Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball)

K&H női kézilabda liga

Current season, competition or edition: 2015–16 season
Countries	Hungary
Confederation	EHF
Founded	1951
Number of teams	12
Relegation to	Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B
Level on pyramid	Level 1
Domestic cup(s)	Magyar Kupa
International cup(s)	EHF Champions League EHF Cup Winners' Cup EHF Cup
Current champions	Győri ETO (12th title)
Most championships	Vasas (15 titles)
TV partners	M4 Sport
Website	http://keziszovettseg.hu/

The Nemzeti Bajnokság I (English: National Championship I, commonly abbreviated NB I) is the top professional league for Hungarian women's team handball clubs. It is administered by the Hungarian Handball Federation.

History

The first edition of the women's handball league was held in 1951. That year only four teams participated, playing once against each other. Csepeli Vasas SK were crowned champions as they got equal points to Budapest Vörös Meteor Közért, but were superior on goal difference. Next season Vörös Meteor took revenge and secured the title just ahead of Csepel.

The forthcoming years were characterized by long term team hegemonies: Budapesti Spartacus SC won seven titles between 1960 and 1967, whilst Vasas SC were awarded thirteen gold medals between 1972 and 1985.

Turning into the nineties, Ferencvárosi TC managed to appear in the dominant role. In the 1992–93 season, after topping the table in the regular season, they bled to death in the playoffs yet, but a year later there was nothing to stop them. Until 2002 another five league title landed in the hands of Ágnes Farkas and co. The lone team which managed to interrupt their run was the Radulovics-led Dunaferr in 1998. The Dunaújváros-based team won five titles altogether until 2004, when, after finished on the podium an incredibly nine times in row without having won the title, finally Győri Graboplast ETO KC lifted the championship trophy.

Since then ETO with the support of their new main sponsor, car manufacturer Audi, have won all but one titles.

Competition format

At the beginning only four teams entered the National Championship. Later, the league have been expanded, first to 12, later to 14 teams. There was a short living try with 16 teams in two groups but the idea got dropped just after five seasons. Since 2006 the league is made up of 12 teams. The championship was held in one calendar year until 1987, when they switched to autumn-spring format. Interestingly, in the 2003–04 season Austrian top club Hypo Niederösterreich played in the league as a guest team, however, their results did not count towards the final ranking.

As we can see from the chart the number of teams in the Hungarian First Division changed a lot and continuously. The league started in 1951 with four teams and with the formation of teams the league expanded continuously. Currently, there are 12 teams in the first division.

Season	Number of teams
from 1951 to 1952	4 teams
in 1953	6 teams
in 1954	12 team
from 1955 to 1956	4 teams
in 1957	12 teams
from 1958 to 1959	14 teams
from 1960 to 1964	12 teams
from 1965 to 1975	14 teams
from 1976 to 1982	12 teams
from 1983 to 1990-91	14 teams
from 1991-92 to 1994-95	16 teams
from 1995-96 to 1997-98	14 teams
in 1998-99	13 teams
from 1999-00 to 2000-01	12 teams
in 2001-02	11 teams
from 2002-03 to 2003-04	12 teams
from 2004-05 to 2005-06	11 teams
from 2006-07 to present	12 teams

Current format

The current system is composed by twelve teams. The sides play twice against each other in the regular season on a home and on an away leg. The top four teams qualify for the playoffs, where a best-of-three system is used. Teams ranked fifth to ninth and tenth to twelfth decide their final places in a classification round, using a round robin system, playing six additional rounds. According to their final position in the regular season, they awarded bonus points which are added to the points they earn in the postseason. Bottom two teams get relegated.

Current clubs

The following 14 clubs compete in the K&H Liga during the 2016–17 season.

