2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's handball)

The 2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (known as the K&H férfi kézilabda liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 70th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Hungarian premier Handball league.

K&H férfi liga
Season2020–21
Matches played184

Team information edit

As in the previous season, 14 teams played in the 2019–20 season. After the 2019–20 season, Ceglédi KKSE and Vecsés SE were relegated to the 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B. They were replaced by two clubs from the 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B; Orosházi FKSE and Váci KSE.

Team Location Arena Capacity
Balatonfüredi KSE Balatonfüred Balatonfüredi Szabadidőközpont 712
Budakalász FKC Budakalász Budakalászi Sportcsarnok 400
Ceglédi KKSE Cegléd Gál József Sportcsarnok 1,046
Csurgói KK Csurgó Sótonyi László Sportcsarnok 1,200
Dabas KK Dabas OBO Aréna 1,920
DVTK-Eger Eger Kemény Ferenc Sportcsarnok 885
Ferencvárosi TC Budapest, IX. ker Elek Gyula Aréna 1,300
Gyöngyösi KK Gyöngyös Dr. Fejes András Sportcsarnok 1,500
Komlói BSK Komló Komlói Sportközpont 800
Orosházi FKSE Orosháza Eötvös Sportcsarnok 740
SC Pick Szeged Szeged Újszegedi Sportcsarnok 3,600
Tatabánya KC Tatabánya Földi Imre Sportcsarnok 1,000
Veszprém KC Veszprém Veszprém Aréna 5,096
Veszprém KKFT Veszprém Veszprém Aréna 5,096

Personnel and kits edit

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, with their president, head coach, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.

All teams are obligated to have the logo of the league sponsor OTP Bank as well as the Nemzeti Bajnokság I logo on the right sleeve of their shirt. Hungarian national sports betting brand tippmix sponsors all 14 teams of the first league since February 2019, their logo is therefore present on all team kits.

Team President Head coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s)
  Balatonfüred László Csima   László György 2Rule 77 Elektronika, Takarékbank
  Budakalász Gábor Hajdu   István Csoknyai 2Rule
  Cegléd Róbert Kis   Károly Nagy 2Rule Škoda Ceglédi Autóház
  Csurgó János Varga   Alem Toskić hummel PriMont, MenDan****, KLH Masters
  Dabas Csaba Prohászka   Győző Tomori hummel OBO Betterman, Volvo Galéria
  DVTK-Eger Róbert Szabó   Edmond Tóth hummel SBS
  Ferencváros Gábor Kubatov   Attila Horváth Nike my drone space, Lidl, Budapest
  Gyöngyös Zsolt Marczin   Csaba Konkoly hummel B. Braun, HE-DO
  Komlói BSK Szabolcs Szigeti   Bálint Klivinger Zeus Sport36 Komló
  Orosháza Tamás Vájer   Ratko Đurković paua Linamar
  Szeged Nándor Szögi   Juan Carlos Pastor adidas MOL, Pick, OTP Bank
  Tatabánya László Marosi   Vladan Matić Jako Grundfos
  Telekom Veszprém Gábor Kálomista   David Davis 2Rule Veszprém, Telekom, Euroaszfalt
  Veszprémi KKFT József Éles   Csaba Tombor Erima Veszprém, Völgység Agrár

League table edit

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Telekom Veszprém 26 25 1 0 940 616 +324 51 Qualification to the Finals
2 MOL-Pick Szeged 26 23 0 3 893 651 +242 46
3 Grundfos Tatabánya KC 26 17 2 7 723 670 +53 36 Qualification to EHF European League third qualifying round
4 Balatonfüredi KSE 26 15 4 7 739 689 +50 34
5 Csurgói KK 26 13 6 7 708 703 +5 32 Qualification to EHF European League second qualifying round
6 Ferencvárosi TC 26 14 1 11 736 714 +22 29
7 Veszprém KKFT 26 12 1 13 699 727 −28 25
8 SBS-Eger 26 10 3 13 702 790 −88 23
9 Sport36-Komló 26 10 2 14 701 733 −32 22
10 Budakalász Kézilabda Zrt. 26 9 3 14 700 729 −29 21
11 HE-DO B. Braun Gyöngyös 26 9 1 16 691 719 −28 19
12 Dabasi KC VSE 26 3 4 19 633 750 −117 10
13 Ceglédi KKSE 26 4 2 20 612 767 −155 10 Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B
14 Orosházi FKSE - Linamar 26 2 2 22 588 807 −219 6
Updated to match(es) played on September 2021. Source: mksz.hu
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Matches won; 7) Draw (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[1]

Schedule and results edit

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.

