2023–24 Zalaegerszegi TE season

Zalaegerszeg
2023–24 season
Chairman	Gábor Végh
Manager	Gábor Boér
Stadium	ZTE Arena
Nemzeti Bajnokság I	12th
Magyar Kupa	Round of 32
UEFA Europa Conference League	Second qualifying round
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

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.

First team squad

As of 24 August 2023^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	CRO	Zoran Lesjak
6	FW	HUN	Gergely Mim
8	MF	HUN	István Soltész
9	FW	HUN	Máté Sajbán
10	MF	HUN	Mátyás Tajti (captain)
11	MF	HUN	Norbert Szendrei
12	FW	USA	Eduvie Ikoba
14	MF	HUN	Barnabás Kovács
17	DF	HUN	András Huszti
18	MF	MNE	Bojan Sanković
21	DF	HUN	Dániel Csóka
23	MF	MKD	Daniel Milovanovikj
26	DF	HUN	Péter Tullner


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
27	MF	HUN	Bence Bedi
29	FW	NGA	Christopher Baloteli
33	DF	UKR	Oleksandr Safronov
37	DF	HUN	Attila Mocsi
44	DF	HUN	Bence Gergényi
55	GK	HUN	Zsombor Senkó
70	FW	NGA	Meshack Ubochioma
71	FW	HUN	Dominik Csóka
77	FW	HUN	Szabolcs Szalay
80	FW	HUN	Milán Klausz
95	GK	HUN	Márton Gyurján
97	FW	HUN	Dániel Németh

Transfers

Summer

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
55	GK	HUN	Zsombor Senkó (from Diósgyőr)

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	HUN	Patrik Demjén (to MTK Budapest)

Source:^[2]

Pre-season and friendies

29 June 2023 Friendly	Bohemians 1905	1–0	Zalaegerszeg	Ptuj, Slovenia
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mužík (85)	Report

2 July 2023 Friendly	Dinamo București	0–1	Zalaegerszeg	Zreče, Slovenia
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Milovanovikj 87'

6 July 2023 Friendly	Gyirmót	1–2	Zalaegerszeg	Győr
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kichun 40'	Report	Szendrei 43' Klausz 87'	Stadium: Ménfői úti Stadion Attendance: 0^[3]

15 July 2023 Friendly	Zalaegerszeg	3–2	Union Berlin	Zalaegerszeg, Hungary
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sajbán 1', 28' Ubochioma 48'	Report	Kaufmann 45+1' Aaronson 89'	Stadium: ZTE Arena

16 July 2023 Friendly	Zalaegerszeg	2–1	Nafta	Zalaegerszeg, Hungary
CEST (UTC+2)	Do. Csóka 37' Klausz 41'	Report	Oštrek 82'	Stadium: ZTE Arena

20 July 2023 Friendly	Zalaegerszeg	1–1	Al-Ettifaq	Zalaegerszeg, Hungary
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ubochioma 13'	Report	Quaison 19'	Stadium: ZTE Arena Attendance: 1,200^[4] Referee: Gábor Iványi

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	30 July 2023	25 May 2024	Matchday 1	TBA	7	1	1	5	9	18	−9	014.29
Magyar Kupa	16 September 2023	TBA	Round of 64	TBA	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	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	000.00
Total					10	2	1	7	14	21	−7	020.00

Last updated: 25 September 2023
Source: Competitions

Nemzeti Bajnokság I

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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.^[5]
(R) Relegated

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
7	1	1	5	9	18	−9	4	1	0	3	5	12	−7	0	1	2	4	6	−2

Last updated: 25 September 2023.
Source: Soccerway

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	L	L	L	D
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 24 September 2023. Source: Matches
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)	Tajti 48' Huszti 65' Csóka 76'	Report	Mešanović 7', 15' Vida 45+2' Széles 52'	Stadium: ZTE Arena Attendance: 2,314^[6] Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó

6 August 2023 2	Zalaegerszeg	2–1	MTK Budapest	Zalaegerszeg
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sajbán 3' Safronov 15' Tajti 45+4' (pen.)	Report	Németh 32' Zsóri 65' Kosznovszky 90+4' Kádár 90+10'	Stadium: ZTE Arena Attendance: 1,823^[7] Referee: Dr Bence Csonka

