2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's handball)

The 2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I is the 63rd season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Hungary's premier Handball league.

NB I

Veszprém players celebrating their title
Season	2014–15
Champions	MKB-MVM Veszprém (23rd title)
Relegated	No team relegated
Champions League	MKB-MVM Veszprém and MOL-Pick Szeged
EHF Cup	Tatabánya KC and Csurgói KK
Top goalscorer	Balázs Bertalan Bíró (159)
Biggest home win	Szeged 47–28 Balmazújv. (20 September 2014)
Biggest away win	Komlói 15–40 Szeged (9 September 2014)
Highest scoring	Cegléd 39–33 Komlói (12 September 2014)
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Team information

Veszprém

Balatonfüred

Csurgó

Tatabánya

Komló

PLER

Gyöngyös

Mezőkövesd

Cegléd

Szeged

Orosháza

Balmazújváros

Location of teams in 2014-15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

The following 12 clubs compete in the NB I during the 2014–15 season:

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
Balatonfüred	Balatonfüred	Észak-Balatoni Reg. Konf. Központ	712
Balmazújváros	Balmazújváros	König Rendezvényközpont	850
Cegléd	Cegléd	Gál József Sportcsarnok	1,200
Csurgó	Csurgó	Sótonyi László Sportcsarnok	800
Gyöngyös	Gyöngyös	Városi Sportcsarnok	1,500
Komlói BSK	Komló	Komlói Sportközpont	800
Mezőkövesd	Mezőkövesd	Városi Sportcsarnok	800
Orosháza	Orosháza	Eötvös Sportcsarnok	600
PLER	Budapest	Lőrinci Sportcsarnok	700
Szeged	Szeged	Újszegedi Sportcsarnok	3,200
Tatabánya	Tatabánya	Földi Imre Sportcsarnok	1,000
Veszprém	Veszprém	Veszprém Aréna	5,096

Team from SEHA League

Personnel and kits

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, with their president, head coach, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.

Team	President	Head coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor(s)
Balatonfüred	László Csima	István Csoknyai	Erima	Kinizsi Bank, Sennebogen, 77 Elektronika
Balmazújváros	Sándor Király	Ferenc Füzesi	Erima	König-Trade Kft., Thermal Hotel Balmaz
Cegléd	István Borsos	István Kökény	Erima	—
Csurgó	János Varga	László Sótonyi	hummel	MenDan, Patrik & Varga
Gyöngyös	Zsolt Marczin	István Gulyás	Salming	B. Braun
Komlói BSK	Szabolcs Szigeti	Ratko Đurković	Zeus	Sport36
Mezőkövesd	Gábor Mikulás	László Skaliczki	Erima	Mezőkövesd Önkormányzata
Orosháza	István Rajki	Vladan Jordović	ASICS	Linamar
PLER	László Németh	István Hutvágner	Erima	HungaroControl, Városgazda XVIII. ker.
Szeged	Nándor Szögi	Juan Carlos Pastor	adidas	MOL, Pick, OTP Bank
Tatabánya	László Marosi	Vladan Matić	Jako	Grundfos
Veszprém	Ákos Hunyadfalvy	Antonio Carlos Ortega	adidas	MKB Bank, MVM

Regular season

Standings

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts
1	MOL-Pick Szeged	20	19	0	1	711	481	+230	38
2	Csurgói KK	20	17	2	1	560	462	+98	36
3	Grundfos-Tatabánya KC	20	14	0	6	486	470	+16	28
4	Balatonfüredi KSE	20	13	1	6	566	483	+83	27
5	Orosházi FKSE-LINAMAR	20	9	1	10	538	547	−9	19
6	B.Braun Gyöngyös	20	8	2	10	542	545	−3	18
7	Mezőkövesdi KC	20	8	1	11	503	533	−30	17
8	Ceglédi KKSE	20	5	1	14	540	607	−67	11
9	PLER Budapest	20	4	1	15	492	578	−86	9
10	Sport36-Komló	20	4	1	15	476	600	−124	9
11	Kőnig-Trade Balmazújváros	20	3	2	15	464	572	−108	8

