2024–25 Puskás Akadémia FC season explained

Club:	Puskás Akadémia
Season:	2024–25
Updated:	18 August 2024
Mgrtitle:	Manager
Manager:	Zsolt Hornyák
Stadium:	Pancho Aréna
League:	Nemzeti Bajnokság I
League Result:	1st
Cup1:	Magyar Kupa
Cup1 Result:	Round of 64
Cup2:	UEFA Conference League
Cup2 Result:	Play-off round
Prevseason:	2023–24

The 2024–25 season is the 20th season in the history of Puskás Akadémia FC, and the club's eighth consecutive season in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Magyar Kupa and the UEFA Conference League.

Kits

Supplier: 2Rule^[1] / Sponsor: MBH Bank / Tippmix

Kit usage

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

Kit	Combination
		Total			Nemzeti Bajnokság I		Magyar Kupa		UEFA Conference League
		Season	Home	Away	Home	Away	Home	Away
Home	Blue shirt, blue shorts and blue socks.	3 <	--TOTAL (S)-->	1 <	--TOTAL (H)-->	2 <	--TOTAL (A)-->		UJP(1);^[3] MTK (2nd half)(4.2)^[4] ;				ARA(QR3.1)^[5]
Away	White shirt, white shorts and white socks.	3 <	--TOTAL (S)-->	3 <	--TOTAL (H)-->	<	--TOTAL (A)-->	ZAL(2);^[6] NYI(3)^[7] ;				ARA(QR3.2)^[8] ;
Third	Light blue shirt, light blue shorts and light blue socks.	1 <	--TOTAL (S)-->	1 <	--TOTAL (H)-->	<	--TOTAL (A)-->	MTK (1st half)(4.1)^[9] ;
Goalkeeper^1	Black shirt, black shorts and black socks.	1 <	--TOTAL (S)-->	1 <	--TOTAL (H)-->	<	--TOTAL (A)-->	MTK (1st half)(4.1)
Goalkeeper^2	Light blue shirt, light blue shorts and light blue socks.	6 <	--TOTAL (S)-->	4 <	--TOTAL (H)-->	2 <	--TOTAL (A)-->	ZAL(2); NYI(3);	UJP(1); MTK (2nd half)(4.2)			ARA(QR3.2);	ARA(QR3.1);
Goalkeeper^3	Orange shirt, orange shorts and orange socks.	<	--TOTAL (S)-->	<	--TOTAL (H)-->	<	--TOTAL (A)-->

ARA: Ararat-Armenia; DIO: Diósgyőr; KEC: Kecskemét; MTK: MTK Budapest; NYI: Nyíregyháza; UJP: Újpest; ZAL: Zalaegerszeg;

In Round 4 of Nemzeti Bajnokság, opponent MTK, Puskás Akadémia has changed its kit after the first half.^{[10] [9]}

First team squad

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Transfers

Summer

In:Out:

Out on loan

Sources:^{[12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]}

Friendlies

Pre-season

Competitions

Nemzeti Bajnokság I

See main article: 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság I.

Matches

The match schedule was released on 20 June 2024.^[21]

Source:^[22]

Results overview

All results are indicated from the perspective of Puskás Akadémia FC.
We indicate in parentheses the number of round.

Opposition	Home score	Away score	Double
Debrecen	bgcolor=	–	bgcolor=	–	–
Diósgyőr	bgcolor=	–	bgcolor=	–	–
Fehérvár	bgcolor=	–	bgcolor=	–	–
Ferencváros	bgcolor=	–	bgcolor=	–	–
Győr	bgcolor=	–	– (5)	–
Kecskemét	bgcolor=	–	bgcolor=	–	–
MTK	1–0 (4)	bgcolor=	–	1–0
Nyíregyháza	3–1 (3)	bgcolor=	–	3–1
Paks	bgcolor=	–	bgcolor=	– (6)	–
Újpest	bgcolor=	–	2–1 (1)	2–1
Zalaegerszeg	2–1 (2)	bgcolor=	–	2–1

Magyar Kupa

See main article: 2024–25 Magyar Kupa.

UEFA Conference League

See main article: 2024–25 UEFA Conference League.

Second qualifying round

The draw was held on 19 June 2024.

Third qualifying round

The draw was held on 22 July 2024.Puskás Akadémia won 4–3 on aggregate.

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2024.

Squad statistics

Keys

Rk.	Rank	No.	Squad number	Pos.	Position
Opponent	The opponent team without a flag is Hungarian.			(N)	The game was played at a neutral site.
(H)	Puskás Akadémia FC were the home team.			(A)	Puskás Akadémia FC were the away team.
Player	Young Hungarian Player, who is a Hungarian player and was born 2004 or after
Player^*	Player who joined Puskás Akadémia FC permanently or on loan during the season
Player^†	Player who departed Puskás Akadémia FC permanently or on loan during the season

Appearances

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.

