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Ferencváros

2023–24 season
Chairman	Gábor Kubatov
Manager	Stanislav Cherchesov (until 19 July) Csaba Máté (caretaker from 20 July to 4 September) Dejan Stanković (from 4 September)
Stadium	Groupama Arena
Nemzeti Bajnokság I	1st
Magyar Kupa	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	First qualifying round
UEFA Europa Conference League	Knockout round play-offs
Top goalscorer	League: Barnabás Varga (20) All: Barnabás Varga (29)
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The 2023–24 season is Ferencvárosi Torna Club's 120th competitive season, 15th consecutive season in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, where they will be competing as five-time defending champions and 125th year in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, Ferencváros participate in this season's editions of the Magyar Kupa, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa Conference League.

The team's season started with an early exit from the Champions League's qualifying phase, which saw the sacking of manager Stanislav Cherchesov with replaced by with Csaba Máté as a caretaker. Under his leadership they qualified for the group stage of the Conference League, however on September 4, head coach Dejan Stanković was appointed.

First team squad

As of 27 July 2023

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 Ádám Varga 3 DF  MAR Samy Mmaee 4 DF  NED Mats Knoester 5 MF  BIH Muhamed Bešić 7 MF  TUN Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane 8 FW  MAR Ryan Mmaee 10 FW  NOR Tokmac Nguen 11 FW  GHA Owusu Kwabena 13 MF  NGA Anderson Esiti 14 MF  BIH Amer Gojak 15 MF  ISR Mohammad Abu Fani 16 MF  NOR Kristoffer Zachariassen 17 DF  BIH Eldar Ćivić 18 MF  HUN Dávid Sigér 19 FW  HUN Barnabás Varga 20 FW  MLI Adama Traoré 21 DF  HUN Endre Botka

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF  SUR Myenty Abena 23 DF  HUN Lóránd Pászka 24 FW  NGA Tosin Kehinde 25 MF  LVA Cebrail Makreckis 27 DF  FRA Ibrahim Cissé 28 FW  ARG Carlos Auzqui 29 GK  HUN Gergő Szécsi 30 MF  HUN Péter Baráth 31 DF  USA Henry Wingo 50 FW  BRA Marquinhos 52 FW  DEN Nikolai Frederiksen 60 MF  ALG Mehdi Boudjemaa 68 FW  HUN Ádám Halmai 72 FW  SRB Aleksandar Pešić 76 FW  HUN Krisztián Lisztes 90 GK  HUN Dénes Dibusz (captain) 99 DF  ECU Cristian Ramírez

Transfers

Summer

In: 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 7 MF  TUN Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane (from Espérance de Tunis) 15 MF  ISR Mohammad Abu Fani (from Maccabi Haifa) 19 FW  HUN Barnabás Varga (from Paks) 24 FW  NGA Tosin Kehinde (from Randers) 24 MF  HUN Máté Katona (loan return from Kecskemét) 25 MF  LVA Cebrail Makreckis (from Pirin Blagoevgrad) 27 DF  FRA Ibrahim Cissé (from Caen) 30 MF  HUN Péter Baráth (from Debrecen) 42 GK  HUN Ádám Varga (loan return from Kecskemét) 44 MF  BIH Stjepan Lončar (loan return from Kortrijk) 55 MF  HUN Bálint Katona (loan return from Kecskemét) 68 FW  HUN Ádám Halmai (from Soroksár) 72 FW  SRB Aleksandar Pešić (from Red Star Belgrade) 80 FW  SRB Željko Gavrić (loan return from DAC Dunajská Streda) 88 FW  CRO Roko Baturina (loan return from Racing Santander) 99 DF  ECU Cristian Ramírez (from Krasnodar)

Out: 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 Ádám Bogdán (End of contract) 7 MF  FRA Xavier Mercier (to RWDM) 15 DF  BIH Adnan Kovačević (to Raków Częstochowa) 19 MF  HUN Bálint Vécsei (End of contract) 24 MF  HUN Máté Katona (to Soroksár) 70 FW  CIV Franck Boli (to Portland Timbers) 80 FW  SRB Željko Gavrić (to DAC Dunajská Streda) 88 FW  CHI Ángelo Sagal (loan return to Gaziantep)

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Competitions

Overview

Last updated: 19 May 2024
Source: Competitions

Nemzeti Bajnokság I

League table

1. Paks qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2023–24 Magyar Kupa. Since they qualified based on league position, the second Conference League second round spot was passed to the fourth-placed team.

