2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság II

The 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság II (also known as 2017–18 Merkantil Bank Liga) was Hungary's 67th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság II, the second tier of the Hungarian football league system.

Nemzeti Bajnokság II

Season	2017–18
Champions	MTK Budapest (2nd title)
Promoted	MTK Budapest Kisvárda
Relegated	Szolnok Szeged Sopron
Matches played	380
Goals scored	990 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Botond Birtalan (22) (Békéscsaba)
← 2016–17 2018–19 → All statistics correct as of 3 June 2018.

On 19 June 2017, it was announced that the Hungarian Football Federation accepted all of the licenses of the 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság II clubs.^[1]

Team changes

Promoted from 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság III	Relegated from 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I
Győr (West)	MTK Budapest
Budafok (Center)	Gyírmót
Kazincbarcika (East)
Promoted to 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I	Relegated to 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság III
Puskás Akadémia	Kozármisleny
Balmazújváros	Cigánd
	Szegedi EOL

Stadiums by capacity

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Békéscsaba	Békéscsaba	Kórház utcai	13,000
Budafok	Budapest, Budafok	Promontor utcai	3,000
Budaörs	Budaörs	Árok utcai	1,200
Cegléd	Cegléd	Malomtószéli	4,000
Aqvital	Csákvár	Tersztyánszky Ödön	2,020
Dorog	Dorog	Buzánszky Jenő	5,000
Gyirmót	Győr	Ménfői úti	4,000
Győr	Győr	ETO Park	14,000
Kazincbarcika	Kazincbarcika	Pete András	3,000
Kisvárda	Kisvárda	Várkert	2,124
Mosonmagyaróvár	Mosonmagyaróvár	Wittmann Antal	4,000
MTK	Budapest, Józsefváros	Hidegkuti Nándor	5,322
Nyíregyháza Spartacus	Nyíregyháza	Városi	10,500
Siófok	Siófok	Révész Géza	6,500
Sopron	Sopron	Városi	4,500
Soroksár	Budapest, Soroksár	Szamosi Mihály	5,000
Szeged	Gyula	Grosics Akadémia	1,500
Szolnok	Szolnok	Tiszaligeti	4,000
Vác	Vác	Ligeti	12,000
Zalaegerszeg	Zalaegerszeg	ZTE Arena	9,300

Stadiums by locations

Budapest

Békéscsaba

Budaörs

Cegléd

Csákvár

Dorog

Gyirmót

Győr

Kazincbarcika

Kisvárda

MTE

Nyíregyháza

Siófok

Sopron

Szeged

Szolnok

Vác

Zalaegerszeg

Location of teams in 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság II

Budafok

MTK

Soroksár

Location of Budapest teams.

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Békéscsaba	Gábor Boér		Adidas	Békés Drén
Budafok	György Gálhidi	Csaba Csizmadia
Budaörs	György Bognár	Ádám Csobánki	Ziccer	Volkswagen
Cegléd	László Klausz		Joma
Csákvár	István Szíjjártó		adidas	Aqvital
Dorog	Szabolcs Schindler	Illés Sitku	Adidas	Pannon Falap-Lemez
Gyirmót	Péter Hannich
Győr	Lázár Szentes			[2]
Kazincbarcika	Zoltán Vitelki
Kisvárda	Elemér Kondás	Lucas	Adidas	Master Good
Mosonmagyaróvár	Péter Várhidi	Balázs Laki	Legea	Credobus
MTK Budapest	Tamás Feczkó	József Kanta
Nyíregyháza	Tamás Lucsánszky	-	Jako	Révész
Siófok	Attila Varga	-	Nike	HunGast
Sopron	Szabolcs Németh	Tamás Sifter	Nike	Swietelsky
Soroksár	Péter Lipcsei	Gábor Gyepes	Jako	Banetti
Szeged	Goran Kopunović	Levente Szántai	Lotto	Rádio 88
Szolnok	Pál Balogh	Zoltán Kenderes	hummel	Szolnok
Vác		Csaba Hegedűs	Joma
Zalaegerszeg	Tamás Artner	-	mass	Pharos