Békéscsaba

Budaörs

DVSC

DKKA

Érd

FKC

Győr

Kisvárda

Mosonmagyaróvár

Siófok

Vác

Budapest

Budapest teams

Ferencváros
Kispest
MTK

Location of the K&H liga 2016–17 teams

Team	Position in 2015–16	Top division titles	Arena
Békéscsabai Előre	11th	0	Városi Sportcsarnok
Budaörs	12th	0	Városi Uszoda, Sportcsarnok és Strand
DVSC	4th	2	Hódos Imre Sportcsarnok
Dunaújvárosi Kohász	5th	5	Városi Sportcsarnok
Érd		0	ÉRD Aréna
Fehérvár KC	6th	0	KÖFÉM Sportcsarnok
Ferencváros		12	Elek Gyula Aréna
Győri ETO		12	Audi Aréna
Kispest	2nd in (NB I/B East) File:Arrow-up.gif	0	Soroksári Sportcsarnok
Kisvárda	1st in (NB I/B East) File:Arrow-up.gif	0	Városi Sportcsarnok
Mosonmagyaróvár	10th	0	Mosonszolnok Sportcsarnok
MTK Budapest	9th	0	Elektromos csarnok
Siófok	8th	0	Kiss Szilárd Sportcsarnok
Vác	7th	0	Városi Sportcsarnok

Previous winners

• 1951 : 20px Csepel
• 1952 : Vörös Meteor
• 1953 : Debreceni Petőfi SK
• 1954 : 20px Csepel (2)
• 1955 : 20px Debreceni VSC
• 1956 : 20px Csepel (3)
• 1957 : 20px Győri ETO
• 1958 : 20px Miskolci VSC
• 1959 : 20px Győri ETO (2)
• 1960 : 20px Bp. Spartacus
• 1961 : 20px Bp. Spartacus (2)
• 1962 : 20px Bp. Spartacus (3)
• 1963 : 20px Bp. Spartacus (4)
• 1964 : 20px Bp. Spartacus (5)
• 1965 : 20px Bp. Spartacus (6)
• 1966 : 20px Ferencváros
• 1967 : 20px Bp. Spartacus (7)

• 1968 : 20px Ferencváros (2)
• 1969 : 20px Ferencváros (3)
• 1970 : Bakony Vegyész
• 1971 : 20px Ferencváros (4)
• 1972 : 20px Vasas
• 1973 : 20px Vasas (2)
• 1974 : 20px Vasas (3)
• 1975 : 20px Vasas (4)
• 1976 : 20px Vasas (5)
• 1977 : 20px Vasas (6)
• 1978 : 20px Vasas (7)
• 1979 : 20px Vasas (8)
• 1980 : 20px Vasas (9)
• 1981 : 20px Vasas (10)
• 1982 : 20px Vasas (11)
• 1983 : 20px Bp. Spartacus (8)
• 1984 : 20px Vasas (12)

• 1985 : 20px Vasas (13)
• 1986 : 20px Bp. Spartacus (9)
• 1987 : 20px Debreceni VSC (2)
• 1988/89 : 20px Építők
• 1989/90 : 20px Építők (2)
• 1990/91 : 20px Hargita KC (3)*
• 1991/92 : 20px Vasas (14)
• 1992/93 : 20px Vasas (15)
• 1993/94 : 20px Ferencváros (5)
• 1994/95 : 20px Ferencváros (6)
• 1995/96 : 20px Ferencváros (7)
• 1996/97 : 20px Ferencváros (8)
• 1997/98 : Dunaferr
• 1998/99 : Dunaferr (2)
• 1999/00 : 20px Ferencváros (9)
• 2000/01 : Dunaferr (3)
• 2001/02 : 20px Ferencváros (10)

• 2002/03 : Dunaferr (4)
• 2003/04 : Dunaferr (5)
• 2004/05 : 20px Győri ETO (3)
• 2005/06 : 20px Győri ETO (4)
• 2006/07 : 20px Ferencváros (11)
• 2007/08 : 20px Győri ETO (5)
• 2008/09 : 20px Győri ETO (6)
• 2009/10 : 20px Győri ETO (7)
• 2010/11 : 20px Győri ETO (8)
• 2011/12 : 20px Győri ETO (9)
• 2012/13 : 20px Győri ETO (10)
• 2013/14 : 20px Győri ETO (11)
• 2014/15 : 20px Ferencváros (12)
• 2015/16 : 20px Győri ETO (12)
• 2016/17
• 2017/18
• 2018/19

Performances

Performance by club

The teams in Bold play in the 2015-16 season of OB I.
The teams in Italics no longer exist.
The teams in neither bold or italics are existing past winners of the championship that relegated to Hungarian lower leagues.

