# 1987–88 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Statistics of Nemzeti Bajnokság I for the 1987–88 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Budapest Honvéd FC won the championship under headcoach Bertalan Bicskei. The 19th district team went undefeated at home throughout the entire campaign, only conceding 2 goals at the Bozsik Stadion. In March Tatabánya defeated Honvéd 1-0 at the Bányász (miner) Stadion, blowing the title-race wide open. Tatabánya would win 5 our of their next 7 encounters, but a 4-week winless streak at the end of the season destroyed their momentum. Honvéd confirmed their championship status on the 1st of June, obliterating Kaposvár Rákóczi 5-1. Kálmán Kovács scored four goals during the game.

## Match-fixing Scandal

In October of 1989, news emerged of suspicious game results regarding the 1988/89 season. This was the second match-fixing related scandal in the hungarian top-flight, the first one having happened in 1984. The legitimacy of the results of some teams having to fight relegation, such as that of Debreceni VSC, Fehérvár and Zalaegerszeg have been called into question.
47 people were called in to questioning about DVSC's results. Although no serious prison sentences were given out to any of the players placed under suspicion, the scandal still casts a large shadow over the perception of football and the fairness of it in the country in the 1980's.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Budapest Honvéd (C) | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 48 | 23 | +25 | 41 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Tatabánya | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 58 | 35 | +23 | 37 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Újpesti Dózsa | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 48 | 29 | +19 | 37 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Győr | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 43 | +6 | 35 | |
| 5 | Ferencváros | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 33 | |
| 6 | MTK-VM | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 53 | 50 | +3 | 32 | |
| 7 | Haladás | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 31 | |
| 8 | Pécs | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 31 | |
| 9 | Vasas | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 29 | |
| 10 | Váci Izzó | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 28 | |
| 11 | Videoton | 30 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 27 | |
| 12 | Siofoki Bányász | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 27 | |
| 13 | Békéscsaba | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 42 | −12 | 27 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 14 | Zalaegerszeg | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 32 | −6 | 25 | |
| 15 | Debreceni MVSC (R) | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 23 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II |
| 16 | Kaposvár (R) | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 63 | −38 | 17 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BÉK | DEB | FTC | GYŐ | HAL | HON | KAP | MTK | PÉC | SIÓ | TAT | ÚJP | VAS | VÁC | VID | ZTE |
| Békéscsaba | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Debreceni MVSC | 0–2 | | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Ferencváros | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 |
| Győr | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 4–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Haladás | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Budapest Honvéd | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Kaposvár | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 0–7 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| MTK-VM | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 4–0 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–6 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Pécs | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Siofoki Bányász | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Tatabánya | 2–1 | 7–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Újpesti Dózsa | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| Vasas | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–5 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Váci Izzó | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Videoton | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 4–0 |
| Zalaegerszeg | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |

## Statistical leaders
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Béla Melis | Debreceni MVSC | 19 |
| 2 | György Szeibert | MTK-VM | 18 |
| 3 | Kálmán Kovács | Budapest Honvéd | 17 |
| 4 | Pál Fischer | Ferencvárosi TC | 15 |
| 5 | József Kiprich | Tatabányai Bányász | 14 |
| 5 | Gyula Plotár | Tatabányai Bányász | 14 |
| 7 | Béla Illés | Haladás VSE | 12 |
| 7 | László Szabadi | Vasas SC | 12 |
| 9 | Gábor Pölöskei | MTK-VM | 11 |
| 9 | Péter Rubold | Győri ETO FC | 11 |
| 9 | István Vincze | Tatabányai Bányász | 11 |