2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

This article is about a football league season. For other sports, see 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (disambiguation).

The 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, also known as NB I, is the 117th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league is officially named OTP Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons. The season began 17 July 2015^[3] and will conclude on 8 May 2016.^[3] Videoton are the defending champions having won their second Hungarian championship last season.

NB I

Season	2015–16
Dates	18 July 2015 – 30 April 2016
Champions	Ferencváros
Relegated	Puskás Akadémia Békéscsaba
Champions League	Ferencváros
Europa League	Videoton Debrecen MTK Budapest
Matches played	198
Goals scored	483 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dániel Böde (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Debrecen 7–0 Békéscsaba (17 October 2015)
Biggest away win	Paks 0–5 Ferencváros (5 December 2015)
Highest scoring	Debrecen 7–0 Békéscsaba (17 October 2015) Ferencváros 5–2 Paks (6 April 2016)
Longest winning run	9 games[1] Ferencváros
Longest unbeaten run	14 games[1] Ferencváros
Longest winless run	9 games[1] Újpest Puskás Akadémia
Longest losing run	5 games[1] Vasas
Highest attendance	17,489[2] Ferencváros 0-1 Újpest (12 December 2015)
Lowest attendance	316[2] MTK 1–0 Békéscsaba (27 February 2016)
Total attendance	515,281[2]
Average attendance	2,602[2]
← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 30 April 2016.

Last season an extra four teams were relegated to the Nemzeti Bajnokság III. Győr had financial and licensing issues.^[4] Kecskemét, Pécs and Nyíregyháza all had licensing issues.^[5] Therefore, from this season twelve teams compete for the championship title, playing 33 rounds. This season was played with 12 teams after reduced from 16 in 2014–15.

Teams

Dunaújváros and Pápa finished the 2014–15 season in the last two places and thus were relegated to NB II division.

The two relegated teams were replaced with the champions and the runners-up 2014–15 NB II Vasas and Békéscsaba. Each of the first two teams in the first division.

Stadium and locations

Budapest

Budapest teams :
Ferencváros
Honvéd
MTK
Újpest
Vasas

Debrecen

Videoton

Paks

Diósgyőr

Puskás Akadémia

Haladás

Békéscsaba

Location of teams in 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Ferencváros

Honvéd

MTK

Újpest

Vasas

Location of Budapest teams

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, with their location, stadium and stadium capacity.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Ref
Békéscsaba	Békéscsaba	Kórház utcai Stadion	4,965	[6]
Debrecen	Debrecen	Nagyerdei Stadion	20,340	[7]
Diósgyőr	Miskolc	Diósgyőri Stadion	9,345	[8]
Ferencváros	Budapest (Ferencváros)	Groupama Aréna	23,700	[9]
Haladás	Szombathely	Rohonci úti Stadion	12,500	[10]
Honvéd	Budapest (Kispest)	Bozsik József Stadion	10,000	[11]
MTK	Budapest (Józsefváros)	Illovszky Rudolf Stadion	9,000	[12][13]
Paks	Paks	Fehérvári úti Stadion	6,150	[14]
Puskás Akadémia	Felcsút	Pancho Aréna	3,816	[15]
Újpest	Budapest (Újpest)	Szusza Ferenc Stadion	13,501	[16]
Vasas	Budapest (Angyalföld)	Illovszky Rudolf Stadion	9,000	[17]
Videoton	Székesfehérvár	Sóstói Stadion	14,135	[18]

Békéscsaba	Debrecen	Diósgyőr	Ferencváros
Kórház utcai Stadion	Nagyerdei Stadion UEFA Elite Stadium	Diósgyőri Stadion	Groupama Aréna UEFA Elite Stadium
Capacity: 4,965	Capacity: 20,340	Capacity: 9,345	Capacity: 23,700
Haladás	Honvéd	MTK	Paks
Rohonci úti Stadion	Bozsik József Stadion	Illovszky Rudolf Stadion	Fehérvári úti Stadion
Capacity: 12,500	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 9,000	Capacity: 6,150
Puskás Akadémia	Újpest	Vasas	Videoton
Pancho Aréna UEFA Elite Stadium	Szusza Ferenc Stadion	Illovszky Rudolf Stadion	Sóstói Stadion
Capacity: 3,816	Capacity: 13,501	Capacity: 9,000	Capacity: 14,135

Personnel and kits

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, with their manager, captain, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.
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	Manager		Captain		Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
		Name		Name
Békéscsaba		Zoran Spisljak		Zsolt Balog	adidas	Békés Drén
Debrecen		Elemér Kondás		Péter Szakály	adidas	TEVA
Diósgyőr		Sándor Egervári		Vladimir Koman	Nike	Borsodi
Ferencváros		Thomas Doll		Gábor Gyömbér	Nike	T-Mobile
Haladás		Géza Mészöly		Péter Halmosi	adidas	Swietelsky
Honvéd		Marco Rossi		Szabolcs Kemenes	Macron	–
MTK		Vaszilisz Teodoru		József Kanta	Nike	Panzi Pet
Paks		Aurél Csertői		Tamás Báló	Jako	–
Puskás Akadémia		Robert Jarni		Attila Polonkai	Jako	Mészáros és Mészáros Kft.
Újpest		Nebojša Vignjević		Szabolcs Balajcza	Puma	–
Vasas		Michael Oenning		Mohamed Remili	adidas	Alprosys
Videoton		Ferenc Horváth		Roland Juhász	adidas	Máltai Szeretetszolgálat

