2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Nemzeti Bajnokság I
Season2024–25
Dates27 July 2024 – 24 May 2025
Matches played101
Goals scored292 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorerBöde, Jurina (8 each)
2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 15 December 2024.

The 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (also known as 2024–25 OTP Bank Liga), also known as NB I, will be the 126th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league was officially named OTP Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons. The fixtures were announced on 20 June 2024.[1] Ferencváros are the 5-time defending champions.

Teams

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Changes

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Twelve teams compete in the league – the top ten teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the Nemzeti Bajnokság II.

The promoted teams are Nyíregyháza and Győr, who are returning to the top flight after respective absences of nine years. They replaced Kisvárda and Mezőkövesd, who were relegated to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II after respective spells of six and eight years in the top flight.

Stadium and locations

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Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
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Location of teams in 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság I
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Location of teams in Budapest
Team Location Stadium Cap. 2023–24 2024–25
Debrecen Debrecen Nagyerdei Stadion 20,340 5th details
Diósgyőr Miskolc (Diósgyőr) Diósgyőri Stadion 15,325 7th details
Fehérvár Székesfehérvár Sóstói Stadion 14,201 4th details
Ferencváros Budapest (Ferencváros) Groupama Aréna 22,043 1st details
Győr Győr ETO Park 15,600 2nd
(NB II)
Kecskemét Kecskemét Széktói Stadion 6,320 6th
Nyíregyháza Nyíregyháza Városi Stadion 8,150 1st
(NB II)
MTK Budapest (Józsefváros) Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion 5,014 8th
Puskás Akadémia Felcsút Pancho Aréna 3,816 3rd details
Paks Paks Fehérvári úti Stadion 6,150 2nd details
Újpest Budapest (Újpest) Szusza Ferenc Stadion 12,670 10th details
Zalaegerszeg Zalaegerszeg ZTE Aréna 11,200 9th


Debrecen Diósgyőr Fehérvár Ferencváros
Nagyerdei Stadion Diósgyőri Stadion Sóstói Stadion Groupama Aréna
Capacity: 20,340 Capacity: 15,325 Capacity: 14,201 Capacity: 22,043
Győr Kecskemét MTK Nyíregyháza
ETO Park Széktói Stadion Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Városi Stadion
Capacity: 15,600 Capacity: 6,320 Capacity: 5,014 Capacity: 8,150
Paks Puskás Akadémia Újpest Zalaegerszeg
Fehérvári úti Stadion Pancho Aréna Szusza Ferenc Stadion ZTE Arena
Capacity: 6,150 Capacity: 3,816 Capacity: 12,670 Capacity: 11,200

Number of teams by counties and regions

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Number of teams by counties
Pos. County No. of teams Teams
1 Budapest 3 Ferencváros, MTK and Újpest
2 Fejér 2 Fehérvár and Puskás Akadémia
3 Bács-Kiskun 1 Kecskemét
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén 1 Diósgyőr
Győr–Moson–Sopron 1 Győr
Hajdú-Bihar 1 Debrecen
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg 1 Nyíregyháza
Tolna 1 Paks
Zala 1 Zalaegerszeg
Number of teams by regions
Transdanubia Central Hungary Great Plain and North
5 Teams 3 Teams 4 Teams

Personnel and kits

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All teams were obligated to have the logo of the league sponsor OTP Bank as well as the Nemzeti Bajnokság I logo on the right side of their shirt. Hungarian national sports betting brand Tippmix sponsored all 12 teams of the first league since February 2019, their logo were present on all team kits.

