The 2014–15

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, also known as NB I, was the 113th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league is officially named ''

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Liga'' for sponsorship reasons. The season began 26 July 2014 and concluded on 1 June 2015.

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are the defending champions having won their seventh Hungarian championship last season. For the first time at a Nemzeti Bajnokság I seasons, match officials used vanishing foam for free kicks. In the Groupama Aréna ( FTC) the

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was used. Videoton won the league for the second time, under Joan Carillo, finishing 7 points above

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. The red and blues won all of their first ten league fixtures, and only suffered one defeat at home throughout the season, against defending champions

DVSC Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club is a Hungarian professional football club based in Debrecen that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the first tier of Hungarian football. They are best known internationally for reaching the group stages of the U ...

. Ironically, it was against DVSC who Videoton confirmed their status as champions, defeating Debrecen 2-1 on the 2nd of May. Ferencváros, were undefeated in their last 20 league games, and were also one of 3 teams to defeat Videoton during the season. FTC achieved their highest finish since getting forcibly relegated in 2006.

Teams

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and Kaposvár finished the 2013–14 season in the last two places and thus were relegated to their respective

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divisions. The two relegated teams were replaced with the champions and the runners-up 2013–14 NB II

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and

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. Each of the first two teams in the first division.

Stadium and locations

Following is the list of clubs competing in ''2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I'', with their location, stadium and stadium capacity.

Personnel and kits

Following is the list of clubs competing in ''2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I'', with their manager, captain, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under

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eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Managerial changes

League table

Positions by round

Results

Top goalscorers

Updated to games played on 31 May 2015

Hat-tricks

* Four goals

Best players

Hivatásos Labdarúgók Szervezete (Professional Footballers Association) chose the best players of this season. *The best outfielder player (Albert Flórián's challenge cup):

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( FTC) *The best goalkeeper (Zsiborás Gábor's challenge cup): Dénes Dibusz (FTC) *The best player under-21: Dávid Márkvárt (

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) *The best manager: Joan Carrillo (

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) *The best referee: Viktor Kassai After the season Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség chose the best players of this season. *The best player: Nemanja Nikolić (Videoton FC) *The best discovered player of this season: Miklós Kitl (

Kecskemét Kecskemét ( ) is a city with county rights in central Hungary. It is the List of cities and towns of Hungary, eighth-largest city in the country, and the county seat of Bács-Kiskun County, Bács-Kiskun. Kecskemét lies halfway between the ca ...

) *The best manager: Joan Carrillo (Videoton FC) *The best referee: Péter Solymosi *Fair Play:

MTK Budapest FC Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre Budapest Futball Club or shortly MTK is a professional Association football, football club based in Józsefváros, Budapest, Hungary. The club currently plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. The club's colours are blue ...

*The best Hungarian player (Audience Award): Ádám Bódi (

) *The most aesthetically significant, or "most beautiful", goal of NB1 (Audience Award): József Varga (DVSC)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2014-15 Nemzeti Bajnoksag I Nemzeti Bajnokság I seasons 1

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