2024–25 Debreceni VSC season

The 2024–25 season is Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club's 46th competitive season, 4th consecutive season in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I and 122nd year in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, Debrecen participate in this season's editions of the Magyar Kupa.

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Home 0

Away 0

Third 0

Goalkeeper1 0

Goalkeeper2 0

Goalkeeper3 0

Goalkeeper4 0

We indicate in parentheses the number of round.
Source:^[2]

DIO: Diósgyőr; GYO: Győr; KEC: Kecskemét; UJP: Újpest;

As of 22 August 2024^[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 GK  HUN Balázs Megyeri 86 GK  HUN Donát Pálfi 87 GK  HUN Márk Engedi 3 DF  HUN Csaba Hornyák 4 DF  ALB Jorgo Pëllumbi 5 DF  HUN Bence Batik 11 DF  HUN János Ferenczi 14 DF  MNE Meldin Drešković 29 DF  HUN Erik Kusnyír 30 DF  SRB Aranđel Stojković 94 DF  MNE Dušan Lagator 6 MF  CRO Neven Đurasek 10 MF  HUN Balázs Dzsudzsák (captain) 13 MF  HUN Soma Szuhodovszki

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  HUN Dominik Kocsis 22 MF  HUN Botond Vajda 23 MF  ARM Zhirayr Shaghoyan 26 MF  BRA Victor Braga 76 MF  UKR Iván Polozhyi 99 MF  FRA Brandon Domingues — MF  HUN Flórián Cibla 8 FW  HUN Tamás Szűcs 17 FW  HUN Donát Bárány 19 FW  ISL Thorleifur Úlfarsson 24 FW  JPN Naoaki Senaga 42 FW  CIV Yacouba Silue 77 FW  HUN Márk Szécsi — FW  HUN Máté Kohut

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 — MF  HUN Máté Tuboly (loan return from Győr)[7] — FW  SRB Andrija Majdevac (loan return from Kruševac)[7] 89 MF  GRE Alexandros Kyziridis (loan return from Mura)[7] 8 FW  HUN Tamás Szűcs (from Copenhagen)[8] 5 DF  HUN Bence Batik (from Puskás Akadémia)[9] 86 GK  HUN Donát Pálfi (from Haladás)[10] 24 FW  JPN Naoaki Senaga (from Jezero)[11] 30 DF  SRB Aranđel Stojković (from Partizan)[12] — FW  HUN Máté Kohut (from Debreceni VSC II)[13] 23 MF  ARM Zhirayr Shaghoyan (on loan from Ararat)[14] 6 MF  CRO Neven Đurasek (from Aris)[15] 42 FW  CIV Yacouba Silue (from Mladost Lučani)[16] 26 MF  BRA Victor Braga (from Zhetysu)[17]

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 67 FW  SUI João Oliveira (to Gdynia)[18] — MF  HUN Máté Tuboly (to DAC)[19] 25 DF  HUN Nimród Baranyai (to Újpest)[20] — FW  SRB Andrija Majdevac (to Panetolikos)[21] 20 MF  MNE Stefan Lončar (to Tolyatti)[22] 27 MF  HUN Ádám Bódi (to Kazincbarcika)[23] 21 DF  UKR Oleksandr Romanchuk (to Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih)[24] — FW  HUN Erik Kócs-Washburn (to Kozármisleny)[25] 15 MF  ESP Christian Manrique (to Alcorcón)[26] 18 MF  NGA Hamzat Ojediran (to Lens)[27] 89 MF  GRE Alexandros Kyziridis (End to contract)[28]

Sources:^{[7][18][19][10][20][8][9][11][21][22][12][13][14][23][24][15][25][16][17][26][27][28]}

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 GK  HUN Benedek Erdélyi (at BVSC until 30 June 2025)[29] — DF  HUN Kristóf Gyenti (at Békéscsaba until 30 June 2025)[30] 45 FW  HUN Tamás Batai (at BVSC until 30 June 2025)[31][32] — FW  NGA David Nwachukwu (at BVSC until 30 June 2025)[25]

Sources:^{[29][30][31][32]}

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Slovan Liberec (Czech I) v Debrecen

9 July 2024 Friendly	Slovan Liberec (Czech I)	4–0	Debrecen	Ottensheim, Austria
17:30 CEST	Icha 29' Frýdek 50' Tanner  62' Dulay 64', 70'	1 2	Lagator  36'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Heiduck Assistant referees: Platzer, Reitinger
Note: DVSC: Megyeri — Stojković, Lagator, Romanchuk, J. Ferenczi — Ojediran, Manrique — D. Kocsis, Dzsudzsák, Domingues — Bárány • substitutions: Pálfi (GK), Szuhodovszki, Szécsi, Hornyák, Senaga, Kohut, Polozhy

