2008–09 Budapest Honvéd FC season

Budapest Honvéd
2008–09 season
Chairman	George Hemingway
Manager	Gábor Pölöskei; (until 23 February); Tibor Sisa; (from 25 February)
Stadium	Bozsik Stadion
Nemzeti Bajnokság I	13th
Magyar Kupa	Winners
Ligakupa	Semi-finals
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Zoltán Hercegfalvi (14); All: ; Zoltán Hercegfalvi (21)
Highest home attendance	7,000 vs Győr; (26 May 2009); Magyar Kupa
Lowest home attendance	200 vs Rákospalota; (29 October 2008); Ligakupa
Average home league attendance	1,786
Biggest win	8–1 ; vs Rákospalota (H); (29 October 2008); Ligakupa
Biggest defeat	1–4 ; vs Győr (A); (31 August 2008); Nemzeti Bajnokság I; 0–3 ; vs Nyíregyháza (A); (20 September 2008); Nemzeti Bajnokság I; 1–4 ; vs Debrecen (A); (24 October 2008); Nemzeti Bajnokság I; 0–3 ; vs Újpest (A); (24 April 2009); Nemzeti Bajnokság I; 0–3 ; vs MTK Budapest (H); (5 May 2009); Nemzeti Bajnokság I
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 season was Budapest Honvéd Football Club's 98th competitive season, 4th consecutive season in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I and 99th year in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, Budapest Honvéd participated in this season's editions of the Magyar Kupa, Ligakupa, and UEFA Intertoto Cup. The season covered the period from 25 July 2008 to 30 May 2009.

First team squad[edit]

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	Iván Tóth
2	DF	HUN	Géza Fazakas
3	FW	HUN	Norbert Palásthy
4	DF	SRB	Mićo Smiljanić
5	DF	CIV	Benjamin Angoua
6	DF	HUN	Tamás Filó
7	FW	HUN	Roland Vólent
8	FW	SRB	Nemanja Arsenijević
9	MF	HUN	Attila Dobos
14	DF	HUN	András Debreceni
16	DF	CRO	Davor Magoč
17	MF	SEN	Abass Cheikh Dieng
18	FW	CIV	Abraham Gneki Guié
19	MF	BRA	Diego Rigonato


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	FW	HUN	Zoltán Hercegfalvi (captain)
22	MF	SRB	Nenad Stojaković
23	DF	HUN	Zoltán Vincze
24	MF	HUN	László Horváth
25	DF	MNE	Marko Simić
26	MF	HUN	Patrik Hidi
27	MF	BRA	Guilherme Moreira
28	MF	HUN	Béla Maróti
29	DF	HUN	Ákos Takács
30	DF	ZAM	Misheck Lungu
55	DF	SRB	Dragan Vukmir
79	MF	MOZ	Genito
99	GK	HUN	Balázs Rabóczki

Transfers[edit]

Summer[edit]

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
8	FW	SRB	Nemanja Arsenijević (from OFK Beograd)
16	DF	CRO	Davor Magoč (from Čelarevo)
22	MF	SRB	Nenad Stojaković (from Rad)
25	DF	SRB	Marko Simić (from Radnički)
27	MF	BRA	Guilherme Moreira (from Coritiba)
28	MF	HUN	Béla Maróti (from Kaposvár)
99	GK	HUN	Balázs Rabóczki (from Vitesse)^[3]

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
4	MF	GER	Yusuf Adewunmi (to Oberneuland)
6	DF	HUN	Tibor Pomper (End of contract)
8	GK	GER	Pascal Borel (End of contract)
8	FW	HUN	László Bojtor (loan to Siófok)
14	MF	HUN	Gábor Vincze (to Biatorbágy)
22	MF	HUN	Zsolt Bárányos (to Nyíregyháza)^[4]
25	FW	CMR	Edouard Ndjodo (loan to Siófok)
27	FW	HUN	Gábor Koós (loan to Siófok)
28	MF	GER	Esad Veledar (to DAC Dunajská Streda)
31	MF	HUN	Balázs Berdó (to Pécs)^[5]

Winter[edit]

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
2	DF	HUN	Géza Fazakas (from Budapest Honvéd II)
30	DF	ZAM	Misheck Lungu (from Kecskemét)
55	DF	SRB	Dragan Vukmir (from Dalian Shide)
70	MF	MEX	José Manuel Rivera (loan return from Deportivo Toluca)

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
7	MF	HUN	Gellért Ivancsics (loan to Siófok)
11	FW	HUN	Róbert Zsolnai (loan to Kaposvár)
79	DF	LBR	George Gebro (End of contract)

