2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Season	2024–25
Dates	27 July 2024 – 24 May 2025
Matches played	101
Goals scored	292 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorer	Böde, Jurina (8 each)
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 15 December 2024.

The 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (also known as 2024–25 OTP Bank Liga), also known as NB I, will be the 126th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league was officially named OTP Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons. The fixtures were announced on 20 June 2024.[1] Ferencváros are the 5-time defending champions.

Teams

Changes

Twelve teams compete in the league – the top ten teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the Nemzeti Bajnokság II.

The promoted teams are Nyíregyháza and Győr, who are returning to the top flight after respective absences of nine years. They replaced Kisvárda and Mezőkövesd, who were relegated to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II after respective spells of six and eight years in the top flight.

Stadium and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Budapest

Budapest teams:
Ferencváros
MTK
Újpest

Debrecen

Diósgyőr

Fehérvár

Győr

Kecskemét

Nyíregyháza

Paks

Puskás Akadémia

Zalaegerszeg

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Location of teams in 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Ferencváros

MTK

Újpest

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Location of teams in Budapest

Team	Location	Stadium	Cap.	2023–24	2024–25
Debrecen	Debrecen	Nagyerdei Stadion	20,340	5th	details
Diósgyőr	Miskolc (Diósgyőr)	Diósgyőri Stadion	15,325	7th	details
Fehérvár	Székesfehérvár	Sóstói Stadion	14,201	4th	details
Ferencváros	Budapest (Ferencváros)	Groupama Aréna	22,043	1st	details
Győr	Győr	ETO Park	15,600	2nd (NB II)
Kecskemét	Kecskemét	Széktói Stadion	6,320	6th
Nyíregyháza	Nyíregyháza	Városi Stadion	8,150	1st (NB II)
MTK	Budapest (Józsefváros)	Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion	5,014	8th
Puskás Akadémia	Felcsút	Pancho Aréna	3,816	3rd	details
Paks	Paks	Fehérvári úti Stadion	6,150	2nd	details
Újpest	Budapest (Újpest)	Szusza Ferenc Stadion	12,670	10th	details
Zalaegerszeg	Zalaegerszeg	ZTE Aréna	11,200	9th

Debrecen	Diósgyőr	Fehérvár	Ferencváros
Nagyerdei Stadion	Diósgyőri Stadion	Sóstói Stadion	Groupama Aréna
Capacity: 20,340	Capacity: 15,325	Capacity: 14,201	Capacity: 22,043
Győr	Kecskemét	MTK	Nyíregyháza
ETO Park	Széktói Stadion	Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion	Városi Stadion
Capacity: 15,600	Capacity: 6,320	Capacity: 5,014	Capacity: 8,150
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

Number of teams by counties and regions

Number of teams by counties

Pos.	County		No. of teams	Teams
1		Budapest	3	Ferencváros, MTK and Újpest
2		Fejér	2	Fehérvár and Puskás Akadémia
3		Bács-Kiskun	1	Kecskemét
		Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén	1	Diósgyőr
		Győr–Moson–Sopron	1	Győr
		Hajdú-Bihar	1	Debrecen
		Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg	1	Nyíregyháza
		Tolna	1	Paks
		Zala	1	Zalaegerszeg

Number of teams by regions

Transdanubia	Central Hungary	Great Plain and North
Fehérvár Győr Paks Puskás Akadémia Zalaegerszeg	Ferencváros MTK Újpest	Debrecen Diósgyőr Kecskemét Nyíregyháza
5 Teams	3 Teams	4 Teams

