2008–09 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Season	2008–09
Champions	Debreceni VSC
Relegated	BFC Siófok Rákospalotai EAC
UEFA Champions League	Debreceni VSC
UEFA Europa League	Szombathelyi Haladás Újpest FC Budapest Honvéd FC (via domestic cup)
Goals scored	710
Average goals/game	2.96
Top goalscorer	Péter Bajzát (20)
Biggest home win	Győri ETO 6–0 Diósgyőr
Biggest away win	Zalaegerszeg 2–7 Győri ETO
Highest scoring	Zalaegerszeg 2–7 Győri ETO
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The Hungarian National Championship I 2008–09, also known as NB I, was the 110th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league was officially named Soproni Liga for sponsoring reasons. The season started on 25 July 2008 with Kaposvári Rákóczi FC beating the defending champions MTK Budapest by 3–1. The last games were played on 30 May 2009.

Promotion and relegation

FC Sopron withdrew their participation in the winter break of last year's season after they declared bankruptcy. The team was put into last place and got all points deducted. The remaining relegation spot was earned by FC Tatabánya, who finished the season with a mere 10 points.

Promotion to the league was granted to the champions of the two NB II divisions. Kecskeméti TE won the Eastern Division while the winners of the Western Division were Szombathelyi Haladás.

Overview

Honvéd
MTK

Rákospalota
Újpest
Vasas

Debrecen

Diósgyőr

Fehérvár

Győr

Kaposvár

Kecskemét

Nyíregyháza

Paks

Siófok

Szombathely

Zalaegerszeg

Location of teams in Hungarian National Championship I 2008–09

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Budapest Honvéd FC	Budapest	Bozsik Stadion	10,000
Debreceni VSC	Debrecen	Stadion Sóstói	9,640
Diósgyőri VTK	Miskolc	DVTK Stadion	11,200
FC Fehérvár	Székesfehérvár	Stadion Sóstói	15,000
Győri ETO FC	Győr	ETO Park	20,000
Kaposvári Rákóczi FC	Kaposvár	Stadion Rákoczi	7,000
Kecskeméti TE	Kecskemét	Széktói Stadion	6,300
MTK Budapest FC	Budapest	Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium	12,700
Nyíregyháza Spartacus	Nyíregyháza	Városi Stadion	13,501
Paksi SE	Paks	Stadion PSE	4,950
Rákospalotai EAC	Budapest	Stadion Budai II. Laszló	7,500
BFC Siófok	Siófok	Révesz Géza Stadion	12,000
Szombathelyi Haladás	Szombathely	Rohonci úti Stadion	12,500
Újpest FC	Budapest	Szusza Ferenc Stadium	13,501
Vasas SC	Budapest	Stadion Rudolf Illovszky	18,000
Zalaegerszegi TE	Zalaegerszeg	ZTE Arena	14,400

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Debrecen (C)	30	21	5	4	70	29	+41	68	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Újpest	30	17	8	5	61	38	+23	59	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3	Szombathelyi Haladás	30	16	5	9	44	29	+15	53	2009–10 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4	Zalaegerszegi TE	30	15	7	8	52	44	+8	52
5	Kecskemét	30	14	6	10	55	44	+11	48
6	FC Fehérvár	30	14	6	10	42	34	+8	48
7	MTK Hungária	30	13	6	11	43	41	+2	45
8	Győr	30	11	10	9	57	41	+16	43
9	Kaposvár	30	11	7	12	51	46	+5	40
10	Vasas	30	11	5	14	42	52	−10	38
11	Paks	30	9	8	13	38	51	−13	35
12	Diósgyőr	30	9	6	15	29	45	−16	33
13	Budapest Honvéd	30	8	8	14	31	46	−15	32	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round 1
14	Nyíregyháza Spartacus	30	7	11	12	32	41	−9	32
15	Siófok (R)	30	8	2	20	30	56	−26	26	Relegation to the NB II 2009-10
16	Rákospalotai EAC (R)	30	3	6	21	33	73	−40	15