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 Head coach Captain Kit maker Kit sponsors
Main Other(s)
Debrecen England Nestor El Maestro Hungary Balázs Dzsudzsák Adidas Tranzit-Food None
Diósgyőr Serbia Vladimir Radenković Hungary Gergő Holdampf 2Rule Hell
List
Fehérvár Hungary Tamás Pető Hungary Áron Csongvai Adidas None
Ferencváros Netherlands Pascal Jansen Hungary Dénes Dibusz Macron Telekom
List
Győr Hungary Balázs Borbély Slovakia Michal Škvarka Adidas Kukkonia None
Kecskemét Hungary Zoltán Gera Hungary Levente Vágó Kappa HÉP
List
    • Back: Kádár Környezetvédelmi Kft.
    • Sleeves: Hovány
    • Shorts: Piroska Szörp and Kecskeméti Fürdő
MTK Hungary Dávid Horváth Hungary Mihály Kata Nike Prohuman
List
    • Back: Bayer Construct
    • Sleeves: HR-Rent
Nyíregyháza Hungary Krisztián Tímár Hungary Gergő Gengeliczki Macron Révész Group
List
    • Sleeves: City of Nyíregyháza
    • Shorts: Prestige Medical Center and VW Autó Széles
Paks Hungary György Bognár Hungary János Szabó Nike None
List
    • Shorts: tarr
Puskás Akadémia Slovakia Zsolt Hornyák Hungary Roland Szolnoki 2Rule MBH Bank None
Újpest Sweden Bartosz Grzelak Serbia Matija Ljujić Puma MOL
List
    • Back: 11teamsports
    • Sleeves: Toyota Schiller
Zalaegerszeg Hungary Gábor Márton Hungary Norbert Szendrei 2Rule None
List
    • Back: Pellet Hungary
    • Shorts: ZÁÉV and Pharos '95

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Ref.
Ferencváros Serbia Dejan Stanković Signed by Spartak Moscow 16 May 2024 Pre-season Netherlands Pascal Jansen 16 June 2024 [2][3]
Újpest Hungary Géza Mészöly End of interim spell 27 May 2024 Sweden Bartosz Grzelak 14 June 2024 [4][5]
Fehérvár Sweden Bartosz Grzelak Signed by Újpest 14 June 2024 Hungary Tamás Pető 15 June 2024 [6]
Debrecen Serbia Srđan Blagojević Mutual consent 26 August 2024 9th Hungary Csaba Máté 30 August 2024 [7][8]
Kecskemét Hungary István Szabó Sacked 15 October 2024 12th Hungary Zoltán Gera 16 October 2024 [9][10]
Debrecen Hungary Csaba Máté 27 October 2024 11th Hungary Tibor Dombi (caretaker) 27 October 2024 [11]
Debrecen Hungary Tibor Dombi (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 11 November 2024 11th England Nestor El Maestro 11 November 2024 [12]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Puskás Akadémia 17 11 2 4 29 18 +11 35 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Ferencváros 16 10 4 2 28 16 +12 34 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
3 Diósgyőr 17 8 6 3 25 21 +4 30
4 MTK 17 9 2 6 30 23 +7 29
5 Paks 17 8 3 6 34 30 +4 27
6 Újpest 17 7 6 4 21 14 +7 27
7 Fehérvár 17 6 3 8 24 25 −1 21
8 Nyíregyháza 17 5 3 9 21 29 −8 18
9 Győr 17 4 6 7 23 26 −3 18
10 Zalaegerszeg 16 4 4 8 20 24 −4 16
11 Debrecen 17 3 4 10 25 37 −12 13 Relegation to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II
12 Kecskemét 17 2 5 10 12 29 −17 11
Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2024. Source: Hungarian Football Federation (in Hungarian)
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) Fair play ranking; 8) Drawing of lots.[13]