Rapid Vienna (Austrian I) v Debrecen

13 July 2024 Friendly	Rapid Vienna (Austrian I)	3–2[34]	Debrecen	Hausmening, Austria
16:30 CEST 60+45 min.[33]	Beljo 7' Bischof 70' Dursun 102'	Report	Romanchuk 20' Dzsudzsák 60+3'	Stadium: Peter-Lisec-Stadion
Note: DVSC: Megyeri — Stojković, Lagator, Romanchuk, J. Ferenczi — Ojediran, Szuhodovszki — Szécsi, Dzsudzsák, Domingues — Bárány • substitutions: Engedi (GK), Manrique, Kohut, Senaga, T. Szűcs, Polozhy, Hornyák, Shaghoyan, Vajda

Žilina (Slovak I) v Debrecen

18 July 2024 Friendly	Žilina (Slovak I)	1–2[35]	Debrecen	Enns, Austria
18:00 CEST	Kaprálik  43' Hranica 85'	Report	Ojediran  37' Lagator  43' T. Szűcs 60' Bárány 66'	Stadium: Enns Arena Referee: Basić Assistant referees: Kettlgrüber, Akbel
Note: DVSC: Megyeri — Stojković, Romanchuk (Drešković  80'), Lagator, J. Ferenczi — Ojediran (Szuhodovszki  80'), T. Szűcs (Manrique  74') — Vajda (Pëllumbi  67'), Dzsudzsák (Shaghoyan  74'), Domingues (Szécsi  67') — Bárány (D. Kocsis  80')

Ried (Austrian II) v Debrecen

19 July 2024 Friendly	Ried (Austrian II)	1–1[36]	Debrecen	Ried im Innkreis, Austria
18:00 CEST	Beganović 90+3'	Report[37]	Vajda 89'	Stadium: Innviertel Arena Referee: Sebastian Rothbauer[38]
Note: DVSC: Engedi — Senaga (Polozhyi  79'), Pëllumbi (Drešković  46'), Lagator, Hornyák — Szuhodovszki (Stojković  91'), Manrique (Ojediran  82') — D. Kocsis, Szécsi (T. Szűcs  81'), Shaghoyan (Vajda  84') — Kohut

Debrecen v Karcag (NB III)

29 July 2024 Friendly	Debrecen	3–1	Karcag (NB III)	Debrecen–Pallag
18:00 CEST	J. Ferenczi 6' Domingues 48' Bárány 55'	Report	Sági 81'	Stadium: DLA Attendance: 0
Note: DVSC: Megyeri — Stojković, Lagator (Drešković  65'), Pëllumbi, J. Ferenczi — Ojediran (D. Kocsis  65'), T. Szűcs (Đurasek  73'  77' (Polozhyi  77') — Vajda, Dzsudzsák (Szuhodovszki  65'), Domingues (Shaghoyan  65') — Bárány (Szécsi  73')

In italics, we indicate the Final position achieved in competition(s) that have not yet been completed.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Győr v Debrecen

2 August 2024 (2024-08-02) 2	Győr	0–3 [42]	Debrecen	Győr
18:50 CEST		Report	Lagator  47' Domingues 55' Bárány 60' Silue 85'	Stadium: ETO Park Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Tamás Bognár[43] Assistant referees: D. Szalai, D. Rózsa
Note: DVSC: Megyeri — Stojković, Lagator, Pëllumbi, Ferenczi — Ojediran, T. Szűcs — Vajda (Szécsi  71'), Dzsudzsák (c) (Drešković  77'), Domingues (Shaghoyan  86') — Bárány (Silue  77') • Coach: Blagojević[44][45][46]

Kecskemét v Debrecen

9 August 2024 (2024-08-09) 3	Kecskemét	1–1 [48]	Debrecen	Kecskemét
18:50 CEST	Katona  30' A. Szabó  44' Vágó 45+3'  50'	Report	Domingues 19' Szuhodovszki  47' Dzsudzsák  50' Ferenczi  62' T. Szűcs  90+4'	Stadium: Széktói Stadion Attendance: 3,835[47] Referee: Bence Csonka[49] Assistant referees: D. Szalai, B. Belicza
Note: DVSC: Megyeri — Stojković, Drešković, Pëllumbi, Ferenczi – Lagator, Szuhodovszki (T. Szűcs  46') – Vajda (Szécsi  46'), Dzsudzsák (c) (Braga  63'), Domingues (Shaghoyan  90') – Bárány (Silue  76') • Coach: Blagojević[50][51][52]

