Roland Bese

Central Defender - Haladas
29 Apr 2028
Saturday
Process

Marked for Roland Bese

65 Edition

The Haladas Chronicle

25 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Zsolt Dibusz in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Haladas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at Haladas training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Enrique Blanco is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Match

Haladas find a way past Fehervar

Fehervar made Haladas work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

In brief

Back issues
64 Edition

The Haladas Chronicle

18 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Haladas sink to position 10

11 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Market

Viktor Dibusz hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Haladas can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Tempers go at Haladas

Zsolt Dibusz was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Peter Bese falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad

No hiding place for Roland Varga

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Roland Varga, and the manager let it.

Squad

A promise honoured for Viktor Dibusz

It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Haladas told Viktor Dibusz something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.

In brief

40 Edition

The Haladas Chronicle

3 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Viktor Dibusz puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Haladas, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Peter Bese falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Loan watch

Roland Bese has seen enough of Fehervar

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Haladas, and 11 appearances in 33 say he has earned the hearing.

In brief

37 Edition

The Haladas Chronicle

12 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at Haladas

Zsolt Dibusz was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Peter Bese falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Loan watch

Viktor Szalai has seen enough of Puskas Akademia

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Haladas, and 11 appearances in 34 say he has earned the hearing.

In brief

21 Edition

The Fehervar Post

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at Fehervar

Gergely Nagy was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

The terraces

Fehervar supporters have found a favourite in Marko Veličković

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Marko Veličković has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Player ratings

Bálint Geiger shuts the door

Defensive actions: 20, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Player ratings

Ninety minutes of Marko Veličković at his very best

Marked 8.57. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Fehervar.

Match

Marko Veličković the difference as Fehervar beat Diosgyor

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Marko Veličković. 1‑0 against Diosgyor, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Squad

Csaba Spandler falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad

No hiding place for Dávid Zimonyi

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Dávid Zimonyi, and the manager let it.

Squad

Csaba Spandler dropped after a run of poor form

The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Patrik Kovács

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 14 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

In brief

21 Edition

The Haladas Chronicle

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

9 matches without a win for Haladas

The run now stands at 9, and the questions being asked around Haladas are no longer polite ones.

Market

Balazs Nikolic hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Haladas can pretend not to have heard.

Match

The goals have deserted Haladas

4 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Haladas can tell you which week it ends in.

Squad

Zayd El Kandoussi in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Haladas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Tobías Ramírez falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Peter Bese

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Loan watch

Roland Nikolic wants to come home

“I did not go to Debrecen to sit and watch. I want to come back to Haladas and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 17 matches say the rest.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Balazs Botka

Successful dribbles: 13. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

No goals between Haladas and Debrecen

Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Debrecen will be the happier side with the point.

In brief

13 Edition

The Haladas Chronicle

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tobías Ramírez keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Haladas may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Zayd El Kandoussi in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Haladas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Zsolt Dibusz gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Peter Bese falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Loan watch

Roland Nikolic wants to come home

“I did not go to Debrecen to sit and watch. I want to come back to Haladas and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.

Player ratings

Balazs Botka runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 14. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

In brief

7 Edition

The Fehervar Post

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Csaba Spandler wins it after the whistle should have gone

90 minutes played. Csaba Spandler found the finish in time that only existed because of earlier delays, and Honved went from a point to nothing inside one movement.

Match

Fehervar refuse to drop out of the race

Position 2, 13 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.

Player ratings

Marko Veličković, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 8.57

A mark of 8.57 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Player ratings

Csaba Spandler pops up at the right end — 7.91

7.91, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.

Squad

Tempers go at Fehervar

Gergely Nagy was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match

Fehervar see off Honved

Three points for Fehervar, 3‑2 the final word against Honved in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

Csaba Spandler falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Player ratings

Diego Sánchez was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.15. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

Squad

Zoltán Stieber gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

7 Edition

The Haladas Chronicle

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Haladas are in real trouble now

Position 10, 6 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Squad

Zayd El Kandoussi in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Haladas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Haladas come up short against Ujpest

Ujpest left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

No hiding place for Zayd El Kandoussi

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Zayd El Kandoussi, and the manager let it.

Squad

Peter Bese falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Player ratings

Balazs Botka runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Norbert Orban is the weekend's best young player

At 16 he is being measured against the rest of the division's kids and coming out in front. The senior version of this award is where the club would like this to lead.

Market

Daniele Canali leaves for nothing

Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Daniele Canali leaves Haladas the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.

Market

David Szoboszlai leaves for nothing

Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. David Szoboszlai leaves Haladas the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.

In brief

5 Edition

The Haladas Chronicle

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

The small margins put Haladas out

Out, 0‑1 to Ujpest, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

The terraces

The ground has had enough

“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 13 of the 22 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.

Market

Daniele Canali puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Haladas, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Haladas sell Attila Sallai for $2.8M

Attila Sallai has left for Ferencvaros in a $2.8M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Market

Haladas say no — this time

The offer from Fehervar for Roland Bese was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad

Tempers go at Haladas

Georgy Nazarov was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Market

Haladas sell Marton Nagy for $96.0K

Marton Nagy has left for Puskas Akademia in a $96.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Match

Haladas come up short against Puskas Akademia

Puskas Akademia left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Zsolt Botka gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

  • Squad Words at Haladas training over how hard people work
  • Squad When it matters, Zsolt Botka plays
  • The terraces Everybody has an opinion about Zsolt Dibusz
4 Edition

The Haladas Chronicle

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Chastening afternoon for Haladas

A 1‑6 beating by Ferencvaros was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.

Market

Norbert Fiola asks to leave Haladas

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Tempers go at Haladas

Marton Nagy was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match

Nobody could stop scoring

7 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Haladas and Ferencvaros in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.

Market

Ferencvaros expected to open talks for Attila Sallai

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Haladas will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Marton Nagy

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

Roland Bese attracts admirers

The name of Roland Bese has come up in conversations Haladas were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

Words at Haladas training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Peter Bese is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad

6 past Zsolt Botka

Whether it was the goalkeeper or the ten in front of him is the argument that will fill every conversation in town this week. 0 saves does not settle it either way.

In brief

2 Edition

The Haladas Chronicle

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Haladas say no — this time

The offer from Ujpest for Zsolt Dibusz was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Market

Mate Orban attracts admirers

The name of Mate Orban has come up in conversations Haladas were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Market

Balazs Nikolic puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Haladas, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings

A chastening introduction for Roland Bese — 5.59

It is a hard way to meet a crowd. Marked 5.59 on the day he was handed the shirt, and the important thing now is what the next one looks like.

Squad

Mate Orban signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mate Orban commits to Haladas for another 4 years.

Squad

Marton Nagy in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Haladas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Mate Orban falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match

Fehervar take the points off Haladas

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

The manager has not finished forgetting Balazs Botka's mistake

Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.

In brief