2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's handball)

The 2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (known as the K&H férfi kézilabda liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 71st season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top men's handball league in Hungary. A total of fourteen teams contest this season's league, which began on 27 August 2021 and will conclude in 11 June 2022.[1]

Nemzeti Bajnokság I
Season2021–22
Dates27 August 2021 – 11 June 2022
ChampionPick Szeged
5th title
RelegatedSBS-Eger
Kecskeméti TE
Champions LeaguePick Szeged
Telekom Veszprém
European LeagueBalatonfüredi KSE
FTC
Fejér-B.Á.L. Veszprém
Matches played184
Goals scored10,719 (58.26 per match)
Top goalscorerBence Nagy
(171 goals)

Pick Szeged won their fifth title.[2]

Teams edit

Team changes edit

Promoted from
2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B
Relegated from
2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I
NEKA
Kecskeméti TE-Piroska szörp
Ceglédi KKSE
Orosházi FKSE - Linamar

Arenas and locations edit

The following 14 clubs compete in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I during the 2021–22 season:

Team Location Arena Capacity
Balatonfüredi KSE Balatonfüred Szabadidőközpont 712
Budakalász FKC Budakalász Városi Sportcsarnok 400
Csurgói KK Csurgó Sótonyi László Sportcsarnok 1,200
Dabas KK Dabas OBO Aréna 1,920
Eger-Eszterházy SzSE Eger Kemény Ferenc Sportcsarnok 885
Ferencvárosi TC Budapest, IX. ker Elek Gyula Aréna 1,300
Gyöngyösi KK Gyöngyös Dr. Fejes András Sportcsarnok 1,100
Kecskeméti TE Kecskemét Messzi István Sportcsarnok 1,900
Komlói BSK Komló Sportközpont 800
NEKA Balatonboglár NEKA Csarnok 678
SC Pick Szeged Szeged Városi Sportcsarnok
Pick Aréna
3,600
8,143
Tatabánya KC Tatabánya Földi Imre Sportcsarnok
Tatabányai Multifunkcionális Sportcsarnok
1,000
6,200
Veszprém KC Veszprém Veszprém Aréna 5,096
Veszprém KKFT Veszprém Veszprém Aréna
Március 15. úti Sportcsarnok
5,096
2,200
Clubs that play in the 2021–22 SEHA League

Personnel and kits edit

All teams are obligated to have the logo of the Hungarian national sports betting brand Tippmix sponsors since 2015, their logo is therefore present on all team kits.

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Main sponsor
Balatonfüredi KSE   László György   László Kemény 2Rule 77 Elektronika, Takarékbank
Budakalász FKC   István Csoknyai   Dániel Váczi 2Rule
Csurgói KK   Norbert Baranyai   Péter Tatai Hummel PriMont, MenDan****, KLH Masters
Dabas KK   Győző Tomori   Balázs Holló Hummel OBO Bettermann, Volvo Galéria Budapest
Eger-Eszterházy SzSE   Edmond Tóth   Gergő Kiss Hummel SBS
Ferencvárosi TC   Attila Horváth   Bálint Pordán Nike Lidl
Gyöngyösi KK   Ákos Sándor /
  Dániel Kiss
  Tibor Gerdán Hummel B. Braun, HE-DO
Kecskeméti TE   József Bencze   Kempa Piroska szörp, Vitamin360
Komlói BSK   Bálint Kilvinger   Filip Sunajko Zeus Sport36
NEKA   László Sótonyi   Márton Dely Hummel NEKA
SC Pick Szeged   Juan Carlos Pastor   Bence Bánhidi Adidas Pick, OTP Bank, SMP Solutions
Tatabánya KC   Dragan Đukić   Ádám Juhász Jako MOL, Grundfos
Veszprém KC   Momir Ilić   Rasmus Lauge 2Rule Telekom, Euroaszfalt
Veszprém KKFT   József Éles   Mátyás Kristóf Erima Fejér-B.Á.L., Völgység Agrár

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Ref.
Veszprém KC   David Davis Sacked 7 June 2021 Pre-season   Momir Ilić 1 July 2021 [3][4]
Csurgói KK   Alem Toskić Signed by Celje 10 June 2021   Mariano Ortega 14 June 2021 [5][6]
Tatabánya KC   Vladan Matić Resigned 23 October 2021 9th   Jakab Sibalin (caretaker) 23 October 2021 [7]
Csurgói KK   Mariano Ortega Mutual consent 2 November 2021 12th   Norbert Baranyai (caretaker) 2 November 2021 [8]
Tatabánya KC   Jakab Sibalin End of caretaker spell 10th   Dragan Đukić [9]
Veszprém KKFT   Csaba Tombor Sacked 10 March 2022 12th   József Éles (interim) 10 March 2021 [10]
Gyöngyösi KK   Csaba Konkoly 21 March 2022 8th   Ákos Sándor /
  Dániel Kiss (caretaker)
21 March 2021 [11]

