Budapest Honvéd FC, completely revamped this summer, visit the MOL Arena Sóstó on Sunday evening

On Sunday evening at 20:00 Budapest Honvéd will visit our home, the MOL Arena Sóstó. The Kispesti team finished the 2021/2022 OTP Bank Liga season in ninth place, while they lost the MOL Hungarian Cup to eventual winners Ferencváros in the quarter-finals. The summer has seen huge changes in the 19th district Budapest club.

At the end of May, the Red and Blacks agreed a deal with Scot Chris Docherty and Croatian Ivan Kepcija, with Docherty as sporting director and Kepcija as professional advisor. And in June, a new head coach was appointed in the form of Scotsman Tam Courts. 11 players have arrived and 21 have left in recent weeks.

SUMMER TRANSFER MOVEMENT
Arrivals: Lazar Csirkovics (Serbia, Kisvárda, free transfer), Albi Doka (Albania, HNK Gorica – signed after being on loan), Christian Gomis (Senegal-France, PFK Lokomotiv Plovdiv – Bulgaria), Nikola Mitrovics (Serbia, Újpest FC,free transfer), Makszim Plakuscsenko (Israel-Ukraine, Maccabi Haifa – Israel), Herdi Prenga (Albania, Kisvárda, free transfer)
Loan arrivals: Richlord Ennin (Canada, Spartaks Jurmala – Lativa, recently with Nyizsnyij Novgorod – Russia)
Returning from loan: Bocskay Bertalan (Topolyai SC – Serbia), Kocsis Dominik (Diósgyőri VTK), László Dávid (Budafoki MTE), Szabó Alex (Szolnoki MÁV FC)
Kiszemeltek: Ian Harkes (USA, Dundee United – Scotland), Olekszij Kascsuk (Ukraine, Sahtar – Ukrajna, recently with Sabah – Azerbaijan)
Departures: Balogh Norbert (FC DAC 1904 – Slovakia, after loan), Banó-Szabó Bence (Kecskeméti TE), Baráth Botond (Vasas, free transfer), Batik Bence (Puskás Akadémia), Berla Attila, Bőle Lukács (Paksi FC, free transfer), Artur Craciun (Moldova-Romania, Hapoel Kfar Saba – Israel, free transfer), Hidi Patrik (Vasas FC), Horváth András (Budafoki MTE), Irimiás Gergő (Dunaújváros FC), Májer Milán (Zalaegerszegi TE FC, free transfer), Nagy Gergő (Mezőkövesd, free transfer), Dusan Pantelics (serbia, free transfer), Olekszandr Petrusenko (NK Istra), Soltész Dominik (Gyirmót FC Győr,recently on loan with: Debreceni VSC), Thierry Gale (Barbados, Dila Gori – Georgia), Tóth-Gábor Kristóf (Haladás- moving to Pécsi MFC, free transfer)
Loaned out: Horváth Milán (siófoki and then to Mezőkövesd), László Dávid (Szentlőrinc)
Returning from loan: Dejan Drazsics (Serbia, Slovan Bratislava – Slovakia), Mohammed Kadiri (Ghana, Dinamo Kiev – Ukraine), Zinédine Machach (France, Napoli – Italy, and from there to Ionikosz – Greece)

Budapest Honvéd FC started their league campaign with a 1-0 home defeat against ZTE FC. Tam Courts sent his team out in a 3-5-2 formation against ZTE, the red and black team started with Szappanos - Szabó, Lovric, Prenga - Jónsson, Mitrovic, Zsótér, Bocskay, Tamás - Lukic, Ennin.

Bp. Honvéd's squad has an estimated total value of €8.68 million, the most valuable player in Kispesti is 29-year-old Serbian Nenad Lukic (€1.5 million), who - like Kenan Kodro - was second in the NB I scoring charts last season with 15 goals.