The 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, also known as NB I, is the 117th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league is officially named OTP Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons. The season began 17 July 2015 and will conclude on 8 May 2016. Videoton are the defending champions having won their second Hungarian championship last season.

Last season an extra four teams were relegated to the Nemzeti Bajnokság III. Győr had financial and licensing issues. Kecskemét, Pécs and Nyíregyháza all had licensing issues. 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.

Teams Dunaújváros and Pápa finished the 2014–15 season in the last two places and thus were relegated to NB II division.

The two relegated teams were replaced with the champions and the runners-up 2014–15 NB II Vasas and Békéscsaba. Each of the first two teams in the first division.

Stadium and locations

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, with their location, stadium and stadium capacity. Team Location Stadium Capacity Békéscsaba Békéscsaba Kórház utcai Stadion 4,965Békéscsaba 1912 Előre - Stadion - Stadion adatok Debrecen Debrecen Nagyerdei Stadion 20,340DVSC - Stadion Diósgyőr Miskolc Diósgyőri Stadion 9,345DVTK - Stadion - Diósgyőri Stadion Ferencváros Budapest (Ferencváros) Groupama Aréna 23,700 Haladás Szombathely Rohonci úti Stadion 12,500 Szombathelyi Swietelsky-Haladás - Haladás Stadion Honvéd Budapest (Kispest) Bozsik József Stadion 10,000 Budapest Honvéd - A Bozsik-Stadion története MTK Budapest (Józsefváros) Illovszky Rudokf Stadion 9,000 Albérletből albérletbe, kedden költözik az MTK MTK sportegyesület - Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Paks Paks Fehérvári úti Stadion 6,150 Paksi FC - Stadion információk Puskás Akadémia Felcsút Pancho Aréna 3,816 Felcsút, Pancho Aréna Újpest Budapest (Újpest) Szusza Ferenc Stadion 13,501 Újpest FC - Stadium - Capacity Vasas Budapest (Angyalföld) Illovszky Rudokf Stadion 9,000 Vasas FC - Stadion Videoton Székesfehérvár Sóstói Stadion 14,135 Székesfehérvár, Sóstói Stadion

Békéscsaba Debrecen Diósgyőr Ferencváros Kórház utcai Stadion Nagyerdei StadionUEFA Elite Stadium Diósgyőri Stadion Groupama ArénaUEFA 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 ArénaUEFA Elite Stadium Szusza Ferenc Stadion Illovszky Rudolf Stadion Sóstói Stadion Capacity: 3,816 Capacity: 13,501 Capacity: 9,000 Capacity: 14,135

Personnel and kits Following is the list of clubs competing in 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, with their manager, captain, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA 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:

Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Diósgyőr Zoltán Vitelki Caretaker End of 2014–15 seasonPre-season Balázs Bekő 14 May 2015 Puskás Akadémia Miklós Benczés End of contract 1 June 2015 Robert Jarni 8 June 2015 MTK József Garami End of term andhe will be technical director. 3 June 2015 Csaba László 3 June 2015 Videoton Joan Carrillo Contract terminated 3 June 2015 Bernard Casoni 11 June 2015 Videoton Bernard Casoni Sacked 19 August 2015 10th Tamás Pető (caretaker) 19 August 2015 Videoton Tamás Pető End of caretaker appointment 19 August 2015 7th Ferenc Horváth 6 October 2015 Vasas Károly Szanyó Sacked 19 October 2015 11th Antal Simon 19 October 2015 Diósgyőr Balázs Bekő Sacked 14 December 2015 9th Sándor Egervári 29 December 2015 Vasas Antal Simon End of contract 31 December 2015 10th Michael Oenning 1 January 2016 MTK Csaba László Contract terminated 3 February 2016 5th Vaszilisz Teodoru 3 February 2016 Puskás Akadémia Robert Jarni Contract terminated 16 April 2016 12th István Szijjártó 16 April 2016

League table

Positions by round

Results In the first 22 rounds every team plays against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. In the remaining 11 rounds, the first six placed team from the previous 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.

Rounds 1–22

Rounds 23–33

Season statistics

Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Dániel BödeFerencváros172 Mbaye DiagneÚjpest11 Sándor TorghelleMTK4 Đorđe KamberHonvéd9 Stanislav ŠestákFerencváros6 Soma NovothnyDiósgyőr87 Bálint GaálHaladás7 Ádám GyurcsóVideoton János HahnPaks József KantaMTK Roland LamahFerencváros Márió NémethHaladás László PekárPuskás Akadémia Roland VargaFerencváros13 Enis BardhiÚjpest6 Zsolt HorváthDebrecen Loïc NegoVideoton András RadóFerencváros Mohamed RemiliVasas Tibor TiszaDebrecen Updated to games played on 30 April 2016

Hat-tricks NameForAgainstRoundResultDate DebrecenMTK19th3–1

Best players

Attendances

Number of teams by counties CountyNo. teamsTeams1Budapest (capital)5Ferencváros, Honvéd, MTK, Újpest and Vasas2Fejér2Puskás Akadémia and Videoton3Békés1BékéscsabaBorsod-Abaúj-Zemplén1DiósgyőrHajdú-Bihar1DebrecenTolna1PaksVas1Haladás

Best players

After the season Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség chose the best players of this season.

The best player: Zoltán Gera (Ferencváros) The best discovered player of this season: Ádám Nagy (Ferencváros) The best manager: Thomas Doll (Ferencváros) The best referee: Viktor Kassai Fair Play: Debreceni VSC The most aesthetically significant, or "most beautiful", goal of NB1 (Audience Award): Dániel Böde (Ferencváros)

See also 2015–16 Magyar Kupa 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság II 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság III

References

External links

Official rules uefa.com