2022–23 SC Pick Szeged season

Pick Szeged
2022–23 season
President	Dr. Ernő Péter Szűcs
Head coach	Juan Carlos Pastor
Nemzeti Bajnokság I	1st
Hungarian Cup	Pre-season
EHF Champions League	Group stage
Highest home attendance	8,000 vs Barça; (14 September 2022)
Lowest home attendance	1,000 vs Budakalász; (2 September 2022)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →
	All statistics correct as of 29 September 2022.

The 2022–23 season was the 61st season in the history of SC Pick Szeged and their 47th consecutive season in the top flight. The club will participate in Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the Magyar Kupa and the EHF Champions League.

Players

Squad information

Squad for the 2022–23 season.

As of 2 September 2022^[1]

Goalkeepers

16 Roland Mikler
32 Mirko Alilović

Left Wingers

25 Sebastian Frimmel
71 Alexander Blonz

Right Wingers

17 Bogdan Radivojević
24 Mario Šoštarič

Line players

Left Backs

Central Backs

10 Miguel Martins
44 Dean Bombač

Right Backs

Transfers

Source: Rajt a K&H férfi ligában

IN

Zoltán Szita (from Wisła Płock)^[2]

OUT

Staff members

Source: Staff (Szakmai stáb) - Pick Szeged 2022/2023

Head Coach: Juan Carlos Pastor
Assistant Coach: Marko Krivokapić
Goalkeeping Coach: Nenad Damjanović
Fitness Coach: Slobodan Acimov
Club Doctor: István Szabó MD
Masseur: Đorđe Ignjatović

Club

Management

Source: Management (Munkatársak)

Position	Staff member
The club
President	Dr. Ernő Péter Szűcs
Co-member	Attila Fülöp
	Sándor Fasimon
	Gábor Kolics
Senior team
Sports director	Juan Carlos Pastor
Technical director	Iván Dobozi
Press chief	Róbert Süli
Secretary - General	Julianna Szilágyi
Director of marketing communication	Máté H. Nagy
Team manager	Ádám Ollár
Video analyst	Ferenc Szabó
International relations	Robin Borsos
International relations	Bettina Békefi
Company manager	Bence Kiss
Financial director	József Farkas
Youth team
Director	Vladan Jordović
Secretary	Éva Szanka
Technical director of PICK Academy	Krisztián Kárpáti

Uniform

Supplier: Adidas
Shirt sponsor (front): Pick / tippmix / OTP Bank / SMP Solutions
Shirt sponsor (back): Groupama Biztosító / Lexus Szeged
Shorts sponsor: Groupama Biztosító / OTP Bank / Lexus Szeged / Hajós Építész Iroda

Pre-season

Friendly matches

10 August 2022 (2022-08-10)	Pick Szeged	37–26	Balatonfüredi KSE	Pick Aréna - Ludányi Márton Sportcsarnok, Szeged Attendance: 1,400
	Frimmel 6	(18–14)	Szűcs 8
		Report

12 August 2022 (2022-08-12)	Pick Szeged	38–27	HE-DO B. Braun Gyöngyös	Pick Aréna - Ludányi Márton Sportcsarnok, Szeged Attendance: 1,300
	Radivojević 8	(18–14)	Potisk 5
		Report

19 August 2022 (2022-08-19)	Crvena zvezda	20–38	Pick Szeged	Sânnicolau Mare Attendance: 600
		(10–19)	Frimmel 6
		Report

20 August 2022 (2022-08-20)	Minaur Baia Mare	26–31	Pick Szeged	Sânnicolau Mare Attendance: 600
		(12–17)	Rosta 7
		Report

Competitions

Times up to 30 October 2022 and from 26 March 2023 are CEST (UTC+2). Times from 30 October 2022 to 26 March 2023 are CET (UTC+1).

Win Draw Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Nemzeti Bajnokság I	3 September 2022	-	Matchday 1	-	2	2	0	0	79	50	+29	100.00
Magyar Kupa	-	-	Fifth round	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
EHF Champions League	15 September 2022	-	Group stage	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					2	2	0	0	79	50	+29	100.00

Last updated: 8 September 2022
Source: Flashscore

Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Regular season

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W

Updated to match(es) played on 8 September 2022. Source: Matches^[4]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; C = Cancelled

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 5 July 2022.^[5]^[6]

Round 1 3 September 2022 (2022-09-03) 18:00	Pick Szeged	40–25	CYEB-Budakalász	Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Nagy, Túróczy
	Rosta 7	(19–14)	Varjú 7
	1× 3×	Report	1× 4×

Round 2 8 September 2022 (2022-09-08) 18:00	Pick Szeged	39–25	HÉP-Cegléd	Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 2,000 Referees: G. Kiu, T. Kiu
	Blonz 7	(21–10)	Kállai 6
	2× 1×	Report	4× 1×

Round 3 17 September 2022 (2022-09-17) 19:00	Pick Szeged	37–28	Balatonfüredi KSE	Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Fekete, Tóth
	three players 6	(20–12)	Szmetán 6
	3×	Report	1× 3×

