# 2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball)

The 2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I is the 64th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Hungary's premier Handball league.

## Team information

The following 12 clubs compete in the NB I during the 2014–15 season:
| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity |
| Békéscsabai ENKSE | Békéscsaba | Városi Sportcsarnok | 2,300 |
| Debreceni VSC | Debrecen | Hódos Imre Sportcsarnok | 1,800 |
| Dunaújvárosi KKA | Dunaújváros | Dunaferr Sportcsarnok | 1,200 |
| Érd NK | Érd | Érd Aréna | 2,200 |
| Alba Fehérvár KC | Székesfehérvár | KÖFÉM Sportcsarnok | 1,200 |
| Ferencvárosi TC | Budapest | Elek Gyula Aréna | 1,300 |
| Győri ETO KC | Győr | Egyetemi Csarnok Audi Aréna | 3,036 5,554 |
| Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE | Mosonmagyaróvár | Mosonszolnok Sportcsarnok | 500 |
| MTK Budapest | Budapest | Elektromos csarnok | 600 |
| Siófok KC | Siófok | Beszédes József Sportcsarnok | 550 |
| Szeged KKSE | Szeged | Újszegedi Sportcsarnok | 3,200 |
| Váci NKSE | Vác | Városi Sportcsarnok | 800 |

### Personnel and kits

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, with their president, head coach, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.
| Team | President | Head coach | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor(s) |
| Békéscsaba | Károly Szabó | György Avar | Erreà | EUbility Group Kft., Budapest Bank |
| Debrecen | Vilmos Köstner | József Varga | Erima | TvP, Aquaticum |
| Dunaújváros | István Szemenyei | Eszter Mátéfi | hummel | Vertikál Zrt. |
| Érd | Norbert Tekauer | Edina Szabó | Erima | Nagycsaládosok Országos Egyesülete |
| Fehérvár | Imre Balassi | Botond Bakó | hummel | Strabag |
| Ferencváros | Gábor Kubatov | Gábor Elek | Nike | Rail Cargo Hungaria, Aegon |
| Győr | Ernő Kelecsényi | Ambros Martín | adidas | Audi, MVM |
| Mosonmagyaróvár | Dr. Gábor Tenk | Kálmán Róth | adidas | — |
| MTK Budapest | Tamás Deutsch | Attila Horváth | Nike | — |
| Siófok | János Fodor | Vladimir Golovin | hummel | proPannonia |
| Szeged | Dr. Zsolt Kovács | György Marosán | Erima | Exicom |
| Vác | Erika Kirsner | Katalin Ottó | Erima | IPress Center |

## Regular season
### Standings

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts |
| 1 | Győr | 22 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 691 | 448 | +243 | 42 |
| 2 | Ferencváros | 22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 735 | 507 | +228 | 41 |
| 3 | Dunaújváros | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 584 | 522 | +62 | 29 |
| 4 | Érd | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 582 | 518 | +64 | 27 |
| 5 | Siófok | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 656 | 588 | +68 | 26 |
| 6 | Fehérvár KC | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 509 | 518 | −9 | 25 |
| 7 | Debrecen | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 567 | 615 | −48 | 20 |
| 8 | Békéscsaba | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 555 | 662 | −107 | 16 |
| 9 | Vác | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 509 | 580 | −71 | 15 |
| 10 | Mosonmagyaróvár | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 538 | 597 | −59 | 12 |
| 11 | MTK Budapest | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 542 | 628 | −86 | 10 |
| 12 | Szeged | 22 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 483 | 768 | −285 | 1 |
* Championship Playoff
* 5th – 8th Placement
* Relegation Round
Pld - Played; W - Won; D - Drawn; L - Lost; GF - Goals for; GA - Goals against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

