The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, "National Championship"), also known as NB I, is the top level of the
Hungarian football league system. The league is officially named OTP Bank Liga after its title sponsor
OTP Bank. UEFA currently ranks the league 28th in Europe.
Twelve teams compete in the league, playing each other three times, once at home, once away, and the third match is played at the stadium that the last match was not played at. At the end of the season, the top team enters the qualification for the
UEFA Champions League, while the runner-up and the third place, together with the winner of the
Magyar Kupa enter the
UEFA Europa Conference League qualification rounds. The bottom two clubs are relegated to
Nemzeti Bajnokság II, the second-level league, to be replaced by the winner and the runner up of the NB2.
History
The first championship in 1901 was contested by
BTC,
MUE
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,
FTC,
Műegyetemi AFC, and
Budapesti SC, with the latter winning the championship. Although the two first championships were won by
Budapesti TC, the other titles that decade were won by FTC and MTK.
In the 1910s and 1920s, the championship was dominated by Ferencváros and MTK.
In the 1930s, the rivalry between Ferencváros and MTK Budapest expanded with another club,
Újpest FC (at that time not part of Budapest). One of the most iconic figures of the 1930s Hungarian football was Újpest's
Zsengellér who managed to top goalscorer three times in a row in the 1930s. Ferencváros's
Sárosi and MTK Budapest's
Cseh and Újpest's Zsengellér were the embodiment of the rivalry of the three clubs from Budapest, named
Budapest derby.
In the 1940s,
Csepel could win its first title which was followed by two other titles in
1942
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in wh ...
and
1943
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured.
* January 4 – ...
. During the
World War II, there were no interruptions in the Hungarian league. Due to the expansion of the territories of the country, new clubs could re-join the league such as
Nagyvárad and
Kolozsvár. The second half of the 1940s was dominated by Újpest by winning the championship in
1945
1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
Januar ...
,
1946
Events January
* January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
* January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...
, and
1947
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Events
January
* January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ...
.
In the 1950s, the dominance of Ferencváros and MTK weakened by the emergence of
Honvéd with players such as
Puskás Puskás is a Hungarian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Ferenc Puskás (1927–2006), Hungarian football player and manager
**FIFA Puskás Award, the player judged to have scored the most aesthetically significant and "most beauti ...
,
Bozsik,
Czibor, and
Budai
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. Later these players played in the final of the
1954 FIFA World Cup
The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerla ...
. In the 1950s, Honvéd could win the championship five times. During the early 1950s, Honvéd players formed the backbone of the legendary
Mighty Magyars. In
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...
, the Hungarian league was suspended due to the
Hungarian Revolution. The league was led by Honvéd after 21 rounds but the championship has never been finished.
In the first season (
1955–56) of the
European Cup
The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...
,
MTK Budapest reached the quarter-finals while in the
1957–58 season
Vasas Budapest Vasas may refer to:
* Vasas SC, Hungarian sports club
*Győri Vasas, former name of Hungarian sports club Győri ETO (1950-65)
*Mihály Vasas (born 1933), Hungarian footballer and manager
*Zoltán Vasas
Zoltán Vasas (born 5 November 1977) is ...
played in the semi-finals of the European Cup.
Vasas won four titles in the 1960s (
1960/61,
1961/62,
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...
, and
1966
Events January
* January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko.
* January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
).
Ujpest dominated the 1970s, winning seven titles.
In
1982
Events January
* January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...
,
Győr won the championship becoming the first non-Budapest team who could win the Hungarian league (except
Nagyvárad during the
World War II). Győr could repeat the triumph in the following year in
1983
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
Events January
* January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...
. However, the 1980s was dominated by Honvéd who celebrated its second heyday during the 1980s.
Due to the collapse of
communism, Hungarian football clubs lost the support of the state. Therefore, many clubs were faced with financial problems the effects of which are still present in Hungarian football. However, the 1990s were still dominated by the 'traditional' clubs of the championships such as Ferencváros, MTK and Újpest. Ferencváros always finished in the top three, except for the 1993–94 season, when they finished 4th. The financial problems affected the performance of the clubs outside the Hungarian League as well. Hungarian clubs could not compete with their European counterparts. Moreover, the
Bosman ruling
''Union Royale Belge des Sociétés de Football Association ASBL v Jean-Marc Bosman'' (1995) C-415/93 (known as the Bosman ruling) is a 1995 European Court of Justice decision concerning freedom of movement for workers, freedom of association ...
also had a deep impact on the Hungarian League. Since big European clubs could invest loads of money into football, clubs from the
Eastern Bloc
The Eastern Bloc, also known as the Communist Bloc and the Soviet Bloc, was the group of socialist states of Central and Eastern Europe, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America under the influence of the Soviet Union that existed du ...
were restricted to employing only home nationals.
In the 2000s, new clubs became champions, mainly from rural Hungary. In
2002
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,
Bozsik's
Zalaegerszeg won the championship. Debrecen won the Hungarian league in
2005
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,
2006
File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...
,
2007
File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...
,
2009
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, and
2010
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. In
2008
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MTK could win.
The dominance of the rural clubs continued in the 2010s. In
2011
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and
2015
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,
Székesfehérvár
Székesfehérvár (; german: Stuhlweißenburg ), known colloquially as Fehérvár ("white castle"), is a city in central Hungary, and the country's ninth-largest city. It is the regional capital of Central Transdanubia, and the centre of Fejér ...
's
Videoton won the championship. In
2013
File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...
,
Győr and in
2014
File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...
, Debrecen could win the Hungarian League title.
Current clubs
As of the
2022–23 season, there are twelve clubs in the division, who play each other three times for a total of 33 games each. The bottom two clubs are relegated.
Champions
*
1901
Events
January
* January 1 – The Crown colony, British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria (Australia), Victoria and Western Australia Federation of Australia, federate as the Australia, ...
:
BTC
*
1902
Events
January
* January 1
** The Nurses Registration Act 1901 comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses. On January 10, Ellen Dougherty becomes the world's f ...
:
BTC (2)
*
1903
Events January
* January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India.
* January 19 – The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England (the first east–west broadcast having been ...
:
Ferencváros
*
1904
Events
January
* January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''.
* January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
* ...
:
MTK
*
1905
As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony i ...
:
Ferencváros (2)
*
1906–07
Nineteen or 19 may refer to:
* 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20
* one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019
Films
* ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film
* ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film
Music ...
:
Ferencváros (3)
*
1907–08:
MTK (2)
*
1908–09:
Ferencváros (4)
*
1909–10:
Ferencváros (5)
*
1910–11:
Ferencváros (6)
*
1911–12:
Ferencváros (7)
*
1912–13:
Ferencváros (8)
*
1913–14:
MTK (3)
* 1914-16 – ''Unofficial championships''
*
1916–17:
MTK (4)
*
1917–18:
MTK (5)
*
1918–19:
MTK (6)
*
1919–20:
MTK (7)
*
1920–21:
MTK (8)
*
1921–22:
MTK (9)
*
1922–23:
MTK (10)
*
1923–24:
MTK (11)
*
1924–25:
MTK (12)
*
1925–26:
Ferencváros (9)
*
1926–27:
Ferencváros (10)
*
1927–28:
Ferencváros (11)
*
1928–29:
MTK (as Hungária) (13)
*
1929–30:
Újpest
*
1930–31:
Újpest (2)
*
1931–32:
Ferencváros (12)
*
1932–33:
Újpest (3)
*
1933–34:
Ferencváros (13)
*
1934–35:
Újpest (4)
*
1935–36:
MTK (as Hungária) (14)
*
1936–37:
MTK (as Hungária) (15)
*
1937–38:
Ferencváros (14)
*
1938–39:
Újpest (5)
*
1939–40:
Ferencváros (15)
*
1940–41:
Ferencváros (16)
*
1941–42:
Csepel
*
1942–43:
Csepel (2)
*
1943–44: ''
Nagyvárad''
*
1944
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in Nor ...
– ''unofficial championship''
*
1945
1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
Januar ...
:
Újpest (6)
*
1945–46:
Újpest (7)
*
1946–47:
Újpest (8)
*
1947–48:
Csepel (3)
*
1948–49:
Ferencváros (17)
*
1949–50:
Honvéd
*
1950
Events January
* January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed.
* January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 cr ...
:
Honvéd (2)
*
1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the United ...
:
MTK (as Bástya) (16)
*
1952
Events January–February
* January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
* February 6
** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...
:
Honvéd (3)
*
1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito i ...
:
MTK (as Vörös Lobogó) (17)
*
1954
Events
January
* January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany.
* January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting.
* January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...
:
Honvéd (4)
*
1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...
:
Honvéd (5)
*
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...
