The 2011–12 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, also known as NB I for short, was the 110th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league was officially named OTP Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons. The season began on 15 July 2011 and ended on 27 May 2012. Videoton were the defending champions, having won their first Hungarian championship at the end of the 2010–11 season.

Overview

The tournament was contested by 16 teams, and Debreceni VSC won the title under headcoach Elemér Kondás, claiming their sixth national title. The team from Hajdú-Bihar county went undefeated throughout the entire season, becoming the first Hungarian team since Vasas to win the championship undefeated in 1966, and the first ever club outside of Budapest to complete an invincible season.

DVSC started off the campaign by winning 7 consecutive games, and were leading the table by 9 points by the winter break. The red and whites' championship was confirmed on the 12th of May, after Debrecen thrashed Pécsi-MFC 4–0 at the Nagyerdei Stadium in front of 10,500 fanatics.

Videoton FC, the defending champions, won 9 of their last 10 fixtures, but could not repeat the leaugetitle glory of the previous season, and had to settle for a 2nd-place finish.

Teams Szolnok and MTK finished the 2010–11 season in the bottom two places of the table and thus were relegated to their respective NB II divisions. MTK ended a 16-year stay in the top league, while Szolnok were relegated after just one year in the league.

The two relegated teams were replaced with the champions of the two 2010–11 NB II groups, Diósgyőr of the East Group and Pécs of the West Group. Diósgyőr made their immediate comeback to the league, while Pécs returned to the competition after an absence of four seasons.

Stadia and locations

Club Short name City Stadium Capacity Debreceni VSC Debrecen Debrecen Oláh Gábor utcai stadion 9,640 Diósgyőri VTK Diósgyőr Miskolc DVTK Stadion 11,300 Ferencvárosi TC Ferencváros Budapest Albert Flórián Stadion 18,100 Győri ETO FC Győr Győr ETO Park 16,000 Haladás Szombathely Rohonci úti stadion 12,000 Honvéd Budapest Bozsik József Stadion 10,000 Kaposvári Rákóczi FC Kaposvár Kaposvár Rákóczi Stadion 7,000 Kecskeméti TE Kecskemét Kecskemét Széktói Stadion 6,300 Paksi SE Paks Paks Fehérvári úti stadion 4,950 Pápa Pápa Perutz Stadion 4,500 Pécs Pécs PMFC Stadion 7,000 Siófok Siófok Révész Géza utcai stadion 10,500 Budapest Szusza Ferenc Stadion 13,500 Vasas SC Vasas Budapest Illovszky Rudolf Stadion 12,000 Videoton FC Videoton Székesfehérvár Sóstói Stadion 15,000 Zalaegerszegi TE 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 sponsorDebrecen AdidasTEVADiósgyőr NikeFerencváros 1 NikeGroupamaGyőr PumaAudiHaladás LegeaSopron Bank BurgenlandHonvéd NikeOpelKaposvár KappaFxProKecskemét JakoBertrantPaks JakomvmPápa JakoLombardPécs PumaSiófok 2 PumaAVEÚjpest TBD 3 PumaGDF SuezVasas LancastVideoton NikeMOL ZTE Mass Notes 1 Lajos Détári was the leader of the coaching staff, but he didn't have the necessary licence. 2 Károly Horváth was the leader of the coaching staff, but he didn't have the necessary licence. 3 From 11 April Marc Leliévre was the caretaker manager of Újpest.

Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Videoton György Mezey Contract expired Summer 2011 Pre-season Paulo Sousa 1 June 2011 Újpest Géza Mészöly Sacked 10 August 2011 15th Zoran Spisljak 10 August 2011 Vasas András Komjáti Sacked 15 August 2011 15th Marijan Vlak 15 August 2011 Ferencváros László Prukner Resigned 15 August 2011 13th Tamás Nagy 1 30 August 2011 ZTE János Csank Sacked 27 August 2011 16th László Prukner 5 September 2011 Pápa György Véber Sacked 24 October 2011 9th Ferenc Bene Jr. 26 October 2011 Kecskemét Tomislav Sivić Mutual agreement 23 November 2011 6th István László Szabó 2 13 December 2011 Haladás Zoltán Aczél Sacked 14 December 2011 11th Tamás Artner 19 December 2011 Vasas Marijan Vlak Sacked 16 January 2012 12th Flórián Urbán 16 January 2012 Győr Aurél Csertői Mutual agreement 5 March 2012 2nd Attila Pintér 6 March 2012 Diósgyőr Miklós Benczés Mutual agreement 2 April 2012 5th Lázár Szentes 2 April 2012 Pécs Ferenc Mészáros Sacked 2 April 2012 6th Olivér Mink 4 April 2012 Vasas Flórián Urbán Sacked 10 April 2012 15th Marijan Vlak 12 April 2012 Újpest Zoran Spisljak Mutual agreement 11 April 2012 12th TBD 3 Notes 1 Between 15 and 30 August Tamás Nagy was the caretaker manager of Ferencváros. 2 Between 23 November and 13 December István László Szabó was the caretaker manager of Kecskemét. 3 From 11 April Marc Leliévre was the caretaker manager of Újpest.

League table

Positions by round

Results

Top goalscorers Including matches played on 27 May 2012; Source: MLSZ (Click on "Góllövő lista")

RankScorerClubGoals1 Adamo CoulibalyDebrecen202 Nemanja NikolićVideoton193 László LencseKecskemét154 Danilo de OliveiraHonvéd145 Milan PerićKaposvár136 André AlvesVideoton127 Péter BajzátPécs118 Dániel BödePaks109 Jarmo AhjuperaGyőr9 José Juan Luque JiménezDiósgyőr9

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Adamo Coulibaly Debreceni VSC Vasas SC 5-2 Vilmos Melczer BFC Siófok Kaposvár 3-1 Dániel Böde Paksi SE Pécsi MFC 4-4 André Alves Videoton FC BFC Siófok 7-0 Stevo Nikolić Debreceni VSC ZTE 5-2 Máté Pátkai Győri ETO FC BFC Siófok 4-1 László Lencse Kecskemét Bp. Honvéd 4-1

Five goals in a match

Player For Against Result Date Péter Bajzát Pécsi MFC Vasas SC 5-1

Attendances

No. Club Average 1 Diósgyör 7,800 2 Debrecen 7,040 3 Ferencváros 5,973 4 Haladás 5,140 5 Győr 4,660 6 Videoton 4,101 7 Újpest 3,915 8 Pécs 3,387 9 ZTE 3,038 10 Kecskemét 2,933 11 Kaposvár 2,900 12 Vasas 2,199 13 Honvéd 2,193 14 Paks 2,050 15 Siófok 2,012 16 Pápa 1,905Source:

References

External links Official site