2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball)

The 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (known as the K&H női kézilabda liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 68th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Hungarian premier Handball league.

K&H női liga

Season	2018–19
Champions	Győr (15th title)
Relegated	Budaörs Eger
Champions League	Győr Ferencváros
EHF Cup	Siófok Érd Vác Debrecen
Matches played	182
Goals scored	10,097 (55.48 per match)
Top goalscorer	Katarina Krpež Slezak (200 goals)
Biggest home win	26 goals: Győr 49 – 23 Eger (4 May)
Biggest away win	25 goals: Békéscsaba 22 – 47 Győr (9 Jan)
Highest scoring	72 goals: Győr 39 – 33 Ferencváros (2 Jan) Győr 49 –23 Eger (4 May)
← 2017–18 2019–20 → All statistics correct as of 18 May 2019.

Team information

As in the previous season, 14 teams played in the 2018–19 season. After the 2017–18 season, Kecskeméti NKSE and Vasas SC were relegated to the 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B. They were replaced by two clubs from the 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B; Eszterházy SC and Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE.

Székesfehérvár

Békéscsaba

Budaörs

Debrecen

Dunaújváros

Eger

Érd

Győr

Kisvárda

Mosonmagyaróvár

Siófok

Vác

Budapest

Budapest teams
Ferencvárosi TC
MTK Budapest

Location of teams in 2018-19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Ferencvárosi TC

MTK Budapest

Location of Budapest teams

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
Alba Fehérvár KC	Székesfehérvár	KÖFÉM Sportcsarnok	1,000
Békéscsabai ENKSE	Békéscsaba	Városi Sportcsarnok	2,300
Budaörs Handball	Budaörs	Városi Uszoda és Sportcsarnok	1,000
Debreceni VSC	Debrecen	Hódos Imre Sportcsarnok	1,800
Dunaújvárosi KKA	Dunaújváros	Városi Sportcsarnok	1,200
Eszterházy SC	Eger	Kemény Ferenc Sportcsarnok	875
Érd NK	Érd	Érd Aréna	1,800
Ferencvárosi TC	Budapest	Elek Gyula Aréna	1,300
Győri ETO KC	Győr	Audi Aréna	5,554
Kisvárdai KC	Kisvárda	Városi Sportcsarnok	750
MTK Budapest	Budapest	Elektromos csarnok	700
Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE	Mosonmagyaróvár	UFM Aréna	1,016
Siófok KC	Siófok	Kiss Szilárd Sportcsarnok	1,500
Váci NKSE	Vác	Városi Sportcsarnok	620

Personnel and kits

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, with their president, head coach, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.

Team	President	Head coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor(s)
Alba Fehérvár KC	Imre Balassi	Rita Deli	hummel	tippmix1, Avis
Békéscsabai ENKSE	Károly Szabó	Roland Horváth	Ziccer	tippmix1, bmw-glass.hu, Budapest Bank
Budaörs Handball	Tamás Neukum	Attila Mihály	adidas	tippmix1
Debreceni VSC	Vilmos Köstner	Vilmos Köstner	adidas	tippmix1, Schaeffler, Riska
Dunaújvárosi KKA	István Szemenyei	László György	hummel	tippmix1, BH
Eszterházy SC	Kálmán Liptai	Viktor Debre	adidas	tippmix1
Érd NK	Norbert Tekauer	Edina Szabó	Erima	tippmix1
Ferencvárosi TC	Gábor Kubatov	Gábor Elek	Nike	tippmix1, Rail Cargo Hungaria, Budapest
Győri ETO KC	dr. Csaba Bartha	Gábor Danyi	adidas	Audi, Győr, tippmix1
Kisvárdai KC	Tamás Major	János Dévényi	hummel	tippmix1, Master Good, Volkswagen
Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE	Cs. Attila Horváth	Róbert Bognár	adidas	tippmix1, Eu-Fire
MTK Budapest	Tamás Deutsch	Vladimir Golovin	Nike	tippmix1
Siófok KC	János Fodor	Tor Odvar Moen	hummel	tippmix1, Peszter
Váci NKSE	Erika Kirsner	Zoltán Szilágyi	hummel	tippmix1, GVM

