2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

The 2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (also known as 2023–24 OTP Bank Liga), also known as NB I, was the 125th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league was officially named OTP Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons. The fixtures were announced on 22 June 2023.^[1] Ferencváros were the 4-time defending champions.

Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Season	2023–24
Dates	29 July 2023 – 19 May 2024
Champions	Ferencváros 35th title
Relegated	Kisvárda Mezőkövesd
Champions League	Ferencváros
Europa League	Paks
Conference League	Puskás Akadémia Fehérvár
Matches played	198
Goals scored	603 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorer	Barnabás Varga (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Újpest 7–1 Diósgyőr
Biggest away win	MTK 1–6 Ferencváros MTK 0–5 Puskás Akadémia Újpest 0–5 Ferencváros
Highest scoring	Fehérvár 3–5 Ferencváros Zalaegerszeg 2–6 Ferencváros Újpest 5–3 Kecskemét Diósgyőr 5–3 Debrecen
Longest winning run	Ferencváros (7 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Ferencváros (15 matches)
Longest winless run	Újpest (9 matches)
Highest attendance	20,357 Ferencváros 3–0 Újpest 29 October 2023
Lowest attendance	800 Puskás Akadémia 0–0 Mezőkövesd 17 December 2023
Total attendance	829,651
Average attendance	4,187
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Teams

Changes

Twelve teams competed in the league – the top ten teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the Nemzeti Bajnokság II. The promoted teams are Diósgyőr and MTK Budapest, who returned to the top flight after respective absences of one and two years. They replaced Budapest Honvéd and Vasas, who were relegated to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II after respective spells of nineteen and one years in the top flight.

Stadium and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Budapest

Budapest teams:
Ferencváros
MTK
Újpest

Debrecen

Diósgyőr

Kecskemét

Kisvárda

Mezőkövesd

Paks

Puskás Akadémia

Fehérvár

Zalaegerszeg

Location of teams in 2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Ferencváros

MTK

Újpest

Location of teams in Budapest

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2022–23
Debrecen	Debrecen	Nagyerdei Stadion	20,340	3rd
Diósgyőr	Miskolc (Diósgyőr)	Diósgyőri Stadion	15,325	1st (NB II)
Fehérvár	Székesfehérvár	Sóstói Stadion	14,144	10th
Ferencváros	Budapest (Ferencváros)	Groupama Aréna	22,043	1st
Kecskemét	Kecskemét	Széktói Stadion	6,320	2nd
Mezőkövesd	Mezőkövesd	Városi Stadion	4,183	7th
Kisvárda	Kisvárda	Várkerti Stadion	3,385	6th
MTK	Budapest (Józsefváros)	Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion	5,014	2nd (NB II)
Puskás Akadémia	Felcsút	Pancho Aréna	3,816	4th
Paks	Paks	Fehérvári úti Stadion	6,150	5th
Újpest	Budapest (Újpest)	Szusza Ferenc Stadion	12,670	8th
Zalaegerszeg	Zalaegerszeg	ZTE Aréna	11,200	9th

Debrecen	Diósgyőr	Fehérvár	Ferencváros
Nagyerdei Stadion	Diósgyőri Stadion	Sóstói Stadion	Groupama Aréna
Capacity: 20,340	Capacity: 15,325	Capacity: 14,201	Capacity: 22,043
Kecskemét	Kisvárda	Mezőkövesd	MTK
Széktói Stadion	Várkerti Stadion	Városi Stadion	Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion
Capacity: 6,320	Capacity: 3,385	Capacity: 4,183	Capacity: 5,014
Paks	Puskás Akadémia	Újpest	Zalaegerszeg
Fehérvári úti Stadion	Pancho Aréna	Szusza Ferenc Stadion	ZTE Arena
Capacity: 6,163	Capacity: 3,816	Capacity: 13,432	Capacity: 11,200

Personnel and kits

All teams were obligated to have the logo of the league sponsor OTP Bank as well as the Nemzeti Bajnokság I logo on the right side of their shirt. Hungarian national sports betting brand Tippmix sponsored all 12 teams of the first league since February 2019, their logo were present on all team kits.

