2025–26 Diósgyőri VTK season

The 2025–26 season is Diósgyőri VTK's 58th competitive season, 3rd consecutive season in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I and 125th year in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, Diósgyőr participate in this season's editions of the Magyar Kupa.

Diósgyőr

2025–26 season
Chairman	Gergely Sántha
Manager	Vladimir Radenković (From 18 June 2025)
Stadium	Diósgyőri Stadion
Nemzeti Bajnokság I	10th
Magyar Kupa	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: Šaponjić (2) All: Šaponjić (2)
Highest home attendance	5,679 (v Zalaegerszeg, Nemzeti Bajnokság, R2, 2 August 2025)
Lowest home attendance	5,468 (v Kazincbarcika, Nemzeti Bajnokság, R4, 16 August 2025)
Average home league attendance	5,574
Biggest defeat	5 goals (0–5) (v MTK (A), Nemzeti Bajnokság, R3, 9 August 2025)
← 2024–25 2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 16 August 2025.

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First team squad

As of 31 July 2025^[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 Bogdán Bánhegyi 3 DF  HUN Csaba Szatmári 4 DF  DEN Marco Lund 5 DF  HUN Ákos Kecskés 6 DF  HUN Bence Bárdos 7 FW  NED Elton Acolatse 8 FW  SRB Ivan Šaponjić 9 FW  HUN Máté Sajbán 10 FW  HUN Gábor Jurek 11 DF  HUN Dániel Gera (vice-captain) 15 DF  BIH Siniša Saničanin 16 MF  HUN Bence Komlósi 17 MF  HUN Máté Macsó 20 MF  HUN Ágoston Bényei 21 DF  HUN Levente Babós (Loaned from Újpest) 22 DF  HUN Szilárd Bokros

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 MF  CRO Ante Roguljić 25 MF  HUN Gergő Holdampf (captain) 29 DF  HUN Benjámin Bacsa 30 GK  CRO Karlo Sentić 31 GK  HUN Gábor Megyeri 44 MF  NGA Anderson Esiti 47 FW  HUN Márk Mucsányi 50 MF  ESP Álex Vallejo (vice-captain) 70 DF  HUN Milán Demeter 74 FW  HUN Bence Babos (Loaned from Videoton) 75 GK  HUN Benedek Lipóczi 85 DF  HUN Bence Szakos 88 MF  HUN Miron Mucsányi (Loaned from Újpest) 93 DF  HUN Márk Tamás 94 FW  SVN Rudi Požeg Vancaš

Transfers

See also: List of Hungarian football transfers summer 2025

Summer

In

Date	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Moving from	Fee	Ref.
25 June 2025	8	FW		Ivan Šaponjić	Fehérvár	Undisclosed	[2]
8 July 2025	TBD	DF		Ákos Kecskés	AEL Limassol	Undisclosed	[3]
11 July 2025	TBD	DF		Ante Roguljić	Anorthosis Famagusta	Undisclosed	[4]
31 July 2025	93	DF		Márk Tamás	Sepsi	Undisclosed	[5]

Loaned from

Date	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Moving from	Until	Ref.
29 July 2025	74	FW		Bence Babos	Videoton (NB II)	30 June 2026	[6]
30 July 2025	21	DF		Levente Babós	Újpest	30 June 2026	[7]
	88	MF		Miron Mucsányi	Újpest	30 June 2026	[8]

Return from loan

Date	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Moving from	Ref.
3 July 2025	22	DF		Szilárd Bokros	Košice	[9]

Out

Date	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Moving to	Fee	Ref.
23 June 2025	70	FW		Bright Edomwonyi	Nyíregyháza	Undisclosed	[10]
28 June 2025	34	FW		Alen Skribek	Zalaegerszeg	Undisclosed	[11]
30 June 2025	44	GK		Branislav Danilović	TBD	Contract expired	[12]
	12	GK		Artem Odyntsov	Andijon[13]
	5	DF		Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski	TBD
	21	DF		Vladislav Klimovich	TBD
3 July 2025	66	DF		Bálint Ferencsik	TBD	Mutual agreement	[14]
17 July 2025	72	DF		Kevin Kállai	Bp. Honvéd (NB II)[15]	Mutual agreement	[16]
		FW		Zoltán Kállai	TBD
18 July 2025	87	FW		Vince Fekete	DEAC (NB III)[17]	Mutual agreement	[18]
28 July 2025	14	DF		Gergő Csatári	Mezőkövesd (NB II)[19]	Mutual agreement	[20]

Out on loan

Date	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Moving to	Loan date	Ref.
30 June 2025		MF		Christ Tiéhi	Baník Ostrava (Czech I)	30 June 2026	[21]
		DF		Márk Kristóf	Békéscsaba (NB II)		[22]
		MF		Ádám Szamosi	Budapest Honvéd (NB II)
				Kristóf Lichy	Ajka (NB II)
2 July 2025		DF		Vencel Lajcsik	Budafok (NB II)		[23]
25 July 2025		FW		Szabolcs Sáreczki	Mezőkövesd (NB II)		[24]
		MF		Nazar Kovalenko
		FW		Bohdan Furdetskyi

Returned to his club after his loan contract expired

Date	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Back to	Ref.
30 June 2025	51	GK		Barnabás Simon	Paks	[25]
	26	DF		Uroš Drezgić	Rubin Kazan
	96	FW		Marcell Huszár	Győr
	7	FW		Marko Rakonjac	Lokomotiv Moscow
	68	DF		Zétény Varga	Ferencváros

Sources:^[26]

Managerial changes

Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Ref.
Valdas Dambrauskas	Resign	12 June 2025	Pre-season	18 June 2025	Vladimir Radenković	[27][28][29]

^c = Caretaker

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Pre-season

Diósgyőr started the preparation for the 2025/26 season at 20 June 2025.^[30][31]

Diósgyőr v Eger (NB III)

2 July 2025 Friendly	Diósgyőr	5–0	Eger (NB III)	Miskolc
10:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Acolatse 9' (33) Demeter 38' Bényei 45' Csatári 62'	Report	Bánhegyi  78'	Stadium: DVTK Training Center Attendance: 0 (Closed doors) Referee: Róbert Nagy Assistant referees: Levente Balla, Dániel Gutyán
Note: • DVTK 1st half: Sentić — D. Gera, Lund, Bárdos, Demeter — Bényei, Vallejo, Sajbán — Acolatse, Šaponjić, Požeg Vancaš • DVTK 2nd half: G. Megyeri — Szakos, B. Bacsa, Saničanin, Bokros — Holdampf, Komlósi, Macsó — Csatári, Fekete, Fekete • Manager: Radenković

Maccabi Haifa (Israeli I) v Diósgyőr

6 July 2025 Friendly	Maccabi Haifa (Israeli I)	1–3	Diósgyőr	Felcsút, Hungary
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Saba 35'	Report	Šaponjić 11' Acolatse 45' D. Gera 64'	Stadium: Panco Aréna Attendance: 0 (Closed doors) Referee: Tamás Takács Assistant referees: Norbert Bornemissza, Péter Garai
Note: • DVTK: Sentić — D. Gera (Szakos  69'), Lund, Bárdos (Saničanin  61'), Demeter (Bokros  61') — Bényei (Fekete  68'), Vallejo, Esiti — Acolatse (Csatári  73'), Šaponjić (Sajbán  46'), Požeg Vancaš (Macsó  72') • Manager: Radenković

Summer training camp in Hagenberg, Austria, from 7 July to 14 July 2025:^[32][33]

Slavia Praha (Czech II) v Diósgyőr

9 July 2025 Friendly	Slavia Praha (Czech II)	2–0	Diósgyőr	Bad Wimsbach, Austria
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)[34]	Chytil 77' Tijani 88'
Note: • DVTK: Megyeri (Sentić  56') – D. Gera, Bárdos, Saničanin, Bokros (Demeter  69') – Vallejo (Holdampf  84'), Esiti, Sajbán (Bényei  56') – Acolatse, Šaponjić (Jurek  73'), Požeg Vancaš (Mucsányi  56') • Manager: Radenković

SV Ried (Austrian II) v Diósgyőr

11 July 2025 Friendly	SV Ried (Austrian II)	1–1	Diósgyőr	Peuerbach, Austria
	Mutandwa 10' Sollbauer  43'	Report	Jurek 18' (pen.) Fekete  41'	Stadium: Guntamatic Arena Referee: Philipp Hubinger Assistant referees: Robert Platzer, Florian Klaffenböck
Note: • DVTK: Megyeri — Szakos, B. Bacsa, Kecskés, Demeter (Bokros  75') — Sajbán, Holdampf, Bényei (Komlósi  70') — Mucsányi (Macsó  75'), Fekete (Csatári  59'), Jurek (Osikov  58') • Manager: Radenković

Artis Brno (Czech II) v Diósgyőr

13 July 2025 Friendly	Artis Brno (Czech II)	2–0	Diósgyőr	Ansfelden, Austria
	Dahman 26' Besedin 71'	Report	Šaponjić  64'	Stadium: HAKA Arena Referee: Aladin Midzic Assistant referees: Kevin Dorfmayr, Peparim Dauti
Note: • DVTK: Sentić — D. Gera, Bárdos (Kecskés  40'), Saničanin, Bokros (Demeter  85') — Vallejo (Mucsányi  83'), Esiti (Komlósi  69'), Macsó (Roguljić  46') — Acolatse (Bényei  68'), Šaponjić, Požeg Vancaš (Sajbán  68') • Manager: Radenković

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Diósgyőr v Košice (Slovak I)

19 July 2025 Friendly	Diósgyőr	1–1	Košice (Slovak I)	Miskolc
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jurek 21' (pen.)	Report	Miljanić 73'	Stadium: Diósgyőri Stadion Attendance: 1,442 Referee: Márió Zimmermann Assistant referees: Punyi, Forgács
Note: • DVTK: Sentić (G. Megyeri  68') — D. Gera (Szakos  68'), Kecskés, Saničanin, Demeter — Esiti (Holdampf  37'), Vallejo, Bényei (Roguljić  57'  89' (Komlósi  89')) — Acolatse (Mucsányi  68'), Šaponjić (Požeg Vancaš  68'), Jurek (Sajbán  57') • Manager: Radenković[35][36]

Competitions

Overall record

In italics, we indicate the Last match and the Final position achieved in competition(s) that have not yet been completed.

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Nemzeti Bajnokság I	25 July 2025	16 August 2025	Matchday 1	10th	4	0	2	2	5	12	−7	000.00
Magyar Kupa	13 September 2025	TBD	Round of 64	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					4	0	2	2	5	12	−7	000.00

Last updated: 16 August 2025
Source: Soccerway

Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Main article: 2025–26 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Zalaegerszeg	3	0	3	0	6	6	0	3
9	Győr	3	0	3	0	5	5	0	3
10	Diósgyőr	4	0	2	2	5	12	−7	2
11	Nyíregyháza	3	0	1	2	4	8	−4	1	Relegation to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II
12	Kazincbarcika	4	0	1	3	4	9	−5	1

Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 2025, Round 4 (3 of 6 matches). Source: Hungarian Football Federation (in Hungarian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Fair play ranking; 8) Drawing of lots.^[37]

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
4	0	2	2	5	12	−7	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	0	0	2	1	8	−7

Last updated: 16 August 2025.
Source: Soccerway

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures   Postponed

The draw for the 2025/26 season was held on 16 June 2025.^[38]

Újpest v Diósgyőr

25 July 2025 (2025-07-25) 1	Újpest	3–1[39]	Diósgyőr	Budapest
20:00 CEST	K. Horváth 3', 45+1'  35' Ademi  58' Matko 63' Brodić  65'	Report	Saničanin  31'  65' Kecskés  47' Acolatse  55' Šaponjić 55' (pen.)	Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadion Attendance: 10,011[40] Referee: Tamás Bognár Assistant referees: Péter Kóbor, Péter Ország
Note: • Diósgyőr: Sentić — Szakos, Kecskés, Saničanin, D. Gera (c) — Vallejo, Esiti (Komlósi  90') — Acolatse (Sajbán  85'), Bényei (Má. Mucsányi  67'), Jurek (Holdampf  67') — Šaponjić • Manager: Radenković[41][42][43] • Player of the match: Aljoša Matko, Újpest 8.3 • Best player of Diósgyőr: Anderson Esiti 8.0[43]

Diósgyőr v Zalaegerszeg

2 August 2025 (2025-08-02) 2	Diósgyőr	2–2[44]	Zalaegerszeg	Miskolc
17:45 CEST	Kecskés  21' Demeter 37' Požeg Vancaš 45+4' Holdampf  52' Šaponjić  77' Komlósi  89'	Report	Várkonyi  45+6'  86' João Victor 57' Szendrei  87' B. Kiss 90' Gundel-Takács  90+4'	Stadium: Diósgyőri Stadion Attendance: 5,679[45] Referee: Péter Zierkelbach Assistant referees: Balázs Szert, Bence Belicza
Note: • Diósgyőr: Sentić — Demeter (Szakos  61'), Kecskés, Komlósi, D. Gera (c) (Tamás  76') — Vallejo, Esiti (Holdampf  45+2') — Jurek (Babos  61'), Bényei, Požeg Vancaš (Acolatse  61') — Šaponjić • Manager: Radenković[46][47][48] • Player of the match: Ivan Šaponjić, Diósgyőr 8.7 • Best player of Zalaegerszeg: Bence Kiss 8.1[48]

MTK v Diósgyőr

9 August 2025 (2025-08-09) 3	MTK	5–0[49]	Diósgyőr	Budapest
17:45 CEST	R. Molnár 7' (pen.), 32', 43' (pen.) Kata 28' Átrok 79'	Report	Šaponjić  38'	Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Attendance: 2,200[50] Referee: Mihály Káprály Assistant referees: Dániel Szalai, Zoltán Horváth
Note: • Diósgyőr: Sentić — Szakos, Kecskés, Tamás, Demeter — Roguljić (Holdampf  46'), Vallejo (c), Má. Mucsányi (Bényei  46') — Acolatse, Šaponjić (Jurek  46'), Požeg Vancaš (Bárdos  46'  62' (Babós  62')) • Manager: Radenković[51][52][53] • Player of the match: Rajmund Molnár, MTK 10.0 • Best player of Diósgyőr: Bence Bárdos 6.9[53]

Diósgyőr v Kazincbarcika

16 August 2025 (2025-08-16) 4	Diósgyőr	2–2[54]	Kazincbarcika	Miskolc
18:15 CEST	Megyeri  1' Demeter  31' D. Gera  47' Babós  50' Vallejo  62' Babos 74' Tamás  78' Šaponjić 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Sós 3' Baranyai 16' Meshack 18' Szőke  84' Makrai  90' Haroyan  90+4'	Stadium: Diósgyőri Stadion Attendance: 5,468 Referee: Gergő Bogár Assistant referees: Zoltán Horváth, Dávid Rózsa
Note: • Diósgyőr: Megyeri — D. Gera, Babós, Tamás, Demeter (Szakos  46') — Bényei (Roguljić  46'), Vallejo, Holdampf (c) (Komlósi  82'), Jurek (Babos  59') — Acolatse (Sajbán  59'), Šaponjić • Manager: Radenković[55][56][57] • Player of the match: Meshack Ubochioma, Kazincbarcika 8.2 • Best player of Diósgyőr: Ivan Šaponjić 8.1[57]

Nyíregyháza v Diósgyőr

23 August 2025 (2025-08-23) 5	Nyíregyháza	v	Diósgyőr	Nyíregyháza
20:15 CEST				Stadium: Városi Stadion

Diósgyőr v Puskás Akadémia

30 August 2025 (2025-08-30) 6	Diósgyőr	v	Puskás Akadémia	Miskolc
17:00 CEST				Stadium: Diósgyőri Stadion

Ferencváros v Diósgyőr

20 September 2025 (2025-09-20) 7	Ferencváros	v	Diósgyőr	Budapest
				Stadium: Ferencváros Stadion

Diósgyőr v Debrecen

27 September 2025 (2025-09-27) 8	Diósgyőr	v	Debrecen	Miskolc
				Stadium: Diósgyőri Stadion

Kisvárda v Diósgyőr

4 October 2025 (2025-10-04) 9	Kisvárda	v	Diósgyőr	Kisvárda
				Stadium: Várkerti Stadion

Győr v Diósgyőr

18 October 2025 (2025-10-18) 10	Győr	v	Diósgyőr	Győr
				Stadium: ETO Park

Diósgyőr v Paks

25 October 2025 (2025-10-25) 11	Diósgyőr	v	Paks	Miskolc
				Stadium: Diósgyőri Stadion

Diósgyőr v Újpest

1 November 2025 (2025-11-01) 12	Diósgyőr	v	Újpest	Miskolc
				Stadium: Diósgyőri Stadion

Zalaegerszeg v Diósgyőr

8 November 2025 (2025-11-08) 13	Zalaegerszeg	v	Diósgyőr	Zalaegerszeg
				Stadium: ZTE Arena

Diósgyőr v MTK

22 November 2025 (2025-11-22) 14	Diósgyőr	v	MTK	Miskolc
				Stadium: Diósgyőri Stadion

Kazincbarcika v Diósgyőr

29 November 2025 (2025-11-29) 15	Kazincbarcika	v	Diósgyőr	Mezőkövesd
				Stadium: Városi Stadion

Diósgyőr v Nyíregyháza

6 December 2025 (2025-12-06) 16	Diósgyőr	v	Nyíregyháza	Miskolc
				Stadium: Diósgyőri Stadion

Puskás Akadémia v Diósgyőr

13 December 2025 (2025-12-13) 17	Puskás Akadémia	v	Diósgyőr	Felcsút
				Stadium: Pancho Aréna

Diósgyőr v Ferencváros

20 December 2025 (2025-12-20) 18	Diósgyőr	v	Ferencváros	Miskolc
				Stadium: Diósgyőri Stadion

Debrecen v Diósgyőr

24 January 2026 (2026-01-24) 19	Debrecen	v	Diósgyőr	Debrecen
				Stadium: Nagyerdei Stadion

Diósgyőr v Kisvárda

31 January 2026 (2026-01-31) 20	Diósgyőr	v	Kisvárda	Miskolc
				Stadium: Diósgyőri Stadion

Diósgyőr v Győr

7 February 2026 (2026-02-07) 21	Diósgyőr	v	Győr	Miskolc
				Stadium: Diósgyőri Stadion

Paks v Diósgyőr

14 February 2026 (2026-02-14) 22	Paks	v	Diósgyőr	Paks
				Stadium: Fehérvári úti Stadion

Újpest v Diósgyőr

21 February 2026 (2026-02-21) 23	Újpest	v	Diósgyőr	Budapest
				Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadion

Diósgyőr v Zalaegerszeg

28 February 2026 (2026-02-28) 24	Diósgyőr	v	Zalaegerszeg	Miskolc
				Stadium: Diósgyőri Stadion

MTK v Diósgyőr

7 March 2026 (2026-03-07) 25	MTK	v	Diósgyőr	Budapest
				Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion

Diósgyőr v Kazincbarcika

14 March 2026 (2026-03-14) 26	Diósgyőr	v	Kazincbarcika	Miskolc
				Stadium: Diósgyőri Stadion

Nyíregyháza v Diósgyőr

21 March 2026 (2026-03-21) 27	Nyíregyháza	v	Diósgyőr	Nyíregyháza
				Stadium: Városi Stadion

Diósgyőr v Puskás Akadémia

4 April 2026 (2026-04-04) 28	Diósgyőr	v	Puskás Akadémia	Miskolc
				Stadium: Diósgyőri Stadion

Ferencváros v Diósgyőr

11 April 2026 (2026-04-11) 29	Ferencváros	v	Diósgyőr	Budapest
				Stadium: Ferencváros Stadion

Diósgyőr v Debrecen

18 April 2026 (2026-04-18) 30	Diósgyőr	v	Debrecen	Miskolc
				Stadium: DVTK Stadion

Kisvárda v Diósgyőr

25 April 2026 (2026-04-25) 31	Kisvárda	v	Diósgyőr	Kisvárda
				Stadium: Várkerti Stadion

Győr v Diósgyőr

2 May 2026 (2026-05-02) 32	Győr	v	Diósgyőr	Győr
				Stadium: ETO Park

Diósgyőr v Paks

16 May 2026 (2026-05-16) 33	Diósgyőr	v	Paks	Miskolc
				Stadium: Diósgyőri Stadion

Source:^[58]

Magyar Kupa

Main article: 2025–26 Magyar Kupa

Round of 64

Main article: 2025–26 Magyar Kupa § Round of 64

See also

• List of Diósgyőri VTK seasons

Notes