Home \ Away BKSE BUD CEG CSKK DAB EGER FTC GYKK KBSK ORO SZEG TAT VESZ VKK
Balatonfüredi KSE 28–26 26–24 39–25 27–23 31–26 42–20 26–35 27–27 29–23
Budakalász FKC 23–23 30–25 24–22 36–28 24–25 34–25 24–33 18–24 36–29
Ceglédi KKSE 26–35 20–30 23–21 26–24 25–27 22–22 22–38 20–48 25–25
Csurgói KK 27–27 28–23 28–19 25–25 29–24 29–26 28–32 33–33 39–33
Dabas KK 17–27 31–24 26–30 21–29 24–26 32–26 27–22 21–27 27–29
DVTK-Eger 30–26 27–24 26–26 28–30 25–26 33–26 21–41 36–33 21–40
Ferencvárosi TC 28–32 30–27 31–19 28–26 33–34 23–26 36–18 29–28
Gyöngyösi KK 28–24 34–31 30–24 26–27 30–30 27–31 30–26 28–23 23–29 25–35 24–27
Komlói BSK 26–30 28–28 28–19 32–27 29–26 33–25 29–37 23–25 30–28
Orosházi FKSE 19–19 21–24 24–29 24–23 22–39 23–36 23–31
SC Pick Szeged 34–22 42–21 30–33 47–27 37–21 24–36 28–25
Tatabánya KC 28–24 27–22 33–16 31–28 24–27 25–24 30–24 35–21
Telekom Veszprém 38–11 35–24 34–19 40–21 38–20 44–28 29–25 26–25 40–31 37–20 27–23 36–20
Veszprém KKFT 26–21 27–19 26–27 33–24 23–25 21–37
Updated to match(es) played on 11 April 2021. Source: Results
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.

Finals edit

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 Game 1 Game 2
Telekom Veszprém (1) 64–68 MOL-Pick Szeged (2) 28–31 36–37
Game 1
2 June 2021 (2021-06-02)
19:00 (CEST)
MOL-Pick Szeged 31 – 28 Telekom Veszprém Városi Sportcsarnok, Szeged
Attendance: 2,100
Referees: Horváth, Marton
Bodó 5 (14–14) Nenadić 7, Nilsson 7
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Game 2
5 June 2021 (2021-06-05)
18:30 (CEST)
Telekom Veszprém 36 – 37 MOL-Pick Szeged Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Bíró, Kiss
Mahé 9 (14–15) Radivojević 6
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MOL-Pick Szeged won the Finals, 68–64 on aggregate.


 2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I
Champion[2] 
MOL-Pick Szeged
4th title
Alilović, Krivokapic, Mikler, Nagy (goalkeepers), Bajus, Bánhidi, Bodó, Bombač, Cañellas, Gaber, Henigman,
Källman (c), Kašpárek, Kecskés, Mačkovšek, Radivojević, Rea, Rosta, Šoštarić, Stepančić, Straňovský, Szilágyi, Tóth, Zhitnikov
Head coach: Juan Carlos Pastor, Assistant coach: Marko Krivokapić

Season statistics edit

Top goalscorers edit

Rank Player Team Goals Matches
1   Ivan Perišić Budakalász 161 26
2   András Koncz Budakalász 137 26
3   Áron Lezák SBS-Eger 134 26
4   Balázs Szöllősi Balatonfüred 132 24
5   Gergő Fazekas Veszprémi KKFT 129 24
6   Bogdan Radivojević Szeged 126 23
7   Mladen Krsmančić Csurgói KK 125 23
8   Bence Nagy FTC 117 25
9   Benedek Éles Veszprémi KKFT 115 19
10    Petar Topic Balatonfüred 112 23

Number of teams by counties edit

Pos. County (megye) No. of teams Teams
1   Pest 3 Budakalász FKC, Ceglédi KKSE and Dabas KK
  Veszprém 3 Balatonfüredi KSE, Telekom Veszprém and Veszprém KKFT Felsőörs
3   Heves 2 SBS Eger and Gyöngyösi KK
3   Baranya 1 Komlói BSK
  Békés 1 Orosházi FKSE
  Budapest (capital) 1 Ferencvárosi TC
  Csongrád 1 MOL-Pick Szeged
  Komárom-Esztergom 1 Tatabánya KC
  Somogy 1 Csurgói KK

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "NB I. Versenykiírás 2020-2021" (in Hungarian). keziszovettseg.hu. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Magyar Kézilabda Szövetség".

External links edit