# 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's handball)

The 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (known as the K&H férfi kézilabda liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 66th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Hungarian premier Handball league.

## Team information

The following 14 clubs compete in the NB I during the 2016–17 season:
| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity |
| Balatonfüredi KSE | Balatonfüred | Balatonfüredi Szabadidőközpont | 712 |
| Balmazújvárosi KK | Balmazújváros | Kőnig Rendezvényközpont | 880 |
| Budakalász FKC | Budakalász | Budakalászi Sportcsarnok | 400 |
| Ceglédi KKSE | Cegléd | Gál József Sportcsarnok | 1,046 |
| Csurgói KK | Csurgó | Sótonyi László Sportcsarnok | 1,200 |
| Eger-Eszterházy SzSE | Eger | Kemény Ferenc Sportcsarnok | 875 |
| Gyöngyösi KK | Gyöngyös | Dr. Fejes András Sportcsarnok | 1,500 |
| Komlói BSK | Komló | Komlói Sportközpont | 800 |
| Mezőkövesdi KC | Mezőkövesd | Városi Sportcsarnok | 850 |
| 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 2016–17 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 | tippmixPro, Sennebogen, 77 Elektronika, Kinizsi Bank |
| Balmazújváros | Sándor Király | Tamás Tréki | adidas | tippmixPro, König-Trade Kft., Thermal Hotel Balmaz |
| Budakalász | Gábor Hajdu | Attila Horváth | adidas | Swietelsky, tippmixPro |
| Cegléd | István Borsos | István Kökény | Erima | tippmixPro |
| Csurgó | János Varga | László Sótonyi | hummel | tippmixPro, PriMont, Dráva-Coop |
| Eger-Eszterházy | Róbert Szabó | Edmond Tóth | Erima | tippmixPro, SBS, Eger |
| Gyöngyös | Zsolt Marczin | Tibor Nigrinyi | Salming | B. Braun, tippmixPro, HE-DO |
| Komlói BSK | Szabolcs Szigeti | Bálint Klivinger | Zeus | tippmixPro, Sport36 Komló |
| Mezőkövesd | Róbert Rapi | Pál Janó | Erima | tippmixPro, Mezőkövesd Önkormányzata |
| Orosháza | Tamás Vájer | Dániel Buday | Kappa | tippmixPro, Linamar |
| Szeged | Nándor Szögi | Juan Carlos Pastor | adidas | tippmixPro, MOL, Pick, OTP Bank |
| Tatabánya | László Marosi | Vladan Matić | Jako | tippmixPro, Grundfos |
| Vác | Dr. Attila Schoffer | Péter Gúnya | adidas | tippmixPro |
| Veszprém | Ákos Hunyadfalvy | Xavi Sabaté | adidas | Telekom, Veszprém, tippmixPro |

#### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Mezőkövesd | László Skaliczki | End of contract | End of 2015–16 season | Pre-season | Ferenc Molnár | 1 July 2016 |
| Vác | Gyula Zsiga | Mutual consent | 22 November 2016 | 9th | Péter Gúnya | 23 November 2016 |
| Orosháza | Vladan Jordović | Sacked | 2 December 2016 | 12th | Dániel Buday | 4 December 2016 |
| Balmazújváros | Ferenc Füzesi | Mutual consent | 6 December 2016 | 13th | Magi Serra | 7 December 2016 |
| Mezőkövesd | Ferenc Molnár | Resigned | 10 December 2016 | 14th | Pál Janó | 11 December 2016 |
| Balmazújváros | Magi Serra | Sacked | 23 March 2017 | 13th | Tamás Tréki | 23 March 2017 |
| Gyöngyös | Viktor Debre | Resigned | 18 March 2017 | 12th | Tibor Nigrinyi | 21 March 2017 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | MOL-Pick Szeged (C) | 26 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 841 | 574 | +267 | 50 | Qualification to the Final |
| 2 | Telekom Veszprém | 26 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 821 | 584 | +237 | 50 | Qualification to the Final |
| 3 | Grundfos Tatabánya KC | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 723 | 639 | +84 | 42 | Qualification to EHF Cup third qualifying round |
| 4 | CYEB Budakalász | 26 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 664 | 677 | −13 | 31 | Qualification to EHF Cup third qualifying round |
| 5 | Csurgói KK | 26 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 678 | 661 | +17 | 30 | Qualification to EHF Cup second qualifying round |
| 6 | Balatonfüredi KSE$^a$ | 26 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 667 | 650 | +17 | 27 | Qualification to EHF Cup second qualifying round |
| 7 | Orosházi FKSE- LINAMAR | 26 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 656 | 710 | −54 | 24 | |
| 8 | Sport36-Komló | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 624 | 694 | −70 | 21 | |
| 9 | Eger SBS Eszterházy | 26 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 628 | 677 | −49 | 19 | |
| 10 | Váci KSE | 26 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 649 | 718 | −69 | 18 | |
| 11 | Ceglédi KKSE | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 632 | 716 | −84 | 17 | |
| 12 | B. Braun Gyöngyös | 26 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 629 | 695 | −66 | 15 | |
| 13 | Balmazújvárosi KK (R) | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 618 | 726 | −108 | 11 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B |
| 14 | Mezőkövesdi KC (R) | 26 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 669 | 778 | −109 | 9 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B |
* 1 2 SZE - VES: 26–23; VES - SZE: 24–22

### Schedule and results

| Home \ Away | BKSE | BKK | BFKC | CEG | CSKK | EGER | GYKK | KBSK | MKC | ORO | SZE | TAT | VÁC | VES |
| Balatonfüredi KSE | | 29–25 | 26–29 | 23–16 | 27–23 | 29–23 | 26–21 | 27–27 | 32–21 | 30–27 | 21–33 | 24–29 | 26–24 | 20–31 |
| Balmazújvárosi KK | 23–33 | | 22–28 | 25–25 | 28–29 | 26–32 | 25–21 | 30–27 | 29–26 | 26–30 | 24–33 | 22–28 | 24–19 | 24–28 |
| Budakalász FKC | 21–26 | 31–23 | | 28–20 | 24–21 | 20–19 | 25–24 | 34–23 | 35–30 | 29–26 | 20–35 | 25–26 | 28–28 | 22–32 |
| Ceglédi KKSE | 30–28 | 24–24 | 25–28 | | 19–20 | 24–20 | 36–24 | 26–26 | 29–28 | 24–25 | 23–35 | 18–25 | 30–28 | 24–40 |
| Csurgói KK | 18–22 | 28–21 | 25–21 | 25–20 | | 34–17 | 28–20 | 28–24 | 31–22 | 32–24 | 24–35 | 19–19 | 22–21 | 26–31 |
| Eger-Eszterházy SzSE | 25–21 | 24–19 | 20–22 | 29–27 | 31–36 | | 25–22 | 20–25 | 30–22 | 32–25 | 23–33 | 26–30 | 36–24 | 20–28 |
| Gyöngyösi KK | 24–23 | 27–21 | 23–21 | 35–27 | 23–29 | 21–21 | | 25–26 | 30–23 | 18–19 | 25–39 | 26–31 | 28–24 | 24–35 |
| Komlói BSK | 27–30 | 22–22 | 22–27 | 20–22 | 29–29 | 27–26 | 20–19 | | 20–23 | 25–23 | 23–26 | 21–23 | 25–20 | 27–31 |
| Mezőkövesdi KC | 17–31 | 34–23 | 28–29 | 31–32 | 27–26 | 20–21 | 33–35 | 27–28 | | 28–29 | 19–36 | 32–34 | 31–27 | 21–31 |
| Orosházi FKSE | 24–22 | 30–28 | 26–24 | 25–18 | 25–30 | 26–22 | 27–23 | 24–26 | 31–26 | | 24–37 | 26–33 | 29–24 | 21–28 |
| SC Pick Szeged | 29–19 | 30–24 | 36–19 | 25–20 | 30–23 | 29–20 | 36–27 | 36–16 | 39–19 | 36–22 | | 26–23 | 39–19 | 26–23 |
| Tatabánya KC | 26–22 | 27–25 | 36–27 | 33–22 | 35–26 | 26–19 | 24–19 | 27–27 | 34–29 | 26–22 | 23–24 | | 25–21 | 22–28 |
| Váci KSE | 29–26 | 21–18 | 26–27 | 32–29 | 26–24 | 24–19 | 23–22 | 30–24 | 26–26 | 30–26 | 27–36 | 32–36 | | 22–29 |
| Veszprém KC | 28–24 | 40–17 | 29–20 | 34–22 | 40–22 | 37–28 | 28–23 | 39–17 | 30–26 | 33–20 | 24–22 | 31–22 | 33–22 | |

## Final

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 |
| MOL-Pick Szeged (1) | 47–50 | Telekom Veszprém (2) | 17–23 | 30–27 |

### Game 1

| 20 May 2017 15:45 (CEST) | Telekom Veszprém | 23 – 17 | MOL-Pick Szeged | Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Herczeg, Südi |
| 20 May 2017 15:45 (CEST) | Gajić, Lékai 4 | (8–10) | Bodó 5 | Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Herczeg, Südi |
| 20 May 2017 15:45 (CEST) | 3× 4× | Report | 3× 5× | Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Herczeg, Südi |

### Game 2

| 24 May 2017 18:00 (CEST) | MOL-Pick Szeged | 30 – 27 | Telekom Veszprém | Városi Sportcsarnok, Szeged Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Herczeg, Südi |
| 24 May 2017 18:00 (CEST) | Källman 7 | (15–14) | Pálmarsson 5 | Városi Sportcsarnok, Szeged Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Herczeg, Südi |
| 24 May 2017 18:00 (CEST) | 3× 3× | Report | 2× 4× | Városi Sportcsarnok, Szeged Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Herczeg, Südi |
Telekom Veszprém won the FINAL, 50–47 on aggregate.
* 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I Champion
* Telekom Veszprém 25th title
* Alilović, Mikler, Borbély (goalkeepers), Blagotinšek, Gajić, Gulyás, Ilić, G. Iváncsik, Lékai, Marguč, L. Nagy (c), Nilsson, Pálmarsson, Schuch, Sulić, Terzić, Ugalde (Ancsin, Gyene, Kopljar, Aflitulin, Chema Rodríguez, Milašević, D. Fekete, Slišković, Ligetvári, A. Tóth)
* Head coach
* Xavi Sabaté

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

    As of matches played on 19 May 2017.
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals | Matches |
| 1 | Mátyás Győri | Balatonfüred | 158 | 25 |
| 2 | Miloš Vujović | Tatabánya | 143 | 26 |
| 3 | Radoslav Antl | Eger | 137 | 26 |
| 4 | Marinko Kekezović | Balmazújváros | 123 | 26 |
| 4 | Ivan Perišić | Cegléd | 123 | 25 |
| 6 | Stanislav Kašpárek | Balatonfüred | 122 | 25 |
| 7 | Bence Nagy | Budakalász | 118 | 21 |
| 8 | Srećko Jerković | Komlói BSK | 117 | 24 |
| 9 | Igor Marković | Komlói BSK | 113 | 21 |
| 10 | Aleh Astrashapkin | Csurgó | 108 | 26 |
| 10 | Milan Popović | Vác | 108 | 26 |

### Attendances

| Pos | Team | Total attendances | Average attendances | Highest attendances | Lowest attendances |
| 1 | Telekom Veszprém | 23,600 | 1,815 | 5,000 (vs. Szeged) | 1,000 (vs. Eger) |
| 2 | MOL-Pick Szeged | 18,805 | 1,447 | 3,200 (vs. Veszprém) | 500 (vs. Budakalász) |
| 3 | Grundfos Tatabánya KC | 11,200 | 862 | 1,000 (vs. Budakalász) | 700 (vs. Komlói BSK) |
| 4 | Sport36-Komló | 11,170 | 859 | 1,000 (vs. Szeged) | 500 (vs. Cegléd) |
| 5 | Eger SBS Eszterházy | 10,195 | 784 | 890 (vs. Gyöngyös) | 600 (vs. Tatabánya) |
| 6 | B. Braun Gyöngyös | 10,000 | 769 | 1,200 (vs. Veszprém) | 400 (vs. Csurgó) |
| 7 | Csurgói KK | 9,000 | 692 | 1,000 (vs. Szeged) | 500 (vs. Komlói BSK) |
| 8 | Balmazújvárosi KK | 8,280 | 637 | 780 (vs. Szeged) | 400 (vs. Gyöngyös) |
| 9 | Ceglédi KKSE | 8,200 | 631 | 900 (vs. Veszprém) | 500 (vs. Balmazújváros) |
| 10 | Balatonfüredi KSE | 7,350 | 565 | 800 (vs. Veszprém) | 400 (vs. Balmazújváros) |
| 11 | Mezőkövesdi KC | 7,100 | 546 | 850 (vs. Veszprém) | 300 (vs. Cegléd) |
| 12 | Váci KSE | 5,050 | 388 | 620 (vs. Veszprém) | 250 (vs. Tatabánya) |
| 13 | Orosházi FKSE- LINAMAR | 4,400 | 338 | 600 (vs. Szeged) | 300 (vs. Csurgó) |
| 14 | CYEB Budakalász | 2,860 | 220 | 250 (vs. Veszprém) | 200 (vs. Komlói BSK) |
| Total | Total | 137,210 | 754 | 5,000 – VES vs. SZE | 200 – BFKC vs. KBSK |
Source: League matches: NB I 2016/2017

## Number of teams by counties

| Pos. | County (megye) | No. of teams | Teams |
| 1 | Pest | 3 | Budakalász FKC, 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 | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | 1 | Mezőkövesdi KC |
| 4 | Csongrád | 1 | MOL-Pick Szeged |
| 4 | Hajdú-Bihar | 1 | Balmazújvárosi KK |
| 4 | Komárom-Esztergom | 1 | Tatabánya KC |
| 4 | Somogy | 1 | Csurgói KK |