On Tuesday morning, Loki will set off for Turkey, where the team will begin the preparation for the spring season of the 2025/2026 championship. The squad will travel from Debrecen to Liszt Ferenc International Airport, from where it will continue its journey to Belek, the venue of the two-week training camp.
According to the plans, DVSC will play three friendly matches against prestigious opponents. On January 11, Loki will face 14-time Serbian champions Crvena Zvezda, on January 15, OFK Beograd — currently 9th in the Serbian top division and a one-time league winner — and on January 19, our team will play against Maribor, who are currently 3rd in the Slovenian top flight and 16-time champions.
The travelling squad: Ádám Varga, Donát Pálfi, Benedek Erdélyi – goalkeepers, Erik Kusnyir, Dorde Gordic, Dénes Szakál, Dávid Patai, Noel Asztalos, Adrian Guerrero, Fran Manzanara, Yacouba Silue, Josua Mejias, Donát Bárány, Vyacheslac Kulbachuk, Bence Batik, Dominik Kocsis, Máté Kohut, Victor Camarasa, Amos Youga, Márk Szécsi, Tamás Szűcs, Botond Vajda, Balázs Dzsudzsák, Gergő Tercza, Alex Bermejo, György Komáromi, Ádám Lang, Julien Dacosta, Maximilian Hofmann, Flórián Cibla, Soma Szuhodovszki – outfield players.
DVSC had an excellent autumn season, with our team going into the winter break in 4th place, just four points behind the leader of the league, Győr. Loki managed to secure victories away against Ferencváros, Puskás Akadémia and Nyíregyháza, scored five goals against Újpest and delivered plenty of outstanding performances.
Some of these were also recognised by the Hungarian sports media: according to M4 Sport, our goalkeeper Ádám Varga was selected for the Autumn Team of the Season, while based on the ratings of Nemzeti Sport, Balázs Dzsudzsák earned a place in the dream team. In the sports daily’s overall ranking of outfield players, our captain finished 4th, Donát Bárány 9th and Tamás Szűcs 12th.
Dear fans, players, staff and the entire club family!
As Christmas approaches, I want to speak to you not only as the president, but as someone that feels deep pride and gratitude for this club. This year has been a journey of sacrifice, passion and belief. Together, we have faced challenges, celebrated victories, and shown once again what it truly means to wear these colors.
Football is more than results and trophies. It is identity, unity and emotion. It is the joy of our supporters in the stands, the dedication of our players on the pitch and the hard work of everyone behind the scenes, who gives their heart every single day.
Being at the top of the league is not just a position in the table – it is a reward for your faith, your loyalty and your unwavering support. In difficult moments, you never stopped believing and that strength pushed the players forward.
At Christmas, we are reminded of values that define us: respect, humility, solidarity, sacrifice and hope. Let us carry these values into the new year, with the same hunger, the same unity and the same dream.
Merry Christmas,to all the Clubs in NBI, NBII and NBIII and to all the Hungarians fans of this amazing sport. Dear Fans, on behalf of the Club, I wish you and your families a Merry Christmas, full of peace, joy and health. Thank you for standing with Loki yesterday, today, and always.
The owners and management of DVSC expressed their gratitude to the club’s sponsors, supporters, business and professional partners, as well as skybox renters for their support, and wished them a Merry Christmas and successful New Year on Tuesday evening at the annual Christmas dinner, held at the Nagyerdei Stadium.
At the event, László Papp, mayor of Debrecen, Ike Thierry Zaengel, chairman of the Board of Directors of DVSC Futball Zrt., and managing director Balázs Makray also addressed the participants, who once again demonstrated their deep commitment. Everyone agreed that the DVSC family is capable of overcoming any obstacle through unity.
DVSC has been supporting the Foundation for Children with Leukemia for a long time and this year is no exception. On December 16, our club’s donations, primarily toys, were handed over to children currently undergoing treatment at the Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Department of the Clinical Center of the University of Debrecen.
The event was attended by Viktor Papp, municipal representative, who also made a donation, as well as Ike Thierry Zaengel, chairman of the board of DVSC Futball Zrt., and players, such as Dominik Kocsis, Donát Pálfi, Erik Kusnyir and Soma Szuhodovszki.
In the 17th round of Fizz Liga, DVSC secured a valuable victory with Donát Bárány’s goal at the home of the title defender Ferencváros. Several members of our team delivered an outstanding performance.
Thus, at csakfoci.hu, Josua Mejías is among the best players of the week, while Sergio Navarro has been chosen as the best coach of the round and György Komáromi as the best substitution. At M4 Sport, Ádám Lang, Josua Mejías and Tamás Szűcs were included in the team of the round, and the best coach of the week was Sergio Navarro. Nemzeti Sport named Ádám Lang and Donát Bárány among the best players. Congratulations to our head coach and our players!
