2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság II

The 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság II (also known as 2024–25 Merkantil Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons) is Hungary's 74th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság II, the second tier of the Hungarian football league system.

Nemzeti Bajnokság II

Season	2024–25
Dates	28 July 2024 – 25 May 2025
Champions	Kisvárda (1st title)
Promoted	Kisvárda Kazincbarcika
Relegated	Gyirmót Tatabánya
Matches	240
Goals	640 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Zoárd Nagy (Csákvár) (18 goals)
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 25 May 2025.

Overview

The fixtures were announced on 5 July 2024.^[1] The number of teams in the second division has been reduced by 4 since the 2022–23 season, the first competition with 16 clubs in recent years.^[2]

Teams

The following teams have changed division since the 2023–24 season.

Changes

To NB II Relegated from 2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság I Promoted from 2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság III Kisvárda Mezőkövesd Békéscsaba (Southeast) Szentlőrinc (Southwest) Tatabánya (Northwest)

From NB II Promoted to 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság I Relegated to 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság III Dissolved Nyíregyháza Győr Pécs (Southwest) Tiszakécske (Southeast) Siófok (Southwest) Mosonmagyaróvár (Northwest) Haladás

Stadium and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Budapest

Budapest teams:
Budafok
BVSC
Honvéd
Soroksár
Vasas

Ajka

Békéscsaba

Csákvár

Gyirmót

Kazincbarcika

Kisvárda

Kozármisleny

Mezőkövesd

Szeged

Szentlőrinc

Tatabánya

Location of teams in 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság II

Budafok

BVSC

Honvéd

Soroksár

Vasas

Location of the teams in Budapest.

Team	Location	Stadium	Cap.	2023–24
Ajka	Ajka	Városi Stadion	5,000	8th
Békéscsaba	Békéscsaba	Kórház utcai Stadion	2,479	(NB III, Play-off)
Budafok	Budapest (Budafok)	Promontor utcai Stadion	4,000	10th
BVSC	Budapest (Zugló)	Szőnyi úti Stadion	12,000	13th
Csákvár	Csákvár	Tersztyánszky Ödön Sportközpont	2,020	9th
Gyirmót	Győr (Gyirmót)	Alcufer Stadion	4,728	6th
Honvéd	Budapest (Kispest)	Bozsik Aréna	8,000	11th
Kazincbarcika	Kazincbarcika	Kolorcity Aréna	1,080	12th
Kisvárda	Kisvárda	Várkerti Stadion	3,385	11th (NB I)
Kozármisleny	Kozármisleny	Kozármislenyi Stadion	2,000	5th
Mezőkövesd	Mezőkövesd	Városi Stadion	4,183	12th (NB I)
Soroksár	Budapest (Soroksár)	Szamosi Mihály Sportelep	5,000	7th
Szeged	Szeged	Szent Gellért Fórum	8,136	4th
Szentlőrinc	Szentlőrinc	Szentlőrinci Sportpálya	1,020	(NB III, Play-off)
Tatabánya	Tatabánya	Grosics Gyula Stadion	5,021	(NB III, Play-off)
Vasas	Budapest (Angyalföld)	Illovszky Rudolf Stadion	5,154	3rd

FC Ajka	Békéscsaba	Budafok	BVSC
Városi Stadion	Kórház utcai Stadion	Promontor utcai Stadion	Szőnyi úti Stadion
Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 4,963	Capacity: 1,200	Capacity: 12,000
Csákvár	Gyirmót	Honvéd	Kazincbarcika
Tersztyánszky Ödön Sportközpont	Ménfői úti Stadion	Bozsik Aréna	Kolorcity Aréna
Capacity: 2,500	Capacity: 4,728	Capacity: 8,200	Capacity: 1,020
Kisvárda	Kozármisleny	Mezőkövesd	Soroksár
Várkerti Stadion	Alkotmány téri Stadion	Városi Stadion	Szamosi Mihály Sportelep
Capacity: 2,850	Capacity: 2,000	Capacity: 4,183	Capacity: 5,000
Szeged	Szentlőrinc	Tatabánya	Vasas
Szent Gellért Fórum	Sportpálya	Grosics Gyula Stadion	Illovszky Rudolf Stadion
Capacity: 8,256	Capacity: 1,020	Capacity: 5,021	Capacity: 5,054

