2015–16 Szombathelyi Haladás season

The 2015–16 season will be Szombathelyi Haladás's 60th competitive season, 8th consecutive season in the OTP Bank Liga and 96th year in existence as a football club.

Szombathelyi Haladás

2015–16 season
Chairman	Béla Illés
Manager	Géza Mészöly
NB 1	5th
Hungarian Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Márió Németh (7) Bálint Gaál (7) All: Bálint Gaál (9)
Highest home attendance	4,395 vs Ferencváros (19 July 2015)
Lowest home attendance	1,117 vs Vasas (6 April 2016)
Home colours Away colours

Players

As of 20 January 2014. 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 Gábor Király 3 DF  HUN Zoltán Fehér 4 DF  HUN Gábor Jánvári 6 DF  BEL Stef Wils 7 MF  HUN Gergő Gyürki 8 MF  HUN Ádám Dudás 10 FW  ITA Leandro Martínez 11 FW  AUS David Williams 14 MF  HUN Bálint Gaál 15 MF  HUN Bence Iszlai 17 MF  HUN Patrik Nagy 20 MF  BEL Thomas Wils 23 DF  HUN Szabolcs Schimmer 24 DF  HUN Zsolt Angyal

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 MF  CRO Ante Batarelo 26 DF  HUN Márk Jagodics 27 MF  HUN Lóránt Kovács 31 MF  HUN Márió Németh 35 DF  HUN Predrag Bošnjak 44 GK  HUN Márton Gyurján 66 GK  HUN Dániel Rózsa 70 FW  HUN Roland Ugrai 77 FW  HUN Zoltán Medgyes 79 MF  HUN Péter Halmosi (captain) 80 MF  HUN Balázs Petró 89 FW  ROU Sasa Popin 90 DF  HUN Máté Katona

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 — GK  HUN Gábor Király (from Fulham F.C.) — DF  HUN Predrag Bošnjak (from Ferencvárosi TC) — DF  HUN Martin Zsirai (return loan from FC Ajka) — DF  BEL Stef Wils (from Cercle Bruges) — DF  ITA Raffaele Alcibiade (from Budapest Honvéd) — DF  HUN Márk Farkas (return loan from Várda SE) — MF  UKR Andriy Efremov (return loan from TJ OFC Gabčíkovo) — MF  HUN Olivér Nagy (return loan from FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț) — MF  HUN Kornél Kulcsár (return loan from Mezőkövesd-Zsóry SE) — MF  HUN András Gosztonyi (from Diósgyőri VTK) — MF  BEL Thomas Wils (from Lierse S.K.) — MF  CRO Ante Batarelo (from Balmazújvárosi FC) — FW  HUN Zoltán Medgyes (return loan from Mezőkövesd-Zsóry SE) — FW  HUN Roland Ugrai (from Ferencvárosi TC) — FW  ROU Sasa Popin (to Lombard-Pápa TFC)

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 — GK  ROU Laurențiu Brănescu (loan return to Juventus FC) — GK  HUN László Gyűrű (loan to Soproni VSE) — DF   SUI Arnaud Bühler (to FC Lausanne-Sport) — DF  HUN Martin Zsirai (loan to FC Ajka) — DF  HUN János Hegedűs (loan to Budaörsi SC) — DF  HUN Máté Czingráber (to Vasas SC) — DF  HUN Péter Grabant (loan to Soproni VSE) — DF  HUN Noel Bedi (loan to Soproni VSE) — DF  HUN Márk Farkas (to Nyíregyháza Spartacus) — DF  HUN Bence Hirschler (loan to Soproni VSE) — MF  HUN Szilárd Devecseri (loan to Mezőkövesd-Zsóry SE) — DF  HUN Máté Katona (loan to Soproni VSE) — MF  ITA Andrea Mancini (to D.C. United) — MF  UKR Andriy Efremov (to free transfer) — MF  HUN Olivér Nagy (to Szigetszentmiklósi TK) — MF  HUN Kornél Kulcsár (to Várda SE) — MF  HUN Bence Grabant (loan to Soproni VSE) — MF  HUN Barnabás Rácz (loan to Soproni VSE) — MF  HUN András Jancsó (to Soproni VSE) — MF  HUN Martin Tóth (loan to Soproni VSE) — MF  HUN Barnabás Soltész (loan to Soproni VSE) — FW  ITA Tommaso Rocchi (to FC Tatabánya) — FW  HUN András Radó (to Ferencvárosi TC) — FW  HUN Olivér Tihanyi (loan to Soproni VSE) — FW  HUN Máté Dallos (loan to Soproni VSE)