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

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	29 July 2008	30 May 2009	Matchday 1	13th	30	8	8	14	31	46	−15	026.67
Magyar Kupa	3 September 2008	26 May 2009	Round of 64	Winners	10	8	2	0	19	6	+13	080.00
Ligakupa	1 October 2008	9 April 2009	Group stage	Semi-finals	14	6	5	3	38	19	+19	042.86
UEFA Intertoto Cup	22 June 2008	26 July 2008	First round	Third round	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	050.00
Total					60	25	16	19	98	79	+19	041.67

Source: Competitions

Nemzeti Bajnokság I[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
11	Paks	30	9	8	13	38	51	−13	35
12	Diósgyőr	30	9	6	15	29	45	−16	33
13	Budapest Honvéd	30	8	8	14	31	46	−15	32	Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
14	Nyíregyháza	30	7	11	12	32	41	−9	32
15	Siófok (R)	30	8	2	20	30	56	−26	26	Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd overall wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Budapest Honvéd won the 2008–09 Hungarian Cup and thereby qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	8	8	14	31	46	−15	32	5	4	6	15	17	−2	3	4	8	16	29	−13

Source: Hungarian Football Federation

Results by round[edit]

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	D	D	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L
Position	13	13	9	9	6	10	11	13	13	11	12	12	13	13	11	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13

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

Matches[edit]

29 July 2008 1	Budapest Honvéd	0–1	Vasas	Budapest
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Smiljanić 29'	Report	Dobrić 47' Paripovic 67' Lázok 81' Tóth 86'	Stadium: Bozsik Stadion Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mihály Fábián

3 August 2008 2	MTK Budapest	1–1	Budapest Honvéd	Budapest
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pál 33' Pintér 63'	Report	Hercegfalvi 23' Smiljanić 33' Gebro 45' Genito 89'	Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Attendance: 1,500 Referee: István Mészáros

8 August 2008 3	Budapest Honvéd	3–1	DVTK	Budapest
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hercegfalvi 24', 60', 90+2' Ivancsics 60' Gebro 85'	Report	Kamber 23' Miličić 30' Tóth 54' Sebők 63' Köteles 90+2'	Stadium: Bozsik Stadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: István Vad

16 August 2008 4	Paks	1–1	Budapest Honvéd	Paks
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sipeki 20' Tököli 28' (pen.) Böde 52' Vári 84'	Report	Rigonato 34' Vincze 59' Ivancsics 70' Hercegfalvi 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Fehérvári úti Stadion Attendance: 3,927 Referee: Tamás Arany

24 August 2008 5	Budapest Honvéd	3–1	Zalaegerszeg	Budapest
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rigonato 22' Dieng 29', 42'	Report	Miljatovič 7' Davidov 60'	Stadium: Bozsik Stadion Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Zoltán Iványi

31 August 2008 6	Győr	4–1	Budapest Honvéd	Győr
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Koltai 11', 38' Bajzát 34', 76', 81' Kovács 43' Tokody 58' Copa 83'	Report	Smiljanić 8' Hercegfalvi 43' Maróti 83'	Stadium: ETO Park Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Mihály Fábián

13 September 2008 7	Budapest Honvéd	1–2	Fehérvár	Budapest
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Maróti 33', 69' Magoč 40' Hercegfalvi 53' Dieng 62' Smiljanić 90'	Report	Anđić 25' Farkas 37' Sitku 75' Nagy 82' Romero 89'	Stadium: Bozsik Stadion Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Viktor Kassai

20 September 2008 8	Nyíregyháza	3–0	Budapest Honvéd	Nyíregyháza
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Apostu 36', 63' Ramos 56'	Report		Stadium: Városi Stadion Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Tamás Arany

27 September 2008 9	Budapest Honvéd	1–1	Újpest	Budapest
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Guié 11' Smiljanić 23'	Report	Kiss 17' Lipták 26' Maróti 41' (o.g.)	Stadium: Bozsik Stadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: István Mészáros

3 October 2008 10	Siófok	0–1	Budapest Honvéd	Siófok
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tusori 69'	Report	Guié 37' Filó 70'	Stadium: Révész Street Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Tamás Bognár

18 October 2008 11	Budapest Honvéd	0–1	Haladás	Budapest
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Genito 44'	Report	Sipos 63'	Stadium: Bozsik Stadion Attendance: 1,500 Referee: József Berger

24 October 2008 12	Debrecen	4–1	Budapest Honvéd	Debrecen
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rudolf 2' Oláh 41' Szakály 58', 61'	Report	Maróti 13' Angoua 25' Genito 40' Moreira 59' Vincze 75'	Stadium: Stadion Oláh Gábor Út Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Zoltán Iványi

1 November 2008 13	Budapest Honvéd	2–2	Kecskemét	Budapest
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rigonato 48' Vincze 54' Hercegfalvi 60' Genito 61' Filó 87'	Report	Koszó 3' Csordás 32', 90+2' Farkas 38' Gyagya 87'	Stadium: Bozsik Stadion Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Zsolt Szabó