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Győri ETO KC	Ambros Martín	Signed by Rostov-Don	End of 2017–18 season[1]	Pre-season	Gábor Danyi	1 July 2018[2]
Debreceni VSC	Gergő Vida	Mutual consent	End of 2017–18 season		Pål Oldrup Jensen	1 July 2018[3]
Siófok KC	Lars Rasmussen	Mutual consent	End of 2017–18 season		Tor Odvar Moen	1 July 2018[4]
Debreceni VSC	Pål Oldrup Jensen	Mutual consent	November 2018	8th	Vilmos Köstner	December 2018[5]
Kisvárdai KC	Vlatko Đonović	Sacked	6 February 2019[6]	7th	János Dévényi (caretaker)	7 February 2019

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Győri ETO KC (C)	26	26	0	0	971	669	+302	52	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Ferencvárosi TC	26	23	0	3	889	644	+245	46
3	Siófok KC	26	19	1	6	781	616	+165	39	Qualification to EHF Cup third qualifying round
4	Érd NK	26	17	1	8	781	729	+52	35	Qualification to EHF Cup second qualifying round
5	Váci NKSE	26	17	1	8	740	701	+39	35
6	Debreceni VSC	26	14	1	11	743	702	+41	29	Qualification to EHF Cup first qualifying round
7	Alba Fehérvár KC	26	13	2	11	717	734	−17	28
8	Kisvárdai KC	26	10	4	12	660	670	−10	24
9	Dunaújvárosi KKA	26	10	0	16	666	701	−35	20
10	Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE	26	9	0	17	612	697	−85	18
11	MTK Budapest	26	5	5	16	652	727	−75	15
12	Békéscsabai ENKSE	26	4	2	20	687	877	−190	10
13	Budaörs Handball (R)	26	3	2	21	650	805	−155	8	Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B
14	Eszterházy SC (R)	26	2	1	23	548	825	−277	5

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2019. Source: mksz.hu
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Matches won; 7) Draw (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[7]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Schedule and results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.

Home \ Away	ALBA	BÉK	BUD	DVSC	DKKA	EGER	ÉRD	FTC	GYŐR	KKC	MKC	MTK	SKC	VÁC
Alba Fehérvár KC		34–26	35–25	30–26	27–23	32–15	29–35	30–33	29–39	23–23	29–21	30–29	20–30	26–23
Békéscsabai ENKSE	26–31		31–29	31–28	23–30	28–29	30–30	21–41	22–47	29–30	30–29	30–34	25–30	28–31
Budaörs Handball	22–25	25–35		19–29	23–28	28–21	25–36	26–38	30–45	24–25	21–24	30–30	23–31	29–30
Debreceni VSC	32–38	37–25	32–22		21–20	32–25	34–31	30–34	31–35	27–27	28–18	30–21	25–31	33–21
Dunaújvárosi KKA	32–27	30–28	24–26	24–25		31–25	24–32	23–36	24–28	31–28	23–20	28–21	20–26	35–29
Eszterházy SC	23–27	28–26	31–33	18–36	17–32		28–33	16–31	20–35	26–26	22–28	20–22	11–31	21–34
Érd NK	32–26	45–30	31–22	29–25	29–24	35–21		24–39	27–31	24–31	40–26	32–30	30–26	30–27
Ferencvárosi TC	30–19	36–21	37–24	38–27	35–25	39–16	35–30		29–33	35–27	30–16	36–23	29–30	39–18
Győri ETO KC	38–26	47–23	40–20	34–23	36–25	49–23	40–27	39–33		36–19	33–27	36–29	35–27	41–30
Kisvárdai KC	22–22	32–22	31–22	17–23	30–23	31–20	23–26	27–32	28–30		19–16	26–24	22–27	19–25
Mosonmagyaróvári KC	29–28	37–24	25–24	22–29	23–22	29–17	22–23	13–24	19–39	29–28		29–31	27–28	21–24
MTK Budapest	26–27	26–26	29–29	22–28	26–24	23–19	21–24	25–35	25–35	23–24	21–29		18–26	24–25
Siófok KC	41–24	38–26	35–27	35–18	31–17	38–18	34–22	28–31	26–35	26–21	32–16	22–22		28–29
Váci NKSE	33–23	43–21	27–22	35–34	29–24	36–18	26–22	33–34	27–35	25–24	28–17	27–27	25–24

Source: ^[8]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 18 May 2019.^[9]

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	Matches
1	Katarina Krpež-Slezak	Érd NK	200	26
2	Luca Szekerczés	Dunaújvárosi KKA	183	26
3	Alexandra do Nascimento	Alba Fehérvár KC	175	24
4	Szabina Karnik	MTK Budapest	167	26
5	Barbara Sári	Eszterházy SC	154	26
6	Aleksandra Vukajlović	Békéscsabai ENKSE	153	25
7	Andrea Kobetić	Siófok KC	145	25
8	Mercédesz Walfisch	Békéscsabai ENKSE	145	26
9	Claudine Mendy	Alba Fehérvár KC	132	26
10	Stine Oftedal	Győri ETO KC	127	26

Attendances

Updated to games played on 18 May 2019. Source: League matches: NB I 2018/2019
Attendance numbers without playoff matches.