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	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main kit sponsor	Other kit sponsor(s)
Debrecen	Srđan Blagojević	Balázs Dzsudzsák	Adidas	EVE, Tranzit-Food
Diósgyőr	Vladimir Radenković	Gergő Holdampf	2Rule	Hell	Apollo Tyres1, Borsodi, VW2 Miskolc Autó and V-Híd3
Fehérvár	Bartosz Grzelak	Attila Fiola	Adidas	None
Ferencváros	Dejan Stanković	Dénes Dibusz	Nike	Telekom	hsagroup1, Groupama2, MVM and VW3
Kecskemét	István Szabó	Levente Vágó	Sport36	HÉP	Kádár Környezetvédelmi Kft.1, Hovány2, Kecskeméti Fürdő and Piroska3
Kisvárda	Tamás Feczkó	Lucas	Adidas	MasterGood
Mezőkövesd	Milan Milanović	Tamás Cseri	Adidas	Zsóry Gyógy- és Strandfürdő	Balneo Hotel1
MTK	Dávid Horváth	Mihály Kata	Nike	Prohuman	Bayer Construct1, HR-Rent2
Paks	György Bognár	János Szabó	Jako	None
Puskás Akadémia	Zsolt Hornyák	Roland Szolnoki	2Rule	Mészáros & Mészáros	Duna Aszfalt1, V-Híd2
Újpest	Géza Mészöly	Đorđe Nikolić	Puma	None	11teamsports1
Zalaegerszeg	Gábor Márton	Norbert Szendrei	2Rule	None	Pharos '951, ZÁÉV3

1. ^ On the back of shirt.

2. ^ On the sleeves.

3. ^ On the shorts.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Ferencváros	Stanislav Cherchesov	Sacked	19 July 2023[2]	Pre-season	Csaba Mátéi	20 July 2023[3]
Kisvárda	Miloš Kruščić		12 August 2023[4]	6th	Máté Gerliczkii	12 August 2023[5]
Kisvárda	Máté Gerliczki	End of interim spell	3 September 2023	10th	János Mátyus	3 September 2023[6]
Ferencváros	Csaba Máté		4 September 2023	6th	Dejan Stanković	4 September 2023[7]
Kisvárda	János Mátyus	Resigned	7 November 2023[8]	12th	Tamás Feczkó	8 November 2023[9]
Zalaegerszeg	Gábor Boér		12 November 2023[10]	10th	Gábor Márton	13 November 2023[11]
Diósgyőr	Serhiy Kuznetsov	Sacked	31 January 2024[12]	7th	Miklós Simoni	1 February 2023[13]
Újpest	Nebojša Vignjević		8 February 2024[14]	10th	Géza Mészöly	8 February 2023[15]
Mezőkövesd	Attila Kuttor	Mutual consent	13 February 2024[16]	11th	Milan Milanović	14 February 2023[17]
Diósgyőr	Miklós Simon	End of interim spell	14 February 2024	8th	Vladimir Radenković	14 February 2024[18]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ferencváros (C)	33	23	5	5	80	30	+50	74	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Paks	33	17	7	9	51	42	+9	58	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
3	Puskás Akadémia	33	15	10	8	60	35	+25	55	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
4	Fehérvár	33	16	6	11	55	40	+15	54
5	Debrecen	33	14	6	13	49	48	+1	48
6	Kecskemét	33	13	6	14	45	45	0	45
7	Diósgyőr	33	12	9	12	50	56	−6	45
8	MTK	33	12	8	13	43	62	−19	44
9	Zalaegerszeg	33	12	7	14	54	60	−6	43
10	Újpest	33	11	4	18	45	67	−22	37
11	Kisvárda (R)	33	9	4	20	40	55	−15	31	Relegation to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II
12	Mezőkövesd (R)	33	5	6	22	31	63	−32	21

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) Fair play ranking; 8) Drawing of lots.^[19]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Paks qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2023–24 Magyar Kupa. Since they qualified based on league position, the second Conference League second round spot was passed to the fourth-placed team.

Results

Home \ Away	FER	PAK	FEH	PUS	DEB	MTK	KEC	ZAL	DIO	UJP	KIS	MEZ	FER	PAK	FEH	PUS	DEB	MTK	KEC	ZAL	DIO	UJP	KIS	MEZ
Ferencváros		6–1	0–1	1–2	2–2	5–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	0–0		1–0		1–1	5–1		2–0			2–0	0–0
Paks	3–2		2–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–4	4–1	3–0	3–1	2–1			1–2		1–1					1–2	2–1	2–1
Fehérvár	3–5	3–0		3–1	1–0	3–0	3–3	3–3	4–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	0–2					4–0		1–1	0–0			5–0
Puskás Akadémia	1–1	0–2	2–2		1–1	6–1	3–0	0–1	0–0	3–3	1–0	0–0		5–0	0–0		4–1					0–2	4–2
Debrecen	1–2	1–0	3–1	1–0		1–3	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	4–1	3–1			1–0			1–2	1–0	5–1		1–0		0–1
MTK	1–6	1–1	0–2	0–5	2–1		1–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	1–2	0–2		1–3			2–2		1–1		2–1
Kecskemét	2–1	1–1	1–0	4–1	1–1	1–2		3–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	0–2		0–0	0–1	1–2				2–1			3–1	2–1
Zalaegerszeg	2–6	2–5	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	3–1		1–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–3	1–1		1–0		2–2			5–1
Diósgyőr	1–2	1–1	4–0	0–1	3–1	3–3	3–1	0–3		1–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–1		1–1	5–3		0–0				1–1
Újpest	0–5	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–2	5–3	2–1	2–0		3–2	1–1			2–0			1–2	0–3	1–5	7–0			2–2
Kisvárda	1–3	0–1	1–2	0–2	0–0	3–1	1–2	0–1	1–2	4–0		2–1			1–0		1–3			1–0		4–1		4–3
Mezőkövesd	0–2	0–1	0–2	1–3	2–1	1–0	0–3	1–2	2–4	4–0	1–2		0–3			0–4		1–1		1–2	1–2