#### Schedule and results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.
| Békéscsaba | | 31–28 | 29–28 | 18–33 | 24–22 | 26–32 | 22–33 | 32–21 | 29–23 | 25–32 | 33–25 | 32–26 |
| Debrecen | 32–29 | | 32–38 | 28–23 | 26–21 | 21–42 | 20–35 | 27–25 | 30–19 | 31–30 | 34–29 | 18–19 |
| Dunaújváros | 33–17 | 30–22 | | 23–22 | 25–20 | 19–28 | 22–28 | 25–21 | 31–24 | 24–26 | 39–20 | 27–20 |
| Érd | 32–15 | 25–24 | 18–24 | | 21–21 | 25–32 | 23–28 | 26–23 | 29–26 | 30–28 | 39–17 | 29–23 |
| Fehérvár | 25–20 | 23–20 | 23–19 | 20–25 | | 19–30 | 19–27 | 26–24 | 29–25 | 30–26 | 38–25 | 17–13 |
| Ferencváros | 42–27 | 32–17 | 38–24 | 27–18 | 33–28 | | 24–21 | 32–19 | 33–26 | 28–28 | 45–16 | 32–20 |
| Győr | 35–17 | 30–16 | 27–19 | 32–27 | 29–21 | 31–26 | | 39–20 | 38–17 | 34–20 | 31–19 | 36–21 |
| Mosonmagyaróvár | 35–25 | 26–27 | 21–22 | 29–32 | 19–21 | 22–35 | 21–28 | | 21–21 | 25–25 | 30–20 | 27–25 |
| MTK Budapest | 34–27 | 27–28 | 23–27 | 20–23 | 19–20 | 26–32 | 22–31 | 26–25 | | 29–37 | 34–21 | 25–23 |
| Siófok | 38–26 | 30–28 | 20–21 | 24–23 | 29–20 | 28–38 | 23–29 | 33–26 | 40–24 | | 44–21 | 27–23 |
| Szeged | 26–27 | 21–29 | 20–41 | 20–33 | 20–22 | 24–43 | 16–38 | 29–36 | 27–27 | 21–39 | | 27–39 |
| Vác | 27–24 | 30–29 | 23–23 | 16–26 | 19–24 | 22–31 | 13–31 | 21–22 | 27–25 | 32–29 | 27–19 | |

## Championship playoff

Teams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each playoff game.
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Győri Audi ETO KC | 36 | 25 | | | | | |
| 4 | Érd | 24 | 21 | | | | | |
| 4 | Érd | 24 | 21 | 1 | Győri ETO KC | 36 | 25 | |
| | | | | 2 | FTC-Rail Cargo Hungária | 37 | 27 | |
| 2 | FTC-Rail Cargo Hungária | 42 | 33 | 2 | FTC-Rail Cargo Hungária | 37 | 27 | |
| 3 | Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA | 30 | 28 | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | 4 | Érd | 26 | 27 | |
| | | | | 3 | Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA | 18 | 26 | |

### Semifinals
#### 1st leg

| 17 April 18:00 (UTC+2) | FTC-Rail Cargo Hungária | 42 – 30 | Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA | Elek Gyula Aréna, Budapest Attendance: 600 Referees: B.Pech, Vágvölgyi |
| 17 April 18:00 (UTC+2) | Pena 9 | (16–14) | Bulath 12 | Elek Gyula Aréna, Budapest Attendance: 600 Referees: B.Pech, Vágvölgyi |
| 17 April 18:00 (UTC+2) | 3× 5× | Report | 3× 2× | Elek Gyula Aréna, Budapest Attendance: 600 Referees: B.Pech, Vágvölgyi |
| 23 April 18:00 (UTC+2) | Győri Audi ETO KC | 36 – 24 | Érd | Audi Aréna, Győr Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Andorka, Hucker |
| 23 April 18:00 (UTC+2) | Korsós 7 | (20–12) | Krpež 7 | Audi Aréna, Győr Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Andorka, Hucker |
| 23 April 18:00 (UTC+2) | 1× 3× | Report | 3× 4× | Audi Aréna, Győr Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Andorka, Hucker |

