Országos Bajnokság I (, commonly abbreviated OB I) is the highest level water polo league for men in Hungary, that is administered and supervised by the Hungarian Water Polo Federation. Since 2009, after signed a four-year sponsorship contract with telecommunications company Vodafone, the competition is officially known as Vodafone OB I.
Current teams
The following 14 clubs compete in the OB I during the 2022–23 season: Team Home city Pool ColoursBVSC Budapest (XIV. ker) Szőnyi úti Uszoda Eger Eger Bitskey Aladár Uszoda Ferencváros Budapest (IX. ker) FTC uszoda, Népliget Bp. Honvéd Budapest (XIX. ker) Kőér utcai Uszoda Kaposvár Kaposvár Csík Ferenc Sportuszoda KSI Budapest Széchy Tamás Uszoda Miskolc Miskolc Kemény Dénes Sportuszoda OSC Budapest (XI. ker) Nyéki Imre Uszoda PVSK Pécs Abay Nemes Oszkár Sportuszoda Szeged Szeged Tiszavirág Sportuszoda Szentes Szentes Dr. Rébeli Szabó József Sportuszoda Szolnok Szolnok Tiszaligeti Uszoda UVSE Budapest (IV. ker) Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda Vasas Budapest (XIII. ker) Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda
Previous winners
1904: Balaton 1905: Balaton 1906: Magyar Úszó Egylet 1907: Magyar Úszó Egylet 1908: Magyar Úszó Egylet 1909: Magyar Úszó Egylet 1910: Ferencváros 1911: Ferencváros 1912: Ferencváros 1913: Ferencváros 1914-16 – Not held due to WW I 1917: MAFC 1918: Ferencváros 1919: Ferencváros 1920: Ferencváros 1921: Ferencváros 1922: Ferencváros 1923: III. Kerület 1924: III. Kerület 1925: Ferencváros 1926: Ferencváros 1927: Ferencváros 1928: III. Kerület 1929: MAC 1930: Újpest 1931: Újpest 1932: Újpest 1933: Újpest 1934: Újpest 1935: Újpest 1936: Újpest 1937: Újpest 1938: Újpest 1939: Újpest 1940: BSE 1941: Újpest 1942: Újpest 1943: MAC 1944: Ferencváros 1945: Újpest 1946: Újpest 1947: Vasas 1948: Újpest 1949: Vasas 1950: Újpest 1951: Újpest 1952: Újpest 1953: Vasas 1954: Szolnok 1955: Újpest 1956: Ferencváros 1957: Szolnok 1958: Szolnok 1959: Szolnok 1960: Újpest 1961: Szolnok 1962: Ferencváros 1963: Ferencváros 1964: Szolnok 1965: Ferencváros 1966: BVSC 1967: Újpest 1968: Ferencváros 1969: OSC 1970: OSC 1971: OSC 1972: OSC 1973: OSC 1974: OSC 1975: Vasas 1976: Vasas 1977: Vasas 1978: OSC 1979: Vasas 1980: Vasas 1981: Vasas 1982: Vasas 1983: Vasas 1984: Vasas 1984/85: BVSC 1985/86: Újpest 1986/87: BVSC 1987/88: Ferencváros 1988/89: Vasas 1989/90: Ferencváros 1990/91: Újpest 1991/92: Tungsram 1992/93: Újpest 1993/94: Újpest 1994/95: Újpest 1995/96: BVSC 1996/97: BVSC 1997/98: BVSC 1998/99: BVSC 1999/00: Ferencváros 2000/01: Bp. Honvéd 2001/02: Bp. Honvéd 2002/03: Bp. Honvéd 2003/04: Bp. Honvéd 2004/05: Bp. Honvéd 2005/06: Bp. Honvéd 2006/07: Vasas 2007/08: Vasas 2008/09: Vasas 2009/10: Vasas 2010/11: Eger 2011/12: Vasas 2012/13: Eger 2013/14: Eger 2014/15: Szolnok 2015/16: Szolnok 2016/17: Szolnok 2017/18: Ferencváros 2018/19: Ferencváros 2019/20 – Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2020/21: Szolnok 2021/22: Ferencváros 2022/23: Ferencváros 2023/24: Ferencváros 2024/25: Ferencváros 2025/26: Ferencváros
Notes 1914–16: Cancelled due to war. 2019–20: Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Name changes Budapesti Honvéd SE (Bp. Honvéd): 1949 Budapesti Honvéd SE, 1999 Honvéd-Spartacus, 2000 Honvéd Domino, 2001 Domino-BHSE, 2007 Domino-Honvéd, 2010 Grupama Honvéd, 2013 Racionet Honvéd, 2018 Bp. Honvéd Ferencvárosi TC (FTC): (1904 Ferencvárosi TC, 1950 EDOSZ, 1951 Bp. Kinizsi, 1957 Ferencváros, 1989 FTC-Törley, 1993 Ferencváros, 1994 FTC-Vitasport, 1996 FTC-Vitalin, 1999 FTC-Thomas Jeans, 2000 FTC-Mirato, 2001 FTC-VMAX, 2003 Jégcsillag-FTC, 2004 Betonút-FTC, 2006 FTC-Aprilia, 2008 FTC-Fisher Klíma, 2012 Széchenyi Bank-FTC, 2014 Ferencváros, 2015 FTC-PQS Waterpolo, 2018 FTC-Telekom Waterpolo) Újpesti TE (UTE): 1891 Újpesti TE, 1950 Bp. Dózsa, 1957 Újpesti Dózsa, 1990 Újpest, 1993 UTE-Primavera, 1994 UTE-Office & Home, 1998 UTE-Taxi2000, 1999 UTE-Santal-Taxi2000, 2000 UTE-Humet, 2002 UTE-Taxi2000, 2004 UTE-VB Leasing, 2006 UTE-Óbuda-Újlak, 2007 Uniqa-UTE, 2010 Újpest)
Performances
By club Club Winners Runners-up Third place Winning years Ferencváros 28 13 21 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1925, 1927, 1944, 1953, 1956, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1988, 1990, 2000, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 Újpest 26 16 7 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1960, 1967, 1986, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995 Vasas 18 20 5 1947, 1949, 1953, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1989, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 Szolnok 10 6 6 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021 BVSC 7 9 8 1966, 1985, 1987, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 OSC 7 7 5 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978 Bp. Honvéd 6 3 11 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Magyar Úszó Egylet 4 1 1 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909 III. Kerületi TVE 3 9 5 1923, 1924, 1928 Eger 3 6 6 2011, 2013, 2014 Magyar AC 2 6 9 1929, 1943 Balaton 2 1 - 1904, 1905 MAFC 1 4 - 1917 BSE 1 2 1 1940 Tungsram 1 1 1 1992 MTK Budapest - 6 9 - Postatakarékpénztár - 1 - - Óbudai TE - 1 - - Vörös Meteor - 1 - - Szentes - 1 - - Szeged - - 7 - Budafok-Kistétény - - 1 - Nemzeti SC - - 1 - Bp. Spartacus - - 1 - The bolded teams are currently playing in the 2021-22 season of the Hungarian League.
