| Season | 2015–16 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 18 July 2015 – 30 April 2016 |
| Champions | Ferencváros |
| Relegated | Puskás Akadémia Békéscsaba |
| Champions League | Ferencváros |
| Europa League | Videoton Debrecen MTK Budapest |
| Matches | 198 |
| Goals | 483 (2.44 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Dániel Böde (17 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Debrecen 7–0Békéscsaba (17 October 2015) |
| Biggest away win | Paks 0–5Ferencváros (5 December 2015) |
| Highest scoring | Debrecen 7–0Békéscsaba (17 October 2015) Ferencváros 5–2Paks (6 April 2016) |
| Longest winning run | 9 games[1] Ferencváros |
| Longest unbeaten run | 14 games[1] Ferencváros |
| Longest winless run | 9 games[1] Újpest Puskás Akadémia |
| Longest losing run | 5 games[1] Vasas |
| Highest attendance | 17,489[2] Ferencváros 0-1Újpest (12 December 2015) |
| Lowest attendance | 316[2] MTK 1–0Békéscsaba (27 February 2016) |
| Total attendance | 515,281[2] |
| Average attendance | 2,602[2] |
2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 30 April 2016. | |
The2015–16Nemzeti Bajnokság I, also known as NB I, is the 117th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league is officially namedOTP Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons. The season began 17 July 2015[3] and will conclude on 8 May 2016.[3]Videoton are the defending champions having won their second Hungarian championship last season.
Last season an extra four teams were relegated to theNemzeti Bajnokság III.Győr had financial and licensing issues.[4]Kecskemét,Pécs andNyíregyháza all had licensing issues.[5] Therefore, from this season twelve teams compete for the championship title, playing 33 rounds. This season was played with 12 teams after reduced from 16 in 2014–15.
Dunaújváros andPápa finished the2014–15 season in the last two places and thus were relegated toNB II division.
The two relegated teams were replaced with the champions and the runners-up2014–15 NB IIVasas andBékéscsaba. Each of the first two teams in the first division.
Following is the list of clubs competing in2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, with their location, stadium and stadium capacity.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Békéscsaba | Békéscsaba | Kórház utcai Stadion | 4,965 | [6] |
| Debrecen | Debrecen | Nagyerdei Stadion | 20,340 | [7] |
| Diósgyőr | Miskolc | Diósgyőri Stadion | 9,345 | [8] |
| Ferencváros | Budapest(Ferencváros) | Groupama Aréna | 23,700 | [9] |
| Haladás | Szombathely | Rohonci úti Stadion | 12,500 | [10] |
| Honvéd | Budapest(Kispest) | Bozsik József Stadion | 10,000 | [11] |
| MTK | Budapest(Józsefváros) | Illovszky Rudolf Stadion | 9,000 | [12][13] |
| Paks | Paks | Fehérvári úti Stadion | 6,150 | [14] |
| Puskás Akadémia | Felcsút | Pancho Aréna | 3,816 | [15] |
| Újpest | Budapest(Újpest) | Szusza Ferenc Stadion | 13,501 | [16] |
| Vasas | Budapest(Angyalföld) | Illovszky Rudolf Stadion | 9,000 | [17] |
| Videoton | Székesfehérvár | Sóstói Stadion | 14,135 | [18] |
| Békéscsaba | Debrecen | Diósgyőr | Ferencváros |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kórház utcai Stadion | Nagyerdei Stadion UEFA Elite Stadium | Diósgyőri Stadion | Groupama Aréna UEFA Elite Stadium |
| Capacity: 4,965 | Capacity: 20,340 | Capacity: 9,345 | Capacity: 23,700 |
| Haladás | Honvéd | MTK | Paks |
| Rohonci úti Stadion | Bozsik József Stadion | Illovszky Rudolf Stadion | Fehérvári úti Stadion |
| Capacity: 12,500 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 9,000 | Capacity: 6,150 |
| Puskás Akadémia | Újpest | Vasas | Videoton |
| Pancho Aréna UEFA Elite Stadium | Szusza Ferenc Stadion | Illovszky Rudolf Stadion | Sóstói Stadion |
| Capacity: 3,816 | Capacity: 13,501 | Capacity: 9,000 | Capacity: 14,135 |
Following is the list of clubs competing in2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, with their manager, captain, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined underFIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Name | |||||
| Békéscsaba | Zoran Spisljak | Zsolt Balog | adidas | Békés Drén | ||
| Debrecen | Elemér Kondás | Péter Szakály | adidas | TEVA | ||
| Diósgyőr | Sándor Egervári | Vladimir Koman | Nike | Borsodi | ||
| Ferencváros | Thomas Doll | Gábor Gyömbér | Nike | T-Mobile | ||
| Haladás | Géza Mészöly | Péter Halmosi | adidas | Swietelsky | ||
| Honvéd | Marco Rossi | Szabolcs Kemenes | Macron | – | ||
| MTK | Vaszilisz Teodoru | József Kanta | Nike | Panzi Pet | ||
| Paks | Aurél Csertői | Tamás Báló | Jako | – | ||
| Puskás Akadémia | Robert Jarni | Attila Polonkai | Jako | Mészáros és Mészáros Kft. | ||
| Újpest | Nebojša Vignjević | Szabolcs Balajcza | Puma | – | ||
| Vasas | Michael Oenning | Mohamed Remili | adidas | Alprosys | ||
| Videoton | Ferenc Horváth | Roland Juhász | adidas | Máltai Szeretetszolgálat | ||
Sources:[citation needed]
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diósgyőr | Caretaker | End of2014–15 season | Pre-season | 14 May 2015[19] | ||
| Puskás Akadémia | End of contract | 1 June 2015[20] | 8 June 2015[21] | |||
| MTK | End of term and he will be technical director. | 3 June 2015 | 3 June 2015[22] | |||
| Videoton | Contract terminated | 3 June 2015[23] | 11 June 2015[24] | |||
| Videoton | Sacked | 19 August 2015 | 10th | 19 August 2015[25] | ||
| Videoton | End of caretaker appointment | 19 August 2015 | 7th | 6 October 2015[26] | ||
| Vasas | Sacked | 19 October 2015 | 11th | 19 October 2015[27] | ||
| Diósgyőr | Sacked | 14 December 2015[28] | 9th | 29 December 2015[29] | ||
| Vasas | End of contract | 31 December 2015 | 10th | 1 January 2016[30] | ||
| MTK | Contract terminated | 3 February 2016 | 5th | 3 February 2016[31] | ||
| Puskás Akadémia | Contract terminated | 16 April 2016 | 12th | 16 April 2016[32] |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferencváros(C) | 33 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 69 | 23 | +46 | 76 | Qualification for theChampions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Videoton | 33 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 55 | Qualification for theEuropa League first qualifying round[a] |
| 3 | Debrecen | 33 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 53 | |
| 4 | MTK Budapest | 33 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 51 | |
| 5 | Haladás | 33 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 50 | |
| 6 | Újpest | 33 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 46 | |
| 7 | Paks | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 43 | |
| 8 | Honvéd | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 43 | |
| 9 | Diósgyőr | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 38 | |
| 10 | Vasas | 33 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 32 | 54 | −22 | 32 | |
| 11 | Puskás Akadémia(R) | 33 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 35 | 51 | −16 | 31 | Relegation to theNemzeti Bajnokság II |
| 12 | Békéscsaba(R) | 33 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 55 | −30 | 27 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferencváros | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Videoton | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Debrecen | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| MTK | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Haladás | 12 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Újpest | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Paks | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Honvéd | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Diósgyőr | 3 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Vasas | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| Puskás Akadémia | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| Békéscsaba | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
In the first 22 rounds every team plays against each other home-and-away in around-robin format. In the remaining 11 rounds, the first six placed team from theprevious season will play six matches at home and five matches away, and the other six teams will play five matches at home and six matches away.[3]
Rounds 1–22[edit]
| Rounds 23–33[edit]
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Updated to games played on 30 April 2016[34]
| Name | For | Against | Round | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debrecen | MTK | 19th | 3–1 | 12 December 2015 |
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| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferencváros | 120,270 | 17,489 | 4,858 | 7,517 | −10.3%† |
| 2 | Diósgyőr | 52,818 | 8,165 | 1,911 | 3,521 | −18.8%† |
| 3 | Debrecen | 47,884 | 6,241 | 1,285 | 2,993 | −21.6%† |
| 4 | Újpest | 46,073 | 8,445 | 1,048 | 2,880 | +21.6%† |
| 5 | Haladás | 40,618 | 4,395 | 1,117 | 2,708 | +25.4%† |
| 6 | Videoton | 31,879 | 5,020 | 1,006 | 1,992 | −41.1%† |
| 7 | Békéscsaba | 28,252 | 3,754 | 632 | 1,883 | +21.7%1 |
| 8 | Vasas | 27,481 | 3,452 | 900 | 1,832 | +2.5%1 |
| 9 | Honvéd | 26,086 | 2,820 | 500 | 1,739 | +78.0%† |
| 10 | Puskás Akadémia | 23,572 | 3,798 | 708 | 1,571 | −4.7%† |
| 11 | Paks | 21,030 | 4,113 | 624 | 1,314 | −9.3%† |
| 12 | MTK | 12,227 | 2,114 | 316 | 764 | +9.3%2 |
| League total | 478,190 | 17,489 | 316 | 2,571 | +2.7%† |
Updated to games played on 20 April 2016
Source:League matches: NB I 2015/2016,NB I 2015/2016: attendances,NB II 2014/2015: attendances
Notes:
1: Team played last season inNB II
2:MTK play their home matches inIllovszky Rudolf Stadion, becauseHidegkuti Nándor stadion is under reconstruction
| County | No. teams | Teams | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Budapest (capital) | 5 | Ferencváros,Honvéd,MTK,Újpest andVasas | |
| 2 | Fejér | 2 | Puskás Akadémia andVideoton | |
| 3 | Békés | 1 | Békéscsaba | |
| Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | 1 | Diósgyőr | ||
| Hajdú-Bihar | 1 | Debrecen | ||
| Tolna | 1 | Paks | ||
| Vas | 1 | Haladás | ||
After the seasonMagyar Labdarúgó Szövetség chose the best players of this season.[35]