2007–08 Budapest Honvéd FC season

Honvéd
2007–08 season
ManagerAttila Supka
StadiumBozsik József Stadion
Nemzeti Bajnokság I8th
Magyar KupaRunners-up
LigakupaAutumn season: Group stage
Spring season: Group stage
SzuperkupaRunners-up
UEFA CupSecond qualifying round

The 2007–08 season was Budapest Honvéd Football Club's 97th competitive season, 3rd consecutive season in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I and 98th year in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, Honvéd participated in that season's editions of the Magyar Kupa, the Ligakupa, the Szuperkupa and the UEFA Cup.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Hungary HUN Iván Tóth
4 DF Germany GER Yusuf Adewunmi
5 DF Ivory Coast CIV Benjamin Angoua
6 MF Hungary HUN Tibor Pomper
7 MF Hungary HUN Gellért Ivancsics
8 GK Germany GER Pascal Borel
9 MF Hungary HUN Attila Dobos
13 FW Hungary HUN Abass Cheikh Dieng
14 MF Hungary HUN Gábor Vincze
15 MF Hungary HUN Ákos Takács
18 FW Ivory Coast CIV Abraham Gneki Guié
19 DF Brazil BRA Diego
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF Serbia SRB Mićo Smiljanić
21 FW Hungary HUN Zoltán Hercegfalvi
22 MF Hungary HUN Zsolt Bárányos
23 DF Hungary HUN Zoltán Vincze
27 MF Hungary HUN Gábor Koós
28 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Esad Veledar
29 FW Hungary HUN Róbert Zsolnai
31 MF Hungary HUN Balázs Berdó
55 FW Hungary HUN Norbert Palásthy
79 MF Mozambique MOZ Genito
DF Hungary HUN Tamás Filó

Source: [1]

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Nemzeti Bajnokság I 22 July 2007 25 May 2008 Matchday 1 8th 30 12 7 11 45 36 +9 040.00
Magyar Kupa 26 September 2007 4 June 2008 Round of 32 Runners-up 9 6 1 2 22 16 +6 066.67
Ligakupa (Autumn season) 8 August 2007 10 October 2007 Group stage Group stage 6 2 2 2 12 16 −4 033.33
Ligakupa (Spring season) 1 December 2007 27 February 2008 Group stage Group stage 6 2 2 2 13 8 +5 033.33
Szuperkupa 11 July 2007 15 July 2007 Final Runners-up 2 0 1 1 1 4 −3 000.00
UEFA Cup 19 July 2007 30 August 2007 First qualifying round Second qualifying round 4 0 3 1 2 6 −4 000.00
Total 57 22 16 19 95 86 +9 038.60

Source: Competitions

Szuperkupa

Honvéd, as Magyar Kupa winners in the previous season, played against Debrecen in the 2008 Szuperkupa, who themselves won the Nemzeti Bajnokság I.

11 July 2007 First leg Honvéd 1–1 Debrecen Budapest
Report
Stadium: Bozsik József Stadion
Referee: Tamás Arany
15 July 2007 Second leg Debrecen 3–0
(4–1 agg.)
Honvéd Debrecen
Report
Stadium: Oláh Gábor utcai Stadion
Referee: Péter Solymosi
Note: Debrecen won 4–1 on aggregate.

Nemzeti Bajnokság I

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Kaposvár 30 14 9 7 48 38 +10 51
7 Zalaegerszeg 30 13 7 10 55 39 +16 46
8 Honvéd 30 12 7 11 45 36 +9 43 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
9 Vasas 30 12 5 13 41 45 −4 41
10 Nyíregyháza 30 11 7 12 34 37 −3 40

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 12 7 11 45 36  +9 43 6 4 5 24 18  +6 6 3 6 21 18  +3