– abandoned due to
Revolution
*
1957
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:
Vasas
*
1957–58:
MTK (18)
*
1958–59:
Csepel (4)
*
1959–60:
Újpest (as Dózsa) (9)
*
1960–61:
Vasas (2)
*
1961–62:
Vasas (3)
*
1962–63:
Ferencváros (18)
*
1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
:
Győr (as Győri Vasas ETO)
*
1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...
:
Ferencváros (19)
*
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...
:
Vasas (4)
*
1966
Events January
* January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko.
* January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
:
Vasas (5)
*
1967
Events
January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 5
** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
:
Ferencváros (20)
*
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Januar ...
:
Ferencváros (21)
*
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
:
Újpest (as Dózsa) (10)
*
1970
Events
January
* January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC.
* January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...
:
Újpest (as Dózsa) (11)
*
1970–71:
Újpest (as Dózsa) (12)
*
1971–72:
Újpest (as Dózsa) (13)
*
1972–73:
Újpest (as Dózsa) (14)
*
1973–74:
Újpest (as Dózsa) (15)
*
1974–75:
Újpest (as Dózsa) (16)
*
1975–76:
Ferencváros (22)
*
1976–77:
Vasas (6)
*
1977–78:
Újpest (as Dózsa) (17)
*
1978–79:
Újpest (as Dózsa) (18)
*
1979–80:
Honvéd (6)
*
1980–81:
Ferencváros (23)
*
1981–82:
Győr (as ETO Győr) (2)
*
1982–83:
Győr (as ETO Győr) (3)
*
1983–84:
Honvéd (7)
*
1984–85:
Honvéd (8)
*
1985–86:
Honvéd (9)
*
1986–87:
MTK (as MTK-VM) (19)
*
1987–88:
Honvéd (10)
*
1988–89:
Honvéd (11)
*
1989–90:
Újpest (as Dózsa) (19)
*
1990–91:
Honvéd (12)
*
1991–92:
Ferencváros (24)
*
1992–93
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:
Honvéd (as Kispest) (13)
*
1993–94:
Vác
*
1994–95:
Ferencváros (25)
*
1995–96:
Ferencváros (26)
*
1996–97:
MTK (20)
*
1997–98:
Újpest (20)
*
1998–99:
MTK (21)
*
1999–2000:
Dunaújváros (as Dunaferr)
*
2000–01:
Ferencváros (27)
*
2001–02:
Zalaegerszeg
*
2002–03:
MTK (as MTK-Hungária) (22)
*
2003–04:
Ferencváros (28)
*
2004–05:
Debrecen
*
2005–06:
Debrecen (2)
*
2006–07:
Debrecen (3)
*
2007–08:
MTK (23)
*
2008–09:
Debrecen (4)
*
2009–10:
Debrecen (5)
*
2010–11
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:
Fehérvár (as Videoton)
*
2011–12:
Debrecen (6)
*
2012–13
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:
Győr (4)
*
2013–14:
Debrecen (7)
*
2014–15:
Fehérvár (as Videoton) (2)
*
2015–16:
Ferencváros (29)
*
2016–17:
Honvéd (14)
*
2017–18:
Fehérvár (as Videoton) (3)
*
2018–19:
Ferencváros (30)
*
2019–20:
Ferencváros (31)
*
2020–21:
Ferencváros (32)
*
2021–22:
Ferencváros (33)
Notes
*1901–26: Amateur era
*1901–08: Teams only from
Budapest took part
*1914–15: Cancelled due to war but from 1916 to 1918/19 war championships operated and are recognized by the FA.
*1926: The professional league was introduced with 10 participants also from other cities than Budapest, like
Szombathely,
Szeged etc.
*1935: The first National Championship was held. (Nemzeti Bajnokság, NB) 14 teams.
*1940: Hungária (MTK) was banned by the fascist government. During the war, teams from the neighboring countries participated, since the territories were adjoined to Hungary, which is how Nagyvarad became champions that year.
*1944: It was abandoned due to war.
*1945: New Nemzeti Bajnokság I starts.
*1956–57: Abandoned due to revolution.
