# 2011–12 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

The 2011–12 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, also known as NB I for short, was the 110th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league was officially named OTP Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons. The season began on 15 July 2011 and ended on 27 May 2012. Videoton were the defending champions, having won their first Hungarian championship at the end of the 2010–11 season.

## Overview

The tournament was contested by 16 teams, and Debreceni VSC won the title under headcoach Elemér Kondás, claiming their sixth national title. The team from Hajdú-Bihar county went undefeated throughout the entire season, becoming the first hungarian team since Vasas to win the championship undefeates in 1966, and the first ever club outside of Budapest to complete an invincible season.
DVSC started off the campaign by winning 7 consecutive games, and were leading the table by 9 points by the winter break. The red and whites' championship was confirmed on the 12th of May, after Debrecen thrashed Pécsi-MFC 4-0 at the Nagyerdei Stadium in front of 10,500 fanatics.
Videoton FC, the defending champions, won 9 of their last 10 fixtures, but could not repeat the leaugetitle glory of the previous season, and had to settle for a 2nd place finish.

## Teams

Szolnok and MTK finished the 2010–11 season in the bottom two places of the table and thus were relegated to their respective NB II divisions. MTK ended a 16-year stay in the top league, while Szolnok were relegated after just one year in the league.
The two relegated teams were replaced with the champions of the two 2010–11 NB II groups, Diósgyőr of the East Group and Pécs of the West Group. Diósgyőr made their immediate comeback to the league, while Pécs returned to the competition after an absence of four seasons.

### Stadia and locations

| Club | Short name | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Debreceni VSC | Debrecen | Debrecen | Oláh Gábor utcai stadion | 9,640 |
| Diósgyőri VTK | Diósgyőr | Miskolc | DVTK Stadion | 11,300 |
| Ferencvárosi TC | Ferencváros | Budapest | Albert Flórián Stadion | 18,100 |
| Győri ETO FC | Győr | Győr | ETO Park | 16,000 |
| Szombathelyi Haladás | Haladás | Szombathely | Rohonci úti stadion | 12,000 |
| Budapest Honvéd FC | Honvéd | Budapest | Bozsik József Stadion | 10,000 |
| Kaposvári Rákóczi FC | Kaposvár | Kaposvár | Rákóczi Stadion | 7,000 |
| Kecskeméti TE | Kecskemét | Kecskemét | Széktói Stadion | 6,300 |
| Paksi SE | Paks | Paks | Fehérvári úti stadion | 4,950 |
| Lombard-Pápa TFC | Pápa | Pápa | Perutz Stadion | 4,500 |
| Pécsi MFC | Pécs | Pécs | PMFC Stadion | 7,000 |
| BFC Siófok | Siófok | Siófok | Révész Géza utcai stadion | 10,500 |
| Újpest FC | Újpest | Budapest | Szusza Ferenc Stadion | 13,500 |
| Vasas SC | Vasas | Budapest | Illovszky Rudolf Stadion | 12,000 |
| Videoton FC | Videoton | Székesfehérvár | Sóstói Stadion | 15,000 |
| Zalaegerszegi TE | ZTE | Zalaegerszeg | ZTE Aréna | 9,000 |

### Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Debrecen | Elemér Kondás | Péter Szakály | Adidas | TEVA |
| Diósgyőr | Lázár Szentes | Péter Takács | Nike | |
| Ferencváros | Tamás Nagy | Dénes Rósa | Nike | Groupama |
| Győr | Attila Pintér | Rati Aleksidze | Puma | Audi |
| Haladás | Tamás Artner | Péter Halmosi | Legea | Sopron Bank Burgenland |
| Honvéd | Attila Supka | András Debreceni | Nike | Opel |
| Kaposvár | Tibor Sisa | Kornél Kulcsár | Kappa | FxPro |
| Kecskemét | István László Szabó | Attila Tököli | Jako | Bertrant |
| Paks | Károly Kis | Dániel Böde | Jako | mvm |
| Pápa | Ferenc Bene, Jr. | Norbert Tóth | Jako | Lombard |
| Pécs | Olivér Mink | Levente Lantos | Puma | |
| Siófok | István Mihalecz, Jr. | Thomas Sowunmi | Puma | AVE |
| Újpest | TBD | Péter Kabát | Puma | GDF Suez |
| Vasas | Marijan Vlak | Jozef Gašpar | Lancast | |
| Videoton | Paulo Sousa | Zoltán Lipták | Nike | MOL |
| ZTE | László Prukner | András Horváth | Mass | |

#### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Videoton | György Mezey | Contract expired | Summer 2011 | Pre-season | Paulo Sousa | 1 June 2011 |
| Újpest | Géza Mészöly | Sacked | 10 August 2011 | 15th | Zoran Spisljak | 10 August 2011 |
| Vasas | András Komjáti | Sacked | 15 August 2011 | 15th | Marijan Vlak | 15 August 2011 |
| Ferencváros | László Prukner | Resigned | 15 August 2011 | 13th | Tamás Nagy | 30 August 2011 |
| ZTE | János Csank | Sacked | 27 August 2011 | 16th | László Prukner | 5 September 2011 |
| Pápa | György Véber | Sacked | 24 October 2011 | 9th | Ferenc Bene, Jr. | 26 October 2011 |
| Kecskemét | Tomislav Sivić | Mutual agreement | 23 November 2011 | 6th | István László Szabó | 13 December 2011 |
| Haladás | Zoltán Aczél | Sacked | 14 December 2011 | 11th | Tamás Artner | 19 December 2011 |
| Vasas | Marijan Vlak | Sacked | 16 January 2012 | 12th | Flórián Urbán | 16 January 2012 |
| Győr | Aurél Csertői | Mutual agreement | 5 March 2012 | 2nd | Attila Pintér | 6 March 2012 |
| Diósgyőr | Miklós Benczés | Mutual agreement | 2 April 2012 | 5th | Lázár Szentes | 2 April 2012 |
| Pécs | Ferenc Mészáros | Sacked | 2 April 2012 | 6th | Olivér Mink | 4 April 2012 |
| Vasas | Flórián Urbán | Sacked | 10 April 2012 | 15th | Marijan Vlak | 12 April 2012 |
| Újpest | Zoran Spisljak | Mutual agreement | 11 April 2012 | 12th | TBD | |