DVSC faced the toughest challenge on this cold Sunday in December, playing at the home of the title defender Ferencváros, who have been unbeaten in the Europa League. Our team was supported by 1000 Loki fans. Among the starting XI were Josua Mejías, Bence Batik and Dorde Gordic. Tamás Szűcs was also able to return to the pitch after recovering from a concussion.
At the very beginning of the match, Loki tried to stop their opponent with high pressing and ball possession and succeeded to do so. In the 6th minute, Soma Szuhodovszki got injured and Donát Bárány came on to substitute him. In the 10th minute, Alex Tóth shot over the goal from 20 meters. Not long after, Gróf saved the close-range shot of Batik.
DVSC played well and was an equal opponent of the title defender. In the 22nd minute, Julien Dacosta missed the target. FTC had more possession of the ball, but the could not reach the target. In the 40th minute, Joseph unleashed a powerful shot, which went over the goal, then in the 44th minute, Ádám Varga made a brilliant save to deny Barnabás Nagy’s attempt. Balázs Dzsudzsák shot wide off the goal, thus, no goals were scored until the break. However, our team showed a good performance.
There were no major chances at the beginning of the 2nd half, but in the 51st minute, Tamás Szűcs shot just wide off the goal. In the 56th minute, Donát Bárány found himself in a one-on-one opportunity, but Gróf made a save. In the last 30 minutes, FTC tried to change the course of the game with substitutions, but still could not gain the upper hand over Loki.
During the endgame, Balázs Dzsudzsák felt some pain his legs, and Álex Bermejo and György Komáromi came off the bench. DVSC took the lead in the 74th minute! After a pass from Komáromi, Donát Bárány turned towards the goal inside the penalty area and fired into the net from 10 metres (0–1). In the final moments DVSC greatly defended their lead and, fighting hard, secured an extremely valuable victory. This was the sixth win in Loki’s history away against Ferencváros and the second one at Groupama Arena. Well done, guys!
The next match will be against Kisvárda at Nagyerdei Stadium.
According to the coach
Robbie Keane: We made stupid mistakes. We had more chances in the 2nd half, but could not score.
Sergio Navarro: The most important thing is that we could make our fans happy. Winning at the home of FTC is tough, but we managed to do so. I’m satisfied with my team’s performance.
Fizz Liga, round 17.
FTC-DVSC 0-1 (0-0).
Groupama Arena, 10 657 spectators. Referee: Berke B.
FTC: Gróf – Cisse, Raemaekers, Szalai G. – Romao (Ötvös, 46., Gruber, 80.) – Cadu (Makreckis, 61.), Tóth A., Levi (Kanichowsky, 61.), Nagy B. – Joseph (Yusuf, 61.), Varga B. Head coach: Robbie Keane.
As DVSC has validated its option right, Donát Bárány’s contract has been prolonged for one more year, until the summer of 2027. The excellent homegrown player of Loki was the runner-up last year in the Hungarian league’s top scorer list, while this season, he has already scored 6 goals. — I will continue to help the team with maximum effort in order to succeed – said the 25-year-old striker to dvsc.hu.
DVSC, which has been performing well, hosted Puskás Akadémia, a team of considerable strength on Saturday afternoon at Nagyerdei Stadium. Tamás Szűcs, who has suffered a concussion in Nyíregyháza, could not play, but Dorde Gordic and Flórián Cibla were among the starting XI.
The match began with a minute of silence in memory of two former players. Ernő Tóth, aged 68, has passed away, the hero of the 1979 promotion match against Nyíregyháza. In that memorable encounter, Loki defeated their arch-rival 2–1 in front of 28,000 spectators, thereby returning to the top division after 15 years. The winning goal was scored by Ernő Tóth from a penalty, forever inscribing his name in the golden book of Debrecen football. Altogether, he wore the Debrecen jersey in 71 NBI and 70 NBII league matches, scoring 22 goals. Another former player, Zoltán Kovács, has also passed away at the age of 66. Kovács played for Loki in 1984 and later in the ranks of Debreceni Kinizsi. We preserve the memory of our former players!
DVSC has once again joined the traditional chocolate-collection campaign launched by BAGE to support disadvantaged children. The collected donations were symbolically handed over by managing director Balázs Makray to Lajos Buzás, the representative of BAGE.
Debrecen was dominating at the beginning, but Puskás had a clear-cut chance in the 3rd minute, but Lukács missed the target. et. Overall, it was a tight tactical battle on the pitch, with no major opportunities. In the 22nd minute, Balázs Dzsudzsák shot wide off the goal, while at the other end the visitors, were stopped several times by offside. However, there was no offside in the 36th minute, when Zsolt Nagy broke through one-on-one and converted the chance, with Ádám Varga only managing to get a hand to the ball (0–1).
At the beginning of the second half, Loki was attacking, and in the 50th minute, Szappanos made a brilliant save to deny Balázs Dzsudzsák’s 23-metre free kick. The atmosphere began to heat up, with more and more duels on the pitch. During this period the Debrecen goal seemed to be coming; Donát Bárány entered the field, later followed by György Komáromi, Márk Szécsi and Pape Sissoko.
