2008–09 Szombathelyi Haladás season

Haladás
2008–09 season
ManagerAurél Csertői
StadiumRohonci út
(Home stadium)
Illés Akadémia[note 1]
(Temporary stadium)
Nemzeti Bajnokság I3rd
Magyar KupaRound of 16
LigakupaQuarter-finals
Highest home attendance12,500 v Zalaegerszeg (30 May 2009, Nemzeti Bajnokság I)
Lowest home attendance200 v Siófok (7 February 2009, Ligakupa)
Average home league attendance6,700
Biggest win5–0 v Siófok
(Home, 22 August 2008, Nemzeti Bajnokság I)
Biggest defeat0–4 v Győr
(Away, 1 October 2008, Ligakupa)
0–4 v Győr
(Away, 22 October 2008, Magyar Kupa)

The 2008–09 season was Szombathelyi Haladás's 52nd competitive season, 91st season in existence as a football club and first season in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I after winning the West group of the second division in the previous season. In addition to the domestic league, Haladás participated in that season's editions of the Magyar Kupa and the Ligakupa.

Squad

Squad at end of season[1]

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  HUN Tamás Szép
2 MF  HUN Zoltán Csontos
4 MF  HUN Gábor Rajos
5 MF  BRA Thiago Maikel
6 DF  HUN Dániel Lengyel
9 FW  HUN Márton Oross
10 FW  HUN Péter Andorka
11 DF  HUN Bence Iszlai
12 DF  HUN Szilárd Devecseri
13 DF  HUN Péter Balassa
14 MF  HUN Péter Vörös
15 DF  HUN Péter Tóth
16 FW  HUN Máté Skriba
17 FW  HUN Attila Simon
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  HUN Norbert Sipos
19 FW  HUN Krisztián Kenesei
20 MF  HUN Norbert Tóth
21 MF  HUN Balázs Molnár
22 DF  HUN Richárd Guzmics
23 MF  HUN Szabolcs Schimmer
25 FW  HUN Péter Bonifert
26 DF  HUN Zsolt Kovács
30 GK  HUN Gergő Gőcze
32 FW  HUN Ferenc Rácz
46 MF  HUN Ádám Simon
66 GK  HUN Dániel Rózsa
77 DF  HUN Attila Kuttor
MF  HUN István Kovács

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Nemzeti Bajnokság I 26 July 2008 30 May 2009 Matchday 1 3rd 30 16 5 9 44 29 +15 053.33
Magyar Kupa 3 September 2008 22 October 2008 Third round Round of 16 4 3 0 1 6 7 −1 075.00
Ligakupa 1 October 2008 17 March 2009 Group stage Quarter-finals 12 7 1 4 26 17 +9 058.33
Total 46 26 6 14 76 53 +23 056.52

Source: Competitions

Nemzeti Bajnokság I

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Debrecen (C) 30 21 5 4 70 29 +41 68 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Újpest 30 17 8 5 61 38 +23 59 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
3 Haladás 30 16 5 9 44 29 +15 53 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
4 Zalaegerszeg 30 15 7 8 52 44 +8 52
5 Kecskemét 30 14 6 10 55 44 +11 48
Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd overall wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored
(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 16 5 9 44 29  +15 53 9 2 4 22 11  +11 7 3 5 22 18  +4

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWLWLWWDWWDWDLLLDWWLWDLLWWWWWWL
Position462753432334444444433444433333
Points3366912131619202324242424252831313435353538414447505353
Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