##### Notes
## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Debrecen (C) | 30 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 64 | 18 | +46 | 74 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Videoton | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 58 | 19 | +39 | 66 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Győr | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 56 | 31 | +25 | 63 | Ineligible for 2012–13 European competitions |
| 4 | Honvéd | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 46 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Kecskemét | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 45 | |
| 6 | Paks | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 45 | |
| 7 | Diósgyőr | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 43 | |
| 8 | Haladás | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 38 | |
| 9 | Siófok | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 36 | |
| 10 | Kaposvár | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 35 | |
| 11 | Ferencváros | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 34 | |
| 12 | Pécs | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 36 | 50 | −14 | 34 | |
| 13 | Újpest | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 32 | |
| 14 | Pápa | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 40 | −14 | 30 | |
| 15 | Vasas (R) | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 51 | −22 | 22 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II |
| 16 | ZTE (R) | 30 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 65 | −40 | 13 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II |
* ↑ Since Debrecen won both the league and the 2011–12 Hungarian Cup competition, the second qualifying round berth transferred to the second-placed team of the league, and cup runners-up MTK (playing in the 2011–12 Nemzeti Bajnokság II) inherited the respective spot in the first qualifying round.
* 1 2 Győr have been suspended from participating in UEFA competitions for the first season they qualify between the 2011–12 and 2013–14 seasons in relation to club licensing violations. As a consequence, since they finish in any of the top three positions, the respective qualifying spots have been allocated to the team(s) immediately below.
* ↑ Vasas were deducted 2 points due unauthorized play of Haris Mehmedagić.

### 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 |
| Debrecen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Videoton | 9 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Győr | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Honvéd | 12 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Kecskemét | 11 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Paks | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Diósgyőr | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Haladás | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Siófok | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 |
| Kaposvár | 8 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 10 |
| Ferencváros | 7 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Pécs | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Újpest | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
| Pápa | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
| Vasas | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| ZTE | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
* Leader
* 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
* 2012–13 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
* Relegation to 2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság II

## Results

| Home \ Away | DEB | DIÓ | FTC | GYŐ | HAL | HON | KAP | KEC | PAK | PÁP | PÉC | SIÓ | UTE | VAS | VID | ZTE |
| Debrecen | | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 5–2 |
| Diósgyőr | 0–2 | | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 |
| Ferencváros | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Győr | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 |
| Haladás | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Honvéd | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Kaposvár | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 4–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Kecskemét | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Paks | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 |
| Pápa | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 |
| Pécs | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 |
| Siófok | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Újpest | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 |
| Vasas | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Videoton | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | | 4–1 |
| ZTE | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |
* ↑ Győr have been suspended from participating in UEFA competitions between the 2011–12 and 2013–14 seasons in relation to club licensing violations. As a consequence, should they finish in any of the top three positions, the respective qualifying spots have been allocated to the team(s) immediately below.
* ↑ Originally Ferencváros won the game to 2–1, but it was forfeited.

## Top goalscorers

Including matches played on 27 May 2012; Source: MLSZ (Click on "Góllövő lista")
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Adamo Coulibaly | Debrecen | 20 |
| 2 | Nemanja Nikolić | Videoton | 19 |
| 3 | László Lencse | Kecskemét | 15 |
| 4 | Danilo de Oliveira | Honvéd | 14 |
| 5 | Milan Perić | Kaposvár | 13 |
| 6 | André Alves | Videoton | 12 |
| 7 | Péter Bajzát | Pécs | 11 |
| 8 | Dániel Böde | Paks | 10 |
| 9 | Jarmo Ahjupera | Győr | 9 |
| 9 | José Juan Luque Jiménez | Diósgyőr | 9 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Adamo Coulibaly | Debreceni VSC | Vasas SC | 5-2 | 15 July 2011 |
| Vilmos Melczer | BFC Siófok | Kaposvár | 3-1 | 20 August 2011 |
| Dániel Böde | Paksi SE | Pécsi MFC | 4-4 | 24 September 2011 |
| André Alves | Videoton FC | BFC Siófok | 7-0 | 19 November 2011 |
| Stevo Nikolić | Debreceni VSC | ZTE | 5-2 | 26 November 2011 |
| Máté Pátkai | Győri ETO FC | BFC Siófok | 4-1 | 9 March 2012 |
| László Lencse | Kecskemét | Bp. Honvéd | 4-1 | 23 March 2012 |

### Five goals in a match

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Péter Bajzát | Pécsi MFC | Vasas SC | 5-1 | 26 November 2011 |