Personnel and kits

All teams were 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 sponsored all 12 teams of the first league since February 2019, their logo were 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 maker	Kit sponsors
				Main	Other(s)0
Debrecen	Nestor El Maestro	Balázs Dzsudzsák	Adidas	Tranzit-Food	None
Diósgyőr	Vladimir Radenković	Gergő Holdampf	2Rule	Hell	List Back: Apollo Tyres Sleeves: Mercedes-Benz Miskolc Shorts: Duna Aszfalt and Mercedes-Benz Miskolc
Fehérvár	Tamás Pető	Áron Csongvai	Adidas	None
Ferencváros	Robbie Keane	Dénes Dibusz	Macron	Telekom	List Front: Superz. Back: hsagroup Sleeves: Groupama and MVM Shorts: MVM and VW
Győr	Balázs Borbély	Michal Škvarka	Adidas	Kukkonia	None
Kecskemét	Zoltán Gera	Levente Vágó [hu]	Kappa	HÉP	List Back: Kádár Környezetvédelmi Kft. Sleeves: Hovány Shorts: Piroska Szörp and Kecskeméti Fürdő
MTK	Dávid Horváth	Mihály Kata	Nike	Prohuman	List Back: Bayer Construct Sleeves: HR-Rent
Nyíregyháza	Krisztián Tímár	Gergő Gengeliczki	Macron	Révész Group	List Sleeves: City of Nyíregyháza Shorts: Prestige Medical Center and VW Autó Széles
Paks	György Bognár	János Szabó	Nike	None	List Shorts: tarr
Puskás Akadémia	Zsolt Hornyák	Roland Szolnoki	2Rule	MBH Bank	None
Újpest	Bartosz Grzelak	Matija Ljujić	Puma	MOL	List Back: 11teamsports Sleeves: Toyota Schiller
Zalaegerszeg	Gábor Márton	Norbert Szendrei	2Rule	None	List Back: Pellet Hungary Shorts: ZÁÉV and Pharos '95

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Ref.
Ferencváros	Dejan Stanković	Signed by Spartak Moscow	16 May 2024	Pre-season	Pascal Jansen	16 June 2024	[2][3]
Újpest	Géza Mészöly	End of interim spell	27 May 2024		Bartosz Grzelak	14 June 2024	[4][5]
Fehérvár	Bartosz Grzelak	Signed by Újpest	14 June 2024		Tamás Pető	15 June 2024	[6]
Debrecen	Srđan Blagojević	Mutual consent	26 August 2024	9th	Csaba Máté	30 August 2024	[7][8]
Kecskemét	István Szabó	Sacked	15 October 2024	12th	Zoltán Gera	16 October 2024	[9][10]
Debrecen	Csaba Máté		27 October 2024	11th	Tibor Dombi (caretaker)	27 October 2024	[11]
Debrecen	Tibor Dombi (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	11 November 2024	11th	Nestor El Maestro	11 November 2024	[12]
Ferencváros	Pascal Jansen	Signed by New York City FC	6 January 2025	2nd	Robbie Keane	8 January 2025	[13]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Puskás Akadémia	17	11	2	4	29	18	+11	35	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Ferencváros	16	10	4	2	28	16	+12	34	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
3	Diósgyőr	17	8	6	3	25	21	+4	30
4	MTK	17	9	2	6	30	23	+7	29
5	Paks	17	8	3	6	34	30	+4	27
6	Újpest	17	7	6	4	21	14	+7	27
7	Fehérvár	17	6	3	8	24	25	−1	21
8	Nyíregyháza	17	5	3	9	21	29	−8	18
9	Győr	17	4	6	7	23	26	−3	18
10	Zalaegerszeg	16	4	4	8	20	24	−4	16
11	Debrecen	17	3	4	10	25	37	−12	13	Relegation to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II
12	Kecskemét	17	2	5	10	12	29	−17	11

Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2024. Source: Hungarian Football Federation (in Hungarian)
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) Fair play ranking; 8) Drawing of lots.[14]