			Player	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	Magyar Kupa	Conference League	Season total
Goalkeepers
24	GK		Tamás Markek	1	0	0	1
72	GK		Bendegúz Lehoczki	0	0	0	0
91	GK		Ármin Pécsi	2	0	2	4
Defenders
14	DF		Wojciech Golla	3	0	2	5
17	DF		Patrizio Stronati	3	0	2	5
22	DF		Roland Szolnoki (c)	2	0	2	4
23	DF		Quentin Maceiras	3	0	2	5
25	DF		Zsolt Nagy	3	0	2	5
31	DF		Zsombor Bévárdi	0	0	0	0
33	DF		Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill	2+1	0	2	4+1
55	DF		Viktor Vitályos	0	0	0	0
66	DF		Ákos Markgráf	1+1	0	0	1+1
76	DF		Barna Pál	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
8	MF		Dominik Kocsis	0	0	0	0
11	MF		Artem Tyshchuk	0	0	0	0
15	MF		Jakub Plšek	2+1	0	2	4+1
16	MF		Urho Nissilä	3	0	2	5
19	MF		Artem Favorov	1+1	0	0+2	1+3
88	MF		Bence Vékony	0+2	0	0	0+2
Forwards
7	FW		György Komáromi	1+2	0	0+1	1+3
9	FW		Lamin Colley	2+1	0	2	4+1
10	FW		Jonathan Levi	1+1	0	0+2	1+3
20	FW		Mikael Soisalo	2+1	0	2	4+1
21	FW		Jakov Puljić	1+2	0	0+2	1+4
71	FW		Kevin Mondovics	0	0	0	0
Players who departed the club on loan but featured this season
Players who left the club during the season

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

Goal scorers

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.

				Player	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	Magyar Kupa	Conference League	Season total
1	9	FW			2	0	0	2
	15	MF			2 (1)	0	0	2 (1)
	25	DF			1	0	2	3
2	7	FW			1	0	0	1
	10	FW			1	0	0	1
	19	MF			0	0	1	1
	20	FW			0	0	1	1
				Opponent Own goal	0	0	0	0
Total					7	0	4	11

Assists

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.

				Player	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	Magyar Kupa	Conference League	Season total
1	25	DF			2	0	0	2
2	7	FW			1	0	0	1
	10	FW			0	0	1	1
	14	DF			1	0	0	1
	16	MF			1	0	0	1
	20	FW			0	0	1	1
Total					5	0	2	7

Clean sheets

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
		Goalkeeper	Games Played	Goals Against	Goals Against Average	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	Magyar Kupa	Conference League	Season total
24		Tamás Markek	1	1	1.00	0	0	0	0
91		Ármin Pécsi	4	5	1.25	0	0	1	1
Total				6		0	0	1	1

Disciplinary record

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.

				Player	Nemzeti Bajnokság I			Magyar Kupa			Conference League			Season total
1	22	DF		Roland Szolnoki<	--NB I-->	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0
2	19	MF		Artem Favorov<	--NB I-->	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	23	DF		Quentin Maceiras<	--NB I-->	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	33	DF		Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill<	--NB I-->	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
3	7	FW		György Komáromi<	--NB I-->	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	9	FW		Lamin Colley<	--NB I-->	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	16	MF		Urho Nissilä<	--NB I-->	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	25	DF		Zsolt Nagy<	--NB I-->	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	Total<					--NB I-->	7	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	13	0	0

Captains

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.

				Player	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	Magyar Kupa	Conference League	Season total
1	22	DF			2	0	2	4
2	25	DF			1	0	0	1
Total					3	0	2	5

Attendances

Home stadium: Pancho Aréna, Felcsút – Capacity: 3,865

League
	3	3,460	1,153	29.8%	1,321	34.2%	921	23.8%
	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
	1	1,280	1,280	33.1%	1,280	33.1%	1,280	33.1%
Total	4	4,740	1,185	30.6%	1,321	34.2%	921	23.8%

Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Round	Date	Opponent	Attendances
			1,321	34.2%
			921	23.8%
			1,218	31.5%
Total			3,460	—
Average			1,153	29.8%

UEFA Conference League

Round	Date	Opponent	Attendances
			1,280	33.1%
Total			1,280	—
Average			1,280	33.1%

Awards and nominations

Keys

M	Matches	W	Won	D	Drawn	L	Lost
Pts	Points	GF	Goals for	GA	Goals against	GD	Goal difference
Pos.	Position	Pld	Played	G	Goals	A	Assists
(H)	Puskás Akadémia FC were the home team.			(A)	Puskás Akadémia FC were the away team.
Player	Young Hungarian Player, who is a Hungarian player and was born 2004 or after
Player^*	Player who joined Puskás Akadémia FC permanently or on loan during the season
Player^†	Player who departed Puskás Akadémia FC permanently or on loan during the season