Matches

22 July 2007 1 Rákospalota 0–3 Honvéd Budapest
Report
Stadium: Budai II. László Stadion
Attendance: 2,300[2]
Referee: Mihály Fábián
29 July 2007 2 Sopron 0–1 Honvéd Sopron
Report
Stadium: Káposztás utcai Stadion
Referee: Viktor Kassai
5 August 2007 3 Honvéd 5–1 Fehérvár Budapest
Report
Stadium: Bozsik József Stadion
Referee: Csaba Imre Sápi
11 August 2007 4 Paks 0–3 Honvéd Paks
Report
Stadium: Fehérvári úti Stadion
Referee: Zsolt Szabó
19 August 2007 5 Honvéd 1–4 Újpest Budapest
Report Stadium: Bozsik József Stadion
Referee: Mihály Fábián
24 August 2007 6 Diósgyőr 2–2 Honvéd Miskolc
Report
Stadium: Diósgyőri Stadion
Referee: Zoltán Iványi
2 September 2007 7 Honvéd 3–1 Debrecen Budapest
Report
Stadium: Bozsik József Stadion
Referee: Tamás Arany
15 September 2007 8 Siófok 1–2 Honvéd Siófok
Report
Stadium: Révész Géza utcai Stadion
Referee: Péter Solymosi
21 September 2007 9 Honvéd 2–1 Zalaegerszeg Budapest
Report
Stadium: Bozsik József Stadion
Referee: Zoltán Iványi
1 October 2007 10 MTK 1–2 Honvéd Budapest
Report
Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion
Referee: Ferenc Bede
6 October 2007 11 Honvéd 0–1 Kaposvár Budapest
Report
Stadium: Bozsik József Stadion
Referee: Roland Veizer
20 October 2007 12 Honvéd 2–2 Győr Budapest
Report
Stadium: Bozsik József Stadion
Referee: József Berger
2 November 2007 13 Vasas 0–2 Honvéd Budapest
Report Stadium: Illovszky Rudolf Stadion
Referee: Zoltán Iványi
10 November 2007 14 Honvéd 0–0 Nyíregyháza Budapest
Report Stadium: Bozsik József Stadion
Referee: Tamás Arany
24 November 2007 15 Tatabánya 4–3 Honvéd Tatabánya
Report Stadium: Stadion Városi
Referee: Roland Veizer
23 February 2008 16 Honvéd 1–1 Rákospalota Budapest
Report
Stadium: Bozsik József Stadion
Attendance: 1,700[3]
Referee: Tamás Bognár
1 March 2008 17 Honvéd 3–0 (Awarded) Sopron Budapest
Report Stadium: Bozsik József Stadion
Note: After the exclusion of Sopron, the matches were registered with a goal difference of 3–0.[4]
7 March 2008 18 Fehérvár 0–0 Honvéd Székesfehérvár
Report Stadium: Sóstói Stadion
Referee: Viktor Kassai
15 March 2008 19 Honvéd 2–1 Paks Budapest
Report
Stadium: Bozsik József Stadion
Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó
21 March 2008 20 Újpest 1–0 Honvéd Budapest
Report Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadion
Referee: Péter Solymosi
28 March 2008 21 Honvéd 0–1 Diósgyőr Budapest
Report
Stadium: Bozsik József Stadion
Referee: Zsolt Szabó
5 April 2008 22 Debrecen 1–0 Honvéd Debrecen
Report Stadium: Oláh Gábor utcai Stadion
Referee: Tamás Arany
12 April 2008 23 Honvéd 1–1 Siófok Budapest
Report Stadium: Bozsik József Stadion
Referee: Viktor Kassai
21 April 2008 24 Zalaegerszeg 2–1 Honvéd Zalaegerszeg
Report
Stadium: ZTE Arena
Referee: István Vad
27 April 2008 25 Honvéd 0–2 MTK Budapest
Report
Stadium: Bozsik József Stadion
Referee: Ferenc Bede
5 May 2008 26 Kaposvár 1–0 Honvéd Kaposvár
Report Stadium: Rákóczi Stadion
Referee: Zsolt Szabó
10 May 2008 27 Győr 2–2 Honvéd Győr
Report
Stadium: ETO Park
Referee: Zoltán Iványi
19 May 2008 28 Honvéd 0–1 Vasas Budapest
Report
Stadium: Bozsik József Stadion
Referee: István Vad
25 May 2008 29 Nyíregyháza 3–0 Honvéd Nyíregyháza
Report Stadium: Városi Stadion
Referee: Gergely Sulyok
1 June 2008 30 Honvéd 4–1 Tatabánya Budapest
Report
Stadium: Bozsik József Stadion
Referee: Krisztián Király

Magyar Kupa

26 September 2007 Round of 32 SZEOL 1–4 Honvéd Szeged
  • K. Bubori 88'
Report
Stadium: Felső Tisza-parti stadion
Referee: Gergely Sulyok

Round of 16

24 October 2007 First leg Honvéd 2–1 Sopron Budapest
Report
Stadium: Bozsik József Stadion
Referee: Krisztián Király
7 November 2007 Second leg Sopron 0–3
(1–5 agg.)
Honvéd Sopron
Report Stadium: Káposztás utcai Stadion
Referee: Ferenc Bede
Note: Honvéd won 5–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

18 March 2008 First leg Kazincbarcika 2–2 Honvéd Kazincbarcika
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Pete András Stadion
Referee: Csaba Imre Sápi
25 March 2008 Second leg Honvéd 4–2
(6–4 agg.)
Kazincbarcika Budapest
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Bozsik József Stadion
Referee: Ádám Németh
Note: Honvéd won 6–4 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

1 April 2008 First leg Honvéd 4–0 Kaposvár Budapest
Report Stadium: Bozsik József Stadion
Referee: Zoltán Iványi
9 April 2008 Second leg Kaposvár 1–2
(1–6 agg.)
Honvéd Kaposvár
Report Stadium: Rákóczi Stadion
Referee: Szabolcs Szilasi
Note: Honvéd won 6–1 on aggregate.

