2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

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The 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (also known as 2019–20 OTP Bank Liga), also known as NB I, was the 121st season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league was officially named OTP Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons. Ferencváros were the defending champions. The season was postponed on 16 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and resumed on 23 May.^[1]

Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Season	2019–20
Dates	3 August 2019 – 27 June 2020
Champions	Ferencváros
Relegated	Kaposvár Debrecen
Champions League	Ferencváros
Europa League	Fehérvár Puskás Akadémia Honvéd
Matches played	71
Goals scored	205 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorer	András Radó (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Fehérvár 5–1 Diósgyőr
Biggest away win	Kaposvár 0–6 Zalaegerszeg
Highest scoring	Debrecen 1–6 Ferencváros
Highest attendance	18,759
Lowest attendance	1,022
Total attendance	259,067
Average attendance	3,691
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Teams

MTK Budapest and Szombathelyi Haladás finished the 2018–19 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 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság II, champion Zalaegerszeg and runner-up Kaposvár, each having the required licence for top-division play.

Stadium and locations

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

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Ref
Debrecen	Debrecen	Nagyerdei Stadion	20,340	[2]
Diósgyőr	Miskolc	Diósgyőri Stadion	15,325	[3]
Fehérvár	Székesfehérvár	MOL Aréna Sóstó	14,201
Ferencváros	Budapest (Ferencváros)	Groupama Aréna	22,000	[4]
Honvéd	Budapest (Kispest)	Bozsik Aréna[a]	10,000	[5]
Kaposvár	Kaposvár	Rákóczi Stadion	7,000
Kisvárda	Kisvárda	Várkerti Stadion	2,850	[6]
Mezőkövesd	Mezőkövesd	Városi Stadion	4,183	[7]
Puskás Akadémia	Felcsút	Pancho Aréna	3,816	[8]
Paks	Paks	Fehérvári úti Stadion	6,150	[9]
Újpest	Budapest (Újpest)	Szusza Ferenc Stadion	13,501	[10]
Zalaegerszeg	Zalaegerszeg	ZTE Aréna	11,200

1. Budapest Honvéd play their home matches at the Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion due to the reconstruction of their home stadium, Bozsik Stadion.

Debrecen	Diósgyőr	Fehérvár	Ferencváros
Nagyerdei Stadion UEFA Category 4 Stadium	Diósgyőri Stadion UEFA Category 4 Stadium	MOL Aréna Sóstó UEFA Category 4 Stadium	Groupama Aréna UEFA Category 4 Stadium
Capacity: 20,340	Capacity: 15,325	Capacity: 14,201	Capacity: 22,000
Honvéd	Budapest Budapest teams : Honvéd Ferencváros Újpest Debrecen Diósgyőr Kaposvár Kisvárda Mezőkövesd Paks Puskás Akadémia Fehérvár Zalaegerszeg Location of teams in 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság I Ferencváros Honvéd Újpest Location of Budapest teams		Kaposvár
Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion[11] UEFA Category 3 Stadium			Rákóczi Stadion
Capacity: 5,322			Capacity: 4,500
Kisvárda			Mezőkövesd
Várkerti Stadion			Városi-Stadion
Capacity: 2,850			Capacity: 4,183
Paks	Puskás Akadémia	Újpest	Zalaegerszeg
Fehérvári úti Stadion	Pancho Aréna UEFA Category 2 Stadium	Szusza Ferenc Stadion	ZTE Arena
Capacity: 6,150	Capacity: 3,816	Capacity: 13,501	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 sleeve of their shirt. Since February 2019, all teams participating in the NB I are sponsored by the national betting office Tippmix.

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	Chairman	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsors
Debrecen	Gábor Szima	Elemér Kondás	Dániel Tőzsér	Adidas	Grand Casino
Diósgyőr	Gergely Sántha	Tamás Feczkó	Bence Iszlai	2Rule[12]	Borsodi
Fehérvár	István Garancsi	Joan Carrillo	Roland Juhász	Adidas	MOL
Ferencváros	Gábor Kubatov	Serhii Rebrov	Gergő Lovrencsics	Nike	Magyar Telekom
Honvéd		István Pisont	Đorđe Kamber	Macron[13]	Tippmix
Kaposvár		Róbert Waltner	Dávid Hegedűs	Zeus
Kisvárda	Attila Révész	Tamás Bódog	Lucas	Adidas	MasterGood
Mezőkövesd	András Tállai	Attila Kuttor	Tamás Cseri	Adidas	Cronus, Zsóry Bath
Paks	János Süli	Gábor Osztermájer	Zsolt Gévay	Jako
Puskás Akadémia	Lőrinc Mészáros	Zsolt Hornyák	Lajos Hegedűs	2Rule	Mészáros és Mészáros
Újpest	Roland Duchâtelet	Predrag Rogan	Róbert Litauszki	Puma[14]	Volkswagen Centrum
Zalaegerszeg	Gábor Végh	Gábor Márton	Benjamin Babati	2Rule[15]	ZÁÉV

League table

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ferencváros (C)	33	23	7	3	58	24	+34	76	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Fehérvár	33	18	9	6	56	29	+27	63	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Puskás Akadémia	33	14	12	7	52	41	+11	54
4	Mezőkövesd	33	14	8	11	42	31	+11	50
5	Honvéd	33	12	8	13	36	44	−8	44	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
6	Újpest	33	12	7	14	45	45	0	43
7	Zalaegerszeg	33	11	10	12	51	44	+7	43
8	Kisvárda	33	12	6	15	42	43	−1	42
9	Diósgyőr	33	12	5	16	40	52	−12	41
10	Paks	33	11	8	14	46	53	−7	41
11	Debrecen (R)	33	11	6	16	48	57	−9	39	Relegation to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II
12	Kaposvár (R)	33	4	2	27	27	80	−53	14

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.^[16]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Budapest Honvéd qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2019–20 Magyar Kupa.

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	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Debrecen	6	3	3	3	3	4	6	8	6	7	6	7	9	8	8	8	7	8	8	6	7	8	9	7	8	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Diósgyőr	3	5	9	10	12	9	12	11	11	10	9	9	8	9	9	9	8	5	5	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	6	7	9
Fehérvár	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Ferencváros	7	9	7	9	7	5	2	3	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Honvéd	8	12	12	11	10	11	10	10	8	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	5	5
Kaposvár	11	11	11	12	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Kisvárda	4	8	4	4	4	6	7	6	5	6	8	8	7	7	7	7	9	9	10	9	9	10	7	8	7	7	7	7	9	10	8	10	8
Mezőkövesd	4	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4
Puskás Akadémia	2	5	8	5	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3
Paks	9	4	5	6	6	8	9	7	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	9	10	9	10
Újpest	12	7	6	7	9	7	5	5	7	8	7	6	6	6	5	5	6	7	7	8	8	7	8	9	9	10	9	8	7	8	9	8	6
Zalaegerszeg	9	10	10	8	8	10	8	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	9	8	7	5	6	7

	Leader and UEFA Champions League first qualifying round
	UEFA Europa League first qualifying round
	Relegation to 2020–21 NB II

Source: https://adatbank.mlsz.hu/league/52/0/20850/33.html

Results

Rounds 1–22 Home \ Away HON DEB DIO FEH FER KAP KIS MEZ PAK PUS UJP ZAL Budapest Honvéd — 2–3 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–3 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 Debrecen 1–1 — 2–1 1–1 1–6 0–1 4–1 1–3 3–1 1–2 4–0 3–2 Diósgyőr 2–1 1–2 — 1–3 0–1 2–0 3–1 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 Fehérvár 0–0 2–1 5–1 — 1–2 4–2 3–0 2–1 0–2 1–3 0–2 4–1 Ferencváros 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 — 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 2–2 1–0 3–2 Kaposvár 0–1 4–1 2–0 0–2 2–3 — 0–2 1–2 0–3 1–1 2–3 0–4 Kisvárda 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–2 1–2 5–3 — 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 3–3 Mezőkövesd 1–2 3–1 0–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 — 0–2 1–0 2–2 1–0 Paks 3–1 4–2 1–2 0–2 0–4 2–1 1–1 1–0 — 0–2 2–4 2–0 Puskás Akadémia 1–2 0–0 2–2 0–2 4–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 4–2 — 1–3 0–1 Újpest 2–3 3–2 0–2 0–1 0–1 27 Jun 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–3 — 0–0 Zalaegerszeg 0–1 0–2 1–3 3–3 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 — Source: Hungarian Football Federation (in Hungarian), Soccerway Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rounds 23–33 Home \ Away HON DEB DIO FEH FER KAP KIS MEZ PAK PUS UJP ZAL Budapest Honvéd — 3–1 0–4 1–1 0–2 4–2 1–5 — — — — — Debrecen — — 4–0 — — 1–1 1–0 — 1–1 2–2 — 0–3 Diósgyőr — — — — — — 0–2 1–0 — 1–2 2–1 1–1 Fehérvár — 1–0 1–1 — 1–0 3–0 2–0 — — — 2–2 — Ferencváros — 2–0 3–0 — — 5–0 1–0 1–0 — — 1–0 — Kaposvár — — 3–0 — — — 1–2 0–4 — — 0–1 0–6 Kisvárda — — — — — — — 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 Mezőkövesd 1–2 0–1 — 2–1 — — — — 0–2 0–0 — 1–2 Paks 0–0 — 4–2 0–0 2–2 3–0 — — — — — — Puskás Akadémia 2–1 — — 1–4 1–1 2–1 — — 3–1 — — — Újpest 1–0 3–1 — — — 5–0 — 1–1 1–1 2–3 — 2–1 Zalaegerszeg 2–0 — — 1–1 1–1 — — — 3–3 2–0 — — Source: Hungarian Football Federation (in Hungarian), Soccerway Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	András Radó	Zalaegerszeg	13
2	Norbert Könyves	Paks	11
	Davide Lanzafame	Honvéd
	David Vaněček	Puskás Akadémia
5	Gergely Bobál	Zalaegerszeg	10
	Franck Boli	Ferencváros
	Armin Hodžić	Fehérvár
8	Tunde Adeniji	Debrecen	9
	Márkó Futács	Fehérvár
	Márk Szécsi	Debrecen
	Oleksandr Zubkov	Ferencváros

Average attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Ferencváros	107,894	18,759	2,725	8,991	−16.1%†
2	Diósgyőr	61,697	8,376	2,255	4,746	+11.6%†
3	Zalaegerszeg	49,207	10,566	602	3,785	+105.9%1
4	Fehérvár	48,091	12,192	1,325	3,699	+16.4%†
5	Debrecen	46,496	8,136	1,720	3,577	+0.8%†
6	Honvéd	31,988	3,616	700	2,461	+28.6%†
7	Kisvárda	30,594	3,308	820	2,353	+4.0%†
8	Mezőkövesd	28,292	4,140	784	2,176	−9.1%†
9	Újpest	23,372	3,752	182	2,125	−24.9%†
10	Kaposvár	22,209	4,115	500	1,586	+70.7%1
11	Puskás Akadémia	18,854	3,846	600	1,450	+8.2%†
12	Paks	18,755	2,680	700	1,443	+46.2%†
	League total	487,449	18,759	182	3,165	−4.2%†

Updated to games played on 7 June 2020
Source: League matches: Nemzeti Bajnokság I 2019/2020
Notes:
Round 15 was played under closed doors. From round 16 to the end of the league, matches were played with limited attendance.
1: Played last season in Nemzeti Bajnokság II

See also

• 2019–20 Magyar Kupa
• 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság II
• 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság III