2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Nemzeti Bajnokság I 2020–21
Season information
Dates	14 August 2020–8 May 2021
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Ferencváros
Europa Conference League	Puskás Akadémia Fehérvár Újpest
Season statistics
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The 2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (also known as 2020–21 OTP Bank Liga), also known as NB I, is the 122nd season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league was officially named OTP Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons. Ferencváros were the defending champions.

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

On 16 August 2020, the match between Puskás Akadémia FC and Budapest Honvéd FC were postponed due to the fact that one player was tested positive for coronavirus.

Teams

Debrecen and Kaposvár finished the 2019–20 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 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság II, champion MTK Budapest and runner-up Budafok, 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
Budafok	Budapest (Budafok)	Promontor utcai Stadion	2,000
Budapest Honvéd	Budapest (Kispest)	Bozsik Aréna	10,000
Diósgyőr	Miskolc	Diósgyőri Stadion	15,325
Fehérvár	Székesfehérvár	MOL Aréna Sóstó	14,201
Ferencváros	Budapest (Ferencváros)	Groupama Aréna	22,000
Kisvárda	Kisvárda	Várkerti Stadion	2,850
Mezőkövesd	Mezőkövesd	Városi Stadion	4,183
MTK Budapest	Budapest	Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion	5,322
Puskás Akadémia	Felcsút	Pancho Aréna	3,816
Paks	Paks	Fehérvári úti Stadion	6,150
Újpest	Budapest (Újpest)	Szusza Ferenc Stadion	13,501
Zalaegerszeg	Zalaegerszeg	ZTE Aréna	11,200

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Kisvárda	Tamás Bódog	Mutual consent	29 June 2020	Pre-season	Attila Supka	8 July 2020
Honvéd	István Pisont (ad int.)	End of interim spell	30 June 2020		Tamás Bódog	1 July 2020
Fehérvár	Joan Carrillo	End of contract	6 July 2020		Gábor Márton	8 July 2020
Zalaegerszeg	Gábor Márton	Signed by Fehérvár	8 July 2020		Gábor Boér	12 July 2020
Paks	Gábor Osztermájer	Different role	22 September 2020	12th	György Bognár	22 September 2020
Mezőkövesd	Attila Kuttor	Mutual consent	10 November 2020	12th	Attila Pintér	11 November 2020
Honvéd	Tamás Bódog	Sacked	6 December 2020	12th	István Pisont	8 December 2020
Diósgyőr	Tamás Feczkó		8 December 2020	11th	Gergely Geri	8 December 2020
Újpest	Predrag Rogan		23 December 2020	9th	Michael Oenning	23 December 2020
Diósgyőr	Gergely Geri		7 January 2021	12th	Zoran Zekić	7 January 2021
Honvéd	István Pisont	Mutual consent	15 February 2021	11th	Ferenc Horváth	15 February 2021
Fehérvár	Gábor Márton	Sacked	17 February 2021	3rd	Tamás Szalai (ad int.)	17 February 2020
Zalaegerszeg	Gábor Boér	Sacked	15 March 2021	10th	Róbert Waltner	15 March 2021
Fehérvár	Tamás Szalai (ad int.)	End of interim spell	1 April 2021	3rd	Imre Szabics	1 April 2021
Budafok	Csaba Csizmadia	Resigned	25 April 2021	12th	Bálint Pacsi (ad int.)	27 April 2021

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ferencváros (C)	33	23	9	1	69	22	+47	78	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Puskás Akadémia	33	18	4	11	52	42	+10	58	Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3	Fehérvár	33	16	8	9	68	38	+30	56
4	Paks	33	14	8	11	76	64	+12	50
5	Kisvárda	33	12	10	11	30	36	−6	46
6	Újpest	33	12	6	15	46	67	−21	42	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
7	MTK	33	11	9	13	44	49	−5	42
8	Mezőkövesd	33	11	9	13	40	46	−6	42
9	Zalaegerszeg	33	10	7	16	58	58	0	37
10	Honvéd	33	9	10	14	46	48	−2	37
11	Diósgyőr (R)	33	9	6	18	34	53	−19	33	Relegation to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II
12	Budafok (R)	33	7	6	20	34	74	−40	27

