# 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's handball)

The 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (known as the K&H férfi kézilabda liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 67th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Hungarian premier Handball league.

## Teams

As in the previous season, 14 teams played in the 2017–18 season. After the 2016–17 season, Balmazújvárosi KK and Mezőkövesdi KC were relegated to the 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B. They were replaced by two clubs from the 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B, Ferencvárosi TC and Dabas KK.
| 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 VSE KC | Dabas | OBO Aréna | 1,920 |
| Eger-Eszterházy SzSE | 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 |
| Orosházi FKSE | Orosháza | Eötvös Sportcsarnok | 900 |
| SC Pick Szeged | Szeged | Újszegedi Sportcsarnok | 3,200 |
| Tatabánya KC | Tatabánya | Földi Imre Sportcsarnok | 1,000 |
| Váci KSE | Vác | Városi Sportcsarnok | 800 |
| Veszprém KC | Veszprém | Veszprém Aréna | 5,096 |

### Personnel and kits

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2017–18 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, Swietelsky |
| Cegléd | István Borsos | László Jakab | hummel | tippmix |
| Csurgó | János Varga | József Bencze | hummel | tippmix, PriMont, Dráva-Coop |
| Dabas | Csaba Prohászka | Győző Tomori | hummel | tippmix, OBO, |
| Eger-Eszterházy | Róbert Szabó | Edmond Tóth | hummel | tippmix, SBS, Hesi, Eger |
| Ferencváros | Gábor Kubatov | Attila Horváth | Nike | tippmix, Budapest |
| Gyöngyös | Zsolt Marczin | Csaba Konkoly | Salming | B. Braun, tippmix, HE-DO |
| Komlói BSK | Szabolcs Szigeti | Bálint Klivinger | Zeus | tippmix, Sport36 Komló |
| Orosháza | Tamás Vájer | Botond Bakó | Kappa | tippmix, Linamar |
| Szeged | Nándor Szögi | Juan Carlos Pastor | adidas | MOL, tippmix, Pick, OTP Bank, Protocall |
| Tatabánya | László Marosi | Vladan Matić | Jako | tippmix, Grundfos |
| Vác | Dr. Attila Schoffer | László Skaliczki | adidas | tippmix |
| Veszprém | Gábor Kálomista | Ljubomir Vranjes | hummel | Veszprém, Telekom, tippmix, XIXO |

#### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Veszprém | Xavi Sabaté | End of contract | End of 2016–17 season | Pre-season | Ljubomir Vranjes | 1 July 2017 |
| Gyöngyös | Tibor Nigrinyi | Mutual consent | End of 2016–17 season | Pre-season | Csaba Konkoly | 1 July 2017 |
| Budakalász | Attila Horváth | Working as a consultant | 27 September 2017 | 6th | Gyula Forgács | 28 September 2017 |
| Csurgó | László Sótonyi | Resigned | 16 October 2017 | 10th | József Bencze (caretaker) | 17 October 2017 |
| Ferencváros | Gábor Adorján | Mutual consent | 11 December 2017 | 14th | Attila Horváth | 11 December 2017 |
| Orosháza | Dániel Buday | Sacked | 21 December 2017 | 14th | Botond Bakó | 27 December 2017 |
| Vác | Péter Gúnya | Working as a consultant | 27 December 2017 | 13th | László Skaliczki | 1 January 2018 |
| Cegléd | Károly Nagy | Mutual consent | 31 December 2017 | 10th | László Jakab | 1 January 2018 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Telekom Veszprém | 26 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 906 | 566 | +340 | 50 | Qualification to the Finals |
| 2 | MOL-Pick Szeged | 26 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 854 | 632 | +222 | 46 | Qualification to the Finals |
| 3 | Grundfos Tatabánya KC | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 722 | 622 | +100 | 42 | Qualification to EHF Cup third qualifying round |
| 4 | Balatonfüredi KSE | 26 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 718 | 651 | +67 | 40 | Qualification to EHF Cup third qualifying round |
| 5 | Sport36-Komló | 26 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 632 | 665 | −33 | 26 | Qualification to EHF Cup second qualifying round |
| 6 | Csurgói KK | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 684 | 717 | −33 | 25 | |
| 7 | CYEB Budakalász | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 730 | 756 | −26 | 24 | |
| 8 | Dabas VSE KC | 26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 628 | 730 | −102 | 20 | |
| 9 | Eger SBS Eszterházy | 26 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 613 | 673 | −60 | 19 | |
| 10 | Ceglédi KKSE | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 589 | 668 | −79 | 17 | |
| 11 | B. Braun Gyöngyös | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 638 | 716 | −78 | 17 | |
| 12 | Ferencvárosi TC | 26 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 647 | 747 | −100 | 16 | |
| 13 | Váci KSE (R) | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 646 | 726 | −80 | 16 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B |
| 14 | Orosházi FKSE- LINAMAR (R) | 26 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 600 | 738 | −138 | 6 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B |
* 1 2 Ceglédi KKSE is ahead of B. Braun Gyöngyös on head-to-head results: Cegléd–Gyöngyös 24–22, Gyöngyös–Cegléd 24–27.
* 1 2 Ferencvárosi TC is ahead of Váci KSE on head-to-head results: FTC–Vác 24–23, Vác–FTC 26–28.

### 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 | OROS | SZEG | TAT | VÁC | VESZ |
| Balatonfüredi KSE | | 30–26 | 34–23 | 23–21 | 33–23 | 32–21 | 30–21 | 34–26 | 25–23 | 30–21 | 26–27 | 23–19 | 26–24 | 25–39 |
| Budakalász FKC | 29–25 | | 18–18 | 25–25 | 27–29 | 30–28 | 39–33 | 25–26 | 30–28 | 30–29 | 26–33 | 25–29 | 29–24 | 25–44 |
| Ceglédi KKSE | 15–21 | 26–30 | | 21–27 | 20–21 | 17–17 | 34–24 | 24–22 | 25–30 | 25–19 | 26–30 | 22–26 | 25–25 | 23–29 |
| Csurgói KK | 24–34 | 34–32 | 36–27 | | 34–24 | 22–20 | 33–31 | 34–27 | 22–22 | 29–28 | 25–36 | 23–26 | 25–26 | 19–33 |
| Dabas VSE KC | 24–30 | 34–31 | 24–24 | 32–30 | | 20–23 | 27–28 | 23–22 | 19–23 | 33–21 | 24–34 | 26–26 | 24–25 | 21–39 |
| Eger-Eszterházy SzSE | 17–24 | 29–26 | 20–21 | 25–26 | 31–25 | | 26–21 | 25–21 | 25–26 | 27–25 | 24–33 | 24–28 | 23–21 | 26–31 |
| Ferencvárosi TC | 36–39 | 23–27 | 23–21 | 27–29 | 22–23 | 30–25 | | 22–27 | 22–19 | 18–18 | 22–36 | 19–28 | 24–23 | 26–31 |
| Gyöngyösi KK | 24–31 | 30–30 | 24–27 | 27–27 | 30–24 | 20–23 | 26–26 | | 26–26 | 26–25 | 33–33 | 20–23 | 27–33 | 18–31 |
| Komlói BSK | 23–25 | 27–26 | 15–23 | 23–22 | 25–26 | 24–18 | 28–22 | 25–21 | | 26–20 | 27–37 | 25–28 | 29–24 | 24–32 |
| Orosházi FKSE | 22–27 | 26–29 | 22–18 | 32–27 | 23–26 | 25–28 | 22–25 | 23–33 | 24–25 | | 20–36 | 27–33 | 29–29 | 21–40 |
| SC Pick Szeged | 31–21 | 35–35 | 34–18 | 32–24 | 39–21 | 32–15 | 34–25 | 36–18 | 38–24 | 35–21 | | 28–25 | 35–21 | 21–30 |
| Tatabánya KC | 27–18 | 32–30 | 28–23 | 27–20 | 32–18 | 35–28 | 37–29 | 23–20 | 31–21 | 20–18 | 24–22 | | 33–25 | 28–31 |
| Váci KSE | 25–26 | 24–25 | 28–28 | 26–31 | 24–20 | 27–26 | 26–28 | 24–25 | 22–27 | 26–19 | 26–35 | 29–29 | | 18–36 |
| Telekom Veszprém | 40–26 | 35–25 | 41–15 | 31–15 | 34–17 | 31–19 | 39–20 | 39–19 | 32–17 | 37–20 | 31–32 | 28–25 | 42–21 | |

## Finals

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 |
| Telekom Veszprém (1) | 57–58 | MOL-Pick Szeged (2) | 28–32 | 29–26 |

### Game 1

| 12 May 2018 (2018-05-12) 13:00 (CEST) | MOL-Pick Szeged | 32 – 28 | Telekom Veszprém | Városi Sportcsarnok, Szeged Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Herczeg, Südi |
| 12 May 2018 (2018-05-12) 13:00 (CEST) | Sigurmannsson 6 | (16–13) | Manaskov 6 | Városi Sportcsarnok, Szeged Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Herczeg, Südi |
| 12 May 2018 (2018-05-12) 13:00 (CEST) | 3× 5× | Report | 3× 2× | Városi Sportcsarnok, Szeged Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Herczeg, Südi |

### Game 2

| 20 May 2018 (2018-05-20) 15:00 (CEST) | Telekom Veszprém | 29 – 26 | MOL-Pick Szeged | Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Herczeg, Südi |
| 20 May 2018 (2018-05-20) 15:00 (CEST) | Tønnesen 5 | (14–17) | Bodó 7 | Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Herczeg, Südi |
| 20 May 2018 (2018-05-20) 15:00 (CEST) | 3× 5× 1× | Report | 2× 5× | Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Herczeg, Südi |
MOL-Pick Szeged won the Finals, 58–57 on aggregate.
* 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I Champion
* MOL-Pick Szeged 3rd title
* Sierra, Šego, M. Nagy (goalkeepers), Zs. Balogh, Bánhidi, Bodó, Blažević, Buntić, B. Fekete, M. Hegedűs, Gaber, Gorbok, Källman (c), Pedro Rodríguez, Sigurmannsson, Skube, Sunajko, Šoštarič, Sršen, Thiagus Petrus, Zhitnikov, Zubai
* Head coach: Juan Carlos Pastor, Assistant coach: Marko Krivokapić

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

    As of 8 May 2018.
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals | Matches |
| 1 | Marko Vasić | Csurgó | 173 | 26 |
| 2 | Bence Nagy | Budakalász | 170 | 26 |
| 3 | Miloš Vujović | Tatabánya | 142 | 26 |
| 4 | Stefán Rafn Sigurmannsson | Szeged | 132 | 25 |
| 5 | Srećko Jerković | Komlói BSK | 120 | 24 |
| 6 | József Holpert | Vác | 118 | 26 |
| 7 | Igor Marković | Komlói BSK | 117 | 25 |
| 8 | Emil Berggren | Budakalász | 107 | 22 |
| 9 | Inal Aflitulin | Eger | 105 | 23 |
| 10 | Richárd Bodó | Szeged | 103 | 23 |

### Attendances

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Telekom Veszprém | 32,800 | 5,000 (vs. Szeged) | 1,500 (three matches) | 2,523 | +39,01% |
| 2 | MOL-Pick Szeged | 21,100 | 3,200 (vs. Veszprém) | 500 (vs. Vác) | 1,623 | +12,16% |
| 3 | Dabas VSE KC | 16,900 | 2,300 (vs. Veszprém) | 1,000 (vs. Balatonfüred) | 1,300 | +151,45%$^1$ |
| 4 | Grundfos Tatabánya KC | 12,250 | 1,200 (two matches) | 700 (vs. Gyöngyös) | 942 | +9,28% |
| 5 | Sport36-Komló | 10,700 | 900 (five matches) | 700 (two matches) | 823 | −4,19% |
| 6 | Csurgói KK | 10,150 | 1,200 (vs. Veszprém) | 600 (three matches) | 781 | +12,86% |
| 6 | B. Braun Gyöngyös | 10,150 | 1,300 (vs. Veszprém) | 600 (three matches) | 781 | +1,56% |
| 8 | Eger SBS Eszterházy | 9,240 | 875 (vs. Veszprém) | 600 (two matches) | 711 | −9,31% |
| 9 | Balatonfüredi KSE | 7,200 | 800 (vs. Veszprém) | 400 (three matches) | 554 | −1,95% |
| 10 | Ceglédi KKSE | 6,800 | 900 (vs. Veszprém) | 300 (vs. Komlói BSK) | 523 | −17,12% |
| 11 | Ferencvárosi TC | 5,400 | 1,000 (vs. Veszprém) | 200 (two matches) | 415 | +109,60%$^1$ |
| 12 | Váci KSE | 4,600 | 500 (vs. Veszprém) | 300 (six matches) | 354 | −8,76% |
| 13 | Orosházi FKSE- LINAMAR | 4,050 | 350 (nine matches) | 200 (three matches) | 312 | −7,69% |
| 14 | CYEB Budakalász | 2,820 | 220 (eleven matches) | 200 (two matches) | 217 | −1,36% |
| Total | Total | 154,160 | 5,000 (VESZ vs. SZEG) | 200 (seven matches) | 847 | +12,33% |
Updated to games played on 7 May 2018. Source: League matches: NB I 2017/2018 Attendance numbers without playoff matches.

#### Notes

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 VSE KC, Ceglédi KKSE and Váci KSE |
| 2 | Heves | 2 | Eger-Eszterházy SzSE and Gyöngyösi KK |
| 2 | Veszprém | 2 | Balatonfüredi KSE and Telekom Veszprém |
| 4 | Baranya | 1 | Komlói BSK |
| 4 | Békés | 1 | Orosházi FKSE |
| 4 | Budapest (capital) | 1 | Ferencvárosi TC |
| 4 | Csongrád | 1 | MOL-Pick Szeged |
| 4 | Komárom-Esztergom | 1 | Tatabánya KC |
| 4 | Somogy | 1 | Csurgói KK |