The 2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság II (also known as 2023–24 Merkantil Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons) is Hungary's 126th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság II, the second tier of the Hungarian football league system.
Overview After the reduction from 20 teams, this will be the first and last season with 18 teams as for 2023–24, the league will transform to 16 teams from 2024 to 2025.
Teams The following teams have changed division since the 2022–23 season.
Changes
To NB II Relegated from2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I Promoted from2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság III Honvéd Vasas BVSC-Zugló (East)
From NB II Promoted to2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság I Relegated to2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság III Diósgyőr MTK Budapest Szentlőrinc Békéscsaba Dorog
BVSC-Zugló play in NB II for the first time in history since 2003–04.
Stadium and locations Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Location Stadium Capacity2022–23 Ajka Ajka Városi Stadion 5,000 3rd Budafok Budapest (Budafok) Promontor utcai Stadion 4,000 10th Honvéd Budapest (Kispest) Bozsik Aréna 8,000 11th (NB I) BVSC-Zugló Budapest (Zugló) Szőnyi úti Stadion 12,000 1st (NB III, East) Csákvár Csákvár Tersztyánszky Ödön Stadion 2,020 15th Gyirmót Győr (Gyirmót) Alcufer Stadion 4,728 6th Győr Győr (Gyárváros) ETO Park 15,600 13th Kazincbarcika Kazincbarcika Kolorcity Aréna 1,080 14th Kozármisleny Kozármisleny Kozármislenyi Stadion 2,000 16th Mosonmagyaróvár Mosonmagyaróvár Wittmann Antal park 4,000 12th Nyíregyháza Balmazújváros Városi Sportpálya 3,385 18th Pécs Pécs Stadion PMFC 7,000 7th Siófok Siófok Révész Géza utcai Stadion 6,500 8th Soroksár Budapest (Soroksár) Szamosi Mihály Sportelep 5,000 5th Szeged Szeged Szent Gellért Fórum 8,136 4th Haladás Szombathely Haladás Sportkomplexum 8,940 9th Tiszakécske Tiszakécske Városi Stadion 4,500 11th Vasas Budapest (Angyalföld) Illovszky Rudolf Stadion 5,154 12th (NB I)
Personnel and kits Hungarian national sports betting brand Tippmix sponsored all 18 teams of the second league since February 2019, their logo were present on all team kits.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerAdditional shirt sponsor Ajka Szabolcs Schindler Richárd Zsolnai Puma Bakony Erőmű Budafok László Dajka Dávid Kovács 2Rule Zakariás Alapítvány Honvéd Aurél Csertői Ivan Lovrić Macron None BVSC-Zugló Ádám Kincses József Nagy Adidas None Csákvár Balázs Tóth 2Rule Aqvital Gyirmót Zsolt Tamási Dávid Hudák Jako Alcufer Győr Balázs Borbély Krisztián Keresztes Adidas Kukkonia Kazincbarcika József Csábi Valter Heil Puma GreenPlan Kozármisleny Zoltán Aczél Gergő Gajág Macron HR-Rent Mosonmagyaróvár Ádám Nagy Márk Heinrich Jako Credo Nyíregyháza Krisztián Timár Ákos Baki Macron Révész Pécs János Mátyus László Rácz Adidas None Siófok Gyula Jeney Gábor Polényi Nike HunGast Soroksár Péter Lipcsei Balázs Lovrencsics Nike Provident Szeged Bekim Kapić Molnár F. Tamás Foreleven11 None Haladás Predrag Bošnjak Barnabás Rácz Adidas Endo-Plus-Service Tiszakécske Pál Balogh Carlo Erdei 2Rule Duna Aszfalt Vasas Zoltán Gera Zsombor Berecz Adidas OTP Bank
