title: 2020–21 FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda season
text: # 2020–21 FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda season
  
  The 2020–21 FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda season was the club's 17th season in the Slovak Super Liga and 8th consecutive. DAC competed in the Fortuna Liga, UEFA Europa League and Slovak Cup. The season covered the period from 24 July 2020 to 15 May 2021.
  
  For this season, the club has introduced a New Jersey to remind the 100th anniversary of the choice of the name DAC (Dunaszerdahelyi Atlétikai Club).
  
  ## Players
  
  Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | GK | SVK | Benjamín Száraz |
  | 2 | DF | GER | Niklas Sommer |
  | 3 | DF | UKR | Danylo Beskorovainyi |
  | 6 | MF | CRO | Andrija Balić |
  | 8 | MF | HUN | Máté Vida |
  | 9 | FW | VEN | Eric Ramírez |
  | 11 | MF | WAL | Isaac Christie-Davies (on loan from Barnsley) |
  | 13 | MF | HUN | Zsolt Kalmár (Captain) |
  | 15 | MF | USA | Creighton Braun |
  | 16 | DF | BRA | Mateus Brunetti |
  | 17 | FW | CGO | Yhoan Andzouana |
  | 18 | DF | GER | Jannik Müller |
  | 19 | MF | GAM | Sainey Njie |
  | 21 | FW | GER | Brahim Moumou |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 22 | GK | HUN | Dániel Veszelinov |
  | 23 | MF | GER | Sidney Friede |
  | 24 | DF | SVK | Dominik Kružliak |
  | 25 | FW | NGA | Abdulrahman Taiwo |
  | 26 | MF | HUN | András Schäfer |
  | 27 | DF | ARG | Luciano Vera |
  | 29 | FW | CRO | Marko Divković |
  | 31 | DF | PAN | Eric Davis |
  | 36 | GK | CZE | Martin Jedlička |
  | 40 | MF | SVK | Ferenc Bögi |
  | 77 | MF | SVK | Sebastian Nebyla |
  | 82 | DF | PAN | César Blackman |
  | 98 | FW | MDA | Ion Nicolaescu |
  
  ## Transfers and loans
  
  ### Transfers in
  
  | Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 20 July 2020 | DF | 32 | Jannik Müller | Dynamo Dresden |
  | 23 July 2020 | MF | 23 | Sidney Friede | SV Wehen Wiesbaden |
  | 29 July 2020 | MF | 25 | Yhoan Andzouana | KSV Roeselare |
  | 4 August 2020 | MF | 77 | Sebastian Nebyla | West Ham United "U18" |
  | 7 August 2020 | MF | 6 | Andrija Balić | Udinese Calcio |
  | 17 August 2020 | GK | 22 | Dániel Veszelinov | Király SZE "U19" |
  | 16 September 2020 | FW | 98 | Ion Nicolaescu | FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
  | 22 September 2020 | DF | 2 | Niklas Sommer | SG Sonnenhof Großaspach |
  | 13 November 2020 | DF | 27 | Luciano Vera | Club Atlético River Plate |
  | 19 January 2021 | MF | 40 | Ferenc Bögi | DAC Academy |
  | 21 January 2021 | MF | 15 | Creighton Braun | West Coast FC |
  | 27 January 2021 | FW | 21 | Brahim Moumou | FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín |
  | 28 January 2021 | DF | 16 | Mateus Brunetti | Figueirense FC |
  
  ### Loans in
  
  | Date | Position | Player | From | Ref. |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 29 January 2021 | MF | Isaac Christie-Davies | Barnsley FC | |
  
  ### Transfers out
  
  | Date | Position | Player | To |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 July 2020 | DF | Milan Šimčák | FK Senica |
  | 19 July 2020 | GK | Adrián Slančík | FK Senica |
  | 21 July 2020 | MF | Alex Javro | MŠK Žilina "B" |
  | 24 July 2020 | DF | Dušan Lalatović | Partizan Belgrade |
  | 26 July 2020 | DF | Dominik Špiriak | FK Pohronie |
  | 5 October 2020 | FW | Krisztián Németh | Columbus Crew SC |
  
  ### Loans out
  
  | Date | Position | Player | To |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 13 July 2020 | FW | Ernest Boateng | FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín |
  | 28 July 2020 | MF | Ladislav Nagy | FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín |
  | 29 July 2020 | FW | Ricardo Phillips | Zemplín Michalovce |
  | 6 October 2020 | MF | Dominik Veselovský | FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín |
  | 6 October 2020 | MF | Martin Bednár | Zemplín Michalovce |
  | 1 February 2021 | FW | Zuberu Sharani | Zemplín Michalovce |
  