8 November 2008 14	Rákospalota	2–5	Budapest Honvéd	Budapest
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kőhalmi 22' Dancs 28' Lisztes 77'	Report	Hercegfalvi 15' (pen.), 75' Rigonato 41' Genito 57' Stojaković 82'	Stadium: Stadion Budai II. Laszló Attendance: 800 Referee: Péter Solymosi

15 November 2008 15	Budapest Honvéd	2–1	Kaposvár	Budapest
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hercegfalvi 36' Rigonato 38'	Report	Petrók 36' Pest 42' Nikolić 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Bozsik Stadion Attendance: 1,200 Referee: István Mészáros

21 February 2009 16	Vasas	3–1	Budapest Honvéd	Budapest
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	A. Tóth 5' Németh 34', 90' B. Tóth 41' Dobrić 80' Piller 88'	Report	Takács 20' Lungu 25' Hercegfalvi 60'	Stadium: Stadion Rudolf Illovszky Attendance: 2,000 Referee: István Vad

5 May 2009 17	Budapest Honvéd	0–3	MTK Budapest	Budapest
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Debreceni 17' Filó 58' Fazakas 69'	Report	Lencse 16' Urbán 77', 90+4' Hrepka 82'	Stadium: Bozsik Stadion Attendance: 1,100 Referee: István Vad

7 March 2009 18	DVTK	0–0	Budapest Honvéd	Miskolc
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Filó 55' Lungu 90'	Stadium: Diósgyőri Stadion Attendance: 5,500 Referee: József Berger

14 March 2009 19	Budapest Honvéd	1–1	Paks	Budapest
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Arsenijević 41' Hidi 64', 80' Dobos 88'	Report	Szabó 30' Nikolov 32' Tököli 90+2'	Stadium: Bozsik Stadion Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Péter Solymosi

21 March 2009 20	Zalaegerszeg	1–1	Budapest Honvéd	Zalaegerszeg
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Varga 56' Miljatovič 62' Hajdú 87'	Report	Dieng 45' Hercegfalvi 76' Simić 78'	Stadium: ZTE Arena Attendance: 2,953 Referee: Ferenc Bede

3 April 2009 21	Budapest Honvéd	0–0	Győr	Budapest
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dobos 49' Fazakas 78'	Report	Stark 76'	Stadium: Bozsik Stadion Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Mihály Fábián

11 April 2009 22	Fehérvár	0–2	Budapest Honvéd	Székesfehérvár
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Anđić 26' Koller 37' Vujović 66' Horváth 90+3'	Report	Arsenijević 34' Hercegfalvi 38' (pen.), 45' Rigonato 56' Dieng 69'	Stadium: Sóstói Stadion Attendance: 1,857 Referee: Tamás Bognár

18 April 2009 23	Budapest Honvéd	1–0	Nyíregyháza	Budapest
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Angoua 55' Guié 58' Stojaković 84'	Report	Ramos 23' Imedashvili 27' Odrobéna 57' Perenyi 72' Mboussi 75' Dosso 76'	Stadium: Bozsik Stadion Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Roland Veizer

24 April 2009 24	Újpest	3–0	Budapest Honvéd	Budapest
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kabát 12', 86' Pollák 38' Tisza 43' Malone 49', 50'	Report	Debreceni 26' Angoua 69'	Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadium Attendance: 8,196 Referee: Mihály Fábián

28 April 2009 25	Budapest Honvéd	0–2	Siófok	Budapest
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rabóczki 50' Vukmir 73'	Report	Ivancsics 52' (pen.) Magasföldi 75'	Stadium: Bozsik Stadion Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ádám Németh

1 May 2009 26	Haladás	1–0	Budapest Honvéd	Szombathely
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kenesei 40' Vörös 80'	Report	Debreceni 37' Vólent 76' Vukmir 77'	Stadium: Rohonci Street Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Viktor Kassai

9 May 2009 27	Budapest Honvéd	0–1	Debrecen	Budapest
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Takács 6' Maróti 90+2'	Report	Szakály 55', 59' Rudolf 85' Nagy 90'	Stadium: Bozsik Stadion Attendance: 2,500 Referee: József Berger

16 May 2009 28	Kecskemét	3–1	Budapest Honvéd	Kecskemét
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Farkas 29' Litsingi 58' Gyagya 64' Montvai 65', 90+2', 90+2'	Report	Guié 26' Genito 37' Lungu 42' Debreceni 57'	Stadium: Széktói Stadion Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Tamás Bognár

23 May 2009 29	Budapest Honvéd	1–0	Rákospalota	Budapest
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hercegfalvi 21' Debreceni 74' Dobos 90+1'	Report	Sallai 30' Pintér 39' Varga 59'	Stadium: Bozsik Stadion Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Szabolcs Szilasi

30 May 2009 30	Kaposvár	3–1	Budapest Honvéd	Kaposvár
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kovácsevics 11' Nikolić 23', 83'	Report	Moreira 79'	Stadium: Rákóczi Stadion Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Tamás Bognár

Magyar Kupa[edit]

3 September 2008 Round of 64	Tura	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Budapest Honvéd	Tura
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Aranyos 38'	Report	Filó 41' Zsolnai 118'	Stadium: Turai sportpálya Attendance: 500^[6] Referee: A. Hegedűs

24 September 2008 Round of 32	Debrecen VSC II	0–1	Budapest Honvéd	Debrecen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ludánszki 17' Rezes 64'	Report	Rigonato 22' Smiljanić 41' Guié 67' Horváth 83'	Referee: János Takács

Round of 16

8 October 2008 First leg	Makó	0–2	Budapest Honvéd	Makó
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Csamangó 34' Maróti 40'	Report	Stojaković 20' Guié 75'	Stadium: Stadium Erdei Ferenc tér Referee: Mihály Fábián

21 October 2008 Second leg	Budapest Honvéd	3–1 (5–1 agg.)	Makó	Budapest
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Moreira 38' Smiljanić 55' Dieng 63'	Report	Podonyi 55' Molnár 86'	Stadium: Bozsik Stadion Attendance: 500^[7] Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál
Note: Budapest Honvéd won 5-1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

11 March 2009 First leg	Budapest Honvéd	2–0	Kecskemét	Budapest
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Moreira 36', 54' Filó 83' Angoua 87'	Report	Čukić 3' Farkas 41' Schindler 63'	Stadium: Bozsik Stadion Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Zoltán Iványi

18 March 2009 Second leg	Kecskemét	1–4 (1–6 agg.)	Budapest Honvéd	Kecskemét
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Montvai 16' Kormos 23' Koncz 44' Némedi 51' Čukić 58'	Report	Dieng 4', 44' Takács 21' Guié 33' Filó 59' Arsenijević 90+1'	Stadium: Széktói Stadion Attendance: 1,000 Referee: István Vad
Note: Budapest Honvéd won 6-1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

15 April 2009 First leg	Siófok	1–2	Budapest Honvéd	Siófok
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hercegfalvi 6' (o.g.) Hegedűs 33' Horváth 67' Magasföldi 77' Andruskó 90+2' Sütő 90+2'	Report	Smiljanić 1' Filó 7' Vukmir 47' Lungu 51' Moreira 75' Guié 78'	Stadium: Révész Street Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó

21 April 2009 Second leg	Budapest Honvéd	2–2 (4–3 agg.)	Siófok	Budapest
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Filó 22' Smiljanić 43' Debreceni 67' Hercegfalvi 90+1'	Report	Horváth 17' Sütő 28' Hegedűs 49', 53' Ivancsics 74' Nagy 83'	Stadium: Bozsik Stadion Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ferenc Bede
Note: Budapest Honvéd won 4-3 on aggregate.

Final

20 May 2009 First leg	Győr	0–1	Budapest Honvéd	Győr
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Aleksidze 17' Böőr 20' Odikadze 47' Bajzát 67' Stevanović 90+3'	Report	Smiljanić 20' Guié 71' Filó 78' Maróti 88'	Stadium: ETO Park Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Szabó

26 May 2009 Second leg	Budapest Honvéd	0–0 (1–0 agg.)	Győr	Budapest
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hercegfalvi 29' Smiljanić 48' Angoua 83'	Report	Stanišić 30' Böőr 39' Šupić 63' Stark 86' Copa 90+2'	Stadium: Bozsik Stadion Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Péter Solymosi
Note: Budapest Honvéd won the cup 1-0 on aggregate.

Ligakupa[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	FEH	HON	FER	KEC	RAK	BAK
1	Fehérvár	10	7	3	0	29	9	+20	24	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–2	0–0	2–0	4–0	8–0
2	Honvéd	10	5	4	1	33	16	+17	19	Advance to knockout phase	1–1	—	2–2	5–3	8–1	5–1
3	Ferencváros	10	5	4	1	20	10	+10	19		2–3	2–2	—	2–1	3–0	3–0
4	Kecskemét	10	3	2	5	22	17	+5	11		2–3	2–3	0–0	—	2–2	4–0
5	Rákospalota	10	3	1	6	14	28	−14	10		2–4	1–0	2–3	0–3	—	4–1
6	Baktalórántháza	10	0	0	10	3	41	−38	0		0–2	1–5	0–3	0–5	0–2	—

Source: HFF

1 October 2008 1	Kecskemét	2–3	Budapest Honvéd	Kecskemét
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Balázs 8' Savić 11' Alempijević 18' Menyhárt 36' Kormos 69' Sándor 80'	Report	Stojaković 10', 32' Dobos 37' Arsenijević 61' Albarracín 75' Fazakas 85'	Stadium: Széktói Stadion Attendance: 600 Referee: Gábor Péter Kovács

