2007–08 MTK Budapest FC season

MTK 2007–08 football season

MTK

2007–08 season

Chairman

Gábor Várszegi

Manager

József Garami

Stadium

Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion

Nemzeti Bajnokság I

1st

Magyar Kupa

Round of 32

Ligakupa

Autumn season: Group stage
Spring season: Semi-finals

UEFA Cup

First qualifying round

Home colours

Away colours

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The 2007–08 season was Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre Budapest Futball Club's 99th competitive season, 13th consecutive season in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I and 119th year in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, MTK participated in that season's editions of the Magyar Kupa, the Ligakupa and the UEFA Cup.

Squad

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	Zoltán Végh
2	MF	HUN	Máté Pátkai
3	DF	HUN	Adrián Szekeres
4	DF	HUN	Dániel Vadnai
6	MF	HUN	Ádám Szabó
7	FW	HUN	Tamás Kulcsár
8	MF	HUN	Tamás Kecskés
9	FW	HUN	András Pál
11	MF	HUN	István Ladóczki
12	FW	HUN	László Lencse
13	FW	HUN	Ádám Hrepka
15	DF	HUN	Levente Horváth


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	HUN	Ádám Pintér
17	MF	HUN	László Zsidai
18	DF	HUN	Endre Bajúsz
19	MF	HUN	József Kanta
20	DF	SRB	Mladen Lambulić
22	DF	HUN	István Rodenbücher
24	DF	HUN	Zoltán Pollák
25	FW	HUN	Attila Simon
26	GK	HUN	Péter Gulácsi
28	FW	HUN	Gábor Urbán
29	GK	HUN	Zoltán Szatmári

Source: ^[1]

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	23 July 2007	1 June 2008	Matchday 1	Winners	30	20	6	4	67	23	+44	066.67
Magyar Kupa	26 September 2007	26 September 2007	Round of 32	Round of 32	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Ligakupa (Autumn season)	15 August 2007	10 October 2007	Group stage	Group stage	6	2	1	3	8	9	−1	033.33
Ligakupa (Spring season)	1 December 2007	23 April 2008	Group stage	Semi-finals	10	6	3	1	23	9	+14	060.00
UEFA Cup	19 July 2007	2 August 2007	First qualifying round	First qualifying round	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
Total					49	29	11	9	100	43	+57	059.18

Source: Competitions

Nemzeti Bajnokság I

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	MTK (C)	30	20	6	4	67	23	+44	66	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Debrecen	30	19	7	4	67	29	+38	64	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Győr	30	16	10	4	64	35	+29	58	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4	Újpest	30	16	7	7	58	40	+18	55
5	Fehérvár	30	17	3	10	48	32	+16	54

Source: soccerway.com
(C) Champions

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
30	20	6	4	67	23	+44	66	9	4	2	33	14	+19	11	2	2	34	9	+25

Source: Hungarian Football Federation

Matches

MTK v Fehérvár

23 July 2007 1	MTK	2–0	Fehérvár	Budapest
	Bori 52' Urbán 60'	Report		Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Referee: Ferenc Bede

Paks v MTK

28 July 2007 2	Paks	1–4	MTK	Paks
	Márkus 2'	Report	Pátkai 9' Kanta 75' Zsidai 82' Hrepka 90+2'	Stadium: Fehérvári úti Stadion Referee: Csaba Imre Sápi

MTK v Újpest

6 August 2007 3	MTK	0–0	Újpest	Budapest
		Report		Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Referee: Viktor Kassai

Diósgyőr v MTK

10 August 2007 4	Diósgyőr	2–2	MTK	Miskolc
	Carr 30' Elek 90+2'	Report	Urbán 45', 55'	Stadium: Diósgyőri Stadion Referee: Tamás Arany

MTK v Debrecen

17 August 2007 5	MTK	3–2	Debrecen	Budapest
	Kanta 20' Urbán 67' Kulcsár 72'	Report	Rudolf 40' Kouemaha 45'	Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó

Siófok v MTK

25 August 2007 6	Siófok	1–1	MTK	Siófok
	Fülöp 27'	Report	J. Kanta 68'	Stadium: Révész Géza utcai Stadion Referee: Csaba Imre Sápi

MTK v Zalaegerszeg

3 September 2007 7	MTK	4–1	Zalaegerszeg	Budapest
	Urbán 22' Kulcsár 37' Bori 75', 75' Kanta 85' Szabó 90'	Report	Pekič 13' Vulin 40' P. Máté I 41'	Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Referee: Ferenc Bede

