2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

The 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (also known as 2024–25 OTP Bank Liga), also known as NB I, was the 126th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league was officially named OTP Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons. The fixtures were announced on 20 June 2024.^[1] Ferencváros were the 35-time defending champions, having won the previous 6 titles consecutively. They defended their title on the last day of the season.^[2]

Season2024–25

Dates27 July 2024 – 24 May 2025

ChampionsFerencváros (36th title)

RelegatedFehérvár,
Kecskemét

Quick facts Season, Dates ...

OTP Bank Liga
Season	2024–25
Dates	27 July 2024 – 24 May 2025
Champions	Ferencváros (36th title)
Relegated	Fehérvár, Kecskemét
Champions League	Ferencváros
Europa League	Paks
Conference League	Puskás Akadémia, Győr
Matches	198
Goals	553 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorer	Böde (15 goals)
Biggest home win	• Ferencváros 7–0 Nyíregyháza (20 April 2025)
Biggest away win	• Debrecen 0–5 Paks (20 October 2024)
Highest scoring	• Debrecen 5–4 Ferencváros (6 December 2024)
Longest winning run	6 matches Ferencváros
Longest unbeaten run	15 matches Győr
Longest winless run	10 matches Újpest
Longest losing run	5 matches Debrecen, Fehérvár
Highest attendance	19,021 Ferencváros 1–1 Puskás Akadémia (3 May 2025)
Lowest attendance	700 Puskás Akadémia 1–1 MTK (6 Apr. 2025)
Total attendance	896,939
Average attendance	4,530
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 25 May 2025.

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Teams

Changes

Twelve teams compete in the league – the top ten teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the Nemzeti Bajnokság II.

The promoted teams are Nyíregyháza and Győr, who are returning to the top flight after respective absences of nine years. They replaced Kisvárda and Mezőkövesd, who were relegated to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II after respective spells of six and eight years in the top flight.

Stadium and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Budapest

Budapest teams:
Ferencváros
MTK
Újpest

Location of teams in 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Ferencváros

MTK

Újpest

Location of teams in Budapest

More information Team, Location ...

Team	Location	Stadium	Cap.	2023–24	2024–25
Debrecen	Debrecen	Nagyerdei Stadion	20,340	5th	details
Diósgyőr	Miskolc (Diósgyőr)	Diósgyőri Stadion	15,325	7th	details
Fehérvár	Székesfehérvár	Sóstói Stadion	14,201	4th	details
Ferencváros	Budapest (Ferencváros)	Groupama Aréna	22,043	1st	details
Győr	Győr	ETO Park	15,600	2nd (NB II)
Kecskemét	Kecskemét	Széktói Stadion	6,320	6th
Nyíregyháza	Nyíregyháza	Városi Stadion	8,150	1st (NB II)
MTK	Budapest (Józsefváros)	Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion	5,014	8th
Puskás Akadémia	Felcsút	Pancho Aréna	3,816	3rd	details
Paks	Paks	Fehérvári úti Stadion	6,150	2nd	details
Újpest	Budapest (Újpest)	Szusza Ferenc Stadion	12,670	10th	details
Zalaegerszeg	Zalaegerszeg	ZTE Aréna	11,200	9th

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More information Debrecen, Diósgyőr ...

Debrecen	Diósgyőr	Fehérvár	Ferencváros
Nagyerdei Stadion	Diósgyőri Stadion	Sóstói Stadion	Groupama Aréna
Capacity: 20,340	Capacity: 15,325	Capacity: 14,201	Capacity: 22,043

Győr	Kecskemét	MTK	Nyíregyháza
ETO Park	Széktói Stadion	Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion	Városi Stadion
Capacity: 15,600	Capacity: 6,320	Capacity: 5,014	Capacity: 8,150

Paks	Puskás Akadémia	Újpest	Zalaegerszeg
Fehérvári úti Stadion	Pancho Aréna	Szusza Ferenc Stadion	ZTE Arena
Capacity: 6,150	Capacity: 3,816	Capacity: 12,670	Capacity: 11,200

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Number of teams by counties and regions

More information Pos., County ...

Number of teams by counties
Pos.		No. of teams	Teams
1	Budapest	3	Ferencváros, MTK and Újpest
2	Fejér	2	Fehérvár and Puskás Akadémia
3	Bács-Kiskun	1	Kecskemét
	Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén	1	Diósgyőr
	Győr–Moson–Sopron	1	Győr
	Hajdú-Bihar	1	Debrecen
	Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg	1	Nyíregyháza
	Tolna	1	Paks
	Zala	1	Zalaegerszeg

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More information Transdanubia, Central Hungary ...

