Nemzeti Bajnokság I

The Nemzeti Bajnokság (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈnɛmzɛti ˈbɒjnokʃaːɡ], "National Championship"), also known as NB I, is the top division of football in Hungary. The league is officially named OTP Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons. The league is played between 12 teams. The champion qualifies for the UEFA Champions League first qualifying round, while the 2nd and 3rd place teams, along with the cup winner qualifies for the UEFA Europa Conference League first qualifying round. The bottom 2 teams are relegated to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II.

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Country	Hungary
Founded	1901
Current champions
Most successful club	Ferencváros (33 titles)
Website	Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség

Champions

Club	Titles	Winning seasons
Ferencváros	33	1903, 1905, 1906–07, 1908–09, 1909–10, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1912–13, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1937–38, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1948–49, 1962–63, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1975–76, 1980–81, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
MTK Budapest	23	1904, 1907–08, 1903–14, 1916–17, 1917–18, 1918–19, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1928–29, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1951, 1953, 1957–58, 1986–87, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2007–08
Újpest	20	1929–30, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1938–39, 1945, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1959–60, 1969, 1970, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1989–90, 1997–98
Budapest Honvéd	14	1949–50 (I), 1950 (II), 1952, 1954, 1955, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1992–93, 2016–17
Debrecen	7	2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14
Vasas	6	1957, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1965, 1966, 1976–77
Győr *	4	1963, 1981–82, 1982–83, 2012–13
Csepel	4	1941–42, 1942–43, 1947–48, 1958–59
Fehérvár	3	2010–11, 2014–15, 2017–18
Budapesti TC	2	1901, 1902
Vác	1	1993–94
Nagyvárad ‡	1	1943–44
Dunaferr	1	1999–2000
Zalaegerszeg	1	2001–02

Notes:

• † Dissolved before World War II
• ‡ Team from Oradea, which is now located in Romania
• * Includes Rába Vasas ETO Győr, Győri Vasas ETO

All time top scorers

As listed at RSSSF in July 2000.

#	Name	Period	Clubs	Goals	Matches	Average
1.	Imre Schlosser	1906–1928	FTC/MTK	411	301	1.33
2.	Ferenc Szusza	1940–1961	Újpest	393	462	0.85
3.	Gyula Zsengellér	1935–1947	Salgótarjáni BTC, Újpest	387	325	1.22
4.	József Takács	1920–1940	Vasas Budapest, Ferencváros, Erszébet, Szürketaxi	360	355	1.01
5.	Ferenc Puskás	1943–1956	Kispest-Honvéd	357	354	1.01
6.	György Sárosi	1931–1948	Ferencváros	351	383	0.92
7.	Gyula Szilágyi	1943–1960	Debrecen, Vasas	313	390	0.80
8.	Ferenc Deák	1944–1954	Szentlőrinc, Ferencváros, Újpest	305	238	1.28
9.	Ferenc Bene	1960–1978	Újpest	303	418	0.72
10.	Géza Toldi	1928–1946	Ferencváros, Gamma-Budatok, Szegedi AK, MADISZ	271	324	0.84
11	Nandor Hidegkuti	1942–1958	MTK-Hungaria	265	381	0.70
12.	Flórián Albert	1959–1974	Ferencváros	256	351	0.73

Top scorer in a season

Correct as of 2019–20.

Once Alves Böde Czibor Dobány Dzurják Eppel Farkas Fischer Friedmanszky Gregor Hannich Holender Horváth Jávor Jeszmás Kalmár Kabát Kelemen Kenesei Kiprich Kisuczky Machos Medved Melis

Once Gy. Molnár J. Molnár Monostori Nichenko Nyilasi Orosz Petres Pokorny Preisinger Priboj Radó Rajczi Répási Sidibe Simon Szabó Szilágyi Tiber Toldi Tóth Vangel Várady Vincze Waltner

Twice Bajzát Coulibaly Cseh Farkas Fekete Károly Lanzafame Manno Schaffer Tököli 3 times Albert Deák Détári Dunai Illés Kocsis Kozma / Nikolić Orth Sárosi

4 times Puskás 5 times Bene Takács Tichy Zsengellér 7 times Schlosser

Nemzeti Bajnokság I Media

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  The trophy of the Nemzeti Bajnokság

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  Ferencváros legend Albert with Vasas legend Mészöly in the 1960s

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  Ferenc Puskás scored 360 goals in 352 matches for Honvéd

Other websites

• Hungarian football league (in Hungarian)
• League at UEFA
• NB I current season results and table at Soccerway
• Hungary league tables overview page at RSSSF
• List of current NB 1 clubs at magyarfutball.hu
• Hungarian Football Page Archived 2021-11-29 at the Wayback Machine
• League champions and runners-up at Nemzeti sport (in Hungarian)