Results summary

Last updated: 19 May 2024.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Matches

Magyar Kupa

The draw for the round of 64 was held on 28 August 2023.

UEFA Champions League

First qualifying round

11 July 2023 First leg	KÍ	0–0	Ferencváros	Klaksvík, Faroe Islands
19:45 WEST (UTC+1)	da Silva  29' Forren  82'	Report	Zachariassen  36' Baráth  64' Makreckis  90+5'	Stadium: Við Djúpumýrar Attendance: 1,010 Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)

19 July 2023 Second leg	Ferencváros	0–3 (0–3 agg.)	KÍ	Budapest, Hungary
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Botka  79' S. Mmaee  86' Abu Fani  88'	Report	Ar. Frederiksberg 8' (pen.), 32' Kassi 45+1'	Stadium: Ferencváros Stadion Attendance: 18,187 Referee: David Smajc (Slovenia)
Note: KÍ won 3–0 on aggregate.

UEFA Europa Conference League

Second qualifying round

27 July 2023 First leg	Ferencváros	4–0	Shamrock Rovers	Budapest, Hungary
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sigér 16' Ramírez 32' Traoré 47' B. Varga 74' Esiti  90+2'	Report	Hoare  50' Finn  57'	Stadium: Ferencváros Stadion Attendance: 10,735 Referee: Ashot Ghaltakhchyan (Armenia)

3 August 2023 Second leg	Shamrock Rovers	0–2 (0–6 agg.)	Ferencváros	Tallaght, Ireland
20:00 IST (UTC+1)		Report	Sigér  3' Zachariassen 31' B. Varga  50' S. Mmaee 90'	Stadium: Tallaght Stadium Attendance: 3,737 Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland)
Note: Ferencváros won 6–0 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

10 August 2023 First leg	Ħamrun Spartans	1–6	Ferencváros	Ta' Qali, Malta
CEST (UTC+2)	Prša  32' Nenov  37' Borg  66' Montebello  70', 89'	Report	Abu Fani 3' Makreckis  45' Zachariassen 51' B. Varga 53', 56', 65' Owusu 90'	Stadium: Centenary Stadium Attendance: 2,244 Referee: Eldorjan Hamiti (Albania)

17 August 2023 Second leg	Ferencváros	2–1 (8–2 agg.)	Ħamrun Spartans	Budapest, Hungary
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Traoré 41' B. Varga 69'	Report	Mbong 6',  25' Bjeličić  55' Corbalan  90+2'	Stadium: Ferencváros Stadion Attendance: 11,375 Referee: Georgi Davidov (Bulgaria)
Note: Ferencváros won 8–2 on aggregate.

Play-off round

24 August 2023 First leg	Žalgiris	0–4	Ferencváros	Vilnius, Lithuania
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Gorobsov  63'	Report	Traoré 17', 84' B. Varga  31', 65' (pen.) Leandro (not on pitch)  71' Pešić 75'	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 3,151 Referee: Igor Stojchevski (North Macedonia)

31 August 2023 Second leg	Ferencváros	3–0 (7–0 agg.)	Žalgiris	Budapest, Hungary
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Traoré 4', 48' Marquinhos  38' B. Varga 42' (pen.) Makreckis  90+2'	Report		Stadium: Ferencváros Stadion Attendance: 12,073 Referee: Urs Schnyder (Switzerland)
Note: Ferencváros won 7–0 on aggregate.