Weekly awards

Player of the Round

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

Round	Opponent		Player	Round Selection
				Nemzeti Sport	Csakfoci
Round 2	Zalaegerszeg (H)	DF	Zsolt Nagy				^[24]
Round 3	Nyíregyháza (H)	DF	Zsolt Nagy				^[25]
Round 4	MTK Budapest (H)	GK	Tamás Markek				^[26]
		DF	Artem Favorov
		FW	Jonathan Levi

Goal of the Round

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

External links

• Puskás Akadémia FC Official Website
• Puskás Akadémia FC on UEFA Conference League site
• Sofascore
• Worldfootball fixtures and results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vadonatúj szerelésben a Puskás . 22 July 2024 . puskasakademia.hu . Puskás Akadémia FC Official Website . hu.
2. https://www.flickr.com/photos/puskasakademia/albums Puskás Akadémia FC Photo Galleries
3. https://m4sport.hu/video/2024/07/28/ujpest-puskas-akademia-1-2/ NB I, Round 1: Újpest vs PAFC match video – M4 Sport
4. https://m4sport.hu/video/2024/08/18/puskas-akademia-mtk-1-0 NB I, Round 4: PAFC vs MTK video summary – M4 Sport
5. https://m4sport.hu/videok/ararat-armenia-puskas-akademia-0-1 Conference League, Qualification Round 3: Ararat-Armenia vs PAFC video summary – M4 Sport
6. https://m4sport.hu/video/2024/08/04/puskas-akademia-fc-zte-fc-2-1 NB I, Round 2: PAFC vs Zalaegerszeg match video – M4 Sport
7. https://m4sport.hu/video/2024/08/11/puskas-akademia-nyiregyhaza-3-1 NB I, Round 3: PAFC vs Nyíregyháza video summary – M4 Sport
8. https://www.flickr.com/photos/puskasakademia/albums/72177720319563692/with/53926475873 Conference League, Qualification Round 3: PAFC vs Ararat-Armenia Photo Gallery – Flickr
9. https://www.flickr.com/photos/puskasakademia/albums/72177720319636293/ NB I, Round 4: PAFC vs MTK Photo Gallery – Flickr
10. Web site: NB I, Round 4: Paks vs Nyíregyháza kit changed after first half – M4 Sport . m4sport.hu . M4 Sport . 18 August 2024 . hu.
11. Web site: Ferencváros squad . 2 August 2024 . Puskás Akadémia FC.
12. Web site: Átigazolásfigyelő, 2024–25 . 24 May 2024 . 2 August 2024 . www.nemzetisport.hu . Nemzeti Sport . hu.
13. Web site: Batik Bence búcsúzik . 12 June 2024 . puskasakademia.hu . Puskás Akadémia FC Official Website . hu.
14. Web site: Bakti kölcsönjátékosként a kék-fehéreknél . 24 June 2024 . puskasakademia.hu . Puskás Akadémia FC Official Website . hu.
15. Web site: Elköszönünk fiatal középpályásunktól . 14 June 2024 . puskasakademia.hu . Puskás Akadémia FC Official Website . hu.
16. Web site: Ciprusra igazolt a Puskás Akadémiától távozó középpályás . 9 July 2024 . nemzetisport.hu . Nemzeti Sport . hu.
17. Web site: Farkas újabb egy évig Nyíregyházán . 19 July 2024 . puskasakademia.hu . Puskás Akadémia FC Official Website . hu.
18. Web site: Posztobányi Mezőkövesden folytatja . 20 July 2024 . puskasakademia.hu . Puskás Akadémia FC Official Website . hu.
19. Web site: Ominger egy évig Fehérváron . 23 July 2024 . puskasakademia.hu . Puskás Akadémia FC Official Website . hu.
20. Web site: Dusinszki Szabolcs visszatért . 24 July 2024 . aqvitalfc.hu . Aquvital FC Official Website . hu.
21. Web site: Debrecenben kezdi az NB I-es idényt a bajnok Ferencváros – Itt a teljes program . nemzetisport.hu . Nemzeti Sport . 20 June 2024 . hu.
22. Web site: MLSZ Adatbank . 20 June 2024 . mlsz.hu . Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség – Adatbank (Hungarian Football Federation) . hu.
23. Web site: NB I, Round 3: Puskás Akadémia vs Nyíregyháza – Puskás Akadémia FC . puskasakademia.hu . Puskás Akadémia FC Official Website . 11 August 2024 . hu.
24. Web site: Hat csapat is ad játékost a forduló válogatottjába . csakfoci.hu . Csakfoci . 5 August 2024 . hu.
25. Web site: Grzelak a Fradiból és a Lokiból is kapott játékost a forduló válogatottjába . csakfoci.hu . Csakfoci . 12 August 2024 . hu.
26. Web site: Két Fradi-játékos is van Hornyák csapatában . csakfoci.hu . Csakfoci . 19 August 2024 . hu.