15 October 2008 2	Budapest Honvéd	2–2	Ferencváros	Budapest
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Angoua 7' Hercegfalvi 24' Ivancsics 87' Moreira 90+2'	Report	Downing 18' Bartholomew 74'	Stadium: Bozsik Stadion Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Tamás Arany

29 October 2008 3	Budapest Honvéd	8–1	Rákospalota	Budapest
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kocsis 4', 45' Gebro 25' Simić 30' Arsenijević 56', 86' Rigonato 63', 90'	Report	Lisztes 3' Kovács 57'	Stadium: Bozsik Stadion Attendance: 200^[8] Referee: László Varga

5 November 2008 4	Fehérvár	2–2	Budapest Honvéd	Székesfehérvár
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mohl 26' Kulcsár 40' Denysov 63' Disztl 79'	Report	Dieng 67' Arsenijević 71'	Stadium: Sóstói Stadion Attendance: 150^[9] Referee: János Takács

11 November 2008 5	Baktalórántháza	1–5	Budapest Honvéd	Baktalórántháza
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Illés 13', 69' Szilágyi 40' Tolnai 83' Vágó 84'	Report	Arsenijević 7', 33' Dieng 20' Ivancsics 39', 60' Debreceni 56' Kocsis 84'	Stadium: Városi Stadion Attendance: 100^[10] Referee: Zoltán Iványi

22 November 2008 6	Budapest Honvéd	5–3	Kecskemét	Budapest
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Stojaković 11' Maróti 46' Hercegfalvi 49', 68', 82' Filó 84'	Report	Čukić 42' Hegedűs 57' Kormos 65', 67'	Stadium: Bozsik Stadion Attendance: 200^[11] Referee: Tamás Bognár

30 November 2008 7	Ferencváros	2–2	Budapest Honvéd	Budapest
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Deme 24' Országh 36' Kamaté 59', 69'	Report	Moreira 6' Diego 33' Takács 65'	Stadium: Stadion Albert Flórián Attendance: 500 Referee: Zsolt Szabó

6 December 2008 8	Rákospalota	1–0	Budapest Honvéd	Budapest
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kovács 48' Erős 58' Kapcsos 65'	Report	Tóth 15' Debreceni 45' Hercegfalvi 78'	Stadium: Stadion Budai II. Laszló Referee: Ádám Németh

7 February 2009 9	Budapest Honvéd	1–1	Fehérvár	Budapest
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Arsenijević 38' Genito 82'	Report	Radović 6' Sitku 23' Horváth 37' Lázár 59'	Stadium: Bozsik Stadion Attendance: 400^[12] Referee: Zoltán Iványi

14 February 2009 10	Budapest Honvéd	5–1	Baktalórántháza	Budapest
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Maróti 40' Guié 50', 81' Dieng 58' Arsenijević 62' Smiljanić 67'	Report	Szilágyi 16' Illés 41' Tolnai 51'	Stadium: Bozsik Stadion Attendance: 300^[13] Referee: Katalin Kulcsár

Knockout phase[edit]

Quarter-finals

5 March 2009 First leg	Budapest Honvéd	5–1	Vasas	Budapest
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Stojaković 35' Arsenijević 62' Guié 71', 79' Dobos 77'	Report	Sowunmi 27'	Stadium: Bozsik Stadion Attendance: 300^[14] Referee: Szabolcs Szilasi

25 March 2009 Second leg	Vasas	0–0 (1–5 agg.)	Budapest Honvéd	Budapest
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vujović 64' Kiss 86'	Report	Arsenijević 62' Maróti 65'	Stadium: Stadion Rudolf Illovszky Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál
Note: Budapest Honvéd won 5-1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

29 March 2009 First leg	Budapest Honvéd	0–1	Pécs	Budapest
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Filó 41'	Report	Berdó 82', 82'	Stadium: Bozsik Stadion Attendance: 500^[15] Referee: Ádám Farkas

9 April 2009 Second leg	Pécs	1–0 (2–0 agg.)	Budapest Honvéd	Pécs
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Berdó 19' Gyánó 35', 59' Présinger 19'	Report	Fazakas 14' Smiljanić 19' Filó 45' Rigonato 61' Lungu 90+4'	Stadium: Stadion PMFC Attendance: 2,000^[16] Referee: István Vad
Note: Pécs won 2–0 on aggregate.