  ## Friendlies
  
  Win  Draw  Loss
  
  ## Competition overview
  
  | Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
  | Fortuna Liga | 9 August 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | Matchday 32 | 32 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 66 | 38 | +28 | 059.38 |
  | Slovak Cup | 30 September 2020 | 14 April 2021 | 2nd round | Quarter-final | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 066.67 |
  | Europa League | 27 August 2020 | 24 September 2020 | 1st qualifying round | 3rd qualifying round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 066.67 |
  | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 85 | 52 | +33 | 060.53 |
  
  Source: Competitions
  
  ## Fortuna Liga
  
  ### Regular stage
  
  **Results summary**
  
  | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  **League table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Slovan Bratislava | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 12 | +42 | 54 | Qualification for the championship group |
  | 2 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 28 | +20 | 44 | Qualification for the championship group |
  | 3 | Žilina | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 37 | Qualification for the championship group |
  | 4 | Spartak Trnava | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 35 | Qualification for the championship group |
  | 5 | Zlaté Moravce | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 33 | Qualification for the championship group |
  | 6 | Trenčín | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 28 | Qualification for the championship group |
  
  **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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ground | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
  | Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | P | D | W | W | L | D | W | D | D | W | L |
  | Position | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
  
  ### Championship group
  
  **Table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SLO | DAC | TRN | ŽIL | ZLM | TRE |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Slovan Bratislava (C) | 32 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 78 | 28 | +50 | 71 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
  | 2 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 32 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 66 | 38 | +28 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
  | 3 | Spartak Trnava | 32 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round | 3–0 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
  | 4 | Žilina | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 73 | 52 | +21 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs | 2–3 | 3–3 | 2–1 | — | 5–1 | 5–3 |
  | 5 | Zlaté Moravce | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 42 | 51 | −9 | 40 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 |
  | 6 | Trenčín | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 42 | 61 | −19 | 32 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs | 2–6 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | — |
  
  **Results summary**
  
  | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  **Results by round**
  
  | Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H |
  | Result | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | W |
  | Position | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
  
  ## Statistics
  
  ### Appearances and goals
  
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Fortuna Liga | Fortuna Liga | Europa League | Europa League | Slovak Cup | Slovak Cup |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
  | Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
  | 1 | GK | SVK | Benjamín Száraz | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 36 | GK | CZE | Martin Jedlička | 35 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | Defenders ||||||||||||
  | 2 | DF | GER | Niklas Sommer | 15 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
  | 3 | DF | UKR | Danylo Beskorovainyi | 23 | 2 | 16+2 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
  | 18 | DF | GER | Jannik Müller | 32 | 1 | 24+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
  | 24 | DF | SVK | Dominik Kružliak | 34 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 27 | DF | ARG | Luciano Vera | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 31 | DF | PAN | Eric Davis | 30 | 5 | 23+2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
  | 33 | DF | SVK | Matúš Malý | 9 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 44 | DF | PAN | Jorge Méndez Castillo | 6 | 1 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 82 | DF | PAN | César Blackman | 31 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | Midfielders ||||||||||||
  | 6 | MF | CRO | Andrija Balić | 35 | 8 | 29+1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
  | 8 | MF | HUN | Máté Vida | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 10 | MF | SVK | Andrej Fábry | 17 | 2 | 6+7 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 11 | MF | WAL | Isaac Christie-Davies | 13 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 13 | MF | HUN | Zsolt Kalmár | 26 | 13 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 19 | MF | GAM | Sainey Njie | 22 | 1 | 7+11 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
  | 20 | MF | SVK | Dominik Veselovský | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
  | 23 | MF | GER | Sidney Friede | 14 | 3 | 7+3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
  | 26 | MF | HUN | András Schäfer | 31 | 0 | 25+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 66 | MF | SVK | Martin Bednár | 7 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 77 | MF | SVK | Sebastian Nebyla | 14 | 1 | 9+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
  | Forwards ||||||||||||
  | 7 | FW | GHA | Zuberu Sharani | 6 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 9 | FW | VEN | Eric Ramírez | 35 | 17 | 29+2 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 14 | FW | SVK | Jakub Švec | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 17 | FW | CGO | Yhoan Andzouana | 26 | 2 | 9+14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
  | 21 | FW | GER | Brahim Moumou | 8 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 25 | FW | NGA | Abdulrahman Taiwo | 13 | 3 | 4+7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
  | 29 | FW | CRO | Marko Divković | 37 | 15 | 29+3 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
  | 98 | FW | MDA | Ion Nicolaescu | 27 | 7 | 6+16 | 4 | 0+2 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 |
  
  ### Goalscorers
  
  | Rank | No. | Pos. | Name | Fortuna Liga | Slovak Cup | Europa League | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 9 | FW | Eric Ramírez | 16 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
  | 2 | 29 | FW | Marko Divković | 12 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
  | 3 | 13 | MF | Zsolt Kalmár | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
  | 4 | 6 | MF | Andrija Balić | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
  | 5 | 98 | MF | Ion Nicolaescu | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
  | 6 | 31 | DF | Eric Davis | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
  | 7 | 23 | MF | Sidney Friede | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
  | 7 | 25 | FW | Abdulrahman Taiwo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
  | 9 | 3 | DF | Danylo Beskorovainyi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 9 | 10 | MF | Andrej Fábry | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 9 | 19 | FW | Yhoan Andzouana | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 9 | 20 | DF | Dominik Kružliak | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 13 | 18 | DF | Jannik Müller | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 13 | 19 | MF | Sainey Njie | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 13 | 20 | MF | Dominik Veselovský | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 13 | 44 | MF | Jorge Méndez Castillo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 13 | 66 | MF | Martin Bednár | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 13 | 77 | MF | Sebastian Nebyla | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 65 | 12 | 7 | 84 |
  
  ### Clean sheets
  
  | No. | Pos. | Name | Fortuna Liga | Slovak Cup | Europa League | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 36 | | Martin Jedlička | 9 | | 1 | 10 |
  | 1 | | Benjamín Száraz | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
  
  ### Disciplinary record
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Fortuna Liga | Fortuna Liga | Fortuna Liga | Slovak Cup | Slovak Cup | Slovak Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2 | DF | | Niklas Sommer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  | 3 | DF | | Danylo Beskorovainyi | 4 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | 4 | 0 | 0 |
  | 6 | MF | | Andrija Balić | 5 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | 5 | 0 | 0 |
  | 9 | FW | | Eric Ramírez | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
  | 10 | MF | | Andrej Fábry | | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 11 | MF | | Isaac Christie-Davies | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 13 | MF | | Zsolt Kalmár | 3 | 0 | 0 | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
  | 18 | DF | | Jannik Müller | 5 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | 5 | 0 | 1 |
  | 19 | MF | | Sainey Njie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 23 | MF | | Sidney Friede | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 24 | DF | | Dominik Kružliak | 5 | 0 | 0 | | | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
  | 25 | FW | | Abdulrahman Taiwo | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 26 | MF | | András Schäfer | 5 | 0 | 0 | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
  | 29 | FW | | Marko Divković | | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 31 | DF | | Eric Davis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | 4 | 0 | 0 |
  | 33 | DF | | Matúš Malý | 4 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | 4 | 0 | 0 |
  | 36 | GK | | Martin Jedlička | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 44 | MF | | Jorge Méndez Castillo | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 77 | MF | | Sebastian Nebyla | 3 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  | 82 | DF | | César Blackman | 4 | 1 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
  | 98 | FW | | Ion Nicolaescu | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | Total | Total | Total | Total | 59 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 1 | 2 |
  
  ## Awards
  
  ### Fortuna Liga: Player of the Year
  
  Zsolt Kalmár
  
  ### Fortuna Liga: Player of the Month
  
  | Month | Player | Reference |
  | - | - | - |
  | August | Zsolt Kalmár | |
  | February/March | Eric Ramírez | |
  
  ### Fortuna Liga: Goal of the Month
  
  | Month | Player |
  | - | - |
  | August | Eric Ramírez |
  | September | Eric Ramírez |
  | October | Andrija Balić |
  | March | Zsolt Kalmár |
  | April | Andrija Balić |
  
  ### Fortuna Liga: Top Eleven
  
  Source:
  
  * Defence: César Blackman
  * Midfield: Zsolt Kalmár
  * Attack: Eric Ramírez
  
  ### Fortuna Liga: Top Eleven U21
  
  Source:
  
  * Defence: César Blackman
  * Midfield: András Schäfer, Marko Divković
  * Attack: Eric Ramírez
  