# 1988–89 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Statistics of Nemzeti Bajnokság I for the 1988–89 season.

## Overview

16 teams participated and Budapest Honvéd FC won the championship for a second consecutive season. The Hungarian Football Federation (MLSZ) decided to eliminate draws for this season, and matches ending without a winner carried on to penalties. The winner of the penalty-shootout were given 3 points, while the loser received 2 points for participating.
The red and blacks started off the season with a draw, and three consecutive defeats. Although they would return to winning ways, going on a 10-game undefeated streak, a 3-0 defeat to MTK on the last gameday of the autumn season caused the club to terminate Bertalan Bicskei's contract, who had led the team to a national title the season prior. His replacement was József Both.
MTK on the other hand were having one of the seasons of theirs, standing atop the table with 9 victories and a single defeat by half-time. However, consecutive losses to Zalaegerszeg, Békéscsaba and Pécs enabled Honvéd to catch-up with MTK. Going into the last game of the season, the two teams were joint on points. Honvéd and MTK played each other in a one-legged final to decide the champion, and Kispest overcame MTK 2-0, winning their 11th championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Budapest Honvéd (C) | 30 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 44 | 28 | +16 | 61 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Ferencváros | 30 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 59 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | MTK-VM | 30 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 58 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Videoton | 30 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 57 | 32 | +25 | 57 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Győr | 30 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 44 | 31 | +13 | 56 | |
| 6 | Tatabányai Bányász | 30 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 48 | |
| 7 | Békéscsaba | 30 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 46 | |
| 8 | Váci Izzo | 30 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 45 | |
| 9 | Újpesti Dózsa | 30 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 41 | |
| 10 | Veszprém | 30 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 23 | 35 | −12 | 41 | |
| 11 | Pécs | 30 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 40 | |
| 12 | Siófoki Bányász | 30 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 38 | |
| 13 | Haladás (O) | 30 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 31 | 44 | −13 | 35 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
| 14 | Vasas (O) | 30 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 35 | 58 | −23 | 35 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Zalaegerszeg (R) | 30 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 34 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II |
| 16 | Dunaújvárosi Kohász (R) | 30 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 27 | 53 | −26 | 26 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II |

## Results

Results in brackets indicate the results from penalty shoot-outs whenever games were drawn.
| Home \ Away | BÉK | DUN | FTC | GYŐ | HAL | HON | MTK | PÉC | SIÓ | TAT | ÚJP | VAS | VÁC | VES | VID | ZTE |
| Békéscsaba | | 3–1 | 0–0$^{(4–5)}$ | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 7–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 |
| Dunaújvárosi Kohász | 0–0$^{(2–4)}$ | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 0–0$^{(6–5)}$ | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–2$^{(3–1)}$ | 0–0$^{(4–5)}$ | 1–1$^{(3–2)}$ | 0–2 | 0–0$^{(7–8)}$ | 4–2 | 1–1$^{(5–6)}$ |
| Ferencváros | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0$^{(3–4)}$ | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–3$^{(4–2)}$ | 1–1$^{(4–5)}$ | 0–0$^{(10–9)}$ | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 |
| Győr | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–1$^{(3–4)}$ | 0–3 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 |
| Haladás | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2$^{(0–2)}$ | 1–1$^{(3–4)}$ | | 1–3 | 0–0$^{(4–5)}$ | 2–2$^{(4–3)}$ | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Budapest Honvéd | 0–0$^{(3–2)}$ | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1$^{(5–3)}$ | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2$^{(5–4)}$ | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1$^{(4–2)}$ |
| MTK-VM | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 2–2$^{(5–3)}$ | 1–1$^{(4–5)}$ | 3–3$^{(2–4)}$ | 2–1 | 1–1$^{(4–3)}$ | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1$^{(5–3)}$ | 2–2$^{(4–1)}$ |
| Pécs | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0$^{(5–3)}$ | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1$^{(4–5)}$ | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0$^{(4–5)}$ |
| Siófoki Bányász | 4–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1$^{(3–4)}$ | 1–1$^{(4–5)}$ | 1–1$^{(3–4)}$ | | 0–1 | 1–1$^{(5–3)}$ | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1$^{(2–4)}$ | 1–1$^{(3–4)}$ | 1–0 |
| Tatabányai Bányász | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–0$^{(2–4)}$ | 2–2$^{(4–5)}$ | 1–0 | 1–1$^{(3–4)}$ | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0$^{(5–6)}$ | 1–1$^{(3–1)}$ | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Újpesti Dózsa | 3–0 | 3–3$^{(2–4)}$ | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1$^{(4–5)}$ | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| Vasas | 0–0$^{(4–5)}$ | 0–0$^{(3–5)}$ | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0$^{(4–5)}$ | | 1–1$^{(2–1)}$ | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Váci Izzo | 1–0 | 0–0$^{(3–5)}$ | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0$^{(2–4)}$ | 2–2$^{(3–4)}$ | 1–1$^{(2–4)}$ | 0–0$^{(5–3)}$ | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1$^{(5–4)}$ | 2–2$^{(4–2)}$ | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| Veszprém | 0–0$^{(2–3)}$ | 2–2$^{(4–3)}$ | 0–2 | 1–1$^{(5–3)}$ | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0$^{(6–5)}$ | 1–0 | 1–1$^{(4–2)}$ | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Videoton | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–0$^{(4–5)}$ | 2–2$^{(3–4)}$ | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 |
| Zalaegerszeg | 0–0$^{(6–5)}$ | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–1$^{(3–4)}$ | 2–4 | 4–0 | 2–2$^{(3–4)}$ | 0–0$^{(5–6)}$ | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2$^{(4–3)}$ | |

## Relegation play-offs

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Oroszlányi Bányász (II) | 3–4 | Haladás (I) | 2–0 | 1–4 |
| Vasas (I) | 2–1 | Szeged (II) | 1–1 | 1–0 |

## Statistical leaders
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Tamás Petres | Videoton SC | 19 |
| 2 | László Szabadi | Vasas SC | 16 |
| 3 | Pál Fischer | Ferencvárosi TC | 13 |
| 3 | Attila Kámán | Zalaegerszegi TE | 13 |
| 5 | Imre Fodor | Budapest Honvéd | 11 |
| 5 | Béla Mörtel | Győri ETO FC | 11 |
| 7 | Róbert Jován | Videoton | 10 |
| 7 | József Kiprich | Tatabányai Bányász | 10 |
| 9 | Gábor Balogh | Váci Izzó | 9 |
| 9 | Csucsánszky Zoltán | Videoton SC | 9 |
| 9 | József Gregor | Budapest Honvéd | 9 |
| 9 | György Handel | Győri ETO FC | 9 |
| 9 | Gábor Pölöskei | MTK-VM | 9 |