Results

Home \ Away	DEB	DIO	FEH	FER	GYO	KEC	MTK	NYI	PAK	PUS	UJP	ZAL	DEB	DIO	FEH	FER	GYO	KEC	MTK	NYI	PAK	PUS	UJP	ZAL
Debrecen		0–1	1 Mar	5–4	2–2	2–2	2–3	1 Feb	0–5	15 Feb	1–2	3–1		5 Apr		8 Mar			3 May		17 May			19 Apr
Diósgyőr	3–1		1–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–2	15 Feb	2–2	1 Mar	1 Feb	2–1				29 Mar	19 Apr	12 Apr	17 May		8 Mar			3 May
Fehérvár	2–0	3–1		22 Feb	15 FEB	6–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	1 Feb	0–1	1–1	24 May	16 Mar					19 Apr		3 May			5 Apr
Ferencváros	2–2	3–3	2–0		1 Mar	1–0	1 Feb a	2–1	15 Feb	3–0	1–0 (a)	1–0			17 May			16 Mar		19 Apr		3 May	5 Apr a
Győr	0–3	3–4	3–1	1–1		1–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	8 Feb	22 Feb	16 Mar		10 May	24 May			29 Mar		26 Apr	12 Apr
Kecskemét	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–1		15 Feb	0–2	1 Mar	0–3	1–3	1 Feb	29 Mar		8 Mar		5 Apr			3 May		17 May	19 Apr
MTK	8 Feb	22 Feb	3–2	1–3 (a)	2–2	3–1		3–0	3–1	0–1	4–1	1–1				26 Apr a		10 May		16 Mar	12 Apr		24 May
Nyíregyháza	3–2	0–2	3–3	0–1	2–1	8 Feb	2–0		4–2	0–3	22 Feb	1–1	26 Apr	10 May	12 Apr		8 Mar					29 Mar		24 May
Paks	22 Feb	3–4	8 Feb	3–1	1 Feb	1–0	4–2	2–1		2–1	2–1	2–2				10 May		24 May		5 Apr		19 Apr	16 Mar
Puskás Akadémia	1–0	1–1	3–0	8 Feb	0–3	22 Feb	1–0	3–1	3–1		1–1	2–1	10 May	24 May	26 Apr				5 Apr					16 Mar
Újpest	3–0	0–0	4–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1 Mar	1–0	0–0	1–2		15 Feb	12 Apr	26 Apr	29 Mar		3 May			17 May		8 Mar
Zalaegerszeg	2–1	8 Feb	0–1	5 Feb	1–2	2–1	0–1	1 Mar	3–1	4–2	0–2					12 Apr	17 May	26 Apr	8 Mar		29 Mar		10 May

Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2024. Source: Hungarian Football Federation (in Hungarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in 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	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Debrecen	8	5	4	7	10	8	8	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Diósgyőr	4	9	11	9	5	7	6	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	3
Fehérvár	6	3	6	6	7	6	7	8	8	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	7
Ferencváros	9	6	3	3	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2
Győr	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	9	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	9
Kecskemét	7	8	10	5	8	9	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
MTK	3	1	1	2	2	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	4
Nyíregyháza	1	7	9	11	11	11	10	7	7	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
Paks	5	4	5	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	4	2	3	5	3	5
Puskás Akadémia	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	3	2	3	1	1	1	1
Újpest	11	10	7	10	6	4	3	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6
Zalaegerszeg	12	11	8	8	9	10	9	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

	Leader and qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
	Relegation to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II

Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2024. Source: Hungarian Football Federation (in Hungarian)

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of match played 15 December 2024[15]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dániel Böde	Paks	8
	Marin Jurina	MTK
3	Donát Bárány	Debrecen	7
	Lamin Colley	Puskás Akadémia
	Nejc Gradišar	Fehérvár
	Gergely Mim	Zalaegerszeg
	Barnabás Varga	Ferencváros
8	Brandon Domingues	Debrecen	6
	Márk Kovácsréti	Nyíregyháza
	Matija Ljujić	Újpest
	Zsolt Nagy	Puskás Akadémia
	Matheus Saldanha	Ferencváros
	Barna Tóth	Paks
	József Windecker	Paks
15	Fran Brodić	Újpest	5
	Claudiu Bumba	Győr
	Bence Ötvös	Paks
18	Elton Acolatse	Diósgyőr	4
	Péter Beke	Nyíregyháza
	Eneo Bitri	Győr
	István Bognár	MTK
	Yohan Croizet	Zalaegerszeg
	Bright Edomwonyi	Diósgyőr
	Jonathan Levi	Puskás Akadémia
	Dániel Lukács	Kecskemét

Hat-tricks

(H) = Home; (A) = Away;

Player	For	Against	Score	Result	Round	Date
Matheus Saldanha	Ferencváros	Puskás Akadémia (H)	1–0 65', 2–0 77', 3–0 82'	3–0	8	29 September 2024 (2024-09-29)
Donát Bárány	Debrecen	Ferencváros (H)	1–0 2', 2–0 5', 3–0 17'	5–4	1	5 December 2024 (2024-12-05)

Discipline

Player

As of match played 15 December 2024[16]

• Most yellow cards: 7
  • Bright Edomwonyi (Diósgyőr)
  • Ákos Kinyik (Paks)
  • Dušan Lagator (Debrecen)
  • Dominik Nagy (Nyíregyháza)
  • Alex Szabó (Kecskemét)

• Most red cards: 1
  • 20 players

Club

As of match played 15 December 2024[17]

Rank	Club
1	Kecskemét	57	1
2	Nyíregyháza	50	0
3	Diósgyőr	49	1
4	Debrecen	46	6
5	Újpest	43	1
6	MTK	38	2
7	Győr	38	1
8	Fehérvár	35	2
9	Puskás Akadémia	35	1
10	Paks	30	0
11	Ferencváros	28	4
12	Zalaegerszeg	21	1

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month		Coach of the Month		Ref.
	Player	Club	Player	Club
August	Matija Ljujić	Újpest	Zsolt Hornyák	Puskás Akadémia	[18]
September	Matheus Saldanha	Ferencváros	Krisztián Tímár	Nyíregyháza	[19]
October	Bence Ötvös	Paks	Dávid Horváth	MTK	[20]
November	Gergely Mim	Zalaegerszeg	Vladimir Radenković	Diósgyőr	[21]

See also

• 2024–25 Magyar Kupa
• 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság II
• 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság III
• 2024–25 Megyei Bajnokság I

References

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2. "Dejan Sztankovics távozik a Ferencvárostól – sajtóhír" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
3. "Hivatalos: Pascal Jansen veszi át a Ferencváros irányítását" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
4. "Az Újpest nem hosszabbítja meg Mészöly Géza lejáró szerződését – hivatalos" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
5. "Bartosz Grzelak az Újpest új edzője – hivatalos" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
6. "Pető Tamás a Fehérvár FC új vezetőedzője – hivatalos" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 3 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
7. "Már nem Szrdjan Blagojevics a DVSC vezetőedzője – hivatalos" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
8. "Máté Csaba a DVSC új vezetőedzője – hivatalos" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
9. "Már nem Szabó István irányítja a Kecskemétet – hivatalos" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
10. "Gera Zoltán lett a Kecskemét új vezetőedzője – hivatalos" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 16 October 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
11. "A DVSC megvált Máté Csabától – hivatalos" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
12. "DVSC: bemutatták a csapat új vezetőedzőjét, Nestor El Maestrót" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
13. "Robbie Keane confirmed as new head coach of Hungarian club Ferencváros". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
14. "NB I. Férfi Felnőtt nagypályás labdarúgó bajnokság versenykiírása 2024/25" [NB I Men's Senior Football League 2024/25] (PDF) (in Hungarian). Hungarian Football Federation. 31 May 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
15. "MLSZ Adatbank – Goal shooter". MLSZ. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
16. "MLSZ Adatbank – Penalty Cards". MLSZ. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
17. "Sofascore – Yellow and red cards". Sofascore. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
18. "NB1.hu: Újpesti lett a hónap játékosa, Hornyáknál nem volt jobb edző augusztusban" (in Hungarian). NB1.hu. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
19. "NB I: Szeptemberben nem volt jobb a Fradi braziljánál és Tímár Krisztiánnál" (in Hungarian). NB1.hu. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
20. "Ők voltak október legjobbjai az NB1.hu szerint" (in Hungarian). NB1.hu. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
21. "Ők voltak november legjobbjai az NB1.hu szerint" (in Hungarian). NB1.hu. Retrieved 4 December 2024.

External links

• Official rules (in Hungarian)
• uefa.com