MTK v Győr

17 September 2007 8	MTK	2–2	Győr	Budapest
	Lambulić 17' Szabó 50'	Report	Nikolov 44' Brnović 82'	Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Referee: Tamás Bognár

Kaposvár v MTK

22 September 2007 9	Kaposvár	0–3	MTK	Kaposvár
		Report	Urbán 19' Kanta 36' Lambulić 52'	Stadium: Rákóczi Stadion Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó

MTK v Honvéd

1 October 2007 10	MTK	1–2	Honvéd	Budapest
	Bori 24'	Report	Guié 5' Dieng 65'	Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Referee: Ferenc Bede

Vasas v MTK

8 October 2007 11	Vasas	0–3	MTK	Budapest
		Report	Kulcsár 9', 41' Pátkai 62'	Stadium: Illovszky Rudolf Stadion Referee: Mihály Fábián

MTK v Nyíregyháza

22 October 2007 12	MTK	2–0	Nyíregyháza	Budapest
	Bori 43' Szabó 50'	Report		Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Referee: Tamás Bognár

Tatabánya v MTK

3 November 2007 13	Tatabánya	1–3	MTK	Tatabánya
	Caugherty 64'	Report	Pátkai 10' Pintér 80' Urbán 82'	Stadium: Stadion Városi Referee: Szabolcs Szilasi

MTK v Rákospalota

12 November 2007 14	MTK	3–0	Rákospalota	Budapest
	Pátkai 17' Zsidai 21' Pál 60' Bori 70'	Report	Madar 14' Pusztai 83'	Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Attendance: 500^[2] Referee: Ferenc Bede

Sopron v MTK

29 November 2007 15	Sopron	1–5	MTK	Sopron
	C. Galliano 32' Tchana 45' Fehér 60'	Report	Urbán 13', 20', 66', 90+1' C. Galliano 75' (o.g.)	Stadium: Káposztás utcai Stadion Referee: István Mészáros

Fehérvár v MTK

25 February 2008 16	Fehérvár	1–0	MTK	Székesfehérvár
	Sitku 33'	Report		Stadium: Sóstói Stadion Referee: Péter Solymosi

MTK v Paks

1 March 2008 17	MTK	1–1	Paks	Budapest
	Kanta 78'	Report	Báló 28'	Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Referee: Viktor Kassai

Újpest v MTK

8 March 2008 18	Újpest	1–3	MTK	Budapest
	Ebala 51'	Report	Lambulić 29' Kanta 68', 71'	Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadion Referee: Zsolt Szabó

MTK v Diósgyőr

17 March 2008 19	MTK	1–1	Diósgyőr	Budapest
	Kanta 55'	Report	Honma 90'	Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Referee: Tamás Bognár

Debrecen v MTK

22 March 2008 20	Debrecen	0–2	MTK	Debrecen
		Report	Pál 78' Pollák 88'	Stadium: Oláh Gábor utcai Stadion Referee: Viktor Kassai

MTK v Siófok

29 March 2008 21	MTK	3–0	Siófok	Budapest
	Urbán 23', 77' Lambulić 56'	Report		Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Referee: Szabolcs Szilasi

Zalaegerszeg v MTK

4 April 2008 22	Zalaegerszeg	0–1	MTK	Zalaegerszeg
	B. Molnár 65'	Report	Hrepka 14' Á. Pintér II 37' Pál 55' Pollák 57'	Stadium: ZTE Arena Referee: Ferenc Bede

Győr v MTK

12 April 2008 23	Győr	1–0	MTK	Győr
	Nikolov 51'	Report		Stadium: ETO Park Referee: Péter Solymosi

MTK v Kaposvár

18 April 2008 24	MTK	3–2	Kaposvár	Budapest
	Urbán 4' Lambulić 15' Szabó 51'	Report	Obrić 75' Nikolić 86'	Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Referee: István Mészáros

Honvéd v MTK

27 April 2008 25	Honvéd	0–2	MTK	Budapest
		Report	Pátkai 44' Szabó 90+3'	Stadium: Bozsik József Stadion Referee: Ferenc Bede

MTK v Vasas

3 May 2008 26	MTK	0–2	Vasas	Budapest
		Report	Pavičević 61' Divić 90+2'	Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Referee: Viktor Kassai

Nyíregyháza v MTK

9 May 2008 27	Nyíregyháza	0–2	MTK	Nyíregyháza
		Report	Kanta 29' Urbán 51'	Stadium: Városi Stadion Referee: Tamás Arany

MTK v Tatabánya

17 May 2008 28	MTK	5–1	Tatabánya	Budapest
	Pollák 9' Pintér 42' Kanta 48', 81' Urbán 83'	Report	Lázár 25'	Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Referee: Zoltán Iványi

Rákospalota v MTK

26 May 2008 29	Rákospalota	0–3	MTK	Sopron^{[note 1]}
	Sallai 24' Dancs 36' Kapcsos 40' Zana 76'	Report	Lambulić 48', 90' Kanta 58' Urbán 67'	Stadium: Káposztás utcai Stadion Attendance: 2,000^[4] Referee: Ferenc Bede

MTK v Sopron

1 June 2008 30	MTK	3–0 (Awarded)	Sopron	Budapest
		Report		Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion
Note: After the exclusion of Sopron, the matches were registered with a goal difference of 3–0.^[5]

Magyar Kupa

Putnok v MTK

26 September 2007 Round of 32	Putnok	0–0	MTK	Putnok
		Report		Stadium: Várady Béla Sportközpont Referee: János Takács
Note: Putnok won as lower division team.

Ligakupa

Autumn season

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	GYO	TAT	MTK	SOP
1	Győr	6	4	0	2	13	8	+5	12	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–0	1–0	1–2
2	Tatabánya	6	3	1	2	13	9	+4	10	Advance to knockout phase	3–1	—	0–0	8–1
3	MTK Budapest	6	2	1	3	8	9	−1	7		2–3	4–1	—	2–1
4	Sopron	6	2	0	4	8	16	−8	6		1–4	0–1	3–0	—

Source: HFF

Tatabánya v MTK

15 August 2007 1	Tatabánya	0–0	MTK	Tatabánya
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Városi Referee: Szabolcs Szilasi

MTK v Győr

22 August 2007 2	MTK	2–3	Győr	Budapest
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Szabó 54', 79'	Report	L. Varga 43', 64' Granát 45'	Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Referee: Mihály Fábián

MTK v Sopron

9 September 2007 3	MTK	2–1	Sopron	Budapest
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lencse 30' Kecskés 85'	Report	Györök 90+2'	Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Referee: Tamás Arany

Sopron v MTK

19 September 2007 4	Sopron	3–0	MTK	Sopron
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zana 25' (pen.) Csikós 66' Birtalan 75'	Report		Stadium: Káposztás utcai Stadion Referee: István Vad

MTK v Tatabánya

3 October 2007 5	MTK	4–1	Tatabánya	Budapest
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	M. Tóth 57' Kecskés 60' Simon 61' Ladóczki 64' (pen.)	Report	Kozák 72'	Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Referee: Róbert Nagy

Győr v MTK

10 October 2007 6	Győr	1–0	MTK	Győr
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Brnović 48'	Report		Stadium: ETO Park Referee: Viktor Kassai

Spring season

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MTK	UJP	VAS	DIO
1	MTK Budapest	6	4	2	0	12	6	+6	14	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–0	3–2	2–1
2	Újpest	6	3	0	3	14	9	+5	9	Advance to knockout phase	1–3	—	1–2	3–1
3	Vasas	6	2	1	3	9	16	−7	7		1–1	0–7	—	4–1
4	Diósgyőr	6	1	1	4	8	12	−4	4		1–1	1–2	3–0	—

Source: HFF

Újpest v MTK

1 December 2007 1	Újpest	1–3	MTK	Budapest
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Moldovan 88'	Report	Pollák 29' Kulcsár 55', 78'	Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadion Referee: Csaba Imre Sápi

MTK v Vasas

5 December 2007 2	MTK	3–2	Vasas	Budapest
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bori 11' Kanta 70', 73'	Report		Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Referee: Tamás Bognár

MTK v Diósgyőr

8 December 2007 3	MTK	2–1	Diósgyőr	Budapest
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Urbán 28' Bori 66'	Report	Lipusz 40'	Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Referee: Péter Pető

Vasas v MTK

16 February 2008 4	Vasas	1–1	MTK	Budapest
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Németh 58'	Report	Kanta 75'	Stadium: Promontor utcai Stadion Referee: Ferenc Bede

MTK v Újpest

20 February 2008 5	MTK	2–0	Újpest	Budapest
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lambulić 52' Szabó 78'	Report		Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Referee: Roland Veizer

Diósgyőr v MTK

27 February 2008 6	Diósgyőr	1–1	MTK	Miskolc
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Simon 18'	Report	Rodenbücher 90+1'	Stadium: Diósgyőri Stadion Referee: Csaba Imre Sápi