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd overall wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored.
¹Budapest Honvéd won the Hungarian Cup 2008–09 and thereby qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away1

HON

DEB

DIÓ

FEH

GYŐ

KAP

KEC

MTK

NYÍ

PAK

RAK

SIÓ

SZO

ÚJP

VAS

ZAL

Budapest Honvéd

0–1

3–1

1–2

0–0

2–1

2–2

0–3

1–0

1–1

1–0

0–2

0–1

1–1

0–1

3–1

Debrecen

4–1

1–2

1–0

2–2

4–1

3–1

2–2

4–0

2–0

6–2

5–1

2–2

1–1

4–1

2–1

Diósgyőr

0–0

2–3

0–1

2–3

1–0

1–0

2–3

1–0

1–0

2–1

0–1

1–0

0–0

1–0

2–1

FC Fehérvár

0–2

0–1

2–1

3–2

1–1

1–2

0–2

2–0

4–1

4–0

2–1

1–0

0–0

2–2

1–1

Győr

4–1

0–3

6–0

1–2

1–1

2–0

3–1

0–1

4–1

4–2

0–0

3–3

4–3

1–1

1–0

Kaposvár

3–1

0–1

1–0

1–1

0–1

2–1

3–1

1–0

3–5

4–1

1–0

2–3

2–3

4–0

1–2

Kecskemét

3–1

3–0

2–0

2–1

1–0

3–4

0–0

1–1

1–2

5–3

3–0

3–2

2–2

2–0

2–0

MTK Hungária

1–1

0–1

2–0

0–4

1–1

2–1

1–4

1–2

3–2

0–2

2–1

0–1

3–2

3–0

0–2

Nyíregyháza Spartacus

3–0

1–1

2–2

1–1

1–1

0–1

3–3

0–0

2–2

4–0

1–0

0–2

1–3

3–1

1–1

Paks

1–1

0–2

1–1

0–1

2–1

0–0

2–2

0–1

1–2

1–3

2–1

0–2

3–1

3–0

1–1

Rákospalotai EAC

2–5

0–4

1–1

1–2

0–0

3–3

0–1

0–4

1–1

1–2

3–1

1–2

1–3

0–2

2–3

Siófok

0–1

0–4

4–1

1–0

3–2

2–5

2–0

0–1

3–1

1–2

1–1

0–1

0–1

0–1

1–4

Szombathelyi Haladás

1–0

1–2

1–0

2–1

2–1

1–1

3–1

0–0

3–0

0–1

1–0

5–0

0–2

1–0

1–2

Újpest

3–0

2–0

2–2

1–2

1–1

3–2

4–3

4–1

1–0

3–1

3–0

2–0

1–0

3–1

2–1

Vasas

3–1

1–3

3–2

4–1

2–1

2–1

1–2

0–4

1–1

5–0

1–1

0–1

1–1

4–2

3–1

Zalaegerszegi TE

1–1

2–1

1–0

2–0

2–7

1–1

1–0

3–1

2–0

1–1

2–1

5–3

3–2

2–2

3–1

Source: soccerway.com
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Source: adatbank.mlsz.hu (Hungarian) – Note: Click on "Góllövő lista" to retrieve the scorers

20 goals

• Péter Bajzát (Győri ETO)

16 goals

• Péter Kabát (Újpest FC)
• Gergely Rudolf (Debreceni VSC)
• Attila Tököli (Paksi SE)

15 goals

• Nemanja Nikolić (Kaposvári Rákóczi)
• Róbert Waltner (Zalaegerszegi TE)

14 goals

• Csaba Csordás (Kecskeméti TE)
• Zoltán Hercegfalvi (Budapest Honvéd)
• Krisztián Kenesei (Szombathelyi Haladás)

12 goals

• Lóránt Oláh (Debreceni VSC)

External links

• Official site (Hungarian)