	Championship Round
	Relegation Round

Pld - Played; W - Won; D - Drawn; L - Lost; GF - Goals for; GA - Goals against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

Schedule and results

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

[1]
Balatonfüred		37–21	35–21	21–21	27–24	35–20	29–26	33–26	29–18	23–30	26–23
Balmazújváros	18–28		26–26	26–30	25–23	32–25	28–32	21–30	22–22	23–35	16–20
Cegléd	29–25	27–23		25–29	28–37	39–33	25–28	30–32	27–24	27–39	27–33
Csurgó	31–27	26–17	37–28		25–25	30–22	31–22	32–24	29–19	30–27	24–16
Gyöngyös	27–28	28–25	34–23	23–28		32–29	26–29	27–24	33–28	30–41	21–25
Komlói BSK	19–28	27–24	22–21	22–33	23–31		24–24	34–30	29–26	15–40	22–29
Mezőkövesd	24–33	27–22	26–22	18–23	26–25	33–23		28–27	30–33	26–32	24–26
Orosháza	25–23	32–23	32–28	25–27	23–23	26–22	27–20		27–23	25–39	29–26
PLER Budapest	20–32	22–23	25–39	21–27	27–30	36–26	25–24	28–26		25–35	26–28
Szeged	38–26	47–28	43–28	31–23	36–23	27–17	33–21	35–25	36–22		37–22
Tatabánya	22–21	28–21	24–20	23–24	25–20	24–22	19–15	25–23	26–22	22–30

Championship round

Standings

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	MKB-MVM Veszprém	10	10	0	0	333	235	+98	20	Match for the Final
2	MOL-Pick Szeged	10	8	0	2	295	250	+45	16
3	Grundfos-Tatabánya KC	10	4	1	5	245	267	−22	9	Match for Third place
4	Csurgói KK	10	3	1	6	246	265	−19	7
5	Balatonfüredi KSE	10	3	0	7	255	278	−23	6
6	Orosházi FKSE-LINAMAR	10	1	0	9	228	307	−79	2

Pld - Played; W - Won; D - Drawn; L - Lost; GF - Goals for; GA - Goals against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

Schedule and results

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

[2]
Balatonfüred		19–22	34–22	25–26	30–24	31–33
Csurgó	31–19		24–20	25–30	30–32	24–35
Orosháza	24–31	23–22		27–32	23–25	25–38
Szeged	34–22	32–28	33–22		33–19	25–31
Tatabánya	23–20	21–21	33–25	22–26		22–27
Veszprém	39–24	34–19	35–17	29–24	32–24

Final

1st placed team hosted Games 1 and, plus Game 3 if necessary. 2nd placed team hosted Game 2.

1st placed team	Agg.	2nd placed team	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
MKB-MVM Veszprém	2–0	MOL-Pick Szeged	29–23	31–29

• 1st leg

16 May 18:00 (UTC+2)	MKB-MVM Veszprém	29 – 23	MOL-Pick Szeged	Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Herczeg, Südi
	Nagy 9	(12–15)	Källman, Robledo 5
	2× 3×	Report	2× 3×

• 2nd leg

19 May 18:00 (UTC+2)	MOL-Pick Szeged	29 – 31	MKB-MVM Veszprém	Újszegedi Sportcsarnok, Szeged Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Herczeg, Südi
	Källman 6	(10–17)	Ilić 14
	3× 8×	Report	2× 11× 1×

''MKB-MVM Veszprém won Championship final series 2–0.

NB I 2014–15 Champions Veszprém 23rd Title

Team roster 03 Péter Gulyás (RW) 04 Gergő Iváncsik (LW) 05 Timuzsin Schuch (P) 11 Carlos Ruesga (CB) 12 Ádám Borbély (GK) 13 Momir Ilić (LB) 16 Roland Mikler (GK) 18 Andreas Nilsson (P) 19 László Nagy (RB)

20 Christian Zeitz (RB) 21 Iman Jamali (LB) 23 Cristian Ugalde (LW) 24 Gašper Marguč (RW) 25 Chema Rodríguez (CB) 30 Mirsad Terzić (LB) 32 Mirko Alilović (GK) 33 Renato Sulić (P) 66 Máté Lékai (CB) Head coach: Antonio Carlos Ortega

Third place

3rd placed team hosted Games 1 and, plus Game 3 if necessary. 4th placed team hosted Game 2.

3rd placed team	Agg.	4th placed team	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Grundfos-Tatabánya KC	2–0	Csurgói KK	24–22	24–23

Relegation round

Standings

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	B.Braun Gyöngyös	30	12	4	14	799	797	+2	28
8	Mezőkövesdi KC	30	12	2	16	755	796	−41	26
9	Ceglédi KKSE	30	11	2	17	829	889	−60	24
10	PLER Budapest	30	8	3	19	740	835	−95	19
11	Kőnig-Trade Balmazújváros	30	7	5	17	708	810	−102	19
12	Sport36-Komló	30	6	4	20	723	845	−122	16

Pld - Played; W - Won; D - Drawn; L - Lost; GF - Goals for; GA - Goals against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

Schedule and results

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

[3]
Balmazújváros		32–26	22–19	20–19	26–26	19–19
Cegléd	30–29		33–24	31–29	30–24	26–24
Gyöngyös	27–24	25–25		24–24	24–25	37–21
Komlói BSK	24–24	33–25	23–24		26–23	22–26
Mezőkövesd	22–23	33–32	25–26	26–25		23–22
PLER Budapest	26–25	29–31	30–27	22–22	29–25

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Updated to games played on 24 May 2015.

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Balázs Bertalan Bíró	Ceglédi KKSE	159
2	Atsushi Mekaru	Kőnig-Trade Balmazújváros	153
3	Richárd Bodó	Grundfos-Tatabánya KC	148
4	Rajko Prodanović	MOL-Pick Szeged	138
5	Zsolt Balogh	MOL-Pick Szeged	135
6	Alexander Semikov	Sport36-Komló	130
7	Richárd Bali	Kőnig-Trade Balmazújváros	129
8	Balázs Szőlősi	Balatonfüredi KSE	125
9	Jakub Mikita	PLER Budapest	120
10	Ivan Perišić	Ceglédi KKSE	117

Source: ^{[permanent dead link]}

Number of teams by counties

	County (megye)		No. teams	Teams
1		Veszprém	2	Balatonfüred and Veszprém
2		Baranya	1	Komlói BSK
		Békés	1	Orosháza
		Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén	1	Mezőkövesd
		Budapest	1	PLER
		Csongrád	1	Szeged
		Hajdú-Bihar	1	Balmazújváros
		Heves	1	Gyöngyös
		Komárom-Esztergom	1	Tatabánya
		Pest	1	Cegléd
		Somogy	1	Csurgó

NB I clubs in 2014–15 European competitions

MKB-MVM Veszprém Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate EHF Champions League Group C Celje 29–26 24–21 1st Ch. Medvedi 38–31 37–32 Montpellier 30–29 34–20 RN Löwen 27–24 25–32 Vardar 32–24 24–23 L16 Logroño 37–31 31–23 68–54 QF PSG 34–28 24–24 58–52 F4-SF THW Kiel 31–27 F4-F FC Barcelona 23–28 MOL-Pick Szeged Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate EHF Champions League Group D Aalborg 23–23 28–25 2nd Dunkerque 23–21 25–24 Kadetten 34–24 29–32 Kielce 26–27 32–37 Motor 27–26 29–25 L16 RN Löwen 31–29 34–30 65–59 QF THW Kiel 31–29 23–31 54–60

Balatonfüredi KSE Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate EHF Cup QR2 Zaria Kaspija 21–23 25–20 46–43 QR3 HC Hard 26–18 26–31 52–49 Group D Eskilstuna Guif 23–25 24–24 4th MT Melsungen 24–30 23–29 Nexe Našice 19–31 27–26 Grundfos-Tatabánya KC Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate EHF Cup QR2 Handball Esch 24–25 25–25 50–49 QR3 St. Petersburg 23–22 24–32 47–54 Orosházi FKSE-LINAMAR Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate EHF Cup QR1 Olimpus-85 28–28 34–28 62–56 QR2 Initia Hasselt 30–21 26–25 56–46 QR3 Skjern 25–32 20–40 45–72