Number of teams by counties and regions

Number of teams by counties

Pos.	County		No. of teams	Teams
1		Budapest	5	Budafok, BVSC-Zugló, Honvéd, Soroksár and Vasas
2		Baranya	2	Kozármisleny and Szentlőric
		Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén	2	Kazincbarcika and Mezőkövesd
4		Békés	1	Békéscsaba
		Csongrád-Csanád	1	Szeged
		Fejér	1	Csákvár
		Győr-Moson-Sopron	1	Gyirmót
		Komárom-Esztergom	1	Tatabánya
		Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg	1	Kisvárda
		Veszprém	1	Ajka

Number of teams by regions

Transdanubia	Central Hungary	Great Plain and North
Ajka Csákvár Gyirmót Kozármisleny Szentlőrinc Tatabánya	Budafok BVSC-Zugló Honvéd Soroksár Vasas	Békéscsaba Kazincbarcika Kisvárda Mezőkövesd Szeged
6 Teams	5 Teams	5 Teams

Personnel and kits

Hungarian national sports betting brand Tippmix sponsored all 16 teams of the second 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 maker	Kit sponsor(s)
				Main	Other(s)0
Ajka	Bálint Gaál (caretaker)	Richárd Zsolnai	Puma	Bakony Erőmű	None
Békéscsaba	Sándor Csató		Saller	Békés Drén	None
Budafok	Géza Mészöly	Dávid Kovács	2Rule	Zakariás Alapítvány	None
BVSC-Zugló	József Csábi	Paulo Vinícius	Adidas	None
Csákvár	Balázs Tóth		2Rule	ZÁÉV	List Back: Aqvital
Gyirmót	Szabolcs Schindler	Dávid Hudák	Jako	Alcufer	None
Honvéd	Tamás Feczkó	Ivan Lovrić	Macron	None
Kazincbarcika	Gábor Erős	Valter Heil	Puma	GreenPlan	List Back: BorsodChem Shorts: BorsodChem
Kisvárda	Tamás Feczkó	Jasmin Mešanović	Adidas	MasterGood	None
Kozármisleny	Zoltán Aczél	Gergő Gajág	Macron	HR-Rent	None
Mezőkövesd	Aurél Csertői	Tamás Cseri	Adidas	Zsóry Gyógy- és Strandfürdő	None
Soroksár	Péter Lipcsei	Balázs Lovrencsics	Nike	Provident	List Front: VízBolt and District of Soroksár Back: 11teamsports
Szeged	Aleksandar Jović	Molnár F. Tamás	Foreleven11	None	List Sleeves: caritas Hungarica
Szentlőrinc	Róbert Waltner		Macron	AbsoluteTeamsport
Tatabánya	László Klausz		Jako	OPUS Tigáz	List Front: Geodézia and City of Tatabánya
Vasas	Attila Pintér	Zsombor Berecz	Adidas	OTP Bank	List Sleeves: SMP Solution and PrímaEnergia

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Ref.
Mezőkövesd	Milan Milanović	End of contract	29 May 2024	Pre-season	Mihály Tóth	29 May 2024	[3]
Kazincbarcika	János Csábi	Mutual consent	1 June 2024		Gábor Erős	15 June 2024	[4][5]
Szeged	Adem Kapič	End of contract	4 June 2024		Michael Boris	4 June 2024	[6]
BVSC-Zugló	Ádám Kincses		10 June 2024		József Csábi	10 June 2024	[7]
Szenlőrinc	Gábor Pinchler		18 June 2024		Róbert Waltner	19 June 2024	[8]
Kisvárda	Tamás Feczkó	Resigned	6 August 2024	14th	Attila Révész (caretaker)	30 August 2024	[9]
Honvéd	Aurél Csertői	Sacked	15 August 2024	8th	Zsolt Laczkó	19 August 2024	[10][11]
Budafok	László Dajka	Resigned	21 August 2024	14th	Márk Nikházi (caretaker)	19 August 2024	[12]
Vasas	Zoltán Gera	Mutual consent	21 August 2024	4th	Attila Pintér	5 September 2024	[13][14]
Mezőkövesd	Mihály Tóth	Sacked	4 September 2024	16th	Aurél Csertői	27 October 2024	[15][16]
Szeged	Michael Boris	Mutual consent	31 October 2024	9th	Ádám Simon (caretaker)	31 October 2024	[17]
Honvéd	Zsolt Laczkó	Sacked	17 December 2024	16th	Tamás Feczkó	19 December 2024	[18][19]
Szeged	Ádám Simon (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	27 December 2024	10th	Aleksandar Jović	27 December 2024	[20]
Tatabánya	Gergely Gyürki	Sacked	17 February 2025	16th	László Klausz	21 February 2025	[21][22]
Ajka	Szabolcs Schindler	Mutual consent	18 February 2025	14th	Bálint Gaál (caretaker)	18 February 2025	[23]
Budafok	Márk Nikházi	Sacked	18 March 2025	12th	Géza Mészöly	18 March 2025	[24]
Gyirmót	Zsolt Tamási		11 April 2025	13th	Szabolcs Schindler	11 April 2025	[25]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kisvárda (C, P)	30	17	7	6	57	44	+13	58	Promotion to Nemzeti Bajnokság I
2	Kazincbarcika (P)	30	14	11	5	51	30	+21	53
3	Vasas	30	16	4	10	47	35	+12	52
4	Kozármisleny	30	13	8	9	45	42	+3	47
5	Szentlőrinc	30	12	11	7	44	32	+12	47
6	Mezőkövesd	30	12	8	10	44	35	+9	44
7	Szeged	30	10	12	8	36	32	+4	42
8	Honvéd	30	11	7	12	41	39	+2	40
9	BVSC	30	8	14	8	31	32	−1	38
10	Csákvár	30	10	6	14	41	50	−9	36
11	Soroksár	30	9	8	13	42	47	−5	35
12	Ajka	30	8	11	11	31	38	−7	35
13	Budafok	30	9	8	13	44	53	−9	35
14	Békéscsaba	30	8	9	13	30	38	−8	33
15	Gyirmót (R)	30	7	10	13	41	46	−5	31	Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság III
16	Tatabánya (R)	30	6	6	18	28	60	−32	24