Knockout phase

Quarter-finals

Rákospalota v MTK

5 March 2008 First leg	Rákospalota	0–4	MTK	Budapest
	Erős 24'	Report	Gosztonyi 13' M. Molnár 16' Kecskés 62' (pen.) Vadnai 77'	Stadium: Stadion Budai II. Laszló Attendance: 100^[6] Referee: István Mészáros

MTK v Rákospalota

12 March 2008 Second leg	MTK	6–0 (10–0 agg.)	Rákospalota	Budapest
	Lencse 6', 54' Kecskés 44' (pen.) Gosztonyi 51' L. Horváth 55' P. Boda 81'	Report	Rása 43' F. Baghy 90'	Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Attendance: 100^[7] Referee: Ádám Németh
Note: MTK won 10-0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

MTK v Győr

15 April 2008 First leg	MTK	1–1	Győr	Budapest
	Rodenbücher 53'	Report	Kovács 64'	Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Referee: Zsolt Szabó

Győr v MTK

23 April 2008 Second leg	Győr	2–0 (3–1 agg.)	MTK	Győr
	L. Varga 11' Dudás 70'	Report		Stadium: ETO Park Referee: Tamás Arany
Note: Győr won 3–1 on aggregate.

UEFA Cup

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

MTK

Mika

19 July 2007 First leg	MTK	2–1	Mika	Budapest, Hungary
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pintér 20' Urbán 57'	Report	Rodrigues 45'	Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadion Attendance: 1,050^[8] Referee: Garðar Örn Hinriksson (Iceland)

Mika

MTK

2 August 2007 Second leg	Mika	1–0 ((a) 2–2 agg.)	MTK	Yerevan, Armenia
19:00 AMST (UTC+5)	A. Adamyan 26' I. Ristic 70'	Report		Stadium: Hanrapetakan Stadium Attendance: 6,000^[9] Referee: Augustus Viorel Constantin (Romania)
Note: 2–2 on aggregate. Mika won on away goals.

Notes

^ The match was played at the Káposztás utcai Stadion in Sopron, instead of REAC regular stadium, the Budai II. László Stadion in Budapest, which did not meet HFF requirements.^[3]

References

^ "MTK Budapest Squad 2007-08". eufo.de. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
^ "Kiütés közeli élmény a Hungária körúton" [Close to a knockout experience on Hungária körút]. arcanum.com (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 13 November 2007. p. 254. ISSN 0866-2517. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
^ "Tavasszal már Sopronban lesz hazai pályán az eddig fővárosi REAC" [REAC will be at home in Sopron in the spring]. nso.hu (in Hungarian). 23 January 2008. Archived from the original on 3 November 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
^ "Győzött a Garami-legénység, így 23. bajnoki címét szerezte meg az MTK" [Garami's team won and MTK claimed their 23rd league title]. nso.hu (in Hungarian). 26 May 2008. Archived from the original on 3 November 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
^ "Hivatalossá vált a Sopron kizárása" [Sopron's exclusion is official]. origo.hu (in Hungarian). 19 February 2008. Archived from the original on 16 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
^ "Az MTK könnyedén verte a még saját pályáján játszó REAC-ot" [MTK easily beat REAC, who were still playing on their home ground]. nso.hu (in Hungarian). 5 March 2008. Archived from the original on 3 November 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
^ "Lehet a fiatalokra fogni! Ismét hatalmas verést kapott az Újpest" [You can blame the youth! Újpest takes another huge beating]. nso.hu (in Hungarian). 12 March 2008. Archived from the original on 3 November 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
^ "MTK vs. Mika" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 19 July 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
^ "Mika vs. MTK" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2024.

External links

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Fixtures and results

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Club football
Domestic leagues	Nemzeti Bajnokság I Nemzeti Bajnokság II Nemzeti Bajnokság III
Domestic cups	Magyar Kupa (Final) Ligakupa (Final)
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup
Transfer lists	List of Hungarian football transfers 2007–08
Club seasons
Nemzeti Bajnokság I	Debrecen Diósgyőr Fehérvár Győr Honvéd Kaposvár MTK Nyíregyháza Paks REAC Siófok Sopron Tatabánya Újpest Vasas Zalaegerszeg
Nemzeti Bajnokság II	Ferencváros
International competition
Men	UEFA Euro 2008 (Qualifying, Group C) Péter Várhidi