The 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság II was Hungary's second-level
football competition. The season was won by
Puskás Akadémia FC
Puskás Akadémia Football Club, commonly known as Puskás Akadémia, is a football club based in Felcsút, Hungary, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top flight of Hungarian football.
Puskás Akadémia have spent five seasons in t ...
, while
Balmazújvárosi FC finished second by beating
Kisvárda FC on the last day of the match day by 1–0 on 4 June 2017.
Teams
At the end of 2015-16 season,
Gyirmót and
Mezőkövesd
Mezőkövesd is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary. It lies from Miskolc and from Eger.
History
The area has been inhabited since the Great Migration. It is likely that the first Hungarian settlement was formed here sh ...
promoted to
Nemzeti Bajnokság I
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 28 ...
.
Three teams were relegated to
Nemzeti Bajnokság III
Nemzeti Bajnokság III (''NBIII'', ''National Championship III'') is the third tier of Hungarian football (from the autumn of 1997 till the spring of 2005, NB III was the fourth tier, the third was NB II).
The tier contains 3 groups (west, cent ...
:
Szigetszentmiklós
Szigetszentmiklós () is a city in Pest County, Hungary, with around 40,000 inhabitants.
Name
* Sziget – island: Szigetszentmiklós is a town on Csepel Island
* Szent Miklós – Saint Nicholas, who is the patron saint of Szigetszentmiklós ...
,
Dunaújváros
Dunaújváros (; also known by other alternative names) is an industrial city in Fejér County, Central Hungary. It is a city with county rights. Situated 70 kilometres (43 miles) south of Budapest on the Danube, the city is best known for its ...
and
Ajka
Ajka () is a city in Hungary with about 35,000 inhabitants. It is situated in the hills of Bakony.
History
Around 1000 BCE, the area was inhabited by Celts. By the second century CE, the territory was conquered by the Romans. The Hungarians occ ...
.
The winners of the three
2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság III series were promoted to NB II:
Nyíregyháza
Nyíregyháza (, sk, Níreďháza) is a City with county rights, city with county rights in northeastern Hungary and the county capital of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg. With a population of 118,001, it is the Cities of Hungary#Largest cities in ...
,
Kozármisleny and
Mosonmagyaróvár
Mosonmagyaróvár (; german: Wieselburg-Ungarisch Altenburg; also known by other alternative names) is a town in Győr-Moson-Sopron County in northwestern Hungary. It lies close to both the Austrian and Slovakian borders and has a populatio ...
.
Stadium and locations
Following is the list of clubs competing in ''2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság II'', with their location, stadium and stadium capacity.
Personnel and kits
Following is the list of clubs competing in ''2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság II'', with their manager, captain, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.
League table
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
Updated to games played on 5 June 2017
Number of teams by counties
See also
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2016–17 Magyar Kupa
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2017 Magyar Kupa Final
The 2017 Magyar Kupa Final was the final match of the 2016–17 Magyar Kupa, played between Vasas SC and Ferencváros on 31 May 2017 at the Groupama Aréna in Budapest, Hungary.
On 29 May 2017, Péter Solymosi was appointed as the referee of th ...
*
2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I
*
2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság III
References
External links
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Nemzeti Bajnokság II seasons
2016–17 in Hungarian football
Hun
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