# 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball)

The 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (known as the K&H női kézilabda liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 67th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Hungarian premier Handball league.

## Teams

As in the previous season, 14 teams played in the 2017–18 season. After the 2016–17 season, Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE and Kispest NKK were relegated to the 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B. They were replaced by two clubs from the 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B, Kecskeméti NKSE and Vasas SC.
| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity |
| Alba Fehérvár KC | Székesfehérvár | KÖFÉM Sportcsarnok | 1,000 |
| Békéscsabai Előre NKSE | Békéscsaba | Városi Sportcsarnok | 2,300 |
| Budaörs Handball | Budaörs | Városi Uszoda és Sportcsarnok | 1,000 |
| Debreceni VSC | Debrecen | Hódos Imre Sportcsarnok | 1,800 |
| Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA | Dunaújváros | Városi Sportcsarnok | 1,200 |
| Érd HK | Érd | Érd Aréna | 1,800 |
| Ferencvárosi TC | Budapest | Elek Gyula Aréna | 1,300 |
| Győri ETO KC | Győr | Audi Aréna | 5,554 |
| Kecskeméti NKSE | Kecskemét | Messzi István Sportcsarnok | 1,800 |
| Kisvárdai KC | Kisvárda | Városi Sportcsarnok | 750 |
| MTK Budapest | Budapest | Elektromos csarnok | 700 |
| Siófok KC | Siófok | Beszédes József Sportcsarnok Kiss Szilárd Sportcsarnok | 550 1,500 |
| Vasas SC | Budapest | Elektromos csarnok | 700 |
| Váci NKSE | Vác | Városi Sportcsarnok | 620 |

### Personnel and kits

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, with their president, head coach, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.
| Team | President | Head coach | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor(s) |
| Alba Fehérvár | Imre Balassi | Rita Deli | hummel | tippmix, Avis |
| Békéscsabai Előre | Károly Szabó | Roland Horváth | Ziccer | tippmix, bmw-glass.hu, Budapest Bank |
| Budaörs | Tamás Neukum | Attila Mihály | Made by club | tippmix |
| Debreceni VSC | Vilmos Köstner | Gergő Vida | adidas | tippmix, TvP |
| Dunaújvárosi Kohász | István Szemenyei | László György | hummel | tippmix, BH |
| Érd | Norbert Tekauer | Edina Szabó | Erima | tippmix |
| Ferencváros | Gábor Kubatov | Gábor Elek | Nike | tippmix, Rail Cargo Hungaria, Budapest |
| Győri ETO | dr. Csaba Bartha | Ambros Martín | adidas | Audi, Győr, tippmix |
| Kecskemét | Zsolt Orell | György Marosán | hummel | tippmix, hufbau*akker |
| Kisvárda | Tamás Major | Vlatko Đonović | adidas | tippmix, Master Good, Kisvárda Várfürdő, |
| MTK Budapest | Tamás Deutsch | Vladimir Golovin | Nike | tippmix |
| Siófok | János Fodor | Lars Rasmussen | hummel | tippmix |
| Vasas | László Markovits | Márta Varga | Erima | tippmix |
| Vác | Erika Kirsner | Zoltán Szilágyi | hummel | tippmix, IPress Center |

#### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Siófok | Roland Horváth | Mutual consent | End of 2016–17 season | Pre-season | Lars Rasmussen | 17 July 2017 |
| Békéscsaba | László Skaliczki | Mutual consent | 31 October 2017 | 14th | Csaba Fábián (caretaker) | 1 November 2017 |
| Békéscsaba | Csaba Fábián | End of interim spell | 12 November 2017 | 14th | Roland Horváth | 13 November 2017 |
| Debrecen | Tone Tiselj | Mutual consent | 6 January 2018 | 9th | Gergő Vida | 8 January 2018 |
| Kisvárda | Eszter Mátéfi | Mutual consent | 25 January 2018 | 10th | Vlatko Đonović | 29 January 2018 |
| Vasas | Péter Kovács | Sacked | 14 March 2018 | 13th | Márta Varga | 15 March 2018 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Győri Audi ETO KC (C) | 26 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 860 | 568 | +292 | 50 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria | 26 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 878 | 587 | +291 | 50 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Érd | 26 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 736 | 626 | +110 | 38 | Qualification to EHF Cup third qualifying round |
| 4 | Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA | 26 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 734 | 642 | +92 | 36 | Qualification to EHF Cup second qualifying round |
| 5 | Siófok KC | 26 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 753 | 695 | +58 | 35 | Qualification to EHF Cup second qualifying round |
| 6 | GVM Europe-Vác | 26 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 805 | 735 | +70 | 31 | Qualification to EHF Cup first qualifying round |
| 7 | Kisvárda Master Good SE | 26 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 632 | 635 | −3 | 28 | |
| 8 | Alba Fehérvár KC | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 682 | 716 | −34 | 22 | |
| 9 | DVSC-TvP | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 662 | 706 | −44 | 22 | |
| 10 | Budaörs Handball | 26 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 710 | 792 | −82 | 17 | |
| 11 | MTK Budapest | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 655 | 760 | −105 | 14 | |
| 12 | EUbility Group-Békéscsaba | 26 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 654 | 812 | −158 | 11 | |
| 13 | Hufbau-Akker Kecskeméti NKSE (R) | 26 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 595 | 831 | −236 | 7 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B |
| 14 | Vasas SC (R) | 26 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 586 | 837 | −251 | 3 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B |
* 1 2 Győri Audi ETO KC is ahead of FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria on head-to-head results: Győr–FTC 26–24, FTC–Győr 27–25.
* 1 2 Alba Fehérvár KC is ahead of DVSC-TvP on head-to-head results: Alba–DVSC 25–25, DVSC–Alba 25–27.

### Schedule and results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.
| Home \ Away | ALBA | BÉK | BUD | DVSC | DKKA | ÉRD | FTC | GYŐR | KECS | KKC | MTK | SKC | VAS | VÁC |
| Alba Fehérvár KC | | 33–23 | 29–28 | 25–25 | 23–24 | 21–18 | 23–29 | 18–38 | 37–25 | 23–24 | 29–29 | 31–31 | 32–24 | 29–30 |
| Békéscsabai ENKSE | 28–22 | | 25–27 | 23–29 | 22–34 | 23–32 | 25–37 | 26–35 | 30–25 | 24–32 | 29–26 | 31–33 | 32–24 | 22–33 |
| Budaörs Handball | 30–30 | 25–26 | | 23–31 | 28–37 | 24–34 | 22–32 | 33–47 | 35–21 | 23–24 | 33–30 | 36–27 | 35–29 | 28–34 |
| Debreceni VSC | 25–27 | 31–28 | 29–26 | | 22–24 | 21–24 | 24–34 | 23–33 | 30–24 | 24–24 | 30–27 | 22–28 | 32–23 | 29–28 |
| Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA | 30–27 | 38–24 | 33–22 | 24–18 | | 26–30 | 25–35 | 26–28 | 34–20 | 25–21 | 30–20 | 26–32 | 34–21 | 27–25 |
| Érd | 35–22 | 35–24 | 29–21 | 29–24 | 28–27 | | 29–32 | 27–34 | 31–22 | 31–25 | 23–17 | 22–20 | 35–22 | 23–24 |
| Ferencvárosi TC | 32–18 | 22–19 | 42–22 | 28–24 | 30–23 | 32–15 | | 27–25 | 35–15 | 36–22 | 37–25 | 27–24 | 39–22 | 42–24 |
| Győri ETO KC | 35–17 | 39–14 | 36–23 | 36–16 | 29–17 | 31–26 | 26–24 | | 39–19 | 30–26 | 30–20 | 31–20 | 40–15 | 39–25 |
| Kecskeméti NKSE | 25–29 | 31–27 | 24–28 | 25–26 | 21–32 | 22–30 | 19–46 | 22–30 | | 23–25 | 30–28 | 24–26 | 25–24 | 22–39 |
| Kisvárdai KC | 19–17 | 24–18 | 22–23 | 29–23 | 23–24 | 21–27 | 18–34 | 17–25 | 35–20 | | 26–21 | 26–31 | 30–21 | 28–27 |
| MTK Budapest | 25–32 | 30–30 | 37–31 | 29–23 | 26–26 | 21–30 | 20–36 | 25–40 | 23–19 | 27–27 | | 25–28 | 24–20 | 27–30 |
| Siófok KC | 34–29 | 39–29 | 34–25 | 25–22 | 21–23 | 22–32 | 29–37 | 21–27 | 44–23 | 19–18 | 34–18 | | 35–20 | 34–31 |
| Vasas SC | 17–34 | 28–24 | 19–32 | 25–31 | 17–36 | 21–37 | 21–39 | 18–26 | 25–25 | 16–21 | 25–29 | 33–34 | | 30–42 |
| Váci NKSE | 33–25 | 48–28 | 31–27 | 35–28 | 29–29 | 27–24 | 28–34 | 23–31 | 43–24 | 23–25 | 32–26 | 27–28 | 34–26 | |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

    As of 27 May 2018.
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals | Matches |
| 1 | Katarina Krpež-Slezak | Érd | 202 | 26 |
| 2 | Szabina Karnik | MTK | 150 | 27 |
| 3 | Ćamila Mičijević | Dunaújváros | 147 | 26 |
| 4 | Krisztina Triscsuk | Kisvárda | 144 | 26 |
| 5 | Edina Szabó | Kecskemét | 141 | 25 |
| 6 | Jovana Kovačević | Békéscsaba | 137 | 25 |
| 7 | Mercédesz Walfisch | Békéscsaba | 133 | 26 |
| 8 | Szandra Szöllősi-Zácsik | Budaörs | 131 | 23 |
| 9 | Estelle Nze Minko | Siófok | 124 | 23 |
| 10 | Laura van der Heijden | Ferencváros | 121 | 26 |

### Attendances

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Győri ETO KC | 43,660 | 5,307 (vs. Ferencváros) | 2,037 (vs. Kecskemét) | 3,358 | +16,27% |
| 2 | Érd | 19,330 | 2,200 (two matches) | 1,000 (two matches) | 1,487 | +11,72% |
| 3 | DVSC-TvP | 18,800 | 5,500 (vs. Győri ETO) | 800 (two matches) | 1,446 | −5,06% |
| 4 | EUbility Group-Békéscsaba | 12,800 | 1,800 (vs. Győri ETO) | 500 (vs. Vác) | 984 | +4,90% |
| 5 | Kisvárda Master Good SE | 11,183 | 1,000 (three matches) | 700 (vs. Vasas) | 860 | +11,98% |
| 6 | Budaörs Handball | 10,430 | 1,063 (vs. Érd) | 640 (vs. Vasas) | 802 | +14,74% |
| 7 | FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria | 10,050 | 1,200 (three matches) | 400 (vs. MTK) | 773 | +16,24% |
| 8 | Hufbau-Akker Kecskeméti NKSE | 8,500 | 1,900 (vs. Győri ETO) | 300 (vs. Alba Fehérvár) | 653 | +94,93%$^1$ |
| 9 | Siófok KC | 8,320 | 1,000 (vs. Dunaújváros) | 400 (vs. DVSC) | 640 | +37,93%$^2$ |
| 10 | Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA | 8,200 | 950 (vs. Győri ETO) | 150 (vs. Vasas) | 631 | +3,78% |
| 11 | Alba Fehérvár KC | 7,075 | 870 (vs. Győri ETO) | 300 (two matches) | 544 | −15,66% |
| 12 | GVM Europe-Vác | 6,800 | 620 (vs. FTC) | 380 (vs. MTK) | 523 | 0,00% |
| 13 | Vasas SC | 5,000 | 500 (vs. Alba Fehérvár) | 250 (vs. MTK) | 384 | +140,00%$^1$ |
| 14 | MTK Budapest | 3,800 | 350 (five matches) | 150 (vs. Alba Fehérvár) | 292 | −13,61% |
| Total | Total | 173,948 | 5,500 (DVSC vs. GYŐR) | 150 (two matches) | 956 | +9,51% |
Updated to games played on 23 May 2018. Source: League matches: NB I 2017/2018 Attendance numbers without playoff matches.
* 1: Team played last season in Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B.
* 2: Siófoki KC played the previous season at Beszédes József Sportcsarnok.

### Number of teams by counties

| Pos. | County (megye) | No. of teams | Team(s) |
| 1 | Budapest (capital) | 3 | Ferencvárosi TC, MTK and Vasas SC |
| 1 | Pest | 3 | Budaörs Handball, Érd and Váci NKSE |
| 3 | Fejér | 2 | Alba Fehérvár KC and Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA |
| 4 | Bács-Kiskun | 1 | Kecskeméti NKSE |
| 4 | Békés | 1 | Békéscsabai Előre NKSE |
| 4 | Győr-Moson-Sopron | 1 | Győri ETO |
| 4 | Hajdú-Bihar | 1 | Debreceni VSC |
| 4 | Somogy | 1 | Siófok KC |
| 4 | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | 1 | Kisvárdai KC |