# 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's handball)

The 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (known as the K&H férfi kézilabda liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 68th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Hungarian premier Handball league.

## Team information

As in the previous season, 14 teams played in the 2018–19 season. After the 2017–18 season, Váci KSE and Orosházi FKSE were relegated to the 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B. They were replaced by two clubs from the 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B; Mezőkövesdi KC and Vecsés SE.
| 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 | 875 |
| 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 |
| Mezőkövesdi KC | Mezőkövesd | Városi Sportcsarnok | 850 |
| SC Pick Szeged | Szeged | Újszegedi Sportcsarnok | 3,200 |
| Tatabánya KC | Tatabánya | Földi Imre Sportcsarnok | 1,000 |
| Vecsés SE | Vecsés | Városi Sportcsarnok (Monor) | 1,030 |
| Veszprém KC | Veszprém | Veszprém Aréna | 5,096 |

### Personnel and kits

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, with their president, head coach, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.
| Team | President | Head coach | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor(s) |
| Balatonfüred | László Csima | István Csoknyai | Erima | tippmix, Sennebogen, 77 Elektronika, Kinizsi Bank |
| Budakalász | Gábor Hajdu | Gyula Forgács | adidas | tippmix, CYEB, Vizes Nyolcas |
| Cegléd | István Borsos | László Jakab | 2Rule | tippmix, |
| Csurgó | János Varga | József Bencze | hummel | tippmix, PriMont, Dráva-Coop |
| Dabas | Csaba Prohászka | Győző Tomori | hummel | tippmix, OBO, |
| DVTK-Eger | Róbert Szabó | Edmond Tóth | 2Rule | tippmix, SBS, MátraMetál, Hesi |
| Ferencváros | Gábor Kubatov | Attila Horváth | Nike | tippmix, Budapest |
| Gyöngyös | Zsolt Marczin | Csaba Konkoly | hummel | B. Braun, tippmix, HE-DO |
| Komlói BSK | Szabolcs Szigeti | Bálint Klivinger | Zeus | tippmix, Sport36 Komló |
| Mezőkövesd | Róbert Rapi | Dániel Buday | Erima | tippmixPro |
| Szeged | Nándor Szögi | Juan Carlos Pastor | adidas | MOL, tippmix, Pick, OTP Bank |
| Tatabánya | László Marosi | Vladan Matić | Jako | tippmix, Grundfos |
| Vecsés | Attila Seres | Damir Stojanović | Unit | tippmix, Toyota Kovács, Hotel Stáció, Pátria Takarék |
| Veszprém | Gábor Kálomista | David Davis | hummel | Veszprém, Telekom, tippmix, XIXO |

#### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Mezőkövesd | Péter Drizner | Mutual consent | End of 2017–18 season | Pre-season | Dániel Buday | 1 July 2018 |
| Veszprém | Ljubomir Vranjes | Sacked | 1 October 2018 | 2nd | István Gulyás (caretaker) | 2 October 2018 |
| Vecsés | Károly Nagy | Sacked | 2 October 2018 | 14th | Damir Stojanović | 3 October 2018 |
| Veszprém | István Gulyás | End of caretaker spell | 9 October 2018 | 2nd | David Davis | 9 October 2018 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | MOL-Pick Szeged | 26 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 907 | 656 | +251 | 51 | Qualification to the Finals |
| 2 | Telekom Veszprém | 26 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 908 | 640 | +268 | 46 | Qualification to the Finals |
| 3 | Grundfos Tatabánya KC | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 740 | 637 | +103 | 42 | Qualification to EHF Cup third qualifying round |
| 4 | Balatonfüredi KSE | 26 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 708 | 643 | +65 | 36 | Qualification to EHF Cup third qualifying round |
| 5 | Csurgói KK | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 722 | 689 | +33 | 33 | Qualification to EHF Cup second qualifying round |
| 6 | HE-DO B. Braun Gyöngyös | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 700 | 687 | +13 | 31 | |
| 7 | Ferencvárosi TC | 26 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 695 | 690 | +5 | 22 | |
| 8 | RotaChrom Dabas | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 660 | 708 | −48 | 21 | |
| 9 | Sport36-Komló | 26 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 672 | 744 | −72 | 21 | |
| 10 | DVTK-Eger | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 701 | 779 | −78 | 17 | |
| 11 | CYEB Budakalász | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 644 | 725 | −81 | 16 | |
| 12 | Mezőkövesdi KC | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 625 | 740 | −115 | 15 | |
| 13 | Ceglédi KKSE (R) | 26 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 635 | 761 | −126 | 13 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B |
| 14 | Vecsés SE (R) | 26 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 603 | 821 | −218 | 0 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B |

### 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 | BFKC | CEG | CSKK | DAB | EGER | FTC | GYKK | KBSK | MKC | SZEG | TAT | VECS | VESZ |
| Balatonfüredi KSE | | 28–25 | 30–25 | 26–19 | 26–19 | 32–25 | 25–17 | 27–24 | 35–24 | 28–20 | 29–37 | 26–30 | 31–24 | 29–32 |
| Budakalász FKC | 23–24 | | 28–22 | 22–24 | 23–23 | 25–28 | 27–33 | 20–20 | 25–20 | 25–25 | 28–33 | 22–33 | 27–23 | 27–38 |
| Ceglédi KKSE | 22–28 | 30–33 | | 22–27 | 24–31 | 30–29 | 33–26 | 25–24 | 22–25 | 20–20 | 29–37 | 21–27 | 24–22 | 23–41 |
| Csurgói KK | 26–20 | 36–26 | 35–24 | | 26–26 | 31–27 | 28–25 | 29–26 | 31–29 | 29–24 | 25–36 | 20–28 | 35–24 | 24–31 |
| Dabas KK | 22–28 | 27–23 | 30–25 | 24–27 | | 28–26 | 30–31 | 23–23 | 30–28 | 26–25 | 22–32 | 18–30 | 33–19 | 28–40 |
| DVTK-Eger | 25–27 | 26–30 | 25–20 | 29–29 | 29–25 | | 26–24 | 24–24 | 36–29 | 27–28 | 21–40 | 25–25 | 31–26 | 22–41 |
| Ferencvárosi TC | 31–26 | 32–25 | 28–19 | 31–34 | 22–24 | 30–18 | | 34–21 | 30–20 | 27–19 | 22–35 | 25–29 | 41–31 | 26–27 |
| Gyöngyösi KK | 20–26 | 27–22 | 30–25 | 27–24 | 28–27 | 33–30 | 26–20 | | 32–22 | 29–20 | 22–27 | 24–22 | 33–24 | 23–34 |
| Komlói BSK | 25–31 | 34–24 | 31–27 | 27–27 | 25–24 | 32–30 | 23–18 | 23–24 | | 28–23 | 24–34 | 29–32 | 29–21 | 17–31 |
| Mezőkövesdi KC | 20–32 | 24–24 | 22–24 | 21–36 | 25–23 | 25–24 | 23–22 | 25–35 | 27–28 | | 30–36 | 23–29 | 31–26 | 22–29 |
| SC Pick Szeged | 33–22 | 29–20 | 39–23 | 34–26 | 36–29 | 42–27 | 39–30 | 38–29 | 39–29 | 40–25 | | 34–27 | 38–24 | 25–23 |
| Tatabánya KC | 22–18 | 29–25 | 28–23 | 28–26 | 27–18 | 32–25 | 27–22 | 30–33 | 30–26 | 31–26 | 25–25 | | 32–23 | 26–24 |
| Vecsés SE | 21–30 | 21–28 | 24–25 | 20–31 | 20–24 | 26–35 | 19–25 | 28–31 | 21–25 | 25–30 | 18–37 | 24–34 | | 27–39 |
| Telekom Veszprém | 32–24 | 36–17 | 41–28 | 32–17 | 40–26 | 45–31 | 36–23 | 38–32 | 40–20 | 37–22 | 27–32 | 32–27 | 42–22 | |

## Finals

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 |
| MOL-Pick Szeged (1) | 51–62 | Telekom Veszprém (2) | 24–35 | 27–27 |

### Game 1

| 23 May 2019 (2019-05-23) 18:30 (CEST) | Telekom Veszprém | 35 – 24 | MOL-Pick Szeged | Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,019 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) |
| 23 May 2019 (2019-05-23) 18:30 (CEST) | Gajić 9 | (13–14) | Cañellas 7 | Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,019 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) |
| 23 May 2019 (2019-05-23) 18:30 (CEST) | 1× 7× 1× | Report | 2× 4× | Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,019 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) |

### Game 2

| 26 May 2019 (2019-05-26) 18:00 (CEST) | MOL-Pick Szeged | 27 – 27 | Telekom Veszprém | Városi Sportcsarnok, Szeged Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE) |
| 26 May 2019 (2019-05-26) 18:00 (CEST) | Cañellas, Balogh, Gaber 4 | (14–14) | Štrlek 5 | Városi Sportcsarnok, Szeged Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE) |
| 26 May 2019 (2019-05-26) 18:00 (CEST) | 3× 5× 1× | Report | 6× | Városi Sportcsarnok, Szeged Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE) |
Telekom Veszprém won the Finals, 62–51 on aggregate.
* 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I Champion
* Telekom Veszprém 26th title
* Sterbik, Mikler (goalkeepers), Blagotinšek, Gajić, Ilić, Jamali, Lékai, Mačkovšek, Mahé, Manaskov, Marguč, L. Nagy (c), Nenadić, Nilsson, Štrlek, Terzić, Tønnesen, R. Toft Hansen
* Head coach: David Davis, Assistant coach: Carlos Pérez

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

    As of 19 May 2018.
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals | Matches |
| 1 | Miloš Vujović | Tatabánya | 180 | 26 |
| 2 | Igor Marković | Komlói BSK | 161 | 25 |
| 3 | Gábor Ancsin | Ferencváros | 144 | 24 |
| 4 | Marko Vasić | Csurgó | 122 | 21 |
| 5 | Aleh Astrashapkin | Csurgó | 119 | 24 |
| 6 | Dominik Máthé | Budakalász | 115 | 26 |
| 6 | Ádám Tóth | Budakalász | 115 | 26 |
| 8 | Petar Topić | Balatonfüred | 113 | 26 |
| 9 | Rolandas Bernatonis | DVTK-Eger | 109 | 23 |
| 10 | Srećko Jerković | Komlói BSK | 107 | 24 |

### Attendances

Updated to games played on 19 May 2019. Source: League matches: NB I 2018/2019 Attendance numbers without Final matches.
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | MOL-Pick Szeged | 25,900 | 3,200 (vs. Veszprém) | 1,000 (vs. Mezőkövesd) | 1,992 | +22,74% |
| 2 | Telekom Veszprém | 25,347 | 5,000 (vs. Szeged) | 550 (vs. Komló) | 1,949 | −22,75% |
| 3 | RotaChrom Dabas | 16,650 | 2,000 (two matches) | 800 (vs. Tatabánya) | 1,281 | −1,46% |
| 4 | Grundfos Tatabánya KC | 12,600 | 1,200 (three matches) | 700 (vs. Cegléd) | 969 | +2,87% |
| 5 | HE-DO B. Braun Gyöngyös | 12,200 | 1,400 (two matches) | 600 (four matches) | 938 | +20,10% |
| 6 | Csurgói KK | 10,600 | 1,200 (vs. Szeged) | 500 (vs. Eger) | 815 | +4,35% |
| 7 | Sport36-Komló | 9,900 | 900 (four matches) | 700 (nine matches) | 762 | −7,41% |
| 8 | DVTK-Eger | 9,875 | 875 (five matches) | 500 (two matches) | 760 | +6,84% |
| 9 | Mezőkövesdi KC | 9,207 | 800 (seven matches) | 400 (two matches) | 708 | +15,50%$^1$ |
| 10 | Balatonfüredi KSE | 8,750 | 1,100 (vs. Veszprém) | 250 (vs. Komló) | 673 | +21,48% |
| 11 | Ceglédi KKSE | 7,880 | 880 (vs. Veszprém) | 350 (vs. Tatabánya) | 606 | +15,87% |
| 12 | Ferencvárosi TC | 5,800 | 1000 (vs. Veszprém) | 300 (four matches) | 446 | +7,47% |
| 13 | Vecsés SE | 4,750 | 1,000 (vs. Szeged) | 150 (vs. Budakalász) | 365 | +93,12%$^1$ |
| 14 | CYEB Budakalász | 2,860 | 220 (thirteen matches) | ／ | 220 | +1,38% |
| Total | Total | 162,319 | 5,000 (VESZ vs. SZEG) | 150 (VECS vs. BFKC) | 892 | +5,31% |
* 1: Team played last season in Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B.

### Number of teams by counties

| Pos. | County (megye) | No. of teams | Teams |
| 1 | Pest | 4 | Budakalász FKC, Dabas KK, Ceglédi KKSE and Vecsés SE |
| 2 | Heves | 2 | DVTK-Eger and Gyöngyösi KK |
| 2 | Veszprém | 2 | Balatonfüredi KSE and Telekom Veszprém |
| 4 | Baranya | 1 | Komlói BSK |
| 4 | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | 1 | Mezőkövesdi KC |
| 4 | Budapest (capital) | 1 | Ferencvárosi TC |
| 4 | Csongrád | 1 | MOL-Pick Szeged |
| 4 | Komárom-Esztergom | 1 | Tatabánya KC |
| 4 | Somogy | 1 | Csurgói KK |