Winter

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 — GK  HUN László Gyűrű (return loan from Soproni VSE) — DF  HUN Noel Bedi (return loan from Soproni VSE) — DF  HUN Bence Hirschler (return loan from Soproni VSE) — DF  HUN Máté Katona (return loan from Soproni VSE) — DF  HUN Martin Zsirai (return loan from FC Ajka) — MF  HUN Gergő Gyürki (from Pénzügyőr SE) — MF  HUN Barnabás Soltész (return loan from Soproni VSE) — MF  HUN Lóránt Kovács (from FC Universitatea Cluj) — FW  HUN Máté Dallos (return loan from Soproni VSE) — FW  AUS David Williams (from Melbourne City FC)

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 — GK  HUN Martin Gyécsek (loan to Sárvár FC) — GK  HUN László Gyűrű (to Petőházi SE) — DF  HUN Noel Bedi (loan to Sárvár FC) — DF  HUN Olivér Lempeg (loan to Sárvár FC) — DF  ITA Raffaele Alcibiade (to US Lecce) — DF  HUN Bence Hirschler (to Felsőtárkány SC) — DF  HUN Martin Zsirai (to Mosonmagyaróvári TE) — MF  HUN András Gosztonyi (to Śląsk Wrocław) — MF  HUN Barnabás Soltész (to Felsőtárkány SC) — FW  HUN Milán Török (loan to Sárvár FC) — FW  HUN Máté Dallos (to Szekszárdi UFC)

Nemzeti Bajnokság I

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Debrecen	33	14	11	8	48	34	+14	53	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4	MTK Budapest	33	14	9	10	39	37	+2	51
5	Haladás	33	13	11	9	33	37	−4	50
6	Újpest	33	11	13	9	42	37	+5	46
7	Paks	33	12	7	14	41	40	+1	43

Source: 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) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Fairplay; 9) Draw.[1]
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2015–16 Magyar Kupa, Ferencváros, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

Matches

19 July 2015 1	Haladás	0 – 2	Ferencváros	Szombathely, Vas County
18:00 CEST		(Report)	Lamah  10' Šesták  95'	Stadium: Rohonci Street Stadium Attendance: 4,395 Referee: Viktor Kassai

25 July 2015 2	Videoton	0 – 1	Haladás	Székesfehérvár, Fejér County
18:00 CEST		(Report)	Juhász R.  49' (o.g.)	Stadium: Sóstói Stadion Attendance: 1,598 Referee: Péter Solymosi

1 August 2015 3	Haladás	2 – 2	MTK	Szombathely, Vas County
18:00 CEST	Ugrai  14' Jagodics  36'	(Report)	Hrepka  50' Thiam  93'	Stadium: Rohonci Street Stadium Attendance: 3,130 Referee: Balázs Berke

9 August 2015 4	Debrecen	0 – 1	Haladás	Debrecen, Hajdú-Bihar County
20:15 CEST		(Report)	Halmosi  53'	Stadium: Nagyerdei Stadion Attendance: 3,418 Referee: István Vad

15 August 2015 5	Haladás	1 – 0	Paks	Szombathely, Vas County
18:00 CEST	Németh M.  29'	Report		Stadium: Rohonci Street Stadium Attendance: 3,148 Referee: József Erdős

22 August 2015 6	Újpest	0 – 0	Haladás	Budapest, Pest County
18:00 CEST		(Report)		Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadium Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó

29 August 2015 7	Békéscsaba	0 – 1	Haladás	Békéscsaba, Békés County
18:00 CEST		Report	Németh M.  27'	Stadium: Stadion Kórház utcai Attendance: 1,422 Referee: Balázs Berke

12 September 2015 8	Puskás Akadémia	1 – 1	Haladás	Felcsút, Fejér County
18:00 CEST	Pekár  62'	(Report)	Németh M.  28'	Stadium: Pancho Arena Attendance: 2,225 Referee: István Vad

19 September 2015 9	Haladás	0 – 0	Budapest Honvéd	Szombathely, Vas County
18:00 CEST		(Report)		Stadium: Rohonci Street Stadium Attendance: 3,439 Referee: Ádám Farkas

26 September 2015 10	Haladás	1 – 1	Vasas	Szombathely, Vas County
18:00 CEST	Gaál B.  52'	(Report)	Kenesei  87' (pen.)	Stadium: Rohonci Street Stadium Attendance: 4,085 Referee: Péter Solymosi

3 October 2015 11	DVTK	1 – 1	Haladás	Miskolc, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County
18:00 CEST	Novothny  16'	(Report)	Németh M.  26'	Stadium: DVTK Stadion Attendance: 3,409 Referee: Zoltán Iványi

