2009–10 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Nemzeti Bajnokság I
Season	2009–10
Dates	24 July 2009 – 23 May 2010
Champions	Debrecen
Relegated	Nyíregyháza; Diósgyőr
Champions League	Debrecen
Europa League	Videoton; Győr; Zalaegerszeg
Matches played	240
Goals scored	706 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nemanja Nikolic (18)
Biggest home win	Kecskemet 5–1 Vasas; Nyíregyháza 5–1 Vasas; MTK Hungária 4–0 Kaposvár; Debreceni VSC 5–1 Kaposvár
Biggest away win	Nyíregyháza 0–4 Zalaegerszegi
Highest scoring	Kecskemet 3–6 Fehérvár; MTK Hungária 4–5 Újpest FC
Longest winning run	Debrecen; (8 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Videoton; (19 games)
Longest winless run	Nyíregyháza; (12 games)
Longest losing run	Diósgyőr, Kaposvár; (6 games each)
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, also known as NB I, was the 108th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league was officially named Soproni Liga for sponsorship reasons. The season began on 24 July 2009 and ended on 23 May 2010. Debrecen were the defending champions, and they defended their title.

Promotion and relegation from 2008–09

BFC Siófok and Rákospalotai EAC finished the season in the last two places and thus were relegated to their respective NB II divisions. Siófok ended a two-year stint in Hungary's highest football league while Rákospalota were relegated after four years.

Promotion to the league was achieved by the champions of the NB II Eastern Division, Ferencvárosi TC and by the runners-up of the Western Division, Lombard-Pápa TFC. Both teams return to the National Division after three-year absences. Lombard-Pápa capitalized on the denial of a NB I license for Western Division champions Gyirmót SE.^[2]

Overview

Debreceni VSC won their fifth title in six years, and their third under András Herczeg. The club started off the season by losing their first league game since March, after a 1-0 defeat at Diósgyőr. DVSC then went on an 8-game winning streak, but lost three consecutive games in October including a 3-0 defeat to title-contenderd Videoton, and were placed second, 2 points off of Videoton by half-time. The club from Fehérvár only suffered two losses throughout the autumn part of the campaign, and went on an 18-game unbeaten run in the league.

MTK ended Videoton's unbeaten streak in May, defeating them 1-0 in Fehérvár. The following week Debrecen defeated Videoton 3-2, and were 6 points clear off of their western counterparts, with three games to go. Some hope was restored in Vidi's title-aspirations, as DVSC suffered a 2-1 loss at Újpest in Gameweek 28, while Videoton shut out Vasas 3-0. Going into the last gameday, the teams were just separated by just one point. Videoton lost in their arch-rivals' home, as Győri ETO beat them 1-0, meaning that despite DVSC's defeat at Kecskemét of the same scoreline, the railway team successfully defended their championship.

Stadia and locations

Budapest

Budapest teams:
Ferencváros
Honvéd
MTK
Újpest
Vasas

Location of teams in Hungarian National Championship I 2009–10

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Budapest Honvéd FC	Budapest	Bozsik József Stadion	10,000
Debreceni VSC	Debrecen	Stadion Oláh Gábor Út	9,640
Diósgyőri VTK	Miskolc	DVTK Stadion	11,000
Ferencvárosi TC	Budapest	Stadion Albert Flórián	18,100
Győri ETO FC	Győr	ETO Park	16,000
Kaposvári Rákóczi FC	Kaposvár	Stadion Rákóczi	7,000
Kecskeméti TE	Kecskemét	Széktói Stadion	6,300
Lombard-Pápa TFC	Pápa	Stadion Várkerti	4,500
MTK Budapest FC	Budapest	Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium	7,700
Nyíregyháza Spartacus	Nyíregyháza	Városi Stadion	10,000
Paksi SE	Paks	Stadion PSE	4,950
Szombathelyi Haladás	Szombathely	Stadion Rohonci Út	12,000
Újpest FC	Budapest	Szusza Ferenc Stadium	13,501
Vasas SC	Budapest	Stadion Rudolf Illovszky	12,000
Videoton FC	Székesfehérvár	Stadion Sóstói	15,000
Zalaegerszegi TE	Zalaegerszeg	ZTE Arena	9,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Budapest Honvéd	George F. Hemingway	Tibor Sisa	Nike
Debreceni VSC	Sándor Szilágyi	András Herczeg	adidas	Teva
Diósgyőri VTK	Imre Dlusztus	Zoltán Aczél	Erreà	Jánosik és TSA.
Videoton FC	Sándor Berzi	György Mezey	Nike	Máltai Szeretetszolgálat
Ferencváros	Terry Robinson	Bobby Davison	Nike	Unibet
Győri ETO	Csaba Tarsoly	Attila Pintér	adidas	Quaestor
Kaposvári Rákóczi FC	Kálmán Torma	László Prukner	Givova	Regáli Klíma
Kecskeméti TE	Pál Rózsa, János Versegi	Aurél Csertői	Jako	Ereco
Lombard-Pápa	Péter Bíró	György Véber	Jako	Lombard
MTK Hungária FC	László Domonyai	József Garami	Nike	fotex
Nyíregyháza Spartacus	Ferenc Karakó	Lázár Szentes	Jako
Paksi SE	János Süli	Imre Gellei	Jako	MvM Paksi Atomerőmű
Szombathelyi Haladás	Béla Illés	Antal Róth	Legea	Contact Zrt.
Újpest FC	István Csehi	Willie McStay	Puma	Birdland Golf & SPA Resort
Vasas SC	János Jámbor	Géza Mészöly	Lancast
Zalaegerszegi TE	Ferenc Nagy	János Csank	mass

