The 1996–97
Nemzeti Bajnokság I
The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, ), also known as NB I or Fizz Liga after its title sponsor, OTP Bank's webshop subsidiary, is a professional association football league in Hungary and the highest level of the Hungarian football league system.
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, also known as NB I, was the 95th season of top-tier football in
Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...
. The season started on 10 August 1996 and ended on 28 May 1997.
Overview
It was contested by 18 teams, and
MTK Hungária FC
Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre Budapest Futball Club or shortly MTK is a professional football club based in Józsefváros, Budapest, Hungary. The club currently plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. The club's colours are blue and white. As one of t ...
won their twentieth championship.
MTK won all of their first 15 games, and suffered a single loss throughout the season, against BVSC-Zugló. The team won the championship on matchday 32, after defeating Ecker-Stadler FC 5-3 in an 8-goal classic. MTK eventually finished 9 points ahead of runners-up Újpest. The point tally achieved by champions MTK (85) is the highest ever achieved by any hungarian champion. MTK also won the 1997 Hungarian Cup, defeating BVSC 8-0 on aggregate.
MTK's point tally of 85 is the highest ever achieved in a single season in the history of the Hungarian league. They also won the most amount of games in a single season, leaving the pitch as victors 26 times, breaking Vasas' record of 25 set in 1977.
League standings
Results
Relegation play-offs
Statistical leaders
Top goalscorers
References
Hungary - List of final tables (RSSSF)
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Nemzeti Bajnokság I seasons
1996–97 in Hungarian football
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