2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball)

The 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (known as the K&H női kézilabda liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 68th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Hungarian premier Handball league.

Team information As in the previous season, 14 teams played in the 2018–19 season. After the 2017–18 season, Kecskeméti NKSE and Vasas SC were relegated to the 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B. They were replaced by two clubs from the 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B; Eszterházy SC and Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE.

Team Location Arena Capacity Alba Fehérvár KCSzékesfehérvár KÖFÉM Sportcsarnok 1,000 Békéscsabai ENKSEBékéscsaba Városi Sportcsarnok 2,300 Budaörs HandballBudaörs Városi Uszoda és Sportcsarnok 1,000 Debreceni VSCDebrecen Hódos Imre Sportcsarnok 1,800 Dunaújvárosi KKADunaújváros Városi Sportcsarnok 1,200 Eszterházy SCEger Kemény Ferenc Sportcsarnok 875 Érd NKÉrd Érd Aréna 1,800 Ferencvárosi TCBudapest Elek Gyula Aréna 1,300 Győri ETO KCGyőr Audi Aréna 5,554 Kisvárdai KCKisvárda Városi Sportcsarnok 750 MTK BudapestBudapest Elektromos csarnok 700 Mosonmagyaróvári KC SEMosonmagyaróvár UFM Aréna 1,016 Siófok KCSiófok Kiss Szilárd Sportcsarnok 1,500 Váci NKSEVác Városi Sportcsarnok 620

Personnel and kits Following is the list of clubs competing in 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, with their president, head coach, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor. Team President Head coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s) Alba Fehérvár KC Imre Balassi Rita Deli hummel tippmix, Avis Békéscsabai ENKSE Károly Szabó Roland Horváth Ziccer tippmix, bmw-glass.hu, Budapest Bank Budaörs Handball Tamás Neukum Attila Mihály adidas tippmix Debreceni VSC Vilmos Köstner Vilmos Köstner adidas tippmix, Schaeffler, Riska Dunaújvárosi KKA István Szemenyei László György hummel tippmix, BH Eszterházy SC Kálmán Liptai Viktor Debre adidas tippmix Érd NK Norbert Tekauer Edina Szabó Erima tippmix Ferencvárosi TC Gábor Kubatov Gábor Elek Nike tippmix, Rail Cargo Hungaria, Budapest Győri ETO KC dr. Csaba Bartha Gábor Danyi adidas Audi, Győr, tippmix Kisvárdai KC Tamás Major János Dévényi hummel tippmix, Master Good, Volkswagen Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE Cs. Attila Horváth Róbert Bognár adidas tippmix, Eu-Fire MTK Budapest Tamás Deutsch Vladimir Golovin Nike tippmix Siófok KC János Fodor Tor Odvar Moen hummel tippmix, Peszter Váci NKSE Erika Kirsner Zoltán Szilágyi hummel tippmix, GVM

Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Győri ETO KC Ambros Martín Signed by Rostov-Don End of 2017–18 seasonPre-season Gábor Danyi 1 July 2018 Debreceni VSC Gergő Vida Mutual consent End of 2017–18 season Pål Oldrup Jensen 1 July 2018 Siófok KC Lars Rasmussen Mutual consent End of 2017–18 season Tor Odvar Moen 1 July 2018 Debreceni VSC Pål Oldrup Jensen Mutual consent November 2018 8th Vilmos Köstner December 2018 Kisvárdai KC Vlatko Đonović Sacked 6 February 2019 7th János Dévényi 7 February 2019

League table

Schedule and results In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank PlayerTeam Goals Matches1 Katarina Krpež-SlezakÉrd NK 200262 Luca SzekerczésDunaújvárosi KKA 183263 Alexandra do Nascimento Alba Fehérvár KC 175244 Szabina KarnikMTK Budapest 167265 Barbara Sári Eszterházy SC 154266 Aleksandra VukajlovićBékéscsabai ENKSE 153257 Andrea KobetićSiófok KC 145258 Mercédesz WalfischBékéscsabai ENKSE 145269 Claudine MendyAlba Fehérvár KC 1322610 Stine OftedalGyőri ETO KC 12726

Attendances Updated to games played on 18 May 2019. Source: League matches: NB I 2018/2019 Attendance numbers without playoff matches.

Pos Team 1Győri ETO KC 46,459 5,322 (vs. Ferencvárosi TC) 2,051 (vs. Békéscsabai ENKSE)3,573+6,40% 2Debreceni VSC 21,450 5,600 (vs. Győri ETO KC) 1,050 (vs. Eszterházy SC)1,650+12,36% 3Érd NK 15,900 2,100 (two matches) 500 (vs. Budaörs Handball)1,223-17,75% 4Békéscsabai ENKSE 14,100 1,800 (vs. Győri ETO KC ) 800 (two matches )1,085+10,26% 5Siófok KC 12,918 1,300 (vs. Győri ETO KC) 650 (vs. Eszterházy SC)994+55,31% 6Ferencvárosi TC 12,850 1,300 (vs. Mosonmagyaróvári KC) 500 (vs. Budaörs Handball)988+27,81% 7Mosonmagyaróvári KC 12,585 1,135 (vs. Budaörs Handball) 800 (vs. Dunaújvárosi KKA)968+13,48% 1 8Kisvárdai KC 11,320 1,000 (three matches) 750 (vs. Eszterházy SC)870+1,16% 9Budaörs Handball 9,580 1,050 (vs. Győri ETO KC) 250 (vs. Érd NK)737-8,10% 10Dunaújvárosi KKA 8,200 800 (three matches) 400 (two matches)6310,00% 11Alba Fehérvár KC 8,050 870 (vs. Ferencvárosi TC) 400 (vs. Kisvárdai KC)619+13,78% 12Váci NKSE 7,140 620 (three matches) 390 (vs. MTK Budapest)549+4,97% 13Eszterházy SC 4,470 875 (two matches) 200 (four matches)344+72,00%1 14MTK Budapest 3,850 350 (three matches) 200 (vs. Dunaújvárosi KKA)296+1,36% Total 188,8725,600 (Debreceni VSC vs. Győri ETO KC)200 (five matches) 1,038+8,58%

Number of teams by counties Pos.County (megye) No. of teams Team(s) 1 Pest 3 Budaörs Handball, Érd NK and Váci NKSE 2 Budapest (capital) 2 Ferencvárosi TC and MTK Budapest Győr-Moson-Sopron 2 Győri ETO KC and Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE Fejér 2 Alba Fehérvár KC and Dunaújvárosi KKA 5 Békés 1 Békéscsabai ENKSE Hajdú-Bihar 1 Debreceni VSC Heves 1 Eszterházy SC Somogy 1 Siófok KC Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg 1 Kisvárdai KC

See also 2018–19 Magyar Kupa 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság II

References

External links Hungarian Handball Federaration handball.hu