# 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball)

The 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (known as the K&H női kézilabda liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 66th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Hungarian premier Handball league.

## Team information

The following 14 clubs compete in the NB I during the 2016–17 season:
| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity |
| Alba Fehérvár KC | Székesfehérvár | KÖFÉM Sportcsarnok | 1,000 |
| Békéscsabai ENKSE | Békéscsaba | Városi Sportcsarnok | 2,300 |
| Budaörs Handball | Budaörs | Városi Uszoda és Sportcsarnok | 1,000 |
| Debreceni VSC | Debrecen | Hódos Imre Sportcsarnok | 1,800 |
| Dunaújvárosi KKA | Dunaújváros | Városi Sportcsarnok | 1,200 |
| Érd NK | Érd | Érd Aréna | 1,800 |
| Ferencvárosi TC | Budapest | Elek Gyula Aréna | 1,300 |
| Győri ETO KC | Győr | Audi Aréna | 5,554 |
| Kispest NKK | Budapest | Soroksári Sportcsarnok | 1,000 |
| Kisvárdai KC | Kisvárda | Városi Sportcsarnok | 750 |
| Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE | Mosonmagyaróvár | Mosonszolnok Sportcsarnok UFM Aréna | 600 1,213 |
| MTK Budapest | Budapest | Elektromos csarnok | 700 |
| Siófok KC | Siófok | Beszédes József Sportcsarnok | 550 |
| Váci NKSE | Vác | Városi Sportcsarnok | 620 |

### Personnel and kits

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2016–17 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 | László Skaliczki | Ziccer | Tippmix, bmw-glass.hu, Budapest Bank |
| Budaörs | Tamás Neukum | Attila Mihály | Made by club | Tippmix |
| Debreceni VSC | Vilmos Köstner | Tone Tiselj | Erima | Tippmix, TvP, Dryvit Profi |
| Dunaújvárosi Kohász | István Szemenyei | László György | hummel | Tippmix, BH |
| Érd | Norbert Tekauer | Edina Szabó | Erima | Tippmix, AutoPalace |
| Ferencváros | Gábor Kubatov | Gábor Elek | Nike | Tippmix, Rail Cargo Hungaria, Budapest |
| Győri ETO | dr. Csaba Bartha | Ambros Martín | adidas | Audi, Győr, Tippmix |
| Kispest | Bertalan Béki Nagy | Bertalan Béki Nagy | Joma | Tippmix, Elios, Welltech |
| Kisvárda | Tamás Major | János Dévényi | adidas | Tippmix, Master Good, Kisvárda Várfürdő, |
| Mosonmagyaróvár | dr. Gábor Tenk | József Varga | Erima | Tippmix, Duvenbeck |
| MTK Budapest | Tamás Deutsch | Vladimir Golovin | Nike | Tippmix |
| Siófok | János Fodor | Roland Horváth | hummel | Tippmix |
| Vác | Erika Kirsner | Zoltán Szilágyi | Erima | Tippmix, IPress Center |

#### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Siófok | Christian Dalmose | Sacked | 27 May 2016 | Pre-season | Roland Horváth | 31 May 2016 |
| Kisvárda | Sándor Rácz | Mutual consent | 8 June 2016 | Pre-season | Péter Kovács | 9 June 2016 |
| Békéscsabai Előre | Károly Szabó (president) | | End of 2015–16 season | Pre-season | László Skaliczki | 1 July 2016 |
| Vác | Katalin Ottó (caretaker) | | End of 2015–16 season | Pre-season | Zoltán Szilágyi | 1 December 2016 |
| Kisvárda | Péter Kovács | Sacked | 10 November 2016 | 10th | János Dévényi | 11 November 2016 |
| Dunaújvárosi Kohász | Zdravko Zovko | Working as a consultant | 8 February 2017 | 5th | László György | 8 February 2017 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Győri Audi ETO KC (C) | 26 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 885 | 573 | +312 | 51 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria | 26 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 857 | 629 | +228 | 45 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Érd | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 732 | 650 | +82 | 39 | Qualification to EHF Cup third qualifying round |
| 4 | Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA | 26 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 771 | 654 | +117 | 37 | Qualification to EHF Cup second qualifying round |
| 5 | IPress Center-Vác | 26 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 762 | 700 | +62 | 35 | Qualification to EHF Cup first qualifying round |
| 6 | Alba Fehérvár KC | 26 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 717 | 712 | +5 | 24 | |
| 7 | DVSC-TvP | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 684 | 675 | +9 | 24 | Qualification to EHF Cup second qualifying round |
| 8 | Siófok KC | 26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 742 | 737 | +5 | 20 | |
| 9 | MTK Budapest | 26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 654 | 754 | −100 | 20 | |
| 10 | EUbility Group-Békéscsaba | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 631 | 717 | −86 | 18 | |
| 11 | Budaörs Handball | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 651 | 765 | −114 | 16 | |
| 12 | Kisvárda Master Good SE | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 637 | 705 | −68 | 16 | |
| 13 | Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE (R) | 26 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 589 | 702 | −113 | 15 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B |
| 14 | ELIOS Kispest NKK (R) | 26 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 631 | 970 | −339 | 4 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B |
* 1 2 ALBA - DVSC: 29–23; DVSC - ALBA: 30–27
* ↑ Because both 2016–17 Magyar Kupa champions (FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria) and runners-up (Győri Audi ETO KC) qualified for the EHF Champions League via their league position, the EHF Cup place is passed to DVSC-TvP as cup thirds.
* 1 2 SKC - MTK: 35–29; MTK - SKC: 26–23
* 1 2 BUD - KKC: 29–24; KKC - BUD: 26–26
* 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I Champion
* Győri Audi ETO KC 13th title
* Grimsbø, Kiss, Binó (goalkeepers), Amorim, Bódi, Broch, Elghaoui, Görbicz (c), Hársfalvi, Groot, Korsós, Knedlíková, Løke, Mørk, Puhalák, Tomori (Hudák, Moharos, Pál, Orbán, G. Tóth)
* Head coach
* Ambros Martín

### Schedule and results

| Home \ Away | ALBA | BÉK | BUD | DVSC | DKKA | ÉRD | FTC | GYŐR | KISP | KKC | MOS | MTK | SKC | VÁC |
| Alba Fehérvár KC | | 32–27 | 32–20 | 29–23 | 26–27 | 32–35 | 27–31 | 28–35 | 36–29 | 28–23 | 23–17 | 30–22 | 27–26 | 31–25 |
| Békéscsabai ENKSE | 30–23 | | 25–32 | 22–21 | 26–26 | 19–22 | 25–35 | 16–33 | 32–20 | 26–26 | 26–19 | 25–27 | 30–29 | 23–22 |
| Budaörs Handball | 26–33 | 29–25 | | 21–30 | 25–33 | 17–28 | 25–33 | 22–32 | 26–26 | 29–24 | 27–22 | 26–27 | 24–19 | 29–30 |
| Debreceni VSC | 30–27 | 31–19 | 33–29 | | 30–29 | 22–22 | 17–26 | 18–28 | 41–22 | 24–20 | 20–23 | 26–24 | 32–32 | 27–29 |
| Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA | 24–20 | 28–24 | 40–22 | 29–26 | | 22–29 | 33–24 | 25–33 | 43–27 | 29–25 | 27–25 | 33–20 | 35–21 | 31–26 |
| Érd NK | 26–25 | 34–24 | 34–23 | 23–19 | 29–26 | | 31–30 | 23–34 | 31–23 | 20–20 | 19–20 | 38–24 | 36–29 | 27–20 |
| Ferencvárosi TC | 36–25 | 38–24 | 34–25 | 33–20 | 27–23 | 31–25 | | 28–28 | 44–25 | 32–25 | 34–20 | 38–21 | 37–27 | 39–23 |
| Győri Audi ETO KC | 36–22 | 33–16 | 40–20 | 32–23 | 36–27 | 35–20 | 28–19 | | 44–21 | 29–16 | 37–19 | 40–25 | 34–25 | 33–22 |
| Kispest NKK | 25–42 | 22–30 | 24–24 | 24–43 | 23–39 | 30–47 | 19–43 | 25–46 | | 29–34 | 22–29 | 21–30 | 23–36 | 31–41 |
| Kisvárdai KC | 23–22 | 22–22 | 26–26 | 26–29 | 28–37 | 22–28 | 26–30 | 21–32 | 29–22 | | 23–18 | 26–21 | 28–26 | 24–26 |
| Mosonmagyaróvári KC | 29–31 | 21–21 | 23–27 | 25–24 | 17–25 | 22–25 | 19–31 | 23–36 | 30–22 | 21–20 | | 18–25 | 23–33 | 25–36 |
| MTK Budapest | 29–26 | 27–26 | 30–30 | 25–19 | 20–31 | 25–25 | 27–41 | 22–27 | 31–32 | 27–25 | 25–29 | | 26–23 | 23–33 |
| Siófok KC | 27–22 | 31–23 | 32–21 | 28–28 | 19–26 | 27–31 | 21–33 | 20–29 | 55–23 | 35–29 | 34–25 | 35–29 | | 29–35 |
| Váci NKSE | 31–18 | 34–25 | 30–26 | 28–28 | 26–23 | 29–24 | 20–30 | 27–35 | 44–21 | 37–26 | 29–27 | 31–22 | 28–23 | |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

    As of matches played on 28 May 2017.
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals | Matches |
| 1 | Krisztina Triscsuk | Siófok | 181 | 25 |
| 2 | Anna Kovács | Dunaújváros | 167 | 26 |
| 3 | Katarina Krpež-Slezak | Érd | 151 | 22 |
| 4 | Nora Mørk | Győri ETO | 139 | 26 |
| 5 | Estelle Nze Minko | Siófok | 133 | 22 |
| 6 | Samira Rocha | Kisvárda | 126 | 25 |
| 7 | Barbara Pálos-Bognár | Budaörs | 125 | 25 |
| 8 | Kata Juhos | Budaörs | 124 | 24 |
| 9 | Réka Bízik | Mosonmagyaróvár | 120 | 25 |
| 10 | Alexandra do Nascimento | Vác | 118 | 18 |

### Attendances

| Pos | Team | Total attendances | Average attendances | Highest attendances | Lowest attendances |
| 1 | Győri Audi ETO KC | 37,548 | 2,888 | 4,998 (vs. Érd) | 1,773 (vs. Kispest) |
| 2 | DVSC-TvP | 19,800 | 1,523 | 5,500 (vs. Győri ETO) | 800 (vs. MTK Budapest) |
| 3 | Érd | 17,300 | 1,331 | 2,300 (vs. Győri ETO) | 700 (vs. Békéscsaba) |
| 4 | EUbility Group-Békéscsaba | 12,200 | 938 | 1,700 (vs. Győri ETO) | 600 (vs. Kispest) |
| 5 | Kisvárda Master Good SE | 9,985 | 768 | 1,000 (vs. Győri ETO) | 600 (vs. Békéscsaba) |
| 6 | Budaörs Handball | 9,093 | 699 | 900 (vs. Győri ETO) | 400 (vs. Békéscsaba) |
| 7 | FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria | 8,650 | 665 | 1,200 (vs. Győri ETO) | 400 (vs. Debreceni VSC) |
| 8 | Alba Fehérvár KC | 8,386 | 645 | 896 (vs. Békéscsaba) | 300 (vs. Kispest) |
| 9 | Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA | 7,900 | 608 | 950 (vs. Győri ETO) | 400 (vs. Mosonmagyaróvár) |
| 10 | Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE | 7,470 | 575 | 1,000 (vs. Alba Fehérvár) | 200 (vs. Kisvárda) |
| 11 | IPress Center-Vác | 6,800 | 523 | 650 (vs. Érd) | 400 (vs. Mosonmagyaróvár) |
| 12 | Siófok KC | 6,030 | 464 | 550 (vs. Debreceni VSC) | 300 (vs. Budaörs) |
| 13 | MTK Budapest | 4,400 | 338 | 500 (vs. Dunaújváros) | 200 (vs. Vác) |
| 14 | ELIOS Kispest NKK | 3,260 | 251 | 400 (vs. Ferencváros) | 100 (vs. Alba Fehérvár) |
| Total | Total | 158,822 | 873 | 5,500 – DVSC vs. GYŐR | 100 – KISP vs. ALBA |
Source: League matches: NB I 2016/2017

## Number of teams by counties

| Pos. | County (megye) | No. of teams | Team(s) |
| 1 | Budapest (capital) | 3 | Ferencvárosi TC, Kispest and MTK |
| 1 | Pest | 3 | Budaörs, Érd and Váci NKSE |
| 2 | Fejér | 2 | Alba Fehérvár KC and Dunaújvárosi Kohász |
| 2 | Győr-Moson-Sopron | 2 | Győri ETO and Mosonmagyaróvári KC |
| 5 | Békés | 1 | Békéscsabai Előre |
| 5 | Hajdú-Bihar | 1 | Debreceni VSC |
| 5 | Somogy | 1 | Siófok KC |
| 5 | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | 1 | Kisvárdai KC |