17 October 2015 12	Ferencváros	3 – 1	Haladás	Budapest, Pest County
20:30 CEST	Šesták  19' Varga R.  37' Ramírez  79'	(Report)	Nagy P.  59'	Stadium: Groupama Arena Attendance: 7,700 Referee: József Erdős

24 October 2015 13	Haladás	1 – 0	Videoton	Szombathely, Vas County
17:30 CEST	Gaál B.  24'	(Report)		Stadium: Stadion Rohonci Út Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Viktor Kassai

31 October 2015 14	MTK	0 – 1	Haladás	Budapest, Pest County
18:00 CET		(Report)	Gaál B.  75'	Stadium: Stadion Rudolf Illovszky Attendance: 714 Referee: Zoltán Iványi

2 December 2015 15	Haladás	2 – 2	Debrecen	Szombathely, Vas County
18:30 CET	Martínez  56' Németh M.  78'	(Report)	Brković  54' Gaál B.  86' (o.g.)	Stadium: Rohonci úti Stadion Attendance: 1,866 Referee: József Erdős

21 November 2015 16	Paks	2 – 0	Haladás	Paks, Tolna County
15:30 CET	Lenzsér  49' Bajner  84'	(Report)		Stadium: Stadion PSE Attendance: 1,078 Referee: István Vad

28 November 2015 17	Haladás	0 – 3	Újpest	Szombathely, Vas County
15:30 CET		(Report)	Hazard  9' Litauszki  30' Diagne  60'	Stadium: Rohonci Street Stadium Attendance: 2,817 Referee: Péter Solymosi

5 December 2015 18	Haladás	1 – 1	Békéscsaba	Szombathely, Vas County
15:30 CET	Iszlai  73'	(Report)	Calvente  66'	Stadium: Rohonci Street Stadium Attendance: 2,147 Referee: Ádám Németh

12 December 2015 19	Haladás	2 – 1	Puskás Akadémia	Szombathely, Vas County
15:30 CET	Németh M.  22' Halmosi  50'	(Report)	Lencse  41'	Stadium: Rohonci Street Stadium Attendance: 4,280 Referee: Szabolcs Szilasi

13 February 2016 20	Honvéd	0 – 1	Haladás	Budapest, Pest County
15:30 CET		(Report)	S. Wils  44'	Stadium: Bozsik Stadion Attendance: 1,570 Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó

20 February 2016 21	Vasas	1 – 0	Haladás	Budapest, Pest County
15:30 CET	Ferenczi I.  82' (pen.)	(Report)		Stadium: Stadion Rudolf Illovszky Attendance: 2,032 Referee: Ádám Németh

27 February 2015 22	Haladás	2 – 1	DVTK	Sopron, Győr-Moson-Sopron County
15:30 CET	S. Wils  32' Ugrai  92'	(Report)	Barczi  29' (pen.)	Stadium: Káposztás utcai Stadion Attendance: 2,127 Referee: József Erdős

5 March 2016 23	Videoton	2 – 1	Haladás	Felcsút, Fejér County
18:00 CEST	Simon Á.  10' Feczesin  71' (pen.)	(Report)	Popin  65'	Stadium: Pancho Arena Attendance: 1,298 Referee: István Vad

9 March 2016 24	Haladás	1 – 1	Újpest	Sopron, Győr-Moson-Sopron County
18:00 CET	Williams  11'	(Report)	Lencse  29'	Stadium: Káposztás utcai Stadion Attendance: 1,728 Referee: Zoltán Iványi

12 March 2016 25	MTK	3 – 1	Haladás	Dunaújváros, Fejér County
15:30 CET	Thiam  16' Střeštík  59'  77' (pen.)	(Report)	Ugrai  12'	Stadium: Dunaferr Arena Attendance: 348 Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó

19 March 2016 26	DVTK	3 – 0	Haladás	Miskolc, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County
15:30 CEST	Elek Á.  12'  72' Novothny  52'	(Report)		Stadium: DVTK Stadion Attendance: 3,072 Referee: Ádám Farkas

9 April 2016 27	Haladás	1 – 0	Békéscsaba	Sopron, Győr-Moson-Sopron County
18:00 CEST	Williams  56'	(Report)		Stadium: Káposztás utcai Stadion Attendance: 1,187 Referee: Ferenc Karakó

2 April 2016 28	Puskás Akadémia	1 – 1	Haladás	Felcsút, Fejér County
18:30 CEST	Márkvárt  13'	(Report)	Gaál B.  34'	Stadium: Pancho Arena Attendance: 956 Referee: Viktor Kassai

6 April 2016 29	Haladás	2 – 1	Vasas	Sopron, Győr-Moson-Sopron County
19:00 CEST	Németh M.  56' Gaál B.  63'	(Report)	Müller  37'	Stadium: Káposztás utcai Stadion Attendance: 1,117 Referee: Péter Solymosi

16 April 2016 30	Honvéd	0 – 1	Haladás	Budapest, Pest County
18:00 CEST		(Report)	Iszlai  65' (pen.)	Stadium: Bozsik Stadion Attendance: 1,447 Referee: Gergely Szőts

19 April 2016 31	Haladás	2 – 2	Debrecen	Sopron, Győr-Moson-Sopron County
18:00 CEST	Gaál B.  28' Halmosi  59'	(Report)	Jovanović  51' Takács T.  66'	Stadium: Káposztás utcai Stadion Attendance: 1,327 Referee: József Erdős

23 April 2016 32	Paks	2 – 3	Haladás	Paks, Tolna County
18:00 CEST	Gévay  27' Papp K.  78'	(Report)	T. Wils  73' Rodenbücher  83' (o.g.) Gaál B.  93'	Stadium: Stadion PSE Attendance: 1,114 Referee: Ferenc Karakó

30 April 2016 33	Haladás	0 – 1	Ferencváros	Sopron, Győr-Moson-Sopron County
16:30 CEST		(Report)	Kovács L.  31' (o.g.)	Stadium: Káposztás utcai Stadion Attendance: 4,137 Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó

Hungarian Cup

12 August 2015 Round 1	Nyúl SC	1 – 3	Haladás	Nyúl, Győr-Moson-Sopron County
18:00 CEST	Rigó  66' (pen.)	Report	Popin  28'  36' Ugrai  87'	Stadium: Nyúl SC Sporttelep Attendance: 900 Referee: Miklós Bereczki

23 September 2015 Round 2	Pénzügyőr SE	1 – 3	Haladás	Budapest, Pest County
15:00 CEST	Luczek D.  51'	Report	Iszlai  39' (pen.) Gaál B.  57' Szőke D.  92'	Stadium: Pénzügyőr SE Sporttelep Attendance: 400 Referee: József Berger

14 October 2015 Round 3	Somos SE	1 – 3	Haladás	Salgótarján, Nógrád County
14:00 CEST	Novák J.  88'	Report	Gaál B.  2' Fehér Z.  69' Nagy P.  85'	Stadium: Szojka Ferenc Stadion Attendance: 300 Referee: Ferenc Karakó

28 October 2015 Round of 16 (1st leg)	Haladás	0 – 1	Videoton FC	Szombathely, Vas County
18:00 CEST		Report	Kovács I.  54'	Stadium: Rohonci Street Stadium Attendance: 1,138 Referee: Péter Solymosi

18 November 2015 Round of 16 (2nd leg)	Videoton FC	1 – 1 (2 – 1 agg.)	Haladás	Székesfehérvár, Fejér County
20:15 CET	Feczesin  58'	Report	Ugrai  61'	Stadium: Sóstói Stadion Attendance: 1,415 Referee: Zsolt Szabó

Friendly games (2015)

26 June 2015	SV Mattersburg	3 – 1	Szombathelyi Haladás	Birkfeld, Styria
19:00 CEST (UTC+01)	F. Templ  36' (pen.) Pink  67'  73' (pen.)	(Report)	Halmosi  8'	Attendance: 350 Referee: Steindl

28 June 2015	Szombathelyi Haladás	0 – 7	FC Terek Grozny	Bad Tatzmannsdorf, Burgenland
17:00 CEST (UTC+01)		(Report)	Mitrishev  23'  25'  31' Mirzov  48' Mbengue  51'  65' Rybus  62'	Attendance: 200 Referee:

4 July 2015 Király kupa	Szombathelyi Haladás	0 – 0 (5-4 p)	Diósgyőri VTK	Szombathely, Vas County
14:00 CEST (UTC+01)		(Report)		Stadium: Király Sportlétesítmény Attendance: 800 Referee: Miklós Tuczai
	Penalties
	Gosztonyi Jancsó S. Wils Czingráber M. Török M.		Egerszegi Koman Takács T. Kovács G. Bognár I.