26 July 2008 1 Haladás 2–1 Győr Szombathely
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Rajos  30'
  • P. Tóth I 42'
  • Kuttor 45'
  • B. Molnár  49'
Report
Stadium: Rohonci út
Attendance: 6,500[2]
Referee: Ferenc Bede
Assistant referees: Balázs Farkas, Zoltán Szalai
Fourth official: Gábor Oláh
2 August 2008 2 Fehérvár 1–0 Haladás Székesfehérvár
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Sóstói Stadion
Attendance: 3,000[3]
Referee: Ádám Németh
Assistant referees: Szabolcs Deutsch, Arnold Kepe
Fourth official: Norbert Kiss
9 August 2008 3 Haladás 3–0 Nyíregyháza Szombathely
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Rohonci út
Attendance: 6,000[3]
Referee: Szabolcs Szilasi
Assistant referees: Oszkár Lémon, István Iványi
Fourth official: Dávid Ákos
15 August 2008 4 Újpest 1–0 Haladás Budapest
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadion
Attendance: 3,424[3]
Referee: Zoltán Iványi
Assistant referees: István Albert, János Medovarszki
Fourth official: Tibor Csatári
22 August 2008 5 Haladás 5–0 Siófok Szombathely
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Rohonci út
Attendance: 7,000[3]
Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó
Assistant referees: Róbert Kispál, Balázs Farkas
Fourth official: Csaba Molnár
30 August 2008 6 Haladás 1–0 Vasas Szombathely
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Rohonci út
Attendance: 8,000[3]
Referee: Tamás Arany
Assistant referees: Zsolt Márton, István Iványi
Fourth official: Balázs Böcskei
12 September 2008 7 Debrecen 2–2 Haladás Debrecen
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Oláh Gábor utcai Stadion
Attendance: 4,500[4]
Referee: Ferenc Bede
Assistant referees: Zsolt Butkai, Zoltán Szalai
Fourth official: János Takács
20 September 2008 8 Haladás 3–1 Kecskemét Szombathely
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Rohonci út
Attendance: 6,000[4]
Referee: Gergely Sulyok
Assistant referees: Vencel Tóth II, György Ring
Fourth official: Gergely Szőts
28 September 2008 9 Rákospalota 1–2 Haladás Budapest
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Budai II. László Stadion
Attendance: 600[4]
Referee: Szabolcs Szilasi
Assistant referees: Zsolt Márton, Gábor Kormányos II
Fourth official: Gábor Fajkusz
4 October 2008 10 Haladás 1–1 Kaposvár Szombathely
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Rohonci út
Attendance: 6,500[5]
Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó
Assistant referees: Oszkár Lémon, Gábor Takács
Fourth official: Gábor Oláh
18 October 2008 11 Honvéd 0–1 Haladás Budapest
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Bozsik József Stadion
Attendance: 1,200[5]
Referee: József Berger
Assistant referees: Dr. Péter Hegyi, Attila Forgács
Fourth official: Ferenc Szöllősi
25 October 2008 12 Haladás 0–0 MTK Szombathely
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Rohonci út
Attendance: 6,000[5]
Referee: Zsolt Szabó
Assistant referees: Róbert Kispál, Imre Attila Nagy
Fourth official: Gergely Szőts
1 November 2008 13 Diósgyőr 1–0 Haladás Miskolc
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Diósgyőri Stadion
Attendance: 2,500[6]
Referee: János Takács
Assistant referees: Lajos L. Tóth, Péter Berettyán
Fourth official: Gábor Bendik
8 November 2008 14 Haladás 0–1 Paks Szombathely
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Rohonci út
Attendance: 5,500[6]
Referee: Gergely Sulyok
Assistant referees: Vencel Tóth II, Arnold Kepe
Fourth official: Balázs Berke
15 November 2008 15 Zalaegerszeg 3–2 Haladás Zalaegerszeg
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: ZTE Arena
Attendance: 8,857[6]
Referee: Péter Solymosi
Assistant referees: Oszkár Lémon, István Iványi
