Nemzeti Bajnokság II

For the rugby union league of the same name, see NB II (rugby union).

The NB II, currently known as the Merkantil Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier of Hungarian football. At the end of the 2004–05 season, the tournament format was changed from one division of 14 teams to two divisions: Keleti (Eastern) and Nyugati (Western), each with 16 teams,^[1] though now it's just one league table with 16 teams as of the 2024–25 season. The champion and the runner-up will ascend to the first division while the two lowest teams in NB II are relegated to NB III.

Nemzeti Bajnokság II

Founded	1901; 124 years ago (1901)
Country	Hungary
Number of clubs	16
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	NB I
Relegation to	NB III
Domestic cup(s)	Hungarian Cup
Current champions	Kisvárda (1st title) (2024–25)
Website	www.nb2.hu
Current: 2025–26 Nemzeti Bajnokság II

Format

On 2 March 2017, the Hungarian Football Federation announced that the number of the teams in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II will not be reduced to 12.^[2]

From 2024 onwards, the league was reduced to 16 teams from 20 and 18 teams in 2022–2024, respectively.

History

The second league was founded in 1901, having 8 teams. The first two teams would participate in a promotion playoff with the last 2 teams from the first league. Even though the 4 rural districts were founded on paper in 1904, they only began to compete officially in the season 1907-1908. Thus the second league had 1 urban(Budapest) league and 4 rural leagues. The rural champions would participate in a tournament, the winner would face the urban league champion for the second league title. During the world war I the league was played with very few teams.

In 2013, the format was changed and there is one division again with 16 teams, then increase to 20 teams from 2015 to 2023.

In 2023, the league was reduce to 18 teams for 2023–24 and again to 16 teams from 2024–25 onwards.