UEFA Intertoto Cup[edit]

First round

22 June 2008 First leg	Zhetysu	1–2	Budapest Honvéd	Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan
19:30 ALMT (UTC+6)	Turenko 5' Mikhailov 60', 73' Munteanu 64'	Report	Ivancsics 47' Hercegfalvi 66' Bojtor 75' Horváth 78'	Stadium: Zhetysu Stadium Attendance: 5,050 Referee: Vlado Svilokos (Croatia)

28 June 2008 Second leg	Budapest Honvéd	4–2 (6–3 agg.)	Zhetysu	Budapest, Hungary
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Genito 26', 38' Smiljanić 45' Guié 53' Rigonato 56' Ivancsics 81' Bojtor 90'	Report	Kiselyov 52', 74', 70' Mamonov 64' Krutskevich 85'	Stadium: Bozsik Stadion Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Veaceslav Banari (Moldova)
Note: Budapest Honvéd won 6–3 on aggregate.

Second round

5 July 2008 First leg	Teplice	1–3	Budapest Honvéd	Teplice, Czech Republic
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lukáš 58', 90+2'	Report	Vincze 10' Hercegfalvi 35', 90' Guié 81' Dieng 90' Benjamin Angoua 90+1'	Stadium: Na Stínadlech Attendance: 3,050 Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)

12 July 2008 Second leg	Budapest Honvéd	0–2 (3–3 agg.)	Teplice	Budapest, Hungary
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Benjamin Angoua 69' Vincze 90'	Report	Jun 68' Rosa 72'	Stadium: Bozsik Stadion Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Garðar Hinriksson (Iceland)
Note: 3–3 on aggregate. Budapest Honvéd won on away goals.

Third round

19 July 2008 First leg	Sturm Graz	0–0	Budapest Honvéd	Graz, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: UPC-Arena Attendance: 5,830 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

26 July 2008 Second leg	Budapest Honvéd	1–2 (1–2 agg.)	Sturm Graz	Budapest, Hungary
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Smiljanić 8' Ndjodo 12' Filó 38' Maróti 45' Rabóczki 63' Takács 73' Vincze 90'	Report	Beichler 72' Haas 77'	Stadium: Bozsik Stadion Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Alan Kelly (England)
Note: Sturm Graz won 2–1 on aggregate.

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Nemzeti Bajnokság I		Magyar Kupa		Ligakupa		UEFA Intertoto Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	HUN	Iván Tóth	20	0	10	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
2	DF	HUN	Géza Fazakas	12	0	4	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
3	FW	HUN	Norbert Palásthy	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	SRB	Mićo Smiljanić	44	6	25	1	10	2	4	1	5	2
5	DF	CIV	Benjamin Angoua	27	0	14	0	7	0	4	0	2	0
6	DF	HUN	Tamás Filó	48	2	21	0	9	1	12	1	6	0
7	FW	HUN	Roland Vólent	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	FW	SRB	Nemanja Arsenijević	24	10	5	0	5	1	14	9	0	0
9	MF	HUN	Attila Dobos	48	2	25	0	8	0	10	2	5	0
14	DF	HUN	András Debreceni	40	0	21	0	10	0	8	0	1	0
16	DF	CRO	Davor Magoč	22	0	9	0	2	0	11	0	0	0
17	MF	SEN	Abass Cheikh Dieng	55	9	28	2	10	3	11	3	6	1
18	FW	CIV	Abraham Gneki Guié	37	15	17	4	9	5	6	4	5	2
19	MF	BRA	Diego Rigonato	41	7	25	4	7	0	7	3	2	0
21	FW	HUN	Zoltán Hercegfalvi	48	21	28	14	7	1	7	4	6	2
22	MF	SRB	Nenad Stojaković	38	5	19	1	7	1	12	3	0	0
23	DF	HUN	Zoltán Vincze	25	0	13	0	4	0	3	0	5	0
24	MF	HUN	László Horváth	8	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	2	0
25	DF	MNE	Marko Simić	7	1	3	0	0	0	4	1	0	0
26	MF	HUN	Patrik Hidi	17	1	9	1	0	0	8	0	0	0
27	MF	BRA	Guilherme Moreira	36	8	19	2	9	4	8	2	0	0
28	MF	HUN	Béla Maróti	37	1	21	1	4	0	8	0	4	0
29	DF	HUN	Ákos Takács	32	0	17	0	4	0	5	0	6	0
30	DF	ZAM	Misheck Lungu	19	0	11	0	5	0	3	0	0	0
55	DF	SRB	Dragan Vukmir	18	0	10	0	5	0	3	0	0	0
79	MF	MOZ	Genito	28	2	18	1	3	0	2	0	5	1
99	GK	HUN	Balázs Rabóczki	40	0	21	0	10	0	3	0	6	0
Youth players:
3	DF	HUN	Máté Madar	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
4	MF	HUN	Zoltán Tóth	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
5	MF	HUN	Adrián Horváth	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
11	GK	HUN	Gergely Juhász	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	HUN	Richárd Horváth	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
12	MF	HUN	Csaba Varga	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
13	FW	HUN	Ferenc Kocsis	7	2	2	0	0	0	5	2	0	0
15	MF	HUN	Attila Fritz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	HUN	Attila Vasas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	HUN	Gergő Tárkányi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
18	DF	HUN	Márkó Sós	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	PER	Paulo Albarracín	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
32	MF	BRA	Paulo Renato	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
36	DF	HUN	Botond Baráth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
71	MF	HUN	Armand Nagy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
90	GK	HUN	Roland Kunsági	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Players loaned out (for fall):
70	MF	MEX	José Manuel Rivera	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Players loaned out (for spring):
7	MF	HUN	Gellért Ivancsics	21	2	9	0	2	0	5	2	5	0
11	FW	HUN	Róbert Zsolnai	7	1	2	0	1	1	2	0	2	0
Players loaned out (for full season):
8	FW	HUN	László Bojtor	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
25	FW	CMR	Edouard Ndjodo	9	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
27	FW	HUN	Gábor Koós	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players left the club (from summer):
Players left the club (from winter):
79	DF	LBR	George Gebro	10	1	3	0	1	0	4	1	2	0