Results

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Home \ Away DEB DIO FEH FER GYO KEC MTK NYI PAK PUS UJP ZAL DEB DIO FEH FER GYO KEC MTK NYI PAK PUS UJP ZAL
Debrecen 0–1 1 Mar 5–4 2–2 2–2 2–3 1 Feb 0–5 15 Feb 1–2 3–1 5 Apr 8 Mar 3 May 17 May 19 Apr
Diósgyőr 3–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–2 15 Feb 2–2 1 Mar 1 Feb 2–1 29 Mar 19 Apr 12 Apr 17 May 8 Mar 3 May
Fehérvár 2–0 3–1 22 Feb 15 FEB 6–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 1 Feb 0–1 1–1 24 May 16 Mar 19 Apr 3 May 5 Apr
Ferencváros 2–2 3–3 2–0 1 Mar 1–0 1 Feb a 2–1 15 Feb 3–0 1–0 (a) 1–0 17 May 16 Mar 19 Apr 3 May 5 Apr a
Győr 0–3 3–4 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 8 Feb 22 Feb 16 Mar 10 May 24 May 29 Mar 26 Apr 12 Apr
Kecskemét 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 15 Feb 0–2 1 Mar 0–3 1–3 1 Feb 29 Mar 8 Mar 5 Apr 3 May 17 May 19 Apr
MTK 8 Feb 22 Feb 3–2 1–3 (a) 2–2 3–1 3–0 3–1 0–1 4–1 1–1 26 Apr a 10 May 16 Mar 12 Apr 24 May
Nyíregyháza 3–2 0–2 3–3 0–1 2–1 8 Feb 2–0 4–2 0–3 22 Feb 1–1 26 Apr 10 May 12 Apr 8 Mar 29 Mar 24 May
Paks 22 Feb 3–4 8 Feb 3–1 1 Feb 1–0 4–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 10 May 24 May 5 Apr 19 Apr 16 Mar
Puskás Akadémia 1–0 1–1 3–0 8 Feb 0–3 22 Feb 1–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 10 May 24 May 26 Apr 5 Apr 16 Mar
Újpest 3–0 0–0 4–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1 Mar 1–0 0–0 1–2 15 Feb 12 Apr 26 Apr 29 Mar 3 May 17 May 8 Mar
Zalaegerszeg 2–1 8 Feb 0–1 5 Feb 1–2 2–1 0–1 1 Mar 3–1 4–2 0–2 12 Apr 17 May 26 Apr 8 Mar 29 Mar 10 May
Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2024. Source: Hungarian Football Federation (in Hungarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

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The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233
Debrecen854710889101111111111111111
Diósgyőr491195765566555443
Fehérvár63667678898777777
Ferencváros96333121111112222
Győr1010121212121211977899999
Kecskemét78105891112121212121212121212
MTK31122554444344354
Nyíregyháza179111111107789988888
Paks54544343332423535
Puskás Akadémia22211212223231111
Újpest11107106436655666666
Zalaegerszeg121188910910111010101010101010
Leader and qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
Relegation to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II
Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2024. Source: Hungarian Football Federation (in Hungarian)

Season statistics

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Top goalscorers

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As of match played 15 December 2024[14]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Hungary Dániel Böde Paks 8
Bosnia and Herzegovina Marin Jurina MTK
3 Hungary Donát Bárány Debrecen 7
The Gambia Lamin Colley Puskás Akadémia
Slovenia Nejc Gradišar Fehérvár
Hungary Gergely Mim Zalaegerszeg
Hungary Barnabás Varga Ferencváros
8 France Brandon Domingues Debrecen 6
Hungary Márk Kovácsréti Nyíregyháza
Serbia Matija Ljujić Újpest
Hungary Zsolt Nagy Puskás Akadémia
Brazil Matheus Saldanha Ferencváros
Hungary Barna Tóth Paks
Hungary József Windecker Paks
15 Croatia Fran Brodić Újpest 5
Romania Claudiu Bumba Győr
Hungary Bence Ötvös Paks
18 Netherlands Elton Acolatse Diósgyőr 4
Hungary Péter Beke Nyíregyháza
Albania Eneo Bitri Győr
Hungary István Bognár MTK
France Yohan Croizet Zalaegerszeg
Nigeria Bright Edomwonyi Diósgyőr
Sweden Jonathan Levi Puskás Akadémia
Hungary Dániel Lukács Kecskemét