Final

28 May 2008 Second leg Honvéd 0–7 Debrecen Budapest
Report
Stadium: Bozsik József Stadion
Referee: Viktor Kassai
4 June 2008 First leg Debrecen 2–1
(9–1 agg.)
Honvéd Debrecen
Report
Stadium: Oláh Gábor utcai Stadion
Referee: István Vad
Note: Debrecen won 9–1 on aggregate.

Ligakupa

Autumn season

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FEH UJP HON PAK
1 Fehérvár 6 3 1 2 15 9 +6 10 Advance to knockout phase 3–0 2–2 3–1
2 Újpest 6 3 1 2 15 14 +1 10 4–3 4–5 4–1
3 Budapest Honvéd 6 2 2 2 12 16 −4 8 0–3 1–1 4–2
4 Paks 6 2 0 4 11 14 −3 6 2–1 1–2 4–0
Source: HFF
8 August 2007 1 Honvéd 4–2 Paks Budapest
19:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Bozsik József Stadion
Attendance: 700[5]
Referee: Szabolcs Szilasi
22 August 2007 2 Újpest 4–5 Honvéd Budapest
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadion
Referee: Ádám Németh
9 September 2007 3 Fehérvár 2–2 Honvéd Székesfehérvár
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sóstói Stadion
Referee: Zsolt Szabó
18 September 2007 4 Honvéd 0–3 Fehérvár Budapest
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Bozsik József Stadion
Referee: József Berger
3 October 2007 5 Paks 4–0 Honvéd Paks
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Fehérvári úti Stadion
Attendance: 300[6]
Referee: Norbert Kiss
10 October 2007 6 Honvéd 1–1 Újpest Budapest
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Bozsik József Stadion
Attendance: 1,000[7]
Referee: Csaba Imre Sápi

Spring season

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DEB RAK HON NYI
1 Debrecen 6 4 1 1 10 8 +2 13 Advance to knockout phase 3–2 2–1 2–1
2 Rákospalota[a] 6 3 1 2 9 10 −1 9 3–1 1–1 2–0
3 Budapest Honvéd 6 2 2 2 13 8 +5 8 1–2 5–0 4–2
4 Nyíregyháza 6 0 2 4 4 10 −6 2 0–0 0–1 1–1
Source: HFF
Notes:
  1. ^ Rákospalota was deducted 1 points
1 December 2007 1 Honvéd 4–2 Nyíregyháza Budapest
13:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Bozsik József Stadion
Referee: Róbert Nagy
5 December 2007 2 Rákospalota 1–1 Honvéd Budapest
13:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Budai II. László Stadion
Attendance: 400[8]
Referee: István Vad
8 December 2007 3 Debrecen 2–1 Honvéd Debrecen
13:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Oláh Gábor utcai Stadion
Referee: Péter Solymosi
16 February 2008 4 Honvéd 1–2 Debrecen Budapest
13:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Bozsik József Stadion
Referee: Zsolt Szabó
20 February 2008 5 Nyíregyháza 1–1 Honvéd Nyíregyháza
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Városi Stadion
Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó
27 February 2008 6 Honvéd 5–0 Rákospalota Budapest
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Bozsik József Stadion
Attendance: 1,200[9]
Referee: Tibor Gyarmati II

UEFA Cup

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round
19 July 2007 First leg Nistru Otaci Moldova 1–1 Hungary Honvéd Chişinău, Moldova
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Zimbru Stadium
Attendance: 1,500[10]
Referee: Bülent Demirlek (Turkey)
2 August 2007 Second leg Honvéd Hungary 1–1
(2–2 agg.)
(5–4 p)
Moldova Nistru Otaci Budapest, Hungary
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Bozsik József Stadion
Attendance: 3,023[11]
Referee: Michael Svendsen (Denmark)
Penalties
Note: 2–2 on aggregate. Honvéd won 5–4 on penalties.
Second qualifying round
16 August 2007 First leg Honvéd Hungary 0–0 Germany Hamburg Budapest, Hungary
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadion
Attendance: 7,000[12]
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
30 August 2007 Second leg Hamburg Germany 4–0
(4–0 agg.)
Hungary Honvéd Hamburg, Germany
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: HSH Nordbank Arena
Attendance: 42,090[13]
Referee: Julián Rodríguez Santiago (Spain)
Note: Hamburg won 4–0 on aggregate.

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