Nemzeti Bajnokság III

Nemzeti Bajnokság III (NB III, National Championship III) is the third tier of Hungarian football (from the autumn of 1997 till the spring of 2005, NB III was the fourth tier, the third was NB II). The tier contains 4 groups (northeast, northwest, southeast and southwest) of 16 teams. From NB III, the champions of each group will battle promotion play-off, two teams winning play-off are promoted to the NB II. The three lowest teams of each group and two worst 13th place teams are relegated to the first tier of local divisions (MB I). From NB II, the two lowest teams are relegated to NB III from 2024–25 season onwards.^[1]

Nemzeti Bajnokság III

Country	Hungary
Number of clubs	64 (16 teams in 4 groups)
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	Nemzeti Bajnokság II
Relegation to	Megyei Bajnokság I
Domestic cup(s)	Magyar Kupa
Current champions	Mosonmagyaróvár (Northwest group) Karcag (Northeast group) Nagykanizsa (Southwest group) Tiszakécske (Southeast group) (2024–25)
Website	http://www.nb3.hu/
Current: 2025–26 Nemzeti Bajnokság III

Groups

From 2023 onwards, the league divided into 4 groups of 16 teams:

• Northeast group
• Northwest group
• Southeast group
• Southwest group

List of champions

Main article: List of winners of Nemzeti Bajnokság III

• 2000–01: Büki TK, Erzsébeti Spartacus MTK LE, Eger
• 2001–02: Bodajk, Balassagyarmat, Demecser
• 2002–03: Bodajk, Dabas, Kertvárosi FC
• 2003–04: Mosonmagyaróvár, Makó
• 2004–05: Felcsút, Baktalórántháza
• 2005–06: Békéscsaba, Elekthermax Vasas SE, Szentlőrinc, Budaörs, Jászberény, Tuzsér
• 2006–07: Cegléd, Ajka, Kozármisleny, Tököl, Erzsébeti Spartacus MTK LE, Balkány
• 2007–08: Békéscsaba, Zalaegerszeg II, Szentlőrinc, Százhalombatta, MTK Budapest FC II, Debreceni VSC-DEAC
• 2008–09: Budapest Honvéd FC II, Hévíz, Szentlőrinc, Szigetszentmiklós, Mezőkövesd, Hajdúböszörmény
• 2009–10: Orosháza, Veszprém, Baja, Újpest II, Ferencváros II, Kemecse
• 2010–11: Tököl, Soproni VSE, Paks II, Dunaújváros, Eger, Nagyecsed Rákóczi SE
• 2011–12: Dunaharaszti, Csákvár, Kaposvár, Érd, Putnok, Kisvárda
• 2012–13: Soroksár, Dorog, Dunaújváros, Budaörs, Felsőtárkány, Kisvárda
• 2013–14: Csákvár, Soroksár, Létavértes
• 2014–15: Budaörs, Vác, Kisvárda
• 2015–16: Ferencváros II, Kozármisleny, Nyíregyháza
• 2016–17: Győr, Budafok, Kazincbarcika
• 2017–18: Kaposvári, Tiszakécske, Monor
• 2018–19: Ajka, Szeged-Grosics Akadémia, Szolnok
• 2019–20: Érd, Pécs, Debreceni EAC
• 2020–21: III. Kerület, Iváncsa, Tiszakécske
• 2021–22: Mosonmagyaróvár, Kozármisleny, Kazincbarcika
• 2022–23: Veszprém, Iváncsa, Budapesti VSC
• 2023–24: Tatabánya, Szentlőrinc, Putnok, Békéscsaba
• 2024–25: Mosonmagyaróvár, Nagykanizsa, Karcag, Tiszakécske

Note: winning the Nemzeti Bajnokság III did not mean automatic promotion to Nemzeti Bajnokság I.

See also

• Nemzeti Bajnokság I
• Nemzeti Bajnokság II