Round 4 24 September 2022 (2022-09-24) 18:00	Dabas KC	26–37	Pick Szeged	OBO Aréna, Dabas Attendance: 700 Referees: Héjja, Kónya
	Horvat 6	(17–17)	Blonz 7
	1× 3×	Report	1× 3×

Round 5 1 October 2022 (2022-10-01) 19:30	Pick Szeged	39–33	Ferencvárosi TC	Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Sándor, Szikszay
	Rosta 13	(20–13)	Füzi, Prainer 6
	2× 5×	Report	2× 4×

Round 6 22 October 2022 (2022-10-22) 16:00	Telekom Veszprém	31–26	Pick Szeged	Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Andorka, Hucker
	Vailupau 5	(16–10)	Blonz 7
	1× 2× 1×	Report	1× 1× 1×

Round 7 29 October 2022 (2022-10-29) 20:05	Pick Szeged	32–24	HE-DO B. Braun Gyöngyös	Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 1,600 Referees: G. Kiu, T. Kiu
	Garciandia 8	(17–13)	Potisk 6
	1× 1×	Report	1× 1×

Round 8 6 November 2022 (2022-11-06) 16:00	Pick Szeged	32–30	MOL Tatabánya KC	Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Nagy, Túróczy
	Radivojević 8	(16–15)	Győri, Ancsin 6
	2× 7×	Report	1× 2×

Round 9 12 November 2022 (2022-11-12) 18:00	Fejér-B.Á.L. Veszprém	–	Pick Szeged	Városi Sportcsarnok, Veszprém Referees: Hajdu, Halász
		(–)
		Report

Round 10 26 November 2022 (2022-11-26) 16:00	Pick Szeged	–	HSA-NEKA	Pick Aréna, Szeged
		(–)
		Report

Round 11 3 December 2022 (2022-12-03) 16:15	Budai Farkasok-Rév Group	–	Pick Szeged	Városi Uszoda és Sportcsarnok, Budaörs
		(–)
		Report

Results overview

Opposition	Home score	Away score	Double
Balatonfüredi KSE	37–28	25 Feb	-
Budai Farkasok-Rév Group	19 Nov	3 Dec	-
CYEB-Budakalász	40–25	11 Feb	-
HÉP-Cegléd	39–25	3 Feb	-
Csurgói KK	10 Dec	21 May	-
Dabas KK	4 Mar	26–37	-
Ferencvárosi TC	39–33	18 Mar	-
HE-DO B. Braun Gyöngyös	32–24	2 Apr	-
Sport36-Komló	26 May	17 Dec	-
HSA-NEKA	26 Nov	5 May	-
MOL Tatabánya KC	32–30	25 May	-
Telekom Veszprém	15 Apr	31–26	-
Fejér-B.Á.L. Veszprém	22 Apr	12 Nov	-

Magyar Kupa

Szeged entered the tournament in the fifth round.

EHF Champions League

Group stage

The draw was held on 1 July 2022 in Vienna, Austria.^[7]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAR	KIE	NAN	THW	AAL	SZE	CEL	ELV
1	Barça	14	13	1	0	484	404	+80	27	Quarterfinals	—	32–28	34–29	26–24	32–26	35–25	38–30	40–30
2	Barlinek Industria Kielce	14	11	0	3	465	427	+38	22	Quarterfinals	31–32	—	40–33	40–37	33–28	37–30	36–28	37–33
3	HBC Nantes	14	7	1	6	478	451	+27	15^[a]	Playoffs	33–37	30–33	—	38–30	35–28	35–30	31–32	41–30
4	THW Kiel	14	6	3	5	460	440	+20	15^[a]		30–30	32–29	37–33	—	36–36	34–29	39–27	36–26
5	Aalborg Håndbold	14	6	1	7	445	438	+7	13		33–39	28–30	33–34	26–30	—	33–27	36–32	31–24
6	OTP Bank - Pick Szeged	14	5	1	8	426	452	−26	11		28–35	28–31	28–28	36–33	29–41	—	36–27	30–23
7	Celje Pivovarna Laško	14	3	0	11	412	475	−63	6		27–28	30–33	24–35	38–36	31–34	28–36	—	29–26
8	Elverum Håndball	14	1	1	12	398	481	−83	3		30–46	26–27	36–42	26–26	25–33	32–34	31–29	—

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Nantes 71–67 Kiel

14 September 2022 18:45	Pick Szeged	28–35	Barça	Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Bodó 5	(15–14)	Fabregas, Mem 7
	1× 1×	Report	5×

22 September 2022 18:45	HBC Nantes	35–30	Pick Szeged	H Arena, Nantes Attendance: 5,629 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Rivera 10	(17–15)	Radivojević 9
	1× 5×	Report	2×

29 September 2022 18:45	THW Kiel	34–29	Pick Szeged	Wunderino Arena, Kiel Attendance: 5,316 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Ekberg 6	(15–14)	Rosta 5
	4×	Report	1× 3×

6 October 2022 18:45	Pick Szeged	29–41	Aalborg Håndbold	Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Šoštarič 6	(15–17)	Hansen 11
	1× 5×	Report	2×

