2003–04 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Nemzeti Bajnokság I
Season	2003–04
Dates	25 July 2003 – 27 May 2004
Champions	Ferencváros
Relegated	Siófok; Haladás
Champions League	Ferencváros
UEFA Cup	Újpest
Intertoto Cup	Debrecen; Sopron
Matches played	192
Goals scored	499 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mihály Tóth (17)
Biggest home win	Zalaegerszeg 7–0 Haladás
Biggest away win	Haladás 0–4 Siófok; Győr 1–5 Debrecen; Ferencváros 0–4 Siófok
Highest scoring	Videoton 6–1 Haladás; Zalaegerszeg 7–0 Haladás; Győr 4–3 Zalaegerszeg
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, also known as NB I, was the 102nd season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league was officially named Arany Ászok Liga for sponsoring reasons. The season started on 25 July 2003 and ended on 27 May 2004.

Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and Ferencvárosi TC won the championship under headcoach Attila Pintér. The green and whites started the season well, winning 9 of their 16 matches of the first half of the campaign. However, the team went on a 4-game losing streak in April, including a blow-out 0-4 loss against Balaton FC at home, and two 1-goal losses to their two biggest rivals, MTK and Újpest. The purple and whites on the other hand won five consecutive games in the same timeframe, and defeated Ferencváros twice within a 3-week period, with the latter being on the penultimate day of the season.

Going into the last gameday, Újpest were leading the table by one point, and looked destined to win their first championship since 1998. Much to their misfortune, they were unable to beat MTK, as the teams drew 1-1, while Ferencváros defeated Debrecen 3-1 in front of 10,000 people at Üllői Út to win their 28th national championship.

First stage

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ferencváros	22	12	8	2	29	15	+14	44	Qualification for championship playoff
2	Siófok	22	12	5	5	24	11	+13	41
3	Debrecen	22	11	6	5	34	17	+17	39
4	MTK Hungária	22	10	8	4	35	21	+14	38
5	Újpest	22	9	8	5	32	22	+10	35
6	Sopron	22	8	7	7	35	28	+7	31
7	Pécs	22	6	9	7	19	21	−2	27	Qualification for relegation playoff
8	Videoton	22	5	8	9	27	37	−10	23
9	Zalaegerszeg	22	5	5	12	24	35	−11	20
10	Győr	22	5	5	12	23	38	−15	20
11	Békéscsaba	22	4	7	11	23	34	−11	19
12	Haladás	22	3	8	11	12	38	−26	17

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	BÉK	DEB	FTC	GYŐ	HAL	MTK	PÉC	SIÓ	SOP	UTE	VID	ZTE
Békéscsaba		1–2	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	3–3	0–1	2–2	3–1
Debrecen	1–0		5–0	1–0	3–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–3	2–0	4–0
Ferencváros	2–0	0–0		4–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–2	0–0
Győr	1–0	1–5	0–1		6–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	2–2	4–3
Haladás	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–0		1–1	0–0	0–4	0–0	0–2	3–0	0–1
MTK Hungária	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0		1–2	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	2–0
Pécs	3–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1		0–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–0
Siófok	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	2–0		0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1
Sopron	2–2	1–3	0–0	1–2	5–0	2–1	3–1	2–1		1–1	5–0	2–1
Újpest	3–1	3–1	1–1	4–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–3		1–2	2–0
Videoton	1–2	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–2		2–2
Zalaegerszeg	2–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	4–0	1–3	0–0	1–1	1–3	2–3	1–1

Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Championship playoff

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ferencváros (C)	32	16	9	7	44	30	+14	57	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Újpest	32	15	11	6	48	29	+19	56	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Debrecen	32	16	8	8	51	32	+19	56	Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
4	Siófok (R)	32	14	8	10	34	24	+10	50	Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II
5	Sopron	32	13	9	10	53	42	+11	48	Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
6	MTK Hungária	32	11	11	10	42	40	+2	44

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	DEB	FTC	MTK	SIÓ	SOP	UTE
Debrecen		3–2	2–2	3–0	1–2	2–0
Ferencváros	3–1		2–0	0–4	3–0	0–1
MTK Hungária	0–1	1–0		0–2	1–2	1–1
Siófok	1–1	2–3	0–0		0–1	0–1
Sopron	2–3	2–2	4–1	3–0		1–1
Újpest	0–2	1–0	5–1	1–1	2–1

Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoff

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	Pécs	32	9	13	10	36	37	−1	40
8	Videoton	32	10	10	12	55	51	+4	40
9	Zalaegerszeg	32	11	6	15	45	47	−2	39
10	Győr	32	10	6	16	36	54	−18	36
11	Békéscsaba	32	8	8	16	36	50	−14	32
12	Haladás (R)	32	4	11	17	19	63	−44	23	Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II

Source: rsssf.com
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BÉK	GYŐ	HAL	PÉC	VID	ZTE
Békéscsaba		2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–3
Győr	3–0		3–2	1–3	0–4	2–1
Haladás	2–1	0–0		1–1	0–2	1–1
Pécs	3–0	0–2	2–0		3–3	1–3
Videoton	1–3	4–1	6–1	3–3		5–0
Zalaegerszeg	3–0	0–1	7–0	2–0	1–0

Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistical leaders

Top goalscorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Mihály Tóth	FC Sopron	17
2	Zoltán Gera	Ferencvárosi TC	11
3	Róbert Waltner	Zalaegerszegi TE	10
4	Péter Bajzát	Debreceni VSC	9
	Zoltán Hercegfalvi	Videoton FC	9
	Béla Kovács	Előre FC Békéscsaba	9
	Zoltán Kovács	Újpest FC	9
	Sándor Torghelle	MTK Budapest FC	9
9	Zsombor Kerekes	Pécsi Mecsek FC	8
9	Attila Tököli	Ferencvárosi TC	8

References

Hungary - List of final tables (RSSSF)