Sources:^{[citation needed]}

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Diósgyőr	Zoltán Vitelki	Caretaker	End of 2014–15 season	Pre-season	Balázs Bekő	14 May 2015[19]
Puskás Akadémia	Miklós Benczés	End of contract	1 June 2015[20]		Robert Jarni	8 June 2015[21]
MTK	József Garami	End of term and he will be technical director.	3 June 2015		Csaba László	3 June 2015[22]
Videoton	Joan Carrillo	Contract terminated	3 June 2015[23]		Bernard Casoni	11 June 2015[24]
Videoton	Bernard Casoni	Sacked	19 August 2015	10th	Tamás Pető (caretaker)	19 August 2015[25]
Videoton	Tamás Pető	End of caretaker appointment	19 August 2015	7th	Ferenc Horváth	6 October 2015[26]
Vasas	Károly Szanyó	Sacked	19 October 2015	11th	Antal Simon	19 October 2015[27]
Diósgyőr	Balázs Bekő	Sacked	14 December 2015[28]	9th	Sándor Egervári	29 December 2015[29]
Vasas	Antal Simon	End of contract	31 December 2015	10th	Michael Oenning	1 January 2016[30]
MTK	Csaba László	Contract terminated	3 February 2016	5th	Vaszilisz Teodoru	3 February 2016[31]
Puskás Akadémia	Robert Jarni	Contract terminated	16 April 2016	12th	István Szijjártó	16 April 2016[32]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ferencváros (C)	33	24	4	5	69	23	+46	76	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Videoton	33	17	4	12	42	29	+13	55	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
3	Debrecen	33	14	11	8	48	34	+14	53
4	MTK Budapest	33	14	9	10	39	37	+2	51
5	Haladás	33	13	11	9	33	37	−4	50
6	Újpest	33	11	13	9	42	37	+5	46
7	Paks	33	12	7	14	41	40	+1	43
8	Honvéd	33	12	7	14	40	39	+1	43
9	Diósgyőr	33	10	8	15	37	47	−10	38
10	Vasas	33	9	5	19	32	54	−22	32
11	Puskás Akadémia (R)	33	7	10	16	35	51	−16	31	Relegation to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II
12	Békéscsaba (R)	33	6	9	18	25	55	−30	27

Source: 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) Fairplay; 9) Draw.^[33]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2015–16 Magyar Kupa, Ferencváros, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Ferencváros	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Videoton	10	10	9	10	10	11	11	11	10	11	7	7	7	6	6	4	7	5	3	5	5	5	3	3	5	4	5	4	5	4	3	2	2
Debrecen	2	5	4	7	4	8	8	6	4	5	6	2	5	5	4	6	5	7	7	4	3	3	2	2	4	5	3	5	3	3	4	3	3
MTK	5	6	6	3	7	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	5	7	6	7	6	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4
Haladás	12	8	8	6	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	5	4	3	5	7	6	6	6	3	4	4	5	6	7	7	8	6	6	5	5	5	5
Újpest	7	4	2	2	3	5	5	7	8	8	9	9	9	7	7	5	4	4	2	2	2	2	4	5	3	3	4	3	4	6	6	6	6
Paks	6	3	5	4	6	6	7	5	6	6	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	6	7	6	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	7
Honvéd	4	2	3	5	5	2	4	4	5	3	5	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	9	7	7	8
Diósgyőr	3	7	10	11	12	10	9	10	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9
Vasas	9	11	11	9	8	9	10	9	11	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	10	10
Puskás Akadémia	11	9	7	8	9	7	6	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	10	11	11
Békéscsaba	8	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12

Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2016. Source: mlsz.hu (in Hungarian)
  = Leader;   = 2016–17 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round;   = Relegation to 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság II

Results

In the first 22 rounds every team plays against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. In the remaining 11 rounds, the first six placed team from the previous season will play six matches at home and five matches away, and the other six teams will play five matches at home and six matches away.^[3]

Rounds 1–22 Home \ Away BÉK DEB DIÓ FTC HAL HON MTK PAK PUS UTE VAS VID Békéscsaba — 2–3 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–4 1–1 2–3 2–1 1–3 0–2 2–0 Debrecen 7–0 — 1–0 0–3 0–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 1–2 Diósgyőr 2–0 0–2 — 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 Ferencváros 1–0 3–0 3–1 — 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 5–1 1–0 Haladás 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–2 — 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–3 1–1 1–0 Honvéd 3–2 3–3 2–1 2–1 0–1 — 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 MTK 0–0 1–0[a] 5–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 — 1–0 1–0 2–1[b] 2–1 1–0 Paks 4–0 1–1 1–1 0–5 2–0 3–1 0–0 — 4–2 1–0 3–0 2–0 Puskás Akadémia 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–3 2–3 1–0 — 1–1 1–0 0–1 Újpest 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 2–2 — 2–0 1–0 Vasas 4–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–4 1–3 — 2–1 Videoton 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–3 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 3–0 2–0 — Source: mlsz.hu (in Hungarian) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. Notes: This match played in the 26th round (20 March 2016) This match played in the 23rd round (5 March 2016)

