2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

For the handball leagues, see 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's handball) and 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball).

The 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (also known as 2018–19 OTP Bank Liga), also known as NB I, was the 120th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league was officially named OTP Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons. Videoton were the defending champions.

Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Season	2018–19
Dates	21 July 2018 – 19 May 2019
Champions	Ferencváros
Relegated	MTK Budapest Szombathelyi Haladás
Champions League	Ferencváros
Europa League	MOL Vidi Debrecen
Top goalscorer	Davide Lanzafame Filip Holender (16 goals each)
Biggest home win	Ferencváros 7-0 Diósgyőr
Biggest away win	Paks 0-4 MOL Vidi Puskás Akadémia 0-4 Kisvárda
Highest scoring	Honvéd 4-4 Diósgyőr
Highest attendance	20 675 Ferencváros 1-0 Újpest
Lowest attendance	61 Puskás Akadémia 1-1 Kisvárda
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

Fixtures were published on 27 June 2018.^[1]

Teams

Balmazújváros and Vasas finished the 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I in the last two places and thus were relegated to NB II division.

The two relegated teams were replaced with the top two teams in 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság II, champion MTK and runner-up Kisvárda, each having the required licence for top-division play.

Stadium and locations

Following is the list of clubs competed in the league this season, with their location, stadium and stadium capacity.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Ref
Debrecen	Debrecen	Nagyerdei Stadion	20,340	[2]
Diósgyőr	Miskolc	Diósgyőri Stadion	15,325	[3]
Ferencváros	Budapest (Ferencváros)	Groupama Aréna	22,000	[4]
Honvéd	Budapest (Kispest)	Bozsik József Stadion	10,000	[5]
Kisvárda	Kisvárda	Várkerti Stadion	2,850	[6]
Mezőkövesd	Mezőkövesd	Városi Stadion	4,183	[7]
MOL Vidi	Székesfehérvár	MOL Aréna Sóstó	14,201
	Felcsút	Pancho Aréna[a]	3,816	[8]
MTK	Budapest (Józsefváros)	Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion	5,322	[9][10]
Paks	Paks	Fehérvári úti Stadion	6,150	[11]
Puskás Akadémia	Felcsút	Pancho Aréna	3,816	[8]
Szombathelyi Haladás	Szombathely	Haladás Sportkomplexum	9,859
Újpest	Budapest (Újpest)	Szusza Ferenc Stadion	13,501	[12]

1. MOL Vidi played five games at Pancho Aréna before opening their new Sóstói Stadion.

Debrecen	Diósgyőr	Ferencváros	Honvéd
Nagyerdei Stadion UEFA Elite Stadium	Diósgyőri Stadion UEFA Elite Stadium	Groupama Aréna UEFA Elite Stadium	Bozsik József Stadion
Capacity: 20,340	Capacity: 15,325	Capacity: 22,000	Capacity: 10,000
Kisvárda	Budapest Budapest teams : Honvéd Ferencváros MTK Újpest Debrecen Diósgyőr Kisvárda Mezőkövesd Paks Puskás Akadémia Szombathelyi Haladás MOL Vidi Location of teams in 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I Ferencváros Honvéd MTK Újpest Location of Budapest teams		Mezőkövesd
Várkerti Stadion			Városi-Stadion
Capacity: 2,850			Capacity: 4,183
MOL Vidi			MTK
MOL Aréna Sóstó UEFA Elite Stadium			Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion UEFA Elite Stadium
Capacity: 14,201			Capacity: 5,322
Paks	Puskás Akadémia	Szombathelyi Haladás	Újpest
Fehérvári úti Stadion	Pancho Aréna UEFA Elite Stadium	Haladás Sportkomplexum UEFA Elite Stadium	Szusza Ferenc Stadion
Capacity: 6,150	Capacity: 3,816	Capacity: 9,859	Capacity: 13,501

Personnel and kits

All teams are obligated to have the logo of the league sponsor OTP Bank as well as the Nemzeti Bajnokság I logo on the right sleeve of their shirt.