Top scorers[edit]

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

Position	Number	Name	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	Magyar Kupa	Ligakupa	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Total
1	21	Zoltán Hercegfalvi	14	1	4	2	21
2	18	Abraham Gneki Guié	4	5	4	2	15
3	8	Nemanja Arsenijević	0	1	9	0	10
4	17	Abass Cheikh Dieng	2	3	3	1	9
5	27	Guilherme Moreira	2	4	2	0	8
6	19	Diego Rigonato	4	0	3	0	7
7	4	Mićo Smiljanić	1	2	1	2	6
8	22	Nenad Stojaković	1	1	3	0	5
9	6	Tamás Filó	0	1	1	0	2
	7	Gellért Ivancsics	0	0	2	0	2
	8	László Bojtor	0	0	0	2	2
	9	Attila Dobos	0	0	2	0	2
	13	Ferenc Kocsis	0	0	2	0	2
	79	Genito	1	0	0	1	2
15	11	Róbert Zsolnai	0	1	0	0	1
	25	Marko Simić	0	0	1	0	1
	26	Patrik Hidi	1	0	0	0	1
	28	Béla Maróti	1	0	0	0	1
	79	George Gebro	0	0	1	0	1
		Own Goals	0	0	0	0	0
		TOTALS	31	19	38	10	98

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Round
Zoltán Hercegfalvi	DVTK	3–1 (H)	8 August 2008	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	3
Zoltán Hercegfalvi	Kecskemét	5–3 (H)	22 November 2008	Ligakupa	6

Disciplinary record[edit]

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		Ligakupa		UEFA Intertoto Cup		Total (Hu Total)
DF		2	Géza Fazakas	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3 (1)	1 (1)
DF		4	Mićo Smiljanić	4	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	9 (4)	0 (0)
MF		4	Zoltán Tóth	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1 (0)	0 (0)
DF		5	Benjamin Angoua	2	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	6 (2)	2 (1)
DF		6	Tamás Filó	3	1	5	0	1	1	1	0	10 (3)	2 (1)
FW		7	Roland Vólent	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0 (0)
MF		7	Gellért Ivancsics	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	5 (2)	0 (0)
FW		8	Nemanja Arsenijević	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3 (2)	0 (0)
MF		9	Attila Dobos	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3 (3)	0 (0)
FW		13	Ferenc Kocsis	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0 (0)	1 (0)
DF		14	András Debreceni	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	8 (5)	0 (0)
DF		16	Davor Magoč	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0 (0)
MF		17	Abass Cheikh Dieng	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3 (3)	0 (0)
MF		18	Paulo Albarracín	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0 (0)	1 (0)
MF		19	Diego Rigonato	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	5 (2)	0 (0)
FW		21	Zoltán Hercegfalvi	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	4 (2)	1 (0)
MF		22	Nenad Stojaković	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2 (1)	0 (0)
DF		23	Zoltán Vincze	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	6 (3)	0 (0)
MF		24	László Horváth	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1 (0)	1 (0)
DF		25	Marko Simić	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0 (0)
FW		25	Edouard Ndjodo	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1 (0)	0 (0)
MF		26	Patrik Hidi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0 (0)
MF		28	Béla Maróti	3	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	8 (3)	1 (1)
DF		29	Ákos Takács	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	4 (2)	1 (0)
DF		30	Misheck Lungu	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	4 (2)	1 (1)
DF		55	Dragan Vukmir	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3 (2)	0 (0)
MF		79	Genito	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	7 (5)	0 (0)
DF		79	George Gebro	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (2)	0 (0)
GK		99	Balázs Rabóczki	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2 (1)	0 (0)
			TOTALS	54	5	17	2	17	5	16	0	104 (54)	12 (5)

Clean sheets[edit]