13 August 2023 3	Debrecen	1–0	Zalaegerszeg	Debrecen
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kyziridis 83', 90+5'	Report	Milovanovikj 28' Gergényi 88' Ikoba 90+2'	Stadium: Nagyerdei Stadion Attendance: 5,011^[8] Referee: István Vad

18 August 2023 4	Zalaegerszeg	1–3	Diósgyőr	Zalaegerszeg
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Gergényi 40' Tajti 61' Szendrei 86'	Report	Stephen 26' Edomwonyi 61' Lukács 71' Pernambuco 89'	Stadium: ZTE Arena Attendance: 2,792^[9] Referee: Csaba Pintér

26 August 2023 5	Újpest	2–1	Zalaegerszeg	Budapest
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Csoboth 2' Kastrati 30' Tóth 33' Ambrose 61' Ljujić 84'	Report	Kovács 15' Szendrei 35' Mim 60' Bedi 81'	Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadion Attendance: 4,003^[10] Referee: Ádám Farkas

3 September 2023 6	Zalaegerszeg	2–6	Ferencváros	Zalaegerszeg
17:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Mance 4' Mim 19' Bedi 36' Lesjak 84'	Report	B. Varga 27' (pen.), 37' (pen.), 51' Traoré 38', 86' (pen.) Cissé 42' Ben Romdhane 48' Zachariassen 90'	Stadium: ZTE Arena Attendance: 5,313^[11] Referee: József Erdős

24 September 2023 7	Fehérvár	3–3	Zalaegerszeg	Székesfehérvár
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Karamoko 34' Fiola 60' Csongvai 60' Kalmár 64', 81' Szabó 90+8', 90+9'	Report	Medgyes 20' Croizet 46' Evangelou 72' Špoljarić 80' (pen.) Todoroski 90'	Stadium: Sóstói Stadion Attendance: 2,565^[12] Referee: István Vad

30 September 2023 8	Zalaegerszeg	v	Puskás Akadémia	Zalaegerszeg
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: ZTE Arena

7 October 2023 9	Mezőkövesd	v	Zalaegerszeg	Mezőkövesd
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Városi Stadion

21 October 2023 10	Zalaegerszeg	v	Paks	Zalaegerszeg
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: ZTE Arena

28 October 2023 11	Kecskemét	v	Zalaegerszeg	Kecskemét
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Széktói Stadion

4 November 2023 12	Kisvárda	v	Zalaegerszeg	Kisvárda
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Várkerti Stadion

11 November 2023 13	MTK Budapest	v	Zalaegerszeg	Budapest
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion

25 November 2023 14	Zalaegerszeg	v	Debrecen	Zalaegerszeg
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: ZTE Arena

2 December 2023 15	Diósgyőr	v	Zalaegerszeg	Miskolc
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: DVTK Stadion

9 December 2023 16	Zalaegerszeg	v	Újpest	Zalaegerszeg
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: ZTE Arena

16 December 2023 17	Ferencváros	v	Zalaegerszeg	Budapest
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Groupama Arena

3 February 2024 18	Zalaegerszeg	v	Fehérvár	Zalaegerszeg
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: ZTE Arena

10 February 2024 19	Puskás Akadémia	v	Zalaegerszeg	Felcsút
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Pancho Aréna

17 February 2024 20	Zalaegerszeg	v	Mezőkövesd	Zalaegerszeg
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: ZTE Arena

24 February 2024 21	Paks	v	Zalaegerszeg	Paks
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Fehérvári úti Stadion

2 March 2024 22	Zalaegerszeg	v	Kecskemét	Zalaegerszeg
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: ZTE Arena

9 March 2024 23	Kisvárda	v	Zalaegerszeg	Kisvárda
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Várkerti Stadion

16 March 2024 24	Zalaegerszeg	v	MTK Budapest	Zalaegerszeg
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: ZTE Arena

