# 2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball)

The 2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (known as the K&H női kézilabda liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 72nd season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Hungarian premier Handball league.

## Team information

As in the previous season, 14 teams played in the 2021–22 season. After the 2021–22 season, Szombathelyi KKA and Vasas SC were relegated to the 2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B. They were replaced by two clubs from the 2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B; Békéscsabai Előre NKSE and Nemzeti Kézilabda Akadémia.
| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity |
| Alba Fehérvár KC | Székesfehérvár | KÖFÉM Sports Hall | 1,000 |
| Békéscsabai Előre NKSE | Békéscsaba | Municipal Sports Hall | 2,300 |
| Budaörs Handball | Budaörs | Városi Uszoda és Sportcsarnok | 1,000 |
| Debreceni VSC | Debrecen | Főnix Hall Hódos Imre Sports Hall | 8,500 2,250 |
| Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA | Dunaújváros | Municipal Sports Hall | 1,200 |
| Érd | Érd | Érd Aréna | 2,200 |
| Ferencvárosi TC | Budapest | Elek Gyula Aréna | 1,300 |
| Győri Audi ETO KC | Győr | Audi Aréna | 5,500 |
| Kisvárdai KC | Kisvárda | Municipal Sports Hall | 1000 |
| MTK Budapest | Budapest | Elektromos hall | 500 |
| Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE | Mosonmagyaróvár | UFM Aréna | 1,100 |
| NEKA | Balatonboglár | NEKA Sportcsarnok | 678 |
| Siófok KC | Siófok | Kiss Szilárd Sports Hall | 1,500 |
| Váci NKSE | Vác | Municipal Sports Hall | 700 |

### Personnel and kits

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, with their president, head coach, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.
| Team | President | Head coach | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor(s) |
| Alba Fehérvár KC | Imre Balássi | Krisztián Józsa | hummel | tippmix, Avis |
| Békéscsabai ENKSE | György Paláncz | Bálint Papp | Ziccer | tippmix, bmw-glass.hu, Budapest Bank |
| Budaörs | Tamás Neukum | Dániel Buday | Made by club | tippmix |
| Debreceni VSC | Zsolt Ábrók | Zoltán Szilágyi | adidas | tippmix, Schaeffler, Riska |
| Dunaújvárosi KKA | Attila Gurics | Tamás Rapatyi | hummel | tippmix, BH |
| Érd NK | dr. Anna Boldog | Judit Simics | Erima | tippmix |
| Ferencvárosi TC | Gábor Kubatov | Gábor Elek | Nike | tippmix, Rail Cargo Hungaria, Lidl, Budapest |
| Győri ETO KC | Anita Görbicz | Ambros Martín | Mizuno | Audi, Győr, tippmix |
| Kisvárdai KC | Tamás Major | Valéria Szabó | hummel | tippmix, Master Good, Volkswagen |
| Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE | Guntham Turner | János Gyurka | adidas | tippmix, Eu-Fire |
| MTK Budapest | Tamás Deutsch | Attila Vágó | Nike | tippmix |
| Nemzeti Kézilabda Akadémia | Lajos Mocsai | Szilárd Kiss Jr. | hummel | tippmix |
| Siófok KC | János Fodor | Uroš Bregar | Puma | tippmix, Peszter |
| Váci NKSE | Erika Kirsner | Gábor Herbert | hummel | tippmix, Praktiker |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Váci NKSE | Katalin Ottó | Mutual consent | End of 2021–22 season | Pre-season | Gábor Herbert | 1 July 2022 |
| MTK Budapest | Gergő Vida | Mutual consent | 18 October 2022 | 11th | Marinko Kekezović | October 2022 |
| MTK Budapest | Marinko Kekezović | Mutual consent | 1 December 2022 | 10th | Attila Vágó | 1 December 2022 |
| Érd HC | Roland Horváth | Mutual consent | 12 January 2023 | 14th | Judit Simics | 17 January 2023 |
| Kisvárdai KC | Botond Bakó | Mutual consent | 15 February 2023 | 11th | Valéria Szabó | 16 February 2023 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Győri Audi ETO KC | 26 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 854 | 590 | +264 | 50 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria | 26 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 853 | 614 | +239 | 48 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | DVSC SCHAEFFLER | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 778 | 633 | +145 | 39 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Motherson-Mosonmagyaróvár | 26 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 799 | 698 | +101 | 36 | Qualification to European League group phase |
| 5 | Siófok KC | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 731 | 697 | +34 | 30 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B |
| 6 | Váci NKSE | 26 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 724 | 689 | +35 | 28 | Qualification to European League third qualifying round |
| 7 | Alba Fehérvár KC | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 650 | 730 | −80 | 23 | |
| 8 | MTK Budapest | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 702 | 719 | −17 | 21 | |
| 9 | Kisvárda Master Good SE | 26 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 597 | 689 | −92 | 20 | |
| 10 | Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 643 | 763 | −120 | 19 | |
| 11 | Moyra-Budaörs Handball | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 635 | 728 | −93 | 19 | |
| 12 | Békéscsabai Előre NKSE | 26 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 644 | 761 | −117 | 14 | |
| 13 | Nemzeti Kézilabda Akadémia | 26 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 629 | 739 | −110 | 11 | |
| 14 | Érd | 26 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 634 | 823 | −189 | 6 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B |
* ↑ Liquidation proceedings were launched against the club due to unpaid employee wages, as a result of which they were relegated to the third division.