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Győri ETO KC	46,459	5,322 (vs. Ferencvárosi TC)	2,051 (vs. Békéscsabai ENKSE)	3,573	+6,40%
2	Debreceni VSC	21,450	5,600 (vs. Győri ETO KC)	1,050 (vs. Eszterházy SC)	1,650	+12,36%
3	Érd NK	15,900	2,100 (two matches)	500 (vs. Budaörs Handball)	1,223	-17,75%
4	Békéscsabai ENKSE	14,100	1,800 (vs. Győri ETO KC )	800 (two matches )	1,085	+10,26%
5	Siófok KC	12,918	1,300 (vs. Győri ETO KC)	650 (vs. Eszterházy SC)	994	+55,31%
6	Ferencvárosi TC	12,850	1,300 (vs. Mosonmagyaróvári KC)	500 (vs. Budaörs Handball)	988	+27,81%
7	Mosonmagyaróvári KC	12,585	1,135 (vs. Budaörs Handball)	800 (vs. Dunaújvárosi KKA)	968	+13,48% 1
8	Kisvárdai KC	11,320	1,000 (three matches)	750 (vs. Eszterházy SC)	870	+1,16%
9	Budaörs Handball	9,580	1,050 (vs. Győri ETO KC)	250 (vs. Érd NK)	737	-8,10%
10	Dunaújvárosi KKA	8,200	800 (three matches)	400 (two matches)	631	0,00%
11	Alba Fehérvár KC	8,050	870 (vs. Ferencvárosi TC)	400 (vs. Kisvárdai KC)	619	+13,78%
12	Váci NKSE	7,140	620 (three matches)	390 (vs. MTK Budapest)	549	+4,97%
13	Eszterházy SC	4,470	875 (two matches)	200 (four matches)	344	+72,00%1
14	MTK Budapest	3,850	350 (three matches)	200 (vs. Dunaújvárosi KKA)	296	+1,36%
Total		188,872	5,600 (Debreceni VSC vs. Győri ETO KC)	200 (five matches)	1,038	+8,58%

• 1: Team played last season in Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B.

Number of teams by counties

Pos.	County (megye)		No. of teams	Team(s)
1		Pest	3	Budaörs Handball, Érd NK and Váci NKSE
2		Budapest (capital)	2	Ferencvárosi TC and MTK Budapest
		Győr-Moson-Sopron	2	Győri ETO KC and Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE
		Fejér	2	Alba Fehérvár KC and Dunaújvárosi KKA
5		Békés	1	Békéscsabai ENKSE
		Hajdú-Bihar	1	Debreceni VSC
		Heves	1	Eszterházy SC
		Somogy	1	Siófok KC
		Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg	1	Kisvárdai KC

See also

• 2018–19 Magyar Kupa
• 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B
• 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság II

References

1. "Ambros Martín: Az év elején már úgy éreztem magam, mint valami bűnöző". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 26 May 2018.
2. "Női kézi: Danyi Gábor markáns fordulatot tervez a Győr játékában". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 18 July 2018.
3. "Nyártól ismerős norvég edző irányítja a DVSC-t". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 22 January 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
4. "Női kézilabda: sztáredzőt kap nyártól a Siófok – hivatalos". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 13 March 2018.
5. "Köstner Vilmos irányítja a DVSC Schaefflert". dvsckezilabda.hu. 22 November 2018.
6. "Ideiglenes vezetőedző Kisvárdán". handball.hu (in Hungarian). 6 February 2019.
7. "Magyarország Kézilabda Nemzeti Bajnokság női és férfi 2018-2019. évi I. osztály Versenykiírása" (PDF) (in Hungarian). nso.hu. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
8. Results
9. "Top scorers of NB I - Statistics" (in Hungarian). keziszovetseg.hu.

External links

• Hungarian Handball Federaration (in Hungarian)
• handball.hu Archived 2017-05-27 at the Wayback Machine