2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Nemzeti Bajnokság I 2022–23
Season information
Dates	29 July 2022–27 May 2023
Winners	Ferencváros (34th title)
Relegated	Budapest Honvéd Vasas
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Ferencváros
Europa Conference League	Kecskemét Debrecen Zalaegerszeg
Season statistics
Matches played	198
Goals scored	530
Average	(2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	Barnabás Varga (26 goals)
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The 2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (also known as 2022–23 OTP Bank Liga), also known as NB I, was the 124th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league was officially named OTP Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons. Ferencváros were the defending champions. As the 2022 FIFA World Cup started on 20 November, the last round before stoppage was held on 12–13 November. The league resumed games on 28 January.

Teams

MTK Budapest and Gyirmót finished the 2021–22 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 2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság II, champion Vasas and runner-up Kecskemét, 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	2022–23
Debrecen	Debrecen	Nagyerdei Stadion	20,340	7th
Fehérvár	Székesfehérvár	MOL Aréna Sóstó	14,144	4th
Ferencváros	Budapest (Ferencváros)	Groupama Aréna	22,043	1st
Honvéd	Budapest (Kispest)	Bozsik Aréna	8,000	9th
Kecskemét	Kecskemét	Széktói Stadion	6,320	2nd 31(NB II)
Kisvárda	Kisvárda	Várkerti Stadion	2,993	2nd
Mezőkövesd	Mezőkövesd	Városi Stadion	4,183	10th
Vasas	Budapest (Angyalföld)	Illovszky Rudolf Stadion	5,154	1st 31(NB II)
Puskás Akadémia	Felcsút	Pancho Aréna	3,816	3rd
Paks	Paks	Fehérvári úti Stadion	6,150	6th
Újpest	Budapest (Újpest)	Szusza Ferenc Stadion	12,670	5th
Zalaegerszeg	Zalaegerszeg	ZTE Aréna	11,200	8th

Debrecen	Fehérvár	Ferencváros	Honvéd
Nagyerdei Stadion	MOL Aréna Sóstó	Groupama Aréna	Bozsik Aréna
Capacity: 20,340	Capacity: 14,201	Capacity: 22,043	Capacity: 8,428
Kecskemét			Kisvárda
Széktói Stadion			Várkerti Stadion
Capacity: 6,320			Capacity: 2,993
Mezőkövesd			Paks
Városi-Stadion			Fehérvári úti Stadion
Capacity: 4,183			Capacity: 6,163
Puskás Akadémia	Újpest	Vasas	Zalaegerszeg
Pancho Aréna	Szusza Ferenc Stadion	Illovszky Rudolf Stadion	ZTE Arena
Capacity: 3,816	Capacity: 13,432	Capacity: 5,154	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	Srđan Blagojević	Balázs Dzsudzsák	Adidas	Tranzit-Food
Fehérvár	Michael Boris	Attila Fiola	Adidas	MOL
Ferencváros	Stanislav Cherchesov	Dénes Dibusz	Nike	Magyar Telekom
Kecskemét	István Szabó	Levente Vágó	Zeus	HÉP
Honvéd	Tam Courts	Ivan Lovrić	Macron
Kisvárda	Gábor Erős	Jasmin Mešanović	Adidas	MasterGood
Mezőkövesd	Attila Kuttor	Tamás Cseri	Adidas	Zsóry Gyógy- és Strandfürdő
Paks	Róbert Waltner	János Szabó	Jako
Puskás Akadémia	Zsolt Hornyák	Zsolt Nagy	2Rule	Mészáros & Mészáros
Újpest	Miloš Kruščić	Nikola Mitrović	Puma
Vasas	Elemér Kondás	Lóránd Szatmári	Adidas	OTP Bank
Zalaegerszeg	Ricardo Moniz	Dávid Kálnoki-Kis	2Rule