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Winning years
20px Vasas SC	15	1	6	1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1992, 1993
20px Ferencvárosi TC	12	18	10	1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2015
20px Győri ETO KC	12	6	4	1957, 1959, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016
20px Bp. Spartacus SC	9	5	5	1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1983, 1986
Dunaferr NK	5	4	4	1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004
20px Csepel SC	3	2	2	1951, 1954, 1956
20px Hargita KC *	3	2	-	1989, 1990, 1991
20px Debreceni VSC	2	8	4	1955, 1987
Bakony Vegyész	1	5	6	1970
Vörös Meteor SK	1	2	3	1952
20px Miskolci VSC	1	1	-	1958
Debreceni Petőfi SK	1	-	-	1953
20px Goldberger SE	-	6	2	-
Pécsi Bányász	-	1	2	-
Bp. Szikra	-	1	1	-
Testnevelési Főiskola SE	-	1	1	-
Békéscsabai Előre NKSE	-	1	1	-
BHG SE	-	1	-	-
20px Érd	-	-	4	-
Tatabányai Bányász	-	-	2	-
20px Debreceni Építők	-	-	1	-
20px Vörös Lobogó KELTEX	-	-	1	-
20px Vasas Elzett SK	-	-	1	-
Bp. Postás	-	-	1	-
Híradótechnika SK	-	-	1	-
Secotex SE	-	-	1	-
20px Váci NKSE	-	-	1	-
20px Siófok KC	-	-	1	-

Performance by counties

The following table lists the Hungarian women's handball champions by counties of Hungary.

County (megye)	Titles	Winning Clubs
Budapest	43	20px Vasas (15) 20px Ferencváros (12) 20px Bp. Spartacus (9) 20px Csepel (3) 20px Hargita KC* (3) VM Fűszért (1)
Győr-Moson-Sopron	11	20px Győri ETO (11)
Fejér	5	Dunaferr (5)
Hajdú-Bihar	3	20px Debreceni VSC (2) Debreceni Petőfi SK (1)
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén	1	20px Miskolci VSC (1)
Veszprém	1	Bakony Vegyész (1)

• The bolded teams are currently playing in the 2015-16 season of the Hungarian League.

Clubs

Since 1951, clubs have participated in the Hungarian League. Below the list of Hungarian League clubs who have participated in the first division. The club with the most appearances are the 28-time champions Ferencváros, however the club spent three years in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II (Hungarian Second Division) between 2006 and 2009. The only clubs who have never been relegated are Újpest.

57 seasons: Ferencváros 49 seasons: Bp. Spartacus 42 seasons: Vasas 40 seasons: Debreceni VSC, Győri ETOTH 37 seasons: Dunaújvárosi Kohász * 34 seasons: Békéscsabai Előre 28 seasons: Veszprém Barabás * 27 seasons: Testnevelési Főiskola 26 seasons: Csepel, BHG *

24 seasons: Fehérvár 21 seasons: Goldberger, Tatabányai Bányász * 19 seasons: Győri Textiles 18 seasons: BRESC *, Vác 17 seasons: Bp. Postás 14 seasons: Kiskunhalas 13 seasons: Építők SC * 15 seasons: Kaposvár 13 seasons: Bocskai, Budapesti AK, Nyíregyháza, Terézváros 12 seasons: Vörös Meteor 10 seasons: BVSC, Elektromos, Rákospalota, Soroksár, Szolnok 7 seasons: Kecskemét, Miskolc, Postás, Pápa, Szegedi Honvéd