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.^[26]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AJK	BEK	BUD	BVS	CSA	GYI	HON	KAZ	KIS	KOZ	MEZ	SOR	SZG	SZL	TAT	VAS
Ajka	—	0–1	2–2	0–1	0–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–3
Békéscsaba	3–0	—	2–1	2–2	0–3	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	4–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	0–2
Budafok	1–2	0–1	—	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–3	0–5	2–4	1–1	3–1	2–1	2–3	2–0	2–3	0–1
BVSC	0–0	1–0	0–0	—	1–2	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–1
Csákvár	2–2	1–0	1–2	0–1	—	1–2	3–1	3–2	0–1	3–2	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–4	2–2	2–1
Gyirmót	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–4	—	3–1	0–0	1–1	2–3	2–0	4–0	0–1	1–1	4–1	1–2
Honvéd	1–2	3–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	—	0–1	3–0	5–0	2–1	3–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0
Kazincbarcika	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	—	1–1	2–3	1–1	3–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	0–0
Kisvárda	4–0	1–0	1–2	3–2	2–0	6–4	1–1	1–1	—	3–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	4–3	2–1	0–0
Kozármisleny	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	3–2	2–0	2–1	2–3	—	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	4–2
Mezőkövesd	1–1	1–0	3–3	0–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–1	0–1	—	0–1	1–2	1–3	4–2	3–0
Soroksár	3–1	0–0	3–2	3–3	3–1	1–2	3–1	0–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	—	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2
Szeged	0–2	2–0	1–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	0–0	4–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	—	1–3	2–0	0–1
Szentlőrinc	2–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–2	1–2	0–2	0–0	3–1	0–0	—	5–1	2–1
Tatabánya	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–4	0–7	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–0	3–2	0–0	—	1–0
Vasas	3–2	3–1	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	3–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2025. 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.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 25 May 2025^[27]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Zoárd Nagy	Csákvár	18
2	Krisztián Kirchner	Kozármisleny	17
3	Balázs Lovrencsics	Soroksár	14
	Milán Tóth	Vasas
5	Csanád Novák	Szeged	12
6	Áron Borvető	Szeged	11
	Bence Pethő	Kazincbarcika
	Kristóf Tóth-Gábor	Szentlőrinc
9	József Szalai	Mezőkövesd	10
10	Ádám Bódi	Kazincbarcika	9
	Ádám Czékus	Békéscsaba
	Ádám Merényi	Budafok
	Szilárd Szabó	Soroksár

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round
Bence Pethő	Kazincbarcika	Budafok	5–0 (A)	18 August 2024	4
Krisztián Kirchner	Kozármisleny	Vasas	4–2 (H)	25 August 2024	5
Patrik Bacsa	BVSC-Zugló	Soroksár	3–3 (A)	25 May 2025	30

See also

• 2024–25 Magyar Kupa
• 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság I
• 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság III
• 2024–25 Megyei Bajnokság I