# 1971–72 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Final standings of the 1971–72 Hungarian League season.

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Újpesti Dózsa (C) | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 78 | 30 | +48 | 46 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Budapest Honvéd | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 51 | 26 | +25 | 39 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Salgótarján | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 39 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Tatabányai Bányász | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 44 | 32 | +12 | 37 | |
| 5 | Ferencváros | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 59 | 36 | +23 | 34 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 6 | Vasas | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 32 | |
| 7 | Videoton | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 47 | 43 | +4 | 31 | |
| 8 | Komlói Bányász | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 31 | |
| 9 | Csepel | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 30 | |
| 10 | Rába ETO Győr | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 26 | |
| 11 | Pécsi Dózsa | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 25 | |
| 12 | Diósgyőr | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 24 | |
| 13 | MTK Budapest | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 22 | |
| 14 | Egyetértés VM | 30 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 21 | |
| 15 | Egri Dózsa (R) | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 65 | −33 | 20 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II |
| 16 | Haladás (R) | 30 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 27 | 63 | −36 | 13 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II |
* 1 2 3 2 points deducted

## Results

| Home \ Away | CSE | DIÓ | EGR | EGY | FTC | HAL | HON | KOM | MTK | PÉC | GYŐ | SAL | TAT | ÚJP | VAS | VID |
| Csepel | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Diósgyőr | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 |
| Egri Dózsa | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Egyetértés VM | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | – | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 |
| Ferencváros | 2–2 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 3–1 | | 3–1 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 6–2 |
| Haladás | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Budapest Honvéd | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 |
| Komlói Bányász | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| MTK Budapest | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | – | 2–2 | 6–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 |
| Pécsi Dózsa | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Rába ETO Győr | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Salgótarján | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Tatabányai Bányász | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Újpesti Dózsa | 4–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 6–3 | 0–0 | 8–1 | 6–1 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Vasas | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | | 1–0 |
| Videoton | 2–0 | 2–0 | 8–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 7–4 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | |
* 1 2 The matches Egyetértés VM – Ferencváros and MTK Budapest – Egyetértés VM declared lost for both teams with score 0–0.

## Statistical leaders
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ferenc Bene | Újpesti Dózsa | 29 |
| 2 | László Fazekas | Újpesti Dózsa | 21 |
| 3 | Mihály Kozma | Budapest Honvéd | 17 |
| 3 | Antal Dunai | Újpesti Dózsa | 16 |
| 4 | Flórián Albert | Ferencvárosi TC | 15 |
| 4 | László Branikovits | Ferencvárosi TC | 15 |
| 6 | István Szőke | Ferencvárosi TC | 14 |
| 6 | Béla Várady | Vasas SC | 14 |
| 8 | László Takács | Tatabányai Bányász | 13 |
| 9 | Lajos Kocsis | Budapest Honvéd | 12 |