASON_HunBasket-10] "Season 2024-25 – HunBasket". hunbasket.hu (in Hungarian). HunBasket Official Website. Retrieved 25 September 2024.

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