Most seasons
The number of seasons that each team (in alphabetical order) has played in the top division from 1904 until 2021–22. A total of 61 teams had competed in at least one season at the top division. Ferencváros is the only teams to have played in the top division in every season since the league's inception in its modern form.
111: Ferencváros 87: Újpest 85: Eger 74: Vasas 71: BVSC, Szolnok 61: Bp. Honvéd 56: OSC 52: Szentes 44: Szeged 42: Bp. Spartacus 38: Tungsram 36: MTK Budapest 31: Tatabánya 24: III. Kerületi TVE 23: MAC 20: Nemzeti SC 18: MAFC, KSI 17: Magyar Úszó Egylet 16: Csepel, Pécsi VSK 12: Szegedi Úszó Egylet 11: BEAC, Debrecen 10: Kaposvár 9: BSE 8: BKV Előre, Bp. Vörös Meteor, UVSE 7: Miskolc 5: Hódmezővásárhely, Kecskemét 3: Balatoni Úszó Egylet, Óbuda TE, Vívó és Atlétikai Club, Volán, Cegléd, Neptun VSC, AVUS 2: Gamma SE, BBTE, Erzsébeti TC, Marosvásárhelyi SE, Tipográfia NyTE, Szegedi MTE, Szegedi Dózsa, Szent István University, Fehérvár Póló SE 1: Postatakarékpénztár, Szegedi VSE, Közalkalmazottak SE, Angyalföldi Sportiskola DSE, Eszterházy Károly University, YBL Waterpolo Club
The teams in Bold participate in the 2021–22 OB I.
Format As we can see from the chart the number of teams in the Hungarian First Division changed a lot and continuously. The league started in 1904 with four teams and with the formation of teams the league expanded continuously. Currently, there are 14 teams in the first division.
Season Number of teams from 1904 to 1905 4 teams in 1906 2 teams from 1907 to 1908 1 team from 1909 to 1918 2 teams from 1919 to 1920 4 teams from 1921 to 1922 5 teams in 1923 6 teams from 1924 to 1925 7 teams in 1926 6 teams from 1927 to 1928 7 teams from 1929 to 1933 9 teams from 1934 to 1936 8 teams from 1937 to 1938 9 teams from 1939 to 1942 10 teams from 1943 to 1944 11 teams in 1945 8 teams in 1946 11 teams in 1947 12 teams from 1948 to 1953 10 teams in 1954 12 teams from 1955 to 1959 10 teams from 1960 to 1961 12 teams from 1962 to 1973 10 teams from 1974 to 1979 12 teams from 1980 to 1988–89 14 teams from 1996-97 to 1998–99 12 teams in 1999–00 10 teams in 2000–01 12 teams in 2001–02 13 teams from 2002-03 to 2008–09 12 teams in 2009–10 11 teams in 2010–11 13 teams in 2011–12 12 teams from 2012–13 to 2014–15 14 teams from 2015–16 to 2020–21 16 teams from 2021–22 to present 14 teams
Hungarian clubs in European competitions Champions League Euro Cup Cup Winners' Cup (defunct) Winning year(s) Winning year(s) Winning year(s) Ferencváros32019, 2024, 2025 1 2 2 2017, 2018 2 1 4 1975, 1978, 1980, 1998 1 Orvosegyetem 2 1973, 1979 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 Vasas 2 1980, 1985 1 6 1 2023 0 3 3 1986, 1995, 2002 1 Honvéd 1 2004 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 Újpest 1 1994 2 1 3 1993, 1997, 1999 0 0 0 0 Szolnok 1 2017 0 1 1 2021 0 1 0 0 0 Budapesti VSC 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 Szeged 0 0 0 1 2009 1 2 0 0 0 Eger 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Debrecen 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Bp. Spartacus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 TOTAL 10 title 10 11 7 title 5 10 7 title 7
See also Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary) Hungary men's national water polo team
References
External links Hungarian Water Polo Federaration OB I at waterpoloworld.com