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Debrecen	João Janeiro	Resigned	31 August 2022	11th	Tibor Dombi	31 August 2022
Mezőkövesd	Attila Supka	Sacked	6 September 2022	10th	Attila Kuttor	14 September 2022
Vasas	Attila Kuttor	Sacked	6 September 2022	11th	Elemér Kondás	6 September 2022
Mezőkövesd	Attila Supka	Sacked	6 September 2022	10th	Attila Kuttor	14 September 2022
Debrecen	Tibor Dombii	End of interim spell	21 September 2022	10th	Srđan Blagojević	21 September 2022
Fehérvár	Michael Boris	Sacked	17 October 2022	8th	Szabolcs Huszti	17 October 2022
Honvéd	Tam Courts	Mutual consent	24 October 2022	8th	Dean Klafurić	24 October 2022
Paks	Róbert Waltner	Sacked	13 February 2023	7th	György Bognár	14 February 2023
Fehérvár	Szabolcs Huszti	Sacked	14 March 2023	11th	Bartosz Grzelak	15 March 2023
Újpest	Miloš Kruščić	Sacked	23 March 2023	10th	Nebojša Vignjević	23 March 2023
Kisvárda	László Török	Sacked	27 March 2023	6th	Miloš Kruščić	27 March 2023
Vasas	Elemér Kondás	Sacked	6 April 2023	12th	Szilárd Desitsi	6 April 2023
Zalaegerszeg	Ricardo Moniz	Sacked	24 April 2023	9th	Gábor Boér	24 April 2023

League table

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ferencváros (C)	33	19	6	8	62	33	+29	63	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Kecskemét	33	15	12	6	48	32	+16	57	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Debrecen	33	15	9	9	52	39	+13	54
4	Puskás Akadémia	33	14	11	8	48	42	+6	53
5	Paks	33	14	7	12	57	57	0	49
6	Kisvárda	33	10	13	10	43	49	−6	43
7	Mezőkövesd	33	11	9	13	40	43	−3	42
8	Újpest	33	11	8	14	42	55	−13	41
9	Zalaegerszeg	33	10	9	14	37	43	−6	39	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
10	Fehérvár	33	8	11	14	38	43	−5	35
11	Budapest Honvéd (R)	33	8	9	16	34	51	−17	33	Relegation to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II
12	Vasas (R)	33	4	14	15	29	43	−14	26

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) Fair play ranking; 8) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

• Zalaegerszeg qualified to the Europa Conference League second qualifying round as winners of the 2022–23 Magyar Kupa.

Fixtures and results

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

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

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Barnabás Varga	Paks	26
2	Stefan Dražić	Mezőkövesd	14
3	Dorian Babunski	Debrecen	13
	Kenan Kodro	Fehérvár
	Nenad Lukić	Budapest Honvéd
6	Ryan Mmaee	Ferencváros	12
7	Eduvie Ikoba	Zalaegerszeg	11
	Adama Traoré	Ferencváros
9	Dino Beširović	Mezőkövesd	8
	Fernand Gouré	Újpest
	Filip Holender	Vasas
	Bálint Katona	Kecskemét
	Jasmin Mešanović	Kisvárda
	Shahab Zahedi	Puskás Akadémia

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round
Barnabás Varga	Paks	Budapest Honvéd	3–3	14 August 2022	3
Adama Traoré	Ferencváros	Budapest Honvéd	3–1	28 August 2022	5
Eduvie Ikoba	Zalaegerszeg	Mezőkövesd	5–0	2 September 2022	7
Kevin Csoboth	Újpest	Zalaegerszeg	3–2	1 April 2023	25
Barnabás Varga	Paks	Kecskemét	3–2	28 April 2023	29
Stefan Dražić	Mezőkövesd	Paks	6–1	14 May 2023	31

See also

• 2022–23 Magyar Kupa
• 2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság II
• 2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság III
• 2022–23 Megyei Bajnokság I

External links

• Official website
• Official rules
• uefa.com

2022–23 in Hungarian football
Domestic leagues
Nemzeti Bajnokság I · Nemzeti Bajnokság II · Nemzeti Bajnokság III · Megyei Bajnokság I
Domestic cups
Hungarian Cup (Final)
European competitions
Champions League (Final) · Europa League (Final) · Europa Conference League
National teams
Men · 2022 FIFA World Cup (Qualifying, Group I)
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