Source: Hungarian Football Federation, 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.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results

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

Rounds 23–33 Home \ Away BDF DIO FEH FER HON KIS MEZ MTK PAK PUS UJP ZAL Budafok — 1–2 1–2 0–4 0–1 2–0 — — 2–9 — — — Diósgyőr — — — — 0–0 — 2–2 0–0 1–4 2–1 0–0 — Fehérvár — 1–3 — 1–2 — — — — 2–2 — 4–0 — Ferencváros — 1–0 — — — — 2–1 — 5–2 1–1 3–0 — Honvéd — — 2–3 1–2 — 0–1 2–2 3–2 — — 2–2 — Kisvárda — 0–1 0–0 0–0 — — — — 5–1 0–1 — — Mezőkövesd 2–1 — 1–3 — — 0–1 — 5–1 — — — 2–0 MTK 0–0 — 1–3 2–2 — 0–1 — — — — — 3–0 Paks — — — — 2–0 — 2–2 3–1 — 4–2 1–3 1–1 Puskás Akadémia 5–0 — 1–0 — 1–2 — 2–0 3–0 — — 2–1 1–4 Újpest 2–0 — — — — 3–0 3–0 1–3 — — — 5–4 Zalaegerszeg 5–0 2–0 0–2 2–2 0–1 0–0 — — — — — — Source: Hungarian Football Federation, Soccerway Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	János Hahn	Paks	22
2	Nemanja Nikolić	Fehérvár	15
3	Dániel Gazdag	Honvéd	13
4	Ivan Petryak	Fehérvár	12
	Myrto Uzuni	Ferencváros
6	Dávid Kovács	Budafok	11
	Tokmac Nguen	Ferencváros
8	Norbert Balogh	Honvéd	10
	Giorgi Beridze	Újpest
	István Bognár	Paks
	Franck Boli	Ferencváros
	Regő Szánthó	Zalaegerszeg

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round
Tokmac Nguen	Ferencváros	Paks	5–0	11 September 2020	4
János Hahn	Paks	MTK	4–0	26 September 2020	5
János Hahn4	Paks	Puskás Akadémia	6–2	7 November 2020	10
Gheorghe Grozav	Diósgyőr	Fehérvár	3–1	20 February 2021	22
János Hahn	Paks	Budafok	9–2	24 April 2021	31

• ⁴ Player scored four goals.

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month		Head coach of the Month		Goal of the Month		Goalkeeping of the Month
	Player	Club	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
August	Krisztián Simon	Újpest	Michael Boris	MTK Budapest	Gábor Molnár	Diósgyőr	Botond Antal	Diósgyőr
September	Bence Gergényi	Zalaegerszeg	Zsolt Hornyák	PAFC	Dániel Gazdag	Honvéd	Balázs Tóth	PAFC
October	Loïc Négo	Fehérvár	Serhii Rebrov	Ferencváros	Regő Szánthó	Zalaegerszeg	Dániel Póser	Budafok
November	János Hahn	Paks	Attila Supka	Kisvárda	Giorgi Beridze	Újpest	Péter Szappanos	Mezőkövesd
December	Funsho Bamgboye	Fehérvár	Serhii Rebrov	Ferencváros	Josip Knežević	PAFC	Dániel Póser	Budafok
January	Dániel Gazdag	Honvéd	Zsolt Hornyák	PAFC	Patrik Hidi	Honvéd	Bence Somodi	MTK Budapest
February	Roland Varga	MTK Budapest	Zsolt Hornyák	PAFC	Zoltán Horváth	Kisvárda	Balázs Tóth	PAFC
March	Franck Boli	Ferencváros	Zsolt Hornyák	PAFC	Yohan Croizet	Újpest	Balázs Bese	Budafok

See also

• 2020–21 Magyar Kupa
• 2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság II
• 2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság III

External links

• Official website
• Official rules
• uefa.com

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