Marton Varga

Defensive Midfielder - Haladas
10 Jul 2027
Saturday
Process

Marked for Marton Varga

40 Edition

The Haladas Chronicle

3 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Akos 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 The request is on a desk at Haladas, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Words at Haladas training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mate Gulacsi 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

Marton Varga 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.

In brief

Back issues
34 Edition

The Haladas Chronicle

22 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Mate Gulacsi 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

Tempers go at Haladas

Marton Varga 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

Istvan Gulacsi signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Istvan Gulacsi and Haladas agree another 3 years.

In brief

31 Edition

The Haladas Chronicle

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Laszlo Kleinheisler 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

Marton Varga stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Marton Varga and Haladas agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Words at Haladas training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Bence Szalai 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.

In brief

24 Edition

The Haladas Chronicle

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

MTK Budapest come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Haladas did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market

So close: Laszlo Szalai’s move dies late

The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Racing Genk moved on, Laszlo Szalai reports back to Haladas, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.

Market

Maccabi Tel Aviv watching Orazio Sartori

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Haladas have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad

Laszlo Varga is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad

Tempers go at Haladas

Laszlo Kleinheisler 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

Bence Szalai 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.

In brief

19 Edition

The Haladas Chronicle

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Words at Haladas training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mate Gulacsi 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

Marton Varga 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.

Loan watch

Norbert Gulacsi 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.

Squad

Orazio Sartori named player of the month

The award goes to Orazio Sartori, and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.

Squad

Zoltan Gulacsi named in the team of the month

A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Zoltan Gulacsi is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

Match

Laszlo Szalai rescues a point for Haladas

It needed Laszlo Szalai to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against MTK Budapest, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

In brief

13 Edition

The Haladas Chronicle

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

David Lisztes runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 35. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match

Laszlo Szalai breaks Fehervar hearts

Some goals win a match and some take one off somebody else. Laszlo Szalai scored in the 85th minute, Fehervar had already begun thinking about the journey home, and Haladas took the lot.

Player ratings

Zoltan Gulacsi, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 7.70

A mark of 7.70 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.

Squad

Words at Haladas training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mate Gulacsi 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

Laszlo Szalai sends Haladas past Fehervar

It finished 2‑1, and it was Laszlo Szalai’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Haladas.

Squad

Marton Varga 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.

The terraces

Haladas supporters have found a favourite in Zoltan Gulacsi

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Zoltan Gulacsi 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

Ninety minutes of Laszlo Szalai at his very best

Marked 8.11. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Haladas.

Squad

No hiding place for Marton Varga

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

In brief

7 Edition

The Haladas Chronicle

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

No end in sight to Haladas's wait for a win

7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Haladas has to find a result from somewhere.

Player ratings

Andras Szoboszlai pops up at the right end — 7.36

7.36, 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.

Market

Laszlo Szalai wants more than Haladas are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Squad

Laszlo Varga is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad

Words at Haladas training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mate Gulacsi 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

A bad afternoon for Haladas against Ujpest

1‑2 to Ujpest, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Marton Varga 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

The manager makes an example of Facundo Quintana

“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

Norbert Gulacsi counts the days

“I watch every Haladas game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Debrecen runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

In brief