Nemzeti Bajnokság I
Nemzeti Bajnokság I
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| Countries |
Hungary |
| Confederation |
UEFA |
| Founded |
1901 |
| Number of teams |
16 |
| Levels on pyramid |
1 |
| Relegation to |
Hungarian National Championship II |
| Domestic cup(s) |
Hungarian Cup, Hungarian League Cup |
| International cup(s) |
Champions League, Europa League |
| Current champions |
Debreceni VSC
(2009–10) |
| Most championships |
Ferencváros (28 titles) |
| Website |
http://www.nb1.hu/ |
 2010–11 Nemzeti Bajnokság I |
The Nemzeti Bajnokság I., the National Championship, or short the NBI, currently known as the Soproni Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the highest level of professional football in Hungary since its inception in 1901. UEFA currently ranks the league 35th in Europe.[1]
Sixteen teams compete in the league, playing each other twice, once at home and once away. At the end of the season, the top team enters the qualification for the UEFA Champions League , while the runner-up, together with the winner of the Hungarian Cup enters the UEFA Cup qualification round. The bottom two clubs are relegated to NB2, the second-level league, to be replaced by the winners of NB2-Nyugati csoport (West) and NB2-Keleti csoport (East).
Names
The league went through various name changes depending on the sponsor for the given season(s):
- NB1 (the "classic" name – NB stands for "Nemzeti Bajnokság" – National Championship)
- Raab-Karcher NB1 (???, 1997/1998)
- PNB (1998/1999, 1999/2000, which stands for "Professzionális Nemzeti Bajnokság" – Professional National Championship)
- Borsodi Liga (2001, 2001/2002, 2002/2003, sponsored by Borsodi Sörgyár (Interbrew))
- Arany Ászok Liga (2003/2004, 2004/2005, sponsored by Dreher Sörgyár (SABMiller))
- Borsodi Liga (2005/2006, 2006/2007, sponsored by Borsodi Sörgyár)
- Soproni Liga (2007–present)
Hungarian National Championship I members 2010-11
Club
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Home ground |
Position
in 2009–10 |
| BFC Siófok |
Révesz Géza Stadion, Siófok |
1st, NBII West |
| Budapest Honvéd FC |
Bozsik Stadion, Budapest |
9th |
| Debreceni VSC |
Stadion Oláh Gábor Út, Debrecen |
1st |
| Ferencvárosi TC |
Stadion Albert Flórián, Budapest |
7th |
| Győri ETO FC |
Stadion ETO, Győr |
3rd |
| Kaposvári Rákóczi FC |
Stadion Kaposvár Rákoczi, Kaposvár |
12th |
| Kecskeméti TE |
Széktói Stadion, Kecskemét |
10th |
| Lombard-Pápa TFC |
Stadion Várkerti, Papa |
11th |
| MTK Hungária FC |
Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium, Budapest |
6th |
| Paksi SE |
Stadion PSE, Paks |
14th |
| Szolnoki MÁV FC |
Tiszaligeti Stadion, Szolnok |
1st, NBII East |
| Szombathelyi Haladás |
Rohonci úti Stadion, Szombathely |
8th |
| Újpest FC |
Szusza Ferenc Stadium, Budapest |
4th |
| Vasas SC |
Stadion Rudolf Illovszky, Budapest |
13th |
| Videoton FC |
Stadion Sóstói, Székesfehérvár |
2nd |
| Zalaegerszegi TE FC |
ZTE Arena, Zalaegerszeg |
5th |
Previous winners
Performance by club
Number of Championships
- Ferencváros: 28
- 1903, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1934, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1949, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1976, 1981, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2004
- MTK Budapest: 23
- 1904, 1908, 1914, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1929, 1936, 1937, 1951, 1953, 1958, 1987, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2008
- Újpest FC: 20
- 1929–30, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1938–39, 1945 Spring, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1959–60, 1969, 1970 Spring, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1989–90, 1997–98
- Budapest Honvéd: 13
- 1949/50, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993
- Vasas SC: 6
- 1957, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1977
- Debreceni VSC: 5
- 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010
- Csepel SC: 4
- Győri ETO FC: 3
- Budapest TC: 2
- Vác F.C.: 1
- Dunaferr FC: 1
- Nagyváradi AC
: 1
- Zalaegerszegi TE: 1
Notable foreign players
 Albania
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Mario Božić
- Romeo Mitrović
- Đorđe Kamber
 Brazil
 Cameroon
 Central African Republic
 England
- Joe Lane
- Paul Shaw
- Tony Stokes
- Anthony Elding
- Scott Malone
- James Ashmore
 Estonia
- Tarmo Kink
- Jarmo Ahjupera
 Gabon
 Germany
 Honduras
- Luis Arcangel Ramos Colon
 Italy
 Ivory Coast
- Guie Gneki Abraham
- Angoua Brou Benjamin
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 Latvia
 Liberia
 Lithuania
 Montenegro
- Vukasin Poleksic
- Bojan Brnović
- Bojan Božović
 Nigeria
 Pakistan
- Romania
- Florin Batranu
- Cristian Dulca
- Norberto Höfling
- Sabin Ilie
- Tibor Selymes
 Senegal
 Serbia
- Nemanja Nikolić
- Saša Ilić
- Dragan Vukmir
 Slovakia
- Attila Pinte
- Tomas Medved
- Péter Németh
- Marek Penksa
 Slovenia
 Togo
- Euloge Ahodikpe
- Kassim Guyazou
 USA
 Somalia
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References
External Sites
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Nemzeti Bajnokság I · 2010-11 |
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Nemzeti Bajnokság I seasons |
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1901 · 1902 · 1903 · 1904 · 1905 · 1906–07 · 1907–08 · 1908–09 · 1909–10 · 1910–11 · 1911–12 · 1912–13 · 1913–14 · 1916–17 · 1917–18 · 1918–19 · 1919–20 · 1920–21 · 1921–22 · 1922–23 · 1923–24 · 1924–25 · 1925–26 · 1926–27 · 1927–28 · 1928–29 · 1929–30 · 1930–31 · 1931–32 · 1932–33 · 1933–34 · 1934–35 · 1935–36 · 1936–37 · 1937–38 · 1938–39 · 1939–40 · 1940–41 · 1941–42 · 1942–43 · 1943–44 · 1944 · 1945 · 1945–46 · 1946–47 · 1947–48 · 1948–49 · 1949–50 · 1950 · 1951 · 1952 · 1953 · 1954 · 1955 · 1956 · 1957 · 1957–58 · 1958–59 · 1959–60 · 1960–61 · 1961–62 · 1962–63 · 1963 · 1964 · 1965 · 1966 · 1967 · 1968 · 1969 · 1970 · 1970–71 · 1971–72 · 1972–73 · 1973–74 · 1974–75 · 1975–76 · 1976–77 · 1977–78 · 1978–79 · 1979–80 · 1980–81 · 1981–82 · 1982–83 · 1983–84 · 1984–85 · 1985–86 · 1986–87 · 1987–88 · 1988–89 · 1989–90 · 1990–91 · 1991–92 · 1992–93 · 1993–94 · 1994–95 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1997–98 · 1998–99 · 1999–2000 · 2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 · 2010–11
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Football in Hungary |
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| Hungarian Football Federation |
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| National teams |
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| League system |
Nemzeti Bajnokság I · Nemzeti Bajnokság II (East & West) · Hungarian National Championship III
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| Domestic cups |
Magyar Kupa · Ligakupa · Szuperkupa
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| List of clubs · List of leagues · List of venues · List of foreign players 2009-10 |
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