Number of teams by regions
Transdanubia	Central Hungary	Great Plain and North
Fehérvár Győr Paks Puskás Akadémia Zalaegerszeg	Ferencváros MTK Újpest	Debrecen Diósgyőr Kecskemét Nyíregyháza
5 Teams	3 Teams	4 Teams

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Personnel and kits

All teams were obligated to have the logo of the league sponsor OTP Bank as well as the Nemzeti Bajnokság I logo on the right side of their shirt. Hungarian national sports betting brand Tippmix sponsored all 12 teams of the first 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.

More information Team, Head coach ...

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit maker	Kit sponsors
Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit maker	Main	Other(s)
Debrecen	Nestor El Maestro	Balázs Dzsudzsák	Adidas	Tranzit-Food	None
Diósgyőr	Valdas Dambrauskas	Gergő Holdampf	2Rule	Hell	List Back: Apollo Tyres Sleeves: Mercedes-Benz Miskolc Shorts: Duna Aszfalt and Mercedes-Benz Miskolc
Fehérvár	Krisztián Tímár	Csaba Spandler	Adidas	None
Ferencváros	Robbie Keane	Dénes Dibusz	Macron	Telekom	List Front: Superz. Back: hsagroup Sleeves: Groupama and MVM Shorts: MVM and VW
Győr	Balázs Borbély	Michal Škvarka	Adidas	Kukkonia	None
Kecskemét	Zoltán Gera	Levente Vágó [hu]	Kappa	HÉP	List Back: Kádár Környezetvédelmi Kft. Sleeves: Hovány Shorts: Piroska Szörp and Kecskeméti Fürdő
MTK	Dávid Horváth	Mihály Kata	Nike	Prohuman	List Back: Bayer Construct Sleeves: HR-Rent
Nyíregyháza	István Szabó	Dominik Nagy	Macron	Révész Group	List Sleeves: City of Nyíregyháza Shorts: Prestige Medical Center and VW Autó Széles
Paks	György Bognár	János Szabó	Nike	None	List Shorts: tarr
Puskás Akadémia	Zsolt Hornyák	Roland Szolnoki	2Rule	MBH Bank	None
Újpest	Damir Krznar	Matija Ljujić	Puma	MOL	List Back: 11teamsports Sleeves: Toyota Schiller
Zalaegerszeg	István Mihalecz	Norbert Szendrei	2Rule	None	List Back: Pellet Hungary Shorts: ZÁÉV and Pharos '95

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Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Ref.
Ferencváros	Dejan Stanković	Signed by Spartak Moscow	16 May 2024	Pre-season	Pascal Jansen	16 June 2024	^[3]^[4]
Újpest	Géza Mészöly	End of interim spell	27 May 2024		Bartosz Grzelak	14 June 2024	^[5]^[6]
Fehérvár	Bartosz Grzelak	Signed by Újpest	14 June 2024		Tamás Pető	15 June 2024	^[7]
Debrecen	Srđan Blagojević	Mutual consent	26 August 2024	9th	Csaba Máté	30 August 2024	^[8]^[9]
Kecskemét	István Szabó	Sacked	15 October 2024	12th	Zoltán Gera	16 October 2024	^[10]^[11]
Debrecen	Csaba Máté	Sacked	27 October 2024	11th	Tibor Dombi (caretaker)	27 October 2024	^[12]
Debrecen	Tibor Dombi (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	11 November 2024	11th	Nestor El Maestro	11 November 2024	^[13]
Ferencváros	Pascal Jansen	Signed by New York City FC	6 January 2025	2nd	Robbie Keane	8 January 2025	^[14]
Diósgyőr	Vladimir Radenković	Mutual consent	19 February 2025	4th	Richárd Vincze (caretaker)	19 February 2025	^[15]^[16]
Diósgyőr	Richárd Vincze (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	26 February 2025	5th	Valdas Dambrauskas	26 February 2025	^[17]
Nyíregyháza	Krisztián Tímár	Sacked	7 April 2025	11th	István Szabó	8 April 2025	^[18]^[19]
Fehérvár	Tamás Pető		15 April 2025	8th	Krisztián Tímár	15 April 2025	^[20]^[21]
Zalaegerszeg	Gábor Márton		23 April 2025	10th	István Mihalecz	23 April 2025	^[22]^[23]
Újpest	Bartosz Grzelak		3 May 2025	7th	Damir Krznar	5 May 2025	^[24]^[25]

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League table

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ferencváros (C)	33	20	9	4	64	31	+33	69	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Puskás Akadémia	33	20	6	7	58	38	+20	66	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
3	Paks	33	16	9	8	65	47	+18	57	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
4	Győr	33	14	11	8	49	37	+12	53	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5	MTK	33	13	7	13	53	47	+6	46
6	Diósgyőr	33	11	11	11	43	51	−8	44
7	Újpest	33	9	14	10	38	44	−6	41
8	Nyíregyháza	33	9	9	15	31	52	−21	36
9	Debrecen	33	9	7	17	52	59	−7	34
10	Zalaegerszeg	33	7	13	13	35	42	−7	34
11	Fehérvár (R)	33	8	7	18	34	52	−18	31	Relegation to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II
12	Kecskemét (R)	33	4	13	16	31	53	−22	25	Relegation to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II

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Source: Hungarian Football Federation (in Hungarian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Fair play ranking; 8) Drawing of lots.^[26]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

[a]
Paks qualified for the Europa League as the 2024–25 Magyar Kupa winners. As a result, the second Conference League berth was passed to the team in 4th place.

Results

More information Home \ Away, DEB ...

Home \ Away	DEB	DIO	FEH	FER	GYO	KEC	MTK	NYI	PAK	PUS	UJP	ZAL	DEB	DIO	FEH	FER	GYO	KEC	MTK	NYI	PAK	PUS	UJP	ZAL
Debrecen		0–1	1–2	5–4	2–2	2–2	2–3	3–1	0–5	1–2	1–2	3–1		4–1		0–1			0–0		0–0			4–3
Diósgyőr	3–1		1–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–2	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–1				1–1	2–4	2–1	2–1		0–2			1–1
Fehérvár	2–0	3–1		1–3	0–1	6–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–3	0–0					1–1		0–2			0–2
Ferencváros	2–2	3–3	2–0		2–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–2	3–0	1–0	1–0			3–0			4–0		7–0		1–1	2–0
Győr	0–3	3–4	3–1	1–1		1–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	3–0	2–0	0–0		1–0	1–2			2–1		2–0	2–0
Kecskemét	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–1		5–0	0–2	2–2	0–3	1–3	1–0	1–3		2–2		1–1			2–2		0–1	0–0
MTK	0–2	4–0	3–2	1–3	2–2	3–1		3–0	3–1	0–1	4–1	1–1				2–3		2–1		3–0	1–2		1–3
Nyíregyháza	3–2	0–2	3–3	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–0		4–2	0–3	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0		0–1					0–2		0–0
Paks	4–3	3–4	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	4–2	2–1		2–1	2–1	2–2				2–3		1–1		2–0		2–2	6–1
Puskás Akadémia	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–3	4–2	1–0	3–1	3–1		1–1	2–1	4–2	4–3	3–1				1–1					2–1
Újpest	3–0	0–0	4–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–2		1–2	2–1	1–1	2–2		2–3			2–2		1–1
Zalaegerszeg	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	0–1	0–0	3–1	4–2	0–2					0–2	0–0	0–0	1–1		1–1		0–0

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Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2025. Source: Hungarian Football Federation (in Hungarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

More information Team ╲ Round, Ferencváros ...

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Team ╲ Round
Ferencváros	9	6	4	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Puskás Akadémia	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Paks	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	3	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Győr	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
MTK	4	2	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5
Diósgyőr	5	9	11	9	6	8	7	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Újpest	11	10	7	10	7	6	4	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Nyíregyháza	2	7	9	11	11	11	10	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	9	9	8	8	8
Debrecen	1	1	3	4	4	4	5	7	7	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	12	11	11	10	11	9	11	11	11	10	9
Zalaegerszeg	12	11	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	10
Fehérvár	7	4	6	7	8	7	8	9	9	10	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	11	11
Kecskemét	8	8	10	6	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

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	Leader and qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
	Relegation to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2025. Source: Hungarian Football Federation (in Hungarian)

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of match played 25 May 2025^[27]

More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dániel Böde	Paks	15
2	Donát Bárány	Debrecen	13
2	Marin Jurina	MTK	13
4	Brandon Domingues	Debrecen	12
	Zsolt Nagy	Puskás Akadémia
	Barna Tóth	Paks
	Barnabás Varga	Ferencváros
8	Jonathan Levi	Puskás Akadémia	11
9	Lamin Colley	Puskás Akadémia	10
9	Matheus Saldanha	Ferencváros	10

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Hat-tricks

(H) = Home; (A) = Away;

More information Player, For ...