26 October 2022 18:45	Pick Szeged	30–23	Elverum	Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Martins, Martins (POR)
	Rosta, Tønnesen 6	(16–10)	Blomgren 4
	1× 4×	Report	3×

3 November 2022 20:45	Łomża Industria Kielce	37–30	Pick Szeged	Hala Legionów, Kielce Attendance: 4,200 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Moryto, Sićko 7	(22–14)	three players 5
	4×	Report	4×

Results overview

Opposition	Home score	Away score	Double
Barça	28–35	22 Feb	-
Celje Pivovarna Laško	23 Nov	30 Nov	-
Łomża Industria Kielce	7 Dec	37–30	-
THW Kiel	15 Feb	34–29	-
HBC Nantes	1 Mar	35–30	-
Elverum	30–23	14 Dec	-
Aalborg Håndbold	29–41	8 Feb	-

Statistics

Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. Last updated on 8 September 2022.

Position	No.	Name	Hungarian League^[8]	Total
1	25	Sebastian Frimmel	10	10
2	45	Miklós Rosta	9	9
3	71	Alexander Blonz	8	8
4	5	Kent Robin Tønnesen	6	6
5	9	Richárd Bodó	6	6
6	10	Miguel Martins	6	6
7	21	Zoltán Szita	6	6
8	24	Mario Šoštarić	6	6
9	27	Bence Bánhidi	5	5
10	41	Imanol Garciandia	5	5
11	16	Roland Mikler	3	3
12	17	Bogdan Radivojević	3	3
13	44	Dean Bombač	2	2
14	51	Borut Mačkovšek	2	2
15	29	Marcell Ludmán	1	1
16	55	Levente Tisza	1	1
		TOTALS	79	79

Attendances

List of the home matches:

Round	Against	Attadance	Capatility	Date
NB I – 1.	CYEB-Budakalász	1,000	12.3%	(2022-09-01)September 1, 2022
NB I – 2.	HÉP-Cegléd	2,000	24.6%	(2022-09-01)September 1, 2022
CL – (GS) 1.	Barça	8,000	96.4%	(2022-09-15)September 15, 2022
NB I – 3.	Balatonfüredi KSE	1,500	18.4%	(2022-09-17)September 17, 2022
NB I – 5.	Ferencvárosi TC	2,000	24.6%	(2022-10-01)October 1, 2022
CL – (GS) 4.	Aalborg Håndbold	3,000	36.1%	(2022-10-06)October 6, 2022
CL – (GS) 5.	Elverum	4,000	48.2%	(2022-10-26)October 26, 2022
NB I – 7.	HE-DO B. Braun Gyöngyös	1,600	19.6%	(2022-10-29)October 29, 2022
NB I – 8.	MOL Tatabánya KC	3,500	43.0%	(2022-11-06)November 6, 2022
NB I – 24.	Budai Farkasok-Rév Group			(2022-11-19)November 19, 2022
CL – (GS) 7.	Celje Pivovarna Laško			(2022-11-23)November 23, 2022
NB I – 10.	HSA-NEKA			(2022-11-26)November 26, 2022
CL – (GS) 9.	Łomża Industria Kielce			(2022-12-07)December 7, 2022
NB I – 12.	Csurgói KK			(2022-12-10)December 10, 2022

References

^ "PICK SZEGED JÁTÉKOSAINK 2022/2023" (in Hungarian). Pick Szeged. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
^ "Szita Zoltán 2022 nyarán hozzánk igazol". pickhandball.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^ "Távozik a Pick Szeged balátlövője, Nik Henigman". pickhandball.hu. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^ 2022/2023 PICK SZEGED - NB I Férfi
^ "Sorsoltak az NB I-re" (in Hungarian). MKSZ. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
^ FÉRFI KÉZILABDA NB I, 2022–2023
^ "Group phase for men's 2022/23 top flight drawn". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
^ 2022/2023 PICK SZEGED - NB I Férfi, Házi góllövőlista, Góllövő lista
^ EHF Champions League, 2022/23 - EHF CL Men, Clubs, PICK SZEGED - Players (Goals)

External links

[table_hth_NAN0.83284073175529-8] Nantes 71–67 Kiel

[1] "PICK SZEGED JÁTÉKOSAINK 2022/2023" (in Hungarian). Pick Szeged. Retrieved 2 September 2022.

[2] "Szita Zoltán 2022 nyarán hozzánk igazol". pickhandball.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 13 May 2021.

[3] "Távozik a Pick Szeged balátlövője, Nik Henigman". pickhandball.hu. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

[4] 2022/2023 PICK SZEGED - NB I Férfi

[5] "Sorsoltak az NB I-re" (in Hungarian). MKSZ. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.

[6] FÉRFI KÉZILABDA NB I, 2022–2023

[7] "Group phase for men's 2022/23 top flight drawn". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 1 July 2022.

[9] 2022/2023 PICK SZEGED - NB I Férfi, Házi góllövőlista, Góllövő lista

[10] EHF Champions League, 2022/23 - EHF CL Men, Clubs, PICK SZEGED - Players (Goals)

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