30 March 2024 25	Debrecen	v	Zalaegerszeg	Debrecen
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Nagyerdei Stadion

6 April 2024 26	Zalaegerszeg	v	Diósgyőr	Zalaegerszeg
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: ZTE Arena

13 April 2024 27	Újpest	v	Zalaegerszeg	Budapest
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadion

20 April 2024 28	Zalaegerszeg	v	Ferencváros	Zalaegerszeg
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: ZTE Arena

27 April 2024 29	Fehérvár	v	Zalaegerszeg	Székesfehérvár
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sóstói Stadion

4 May 2024 30	Zalaegerszeg	v	Puskás Akadémia	Zalaegerszeg
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: ZTE Arena

11 May 2024 31	Mezőkövesd	v	Zalaegerszeg	Mezőkövesd
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Városi Stadion

18 May 2024 32	Zalaegerszeg	v	Paks	Zalaegerszeg
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: ZTE Arena

25 May 2024 33	Kecskemét	v	Zalaegerszeg	Kecskemét
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Széktói Stadion

Magyar Kupa

The draw for the round of 64 was held on 28 August 2023.^[13]

16 September 2023 Round of 64	Cigánd	0–4	Zalaegerszeg	Cigánd
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Girdán 45'	Report	Mance 15' Croizet 44' Szendrei 48' Sajbán 90'	Stadium: Cigándi Sportpálya Attendance: 800^[14] Referee: Márk Szigetvári

1 November 2023 Round of 32	Haladás	v	Zalaegerszeg	Szombathely
17:15 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Haladás Sportkomplexum

UEFA Europa Conference League

Second qualifying round

27 July 2023 First leg	Osijek	1–0	Zalaegerszeg	Osijek, Croatia
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Miérez 50', 90+1' Bukvić 80'	Report	Ubochioma 48' Tajti 53'	Stadium: Opus Arena Attendance: 12,011^[15] Referee: Bastian Dankert (Germany)

3 August 2023 Second leg	Zalaegerszeg	1–2 (1–3 agg.)	Osijek	Zalaegerszeg, Hungary
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Boér (not on pitch) 9' Ikoba 42', 82' Huszti 63' Gergényi 70' Mocsi 84'	Report	Gergényi 9' (o.g.) Mkrtchyan 72' Špoljarić 73' Malenica 90' Brlek 90+7'	Stadium: ZTE Arena Attendance: 5,347^[16] Referee: Gal Leibovitz (Israel)
Note: Osijek won 3–1 on aggregate.

Squad statistics

Last updated on 25 September 2023.

No.	Pos.	Name	League		Cup		Europe		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
4	DF	Zoran Lesjak	1(2)	0	0	0	0	0	1(2)	0	1	0
5	DF	Bence Várkonyi	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
6	FW	Gergely Mim	6(1)	2	1	0	0	0	7(1)	2	0	0
7	FW	Josip Špoljarić	1(1)	1	1	0	0	0	2(1)	1	0	0
8	MF	István Soltész	1(2)	0	0	0	0	0	1(2)	0	0	0
9	FW	Máté Sajbán	4(2)	1	0(1)	1	2	0	4(3)	2	0	0
10	MF	Yohan Croizet	1(1)	1	1	1	0	0	2(1)	2	0	0
10	MF	Mátyás Tajti	3(1)	1	0	0	2	0	5(1)	1	3	0
11	MF	Norbert Szendrei	5(1)	1	1	1	2	0	8(1)	2	1	0
12	FW	Eduvie Ikoba	3(1)	0	0	0	0(2)	1	3(3)	1	2	0
14	MF	Barnabás Kovács	2(2)	0	0	0	0(2)	0	2(4)	0	1	0
17	DF	András Huszti	5(1)	0	1	0	2	0	8(1)	0	2	0
18	MF	Bojan Sanković	7	0	1	0	2	0	10	0	0	0
19	FW	Antonio Mance	2	1	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0
21	DF	Dániel Csóka	5	0	1	0	0(1)	0	6(1)	0	1	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	4	0	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	4(2)	0	2	0
29	FW	Christopher Baloteli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	Todor Todoroski	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	1	0
32	DF	Sinan Medgyes	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0
33	DF	Oleksandr Safronov	5	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	1	0
37	DF	Attila Mocsi	4	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	1	0
41	DF	Stefanos Evangelou	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
44	DF	Bence Gergényi	2(3)	0	0	0	2	0	4(3)	0	3	0
55	GK	Zsombor Senkó	6(1)	0	1	0	0	0	7(1)	0	0	0
70	FW	Meshack Ubochioma	1(1)	0	0(1)	0	2	0	3(2)	0	1	0
71	FW	Dominik Csóka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	FW	Szabolcs Szalay	2(3)	0	0(1)	0	2	0	4(4)	0	0	0
80	FW	Milán Klausz	0(4)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0(5)	0	0	0
95	GK	Márton Gyurján	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0
97	FW	Dániel Németh	1(3)	0	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	1(5)	0	0	0
Own goals			—	0	—	0	—	0	—	0	N/A