Player	For	Against	Score	Result	Round	Date
Matheus Saldanha	Ferencváros	Puskás Akadémia (H)	1–0 65', 2–0 77', 3–0 82'	3–0	8	29 September 2024 (2024-09-29)
Donát Bárány	Debrecen	Ferencváros (H)	1–0 2', 2–0 5', 3–0 17'	5–4	1	5 December 2024 (2024-12-05)
Barna Tóth⁴	Paks	Újpest (H)	1–1 25', 2–1 48', 3–1 52', 5–1 68'	6–1	24	14 March 2025 (2025-03-14)
Donát Bárány	Debrecen	Diósgyőr (H)	1–1 25', 2–1 52', 4–1 69' (pen.)	4–1	26	5 April 2025 (2025-04-05)

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Note: ⁴ – player scored 4 goals

Attendances

Ranked by average attendances.

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Ferencváros	179,774	19,021	6,695	11,236	−0.9%^†
2	Nyíregyháza	98,224	8,246	1,600	5,778	+818.6%¹
3	Diósgyőr	96,715	10,344	3,647	5,689	−11.6%^†
4	Debrecen	90,887	10,634	2,612	5,680	+5.7%^†
5	Újpest	95,306	10,273	3,702	5,606	+10.8%^†
6	Győr	66,907	7,999	1,562	3,936	+87.9%¹
7	Fehérvár	52,359	9,160	2,175	3,272	−18.2%^†
8	MTK	47,591	4,831	1,517	2,974	+6.5%^†
9	Zalaegerszeg	50,264	6,451	1,623	2,957	−3.0%^†
10	Paks	46,948	4,500	1,601	2,934	+15.9%^†
11	Kecskemét	45,710	4,957	1,413	2,689	−8.9%^†
12	Puskás Akadémia	26,254	3,821	700	1,641	−18.1%^†
	League total	896,939	19,021	700	4,530	+8.2%^†

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Source: magyarfutball (in Hungarian)
Notes:
1: Team played last season in Nemzeti Bajnokság II

Discipline

Player

As of match played 25 May 2025^[28]

Most yellow cards: 13
- Lamin Colley (Puskás Akadémia)
- Attila Fiola (Újpest)
Most red cards: 2
- Tom Lacoux (Újpest)
- Bence Várkonyi (Zalaegerszeg)

Club

As of match played 25 May 2025^[29]

Most yellow cards: 93
- Nyíregyháza
Most red cards: 8
- Debrecen
Fewest yellow cards: 53
- Ferencváros
Fewest red cards: 1
- Győr
- Puskás Akadémia

Awards

Monthly awards

More information Month, Player of the Month ...

Month	Player of the Month		Coach of the Month		Ref.
Month	Player	Club	Coach	Club	Ref.
August	Matija Ljujić	Újpest	Zsolt Hornyák	Puskás Akadémia	^[30]
September	Matheus Saldanha	Ferencváros	Krisztián Tímár	Nyíregyháza	^[31]
October	Bence Ötvös	Paks	Dávid Horváth	MTK	^[32]
November	Gergely Mim	Zalaegerszeg	Vladimir Radenković	Diósgyőr	^[33]
February	Maurides	Debrecen	Balázs Borbély	Győr	^[34]

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Yearly awards

More information Team of the season by M4 Sport, Goalkeeper ...

	Team of the season by M4 Sport^[35]
Goalkeeper				Ármin Pécsi Puskás Akadémia
Defenders	Attila Osváth Puskás Akadémia		Stefan Gartenmann Ferencváros		Bence Ötvös Paks		Daniel Štefulj Győri ETO
Midfielders		Alex Tóth Ferencváros		Jonathan Levi Puskás Akadémia		Szabolcs Mezei Paks
Forwards		Claudiu Bumba Győri ETO		Dániel Böde Paks		Zsolt Nagy Puskás Akadémia

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More information Team of the season by Nemzeti Sport, Goalkeeper ...

	Team of the season by Nemzeti Sport^[36]
Goalkeeper				Ármin Pécsi Puskás Akadémia
Defenders	Gábor Vas Paks		Stefan Gartenmann Ferencváros		Bence Lenzsér Paks		Daniel Štefulj Győri ETO
Midfielders		Laros Duarte Puskás Akadémia		Jonathan Levi Puskás Akadémia		Kristóf Papp Paks
Forwards		Attila Osváth Paks		Dániel Böde Paks		Zsolt Nagy Puskás Akadémia

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2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Teams

Changes

Stadium and locations

Number of teams by counties and regions

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Positions by round

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Hat-tricks

Attendances

Discipline

Player

Club

Awards

Monthly awards

Yearly awards

See also

References

External links

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Top Qs

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