Fourth official: Dávid Ákos
7 March 2009 18 Nyíregyháza 0–2 Haladás Nyíregyháza
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Városi Stadion
Attendance: 2,000[7]
Referee: Viktor Kassai
Assistant referees: Gábor Erős, Tibor Vámos
Fourth official: Gergely Szőts
13 March 2009 19 Haladás 0–2 Újpest Szombathely
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Rohonci út
Attendance: 7,000[7]
Referee: Zsolt Szabó
Assistant referees: György Ring, Vencel Tóth II
Fourth official: József Erdős
21 March 2009 20 Siófok 0–1 Haladás Siófok
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Révész Géza utcai Stadion
Attendance: 500[7]
Referee: Szabolcs Szilasi
Assistant referees: Oszkár Lémon, István Iványi
Fourth official: Dávid Ákos
5 April 2009 21 Vasas 1–1 Haladás Budapest
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Illovszky Rudolf Stadion
Attendance: 2,000[8]
Referee: István Mészáros
Assistant referees: Zsolt Szpisják, János Medovarszki
Fourth official: Balázs Böcskei
11 April 2009 22 Haladás 1–2 Debrecen Szombathely
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Rohonci út
Attendance: 7,000[8]
Referee: Péter Solymosi
Assistant referees: Oszkár Lémon, Gábor Takács
Fourth official: Dávid Ákos
18 April 2009 23 Kecskemét 3–2 Haladás Kecskemét
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Széktói Stadion
Attendance: 4,000[8]
Referee: Tamás Arany
Assistant referees: László Viszokai, Dr. Péter Kovács
Fourth official: Dániel Becséri
25 April 2009 24 Haladás 1–0 Rákospalota Szombathely
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Rohonci út
Attendance: 4,000[8]
Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó
Assistant referees: Zsolt Butkai, Arnold Kepe
Fourth official: Norbert Kiss
28 April 2009 25 Kaposvár 2–3 Haladás Kaposvár
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Rákóczi Stadion
Attendance: 2,000[8]
Referee: Roland Veizer
Assistant referees: Péter Berettyán, Róbert Horváth
Fourth official: László Varga
1 May 2009 26 Haladás 1–0 Honvéd Szombathely
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Rohonci út
Attendance: 6,500[9]
Referee: Viktor Kassai
Assistant referees: Gábor Erős, Tibor Vámos
Fourth official: József Erdős
5 May 2009 17 Haladás 2–1 Fehérvár Szombathely
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Rohonci út
Attendance: 6,000[9]
Referee: Péter Solymosi
Assistant referees: Oszkár Lémon, Gábor Takács
Fourth official: Szabolcs Szilasi
Note: The matches of the 17th round were postponed due to HFF decision.[10]
8 May 2009 27 MTK 0–1 Haladás Budapest
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion
Attendance: 800[9]
Referee: Ferenc Bede
Assistant referees: Róbert Kispál, István Tóth
Fourth official: József Erdős
13 May 2009 16 Győr 3–3 Haladás Győr
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: ETO Park
Attendance: 6,000[9]
Referee: Tamás Arany
Assistant referees: Gábor Erős, Zsolt Butkai
Fourth official: Dániel Becséri
16 May 2009 28 Haladás 1–0 Diósgyőr Szombathely
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Rohonci út
Attendance: 6,000[9]
Referee: István Vad
Assistant referees: Balázs Farkas, Roland Schuszter
Fourth official: Balázs Böcskei
23 May 2009 29 Paks 0–2 Haladás Paks
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Fehérvári úti Stadion
Attendance: 3,000[9]
Referee: Zoltán Iványi
Assistant referees: Zsolt Szpisják, István Albert
Fourth official: Gábor Oláh
30 May 2009 30 Haladás 1–2 Zalaegerszeg Szombathely
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Rohonci út
Attendance: 12,500[9]
Referee: Viktor Kassai
Assistant referees: György Ring, Zsolt Márton
Fourth official: J. Zoltán Kovács