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Budapest Honvéd	Tibor Sisa		23 October 2009
Ferencvárosi TC	Bobby Davison	Sacked	30 October 2009	Craig Short	30 November 2009

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Debrecen (C)	30	20	2	8	63	37	+26	62	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Videoton	30	18	7	5	59	31	+28	61	Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
3	Győr	30	15	12	3	38	18	+20	57	Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
4	Újpest	30	17	4	9	48	39	+9	55
5	Zalaegerszeg	30	15	8	7	59	45	+14	53	Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
6	MTK Budapest	30	12	7	11	52	41	+11	43
7	Ferencváros	30	10	11	9	34	35	−1	41
8	Haladás	30	10	9	11	46	49	−3	39
9	Budapest Honvéd	30	9	11	10	38	35	+3	38
10	Kecskemét	30	10	7	13	50	56	−6	37
11	Lombard-Pápa	30	10	5	15	39	52	−13	35
12	Kaposvár	30	8	8	14	38	50	−12	32
13	Vasas	30	8	7	15	39	61	−22	31
14	Paks	30	7	10	13	31	44	−13	31
15	Nyíregyháza (R)	30	6	9	15	41	60	−19	27	Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II
16	Diósgyőr (R)	30	4	5	21	31	56	−25	17	Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd overall wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Winners of 2009–10 Hungarian Cup, Debrecen, qualified for the Champions League, that means the losing finalists Zalaegerszeg will qualify to the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

Results

Home \ Away	HON	DEB	DIÓ	FTC	GYŐ	HAL	KAP	KEC	LOP	MTK	NYÍ	PAK	UTE	VAS	VID	ZTE
Budapest Honvéd		1–2	4–2	2–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–1	1–3	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–3	0–0	0–1
Debrecen	2–1		3–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	5–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–2	3–0	3–2	5–3
Diósgyőr	1–2	1–0		0–1	0–1	1–3	1–3	4–1	3–0	2–5	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–1
Ferencváros	0–0	1–0	0–3^[a]		1–0	2–1	0–0	3–2	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	4–1
Győr	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–1		1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1
Haladás	2–2	0–2	2–1	0–0	1–2		2–1	3–3	4–2	2–4	2–0	4–0	1–0	0–1	4–3	1–1
Kaposvár	1–0	4–4	2–2	0–0	1–3	3–0		2–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–3	1–1
Kecskemét	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–3	3–1		2–2	2–5	2–2	1–1	2–1	5–1	3–6	2–2
Lombard-Pápa	0–3	1–5	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–3	3–1	2–0		0–1	5–1	1–0	1–0	4–1	0–1	1–2
MTK Budapest	2–1	2–3	4–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	4–0	0–1	0–0		4–0	1–1	4–5	2–3	2–2	1–0
Nyíregyháza	0–1	0–3	1–1	3–1	1–3	3–3	2–1	2–3	3–1	1–1		1–1	2–2	5–1	2–3	0–4
Paks	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	0–2	1–0		1–0	2–2	1–2	1–2
Újpest	0–1	2–1	4–1	2–1	0–3	3–1	2–1	3–1	0–3	3–2	3–1	3–2		1–0	0–1	2–1
Vasas	2–2	2–4	1–0	3–2	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	2–3	3–1	1–2		2–4	2–3
Videoton	2–0	3–0	3–2	0–0	0–0	4–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–0		1–2
Zalaegerszeg	0–1	4–1	3–0	3–3	1–1	3–0	0–3	3–2	3–0	1–0	4–3	2–1	1–4	4–1	2–2

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

^ The match was abandoned in the 70th minute with Diósgyőri VTK leading 3–1 due to a pitch invasion by drunk and drug-affected Ferencváros fans. The match was awarded to Diósgyőri VTK with 3–0.^[3]

Top goalscorers

Including matches played on 18 May 2010; Source: MLSZ (Click on "Góllövő lista")

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Nemanja Nikolić	Kaposvári Rákóczi FC / Videoton FC	18
2	Andre Alves	Videoton FC	15
3	Péter Kabát	Újpest FC	14
	Artjoms Rudņevs	Zalaegerszegi TE	14
	Adamo Coulibaly	Debreceni VSC	14
6	János Lázok	Vasas SC	13
7	Tibor Montvai	Kecskeméti TE	12
7	Tarmo Kink	Győri ETO	12
9	Attila Tököli	Paksi SE	11
10	Fouad Bouguerra	Nyíregyháza Spartacus	10
10	Péter Czvitkovics	Debreceni VSC	10