Rounds 23–33 Home \ Away BÉK DEB DIÓ FTC HAL HON MTK PAK PUS UTE VAS VID Békéscsaba — 0–0 0–0 0–1 — — — — — 1–0 1–1 — Debrecen — — 3–1 2–1 — 0–3 3–1[a] — 4–2 1–0 — — Diósgyőr — — — — 3–0 1–2 — 0–2 2–1 — — 2–1 Ferencváros — — 2–2 — — 2–1 2–2 5–2 4–0 2–2 — — Haladás 1–0 2–2 — 0–1 — — — — — 1–1 2–1 — Honvéd 2–1 — — — 0–1 — — 2–0 — — 0–0 2–1 MTK 3–0 — 0–0 — 3–1 1–0 — — 0–1 — 0–2 — Paks 0–2 0–1 — — 2–3 — 4–1 — — — 2–0 0–1 Puskás Akadémia 0–1 — — — 1–1 2–1 — 2–1 — — — 0–0 Újpest — — 1–0 — — 2–0 1–1[b] 1–1 2–2 — — 0–3 Vasas — 0–0 1–3 1–4 — — — — 1–0 3–2 — — Videoton 1–1 1–0 — 1–0 2–1 — 5–0 — — — 2–2 — Source: mlsz.hu (in Hungarian) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. Notes: This match played in the 19th round (12 December 2015) This match played in the 21st round (20 February 2016)

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dániel Böde	Ferencváros	17
2	Mbaye Diagne	Újpest	11
	Sándor Torghelle	MTK
4	Đorđe Kamber	Honvéd	9
	Stanislav Šesták	Ferencváros
6	Soma Novothny	Diósgyőr	8
7	Bálint Gaál	Haladás	7
	Ádám Gyurcsó	Videoton
	János Hahn	Paks
	József Kanta	MTK
	Roland Lamah	Ferencváros
	Márió Németh	Haladás
	László Pekár	Puskás Akadémia
	Roland Varga	Ferencváros
13	Enis Bardhi	Újpest	6
	Zsolt Horváth	Debrecen
	Loïc Nego	Videoton
	András Radó	Ferencváros
	Mohamed Remili	Vasas
	Tibor Tisza	Debrecen

Updated to games played on 30 April 2016^[34]

Hat-tricks

Name	For	Against	Round	Result	Date
Zsolt Horváth	Debrecen	MTK	19th	3–1	12 December 2015

Best players

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Ferencváros	120,270	17,489	4,858	7,517	−10.3%†
2	Diósgyőr	52,818	8,165	1,911	3,521	−18.8%†
3	Debrecen	47,884	6,241	1,285	2,993	−21.6%†
4	Újpest	46,073	8,445	1,048	2,880	+21.6%†
5	Haladás	40,618	4,395	1,117	2,708	+25.4%†
6	Videoton	31,879	5,020	1,006	1,992	−41.1%†
7	Békéscsaba	28,252	3,754	632	1,883	+21.7%1
8	Vasas	27,481	3,452	900	1,832	+2.5%1
9	Honvéd	26,086	2,820	500	1,739	+78.0%†
10	Puskás Akadémia	23,572	3,798	708	1,571	−4.7%†
11	Paks	21,030	4,113	624	1,314	−9.3%†
12	MTK	12,227	2,114	316	764	+9.3%2
	League total	478,190	17,489	316	2,571	+2.7%†

Updated to games played on 20 April 2016
Source: League matches: NB I 2015/2016, NB I 2015/2016: attendances, NB II 2014/2015: attendances
Notes:
1: Team played last season in NB II
2: MTK play their home matches in Illovszky Rudolf Stadion, because Hidegkuti Nándor stadion is under reconstruction

Number of teams by counties

	County		No. teams	Teams
1		Budapest (capital)	5	Ferencváros, Honvéd, MTK, Újpest and Vasas
2		Fejér	2	Puskás Akadémia and Videoton
3		Békés	1	Békéscsaba
		Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén	1	Diósgyőr
		Hajdú-Bihar	1	Debrecen
		Tolna	1	Paks
		Vas	1	Haladás

Best players

After the season Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség chose the best players of this season.^[35]

• The best player: Zoltán Gera (Ferencváros)
• The best discovered player of this season: Ádám Nagy (Ferencváros)
• The best manager: Thomas Doll (Ferencváros)
• The best referee: Viktor Kassai
• Fair Play: Debreceni VSC
• The most aesthetically significant, or "most beautiful", goal of NB1 (Audience Award): Dániel Böde (Ferencváros)

See also

• 2015–16 Magyar Kupa
• 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság II
• 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság III