The 1998–99 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, also known as NB I for short, was the 97th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league is officially named Professzionális Nemzeti Bajnokság (PNB) for sponsorship reasons. The season began on 24 July 1998 and ended on the weekend 16 June 1999. Újpest are the defending champions, having won their 20th Hungarian championship at the end of the 1998–99 season.

MTK won their 21st national title, finishing 19 points above Ferencváros, and 20 points above defending champions Újpest. MTK were already leading the table before the winter-break by 11 points. By Gameweek 26 they had extended their lead to 14 points. MTK's championship was confirmed on Gameweek 30, after defeating Gázszer 2–0 at Hungária Körút. Sándor Egervári's men only lost two home games throughout the season, and won 10 consecutive league games between November and April.

Teams Tiszakécskei FC, Előre FC Békéscsaba and Stadler FC finished the 1997–98 season in the bottom three places of the table and thus were relegated to their respective NB II divisions. Békéscsaba ended a 6-year and Stadler 4-year stay in the top league, while Tiszakécske were relegated after just one year in the league.

Stadium and locations

Club Short name City Stadium Capacity BVSC-Zugló FC BVSC Budapest Szőnyi Street Stadium 9,000 Debreceni VSC-Epona Debrecen Debrecen Oláh Gábor utcai stadion 9,640 Diósgyőri FC Diósgyőr Miskolc DVTK Stadion 11,300 Dunaferr SE Dunaújvaros Dunaújváros Stadion Eszperantó Út 12,000 Ferencvárosi TC Ferencváros Budapest Albert Flórián Stadion 18,100 Gázszer FC Gázszer Akasztó Stadler Stadium 12,000 Győri ETO FC Győr Győr ETO Park 16,000 Haladás Szombathely Rohonci úti stadion 12,000 III. Kerület FC-AT III. Kerület Budapest Hévízi Street Stadium 3,000 Honvéd Budapest Bozsik Stadion 10,000 MTK Hungária MTK Budapest Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium 12,700 Nyírség-Spartacus Nyíregyháza Nyíregyháza Városi Stadion 16,500 Siófok Siófok Révész Géza utcai stadion 10,500 Budapest Szusza Ferenc Stadion 13,500 Vasas DH Vasas Budapest Illovszky Rudolf Stadion 12,000 Dunakanyar-Vác FC Vác Vác Stadion Városi Vác 10,500 Videoton FC Videoton Székesfehérvár Sóstói Stadion 15,000 Zalahús ZTE FC ZTE Zalaegerszeg ZTE Aréna 9,000

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorBVSC NikeInterCityDebrecen AdidasEpona, MÁV Rt., OTP BankDiósgyőr AdidasBorsod BreweryDunaújváros UmbroDunaferrFerencváros AdidasGázszer DiadoraGyőr AdidasRábaHaladás HummelSteffl BierIII. Kerület UmbroAuto Trader, Rocco JeansKispest UmbroIbuszMTK NikeFotexNyíregyháza AdidasTaurusSiófok TotiÚjpest JomaEsponVasas LottoDanubius HotelsVác AdidasZollnerVideoton UhlsportVideoton ZTE AdidasZalahús

Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Haladás László Dajka Sacked 17 September 1998 16th István Mihalecz 17 September 1998 Videoton Ferenc Csongrádi Mutual agreement 16 October 1998 14th József Verebes 16 October 1998 Debrecen András Herczeg Sacked 20 October 1998 13th Lajos Garamvölgyi 20 October 1998 Ferencváros Tibor Nyilasi Mutual agreement 17 December 1998 7th Marijan Vlak 29 December 1998 III. Kerület Ralf Wilhelms Mutual agreement 18 December 1998 16th Lajos Schróth 12 February 1999 BVSC István Sándor Sacked 22 December 1998 18th Dragan Seklulić 3 January 1999 Diósgyőr Barnabás Tornyi Resigned 5 January 1999 3rd Gábor Szapor 7 January 1999 BVSC Dragan Seklulić Sacked 10 February 1999 18th József Tajti 10 February 1999 Diósgyőr Gábor Szapor Sacked 14 April 1999 7th Miklós Temesvári 14 April 1999 Siófok László Nagy Resigned 4 May 1999 16th József Mészáros 4 May 1999 Dunaújváros Zoltán Varga Resigned 12 May 1999 6th Ferenc Ebedli 12 May 1999

Overview It was contested by 18 teams, and MTK Hungária FC won the championship.

League standings

Positions by round

Results

Statistical leaders

Top goalscorers RankScorerClubGoals1 Béla IllésMTK Hungária222 Nicolae IleaDebreceni VSC-Epona183 Gábor EgressyDiósgyőri FC174 Attila KorsósÚjpest FC135 Róbert WaltnerVideoton FC12 Zoltán PálVasas SC12 Krisztián KeneseiMTK Hungária12 István BorgulyaKispest Honvéd FC12 Imre SzabicsFerencvárosi TC12 Ferenc LengyelDunaferr SE12 Gábor ZavadszkyDunaferr SE12

Attendances

# Club Average 1 Diósgyőr 9,706 2 Nyíregyháza Spartacus 9,412 3 Győr 9,294 4 Zalaegerszeg 9,206 5 Ferencváros 7,688 6 Debrecen 5,029 7 Dunaújváros 5,000 8 Szombathelyi Haladás 4,412 9 Vasas 4,118 10 Újpest 4,031 11 Videoton 3,735 12 MTK 3,529 13 Vác 3,276 14 Siófok 2,853 15 III. kerület 2,729 16 Kispest Honvéd 2,676 17 Gázszer 1,918 18 BVSC 1,656Source:

See also 1998–99 Magyar Kupa 1998–99 Nemzeti Bajnokság II 1998–99 Nemzeti Bajnokság III

References

External links Hungary - List of final tables (RSSSF) Soccerway Futball-adattar