Format edit

The competition format for the 2021–22 season consists of 14 teams each playing a total of 26 matches, half at home and half away, After the Regular season, the championship result will be determined in 3-14. placed ranking teams. The teams finishing in 13th and 14th place will be eliminated in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B. 1st and 2nd place in the Regular season will play a rematch based championship final. The career choice for the first match of the final is 2nd place in the regular season.[12]

Regular season edit

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Telekom Veszprém 26 24 2 0 931 687 +244 50 Qualification to the Finals
and advance for Champions League group phase
2 Pick Szeged 26 23 1 2 913 654 +259 47
3 Balatonfüredi KSE 26 17 2 7 806 733 +73 36 Qualification for European League group phase
4 FTC 26 17 0 9 826 776 +50 34 Qualification for European League first qualifying round
5 Grundfos Tatabánya KC 26 15 2 9 774 750 +24 32
6 HE-DO B. Braun Gyöngyös 26 14 1 11 751 759 −8 29
7 Sport36-Komló 26 11 3 12 753 771 −18 25
8 Budakalász FKC 26 10 4 12 696 754 −58 24
9 Csurgói KK 26 11 1 14 659 723 −64 23
10 Fejér-B.Á.L. Veszprém 26 7 2 17 726 789 −63 16 Qualification for European League second qualifying round[a]
11 Dabasi KC VSE 26 6 3 17 683 762 −79 15[b]
12 NEKA 26 7 1 18 694 777 −83 15[b]
13 SBS-Eger (R) 26 4 2 20 716 844 −128 10 Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B
14 Kecskeméti TE-Piroska szörp (R) 26 4 0 22 675 824 −149 8
Source: Hungarian Handball Federation (in Hungarian), Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Goal difference; 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)[13]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Fejér-B.Á.L. Veszprém qualified for the European League second qualifying round as the 2021–22 Magyar Kupa runners-up.
  2. ^ a b Dabasi KC VSE is ahead of NEKA on head-to-head results: 52–20.

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 CSKK DAB EGER FTC GYKK KTE KBSK NEKA SZEG TAT VESZ VKK
Balatonfüredi KSE 34–29 34–25 24–21 38–25 32–33 30–25 33–25 26–31 33–24 23–32 32–22 31–31 37–29
Budakalász FKC 20–20 26–23 31–28 28–27 30–29 37–27 30–29 26–25 30–28 23–38 31–35 26–41 25–25
Csurgói KK 19–29 25–25 22–19 33–34 35–36 26–24 25–22 23–19 26–23 20–33 22–27 21–33 30–28
Dabasi KC VSE 34–37 26–26 22–25 22–23 29–30 28–33 31–25 29–31 29–26 17–38 32–32 21–34 28–21
Eger-Eszterházy SzSE 21–36 23–28 24–27 20–24 26–37 32–36 32–25 30–30 29–29 24–32 28–32 28–36 27–35
Ferencvárosi TC 37–32 30–24 22–20 37–28 43–35 33–28 46–31 34–30 32–28 26–36 26–32 27–30 40–31
Gyöngyösi KK 27–28 31–26 32–31 25–27 33–28 26–23 30–25 25–37 30–25 30–28 30–22 28–36 28–27
Kecskeméti TE 29–35 29–22 29–31 25–24 28–29 24–31 25–29 24–37 27–22 31–34 27–26 20–36 19–28
Komlói BSK 33–35 33–28 29–30 29–29 33–32 33–31 27–27 28–24 27–26 28–38 26–32 28–35 25–24
NEKA 20–29 30–33 29–23 24–23 28–24 25–26 29–35 32–29 28–30 26–31 31–21 24–33 28–25
SC Pick Szeged 41–32 35–26 33–21 39–23 44–29 31–27 36–26 43–20 32–24 40–22 27–21 27–29 38–29
Tatabánya KC 38–27 23–19 32–24 32–26 32–27 33–28 39–35 42–34 30–25 34–23 28–39 23–34 27–27
Veszprém KC 36–29 34–28 34–21 44–29 43–32 39–30 26–22 42–24 39–24 49–32 26–26 37–28 37–33
Veszprém KKFT 26–30 26–19 25–31 29–34 32–27 28–32 28–29 26–25 34–31 29–32 23–42 33–31 25–37
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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Telekom Veszprém 58–58 (a) Pick Szeged 28–29 29–30

Game 1 edit

3 June 2022 (2022-06-03)
18:45
Pick Szeged 28–29 Telekom Veszprém Pick Aréna, Szeged
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Hargitai, Markó
three players 5 (16–15) Yahia 7
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Game 2 edit

11 June 2021 (2021-06-11)
17:45
Telekom Veszprém 29–30 Pick Szeged Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém
Attendance: 5,100
Referees: Bócz, Wiedemann
Mahé 7 (14–14) Bombač, Rosta 6
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58–58 on aggregate. Pick Szeged won the Finals on away goals.



