| Season | 2009–10 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 24 July 2009 – 23 May 2010 |
| Champions | Debrecen |
| Relegated | Nyíregyháza Diósgyőr |
| Champions League | Debrecen |
| Europa League | Videoton Győr Zalaegerszeg |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 706 (2.94 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Nemanja Nikolic (18) |
| Biggest home win | Kecskemét 5–1Vasas Nyíregyháza 5–1Vasas MTK 4–0Kaposvár Debrecen 5–1Kaposvár |
| Biggest away win | Nyíregyháza 0–4Zalaegerszeg |
| Highest scoring | Kecskemét 3–6Fehérvár MTK 4–5Újpest |
| Longest winning run | Debrecen (8 games)[1] |
| Longest unbeaten run | Videoton (19 games)[1] |
| Longest winless run | Nyíregyháza (12 games)[1] |
| Longest losing run | Diósgyőr,Kaposvár (6 games each)[1] |
2010–11 → | |
The2009–10Nemzeti Bajnokság I, also known as NB I, was the 108th season of top-tier football inHungary. The league was officially namedSoproni Liga for sponsorship reasons. The season began on 24 July 2009 and ended on 23 May 2010.Debrecen were the defending champions, and they defended their title.
Siófok andRákospalota finished the season in the last two places and thus were relegated to their respectiveNB II divisions. Siófok ended a two-year stint in Hungary's highestfootball league while Rákospalota were relegated after four years.
Promotion to the league was achieved by the champions of theNB II Eastern Division,Ferencváros and by the runners-up of the Western Division,Pápa. Both teams return to the National Division after three-year absences. Pápa capitalized on the denial of a NB I license for Western Division championsGyirmót SE.[2]
Debrecen won their fifth title in six years, and their third under András Herczeg. The club started off the season by losing their first league game since March, after a 1-0 defeat at Diósgyőr. DVSC then went on an 8-game winning streak, but lost three consecutive games in October including a 3-0 defeat to title-contenders Videoton, and were placed second, 2 points off of Videoton by half-time. The club from Fehérvár only suffered two losses throughout the autumn part of the campaign, and went on an 18-game unbeaten run in the league.
MTK ended Videoton's unbeaten streak in May, defeating them 1-0 in Fehérvár. The following week Debrecen defeated Videoton 3-2, and were 6 points clear off of their western counterparts, with three games to go. Some hope was restored in Vidi's title-aspirations, as DVSC suffered a 2-1 loss at Újpest in Gameweek 28, while Videoton shut out Vasas 3-0. Going into the last gameday, the teams were just separated by just one point. Videoton lost in their arch-rivals' home, as Győri ETO beat them 1-0, meaning that despite DVSC's defeat at Kecskemét of the same scoreline, the railway team successfully defended their championship.
| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honvéd | Nike | |||
| Debrecen | adidas | Teva | ||
| Diósgyőr | Erreà | Jánosik és TSA. | ||
| Videoton | Nike | Máltai Szeretetszolgálat | ||
| Ferencváros | Nike | Unibet | ||
| Győr | adidas | Quaestor | ||
| Kaposvár | Givova | Regáli Klíma | ||
| Kecskemét | Jako | Ereco | ||
| Pápa | Jako | Lombard | ||
| MTK | Nike | fotex | ||
| Nyíregyháza | Jako | |||
| Paks | Jako | MvM Paksi Atomerőmű | ||
| Haladás | Legea | Contact Zrt. | ||
| Újpest | Puma | Birdland Golf & SPA Resort | ||
| Vasas | Lancast | |||
| Zalaegerszeg | mass |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honvéd | Tibor Sisa | 23 October 2009 | |||
| Ferencváros | Bobby Davison | Sacked | 30 October 2009 | Craig Short | 30 November 2009 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Debrecen(C) | 30 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 63 | 37 | +26 | 62 | Qualification forChampions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Videoton | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 61 | Qualification forEuropa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Győr | 30 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 38 | 18 | +20 | 57 | Qualification forEuropa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Újpest | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 49 | 39 | +10 | 55 | |
| 5 | Zalaegerszeg | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 59 | 45 | +14 | 53 | Qualification forEuropa League first qualifying round[a] |
| 6 | MTK | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 43 | |
| 7 | Ferencváros | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 41 | |
| 8 | Haladás | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 39 | |
| 9 | Honvéd | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 38 | |
| 10 | Kecskemét | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 50 | 56 | −6 | 37 | |
| 11 | Pápa | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 35 | |
| 12 | Kaposvár | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 32 | |
| 13 | Vasas | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 39 | 61 | −22 | 31 | |
| 14 | Paks | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 44 | −13 | 31 | |
| 15 | Nyíregyháza(R) | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 41 | 60 | −19 | 27 | Relegation toNemzeti Bajnokság II |
| 16 | Diósgyőr(R) | 30 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 31 | 56 | −25 | 17 |
| Home \ Away | DEB | DIO | FTC | GYO | HAL | HON | KAP | KEC | MTK | NYI | PAK | PAP | UTE | VAS | VID | ZTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debrecen | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 5–3 | |
| Diósgyőr | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
| Ferencváros | 1–0 | 0–3[a] | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | |
| Győr | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Haladás | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | |
| Honvéd | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |
| Kaposvár | 4–4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | |
| Kecskemét | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–6 | 2–2 | |
| MTK | 2–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–5 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | |
| Nyíregyháza | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 0–4 | |
| Paks | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |
| Pápa | 1–5 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |
| Újpest | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
| Vasas | 2–4 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–3 | |
| Videoton | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | |
| Zalaegerszeg | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 2–2 |
Including matches played on 18 May 2010; Source:MLSZ (Click on "Góllövő lista")
| # | Club | Average attendance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferencváros | 5,323 |
| 2 | Debrecen | 4,747 |
| 3 | Újpest | 4,365 |
| 4 | Szombathelyi Haladás | 4,267 |
| 5 | Zalaegerszeg | 3,824 |
| 6 | Videoton | 3,592 |
| 7 | Kecskemét | 3,180 |
| 8 | Nyíregyháza Spartacus | 3,100 |
| 9 | Lombard Pápa | 2,733 |
| 10 | Diósgyőr | 2,718 |
| 11 | Győr | 2,647 |
| 12 | Kaposvár | 2,083 |
| 13 | Paks | 1,873 |
| 14 | Budapest Honvéd | 1,343 |
| 15 | Vasas | 1,317 |
| 16 | MTK | 1,007 |
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