# 2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

The 2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, also known as NB I, was the 113th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league is officially named OTP Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons. The season began 26 July 2014 and concluded on 1 June 2015. Debrecen are the defending champions having won their seventh Hungarian championship last season.
For the first time at a Nemzeti Bajnokság I seasons, match officials used vanishing foam for free kicks. In the Groupama Aréna (FTC) the goal-line technology was used.
Videoton won the league for the second time, under Joan Carillo, finishing 7 points above Ferencváros. The red and blues won all of their first ten league fixtures, and only suffered one defeat at home throughout the season, against defending champions DVSC. Ironically, it was against DVSC who Videoton confirmed their status as champions, defeating Debrecen 2-1 on the 2nd of May.
Ferencváros, were undefeated in their last 20 league games, and were also one of 3 teams to defeat Videoton during the season. FTC achieved their highest finish since getting forcibly relegated in 2006.

## Teams

Mezőkövesd and Kaposvár finished the 2013–14 season in the last two places and thus were relegated to their respective NB II divisions.
The two relegated teams were replaced with the champions and the runners-up 2013–14 NB II Nyíregyháza and Dunaújváros. Each of the first two teams in the first division.

### Stadium and locations

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, with their location, stadium and stadium capacity.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Debrecen | Debrecen | Nagyerdei Stadion | 20,340 |
| Diósgyőr | Miskolc | Diósgyőri Stadion | 11,398 |
| Dunaújváros | Dunaújváros | Dunaferr Arena | 15,000 |
| Ferencváros | Budapest | Groupama Aréna | 23,700 |
| Győr | Győr | ETO Park | 15,600 |
| Haladás | Szombathely | Rohonci úti Stadion | 9,500 |
| Honvéd | Budapest | Bozsik József Stadion | 9,500 |
| Kecskemét | Kecskemét | Széktói Stadion | 6,320 |
| MTK | Budapest | Bozsik József Stadion | 9,500 |
| Nyíregyháza | Nyíregyháza | Városi Stadion | 16,500 |
| Paks | Paks | Fehérvári úti Stadion | 4,400 |
| Pápa | Pápa | Perutz Stadion | 5,500 |
| Pécs | Pécs | PMFC Stadion | 7,000 |
| Puskás Akadémia | Felcsút | Pancho Arena | 3,000 |
| Újpest | Budapest | Szusza Ferenc Stadion | 13,501 |
| Videoton | Székesfehérvár | Sóstói Stadion | 14,300 |
| Budapest Honvéd | Debrecen | Diósgyőr | Dunaújváros |
| Bozsik József Stadion | Nagyerdei Stadion UEFA Elite Stadium | Diósgyőri Stadion | Dunaferr Arena |
| Capacity: 9,500 | Capacity: 20,340 | Capacity: 11,398 | Capacity: 15,000 |
| Ferencváros | Győr | Kecskemét | MTK Budapest |
| Groupama Aréna UEFA Elite Stadium | ETO Park | Széktói Stadion | Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion |
| Capacity: 23,700 | Capacity: 15,600 | Capacity: 6,320 | Capacity: 9,500 |
| Nyíregyháza | Paks | Pápa | Pécs |
| Városi Stadion | Fehérvári úti Stadion | Perutz Stadion | Stadion PMFC |
| Capacity: 16,500 | Capacity: 4,400 | Capacity: 5,500 | Capacity: 7,000 |
| Puskás Akadémia | Szombathely | Újpest | Videoton |
| Pancho Arena UEFA Elite Stadium | Rohonci úti Stadion | Szusza Ferenc Stadion | Sóstói Stadion |
| Capacity: 3,000 | Capacity: 9,500 | Capacity: 13,501 | Capacity: 14,300 |

### Personnel and kits

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, with their manager, captain, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsors |
| Debrecen | Elemér Kondás | Péter Szakály | adidas | Ave |
| Diósgyőr | Tomislav Sivić | Patrik Bacsa | Nike | Borsodi |
| Dunaújváros | Barna Dobos | Zoltán Böőr | Nike | Epduferr Zrt. |
| Ferencváros | Thomas Doll | Gábor Gyömbér | Nike | Főtaxi |
| Győr | Vasile Miriuță | Zoltán Lipták | adidas | Audi |
| Haladás | Géza Mészöly | Péter Halmosi | Legea | - |
| Honvéd | József Csábi | Aleksandar Ignjatović | Givova | Ideasport |
| Kecskemét | Balázs Bekő | Vladan Savić | Jako | Bertrans Logisztika |
| MTK | József Garami | József Kanta | Nike | Fotex Sándor Károly Akadémia |
| Nyíregyháza | János Mátyus | János Balogh | Jako | - |
| Paks | Aurél Csertői | Tamás Báló | Jako | MVM Paksi Atomerömü |
| Pápa | Ferenc Lengyel | Lajos Szűcs | Givova | Lombard |
| Pécs | Robert Jarni | Levente Lantos | Puma | Matias |
| Puskás Akadémia | Miklós Benczés | Attila Polonkai | Jako | Mészáros és Mészáros Kft. |
| Újpest | Nebojša Vignjević | Szabolcs Balajcza | Puma | - |
| Videoton | Joan Carrillo Milán | György Sándor | Nike | MOL Group |

#### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Pápa | János Mátyus | Resigned | 4 September 2014 | 8th | László Kovács | 4 September 2014 |
| Honvéd | Pietro Vierchowod | Sacked | 6 October 2014 | 11th | Jasper Adrianus de Muijnck (Caretaker) Miklós Simon (Caretaker) | 6 October 2014 |
| Nyíregyháza | József Csábi | Resigned | 20 October 2014 | 14th | János Mátyus | 20 October 2014 |
| Haladás | Tamás Artner | Sacked | 21 October 2014 | 15th | Lázár Szentes | 21 October 2014 |
| Honvéd | Jasper Adrianus de Muijnck (Caretaker) Miklós Simon (Caretaker) | End of term | 26 October 2014 | 12th | József Csábi | 26 October 2014 |
| Pécs | György Véber | Mutual agreement | 27 October 2014 | 13th | Árpád Kulcsár | 27 October 2014 |
| Győr | Ferenc Horváth | Mutual agreement | 31 October 2014 | 8th | a five-membered group, but the decisions taken by Tibor Tokody | 31 October 2014 |
| Pápa | László Kovács | Caretaker | 10 November 2014 | 11th | Ferenc Lengyel | 10 November 2014 |
| Pécs | Árpád Kulcsár | Caretaker | 24 November 2014 | 15th | Robert Jarni | 24 November 2014 |
| Győr | a five-membered group | Caretakers | 25 November 2014 | 9th | Vasile Miriuţă | 25 November 2014 |
| Honvéd | József Csábi | Mutual agreement | 7 February 2015 | 13th | Marco Rossi | 7 February 2015 |
| Dunaújváros PASE | Barna Dobos | He want to load only sports club directors and the post of director | 25 March 2015 | 16th | Tamás Artner | 25 March 2015 |
| Haladás | Lázár Szentes | Mutual agreement | 20 April 2015 | 14th | Attila Kuttor | 20 April 2015 |
| Pápa | Ferenc Lengyel | Agreement broken | 21 April 2015 | 15th | László Kovács | 21 April 2015 |
| Diósgyőri VTK | Tomislav Sivić | Mutual agreement | 28 April 2015 | 8th | Zoltán Vitelki | 28 April 2015 |
| Haladás | Attila Kuttor | Caretaker | 5 May 2015 | 14th | Géza Mészöly | 5 May 2015 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Videoton (C) | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 64 | 14 | +50 | 71 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Ferencváros | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 49 | 19 | +30 | 64 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | MTK | 30 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 57 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Debrecen | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 44 | 19 | +25 | 54 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Paks | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 44 | 27 | +17 | 51 | |
| 6 | Újpest | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 40 | 28 | +12 | 51 | |
| 7 | Diósgyőr | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 48 | |
| 8 | Győr (R) | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 38 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság III |
| 9 | Kecskemét (R) | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 38 | Dissolved - Kecskeméti LC KTE SI in the Bács-Kiskun County Football League One as successor |
| 10 | Puskás Akadémia | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 35 | |
| 11 | Pécs (R) | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 31 | Relegation to Baranya County Football League One |
| 12 | Nyíregyháza (R) | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 30 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság III |
| 13 | Honvéd | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 26 | 36 | −10 | 28 | |
| 14 | Haladás | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 26 | 53 | −27 | 25 | |
| 15 | Dunaújváros (R) | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 49 | −23 | 22 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II |
| 16 | Pápa (R) | 30 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 14 | 57 | −43 | 19 | Dissolved - Pápai PFC in the Veszprém County Football League One as successor |
* ↑ Győr won't be a member of 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I due to financial and licence problems
* 1 2 3 4 Kecskemét, Nyíregyháza and Pécs won't be members of 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I due to licence problems
* ↑ Dunaújváros deducted 1 point

### Positions by round

On 7th round, one match has been abandoned and one match has been cancelled. They were played on 22 October.
| 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 |
| Videoton | 2 | 1 | 2 | 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 |
| Ferencváros | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| MTK | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Debrecen | 8 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Paks | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Újpest | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Diósgyőr | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Győr | 13 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| Kecskemét | 12 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Puskás Akadémia | 10 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Pécs | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
| Nyíregyháza | 9 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| Honvéd | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Haladás | 11 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Dunaújváros | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Pápa | 14 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | DEB | DIÓ | DUN | FTC | GYŐ | HAL | HON | KEC | MTK | NYÍ | PAK | PÁP | PÉC | PUS | UTE | VID |
| Debrecen | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Diósgyőr | 1–1 | | 3–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Dunaújváros | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–4 |
| Ferencváros | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Győr | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–1 | | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Haladás | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 0–2 | | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Honvéd | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Kecskemét | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| MTK | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Nyíregyháza | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 0–3 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 0–2 |
| Paks | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Pápa | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–5 |
| Pécs | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Puskás Akadémia | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | | 4–5 | 0–0 |
| Újpest | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 0–1 |
| Videoton | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Nemanja Nikolić | Videoton | 21 |
| 2 | Patrik Tischler | Puskás | 15 |
| 3 | Dániel Böde | Ferencváros | 13 |
| 4 | Tamás Priskin | Győr | 11 |
| 5 | Norbert Könyves | Paks | 10 |
| 6 | Bebeto | Kecskemét | 9 |
| 6 | László Lencse | Puskás | 9 |
| 6 | László Pekár | Nyíregyháza | 9 |
| 6 | Souleymane Youla | Honvéd | 9 |
| 10 | László Bartha | Paks | 8 |
| 10 | József Kanta | MTK Budapest | 8 |
| 10 | Leandro Martínez | Győr (2) Haladás (6) | 8 |
Updated to games played on 31 May 2015

## Hat-tricks

| Name | For | Against | Round | Result | Date |
| Dániel Böde | Ferencváros | Kecskemét | 1st | 3–1 | 27 July 2014 |
| Máté Pátkai | Győr | Dunaújváros | 6th | 4–3 | 31 August 2014 |
| László Lencse | Puskás Akadémia | Dunaújváros | 24th | 3–2 | 18 April 2015 |
| Patrik Tischler | Puskás Akadémia | Kecskemét | 28th | 4–0 | 15 May 2015 |
| Patrik Tischler* | Puskás Akadémia | Újpest | 29th | 4–5 | 23 May 2015 |
| Ádám Bódi | Debrecen | Győr | 30th | 5–0 | 31 May 2015 |
* Four goals

## Best players

Hivatásos Labdarúgók Szervezete (Professional Footballers Association) chose the best players of this season.
* The best outfielder player (Albert Flórián's challenge cup): Zoltán Gera (FTC)
* The best goalkeeper (Zsiborás Gábor's challenge cup): Dénes Dibusz (FTC)
* The best player under-21: Dávid Márkvárt (Pécs)
* The best manager: Joan Carrillo (Videoton FC)
* The best referee: Viktor Kassai
After the season Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség chose the best players of this season.
* The best player: Nemanja Nikolić (Videoton FC)
* The best discovered player of this season: Miklós Kitl (Kecskemét)
* The best manager: Joan Carrillo (Videoton FC)
* The best referee: Péter Solymosi
* Fair Play: MTK Budapest FC
* The best Hungarian player (Audience Award): Ádám Bódi (DVSC)
* The most aesthetically significant, or "most beautiful", goal of NB1 (Audience Award): József Varga (DVSC)