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position is table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Csákvár[3]	Károly Szanyó	Mutual agreement	12 September 2017	20th	István Szíjjártó	12 September 2017
Siófok	László Disztl	Mutual agreement	26 September 2017[4]	18th	Attila Varga	28 September 2017[5]
Győr	Balázs Bekő	Sacked	27 September 2017[6]		Lázár Szentes	28 September 2017[7]
Budafok[8]	László Prukner	Mutual agreement	17 October 2017		Bálint Tóth	17 October 2017
Gyirmót	Ladislav Molnár	Sacked	7 November 2017[9]		Péter Hannich	8 November 2017[10]
Sopron	Szabolcs Németh	Mutual agreement	13 November 2017[11]	20th	Balázs Bekő	3 January 2018[12]
Zalaegerszeg[13]	Zoran Spisjak	Sacked	27 November 2017	13th	Géza Vlaszák and Felipe Matos (caretakers)	27 November 2017
Szeged	Attila Supka	Mutual agreement, contract with Honvéd	10 December 2017[14]	17th	Goran Kopunović	22 December 2017[15]
Budafok[16]	Bálint Tóth	End of term	12 December 2017	18th	György Gálhidi	12 December 2017
Vác	Károly Horváth	Mutual agreement, technical director of ZTE	19 December 2017[17]	5th
Zalaegerszeg[18]	Géza Vlaszák and Felipe Matos (caretakers)	Caretakers replaced	19 December 2017	14th	Tamás Artner	19 December 2017
Budafok[19]	György Gálhidi	Mutual agreement	24 April 2018	19th	Bálint Tóth	24 April 2018

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	MTK Budapest (C, P)	38	26	4	8	88	44	+44	82	Promotion to Nemzeti Bajnokság I
2	Kisvárda (P)	38	22	9	7	70	40	+30	75
3	Békéscsaba	38	19	8	11	64	43	+21	65
4	Budaörs	38	17	12	9	70	52	+18	63
5	Nyíregyháza	38	16	12	10	54	40	+14	60
6	Gyirmót	38	16	11	11	58	46	+12	59
7	Győr	38	17	7	14	55	53	+2	58
8	Soroksár	38	15	11	12	48	41	+7	56
9	Cegléd	38	14	10	14	42	49	−7	52
10	Vác	38	13	12	13	42	38	+4	51
11	Aqvital Csákvár	38	13	8	17	50	66	−16	47
12	Dorog	38	11	13	14	45	47	−2	46
13	Siófok	38	12	9	17	40	45	−5	45
14	Budafok	38	12	9	17	42	56	−14	45
15	Mosonmagyaróvár	38	10	15	13	38	45	−7	45
16	Zalaegerszeg	38	12	8	18	45	58	−13	44
17	Kazincbarcika	38	12	8	18	39	56	−17	44
18	Szolnok (R)	38	12	6	20	38	58	−20	42	Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság III
19	Szeged (R)	38	8	17	13	31	40	−9	41
20	Sopron (R)	38	3	11	24	31	73	−42	20

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd overall wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head away goals scored; 7th fair-play points; 8th drawing of lots^[20]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Number of teams by counties

	County		No. teams	Teams
1		Győr-Moson-Sopron	4	Gyirmót, Győr, Mosonmagyaróvár and Sopron
2		Budapest	3	Budafok, MTK Budapest, and Soroksár
		Pest	3	Budaörs, Cegléd, and Vác
4		Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg	2	Kisvárda and Nyíregyháza
5		Békés	1	Békéscsaba
		Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén	1	Kazincbarcika
		Csongrád	2	Szeged
		Fejér	1	Csákvár
		Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok	1	Szolnok
		Komárom-Esztergom	1	Dorog
		Somogy	1	Siófok
		Zala	1	Zalaegerszeg

See also

• 2017–18 Magyar Kupa
• 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I
• 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság III
• 2017–18 Megyei Bajnokság I