We visit the home of Újpest FC, who started the season with two defeats

In more ways than one, a real prestige battle is expected on Sunday at 18:00 at the Szusza Ferenc Stadium in Újpest. This will be the 124th top-flight match between the two teams. Of the 123 meetings so far, we have won 51, lost 46 and drawn 26. The goal difference is 187-175 in our favour, which is a remarkable average of three goals per game. It's been more than four years since we last won at Újpest, a 5-0 triumph on 23rd January 2021, but since then we have four defeats and a draw against the 4th district.

The current badge of Újpest FC bears the year 1885, as this is when the Újpest Gymnastics Club was founded - where initially gymnastics, then fencing and athletics were the activities of UTE - and football was established in Újpest 14 years later, in 1899.

In 1901, the National Championship started in Hungary, where Újpest was promoted to the second division. The club's football team was promoted to the first division in 1905, from where it was relegated at the end of the 1910/1911 championship, but was back in the top flight a year later. Since the 1912 championship, Újpest have been in the top division continuously, becoming the Hungarian record holders.

In the summer, both teams changed a lot, with several of our players leaving for Újpest: in addition to Gergényi, Karamoko and Besé, last year's coaching staff included head coach Bartosz Grzelak, assistant coach Johan Sandahl, goalkeeper coach András Elbert and fitness coach Ádám Száraz.

András Huszti, who was on loan at Újpest last season, joined us this season, after we loaned him from his club ZTE in the summer. Although he received a red card in the opening round in Kecskemét, he served his one-match ban against DVTK, so he will be available again on Sunday for Tamás Pető. Our head coach also has purple and white ties, as he played for Újpest between 1997-2000 and 2007 and was a member of Újpest's last championship team - the last time they won the title was 26 years ago, in 1998 (in Székesfehérvár, in the Sóstói Stadion).

SUMMER PLAYER MOVEMENT AT ÚJPEST FC

Arrivals: Babós Levente (Puskás Akadémia, last time on loan Csákvár, on a free transfer), Baranyai Nimród (Debreceni VSC), Bese Barnabás (Fehérvár FC), Fran Brodic (Croatian, Dinamo Zagreb - Croatia), Dénes Adrián (Fiorentina - Italy), Gergényi Bence (Fehérvár FC), Kaczvinszki Dominik (Budapest Honvéd), Joao Nunes (João Aniceto Grandela Nunes, Portuguese, Casa Pia - Portugal, as a free agent), Riccardo Piscitelli (Italian, Mezőkövesd, as a free agent)

On loan: Mamoudou Karamoko (French-Ivory Coast, FC Köbenhavn - Denmark, last time on loan Fehérvár FC)
Back from loan: Patrik Eckl (Komáromi FC - Slovakia), Zsolt Máté (Tiszakécskei LC), Márk Mucsányi (BVSC-Zugló)

Promoted from the youth side: Dékei Márk, Simon Balázs

Departures: Peter Ambrose (Nigerian, Aberdeen - Scotland), Jorgos Andzulas (Greek, HJK - Finland, on loan), Dzenan Burekovic (Bosnian, on loan), Yohan Croizet (French, Zalaegerszegi TE FC, on loan, on loan), Albi Doka (Albanian, free transfer), Sztefan Jevtovszki (North Macedonia, FK Sztruga Trim-Lum - North Macedonia), Kiss Tamás (Wisla Kraków - Poland, on loan, on a free transfer), Luca Mack (German, on a free transfer), Heinz Mörschel (Dominican-German, on a free transfer), Branko Pauljevics (Serbian-Hungarian, Bp. Honvéd (B-Bps, Bp. Honvéd, as a free agent), Franklin Sasere (Nigerian, Floriana FC - Malta, as a free agent), Szabó Bálint (Békéscsaba 1912 Előre, as a free agent)

Leaving on loan: Varga Balázs (Szeged-Csanád GA)
Returning from loan: András Huszti (Zalaegerszegi TE FC, from there Fehérvár FC, on loan), Zsombor Molnár (Vasas FC)
Source: NSO

OTP Bank League, 2024-2025, Autumn season, Round 3

11 August Sunday

Újpest FC

• ⚽ Ljujic 24'
• ⚽ Brodic 42'
• ⚽ Aniceto 45+3'
• ⚽ Tajti 53'

4-1

Szusza Ferenc Stadion Budapest

Fehérvár FC

• ⚽ Kovács 90'

Újpest FC

Piscitelli Riccardo - Brodic Fran, Tajti Mátyás, Tamás Krisztián, Baranyai Nimród (Simon Krisztián 55'), Geiger Bálint (Radosevic Ognjen 55'), Aniceto Grandela Nunes Joao, Bese Barnabás (Babós Levente 81'), Gergényi Bence, Karamoko Mamoudou (Mucsányi Márk 81'), Ljujic Matija (Dénes Adrián 71')

Fehérvár FC

Tóth Balázs - Huszti András, Nikola Serafimov, Spandler Csaba, Ivan Milicevic - Katona Mátyás (Kovács Mátyás 46'), Csongvai Áron, Bohdan Melnyik (Bedi Bence 46'), Pető Milán (Babos Bence 70') - Nejc Gradisar (Kovács Patrik 46'), Tobias Christensen (Nicolas Stefanelli 70')

Match officials

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Berke Balázs

Georgiou Theodoros, Bornemissza Norbert, Derdák Marcell, Erdős József

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