4 July 2015 Király kupa	Szombathelyi Haladás	0 – 1	Vasas SC	Szombathely, Vas County
19:00 CEST (UTC+01)		(Report)	Novák Cs.  12'	Stadium: Király Sportlétesítmény Attendance: 800 Referee: Csaba Pintér

7 July 2015	Szombathelyi Haladás	1 – 3	Zalaegerszegi TE	Szombathely, Vas County
18:00 CEST (UTC+01)	Popin  78'	(Report)	Szegleti G.  58' Horváth R.  60' Szöllősi F.  78'	Stadium: Rohonci Street Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee:

10 July 2015	SV Oberwart	0 – 3	Szombathelyi Haladás	Oberwart, Burgenland
19:00 CEST (UTC+01)		(Report)	Devecseri  38' Popin  41' Medgyes  58'	Attendance: 150 Referee:

11 July 2015	Szombathelyi Haladás	1 – 2	Mezőkövesd-Zsóry SE	Szombathely, Vas County
10:00 CEST (UTC+01)	Bosnjak  19'	(Report)	Máté J.  4' Tajthy  77'	Stadium: Rohonci Street Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Balázs Huszár

22 July 2015	Szombathelyi Haladás	2 – 1	BFC Siófok	Szombathely, Vas County
10:00 CEST (UTC+01)	Medgyes  42' Németh M.  47'	(Report)	Nagy J.  39' (pen.)	Stadium: Rohonci Street Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee:

3 September 2015	Szombathelyi Haladás	3 – 3	Soproni VSE	Szombathely, Vas County
16:30 CEST (UTC+01)	Popin  22' Petró B.  30' Gosztonyi  71'	(Report)	Szabó L.  23' Holdampf G.  36' Zamostny  68' (pen.)	Stadium: Rohonci Street Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Csaba Pintér

7 October 2015	FC Ajka	3 – 2	Szombathelyi Haladás	Ajka, Veszprém County
18:00 CEST (UTC+01)	Zsirai  12' Major N.  22' (pen.) Sándor I.  47'	(Report)	Popin  49' (pen.)  52'	Stadium: Ajkai Városi Szabadidő- és Sportcentrum Attendance: 300 Referee: Szabolcs Szilasi

9 October 2015	Sturm Graz	2 – 0	Szombathelyi Haladás	Graz, Austria
15:00 CEST (UTC+01)	Schick  18' Edomwonyi  47'	(Report)		Stadium: Trainingszentrum Messendorf Attendance: 300 Referee: Kolleger

13 November 2015	Soproni VSE	1 – 2	Szombathelyi Haladás	Sopron, Győr-Moson-Sopron County
11:00 CET (UTC+01)	Batizi-Pócsi B.  78'	(Report)	Gaál B.  8' Martínez  39'	Stadium: Káposztás utcai Stadion Attendance: 100 Referee: Kovács G.

Friendly games (2016)

16 January 2016	NK Ankaran	0 – 2	Szombathelyi Haladás	Ankaran, Slovene Littoral
14:00 CET (UTC+01)		(Report)	Popin  48'  60'	Attendance: 30 Referee: Antic

20 January 2016	Szombathelyi Haladás	6 – 1	FC Ajka	Szombathely, Vas County
14:30 CET (UTC+01)	Iszlai  14' (pen.) Németh M.  29' Kaufmann  48' Ugrai  68' Petró B.  80'	(Report)	Olasz D.  60'	Stadium: Illés Akadémia Attendance: 50 Referee: Bálint Juhász

24 January 2016	Szombathelyi Haladás	0 – 2	Zagłębie Lubin	Belek, Turkey
16:00 CET (UTC+01)		(Report)	Papadopulos  37' Woźniak  45'	Attendance: 50 Referee:

27 January 2016	Szombathelyi Haladás	1 – 0	FC Voluntari	Belek, Turkey
14:30 CET (UTC+01)	Gaál B.  48'	(Report)		Referee:

29 January 2016	Szombathelyi Haladás	3 – 4	LASK Linz	Belek, Turkey
13:00 CET (UTC+01)	Williams  3' Gaál B.  8' Ugrai  56'	(Report)	P. Michorl  23' R. Ranftl  35' Hinum  46' Fröschl  60'	Referee:

6 February 2016	Szombathelyi Haladás	2 – 2	FC Ajka	Bük, Vas County
10:00 CET (UTC+01)	T. Wils  10' Ugrai  90'	(Report)	Kollega K.  44'  58'	Stadium: Sportcentrum Bük Referee: Ákos Gaál

26 March 2015	Soproni VSE	0 – 1	Szombathelyi Haladás	Sopron, Győr-Moson-Sopron County
11:00 CET (UTC+01)		(Report)	Iszlai  78' (pen.)	Stadium: Káposztás utcai Stadion Attendance: 150 Referee: Pintér

References

1. "NB I. férfi felnőtt nagypályás labdarúgó bajnokság versenykiírása 2015 – 2016" (PDF) (in Hungarian). Hungarian Football Federation. p. 6. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2015.