Position	Number	Name	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	Magyar Kupa	Ligakupa	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Total
1	99	Balázs Rabóczki	5	5	0	1	11
2	1	Iván Tóth	2	0	1	0	3
3	90	Roland Kunsági	0	0	1	0	1
4	11	Gergely Juhász	0	0	0	0	0
		TOTALS	7	5	2	1	15

References[edit]

^ "Szerződést bontott Pölöskei Gábor a Honvéddal". mlsz.hu (in hungarian). 23 February 2009.
^ "Sisa Tibor lett a Honvéd edzője". mlsz.hu (in hungarian). 25 February 2009.
^ "Rabóczki Balázs a Honvédhoz igazolt". bringahirado.hu (in hungarian). 6 June 2008.
^ "Nyíregyháza: hazajött Bárányos Zsolt, és aláírt a csapathoz". nso.hu (in hungarian). 22 June 2008.
^ "Pécs: Szalai Tamás és Berdó Balázs egy plusz egy évre írt alá". sporthirado.hu (in hungarian). 15 July 2008.
^ "Túlórában verte ki a Honvéd a Turát". sporthirado.hu (in hungarian). 3 September 2008.
^ "A Honvéd is a negyeddöntőben van". nso.hu (in hungarian). 21 October 2008.
^ "Ligakupa: a Budapest Honvéd kiütötte a rákospalotaiakat". nso.hu (in hungarian). 29 October 2008.
^ "Ligakupa: a Budapest Honvéd döntetlent játszott Fehérváron". nso.hu (in hungarian). 6 November 2008.
^ "Ligakupa: Négygólos Hovéd-siker Baktalórántházán". origo.hu (in hungarian). 11 November 2008.
^ "Ligakupa: a Honvéd sikerével visszaelőzte a Fradit". nso.hu (in hungarian). 22 November 2008.
^ "A Honvéd nem bírt hazai pályán a Fehérvárral, amely így továbbjutott". nso.hu (in hungarian). 7 February 2009.
^ "Ligakupa: légiósai góljaival nyert 5-1-re a Honvéd". nso.hu (in hungarian). 14 February 2009.
^ "Ligakupa: Kiütötte a Honvéd a Vasast". origo.hu (in hungarian). 5 March 2009.
^ "Berdó gólja győzelmet ért a Honvéd ellen a Ligakupában". pecsiujsag.hu (in hungarian). 30 March 2009.
^ "Munkás-öröm, Honvéd-bánat: a Pécs lesz a Fehérvár ellenfele a döntőben". nso.hu (in hungarian). 9 April 2009.

External links[edit]

[table_note_res_EL30.45942747567754-6] Budapest Honvéd won the 2008–09 Hungarian Cup and thereby qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

[1] "Szerződést bontott Pölöskei Gábor a Honvéddal". mlsz.hu (in hungarian). 23 February 2009.

[2] "Sisa Tibor lett a Honvéd edzője". mlsz.hu (in hungarian). 25 February 2009.

[3] "Rabóczki Balázs a Honvédhoz igazolt". bringahirado.hu (in hungarian). 6 June 2008.

[4] "Nyíregyháza: hazajött Bárányos Zsolt, és aláírt a csapathoz". nso.hu (in hungarian). 22 June 2008.

[5] "Pécs: Szalai Tamás és Berdó Balázs egy plusz egy évre írt alá". sporthirado.hu (in hungarian). 15 July 2008.

[7] "Túlórában verte ki a Honvéd a Turát". sporthirado.hu (in hungarian). 3 September 2008.

[8] "A Honvéd is a negyeddöntőben van". nso.hu (in hungarian). 21 October 2008.

[9] "Ligakupa: a Budapest Honvéd kiütötte a rákospalotaiakat". nso.hu (in hungarian). 29 October 2008.

[10] "Ligakupa: a Budapest Honvéd döntetlent játszott Fehérváron". nso.hu (in hungarian). 6 November 2008.

[11] "Ligakupa: Négygólos Hovéd-siker Baktalórántházán". origo.hu (in hungarian). 11 November 2008.

[12] "Ligakupa: a Honvéd sikerével visszaelőzte a Fradit". nso.hu (in hungarian). 22 November 2008.

[13] "A Honvéd nem bírt hazai pályán a Fehérvárral, amely így továbbjutott". nso.hu (in hungarian). 7 February 2009.

[14] "Ligakupa: légiósai góljaival nyert 5-1-re a Honvéd". nso.hu (in hungarian). 14 February 2009.

[15] "Ligakupa: Kiütötte a Honvéd a Vasast". origo.hu (in hungarian). 5 March 2009.

[16] "Berdó gólja győzelmet ért a Honvéd ellen a Ligakupában". pecsiujsag.hu (in hungarian). 30 March 2009.

[17] "Munkás-öröm, Honvéd-bánat: a Pécs lesz a Fehérvár ellenfele a döntőben". nso.hu (in hungarian). 9 April 2009.

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