Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball)

K&H női kézilabda liga

Current season, competition or edition: 2021–22 season
Countries	Hungary
Confederation	EHF
Founded	1951
Number of teams	14
Relegation to	Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B
Level on pyramid	Level 1
Domestic cup(s)	Magyar Kupa
International cup(s)	Champions League European League
Current champions	Ferencváros (13th title)
Most championships	Vasas (15 titles) Győri ETO (15 titles)
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Website	http://www.keziszovetseg.hu

The Nemzeti Bajnokság I (English: National Championship I, commonly abbreviated NB I) is the top professional league for Hungarian women's team handball clubs. It is administered by the Hungarian Handball Federation.

History[]

The first edition of the women's handball league was when the owner was pregnant, held in 1951. That year only four teams participated, playing once against each other. were crowned champions as they got equal points to , but were superior on goal difference. Next season Vörös Meteor took revenge and secured the title just ahead of Csepel.

The forthcoming years were characterized by long term team hegemonies: Budapesti Spartacus SC won seven titles between 1960 and 1967, whilst Vasas SC were awarded thirteen gold medals between 1972 and 1985.

Turning into the nineties, Ferencvárosi TC managed to appear in the dominant role. In the 1992–93 season, after topping the table in the regular season, they bled to death in the playoffs yet, but a year later there was nothing to stop them. Until 2002 another five league title landed in the hands of Ágnes Farkas and co. The lone team which managed to interrupt their run was the Radulovics-led Dunaferr in 1998. The Dunaújváros-based team won five titles altogether until 2004, when, after finished on the podium an incredibly nine times in row without having won the title, finally Győri Graboplast ETO KC lifted the championship trophy.

Since then ETO with the support of their new main sponsor, car manufacturer Audi, have won all but two titles.

Current teams[]

• Debreceni VSC Schaeffler
• Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA
• Érd NK
• Alba Fehérvár KC
• Ferencvárosi TC-Rail Cargo Hungaria
• Győri Audi ETO KC
• Kisvárda Master Good SE
• Motherson-Mosonmagyaróvári KC
• MTK Budapest
• Siófok KC
• Moyra-Budaörs Handball
• Szombathelyi KKA
• Vasas SC
• Váci NKSE

Competition format[]

At the beginning only four teams entered the National Championship. Later, the league have been expanded, first to 12, later to 14 teams. There was a short living try with 16 teams in two groups but the idea got dropped just after five seasons. Since 2006 the league is made up of 12 teams. The championship was held in one calendar year until 1987, when they switched to autumn-spring format. In the 2003–04 season Austrian top club Hypo Niederösterreich played in the league as a guest team, however, their results did not count towards the final ranking.

As we can see from the chart the number of teams in the Hungarian First Division changed a lot and continuously. The league started in 1951 with four teams and with the formation of teams the league expanded continuously. Currently, there are 14 teams in the first division.

Season	Number of teams
from 1951 to	4 teams
in	6 teams
in	12 team
from to	4 teams
in	12 teams
from to	14 teams
from 1960 to 1964	12 teams
from 1965 to 1975	14 teams
from 1976 to	12 teams
from 1983 to	14 teams
from to	16 teams
from to	14 teams
in	13 teams
from 1999-00 to 2000-01	12 teams
in	11 teams
from to	12 teams
from to	11 teams
from to 2015-16	12 teams
from 2016-17 to present	14 teams

Current format[]

The current system is composed by twelve teams. The sides play twice against each other in the regular season on a home and on an away leg. The top four teams qualify for the playoffs, where a best-of-three system is used. Teams ranked fifth to ninth and tenth to twelfth decide their final places in a classification round, using a round robin system, playing six additional rounds. According to their final position in the regular season, they awarded bonus points which are added to the points they earn in the postseason. Bottom two teams get relegated.

Title holders[]

Performances[]

By club[]

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Winning years
Győr	15	7	4	, , , , , 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Vasas Budapest	15	1	6	, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, , , 1984, 1985, ,
Ferencváros	13	21	10	1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, , , , , 2000, , , 2015, 2021
Budapesti Spartacus	9	5	5	1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1983, 1986
Dunaújváros	5	4	4	, , 2001, ,
Csepel	3	2	2	1951, ,
(Budapesti Építők)	3	2	-	, ,
Debrecen	2	8	4	,
Veszprém	1	5	6
Vörös Meteor	1	2	3	1952
Miskolc	1	1	-
Debreceni Petőfi	1	-	-
Goldberger SE	-	6	2	-
Pécsi Bányász	-	1	2	-
Bp. Szikra	-	1	1	-
Testnevelési Főiskola	-	1	1	-
Békéscsaba	-	1	1	-
BHG SE	-	1	-	-
Érd	-	-	6	-
Tatabányai Bányász	-	-	2	-
Siófok	-	-	2	-
Debreceni Építők	-	-	1	-
Vörös Lobogó	-	-	1	-
Vasas Elzett	-	-	1	-
Bp. Postás	-	-	1	-
Híradótechnika	-	-	1	-
Secotex SE	-	-	1	-
Vác	-	-	1	-
Mosonmagyaróvár	-	-	1	-

Performance by counties[]

The following table lists the Hungarian women's handball champions by counties of Hungary.

County (megye)	Titles	Winning Clubs
Budapest	44	Vasas (15) Ferencváros (13) Bp. Spartacus (9) Csepel (3) Hargita KC* (3) VM Fűszért (1)
Győr-Moson-Sopron	15	Győri ETO (15)
Fejér	5	Dunaferr* (5)
Hajdú-Bihar	3	Debreceni VSC (2) Debreceni Petőfi SK (1)
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén	1	Miskolci VSC (1)
Veszprém	1	Bakony Vegyész (1)

• The bolded teams are currently playing in the 2019-20 season of the Hungarian League.
• Dunaferr NK as Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA

Clubs[]

Since 1951, clubs have participated in the Hungarian League. Below the list of Hungarian League clubs who have participated in the first division. The club with the most appearances are the 12-time champions Ferencváros.

59 seasons: Ferencvárosi TC 49 seasons: Bp. Spartacus 44 seasons: Vasas SC 40 seasons: Debreceni VSC, Győri ETO KC 39 seasons: Dunaújvárosi KKA * 36 seasons: Békéscsabai ENKSE 28 seasons: Veszprém BKC * 27 seasons: Testnevelési Főiskola 26 seasons: Csepel, BHG * 26 seasons: Alba Fehérvár KC 21 seasons: Goldberger, Tatabányai Bányász * 20 seasons: Váci NKSE 19 seasons: Győri Textiles 18 seasons: BRESC * 17 seasons: Bp. Postás 14 seasons: Kiskunhalas 13 seasons: Építők SC *

15 seasons: Kaposvár 13 seasons: Bocskai, Budapesti AK, Nyíregyháza, Terézváros 12 seasons: Vörös Meteor 10 seasons: BVSC, Elektromos, Rákospalota, Soroksár, Szolnok 9 seasons: Siófok KC 8 seasons: Érd NK 7 seasons: Kecskemét, Miskolc, Postás, Pápa, Szegedi Honvéd 6 seasons: Eger, Phöbus, Somogy 5 seasons: MÚE, MAFC, Sabaria, Szegedi LK, VAC, Veszprém, Vörös Meteor 4 seasons: BKV Előre, MÁVAG, Nagykanizsa, Ózd, Stadler, Szentlőrinc, Turul, Zuglói SE 3 seasons: Budaörs, ESMTK, Kolozsvár, Nagyvárad, Pécsi VSK, Székesfehérvár, Szürketaxi, Tungsram, Typographia, Újvidék

2 seasons: Budapesti SC, Pécs-Baranya, Puskás, Gázszer, Soproni FAC, Szeged, Újpesti MTE, Újpesti Törekvés 1 season: Debreceni Építők, Debreceni Dózsa, Erzsébet, Dunaújváros PASE, Főváros, Ganz, Herminamező, Kassa, Kelenföld, Kőbánya, Kispest, Lampart, Mezőkövesd, Miskolc, Pereces, Soroksár, Szeged LC, Szolnoki Légierő, Testvériség, Tiszakécske, Tokod, Zugló

Notes

• The teams in bold are competing in the 2017–18 season of the Hungarian League.

1 seasons: Vörös Meteor Közért 4 seasons: Csepeli Vasas 1 seasons: Debreceni Építők 1 seasons: Békéscsabai Pamutszövő 1 seasons: Vörös Meteor FÜSZÉRT 1 seasons: Vörös Lobogó KELTEX*

1 seasons: Debreceni Petőfi SK 2 seasons: Miskolci Lokomotív 2 seasons: Vasas Elzett 2 seasons: Szikra Gázművek 2 seasons: Győri Vasas

1 seasons: Vörös Lobogó Pamut 1 seasons: Mechanikai Szövőgyár SE (V. L. Magyar Gyapjúfonó) 1 seasons: V. L. Váci Szövő 1 seasons: Szombathelyi Bőrgyár 1 seasons: Bp. Vörös Meteor

Statistics[]

EHF coefficients[]

The following data indicates Hungarian coefficient rankings between European handball leagues.

In European competitions[]

		Champions League					EHF Cup					Challenge Cup					Cup Winners' Cup (defunct)
		C	Winning year(s)	RU	SF		C	Winning year(s)	RU	SF		C		RU	SF		C	Winning year(s)	RU	SF
Győri ETO		5	2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019	3	4		0		4	0		0		0	0		0		1	1
Dunaújvárosi Kohász		1	1999	0	2		2	, 2016	0	1		0		0	0		1	1995	0	0
Vasas		1		4	3		0		1	1		0		1	0		0		1	1
Ferencváros		0		2	3		1		0	1		0		0	0		3	1978, 2011, 2012	2	2
Debreceni VSC		0		0	1		2	1995, 1996	2	1		0		0	0		0		2	1
Fehérvár KC		0		0	0		1		0	2		0		0	0		0		0	0
Siófok KC		0		0	0		1	2019	0	0		0		0	0		0		0	0
Bp. Spartacus		0		1	2		0		0	2		0		0	0		1	1981	1	0
Bakony Vegyész		0		0	1		0		0	1		0		0	0		0		0	0
		0		0	1		0		0	0		0		0	0		0		0	1
Érd		0		0	0		0		0	1		0		0	0		0		0	0
		0		0	0		0		0	0		0		0	1		0		0	0
		0		0	0		0		0	0		0		0	0		0		0	1
TOTAL		7 title		10	17	7 title		7	10	0		1	1	5 title		7	7

Top scorers by season[]

Notable foreign players[]

List of foreign players who previously played or currently play in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Names of the competition[]

• 2016– : K&H női kézilabda liga (K&H liga)

Broadcasting rights[]

See also[]

• Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)
• Hungarian handball clubs in European competitions
• Hungary women's national handball team

References[]

• The history of the Hungarian Leagues
• Tables, Fixtures, Results, Statistics

External links[]

• Official website