The 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (also known as 2017–18 OTP Bank Liga), also known as NB I, was the 119th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league was officially named OTP Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons. Honvéd were the defending champions, having won their fourteenth Hungarian league title. As in the previous season, 12 teams competed for the championship title and played 33 matches. The fixtures were published on 14 July 2017.

On 20 June 2017, the rounds were drawn by the Hungarian Football Federation. The 33 rounds was divided into two parts. 19 rounds were played in 2017 and the remaining 14 in 2018.

Teams MTK and Gyirmót finished the 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I in the last two places and thus were relegated to NB II division.

The two relegated teams were replaced with the top two teams in 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság II, champion Puskás Akadémia and runner-up Balmazújváros, each having the required licence for top-division play.

Stadium and locations Following is the list of clubs competed in the league this season, with their location, stadium and stadium capacity. Team Location Stadium Capacity Balmazújváros Balmazújváros Városi Sportpálya 2,435 Balmazújváros - Stadion Debrecen Debrecen Nagyerdei Stadion 20,340DVSC - Stadion Diósgyőr Miskolc Diósgyőri Stadion 1 15,325DVTK - Stadion - Diósgyőri Stadion Debrecen Nagyerdei Stadion 20,340 Ferencváros Budapest (Ferencváros) Groupama Aréna 23,700Haladás Szombathely Haladás Sportkomplexum 2 9,859 Sopron Káposztás utcai Stadion 2 5,300 Káposztás utcai Stadion Honvéd Budapest (Kispest) Bozsik József Stadion 10,000 Budapest Honvéd - A Bozsik-Stadion története Mezőkövesd Mezőkövesd Városi Stadion 4,183 Paks Paks Fehérvári úti Stadion 6,150 Paksi FC - Stadion információk Puskás Akadémia Felcsút Pancho Aréna 3,816 Újpest Budapest (Újpest) Szusza Ferenc Stadion 13,501 Újpest FC - Stadium - Capacity Vasas Budapest (Angyalföld) Szusza Ferenc Stadion 3 13,501 Videoton Felcsút Pancho Aréna 4 3,816

Notes Note 1: Diósgyőri Stadion was demolished in 2016, while their proposed stadium, Diósgyőri Stadion was under construction. Therefore, Diósgyőr played their home matches in Nagyerdei Stadion, since their original stadium, Diósgyőri Stadion (1939) was demolished. From 5 May 2018, Diósgyőr played their home matches at the new Diósgyőri Stadion. Note 2: Szombathelyi Haladás VSE played their home matches at the Káposztás utcai Stadion, in Sopron since their original stadium, Rohonci úti Stadion was demolished in 2016. From 21 November 2017 Haladás played their home matches at the new Haladás Sportkomplexum. Note 3: Vasas's original stadium, Illovszky Rudolf Stadion (1960) was demolished, while their proposed stadium, Illovszky Rudolf Stadion was under construction. Note 4: Videoton's original stadium, Sóstói Stadion (1967) was demolished in 2016, while their proposed stadium, Sóstói Stadion was under construction.

Balmazújváros Debrecen Diósgyőr Ferencváros Városi Sportpálya Nagyerdei Stadion Diósgyőri Stadion Groupama Aréna Capacity: 2,435 Capacity: 20,340 Capacity: 15,325 Capacity: 23,700 Haladás Honvéd Haladás Sportkomplexum Bozsik József Stadion Capacity: 9,859 Capacity: 10,000 Mezőkövesd Paks Városi-Stadion Fehérvári úti Stadion Capacity: 4,183 Capacity: 6,150 Puskás Akadémia Újpest Vasas Videoton Pancho Aréna Szusza Ferenc Stadion Szusza Ferenc Stadion Pancho Aréna Capacity: 3,816 Capacity: 13,501 Capacity: 13,501 Capacity: 3,816

Personnel and kits Following is the list of clubs competed in the league this season, 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 Balmazújváros Ferenc Horváth Dávid Sigér Adidas Kamilla Gyógy-, Termál- és Strandfürdő Debrecen András Herczeg Dániel Tőzsér Adidas TEVA Diósgyőr Fernando Zoltán Lipták Nike Borsodi Ferencváros Thomas Doll Dániel Böde Nike Magyar Telekom Haladás Michal Hipp Péter Halmosi Adidas Swietelsky Honvéd Attila Supka Đorđe Kamber Macron – Mezőkövesd Attila Kuttor Dávid Hegedűs Adidas Cronus, Zsóry Paks Aurél Csertői Tamás Báló Jako – Puskás Akadémia Attila Pintér Attila Polonkai Adidas Mészáros és Mészáros Kft. Újpest Nebojša Vignjević Róbert Litauszki Joma Gallica Vasas Michael Oenning András Debreceni Adidas Alprosys Videoton Marko Nikolić Roland Juhász Adidas MOL

Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointmentHonvéd Marco RossiResignedEnd of 2016–17 seasonPre-season Erik van der Meer28 May 2017 Videoton Henning Berg Contract terminated End of 2016–17 season Marko Nikolić 6 June 2017 Balmazújváros Tamás Feczkó Contract run out End of 2016–17 season Ferenc Horváth 14 June 2017Haladás Géza MészölyMutual agreement29 August 201710th Bálint Pacsi 30 August 2017Mezőkövesd Mikuláš RadványiMutual agreement16 October 201711th Attila Kuttor17 October 2017Haladás Bálint PacsiSacked8 November 201711th Michal Hipp13 November 2017Honvéd Erik van der MeerSacked9 December 20174th Attila Supka10 December 2017Diósgyőr Tamás BódogSacked23 April 20189th Fernando23 April 2018

League table

Positions by round

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

Rounds 1–22

Rounds 23–33

Season statistics

Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Davide LanzafameHonvéd182 Soma NovothnyÚjpest17 Roland VargaFerencváros174 Márton EppelHonvéd14 Danko LazovićVideoton146 Dániel BödeFerencváros137 Haris TabakovićDebrecen128 Josip KneževićPuskás119 Márk KosztaMezőkövesd10 Joseph PaintsilFerencváros10 Marko ŠćepovićVideoton10

Updated to games played on 3 June 2018

Hat-tricks NameForAgainstRoundResultDate Dániel BödeFerencvárosBalmazújváros 22nd 5–010 March 2018 Marko ŠćepovićVideotonDebrecen 16th 2–518 November 2017 Mohamed RemiliVasasHonvéd 11th 1–430 September 2017 Soma NovothnyÚjpestMezőkövesd 10th 2–423 September 2017 Roland VargaFerencvárosVasas 8th 5–29 September 2017

Attendances

See also 2017–18 Magyar Kupa 2018 Magyar Kupa Final 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság II 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság III 2017–18 Megyei Bajnokság I

References

External links

uefa.com