The Haladas Chronicle
Market31 Aug 2026
Haladas make Gergő Bodnár the dearest name in their history
$730.0K. Fees like that buy a footballer and rent a debate: every touch will be measured against the number for a season at least.
Match26 Aug 2026
Haladas bow out of the cup
Ujpest go through and Haladas go home, 0‑0 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Market31 Aug 2026
Haladas turn down Puskas Akademia for Roland Botka
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Norbert Orban is the hero from the spot
A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Norbert Orban: 1 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.
Market31 Aug 2026
Zsolt 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Haladas
Matteo Cecconi 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 terraces31 Aug 2026
Haladas spend $730.0K on the signing the town wanted
It is the rarest sequence in football: supporters ask for something, and the club goes and does it. $730.0K for Gergő Bodnár, and for one week nobody is complaining about anything.
The terraces31 Aug 2026
Haladas supporters have found a favourite in Norbert Orban
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Norbert Orban 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Zsolt Dibusz
“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.
In brief
- Match Haladas come up short against Puskas Akademia
- Player ratings The kick that got away from Peter Gulacsi
- Squad Janos Szalai signs a new deal