### Schedule and results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.
| Home \ Away | BÉK | BUD | DEB | DUN | ÉRD | ALB | FER | GYŐ | KIS | MOS | MTK | NEK | SIÓ | VÁC |
| Békéscsabai ENKSE | | 28–26 | 20–36 | 31–27 | 25–26 | 23–25 | 20–33 | 22–33 | 17–26 | 29–24 | 25–27 | 26–21 | 30–32 | 20–28 |
| Budaörs Handball | 25–20 | | 25–23 | 27–27 | 32–24 | 32–26 | 21–30 | 13–38 | 25–27 | 31–36 | 20–28 | 28–21 | 19–19 | 24–31 |
| Debreceni VSC | 30–22 | 34–23 | | 40–27 | 32–24 | 33–23 | 26–29 | 30–31 | 22–19 | 30–24 | 31–24 | 29–25 | 21–21 | 34–33 |
| Dunaújvárosi KKA | 30–26 | 26–22 | 25–39 | | 30–26 | 20–22 | 27–33 | 14–35 | 24–26 | 30–40 | 25–23 | 18–18 | 25–24 | 34–31 |
| Érd | 24–37 | 27–28 | 21–32 | 29–32 | | 20–24 | 19–41 | 22–35 | 21–23 | 25–39 | 24–32 | 28–24 | 26–33 | 21–29 |
| Alba Fehérvár KC | 25–30 | 25–20 | 26–37 | 26–26 | 22–20 | | 15–35 | 21–33 | 26–22 | 27–30 | 26–24 | 23–28 | 28–28 | 24–24 |
| Ferencvárosi TC | 42–24 | 37–20 | 30–30 | 31–24 | 34–26 | 37–22 | | 32–26 | 33–22 | 26–24 | 38–27 | 40–20 | 35–29 | 42–29 |
| Győri Audi ETO KC | 36–24 | 33–24 | 25–22 | 40–24 | 39–23 | 35–23 | 31–20 | | 30–19 | 30–25 | 31–25 | 34–20 | 33–26 | 36–25 |
| Kisvárdai KC | 28–20 | 24–25 | 9–35 | 28–19 | 35–25 | 22–29 | 18–26 | 19–32 | | 26–32 | 32–28 | 23–15 | 17–26 | 25–24 |
| Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE | 34–22 | 30–23 | 28–28 | 44–31 | 35–24 | 30–27 | 22–22 | 21–28 | 35–27 | | 23–19 | 41–32 | 24–28 | 30–20 |
| MTK Budapest | 35–31 | 28–28 | 28–29 | 10–0 | 32–22 | 29–30 | 36–37 | 28–39 | 31–20 | 27–34 | | 28–25 | 33–32 | 19–35 |
| Nemzeti Kézilabda Akadémia | 26–21 | 23–26 | 23–27 | 29–25 | 30–31 | 25–27 | 16–31 | 25–33 | 28–17 | 26–33 | 27–26 | | 23–34 | 28–30 |
| Siófok KC | 27–29 | 37–28 | 28–26 | 29–30 | 31–26 | 32–29 | 19–29 | 26–30 | 35–23 | 29–28 | 32–32 | 28–25 | | 24–22 |
| Váci NKSE | 35–22 | 26–20 | 20–22 | 34–23 | 37–30 | 35–29 | 21–30 | 17–28 | 26–20 | 31–33 | 23–23 | 32–26 | 26–22 | |

### Number of teams by counties

| Pos. | County (megye) | No. of teams | Team(s) |
| 1 | Pest | 3 | Érd NK, Budaörs and Váci NKSE |
| 2 | Budapest (capital) | 2 | Ferencvárosi TC and MTK Budapest |
| 2 | Fejér | 2 | Alba Fehérvár KC and Dunaújvárosi KKA |
| 2 | Győr-Moson-Sopron | 2 | Győri ETO KC and Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE |
| 2 | Somogy | 2 | Nemzeti Kézilabda Akadémia Balatonboglár and Siófok KC |
| 4 | Békés | 1 | Békéscsabai ENKSE |
| 4 | Hajdú-Bihar | 1 | Debreceni VSC |
| 4 | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | 1 | Kisvárdai KC |