# 2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's handball)

The 2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I is the 63rd season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Hungary's premier Handball league.

## Team information

The following 12 clubs compete in the NB I during the 2014–15 season:
| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity |
| Balatonfüred | Balatonfüred | Észak-Balatoni Reg. Konf. Központ | 712 |
| Balmazújváros | Balmazújváros | König Rendezvényközpont | 850 |
| Cegléd | Cegléd | Gál József Sportcsarnok | 1,200 |
| Csurgó | Csurgó | Sótonyi László Sportcsarnok | 800 |
| Gyöngyös | Gyöngyös | Városi Sportcsarnok | 1,500 |
| Komlói BSK | Komló | Komlói Sportközpont | 800 |
| Mezőkövesd | Mezőkövesd | Városi Sportcsarnok | 800 |
| Orosháza | Orosháza | Eötvös Sportcsarnok | 600 |
| PLER | Budapest | Lőrinci Sportcsarnok | 700 |
| Szeged | Szeged | Újszegedi Sportcsarnok | 3,200 |
| Tatabánya | Tatabánya | Földi Imre Sportcsarnok | 1,000 |
| Veszprém | Veszprém | Veszprém Aréna | 5,096 |

### Personnel and kits

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2014–15 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 | Kinizsi Bank, Sennebogen, 77 Elektronika |
| Balmazújváros | Sándor Király | Ferenc Füzesi | Erima | König-Trade Kft., Thermal Hotel Balmaz |
| Cegléd | István Borsos | István Kökény | Erima | — |
| Csurgó | János Varga | László Sótonyi | hummel | MenDan, Patrik & Varga |
| Gyöngyös | Zsolt Marczin | István Gulyás | Salming | B. Braun |
| Komlói BSK | Szabolcs Szigeti | Ratko Đurković | Zeus | Sport36 |
| Mezőkövesd | Gábor Mikulás | László Skaliczki | Erima | Mezőkövesd Önkormányzata |
| Orosháza | István Rajki | Vladan Jordović | ASICS | Linamar |
| PLER | László Németh | István Hutvágner | Erima | HungaroControl, Városgazda XVIII. ker. |
| Szeged | Nándor Szögi | Juan Carlos Pastor | adidas | MOL, Pick, OTP Bank |
| Tatabánya | László Marosi | Vladan Matić | Jako | Grundfos |
| Veszprém | Ákos Hunyadfalvy | Antonio Carlos Ortega | adidas | MKB Bank, MVM |

## Regular season
### Standings

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts |
| 1 | MOL-Pick Szeged | 20 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 711 | 481 | +230 | 38 |
| 2 | Csurgói KK | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 560 | 462 | +98 | 36 |
| 3 | Grundfos-Tatabánya KC | 20 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 486 | 470 | +16 | 28 |
| 4 | Balatonfüredi KSE | 20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 566 | 483 | +83 | 27 |
| 5 | Orosházi FKSE-LINAMAR | 20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 538 | 547 | −9 | 19 |
| 6 | B.Braun Gyöngyös | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 542 | 545 | −3 | 18 |
| 7 | Mezőkövesdi KC | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 503 | 533 | −30 | 17 |
| 8 | Ceglédi KKSE | 20 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 540 | 607 | −67 | 11 |
| 9 | PLER Budapest | 20 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 492 | 578 | −86 | 9 |
| 10 | Sport36-Komló | 20 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 476 | 600 | −124 | 9 |
| 11 | Kőnig-Trade Balmazújváros | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 464 | 572 | −108 | 8 |
* Championship Round
* Relegation Round
Pld - Played; W - Won; D - Drawn; L - Lost; GF - Goals for; GA - Goals against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

### Schedule and results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.
| Balatonfüred | | 37–21 | 35–21 | 21–21 | 27–24 | 35–20 | 29–26 | 33–26 | 29–18 | 23–30 | 26–23 |
| Balmazújváros | 18–28 | | 26–26 | 26–30 | 25–23 | 32–25 | 28–32 | 21–30 | 22–22 | 23–35 | 16–20 |
| Cegléd | 29–25 | 27–23 | | 25–29 | 28–37 | 39–33 | 25–28 | 30–32 | 27–24 | 27–39 | 27–33 |
| Csurgó | 31–27 | 26–17 | 37–28 | | 25–25 | 30–22 | 31–22 | 32–24 | 29–19 | 30–27 | 24–16 |
| Gyöngyös | 27–28 | 28–25 | 34–23 | 23–28 | | 32–29 | 26–29 | 27–24 | 33–28 | 30–41 | 21–25 |
| Komlói BSK | 19–28 | 27–24 | 22–21 | 22–33 | 23–31 | | 24–24 | 34–30 | 29–26 | 15–40 | 22–29 |
| Mezőkövesd | 24–33 | 27–22 | 26–22 | 18–23 | 26–25 | 33–23 | | 28–27 | 30–33 | 26–32 | 24–26 |
| Orosháza | 25–23 | 32–23 | 32–28 | 25–27 | 23–23 | 26–22 | 27–20 | | 27–23 | 25–39 | 29–26 |
| PLER Budapest | 20–32 | 22–23 | 25–39 | 21–27 | 27–30 | 36–26 | 25–24 | 28–26 | | 25–35 | 26–28 |
| Szeged | 38–26 | 47–28 | 43–28 | 31–23 | 36–23 | 27–17 | 33–21 | 35–25 | 36–22 | | 37–22 |
| Tatabánya | 22–21 | 28–21 | 24–20 | 23–24 | 25–20 | 24–22 | 19–15 | 25–23 | 26–22 | 22–30 | |