Debrecen v Diósgyőr

17 August 2024 (2024-08-17) 4	Debrecen	0–1 [54]	Diósgyőr	Debrecen
17:00 CEST	Silue  24' Szuhodovszki  28' Pëllumbi  42'  45+1' Lagator  74' Dzsudzsák  90+9'	Report	Chorbadzhiyski 30' Franchu  43' Edomwonyi  51' Chorbadzhiyski  60' Lund  62' Sentić  90+3'	Stadium: Nagyerdei Stadion Attendance: 7,077[53] Referee: József Erdős[55] Assistant referees: Georgiou Theodoros, Gergő Vígh-Tarsonyi
Note: It was the 62nd "Eastern Derby" between the two teams. Debrecen won 39 matches, Diósgyőr won 12 and 11 ended in a draw.[56] DVSC: Megyeri — Stojković, Drešković, Lagator, Pëllumbi — Szuhodovszki (Szécsi  67'), T. Szűcs — D. Kocsis (Braga  46'), Dzsudzsák (c) (Shaghoyan  84'), Domingues (Vajda  89') — Silue • Coach: Blagojević  90+8'[57][58][59][60]

Újpest v Debrecen

23 August 2024 (2024-08-23) 5	Újpest	3–0 [62]	Debrecen	Budapest
20:00 CEST	Bese 20' Ljujić 29' Brodić 52' (pen.) Gergényi  80'	Report	Domingues  53' Drešković  79'	Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadion Attendance: 5,779[61] Referee: Mihály Káprály[63] Assistant referees: Gergely Becséri, Dávid Rózsa
Note: DVSC: Megyeri — Stojković, Drešković, Lagator, Ferenczi — Braga (Szuhodovszki  55'), T. Szűcs — Domingues (D. Kocsis 84'), Dzsudzsák (c) (Szécsi  71'), Shaghoyan (Vajda  55') — Silue • Coach: Blagojević[64][65][66][67]

Source:^[68]

All results are indicated from the perspective of Debreceni VSC.
We indicate in parentheses the number of round.
  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

As of match played 23 August 2024

Includes all competitions for senior teams.
We indicate the number of the player's appearances as substitute by the combination of a plus sign and a figure.

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	Magyar Kupa	Season total	Ref.
Goalkeepers
16	GK		Balázs Megyeri	4	0	4	[70]
86	GK		Donát Pálfi	0	0	0	[71]
87	GK		Márk Engedi	0	0	0	[72]
Defenders
3	DF		Csaba Hornyák	0	0	0	[73]
4	DF		Jorgo Pëllumbi	3	0	3	[74]
5	DF		Bence Batik	0	0	0	[75]
11	DF		János Ferenczi	3	0	3	[76]
14	DF		Meldin Drešković	3+1	0	3+1	[77]
29	DF		Erik Kusnyír	0	0	0	[78]
30	DF		Aranđel Stojković	4	0	4	[79]
94	DF		Dušan Lagator	4	0	4	[80]
Midfielders
6	MF		Neven Đurasek	0	0	0	[81]
10	MF		Balázs Dzsudzsák (c)	4	0	4	[82]
13	MF		Soma Szuhodovszki	2+1	0	2+1	[83]
21	MF		Dominik Kocsis	1+1	0	1+1	[84][85]
22	MF		Botond Vajda	2+2	0	2+2	[86]
23	MF		Zhirayr Shaghoyan*	1+3	0	1+3	[87]
26	MF		Victor Braga	1+2	0	1+2	[88]
76	MF		Iván Polozhyi	0	0	0	[89][90]
99	MF		Brandon Domingues	4	0	4	[91]
	MF		Flórián Cibla#	0	0	0	[92]
Forwards
8	FW		Tamás Szűcs	3+1	0	3+1	[93]
17	FW		Donát Bárány	2	0	2	[94]
19	FW		Thorleifur Úlfarsson	0	0	0	[95]
24	FW		Naoaki Senaga	0	0	0	[96]
42	FW		Yacouba Silue	2+2	0	2+2	[97]
77	FW		Márk Szécsi	0+4	0	0+4	[98]
	FW		Máté Kohut#	0	0	0	[99]
Players who departed the club on loan but featured this season
Players who left the club during the season
15	DF		Christian Manrique†	0	0	0	[100]
18	MF		Hamzat Ojediran†	1	0	1	[101]
89	MF		Alexandros Kyziridis†	0	0	0	[102]

Notes: GK: goalkeeper; DF: defender; MF: midfielder; FW: forward

Includes all competitions for senior teams. The list is sorted by squad number when season-total goals are equal. Players with no goals not included in the list.
We indicate in parentheses how many of the goals scored by the player from penalties.

Rk.	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	Magyar Kupa	Season total
1	99	MF		Brandon Domingues	2	0	2
2	17	FW		Donát Bárány	1	0	1
	42	FW		Yacouba Silue	1	0	1
				Opponent Own goal	0	0	0
Total					4	0	4

Includes all competitions for senior teams. The list is sorted by squad number when season-total assists are equal. Players with no assists not included in the list.

