# 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.
Pick Szeged won their fifth title.

## Teams
### Team changes

| 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

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

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

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

## Format

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.

## Regular season
### Standings

| 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 | Qualification to the Finals and advance for Champions League group phase |
| 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 |
| 11 | Dabasi KC VSE | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 683 | 762 | −79 | 15 | |
| 12 | NEKA | 26 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 694 | 777 | −83 | 15 | |
| 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 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B |
* ↑ Fejér-B.Á.L. Veszprém qualified for the European League second qualifying round as the 2021–22 Magyar Kupa runners-up.
* 1 2 Dabasi KC VSE is ahead of NEKA on head-to-head results: 52–20.

### Schedule and results

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 | — |

## Finals

| 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

| 3 June 2022 (2022-06-03) 18:45 | Pick Szeged | 28–29 | Telekom Veszprém | Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Hargitai, Markó |
| 3 June 2022 (2022-06-03) 18:45 | three players 5 | (16–15) | Yahia 7 | Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Hargitai, Markó |
| 3 June 2022 (2022-06-03) 18:45 | 1× 3× | Report | 2× 4× | Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Hargitai, Markó |

### Game 2

| 11 June 2021 (2021-06-11) 17:45 | Telekom Veszprém | 29–30 | Pick Szeged | Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,100 Referees: Bócz, Wiedemann |
| 11 June 2021 (2021-06-11) 17:45 | Mahé 7 | (14–14) | Bombač, Rosta 6 | Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,100 Referees: Bócz, Wiedemann |
| 11 June 2021 (2021-06-11) 17:45 | 2× 1× | Report | 2× 3× 1× | Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,100 Referees: Bócz, Wiedemann |
58–58 on aggregate. Pick Szeged won the Finals on away goals.
* 2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I Champion
* 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
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | 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 |

## Hungarian clubs in European competitions

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