2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Nemzeti Bajnokság I
Season	2021–22
Dates	30 July 2021 – 8 May 2022
	← 2020–21 →

The 2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (also known as 2021–22 OTP Bank Liga), also known as NB I, is the 123rd season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league was officially named OTP Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons. Ferencváros were the defending champions.

Teams[]

Diósgyőr and Budafok finished the 2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I in the last two places and thus were relegated to NB II division.

The two relegated teams were replaced with the top two teams in 2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság II, champion Debrecen and runner-up Gyirmót, each having the required licence for top-division play.

Stadium and locations[]

Following is the list of clubs competing in the league this season, with their location, stadium and stadium capacity.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity^[1]	2020–21
Debrecen	Debrecen	Nagyerdei Stadion	20,340	1st (NB II)
Fehérvár	Székesfehérvár	MOL Aréna Sóstó	14,144	3rd
Ferencváros	Budapest (Ferencváros)	Groupama Aréna	22,043	1st
Gyirmót	Győr	Ménfői úti Stadion	4,500	2nd (NB II)
Honvéd	Budapest (Kispest)	Bozsik Aréna	8,000	10th
Kisvárda	Kisvárda	Várkerti Stadion	2,993	5th
Mezőkövesd	Mezőkövesd	Városi Stadion	4,183	8th
MTK Budapest	Budapest	Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion	5,014	7th
Puskás Akadémia	Felcsút	Pancho Aréna	3,816	2nd
Paks	Paks	Fehérvári úti Stadion	6,150	4th
Újpest	Budapest (Újpest)	Szusza Ferenc Stadion	12,670	6th
Zalaegerszeg	Zalaegerszeg	ZTE Aréna	11,200	9th

Debrecen	Fehérvár	Ferencváros	Gyirmót
Nagyerdei Stadion	MOL Aréna Sóstó UEFA Category 4 Stadium	Groupama Aréna	Ménfői úti Stadion
Capacity:	Capacity:	Capacity: 22,043	Capacity:

Honvéd	Budapest Budapest teams: Honvéd Ferencváros MTK Újpest Debrecen Gyirmót Kisvárda Mezőkövesd Paks Puskás Akadémia Fehérvár Zalaegerszeg Location of teams in 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság I Ferencváros Honvéd Újpest MTK Location of Budapest teams		Kisvárda
Bozsik Aréna			Várkerti Stadion
Capacity:			Capacity: 2,993

Mezőkövesd			MTK Budapest
Városi-Stadion			Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion
Capacity: 4,183			Capacity: 5,014

Paks	Puskás Akadémia	Újpest	Zalaegerszeg
Fehérvári úti Stadion	Pancho Aréna	Szusza Ferenc Stadion	ZTE Arena
Capacity: 6,150	Capacity: 3,816	Capacity: 12,670	Capacity: 11,200

Personnel and kits[]

All teams are obligated to have the logo of the league sponsor OTP Bank as well as the Nemzeti Bajnokság I logo on the right side of their shirt. Hungarian national sports betting brand Tippmix sponsors all 12 teams of the first league since February 2019, their logo is therefore 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 manufacturer	Additional shirt sponsor
Debrecen	Joan Carrillo	Balázs Dzsudzsák	Adidas	Tranzit-Food
Fehérvár	Imre Szabics	Nemanja Nikolić	Adidas	MOL
Ferencváros	Stanislav Cherchesov	Dénes Dibusz	Nike	Magyar Telekom
Gyirmót	Aurél Csertői	Patrik Nagy	Jako	Alcufer Győr
Honvéd	Nebojša Vignjević	Patrik Hidi	Macron
Kisvárda	Gábor Erős	Dávid Dombó	Adidas	MasterGood
Mezőkövesd	Attila Supka	Tamás Cseri	Adidas	Zsóry Gyógy- és Strandfürdő
MTK Budapest	Gábor Márton	Zsombor Nagy	Nike	Prohuman
Paks	György Bognár	János Szabó	Jako
Puskás Akadémia	Zsolt Hornyák	Zsolt Nagy	2Rule	Mészáros & Mészáros
Újpest	Miloš Kruščić	Nikola Mitrović	Puma
Zalaegerszeg	Róbert Waltner	Benjamin Babati	2Rule

League table[]

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ferencváros	19	13	2	4	34	13	+21	41	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Puskás Akadémia	19	12	4	3	28	18	+10	40	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Kisvárda	19	10	6	3	31	17	+14	36
4	Fehérvár	19	8	5	6	23	20	+3	29
5	Paks	19	8	3	8	48	40	+8	27
6	Mezőkövesd	19	6	6	7	21	29	−8	24
7	Zalaegerszeg	19	6	5	8	29	39	−10	23
8	Honvéd	19	6	2	11	30	34	−4	20
9	Gyirmót	19	5	5	9	19	28	−9	20
10	Debrecen	19	4	8	7	30	29	+1	20
11	Újpest	19	4	5	10	24	32	−8	17	Relegation to the
12	MTK Budapest	19	4	5	10	15	33	−18	17	Relegation to the

Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 2022. 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) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Fair play ranking; 9) Drawing of lots.^[2]

Positions by round[]

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Team ╲ Round
Debrecen	1	3	4	5	9	6	8	8	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	10
Gyirmót	5	10	10	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	12	12	12	11	9
Fehérvár	6	7	8	6	3	5	7	6	4	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Ferencváros	10	11	7	10	8	3	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Honvéd	12	12	12	9	5	8	4	4	6	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	8	8	8
Kisvárda	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
Mezőkövesd	2	1	2	3	7	7	9	10	8	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6
MTK Budapest	7	4	6	2	6	9	5	7	9	9	9	11	11	12	9	11	11	12	12
Paks	9	5	5	7	4	2	3	3	5	4	6	6	6	6	8	8	7	5	5
Puskás Akadémia	4	6	3	4	2	4	6	5	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2
Újpest	11	8	9	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	11	10	10	10	11
Zalaegerszeg	8	9	11	8	10	10	10	9	7	5	7	7	8	8	7	7	5	7	7

	Leader and UEFA Champions League first qualifying round
	UEFA Europa Conference League second qualifying round
	Relegation to 2022–23 NB II

Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 2022. Source: https://adatbank.mlsz.hu/league/56/0/23704/15.html

Fixtures and results[]

Rounds 1–22[]

Home \ Away	DEB	FEH	FER	GYI	HON	KIS	MEZ	MTK	PAK	PUS	UJP	ZAL
Debrecen	—	1–1	2–0	5–0	5–3	0–0	12 Feb	27 Feb	1–1	0–3	2–2	1–2
Fehérvár	1–2	—	0–1	3–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	20 Feb	3–0
Ferencváros	4–2	3–0	—	26 Feb	1–0	1–2	4–1	0–0	0–3	1–1	3–1	1–2
Gyirmót	0–0	1–1	0–2	—	2–4	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	19 Feb
Honvéd	1–4	13 Feb	0–1	0–1	—	2–1	2–3	3–0	3–1	26 Feb	1–2	2–2
Kisvárda	2–1	2–1	0–4	2–1	3–2	—	2–0	5–0	19 Feb	1–1	0–0	5–0
Mezőkövesd	1–0	2–2	0–3	0–0	18 Feb	0–2	—	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	3–2
MTK Budapest	1–1	0–2	19 Feb	0–3	1–0	1–2	1–0	—	1–4	0–1	2–1	0–2
Paks	3–3	25 Feb	1–3	12 Feb	2–3	2–2	2–3	3–2	—	4–1	2–1	3–2
Puskás Akadémia	20 Feb	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	0–1	2–0	12 Feb	1–6	—	2–1	1–1
Újpest	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–3	1–1	11 Feb	27 Feb	1–2	4–3	1–2	—	2–2
Zalaegerszeg	2–1	1–1	13 Feb	2–1	1–3	26 Feb	1–1	2–0	2–5	1–3	2–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 2022. Source: Hungarian Football Federation (in Hungarian), Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rounds 23–33[]

Home \ Away	DEB	FEH	FER	GYI	HON	KIS	MEZ	MTK	PAK	PUS	UJP	ZAL
Debrecen	—		—		—	—	—	—	—
Fehérvár	—	—		—			—	—			—	—
Ferencváros		—	—	—	—			a	—	—	a
Gyirmót	—			—		—	—				—	—
Honvéd		—		—	—			—		—	—	—
Kisvárda		—	—		—	—		—	—	—
Mezőkövesd			—		—	—	—	—	—	—
MTK Budapest			—	—				—	—		—	—
Paks		—		—	—				—	—		—
Puskás Akadémia	—	—		—				—		—	—	—
Újpest	—		—			—	—		—		—
Zalaegerszeg	—		—			—	—				—	—

First match(es) will be played on 5 March 2022. Source: Hungarian Football Federation (in Hungarian), Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics[]

Top goalscorers[]

As of 21 November 2021

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Martin Ádám	Paks	9
1	Nenad Lukić	Honvéd	9
3	Roland Ugrai	Debrecen	8
4	Márk Koszta	Zalaegerszeg	7
	Ryan Mmaee	Ferencváros
	Máté Sajbán	Paks
7	Myrto Uzuni	Ferencváros	6
8	István Bognár	Paks	5
	Balázs Dzsudzsák	Debrecen
	Marin Jurina	Mezőkövesd
	Kenan Kodro	Fehérvár
	Bojan Miovski	MTK Budapest
	Jaroslav Navrátil	Kisvárda

Hat-tricks[]

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round
Driton Camaj	Kisvárda	Zalaegerszeg	5–0	31 October 2021	11

References[]

^ "NB I 2020/2021". magyarfutball.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
^ "Labdarúgás versenyszabályzata" (PDF). 15 December 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

External links[]

Official website (in Hungarian)
Official rules (in Hungarian)
uefa.com

[1] "NB I 2020/2021". magyarfutball.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 14 June 2020.

[mlsz-2] "Labdarúgás versenyszabályzata" (PDF). 15 December 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

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