Rk.	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	Magyar Kupa	Season total
1	10	MF		Balázs Dzsudzsák	1	0	1
	17	FW		Donát Bárány	1	0	1
	77	FW		Márk Szécsi	1	0	1
Total					3	0	3

Includes all competitions for senior teams. The list is sorted by squad number when season-total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play.

						Clean sheets
No.	Nat.	Goalkeeper	Games Played	Goals Against	Goals Against Average	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	Magyar Kupa	Season total
16		Balázs Megyeri	4	5	1.25	1	0	1
Total				5		1	0	1

Includes all competitions for senior teams. The list is sorted by red cards, then yellow cards (and by squad number when total cards are equal). Players with no cards not included in the list.

Rk.	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Nemzeti Bajnokság I			Magyar Kupa			Season total
1	4	DF		Jorgo Pëllumbi	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	11	DF		János Ferenczi	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
2	13	MF		Soma Szuhodovszki	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	94	DF		Dušan Lagator	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
3	8	FW		Tamás Szűcs	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	10	MF		Balázs Dzsudzsák	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	14	DF		Meldin Drešković	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	42	FW		Yacouba Silue	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	99	MF		Brandon Domingues	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					9	1	1	0	0	0	9	1	1

Player	Date Received	Offence	Competition	Length of suspension
János Ferenczi	9 August 2024	62' vs Kecskemét (A)	Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Round 3	1 Match[103]	Diósgyőr (H)	NB I, Round 4	17 August 2024
Jorgo Pëllumbi	17 August 2024	42'  45+1' vs Diósgyőr (H)	Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Round 4	1 Match	Újpest (A)	NB I, Round 5	23 August 2024

Player	Last game before suffering an injury			First game after recovering from an injury			Games missed	Ref.
	Date	Competition	Offence	Date	Competition	Offence
Bence Batik	Pre-season			17 August 2024	NB I, Round 4	Diósgyőr (H)	2	[42][48]
Erik Kusnyír	Pre-season			TBD			4	[42][48][54][62]
Thorleifur Úlfarsson	Pre-season			TBD			4	[42][48][54][62]
Neven Đurasek	29 July 2024	Friendly	Karcag (NB III)	TBD			4	[104][42][48][54][62]
Donát Bárány	18 August 2024	After Nemzeti Bajnokság, Round 4	Diósgyőr	TBD			1	[62]

Includes all competitions for senior teams. The list is sorted by squad number when season-total number of games where a player started as captain are equal. Players with no games started as captain not included in the list.

Rk.	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	Magyar Kupa	Season total
1	10	MF		Balázs Dzsudzsák	4	0	4
Total					4	0	4

Home stadium: Nagyerdei Stadion, Debrecen – Capacity: 20,340

Player of the Week by Nemzeti Sport and Round Selection of Nemzeti Bajnokság by Nemzeti Sport and Csakfoci websites.

Round	Opponent	Pos.	Player	Round Selection		POW	Ref.
				Nemzeti Sport	Csakfoci
Round 2	Győr (A)	GK	Balázs Megyeri	Yes	Yes	Yes	[105][106]
		MF	Brandon Domingues		Yes
		FW	Donát Bárány	Yes	Yes
		DF	János Ferenczi	Yes
Round 3	Kecskemét (A)	MF	Brandon Domingues	Yes	Yes		[107][108]
Round 4	Diósgyőr (H)	FW	Yacouba Silue		Yes		[109]

Goal of the Round of Nemzeti Bajnokság by the M4 Sport website.

Round	Pos.	Player	Placement	Score	Final score	Opponent	Date	Ref.
3	MF	Brandon Domingues	2nd	1–0	1–1	Kecskemét (A)	9 Aug 2024	[110]

The Zilahi Award is a Hungarian football traveling award, which is awarded every year by the management of Debrecen VSC to the best performing Debrecen VSC player in the given season. The award was founded in 1999 and was presented for the first time after the 1999–2000 season. It was named after Zoltán Zilahi, the legendary Debreceni VSC striker of the fifties and sixties.

Previous years' prize winners and the source in Hungarian language: Zilahi-díj

Debuts

The following players made their competitive debuts for Debreceni VSC's first team during the campaign.

50th appearances

The following players made their 50th appearances for Debreceni VSC's first team during the campaign.

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	Age	Final score	Opponent	Competition	Ref.
9 August 2024	16	GK	Balázs Megyeri	34	1–1	Kecskemét (A)	Nemzeti Bajnokság	[54]
17 August 2024	14	DF	Meldin Drešković	26	0–1	Diósgyőr (H)	Nemzeti Bajnokság	[111]

First goals

The following players scored their first goals for Debreceni VSC's first team during the campaign.

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	Age	Score	Final score	Opponent	Competition	Ref.
2 August 2024	42	FW	Yacouba Silue	22	0–3	0–3	Győr (A)	Nemzeti Bajnokság	[112]

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