#### 2nd leg

| 22 April 18:00 (UTC+2) | Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA | 28 – 33 | FTC-Rail Cargo Hungária | Dunaferr Sportcsarnok, Dunaújváros Attendance: 900 Referees: Heim, Kiss |
| 22 April 18:00 (UTC+2) | Vincze 8 | (15–20) | Szamoránsky 8 | Dunaferr Sportcsarnok, Dunaújváros Attendance: 900 Referees: Heim, Kiss |
| 22 April 18:00 (UTC+2) | 2× 2× | Report | 3× 4× | Dunaferr Sportcsarnok, Dunaújváros Attendance: 900 Referees: Heim, Kiss |
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungária won series 2–0 and advanced to the final.
| 28 April 18:00 (UTC+2) | Érd | 21 – 25 | Győri Audi ETO KC | Érd Aréna, Érd Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Janáky, Temesi |
| 28 April 18:00 (UTC+2) | four players 4 | (9–15) | Kovacsics 8 | Érd Aréna, Érd Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Janáky, Temesi |
| 28 April 18:00 (UTC+2) | 2× 4× | Report | 3× 3× | Érd Aréna, Érd Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Janáky, Temesi |
Győri Audi ETO KC won series 2–0 and advanced to the final.

### Final

* 1st leg
| 7 May 18:00 (UTC+2) | FTC-Rail Cargo Hungária | 37 – 36 | Győri Audi ETO KC | Elek Gyula Aréna, Budapest Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Horváth, Marton |
| 7 May 18:00 (UTC+2) | Szucsánszki 16 | (16–12) | Sen 10 | Elek Gyula Aréna, Budapest Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Horváth, Marton |
| 7 May 18:00 (UTC+2) | 3× 2× | Report | 3× 4× | Elek Gyula Aréna, Budapest Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Horváth, Marton |
* 2nd leg
| 14 May 18:00 (UTC+2) | Győri Audi ETO KC | 25 – 27 | FTC-Rail Cargo Hungária | Audi Aréna, Győr Attendance: 4,800 Referees: Andorka, Hucker |
| 14 May 18:00 (UTC+2) | Løke 5 | (11–15) | Pena 11 | Audi Aréna, Győr Attendance: 4,800 Referees: Andorka, Hucker |
| 14 May 18:00 (UTC+2) | 2× 3× | Report | 3× 7× | Audi Aréna, Győr Attendance: 4,800 Referees: Andorka, Hucker |
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungária won Championship final series 2–0.
| NB I 2014–15 Champions Ferencváros 12th Title | Team roster 03 Anita Cifra (P) 04 Adrienn Szarka (LW) 06 Orsolya Vérten (LW) 07 Melinda Tóth (LW) 08 Zita Szucsánszki (CB) 12 Melinda Szikora (GK) 14 Rea Mészáros (P) 19 Mónika Kovacsicz (RW) | 22 Viktória Lukács (RW) 23 Zsuzsanna Tomori (RB) 25 Nerea Pena (LB) 27 Katarina Tomašević (GK) 32 Ágnes Kocsis (CB) 45 Noémi Háfra (CB) 48 Dorottya Faluvégi (RW) 98 Piroska Szamoránsky (P) Head coach: Gábor Elek |

## 5th – 8th placement
### Standings

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts |
| 5 | Siófoki KC-Galerius Fürdő | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 149 | +16 | 16 |
| 6 | Fehérvár KC | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 140 | 147 | −7 | 9 |
| 7 | DVSC-TvP-Aquaticum | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 166 | 157 | +9 | 8 |
| 8 | EUbility Group-Békéscsabai ENKSE | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 154 | 172 | −18 | 1 |
Pld - Played; W - Won; D - Drawn; L - Lost; GF - Goals for; GA - Goals against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

#### Schedule and results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.
| Békéscsaba | | 29–36 | 22–23 | 27–29 |
| Debreceni VSC | 31–27 | | 22–17 | 25–26 |
| Fehérvár KC | 28–27 | 27–22 | | 23–30 |
| Siófok | 25–22 | 31–30 | 24–22 | |

## Relegation round
### Standings

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 9 | IPress Center-Vác | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 179 | 140 | +39 | 14 |
| 10 | Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 160 | 137 | +23 | 11 |
| 11 | MTK Budapest | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 159 | 158 | +1 | 8 | Relegation to 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B |
| 12 | Szeged KKSE | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 131 | 194 | −63 | 1 | Relegation to 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B |
Pld - Played; W - Won; D - Drawn; L - Lost; GF - Goals for; GA - Goals against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