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FIO	FER	GNK	ČUK
1	Fiorentina	6	3	3	0	14	6	+8	12	Advance to round of 16		—	2–2	2–1	6–0
2	Ferencváros	6	2	4	0	9	6	+3	10	Advance to knockout round play-offs		1–1	—	1–1	3–1
3	Genk	6	2	3	1	8	5	+3	9			2–2	0–0	—	2–0
4	Čukarički	6	0	0	6	2	16	−14	0			0–1	1–2	0–2	—

21 September 2023 1	Ferencváros	3–1	Čukarički	Budapest, Hungary
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	B. Varga 44' (pen.) Kwabena 45+7' S. Mmaee  50' Pešić 79'	Report	Docić  19' Ivanović 26',  41' Kovač  33' Adetunji  45+3' Subotić  66'	Stadium: Ferencváros Stadion Attendance: 17,859 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Spain)

5 October 2023 2	Fiorentina	2–2	Ferencváros	Florence, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Barák 66' González  86' Ikoné 90+3' Italiano (not on pitch)  90+5'	Report	Sigér  23' B. Varga 25',  57' Cissé 50' S. Mmaee  55' Ben Romdhane  66' Dibusz  70' Sakić (not on pitch)  90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 20,367 Referee: Daniel Schlager (Germany)

26 October 2023 3	Genk	0–0	Ferencváros	Genk, Belgium
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Arteaga  29' El Khannous  59' Arokodare  90'	Report	Botka  40'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 15,357 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (North Macedonia)

9 November 2023 4	Ferencváros	1–1	Genk	Budapest, Hungary
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Pešić 48' Abu Fani  80'	Report	Sadick  43' El Khannous  55' Muñoz  58', 62' Paintsil  74'	Stadium: Ferencváros Stadion Attendance: 20,127 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

30 November 2023 5	Čukarički	1–2	Ferencváros	Leskovac, Serbia
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Adžić 11' Stankovic (not on pitch)  73' Nikčević  74' Stanković  90+4' Matić (not on pitch)  90+7'  90+9' Tošić  90+9' V. Jovanović  90+9'  90+11'	Report	Abena  44' Abu Fani  74' Zachariassen 83',  90+7' Pešić 90+8',  90+9'	Stadium: Dubočica Stadium Attendance: 1,389 Referee: Mohammed Al-Emara (Finland)

14 December 2023 6	Ferencváros	1–1	Fiorentina	Budapest, Hungary
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Zachariassen 48' Cissé  60'	Report	Mandragora  10' Milenković  31' Ranieri 73'	Stadium: Ferencváros Stadion Attendance: 20,657 Referee: Luis Godinho (Portugal)

Knockout phase

Knockout round play-offs

15 February 2024 First leg	Olympiacos	1–0	Ferencváros	Piraeus, Greece
19:45 EET (UTC+2)	Alexandropoulos  51' Carmo  61' El Kaabi 83'	Report	Makreckis  37' Wingo  77' Stanković (not on pitch)  87' Ben Romdhane  90'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 30,300 Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

22 February 2024 Second leg	Ferencváros	0–1 (0–2 agg.)	Olympiacos	Budapest, Hungary
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	B. Varga  42' Abu Fani  87'	Report	El Kaabi 45' (pen.)	Stadium: Ferencváros Stadion Attendance: 21,057 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
Note: Olympiacos won 2–0 on aggregate.

Notes

1. The match was played at the Centenary Stadium in Ta' Qali, instead of their regular stadium, the Victor Tedesco Stadium in Hamrun, which did not meet UEFA requirements.
2. The match was played at the Dubočica Stadium in Leskovac, instead of their regular stadium, the Čukarički Stadium in Belgrade, which did not meet UEFA requirements.

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External links

• Official Website
• UEFA
• Fixtures and results

• Ferencvárosi TC seasons
• Hungarian football clubs 2023–24 season
• 2023–24 UEFA Champions League participants seasons
• 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League participants seasons
• Hungarian football championship–winning seasons