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Gyirmót Aurél Csertői End of contract 21 May 2023 Pre-season Csaba Csizmadia 27 May 2023 Tiszakécske László Klausz 21 May 2023 László Vas 16 June 2023 Honvéd Dean Klafurić Sacked 28 May 2023 Máté Pintezits 16 June 2023 Haladás Michal Hipp End of contract 31 May 2023 Aleksandar Jović 12 June 2023 Mosonmagyaróvár József Király End of interim spell 1 June 2023 Zoltán Németh 1 June 2023 Budafok János Mátyus End of contract 1 June 2023 Gábor Erős 6 June 2023 Kozármisleny Gábor Márton 9 June 2023 Zoltán Aczél 9 June 2023 Nyíregyháza Tivadar Fekete End of interim spell 16 June 2023 Krisztián Tímár 16 June 2023 Mosonmagyaróvár Zoltán Németh Sacked 17 August 2023 18th József Király 1 June 2023 BVSC-Zugló Flórián Urbán 5 September 2023 16th Ádám Kincsesi Gyirmót Csaba Csizmadia 25 September 2023 17th Zsolt Tamási 25 September 2023 Ajka Gyula Jeney 27 September 2023 17th Szabolcs Schindler 1 October 2023 Pécs Ádám Weitner 29 September 2023 8th Zsolt Németh 29 September 2023 Honvéd Máté Pinezits Mutual consent 31 October 2023 11th Đorđe Kamberi 31 October 2023 Tiszakécske László Vas Resigned 6 November 2023 15th Gábor Toldii 6 November 2023 Honvéd Đorđe Kamber End of interim spell 9 November 2023 13th Aurél Csertői 9 November 2023 BVSC-Zugló Ádám Kincses 30 November 2023 14th Tamás Szekeres 30 November 2023 Tiszakécske Gábor Toldi 19 December 2023 15th Károly Kis 19 December 2023 Mosonmagyaróvár József Király 19 December 2023 18th Ádám Nagy 19 December 2023 Budafok Gábor Erős Mutual consent 18 February 2024 14th László Dajka 20 February 2024 Pécs Árpád Kulcsár 20 February 2024 10th János Mátyus 21 February 2024 Győr Antonio Muñoz Sacked 24 February 2024 2nd Serhiy Kuznetsov 24 February 2024 Vasas Szilárd Desits 26 February 2024 3rd Zoltán Gera 26 February 2024 Tiszakécske Károly Kis 28 March 2024 17th Pál Baloghi 28 March 2024 Siófok Dragan Vukmir Mutual consent 15 April 2024 16th Gyula Jeney 15 April 2024 BVSC-Zugló Tamás Szekeres Resigned 22 April 2024 14th Ádám Kincsesi 22 April 2024 Győr Serhiy Kuznetsov Sacked 24 April 2024 3rd Balázs Borbély 24 April 2024 Haladás Aleksandar Jović Resigned 7 May 2024 13th Predrag Bošnjaki 7 May 2024 Szeged Aleksandar Stevanović Mutual consent 13 May 2024 4th Bekim Kapić 13 May 2024
League table
Results
Results by round
Positions by round Note: The place taken by the team that played fewer matches than the opponents was underlined.
Statistics
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Krisztián KirchnerKozármisleny18 Milán TóthVasas3 Claudiu BumbaGyőr174 Zalán KerezsiHonvéd11 Dominik NagyNyíregyháza6 Zoltán GálfiSoroksár10 Krisztián GéresiNyíregyháza Zoárd NagyCsákvár Barnabás RáczHaladás10 Péter HorváthKozármisleny9 Balázs LovrencsicsSoroksár Márk MadarászGyirmót Zoltán MedgyesGyirmót Barnabás NémethSiófok
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Round Tamás Takács Mosonmagyaróvár BVSC-Zugló 3–3 (H) 28 August 2023 6 Krisztián Géresi Nyíregyháza Csákvár 1–7 (A) 26 November 2023 15 Milán Tóth Vasas Pécs 4–1 (H) 19 February 2024 21
Attendances
Number of teams by counties and regions +Number of teams by counties Pos.County (megye)No. of teams Teams 1 Budapest 5 Budafok, BVSC-Zugló, Honvéd, Soroksár and Vasas 2 Győr-Moson-Sopron 3 Gyirmót, Győr and Mosonmagyaróvár 3 Baranya 2 Kozármisleny and Pécs 4Bács-Kiskun 1 Tiszakécske Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén 1 Kazincbarcika Csongrád-Csanád 1 Szeged Fejér 1 Csákvár Somogy 1 Siófok Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg 1 Nyíregyháza Vas 1 Haladás Veszprém 1 Ajka +Number of teams by regionsTransdanubiaCentral HungaryGreat Plain and North Ajka Csákvár Gyirmót Győr Kozármisleny Mosonmagyaróvár Pécs Siófok Haladás Budafok BVSC-Zugló Honvéd Soroksár Vasas Kazincbarcika Nyíregyháza Szeged Tiszakécske 9 Teams 5 Teams 4 Teams
See also 2023–24 Magyar Kupa 2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság III 2023–24 Megyei Bajnokság I
Notes
References
External links
Official rules