Nemzeti Bajnokság I
Season2018–19
Dates21 July 2018 – 19 May 2019
ChampionsFerencváros
RelegatedMTK Budapest
Szombathelyi Haladás
Champions LeagueFerencváros
Europa LeagueMOL Vidi
Debrecen
Top goalscorerDavide Lanzafame
Filip Holender (16 goals each)
Biggest home winFerencváros 7-0 Diósgyőr
Biggest away winPaks 0-4 MOL Vidi
Puskás Akadémia 0-4 Kisvárda
Highest scoringHonvéd 4-4 Diósgyőr
Highest attendance20 675
Ferencváros 1-0 Újpest
Lowest attendance61
Puskás Akadémia 1-1 Kisvárda

The 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (also known as 2018–19 OTP Bank Liga), also known as NB I, was the 120th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league was officially named OTP Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons. Videoton were the defending champions.

Fixtures were published on 27 June 2018.[1]

Teams

Balmazújváros and Vasas finished the 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I in the last two places and thus were relegated to NB II division.

The two relegated teams were replaced with the top two teams in 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság II, champion MTK and runner-up Kisvárda, each having the required licence for top-division play.

Stadium and locations

Following is the list of clubs competed in the league this season, with their location, stadium and stadium capacity.

Team Location Stadium Capacity Ref
Debrecen Debrecen Nagyerdei Stadion 20,340 [2]
Diósgyőr Miskolc Diósgyőri Stadion 15,325 [3]
Ferencváros Budapest (Ferencváros) Groupama Aréna 22,000 [4]
Honvéd Budapest (Kispest) Bozsik József Stadion 10,000 [5]
Kisvárda Kisvárda Várkerti Stadion 2,850 [6]
Mezőkövesd Mezőkövesd Városi Stadion 4,183 [7]
MOL Vidi Székesfehérvár MOL Aréna Sóstó 14,201
Felcsút Pancho Aréna[lower-alpha 1] 3,816 [8]
MTK Budapest (Józsefváros) Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion 5,322 [9][10]
Paks Paks Fehérvári úti Stadion 6,150 [11]
Puskás Akadémia Felcsút Pancho Aréna 3,816 [8]
Szombathelyi Haladás Szombathely Haladás Sportkomplexum 9,859
Újpest Budapest (Újpest) Szusza Ferenc Stadion 13,501 [12]
  1. ↑ MOL Vidi played five games at Pancho Aréna before opening their new Sóstói Stadion.
Debrecen Diósgyőr Ferencváros Honvéd
Nagyerdei Stadion
UEFA Elite Stadium
 Diósgyőri Stadion
UEFA Elite Stadium
 Groupama Aréna
UEFA Elite Stadium
 Bozsik József Stadion
Capacity: 20,340 Capacity: 15,325 Capacity: 22,000 Capacity: 10,000
Kisvárda
Location of Budapest teams
 Mezőkövesd
Várkerti Stadion Városi-Stadion
Capacity: 2,850 Capacity: 4,183
MOL Vidi MTK
MOL Aréna Sóstó
UEFA Elite Stadium
 Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion
UEFA Elite Stadium
Capacity: 14,201 Capacity: 5,322
Paks Puskás Akadémia Szombathelyi Haladás Újpest
Fehérvári úti Stadion Pancho Aréna
UEFA Elite Stadium
 Haladás Sportkomplexum
UEFA Elite Stadium
 Szusza Ferenc Stadion
Capacity: 6,150 Capacity: 3,816 Capacity: 9,859 Capacity: 13,501

Personnel and kits

All teams are obligated to have the logo of the league sponsor OTP Bank as well as the Nemzeti Bajnokság I logo on the right sleeve of their shirt.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Chairman Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsors
Budapest Honvéd United States George F. Hemingway Hungary Attila Supka Bosnia and Herzegovina Đorđe Kamber Italy Macron[13]
Debrecen Hungary Gábor Szima Hungary András Herczeg Hungary Dániel Tőzsér Germany Adidas Grand Casino
Diósgyőr Hungary Gergely Sántha Spain Fernando Hungary Zoltán Lipták Hungary 2Rule[14] Borsodi
Ferencváros Hungary Gábor Kubatov Ukraine Serhii Rebrov Hungary Dániel Böde United States Nike Magyar Telekom
Kisvárda Hungary Attila Révész Hungary László Dajka Brazil Lucas Germany Adidas MasterGood
Mezőkövesd Hungary András Tállai Hungary Attila Kuttor Hungary Pál Lázár Germany Adidas Cronus, Zsóry Bath
MOL Vidi Hungary István Garancsi Serbia Marko Nikolić Hungary Roland Juhász Germany Adidas MOL
MTK Budapest Hungary Tamás Deutsch Hungary Tamás Feczkó Hungary József Kanta United States Nike Prohuman
Paks Hungary János Süli Hungary Aurél Csertői Hungary Zsolt Gévay Germany Jako
Puskás Akadémia Hungary Lőrinc Mészáros Hungary János Radoki Hungary Lajos Hegedűs Hungary 2Rule[15] Mészáros és Mészáros
Szombathelyi Haladás Hungary Béla Illés Hungary Ferenc Horváth Hungary Gábor Király Hungary 2Rule[16]
Újpest Belgium Roland Duchâtelet Serbia Nebojša Vignjević Hungary Róbert Litauszki Spain Joma[17] Volkswagen Centrum

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure		 Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Kisvárda Hungary Elemér Kondás 30 July 2018 Hungary László Dajka 14 August 2018[18]
Ferencváros Germany Thomas Doll 22 August 2018 Ukraine Serhii Rebrov 22 August 2018[18]
Szombathelyi Haladás Slovakia Michal Hipp 19 September 2018 Hungary Ferenc Horváth 27 September 2018[18]
Puskás Akadémia Hungary Miklós Benczés 8 December 2018 Hungary János Radoki 29 December 2018[18]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ferencváros (C) 33 23 5 5 72 27 +45 74 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 MOL Vidi 33 18 7 8 53 37 +16 61 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Debrecen 33 14 9 10 44 39 +5 51
4 Budapest Honvéd 33 13 10 10 46 38 +8 49
5 Újpest 33 12 12 9 38 28 +10 48
6 Mezőkövesd 33 12 8 13 45 40 +5 44
7 Puskás Akadémia 33 11 7 15 36 45 −9 40
8 Paks 33 9 12 12 33 46 −13 39
9 Kisvárda 33 10 8 15 36 48 −12 38
10 Diósgyőr 33 10 8 15 36 57 −21 38
11 MTK (R) 33 10 4 19 42 56 −14 34 Relegation to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II
12 Szombathelyi Haladás (R) 33 8 6 19 31 51 −20 30
Source: Hungarian Football Federation (in Hungarian), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Fair play ranking; 9) Drawing of lots.[19]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233
Ferencváros211111111111111111111111111111111
MOL Vidi135555543535332222222222222222222
Debrecen653444486764577763343553344433333
Újpest10107666778888766655564334433344444
Honvéd522222222222223334435445555555555
Mezőkövesd346778657647655577787866666666666
Puskás Akadémia88810111112119999999999999999999987777
Paks991091078654768888888787888888108888
Kisvárda1212121212121191010101010111111111110101111101111111010910999
Diósgyőr111111119991011111111111010101010111110101110101011111111111010
MTK Budapest464333334353444446656677777779101111
Haladás7798810101212121212121212121212121212121212121212121212121212
Source: mlsz.hu (in Hungarian)
  = Leader;   = 2018–19 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round;   = Relegation to 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság II

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Italy Davide Lanzafame Ferencváros 16
Hungary Filip Holender Honvéd
3 Croatia Josip Knežević Puskás Akadémia 12
Hungary Roland Varga Ferencváros
5 Serbia Stefan Dražić Mezőkövesd 11
6 Serbia Marko Šćepović MOL Vidi 10
7 Brazil Danilo Honvéd 9
Hungary János Hahn Paks
Hungary Zoltán Horváth Kisvárda
Hungary Gábor Molnár Mezőkövesd
Hungary Soma Novothny Újpest

Hat-tricks

Name For Against Round Result Date
Hungary Dániel Böde Ferencváros Diósgyőr 12th 4–1 27 October 2018[20]
Hungary Soma Novothny Ujpest Kisvárda 14th 4–1 10 November 2018[21]

Average attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Ferencváros 182,155 20,675 6,771 10,715 +18.2%†
2 Diósgyőr 68,060 12,203 2,070 4,254 +24.1%†
3 Haladás 55,318 8,294 1,220 3,457 +11.8%†
4 Debrecen 60,298 7,002 1,828 3,547 −9.4%†
5 MOL Vidi 54,025 11,251 696 3,178 +51.3%2
6 Újpest 50,952 8,719 1,435 2,831 −18.2%†
7 Mezőkövesd 38,292 4,032 1,014 2,393 +2.0%†
8 MTK 39,565 4,587 1,381 2,473 +81.0%1
9 Kisvárda 36,184 3,385 1,090 2,262 +77.4%1
10 Honvéd 30,603 3,579 500 1,913 −23.8%†
11 Puskás Akadémia 22,786 3,838 418 1,340 +11.8%†
12 Paks 15,794 2,100 300 987 −4.5%†
League total 654,032 20,675 300 3,303 +13.6%†

Source: League matches: NB I 2018/2019
Notes:
1: Played last season in NB/II.
2: MOL Vidi played five games at Pancho Aréna before the opening of the Sóstói Stadion.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "OTP Bank Liga: Ferencváros-DVTK és Újpest-MTK az első fordulóban" [OTP Bank League: Ferencváros-DVTK y Újpest-MTK in the first round] (in Hungarian). Hungarian Football Federation. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  2. ↑ DVSC - Stadion (in Hungarian)
  3. ↑ DVTK - Stadion - Diósgyőri Stadion Archived 15 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in Hungarian)
  4. ↑ "Groupama Aréna - Facts and Figures". Archived from the original on 2015-07-05. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
  5. ↑ Budapest Honvéd - A Bozsik-Stadion története Archived 2019-05-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Hungarian)
  6. ↑ Kisvárda, Várkert Stadion
  7. ↑ "NB II: mezőkövesdi stadionátadó az Irigy Hónaljmiriggyel" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 26 May 2016.
  8. 1 2 Magyarfutball.hu. "Felcsút, Pancho Aréna: képek, adatok • stadionok • Magyarfutball.hu". www.magyarfutball.hu.
  9. ↑ Albérletből albérletbe, kedden költözik az MTK Archived 2015-07-17 at the Wayback Machine (in Hungarian)
  10. ↑ MTK sportegyesület – Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Archived 2019-03-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Hungarian)
  11. ↑ Paksi FC - Stadion információk (in Hungarian)
  12. ↑ Újpest FC - Stadium - Capacity (in Hungarian)
  13. ↑ "Macron and Honved together until 2023. The new kit 2018-2019 unveiled". macron.com. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  14. ↑ "2Rule mezekben a DVTK". dvtk.eu. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  15. ↑ "2Rule". pfla.hu. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  16. ↑ "2Rule-ban a Haladás!". haladas.hu. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  17. ↑ "Puma helyett Joma". ujpest.hu. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  18. 1 2 3 4 "Puskás Akadémia: Aláírt a Móron született vezetőedző - NSO". 29 December 2018.
  19. ↑ "Labdarúgás versenyszabályzata - Nagypályára és csökkentett pályára" (PDF). dokumentumtar.mlsz.hu (in Hungarian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 May 2018.
  20. ↑ "DVTK – FERENCVÁROSI TC: 1 – 4 - MLSZ adatbank". adatbank.mlsz.hu (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 2018-10-28. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
  21. ↑ "KISVÁRDA MASTER GOOD – ÚJPEST FC: 1 – 4 - MLSZ adatbank". adatbank.mlsz.hu (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 2018-11-27. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
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