6 seasons: Eger, Phöbus, Somogy 5 seasons: MÚE, MAFC, Sabaria, Szegedi LK, VAC, Veszprém, Vörös Meteor 4 seasons: BKV Előre, MÁVAG, Nagykanizsa, Ózd, Stadler, Szentlőrinc, Turul, Zuglói SE 3 seasons: ESMTK, Kolozsvár, Nagyvárad, Pécsi VSK, Székesfehérvár, Szürketaxi, Tungsram, Typographia, Újvidék 2 seasons: Budapesti SC, Pécs-Baranya, Puskás, Gázszer, Soproni FAC, Szeged, Újpesti MTE, Újpesti Törekvés 1 season: Debreceni Építők, Debreceni Dózsa, Erzsébet, Dunaújváros PASE, Főváros, Ganz, Herminamező, Kassa, Kelenföld, Kőbánya, Kispest, Lampart, Mezőkövesd, Miskolc, Pereces, Soroksár, Szeged LC, Szolnoki Légierő, Testvériség, Tiszakécske, Tokod, Zugló

Notes

• The teams in bold are competing in the 2015–16 season of the Hungarian League.

1 seasons: Vörös Meteor Közért 4 seasons: Csepeli Vasas 1 seasons: Debreceni Építők 1 seasons: Békéscsabai Pamutszövő 1 seasons: Vörös Meteor FÜSZÉRT 1 seasons: Vörös Lobogó KELTEX*

1 seasons: Debreceni Petőfi SK 2 seasons: Miskolci Lokomotív 2 seasons: Vasas Elzett 2 seasons: Szikra Gázművek 2 seasons: Győri Vasas

1 seasons: Vörös Lobogó Pamut 1 seasons: Mechanikai Szövőgyár SE (V. L. Magyar Gyapjúfonó) 1 seasons: V. L. Váci Szövő 1 seasons: Szombathelyi Bőrgyár 1 seasons: Bp. Vörös Meteor

In European competitions

EHF coefficient ranking

For season 2015/2016

• 1.  (1) K&H női kézilabda liga (112.44)
• 2.  (2) Primo Tours Ligaen (100.67)
• 3.  (4) Russian Superliga (84.44)
• 4.  (3) GRUNDIGligaen (68.67)
• 5.  (5) Liga Națională (59.13)

Sesonal Coefficient Ranking Graph.:

Year	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
Rank	3	4	2	2	1	1	2

Hungarian clubs in European competitions

		15px Champions League					19px EHF Cup					19px Challenge Cup					Cup Winners' Cup
		C	Winning year(s)	RU	SF		C	Winning year(s)	RU	SF		C		RU	SF		C	Winning year(s)	RU	SF
20px Győri ETO		2	2013, 2014	3	4		0		4	0		0		0	0		0		1	1
20px Dunaújvárosi Kohász		1	1999	0	2		2	1998, 2016	0	1		0		0	0		1	1995	0	0
20px Vasas		1	1982	4	3		0		1	1		0		1	0		0		1	1
20px Ferencváros		0		2	3		1	2006	0	1		0		0	0		3	1978, 2011, 2012	2	2
20px Debreceni VSC		0		0	1		2	1995, 1996	2	1		0		0	0		0		2	1
20px Fehérvár KC		0		0	0		1	2005	0	2		0		0	0		0		0	0
20px Bp. Spartacus		0		1	2		0		0	2		0		0	0		1	1981	1	0
Bakony Vegyész		0		0	1		0		0	1		0		0	0		0		0	0
20px Építők		0		0	1		0		0	0		0		0	0		0		0	1
20px Érd		0		0	0		0		0	1		0		0	0		0		0	0
20px Szegedi ESK		0		0	0		0		0	0		0		0	1		0		0	0
20px Csepel		0		0	0		0		0	0		0		0	0		0		0	1
TOTAL		4 title		10	17	6 title		7	10	0		1	1	5 title		7	7

Names of the competition

• 2016– : K&H női kézilabda liga (K&H liga)

Broadcasting rights

• M4 Sport

See also

• Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)
• Hungary women's national handball team

References

• The history of the Hungarian Leagues
• Tables, Fixtures, Results, Statistics

External links

• Official Site of the Hungarian Handball Association
• Statistics and IT help for Hungarian Leagues