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	Chairman	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsors
Budapest Honvéd	George F. Hemingway	Attila Supka	Đorđe Kamber	Macron[13]
Debrecen	Gábor Szima	András Herczeg	Dániel Tőzsér	Adidas	Grand Casino
Diósgyőr	Gergely Sántha	Fernando	Zoltán Lipták	2Rule[14]	Borsodi
Ferencváros	Gábor Kubatov	Serhii Rebrov	Dániel Böde	Nike	Magyar Telekom
Kisvárda	Attila Révész	László Dajka	Lucas	Adidas	MasterGood
Mezőkövesd	András Tállai	Attila Kuttor	Pál Lázár	Adidas	Cronus, Zsóry Bath
MOL Vidi	István Garancsi	Marko Nikolić	Roland Juhász	Adidas	MOL
MTK Budapest	Tamás Deutsch	Tamás Feczkó	József Kanta	Nike	Prohuman
Paks	János Süli	Aurél Csertői	Zsolt Gévay	Jako
Puskás Akadémia	Lőrinc Mészáros	János Radoki	Lajos Hegedűs	2Rule[15]	Mészáros és Mészáros
Szombathelyi Haladás	Béla Illés	Ferenc Horváth	Gábor Király	2Rule[16]
Újpest	Roland Duchâtelet	Nebojša Vignjević	Róbert Litauszki	Joma[17]	Volkswagen Centrum

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Kisvárda	Elemér Kondás		30 July 2018		László Dajka	14 August 2018[18]
Ferencváros	Thomas Doll		22 August 2018		Serhii Rebrov	22 August 2018[18]
Szombathelyi Haladás	Michal Hipp		19 September 2018		Ferenc Horváth	27 September 2018[18]
Puskás Akadémia	Miklós Benczés		8 December 2018		János Radoki	29 December 2018[18]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ferencváros (C)	33	23	5	5	72	27	+45	74	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	MOL Vidi	33	18	7	8	53	37	+16	61	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Debrecen	33	14	9	10	44	39	+5	51
4	Budapest Honvéd	33	13	10	10	46	38	+8	49
5	Újpest	33	12	12	9	38	28	+10	48
6	Mezőkövesd	33	12	8	13	45	40	+5	44
7	Puskás Akadémia	33	11	7	15	36	45	−9	40
8	Paks	33	9	12	12	33	46	−13	39
9	Kisvárda	33	10	8	15	36	48	−12	38
10	Diósgyőr	33	10	8	15	36	57	−21	38
11	MTK (R)	33	10	4	19	42	56	−14	34	Relegation to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II
12	Szombathelyi Haladás (R)	33	8	6	19	31	51	−20	30

Source: Hungarian Football Federation (in Hungarian), 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) Fair play ranking; 9) Drawing of lots.^[19]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

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	2	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
MOL Vidi	1	3	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	5	3	5	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Debrecen	6	5	3	4	4	4	4	8	6	7	6	4	5	7	7	7	6	3	3	4	3	5	5	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Újpest	10	10	7	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Honvéd	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Mezőkövesd	3	4	6	7	7	8	6	5	7	6	4	7	6	5	5	5	7	7	7	8	7	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Puskás Akadémia	8	8	8	10	11	11	12	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	7
Paks	9	9	10	9	10	7	8	6	5	4	7	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	8	8	8
Kisvárda	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	10	11	11	11	10	10	9	10	9	9	9
Diósgyőr	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
MTK Budapest	4	6	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	10	11	11
Haladás	7	7	9	8	8	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

Source: mlsz.hu (in Hungarian)
  = Leader;   = 2018–19 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round;   = Relegation to 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság II