## Championship round
### Standings

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | MKB-MVM Veszprém | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 333 | 235 | +98 | 20 | Match for the Final |
| 2 | MOL-Pick Szeged | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 295 | 250 | +45 | 16 | Match for the Final |
| 3 | Grundfos-Tatabánya KC | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 245 | 267 | −22 | 9 | Match for Third place |
| 4 | Csurgói KK | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 246 | 265 | −19 | 7 | Match for Third place |
| 5 | Balatonfüredi KSE | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 255 | 278 | −23 | 6 |
| 6 | Orosházi FKSE-LINAMAR | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 228 | 307 | −79 | 2 |
Pld - Played; W - Won; D - Drawn; L - Lost; GF - Goals for; GA - Goals against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

#### Schedule and results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.
| Balatonfüred | | 19–22 | 34–22 | 25–26 | 30–24 | 31–33 |
| Csurgó | 31–19 | | 24–20 | 25–30 | 30–32 | 24–35 |
| Orosháza | 24–31 | 23–22 | | 27–32 | 23–25 | 25–38 |
| Szeged | 34–22 | 32–28 | 33–22 | | 33–19 | 25–31 |
| Tatabánya | 23–20 | 21–21 | 33–25 | 22–26 | | 22–27 |
| Veszprém | 39–24 | 34–19 | 35–17 | 29–24 | 32–24 | |

### Final

1st placed team hosted Games 1 and, plus Game 3 if necessary. 2nd placed team hosted Game 2.
| 1st placed team | Agg. | 2nd placed team | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
| MKB-MVM Veszprém | 2–0 | MOL-Pick Szeged | 29–23 | 31–29 |
* 1st leg
| 16 May 18:00 (UTC+2) | MKB-MVM Veszprém | 29 – 23 | MOL-Pick Szeged | Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Herczeg, Südi |
| 16 May 18:00 (UTC+2) | Nagy 9 | (12–15) | Källman, Robledo 5 | Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Herczeg, Südi |
| 16 May 18:00 (UTC+2) | 2× 3× | Report | 2× 3× | Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Herczeg, Südi |
* 2nd leg
| 19 May 18:00 (UTC+2) | MOL-Pick Szeged | 29 – 31 | MKB-MVM Veszprém | Újszegedi Sportcsarnok, Szeged Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Herczeg, Südi |
| 19 May 18:00 (UTC+2) | Källman 6 | (10–17) | Ilić 14 | Újszegedi Sportcsarnok, Szeged Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Herczeg, Südi |
| 19 May 18:00 (UTC+2) | 3× 8× | Report | 2× 11× 1× | Újszegedi Sportcsarnok, Szeged Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Herczeg, Südi |
''MKB-MVM Veszprém won Championship final series 2–0.
| NB I 2014–15 Champions Veszprém 23rd Title | Team roster 03 Péter Gulyás (RW) 04 Gergő Iváncsik (LW) 05 Timuzsin Schuch (P) 11 Carlos Ruesga (CB) 12 Ádám Borbély (GK) 13 Momir Ilić (LB) 16 Roland Mikler (GK) 18 Andreas Nilsson (P) 19 László Nagy (RB) | 20 Christian Zeitz (RB) 21 Iman Jamali (LB) 23 Cristian Ugalde (LW) 24 Gašper Marguč (RW) 25 Chema Rodríguez (CB) 30 Mirsad Terzić (LB) 32 Mirko Alilović (GK) 33 Renato Sulić (P) 66 Máté Lékai (CB) Head coach: Antonio Carlos Ortega |

### Third place

3rd placed team hosted Games 1 and, plus Game 3 if necessary. 4th placed team hosted Game 2.
| 3rd placed team | Agg. | 4th placed team | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
| Grundfos-Tatabánya KC | 2–0 | Csurgói KK | 24–22 | 24–23 |

## Relegation round
### Standings

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts |
| 7 | B.Braun Gyöngyös | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 799 | 797 | +2 | 28 |
| 8 | Mezőkövesdi KC | 30 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 755 | 796 | −41 | 26 |
| 9 | Ceglédi KKSE | 30 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 829 | 889 | −60 | 24 |
| 10 | PLER Budapest | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 740 | 835 | −95 | 19 |
| 11 | Kőnig-Trade Balmazújváros | 30 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 708 | 810 | −102 | 19 |
| 12 | Sport36-Komló | 30 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 723 | 845 | −122 | 16 |
Pld - Played; W - Won; D - Drawn; L - Lost; GF - Goals for; GA - Goals against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

#### Schedule and results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.
| Balmazújváros | | 32–26 | 22–19 | 20–19 | 26–26 | 19–19 |
| Cegléd | 30–29 | | 33–24 | 31–29 | 30–24 | 26–24 |
| Gyöngyös | 27–24 | 25–25 | | 24–24 | 24–25 | 37–21 |
| Komlói BSK | 24–24 | 33–25 | 23–24 | | 26–23 | 22–26 |
| Mezőkövesd | 22–23 | 33–32 | 25–26 | 26–25 | | 23–22 |
| PLER Budapest | 26–25 | 29–31 | 30–27 | 22–22 | 29–25 | |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

    Updated to games played on 24 May 2015.
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Balázs Bertalan Bíró | Ceglédi KKSE | 159 |
| 2 | Atsushi Mekaru | Kőnig-Trade Balmazújváros | 153 |
| 3 | Richárd Bodó | Grundfos-Tatabánya KC | 148 |
| 4 | Rajko Prodanović | MOL-Pick Szeged | 138 |
| 5 | Zsolt Balogh | MOL-Pick Szeged | 135 |
| 6 | Alexander Semikov | Sport36-Komló | 130 |
| 7 | Richárd Bali | Kőnig-Trade Balmazújváros | 129 |
| 8 | Balázs Szőlősi | Balatonfüredi KSE | 125 |
| 9 | Jakub Mikita | PLER Budapest | 120 |
| 10 | Ivan Perišić | Ceglédi KKSE | 117 |
Source:

### Number of teams by counties

| | County (megye) | No. teams | Teams |
| 1 | Veszprém | 2 | Balatonfüred and Veszprém |
| 2 | Baranya | 1 | Komlói BSK |
| 2 | Békés | 1 | Orosháza |
| 2 | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | 1 | Mezőkövesd |
| 2 | Budapest | 1 | PLER |
| 2 | Csongrád | 1 | Szeged |
| 2 | Hajdú-Bihar | 1 | Balmazújváros |
| 2 | Heves | 1 | Gyöngyös |
| 2 | Komárom-Esztergom | 1 | Tatabánya |
| 2 | Pest | 1 | Cegléd |
| 2 | Somogy | 1 | Csurgó |

### NB I clubs in 2014–15 European competitions

| Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| EHF Champions League | Group C | Celje | 29–26 | 24–21 | 1st |
| EHF Champions League | Group C | Ch. Medvedi | 38–31 | 37–32 | 1st |
| EHF Champions League | Group C | Montpellier | 30–29 | 34–20 | 1st |
| EHF Champions League | Group C | RN Löwen | 27–24 | 25–32 | 1st |
| EHF Champions League | Group C | Vardar | 32–24 | 24–23 | 1st |
| EHF Champions League | L16 | Logroño | 37–31 | 31–23 | 68–54 |
| EHF Champions League | QF | PSG | 34–28 | 24–24 | 58–52 |
| EHF Champions League | F4-SF | THW Kiel | 31–27 | 31–27 | 31–27 |
| EHF Champions League | F4-F | FC Barcelona | 23–28 | 23–28 | 23–28 |
| Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| EHF Champions League | Group D | Aalborg | 23–23 | 28–25 | 2nd |
| EHF Champions League | Group D | Dunkerque | 23–21 | 25–24 | 2nd |
| EHF Champions League | Group D | Kadetten | 34–24 | 29–32 | 2nd |
| EHF Champions League | Group D | Kielce | 26–27 | 32–37 | 2nd |
| EHF Champions League | Group D | Motor | 27–26 | 29–25 | 2nd |
| EHF Champions League | L16 | RN Löwen | 31–29 | 34–30 | 65–59 |
| EHF Champions League | QF | THW Kiel | 31–29 | 23–31 | 54–60 |
| Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| EHF Cup | QR2 | Zaria Kaspija | 21–23 | 25–20 | 46–43 |
| EHF Cup | QR3 | HC Hard | 26–18 | 26–31 | 52–49 |
| EHF Cup | Group D | Eskilstuna Guif | 23–25 | 24–24 | 4th |
| EHF Cup | Group D | MT Melsungen | 24–30 | 23–29 | 4th |
| EHF Cup | Group D | Nexe Našice | 19–31 | 27–26 | 4th |
| Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| EHF Cup | QR2 | Handball Esch | 24–25 | 25–25 | 50–49 |
| EHF Cup | QR3 | St. Petersburg | 23–22 | 24–32 | 47–54 |
| Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| EHF Cup | QR1 | Olimpus-85 | 28–28 | 34–28 | 62–56 |
| EHF Cup | QR2 | Initia Hasselt | 30–21 | 26–25 | 56–46 |
| EHF Cup | QR3 | Skjern | 25–32 | 20–40 | 45–72 |