Hat-tricks

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(H) = Home; (A) = Away;
Player For Against Score Result Round Date
Brazil Matheus Saldanha Ferencváros Puskás Akadémia (H) 1–0 65', 2–0 77', 3–0 82' 3–0 8 29 September 2024 (2024-09-29)
Hungary Donát Bárány Debrecen Ferencváros (H) 1–0 2', 2–0 5', 3–0 17' 5–4 1 5 December 2024 (2024-12-05)

Discipline

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Player

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As of match played 15 December 2024[15]
  • Most red cards: 1
    • 20 players

Club

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As of match played 15 December 2024[16]
Rank Club Yellow card Red card
1 Kecskemét 57 1
2 Nyíregyháza 50 0
3 Diósgyőr 49 1
4 Debrecen 46 6
5 Újpest 43 1
6 MTK 38 2
7 Győr 38 1
8 Fehérvár 35 2
9 Puskás Akadémia 35 1
10 Paks 30 0
11 Ferencváros 28 4
12 Zalaegerszeg 21 1

Awards

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Monthly awards

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Month Player of the Month Coach of the Month Ref.
Player Club Player Club
August Serbia Matija Ljujić Újpest Slovakia Zsolt Hornyák Puskás Akadémia [17]
September Brazil Matheus Saldanha Ferencváros Hungary Krisztián Tímár Nyíregyháza [18]
October Hungary Bence Ötvös Paks Hungary Dávid Horváth MTK [19]
November Hungary Gergely Mim Zalaegerszeg Serbia Vladimir Radenković Diósgyőr [20]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Debrecenben kezdi az NB I-es idényt a bajnok Ferencváros – itt a teljes program!" [Defending champions Ferencváros starts the NB I season in Debrecen - here is the full programme!]. nso.hu (in Hungarian). 20 June 2024. Archived from the original on 20 June 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Dejan Sztankovics távozik a Ferencvárostól – sajtóhír" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Hivatalos: Pascal Jansen veszi át a Ferencváros irányítását" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Az Újpest nem hosszabbítja meg Mészöly Géza lejáró szerződését – hivatalos" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Bartosz Grzelak az Újpest új edzője – hivatalos" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Pető Tamás a Fehérvár FC új vezetőedzője – hivatalos" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 3 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Már nem Szrdjan Blagojevics a DVSC vezetőedzője – hivatalos" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Máté Csaba a DVSC új vezetőedzője – hivatalos" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Már nem Szabó István irányítja a Kecskemétet – hivatalos" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  10. ^ "Gera Zoltán lett a Kecskemét új vezetőedzője – hivatalos" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 16 October 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  11. ^ "A DVSC megvált Máté Csabától – hivatalos" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  12. ^ "DVSC: bemutatták a csapat új vezetőedzőjét, Nestor El Maestrót" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  13. ^ "NB I. Férfi Felnőtt nagypályás labdarúgó bajnokság versenykiírása 2024/25" [NB I Men's Senior Football League 2024/25] (PDF) (in Hungarian). Hungarian Football Federation. 31 May 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  14. ^ "MLSZ Adatbank – Goal shooter". MLSZ. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  15. ^ "MLSZ Adatbank – Penalty Cards". MLSZ. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  16. ^ "Sofascore – Yellow and red cards". Sofascore. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  17. ^ "NB1.hu: Újpesti lett a hónap játékosa, Hornyáknál nem volt jobb edző augusztusban" (in Hungarian). NB1.hu. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  18. ^ "NB I: Szeptemberben nem volt jobb a Fradi braziljánál és Tímár Krisztiánnál" (in Hungarian). NB1.hu. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  19. ^ "Ők voltak október legjobbjai az NB1.hu szerint" (in Hungarian). NB1.hu. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  20. ^ "Ők voltak november legjobbjai az NB1.hu szerint" (in Hungarian). NB1.hu. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
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