The 2010–11

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. Twelve ...

, also known as NB I, was the 109th season of top-tier football in

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. The league is officially named ''Monicomp Liga'' for sponsorship reasons. The season began on 30 July 2010 and ended on 27 May 2011.

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are the defending champions having won their fifth Hungarian championship and second in a row last season.

Overview

Videoton won their first ever national championship under headcoach

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. The season saw a title-race between two western hungarian teams, Videoton and

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, both vying for their first ever national title. Videoton were 9 points ahead of Paks by Matchday 10, and were comfortably leading the table by the winter break. Videoton went on to win 8 of their remaining 15 games, and confirmed their status as champions on May 11th, after defeating Kaposvár 3-1. The Western Hungarian side's only home defeat was against Kispest in October. Paks was one of only four teams who managed to defeat champions Videoton throughout the season, and won 7 of their last 10 fixtures, but Károly Kis' men's performance was still only enough for a silver-medal, 5 points below their counterparts from Fehérvár. This was Paks' highest ever finish in the league up to that point.

Teams

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and

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finished the 2009–10 season in the last two places and thus were relegated to their respective

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divisions. Nyíregyháza ended a three-year stint in Hungary's highest

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league while Diósgyőr were relegated after six years. Promotion to the league was achieved by the champions of the 2009–10 NB II Eastern Division,

Szolnok Szolnok (; also known by #Name and etymology, alternative names) is the county seat of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county in central Hungary. A city with county rights, it is located on the banks of the Tisza river, in the heart of the Great Hungarian ...

and by the champions of the Western Division,

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. Siófok return to the top league after a one-year absence while Szolnok return to the league for the first time since 1948, ending a 62-year absence.

Stadia and locations

Personnel and sponsoring

Managerial changes

League table

Positions by round

Results

Top goalscorers

''Including matches played on 22 May 2011; Source
MLSZ
(Click on "Góllövő lista")''

References

External links

Official site
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