Results

Rounds 1–22 Home \ Away DEB DIO FER HAL HON KIS MEZ MTK PAK PUS UJP VID Debrecen — 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 3–3 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 Diósgyőr 1–0 — 1–4 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–0 2–2 1–2 0–1 Ferencváros 2–2 4–1 — 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 2–2 Haladás 0–2 1–1 1–0 — 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–2 0–2 Honvéd 3–0 1–0 0–1 3–2 — 4–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–3 Kisvárda 3–0 1–1 0–2 4–1 0–3 — 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–4 2–2 Mezőkövesd 2–2 4–2 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–2 — 2–3 3–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 MTK 0–1 1–0 1–4 4–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 — 1–2 3–2 1–0 1–3 Paks 2–1 1–2 0–3 1–1 0–0 4–1 2–1 3–0 — 3–2 1–1 0–4 Puskás Akadémia 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 — 0–1 2–1 Újpest 1–0 5–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 — 2–0 Vidi 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 4–0 3–1 0–3 1–1 0–3 1–0 — Source: Hungarian Football Federation (in Hungarian) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rounds 23–33 Home \ Away DEB DIO FER HAL HON KIS MEZ MTK PAK PUS UJP VID Debrecen — 1–0 — 2–1 — 1–3 1–0 3–1 4–1 — — — Diósgyőr — — — 0–1 — — — — 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 Ferencváros 2–1 7–0 — 2–0 — — — — 3–0 — 2–1 4–1 Haladás — — — — — — — 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–2 1–1 Honvéd 1–1 4–4 3–2 1–3 — — — — 3–0 — — 0–1 Kisvárda — 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 — 2–1 — — — — — Mezőkövesd — 3–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 — — — 2–0 — — — MTK — 2–1 1–3 — 1–4 0–1 0–1 — — — — — Paks — — — — — 1–0 — 1–0 — 0–0 0–2 2–2 Puskás Akadémia 2–0 — 1–1 — 2–2 0–4 1–0 3–2 — — — — Újpest 1–1 — — — 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 — 0–1 — — Vidi 2–1 — — — — 2–1 1–0 4–2 — 1–1 2–1 — Source: Hungarian Football Federation (in Hungarian) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Davide Lanzafame	Ferencváros	16
	Filip Holender	Honvéd
3	Josip Knežević	Puskás Akadémia	12
	Roland Varga	Ferencváros
5	Stefan Dražić	Mezőkövesd	11
6	Marko Šćepović	MOL Vidi	10
7	Danilo	Honvéd	9
	János Hahn	Paks
	Zoltán Horváth	Kisvárda
	Gábor Molnár	Mezőkövesd
	Soma Novothny	Újpest

Hat-tricks

Name	For	Against	Round	Result	Date
Dániel Böde	Ferencváros	Diósgyőr	12th	4–1	27 October 2018[20]
Soma Novothny	Ujpest	Kisvárda	14th	4–1	10 November 2018[21]

Average attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Ferencváros	182,155	20,675	6,771	10,715	+18.2%†
2	Diósgyőr	68,060	12,203	2,070	4,254	+24.1%†
3	Haladás	55,318	8,294	1,220	3,457	+11.8%†
4	Debrecen	60,298	7,002	1,828	3,547	−9.4%†
5	MOL Vidi	54,025	11,251	696	3,178	+51.3%2
6	Újpest	50,952	8,719	1,435	2,831	−18.2%†
7	Mezőkövesd	38,292	4,032	1,014	2,393	+2.0%†
8	MTK	39,565	4,587	1,381	2,473	+81.0%1
9	Kisvárda	36,184	3,385	1,090	2,262	+77.4%1
10	Honvéd	30,603	3,579	500	1,913	−23.8%†
11	Puskás Akadémia	22,786	3,838	418	1,340	+11.8%†
12	Paks	15,794	2,100	300	987	−4.5%†
	League total	654,032	20,675	300	3,303	+13.6%†

Source: League matches: NB I 2018/2019
Notes:
1: Played last season in NB/II.
2: MOL Vidi played five games at Pancho Aréna before the opening of the Sóstói Stadion.

See also

• 2018–19 Magyar Kupa
• 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság II
• 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság III