2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

For the handball leagues, see 2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's handball) and 2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball).

The 2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (also known as 2021–22 OTP Bank Liga), also known as NB I, was 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.

Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Season	2021–22
Dates	30 July 2021 – 8 May 2022
Champions	Ferencváros
Champions League	Ferencváros
Europa Conference League	Kisvárda Puskás Akadémia Fehérvár
Matches played	198
Goals scored	562 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorer	Martin Ádám (31 goals)
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

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	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: 20,340	Capacity: 14,201	Capacity: 22,043	Capacity: 4,728
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: 8,428			Capacity: 2,993
Mezőkövesd			MTK
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: 6,163	Capacity: 3,816	Capacity: 13,432	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	Michael Boris	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	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 (C)	33	22	5	6	60	31	+29	71	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Kisvárda	33	16	11	6	50	34	+16	59	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3	Puskás Akadémia	33	14	12	7	43	34	+9	54
4	Fehérvár	33	13	9	11	48	43	+5	48
5	Újpest	33	12	8	13	50	48	+2	44
6	Paks	33	12	7	14	75	63	+12	43
7	Debrecen	33	10	9	14	45	52	−7	39
8	Zalaegerszeg	33	10	9	14	44	58	−14	39
9	Honvéd	33	10	8	15	48	51	−3	38
10	Mezőkövesd	33	10	8	15	37	49	−12	38
11	MTK (R)	33	9	9	15	28	50	−22	36	Relegation to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II
12	Gyirmót (R)	33	7	11	15	34	49	−15	32

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]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2021–22 Magyar Kupa, Ferencváros, qualified for the Champions League, the Europa Conference League berth awarded to the Magyar Kupa winners was transferred to the highest-placed Nemzeti Bajnokság I team not already qualified for European competition, the fourth-placed team.

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 1–4 1–0 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 1–2 3–0 Ferencváros 4–2 3–0 — 1–1 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 0–1 Honvéd 1–4 3–1 0–1 0–1 — 2–1 2–3 3–0 3–1 0–0 1–2 2–2 Kisvárda 2–1 2–1 0–4 2–1 3–2 — 2–0 5–0 3–3 1–1 0–0 5–0 Mezőkövesd 1–0 2–2 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–2 — 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 3–2 MTK 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–3 1–0 1–2 1–0 — 1–4 0–1 2–1 0–2 Paks 3–3 3–2 1–3 2–3 2–3 2–2 2–3 3–2 — 4–1 2–1 3–2 Puskás Akadémia 0–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 1–6 — 2–1 1–1 Újpest 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–2 4–3 1–2 — 2–2 Zalaegerszeg 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–3 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–5 1–3 2–0 — 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 — 0–3 — 3–1 — — — — — 1–1 1–2 0–0 Fehérvár — — 0–2 — 2–0 5–3 — — 2–2 2–2 — — Ferencváros 3–0 — — — — 2–1 1–0 0–3 — — 2–1 5–3 Gyirmót — 0–2 1–2 — 1–1 — — 1–1 3–3 1–1 — — Honvéd 4–2 — 1–2 — — 1–1 0–0 — 1–1 — — — Kisvárda 1–0 — — 1–0 — — 1–2 — — — 2–1 2–1 Mezőkövesd 0–1 1–2 — 1–0 — — — — — — 2–3 0–0 MTK 3–0 1–1 — — 1–0 0–0 0–4 — — 0–0 — — Paks 0–1 — 1–2 — — 0–1 4–0 4–0 — — 1–3 — Puskás Akadémia — — 2–2 — 1–2 0–0 3–1 — 2–0 — — — Újpest — 1–1 — 2–2 0–2 — — 2–0 — 2–1 — 4–0 Zalaegerszeg — 2–0 — 0–1 3–1 — — 2–3 2–3 0–0 — — 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	Martin Ádám	Paks	31
2	Kenan Kodro	Fehérvár	15
	Nenad Lukić	Honvéd
4	Ryan Mmaee	Ferencváros	13
	Barnabás Varga	Gyirmót
	Budu Zivzivadze	Újpest
7	Claudiu Bumba	Kisvárda	11
	Marin Jurina	Mezőkövesd
	Márk Koszta	Zalaegerszeg
10	Nemanja Nikolić	Fehérvár	10
	Roland Ugrai	Debrecen

Hat-tricks

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

See also

• 2021–22 Magyar Kupa
• 2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság II
• 2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság III
• 2021–22 Megyei Bajnokság I

References

1. "NB I 2020/2021". magyarfutball.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
2. "NB I. férfi felnőtt nagypályás labdarúgó bajnokság 2021/22" (PDF). 28 January 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2023.

External links

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