# 2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

The 2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, also known as NB I, was the 111th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league is officially named OTP Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons. The season began 27 July 2012 and ended on 2 June 2013. Debrecen were the defending champions having won their sixth Hungarian championship last season.

## Overview

The championship was contested by 16 teams, and Győri-ETO won the title under headcoach Attila Pintér, for the fourth time in their history.
Although the team from Rába-coast lost their first game 4-1 at the home of defending champions Debreceni VSC, Győr then went on an 18-game undefeated streak, winning 13 of those encounters. Győr defeated Budapest-giants Újpest and Ferencváros in back-to-back victories, confirming their championship against the latter on the 12th of May, after a 1-0 victory.
Győr's road to glory was largely uncontested, apart from Videoton applying some pressure, however, even the Fehérvár-club finished 10 points off of Győr.

## Teams

Zalaegerszegi TE and Vasas SC finished the 2011–12 season in the last two places and thus were relegated to their respective NB II divisions.
The two relegated teams were replaced with the champions of the two 2011–12 NB II groups, Eger of the East Group and MTK of the West Group. MTK made their immediate comeback to the league, while Eger returned to the competition for the first time since the 1986–87 season.

### Stadia and locations

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, with their location, stadium and stadium capacity.
| Team | Short name | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Budapest Honvéd FC | Honvéd | Budapest | Bozsik József Stadion | 9,500 |
| Debreceni VSC | Debrecen | Debrecen | Oláh Gábor utcai stadion | 10,200 |
| Diósgyőri VTK | Diósgyőr | Miskolc | Diósgyőri Stadion (1939) | 11,398 |
| Egri FC | Eger | Eger | Szentmarjay Tibor Városi Stadion | 6,000 |
| Ferencvárosi TC | Ferencváros | Budapest | Albert Flórián Stadion | 15,804 |
| Győri ETO FC | Győr | Győr | ETO Park | 15,600 |
| Kaposvári Rákóczi FC | Rákóczi | Kaposvár | Rákóczi Stadion | 7,000 |
| Kecskeméti TE | Kecskemét | Kecskemét | Széktói Stadion | 6,320 |
| Lombard-Pápa TFC | Pápa | Pápa | Perutz Stadion | 5,500 |
| MTK Budapest FC | MTK | Budapest | Hidegkuti Nándor stadion | 7,515 |
| Paksi SE | Paks | Paks | Fehérvári úti stadion | 4,400 |
| Pécsi MFC | Pécs | Pécs | PMFC Stadion | 7,000 |
| BFC Siófok | Siófok | Siófok | Révész Géza utcai stadion | 6,500 |
| Szombathelyi Haladás | Haladás | Szombathely | Rohonci úti stadion | 9,500 |
| Újpest FC | Újpest | Budapest | Szusza Ferenc stadion | 13,501 |
| Videoton FC | Videoton | Székesfehérvár | Sóstói stadion | 14,300 |

### Personnel and kits

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, with their manager, captain, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Debrecen | Elemér Kondás | Péter Szakály | adidas | TEVA |
| Diósgyőr | Zoltán Kovac | José Juan Luque | Nike | – |
| Eger | Ferenc Mészáros | Petr Knakal | Legea | Formidus |
| Ferencváros | Ricardo Moniz | Mark Otten | Nike | Grupama Garancia |
| Győr | Attila Pintér | Saša Stevanović | Puma | Audi, Qaestor |
| Haladás | Tamás Artner | Péter Tóth | Legea | Sopron Bank, Contact Zrt. |
| Honvéd | Marco Rossi | Szabolcs Kemenes | Givova | — |
| Rákóczi | László Prukner | István Bank | Toti Sport | Regale Klíma |
| Kecskemét | Ferenc Horváth | Vladan Savić | Jako | Phoenix Mecano, Bertrans |
| MTK | József Garami | József Kanta | Nike | Fotex, Sándor Károly Akadémia |
| Paks | Tomislav Sivić | Tamás Kiss | Jako | MVM-Atomerőmű |
| Pápa | László Kovács | Lajos Szűcs | Jako | Lombard |
| Pécs | Gábor Márton | Levente Lantos | Puma | Matias |
| Siófok | Károly Horváth | Tibor Nyári | Puma | AVE, Femol '97 |
| Újpest | Marc Lelièvre | Krisztián Vermes | Puma | — |
| Videoton | José Manuel Gomes | György Sándor | Nike | MOL |

#### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Honvéd | Attila Supka | Contract expired | Summer 2012 | Pre-season | Marco Rossi | 1 June 2012 |
| Pécs | Olivér Mink | Contract expired | Summer 2012 | Pre-season | Attila Supka | 1 June 2012 |
| Újpest | Marc Lelièvre | Caretaker | Summer 2012 | Pre-season | Jos Daerden | 1 June 2012 |
| Diósgyőr | Lázár Szentes | Contract expired | Summer 2012 | Pre-season | Tibor Sisa | 14 June 2012 |
| Rákóczi | Tibor Sisa | Contract expired | Summer 2012 | Pre-season | László Prukner | 14 June 2012 |
| Paks | Károly Kis | Mutual agreement | 1 August 2012 | 11th | Tomislav Sivić | 30 August 2012 |
| Ferencváros | Lajos Détári | Mutual agreement | 20 August 2012 | 9th | Ricardo Moniz | 21 August 2012 |
| Pápa | Ferenc Bene | Mutual agreement | 27 August 2012 | 15th | Gyula Zsivoczky | 1 September 2012 |
| Kecskemét | László Török | Resigned | 17 September 2012 | 14th | Ferenc Horváth | 28 September 2012 |
| Diósgyőr | Tibor Sisa | Resigned | 22 November 2012 | 9th | Lázár Szentes | 22 November 2012 |
| Pécs | Attila Supka | Sacked | 4 January 2013 | 14th | Gábor Márton | 5 January 2013 |
| Videoton | Paulo Sousa | Mutual agreement | 7 January 2013 | 4th | José Manuel Gomes | 20 January 2013 |
| Egri FC | Antal Simon | Sacked | 14 February 2013 | 15th | Ferenc Mészáros | 8 March 2013 |
| Újpest | Jos Daerden | Mutual agreement | 5 March 2013 | 11th | Marc Leliévre | 5 May 2013 |
| Diósgyőr | Lázár Szentes | Mutual agreement | 16 April 2013 | 9th | Zoltán Kovác | 17 April 2013 |
| Pápa | Gyula Zsivoczky | Mutual agreement | 6 May 2013 | 14>th | László Kovács | 7 May 2013 |
| Pápa | László Kovács | Mutual agreement | 27 May 2013 | 14th | Bálint Tóth | 27 May 2013 |

##### Notes
## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Győr (C) | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 57 | 33 | +24 | 64 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Videoton | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 52 | 24 | +28 | 54 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Honvéd | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 50 | 36 | +14 | 52 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | MTK | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 43 | 30 | +13 | 51 | |
| 5 | Ferencváros | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 49 | |
| 6 | Debrecen | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 46 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 7 | Kecskemét | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 44 | |
| 8 | Haladás | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 36 | 27 | +9 | 44 | |
| 9 | Újpest | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 41 | |
| 10 | Diósgyőr | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 38 | |
| 11 | Kaposvári Rákóczi | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 37 | |
| 12 | Pécs | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 37 | |
| 13 | Paks | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 35 | |
| 14 | Pápa | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 46 | −20 | 28 | |
| 15 | Siófok (R) | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 31 | 61 | −30 | 25 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II |
| 16 | Eger (R) | 30 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 67 | −42 | 15 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II |

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Győr | 16 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Videoton | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Honvéd | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| MTK | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Ferencváros | 10 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Debrecen | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Kecskemét | 9 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| Haladás | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| Újpest | 12 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Diósgyőr | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Kaposvári Rákóczi | 15 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| Pécs | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
| Paks | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| Pápa | 7 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Siófok | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Eger | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
* Leader
* 2013–14 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
* Relegation to 2013–14 Nemzeti Bajnokság II

## Results

| Home \ Away | DEB | DIÓ | EGE | FTC | GYŐ | HAL | HON | KEC | MTK | PAK | PÁP | PÉC | RÁK | SIÓ | UTE | VID |
| Debrecen | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Diósgyőr | 3–3 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Eger | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 |
| Ferencváros | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Győr | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Haladás | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Honvéd | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 |
| Kecskemét | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–5 |
| MTK | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Paks | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Pápa | 1–0 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Pécs | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
| Kaposvári Rákóczi | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Siófok | 0–2 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Újpest | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | | 0–1 |
| Videoton | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

    Including matches played on 1 June 2013; Source: MLSZ
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Adamo Coulibaly | Debrecen | 18 |
| 2 | Dániel Böde | Ferencváros | 17 |
| 3 | Péter Kabát | Újpest | 13 |
| 3 | Nemanja Nikolić | Videoton | 13 |
| 5 | Roland Varga | Győr | 12 |
| 6 | Gergely Délczeg | Honvéd | 10 |
| 6 | Attila Simon | Paks (7) Pécs (3) | 10 |
| 8 | János Lázok | Paks | 9 |
| 8 | József Kanta | MTK | 9 |
| 8 | Goran Marić | Pápa | 9 |
| 8 | Norbert Németh | Eger | 9 |

### Hat-tricks

| Name | For | Against | Round | Result | Date |
| Adamo Coulibaly | Debrecen | Pécs | 4th | 3–2 | 18 August 2012 |
| Tamás Koltai | Győr | Diósgyőr | 6th | 3–0 | 1 September 2012 |
| Attila Simon | Paks | Siófok | 7th | 4–1 | 15 September 2012 |
| Patrik Tischler | MTK | Eger | 7th | 3–0 | 15 September 2012 |
| Roland Varga | Győr | Pápa | 9th | 6–0 | 28 September 2012 |
| Vilmos Melczer | Siófok | Eger | 17th | 4–3 | 1 December 2012 |
| János Lázok$^4$ | Paks | Újpest | 18th | 6–0 | 2 March 2013 |
| Dániel Böde | FTC | Siófok | 23rd | 4–2 | 13 April 2013 |
| Adamo Coulibaly | Debrecen | Siófok | 25th | 4–1 | 27 April 2013 |
| Leandro Martínez | Honvéd | Újpest | 27th | 4–2 | 11 May 2013 |
* $^4$ Player scored 4 goals

### Attendance

Last updated: 4 April 2013