List of champions

#	Year	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Ref.
11.	1962–63	Csepel	Székesfehérvár	Dunaújváros	[3]
		Diósgyőr	Ózd	Miskolc	[4]
12.	1963	VM Egyetértés	Oroszlány	Győri MÁV	[5]
13.	1964	Salgótarján	Ózd	Oroszlány	[6]
14.	1965	Dunaújváros	Diósgyőr	Szombathely	[7]
15.	1966	Szegedi EAC	Eger	Komló	[8]
16.	1967	Egyetértés	Videoton	BVSC	[9]
17.	1968	Eger	Komló	Kecskeméti Dózsa	[10]
18.	1969	Videoton	Szegedi EOL	Zalaegerszeg	[11]
19.	1970	Pécsi Bányász	Egyetértés	Oroszlány	[12]
		FŐSPED	Budapesti Spartacus	Kecskeméti Dózsa	[13]
20.	1970–71	Vörös Meteor	Eger	Oroszlány	[14]
21.	1971–72	Szegedi EOL	Zalaegerszeg	Debrecen	[15]
22.	1972–73	Szombathely	Dorog	MÁV DAC	[16]
23.	1973–74	Diósgyőr	Békéscsaba	Komló	[17]
24.	1974–75	Szegedi EOL	Kaposvár	Volán	[18]
25.	1975–76	Dunaújváros	Dorog	Budafok	[19]
26.	1976–77	Pécsi MFC	Székesfehérvári MÁV	Budafok	[20]
27.	1977–78	Salgótarján	Budapesti Vasas Izzó	Debrecen	[21]
28.	1978–79	Pécsi VSK	Komló	Kaposvár	[22]
		Volán	Szegedi Dózsa	Budapesti VSC	[23]
		Debrecen	Nyíregyháza	Eger	[24]
29.	1979–80	Kaposvár	Szombathely	Nagykanizsa
		Csepel	Vasas Izzó	Szegedi EOL
		Nyíregyháza	Szolnok	Hódmezővásárhely
30.	1980–81	Szombathely	Nagykanizsa	Keszthely
		Szegedi EOL	Ganz-MÁVAG	Honvéd Bem József
		Ózd	Gyula	Hódmezővásárhely
31.	1981–82	Nagykanizsa	Tapolca	Szekszárd
		MTK	22. sz Volán	Dorog
		Kazincbarcika	Eger	Hódmezővásárhely
32.	1982–83	Volán	Szegedi EOL	Salgótarján
33.	1983–84	Eger	Debrecen	Békéscsaba
34.	1984–85	Volán	Siófok	Vác
35.	1985–86	Dunaújváros	Eger	Szegedi EOL
36.	1986–87	Kaposvár	Vác	Volán
37.	1987–88	Veszprém	Dunaújváros	Szeged SC
38.	1988–89	Csepel	Oroszlány	Nagykanizsa
		Debrecen	Szeged SC	Szarvas
39.	1989–90	Volán	Dunaferr	Oroszlány	[25]
		Szeged SC	Kazincbarcika	Budapesti VSC	[26]
40.	1990–91	Szombathely	Zalaegerszeg	Dunaferr	[27]
		Budapesti VSC	Diósgyőr	Csepel	[28]
41.	1991–92	Csepel	BKV Előre	Dorog	[29]
		Békéscsaba	Nyíregyháza	Kaba	[30]
42.	1992–93	Szombathely	Sopron	BKV Előre
		Debrecen	Hatvan	Tiszavasvári
43.	1993–94	Nagykanizsa	Zalaegerszeg	Dunaferr
		Kiskörös	Hatvan	III. Kerület
44.	1994–95	Szombathely	BKV Előre	Siófok
		MTK Budapest	Salgótarján	Kazincbarcika
45.	1995–96	Siófok	Sopron	Kaposvár
		III. Kerület	Tiszakécske	Diósgyőr
46.	1996–97	Gázszer	Dunaferr	Érd
		Tiszakécske	Diósgyőr	Nyíregyháza
47.	1997–98	Nyíregyháza	Dunaferr	III. Kerület
48.	1998–09	Tatabánya	Nagykanizsa	Szeged LC
49.	1999–00	Videoton	Sopron	BKV Előre
50.	2000–01	Szombathely	Százhalombatta	Pécs
		BKV Előre	Kecskemét	Nyíregyháza
51.	2001–02	Siófok	Celldömölk	Kaposvár
		Békéscsaba	Diósgyőr	Szolnok
52.	2002–03	Pécs	Szombathely	Bük
53.	2003–04	Budapest Honvéd	Vasas	Kaposvár
54.	2004–05	Tatabánya	Rákospalota	Vác	[31]
55.	2005–06	Vác	Szolnok	Jászapáti	[32]
		Paks	Felcsút	Gyirmót
56.	2006–07	Nyíregyháza	Ferencváros	Orosháza	[33]
		Siófok	Szombathely	Felcsút
57.	2007–08	Kecskemét	Szolnok	Ferencváros	[34]
		Szombathely	Felcsút	Gyirmót
58.	2008–09	Ferencváros	Debrecen II	Makó	[35]
		Gyirmót	Pápa	Pécs
59.	2009–10	Szolnok	Debreceni EAC	Makó	[36]
		Siófok	Pápa	Pécs
60.	2010–11	Diósgyőr	Mezőkövesd	Nyíregyháza	[37]
		Pécs	Gyirmót	Puskás Akadémia
61.	2011–12	Eger	Szolnok	Békéscsaba	[38]
		MTK	Kozármisleny	Gyirmót
62.	2012–13	Mezőkövesd	Vasas Budapest	Békéscsaba	[39]
		Puskás Akadémia	Kozármisleny	Gyirmót
63.	2013–14	Nyíregyháza	Dunaújváros	Gyirmót	[40]
64.	2014–15	Vasas	Békéscsaba	Gyirmót	[41]
65.	2015–16	Gyirmót	Mezőkövesd	Zalaegerszeg	[42]
66.	2016–17	Puskás Akadémia	Balmazújváros	Kisvárda	[43]
67.	2017–18	MTK	Kisvárda	Békéscsaba	[44]
68.	2018–19	Zalaegerszeg	Kaposvár	Gyirmót	[45]
69.	2019–20	MTK	Budafok	Vasas	[46]
70.	2020–21	Debrecen	Gyirmót	Vasas	[47]
71.	2021–22	Vasas	Kecskemét	Diósgyőr	[48]
72.	2022–23	Diósgyőr	MTK	Ajka	[49]
73.	2023–24	Nyíregyháza	Győr	Vasas	[50]
74.	2024–25	Kisvárda	Kazincbarcika	Vasas	[51]

External links

• Official page (Hungarian)
• NB II on www.soccerway.com

See also

• Nemzeti Bajnokság I
• Nemzeti Bajnokság III