Name changes
*
Honvéd: (Kispest)
*
Csepel: 1912 CSTK, 1932 Csepel FC, 1937 Weizs Manfréd FC, 1945 CSMTK, 1946 Cs. Vasas, 1957, Csepel SC)
*
Ferencváros: (1899 FTC, 1926 Ferencváros, 1949 EDOSZ, 1951 Bp. Kinizsi, 1957 Ferencváros)
*
MTK: 1883 MTK, 1926 Hungária, 1945 MTK, 1949 Textiles, 1951 Bp. Bástya, 1953 Vörös Lobogó, 1957 MTK, 1974 MTK-VM, 1991 MTK, 1997 MTK Hungária)
*
Újpest: 1885 ÚTE, 1926 Újpest, 1949 Bp. Dózsa, 1957 Újpesti Dózsa, 1991 ÚTE, 2000 Újpesti FC)
*
Fehérvár: Videoton, MOL Vidi FC
*
Győr: Győri ETO
Most titles
Below is a ranking of the clubs by most titles won.
Notes:
*† Dissolved before World War II
*‡ Team from
Oradea
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, which is now located in Romania
* * Includes Rába Vasas ETO Győr, Győri Vasas ETO
Most seasons
The following clubs have spent more than 50 seasons in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. ''Clubs in bold compete in the
2021–22 season.''
For a complete list see:
Most seasons
Top scorers
All time top scorers
''As of July 2021.''
Players
One of the most notable players of the Hungarian League was
Ferenc Puskás
Ferenc Puskás (, ; born Ferenc Purczeld; 1 April 1927 – 17 November 2006) was a Hungarian football player and manager, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and the sport's first international superstar. A forward, ...
who played for
Honvéd. He played for Honvéd from 1943 to 1955 and then for
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid.
Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
. He made his first senior appearance for Kispest in November 1943 in a match against
Nagyváradi AC.
Statistics
UEFA coefficients
The following data indicates
Hungarian coefficient rankings between European football leagues.
;Country ranking:
UEFA League Ranking 2017-2022 period:
* 25. (''25'')
Liga I (17.150)
* 26. (''26'')
Azerbaijan Premier League
The Azerbaijan Premier League ( az, Azərbaycan Premyer Liqası) is a professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Azerbaijan football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is conteste ...
(17.000)
* 27. (''28'') Nemzeti Bajnokság I (16.375)
* 28. (''30'')
Ekstraklasa (15.875)
* 29. (''27'')
Kazakhstan Premier League (15.750)
;Club ranking:
UEFA 5-year Club Ranking after 2021/22 season:
* 99.
Ferencváros (15.500)
* 122.
Fehérvár (11.500)
* 233.
Honvéd (5.500)
* 301.
Újpest (3.500)
* 314.
Puskás Akadémia (3.275)
* 315.
Debrecen (3.275)
* 316.
Vasas SC (3.275)
Attendance
Attendances reached peaks in 1955 and 1957.
The record for highest average home attendance for a club was set by
Budapest Kinizsi in 1955 (49,077 over 13 home matches). 27 March 1955 saw the record for highest attendance at a match, with 98,000 in the game between
Honvéd and Budapest Kinizsi at
Ferenc Puskás Stadium. The highest ever average attendance for NB I as a whole was set in 1955 with 17,151.
* In the 2019/20 season 198 games were played, but only 160 were played without COVID-19 limitations.
554,741 tickets were sold for 160 games without crowd limitations – season's average 3,467 per game.
599,676 tickets were sold for all 198 games – season's average 3,029 per game, not including 8 games behind close doors, 190 games – season's average 3,156 per game.
See also
*
Football in Hungary
*
List of Nemzeti Bajnokság I clubs
The following is a list of clubs who have played in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I football league at any time since its formation in 1901.
Key
Coloumns
Rows
''The chart contains the 2023-24 season, too.''
List of clubs
;Notes
* Note 1: until 195 ...
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List of Nemzeti Bajnokság I managers
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List of Nemzeti Bajnokság I stadiums
The following is a list of Association football, football stadiums in Hungary, ordered by capacity. Currently stadiums with a capacity of 1,000 or more are included. In ''italics'' currently under construction or reconstruction.
Current stadiums ...
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Hungarian football clubs in European competitions
Hungarian football clubs have entered European association football competitions (UEFA Champions League, UEFA Champions League/European Cup, UEFA Cup, UEFA Cup/Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup and the now defunct UEFA Cup Winners Cup) sin ...
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Nemzeti Bajnokság II
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Nemzeti Bajnokság III
References
External links
Hungarian football league
at UEFA
NB I current season results and table at SoccerwayList of current NB 1 clubs at magyarfutball.huHungarian Football PageLeague champions and runners-up at Nemzeti sport
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Hungary
1901 establishments in Hungary
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Professional sports leagues in Hungary