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

Regional classification

#	Year	Alföld	Bakony	Dráva	Duna	Mátra	Tisza
?.	2011–12	Dunaharaszti	Csákvár	Kaposvár	Érd	Putnok	Várda
?.	2012–13	Soroksár	Dorog	Dunaújváros	Budaörs	Felsőtárkány	Várda

Tripartite classification

#	Year	West	Centre	East
?.	2013–14	Csákvár	Soroksár	Szeged 2011
?.	2014–15	Budaörs	Vác	Kisvárda
?.	2015–161	Ferencvárosi TC II	Kozármisleny	Nyíregyháza
?.	2016–17	Győr	Budafok	Kazincbarcika
?.	2017–18	Kaposvár	Monor	Tiszakécske
?.	2018–19	Ajka	Szeged 2011	Szolnok
?.	2019–20[2]2	Szentlőrinc3	Pécs	Debreceni EAC
?.	2020–21	Tiszakécske	Iváncsa4	III. Kerület
?.	2021–22	Mosonmagyaróvár	Kozármisleny	Kazincbarcika
?.	2022–23	Veszprém	Iváncsa	BVSC Zugló

Quadratite classification

#	Year	Northeast	Northwest	Southeast	Southwest
?.	2023–24	Tatabánya	Putnok	Szentlőrinc	Békéscsaba
?.	2024–25

Notes

• Note 1: In the 2015-16 Nemzeti Bajnokság III season Ferencvárosi TC II won the championship (West). However, they were not promoted, instead Mosonmagyaróvár and Dorog were promoted. SZEOL SC (Centre) were also promoted along with the champions Kozármisleny. Cegléd and Cigánd were also promoted from the East group along with the champions Nyíregyháza.
• Note 2:The championship was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Note 3: Although Érdi VSE finished first, they did not have the financial background to participate in the 2020-21 Nemzeti Bajnokság II season. Therefore, Szentlőrinci SE from the centre group were promoted.^[3]
• Note 4: Although Iváncsa KSE won the 2020-21 season, Kecskeméti TE were promoted.

See also

• Nemzeti Bajnokság I
• Nemzeti Bajnokság II