 2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I
Champion[2] 
Pick Szeged
5th title
Alilović, Krivokapic, Mikler (goalkeepers), Bánhidi (c), Blonz, Bodó, Bombač, Frimmel, Gaber, Garciandia, Hegedűs, Henigman,
Ludmán, Mačkovšek, Martins, Radivojević, Radvánszki, Rea, Rosta, Šoštarić, Stepančić, Szilágyi, Tønnesen, Varga
Head coach: Juan Carlos Pastor, Assistant coach: Marko Krivokapić

Season statistics edit

Top goalscorers edit

Rank Player Club Goals[14] Shots %
1   Bence Nagy FTC 171 275 63
2   Balázs Szöllősi Balatonfüred 158 247 64
3   Gábor Ancsin Tatabánya 141 217 65
4   Benedek Éles Veszprémi KKFT 140 232 61
5   Mitar Markez Gyöngyös 137 199 69
6    Petar Topic Balatonfüred 136 181 76
7   Gergő Fazekas Veszprémi KKFT 117 156 75
8   Mladen Krsmančić Csurgó 116 162 72
9    Srećko Jerković Komló 115 184 63
10   Gergő Kovács NEKA 113 177 64

Number of teams by counties and regions edit

Number of teams by counties
Pos. County (megye) No. of teams Teams
1   Veszprém 3 Balatonfüredi KSE, Veszprém KC and Veszprém KKFT
2   Heves 2 Eger-Eszterházy SzSE and Gyöngyösi KK
  Pest 2 Budakalász FKC and Dabas KK
  Somogy 2 Csurgói KK and NEKA
5   Baranya 1 Komlói BSK
  Bács-Kiskun 1 Kecskeméti TE
  Budapest 1 Ferencvárosi TC
  Csongrád-Csanád 1 SC Pick Szeged
  Komárom-Esztergom 1 Tatabánya KC
Number of teams by regions
Transdanubia Central Hungary Great Plain and North
7 Team 3 Team 4 Team

Hungarian clubs in European competitions edit

Competition Team Progress Result Total W–D–L
EHF
Champions
League
Pick Szeged Play-offs vs   SG Flensburg-Handewitt (L) 9-3-4
Group phase 3rd of 8 teams (8-3-3)
Telekom Veszprém Bronze medal match vs   THW Kiel (L) - p 10-3-7
Semifinal vs   Łomża Vive Kielce (L)
Quarter-finals vs   Aalborg Håndbold (W)
Play-offs vs   RK Vardar (W)
Group phase 4th of 8 teams (8-1-5)
European League Grundfos Tatabánya KC Group phase 6th of 6 teams (3-0-7) 3-0-7
Balatonfüredi KSE Qualification Round 1 vs   HK Malmö (L) 1-0-1
Csurgói KK Qualification Round 1 vs   HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța (L) 0-0-2

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "FÉRFI KÉZILABDA NB I, 2021–2022". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 24 August 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Őrületes finálé: a Szeged az utolsó másodpercben nyerte meg a bajnokságot!". nso.hu. 11 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Férfi kézi: David Davist menesztette a Veszprém – hivatalos". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 7 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Férfi kézilabda: Momir Ilics a Veszprém új vezetőedzője – hivatalos". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 2 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Férfi kézi: a Celjében folytatja a Csurgó vezetőedzője – hivatalos". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 10 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Férfi kézi: Spanyolországból érkezik a Csurgó új vezetőedzője". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 14 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Férfi kézi: már nem Matics a Tatabánya vezetőedzője". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 23 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Férfi kézilabda: távozott a Csurgó vezetőedzője". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 2 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Férfi kézi: Dragan Djukics a Tatabánya új vezetőedzője – hivatalos". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 2 November 2021.
  10. ^ "Férfi kézi: Danyi Gábor segít a Fejér-B.Á.L. Veszprémnek". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 10 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Férfi kézi NB I: szerződést bontottak Konkoly Csabával". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 21 March 2022.
  12. ^ "NB I-ES VERSENYKIÍRÁS A 2021/2022-ES IDÉNYRE". MKSZ (in Hungarian). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Magyarország Kézilabda Nemzeti Bajnokság férfi és női 2021-2022. évi I. osztály Versenykiírása" (PDF). nso.hu (in Hungarian). MKSZ. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  14. ^ MKSZ Versenyek NB I Férfi- Alapszakasz Statisztika (Góllövő lista, Lövőstatisztika) 2021/22

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