Magyar Kupa

3 September 2008 Third round Integrál-DAC 0–1 Haladás Győr
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Pásztor  37'
  • Laki  83'
Report
Stadium: Nádorvárosi Stadion
Attendance: 600[4]
Referee: Szabolcs Szilasi
Assistant referees: Gábor Takács, Gábor Gyürüsi
25 September 2008 Round of 32 Ferencváros 1–2 Haladás Budapest
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Üllői úti Stadion
Attendance: 7,000[4]
Referee: Zsolt Szabó
Assistant referees: Róbert Kispál, Tibor Vámos

Round of 16

10 October 2008 First leg Haladás 3–2 Győr Szombathely
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Rohonci út
Attendance: 3,500[5]
Referee: Péter Solymosi
Assistant referees: Vencel Tóth II, László Viszokai
22 October 2008 Second leg Győr 4–0
(6–3 agg.)
Haladás Győr
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: ETO Park
Attendance: 1,800[5]
Referee: Ferenc Bede
Assistant referees: Balázs Farkas, Zsolt Márton
Note: Győr won 6–3 on aggregate.

Ligakupa

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HAL GYO MTK SIO BUD PAP
1 Haladás 10 7 1 2 23 10 +13 22 Advance to knockout phase 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 5–2
2 Győr 10 5 1 4 23 19 +4 16 4–0 1–1 3–0 6–0 0–4
3 MTK 10 4 3 3 13 17 −4 15 0–0 3–0 1–8 1–2 2–1
4 Siófok 10 4 2 4 20 16 +4 14 2–1 4–2 1–2 1–2 2–2
5 Budaörs 10 3 1 6 10 22 −12 10 2–5 0–1 0–1 0–2 3–1
6 Pápa 10 1 4 5 18 23 −5 7 0–2 5–6 2–2 0–0 1–1
Source: HFF
1 October 2008 1 Győr 4–0 Haladás Győr
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: ETO Park
Attendance: 300[5]
Referee: Norbert Kiss
Assistant referees: Balázs Farkas, Gábor Varga Jr.
15 October 2008 2 Haladás 5–2 Pápa Szombathely
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Rohonci út
Attendance: 600[5]
Referee: Gábor Oláh
Assistant referees: Szabolcs Deutsch, Arnold Kepe
29 October 2008 3 Haladás 3–0 Budaörs Szombathely
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
  • D. Varga  17'
  • Bálint  23'
Stadium: Rohonci út
Attendance: 400[5]
Referee: Tibor Gyarmati II
Assistant referees: Dr. Péter Kovács, Andrea Hima
12 November 2008 5 Haladás 2–0 MTK Szombathely
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Rohonci út
Attendance: 300[6]
Referee: Tamás Arany
Assistant referees: Roland Schuszter, Brigitta Makkosné Petz
19 November 2008 4 Siófok 2–1 Haladás Siófok
13:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Révész Géza utcai Stadion
Attendance: 100[6]
Referee: Ádám Németh
Assistant referees: Gergő Janitz, Ferenc Varga
23 November 2008 6 Haladás 2–0 Győr Szombathely
16:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Rohonci út
Attendance: 400[6]
Referee: Ferenc Bede
Assistant referees: György Ring, Zsolt Márton
29 November 2008 7 Pápa 0–2 Haladás Pápa
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Perutz Stadion
Attendance: 400[6]
Referee: István Mészáros
Assistant referees: László Viszokai, Zoltán Kis
6 December 2008 8 Budaörs 2–5 Haladás Budaörs
13:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Árok utcai Stadion
Attendance: 250[11]
Referee: József Erdős
Assistant referees: Tibor Vámos, Balázs Farkas
22 January 2009 10 MTK 0–0 Haladás Budapest[note 2]
13:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Promontor utcai Stadion
Attendance: 100[12]
Referee: Gergő Király
Assistant referees: Zsolt Butkai, Ferenc Varga
7 February 2009 9 Haladás 3–0 Siófok Szombathely[note 1]
13:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
  • Hollósi  23'
Stadium: Illés Akadémia
Attendance: 200[13]
Referee: Gábor Oláh
Assistant referees: Balázs Farkas, Andrea Hima

Knockout phase

Quarter-finals
4 March 2009 First Leg Pécs 3–2 Haladás Pécs
17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion PMFC
Attendance: 600[7]
Referee: István Mészáros
Assistant referees: László Viszokai, Zoltán Kis
17 March 2009 Second leg Haladás 1–4
(3–7 agg.)
Pécs Szombathely
17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Rohonci út
Attendance: 800[7]
Referee: Gergely Sulyok
Assistant referees: Zsolt Butkai, Zsolt Márton
Note: Pécs won 7–3 on aggregate.

Notes

  1. ^ a b The match against Siófok in the Ligakupa was played at the Illés Akadémia in Szombathely, instead of Haladás regular stadium, the Rohonci út.
  2. ^ The match was played at the Promontor utcai Stadion in Budapest, instead of MTK regular stadium, the Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion.

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