References

^ "Zalaegerszeg squad". Zalegerszegi TE. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
^ "Nyári Átigazolások, 2023-24". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 27 June 2023.
^ "Zárt kapus lesz a ZTE Fc elleni felkészülési mérkőzés". gyirmotfc.hu (in Hungarian). 4 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
^ "Felkészülés: korai gólok után döntetlent játszott Gerrardékkal a ZTE". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 20 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
^ "NB I. férfi felnőtt nagypályás labdarúgó bajnokság 2023/24" (PDF) (in Hungarian). 1 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
^ "Mesanovic duplájával nyert idegenben a Kisvárda". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 30 July 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
^ "A ZTE megverte a helyzetek sorát kihagyó MTK-t". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 6 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
^ "A végén jött a Debrecen győztes gólja a Zalaegerszeg ellen". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 13 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
^ "Három gólt szerzett, Zalaegerszegen is győzött a Diósgyőr". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 22 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
^ "Nagy csata, három gól az Újpest–Zalaegerszeg bajnokin". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 27 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
^ "Kettőre kapott hatot a ZTE, nagyon megy a Ferencvárosnak". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
^ "A 99. percben egyenlített a Fehérvár a Zalaegerszeg ellen". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 24 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
^ "MK-sorsolás: A Fradi megye I-es klubot kapott, az Újpest az NB II veretlen csapatához utazhat". csakfoci.hu. 28 August 2023.
^ "MK: a harmadosztályú ESMTK búcsúztatta a Fehérvárt". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 16 September 2023.
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^ "ZTE FC vs. Osijek" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.

External links

[1] "Zalaegerszeg squad". Zalegerszegi TE. Retrieved 27 July 2023.

[2] "Nyári Átigazolások, 2023-24". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 27 June 2023.

[3] "Zárt kapus lesz a ZTE Fc elleni felkészülési mérkőzés". gyirmotfc.hu (in Hungarian). 4 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.

[4] "Felkészülés: korai gólok után döntetlent játszott Gerrardékkal a ZTE". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 20 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.

[5] "NB I. férfi felnőtt nagypályás labdarúgó bajnokság 2023/24" (PDF) (in Hungarian). 1 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.

[6] "Mesanovic duplájával nyert idegenben a Kisvárda". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 30 July 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.

[7] "A ZTE megverte a helyzetek sorát kihagyó MTK-t". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 6 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

[8] "A végén jött a Debrecen győztes gólja a Zalaegerszeg ellen". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 13 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

[9] "Három gólt szerzett, Zalaegerszegen is győzött a Diósgyőr". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 22 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.

[10] "Nagy csata, három gól az Újpest–Zalaegerszeg bajnokin". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 27 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.

[11] "Kettőre kapott hatot a ZTE, nagyon megy a Ferencvárosnak". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.

[12] "A 99. percben egyenlített a Fehérvár a Zalaegerszeg ellen". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 24 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

[13] "MK-sorsolás: A Fradi megye I-es klubot kapott, az Újpest az NB II veretlen csapatához utazhat". csakfoci.hu. 28 August 2023.

[14] "MK: a harmadosztályú ESMTK búcsúztatta a Fehérvárt". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 16 September 2023.

[15] "Osijek vs. ZTE FC" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.

[16] "ZTE FC vs. Osijek" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.

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