Source: Hungarian Football Federation (in Hungarian), Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[20]
1	Barnabás Varga	Ferencváros	20
2	Antonio Mance	Zalaegerszeg	15
3	Kenan Kodro	Fehérvár / Ferencváros	13
4	Krisztofer Horváth	Kecskemét	11
	Norbert Könyves	Paks
	Zsolt Nagy	Puskás Akadémia
7	Stefan Dražić	Mezőkövesd	10
	Matija Ljujić	Újpest
9	Peter Ambrose	Újpest	9
	István Bognár	MTK
	Tobias Christensen	Fehérvár
	Yohan Croizet	Zalaegerszeg
	József Windecker	Paks

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round
Matija Ljujić	Újpest	Puskás Akadémia	3–3 (A)	4 August 2023	2
Barnabás Varga	Ferencváros	Paks	6–0 (H)	27 August 2023	5
Barnabás Varga	Ferencváros	Zalaegerszeg	2–6 (A)	3 September 2023	6
Mátyás Katona	Fehérvár	Kecskemét	3–3 (H)	26 November 2023	14
Barnabás Varga	Ferencváros	MTK	5–1 (H)	6 February 2024	19

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Ferencváros	192,772	20,357	6,127	11,340	+8.7%†
2	Diósgyőr	109,335	12,178	3,412	6,432	+67.8%1
3	Debrecen	91,347	12,114	3,664	5,373	−2.2%†
4	Újpest	86,010	11,202	2,610	5,059	+35.3%†
5	Fehérvár	64,017	8,061	1,752	4,001	+23.5%†
6	Zalaegerszeg	48,795	9,068	1,755	3,050	+22.4%†
7	Kecskemét	50,183	4,957	1,824	2,952	+4.1%†
8	MTK	47,469	5,014	1,734	2,792	+182.3%1
9	Paks	40,491	4,201	1,712	2,531	+18.5%†
10	Mezőkövesd	33,996	4,125	1,497	2,130	+2.1%†
11	Kisvárda	32,644	3,150	1,200	2,040	−9.8%†
12	Puskás Akadémia	32,052	3,700	800	2,003	+21.5%†
	League total	829,651	20,357	800	4,187	+18.3%†

Source: magyarfutball (in Hungarian)
Notes:
1. Team played last season in NB II.

Number of teams by counties and regions

Number of teams by counties

Pos.	County (megye)		No. of teams	Teams
1		Budapest	3	Ferencváros, MTK and Újpest
2		Fejér	2	Fehérvár and Puskás Akadémia
		Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén	2	Diósgyőr and Mezőkövesd
4		Bács-Kiskun	1	Kecskemét
		Hajdú-Bihar	1	Debrecen
		Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg	1	Kisvárda
		Tolna	1	Paks
		Zala	1	Zalaegerszeg

Number of teams by regions

Transdanubia	Central Hungary	Great Plain and North
Fehérvár Paks Puskás Akadémia Zalaegerszeg	Ferencváros MTK Újpest	Debrecen Diósgyőr Kecskemét Kisvárda Mezőkövesd
4 Teams	3 Teams	5 Teams

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month		Head coach of the Month		Goal of the Month		Save of the Month		References
	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
August	Matija Ljujić	Újpest	Serhiy Kuznetsov	Diósgyőr	Stefan Lončar	Debrecen	Dávid Banai	Újpest	[21]
September	Barnabás Varga	Ferencváros	György Bognár	Paks	Jasmin Mešanović	Kisvárda	Dénes Dibusz	Ferencváros	[22]
October	Antonio Mance	Zalaegerszeg	Dejan Stanković	Ferencváros	Soma Szuhodovszki	Kecskemét	Ádám Varga	Ferencváros	[23]

See also

• 2023–24 Magyar Kupa
• 2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság II
• 2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság III
• 2023–24 Megyei Bajnokság I

Notes