6th placed ZTE FC visit the MOL Arena Sóstó on Friday

On Friday at 18:00 we will meet ZTE for the 88th time in the top flight. In the previous meetings, ZTE won 23 times and drew 24 times, with 40 wins for Fehérvár. The goal difference is 145-98 in our favour. The Zala side have only won five times against us in Székesfehérvár.

ZTE FC have played five away games so far this season, winning 1-0 at the home of Honvéd and 5-0 in Mezőkövesd. They also drew 1-1 at Újpest and Vasas, while their only away defeat so far has come at Kecskemét. There has been a significant player turnover in the summer transfer window (Nikola Serafimov and Norbert Szendrei, for example, "swapped clubs"). Among the newcomers, American striker Eduvie Ikoba, who played for Zalaegerszeg two years earlier, has already scored five goals in the 2022/2023 season.

SUMMER PLAYER MOVEMENT IN ZALAEGERSZEG
Arrivals: Philip Christopher Baloteli (Nigerian, Jamba FC - Nigeria), Zsombor Boros (Vasas Kubala Akadémia), Dániel Csóka (AFC Wimbledon - England), Botond Gergely (Hungarian-Romanian, FK Csíkszereda - Romania), András Huszti (Puskás Akadémia, on loan after a loan), Eduvie Ikoba (Nigerian-American, AS Trencín - Slovakia), Milán Klausz (ETO FC Győr), Milán Májer (Budapest Honvéd, on loan), Christy Manzinga (French-Congolese DK-UK, Linfield - Northern Ireland), Oleksandr Safronov (Ukrainian, NK Nafta Lendava - Slovenia), Szendrei Norbert (MOL Fehérvár FC)
Loan arrivals: Diego Santos Carioca (Brazil, Kolosz Kovalivka - Ukraine, last on loan Jagiellonia - Poland), Mim Gergely (Puskás Akadémia, after loan spell in Csákvár)
Back from loan: Barnabás Kovács (Tiszakécske), Dániel Németh (NK Nafta Lendava - Slovenia), Erik Németh (NK Nafta Lendava - Slovenia)
Promoted from the youth team/ signed professional contracts: Belián Kámi
Leaving: Dávid Bobál (Mezőkövesd), Emir Halilovic (Bosnian, Velez Mostar - Bosnia and Herzegovina), Bence Köcse (Kelen SC), Martin Majnovics (last time SV Horn - Austria), Nikola Szerafimov (North Macedonia, MOL Fehérvár FC), Szabó Bence (NK Nafta Lendava - Slovenia, on loan after a loan), Szökrönyös Dániel (on loan from Kecskemét after FC Nagykanizsa), Zimonyi Dávid (Vasas FC)
Loan departures.
They return to their club on loan: Liviu Antal (Romanian, Szombathelyi Haladás, from there CS Mioveni - Romania), Halmai Ádám (MOL Fehérvár FC, from there Soroksár), Sime Grzan (Croatian, NK Osijek - Croatia), Patrik Posztobányi (Puskás Akadémia), Mihael Rebernik (Croatian, NK Nafta Lendava - Slovenia), Josip Spoljaric (Croatian, NK Osijek - Croatia), Dániel Zsóri (MOL Fehérvár FC, from there MTK)

Source: www.nso.hu

ZTE FC have won three of their eight league games so far, and have drawn two and lost three. After FTC and Kisvárda - tied with Paks - ZTE scored the third most goals in the championship, with the blue and whites scoring 15 times. The team's most successful player is the aforementioned Eduvie Ikoba.