In the final third of the match DVSC tried everything in order to equalize, but could not do so, thus, the team left without points. The next match will be on Sunday away against Ferencváros.
According to the coach
Sergio Navarro: We knew we were playing against one of the best teams. In the second half we played better football, had chances and could have been awarded a penalty. We could have won the match — we definitely deserved more. In any case, we will analyse the mistakes, learn from them and keep working.
Zsolt Hornyák: These three points are very valuable, it was a difficult match. We could have decided the game in the first half, but after the break DVSC put huge pressure on us, and they were close to the equalizer. We will need better finishing in the future.
Fizz Liga, round 16.
DVSC-Puskás Akadémia 0-1 (0-1).
Nagyerdei Stadium, 4767 spectators. Referee: Zierkelbach P.
In the 15th round of Fizz Liga, DVSC earned a memorable 3-0 victory at the home of Nyíregyháza. Several members of our team delivered an oustanding performance, which has also been evaluated by the sports media. Both at M4 Sport and Csakfoci, Segio Navarro was chosen as the best coach of the round
At M4 Sport, Dominik Kocsis was included among the best players, while at Csakfoci, Ádám Varga and Dorde Gordic were in the team of the round. According to Nemzeti Sport, Soma Szuhodovszki’s goal was the greatest of the round, while Dominik Kocsis and Dorde Gordic were among the top XI players. Congratulations to our head coach and players as well!
In the 15th minute of the victorious derby against Nyíregyháza, our young midfielder Tamás Szűcs was heavily knocked over in the midfield. He became dizzy and had to be taken off on a stretcher, and had to be substituted.
Examinations showed that he suffered a concussion, but fortunately he is feeling better and is already recovering. His rehabilitation is progressing at the proper pace.
A classic derby was ahead of DVSC in the 15th round of Fizz Liga, playing at the home of its ancient rival, Nyíregyháza on a cool Friday evening. Our team wasn’t left without support as the away sector was full with our fans. Among the starting XI were Julien Dacosta, Bence Batik and Dorde Gordic as well.
At the beginning of the match, the home team tried to put pressure on Loki, but the first shot on target came from our team: in the 2nd minute, the goalkeeper of Nyíregyháza saved Dominik Kocsis’s attempt. What’s more, we took the lead in the 6th minute! At the end of a great attack, the ball went through Amos Youga, Balázs Dzsudzsák and Dorde Gordic, the latter giving a through pass to Soma Szuhodovszki, who confidently struck the ball into the bottom left corner from 13 meters (0-1).
In the 15th minute, Tamás Szűcs was toughly fouled in the midfield, he became dizzy and had to be taken off on a stretcher. He had to be substituted and we wish him a speedy recovery!
In the 21st minute, DVSC scored again! Julien Dacosta broke into the box from the right, and after his cross the ball rebounded off a defender, allowing Dorde Gordic to fire into the right side of the net from 12 metres (0–2). There was a fierce battle on the pitch: our team played well and continued to control the match until the break, although in the 39th minute, another brilliant save from Varga was needed to stop Manner’s shot.
Nyíregyháza also tried to start the second half with pressure, but Loki kept the match under control. The home team strived for a penalty, but none of the situations involved any real fouls. The tension grew and in the 57th minute, Balázs Dzsudzsák’s shot was saved by Kovács, but the home side’s attacks also posed danger at times.
Fran Manzanara came on for the final minutes (followed by György Komáromi, Márk Szécsi and Adrián Guerrero as well), and DVSC managed the remaining time professionally. In the 82nd minute, Dominik Kocsis sealed the deal with a fine shot from 13 metres (0–3), giving Loki their first victory in Nyíregyháza in 15 years. The three points are extremely valuable and our team continues to lead the table.
The next match will be against Puskás Akadémia on December 6 at Nagyerdei Stadium.
According to the coach
Tamás Bódog: We suffered a painful defeat. It’s hard to evaluate the match. Debrecen was good and it’s no coincidence they’re in first place. We have room to improve.
Sergio Navarro: It’s an honour for me to work with these players. Our game plan worked; the players understood what we wanted to do against a strong opponent. I’m satisfied with the team. Tamás Szűcs was taken to the hospital, but as far as I know, he’s already feeling better.
Fizz Liga, round 15.
Nyíregyháza-DVSC 0-3 (0-2).
Nyíregyháza, 7232 spectators. Referee: Bogár G.
Nyíregyháza: Kovács D. – Farkas B., Bitri, Katona L., Antonov (Benczenleitner, 88.) – Sankovic (Toma, 37.) – Manner (Kovács M., 88.), Katona B., Kovácsréti (Oláh, 75.) – Gilbert, Babunski (Varga K., 46.). Head coach: Tamás Bódog.