#### Schedule and results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.
| Mosonmagyaróvár | | 27–24 | 22–15 | 20–26 |
| MTK Budapest | 21–28 | | 43–28 | 23–22 |
| Szeged KKSE | 19–33 | 23–27 | | 23–35 |
| Vác | 32–30 | 30–21 | 34–23 | |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

    Updated to games played on 24 May 2015.
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Nerea Pena | FTC-Rail Cargo Hungária | 163 |
| 2 | Gabriella Tóth | Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE | 161 |
| 3 | Anita Bulath | Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA | 154 |
| 4 | Annamária Orbán | Siófoki KC-Galerius Fürdő | 152 |
| 5 | Tamara Tilinger | Fehérvár KC | 147 |
| 6 | Zita Szucsánszki | FTC-Rail Cargo Hungária | 146 |
| 6 | Zsuzsanna Tomori | FTC-Rail Cargo Hungária | 146 |
| 8 | Dóra Hornyák | IPress Center-Vác | 144 |
| 9 | Ildikó Erdősi | Siófoki KC-Galerius Fürdő | 140 |
| 10 | Krisztina Triscsuk | Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA | 137 |
Source:

### Number of teams by counties

| | County (megye) | No. teams | Teams |
| 1 | Budapest | 2 | Ferencváros and MTK |
| 1 | Fejér | 2 | Dunaújváros and Fehérvár KC |
| 1 | Győr-Moson-Sopron | 2 | Győri ETO and Mosonmagyaróvár |
| 1 | Pest | 2 | Érd and Vác |
| 5 | Békés | 1 | Békéscsaba |
| 5 | Csongrád | 1 | Szeged KKSE |
| 5 | Hajdú-Bihar | 1 | Debreceni VSC |
| 5 | Somogy | 1 | Siófok |

### NB I clubs in 2014–15 European competitions

| Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| EHF Champions League | Group C | Lokomotiva | 32–23 | 26–15 | 1st |
| EHF Champions League | Group C | IK Sävehof | 35–23 | 38–21 | 1st |
| EHF Champions League | Group C | Viborg HK | 22–20 | 30–25 | 1st |
| EHF Champions League | Group 2 | Baia Mare | 29–23 | 26–18 | 2nd |
| EHF Champions League | Group 2 | Larvik HK | 25–26 | 19–21 | 2nd |
| EHF Champions League | Group 2 | Metz | 31–27 | 27–20 | 2nd |
| EHF Champions League | QF | Vardar | 27–27 | 18–24 | 45–51 |
| Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| EHF Champions League | QT-SF | Dalfsen | 23–23 | 23–23 | 2nd |
| EHF Champions League | QT-F | HC Leipzig | 38–39 (pen.) | 38–39 (pen.) | | 2nd |
| Cup Winners' Cup | QR3 | ŽORK Jagodina | 40–23 | 35–21 | 75–44 |
| Cup Winners' Cup | L16 | Tertnes HE | 44–27 | 41–26 | 85–53 |
| Cup Winners' Cup | QF | Blomberg-Lippe | 34–25 | 33–33 | 67–58 |
| Cup Winners' Cup | SF | Midtjylland | 23–30 | 29–31 | 52–61 |
| Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| EHF Cup | QR3 | SPONO Nottwil | 33–18 | 32–21 | 65–39 |
| EHF Cup | L16 | Remudas | 30–22 | 31–23 | 61–45 |
| EHF Cup | QF | Esbjerg | 28–20 | 29–28 | 57–48 |
| EHF Cup | SF | Rostov-Don | 24–28 | 28–32 | 52–60 |
| Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| EHF Cup | QR3 | Vardar II | 28–20 | 30–15 | 58–35 |
| EHF Cup | L16 | Rostov-Don | 28–29 | 19–28 | 47–57 |
| Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| Cup Winners' Cup | QR3 | Metalurg | 36–14 | 26–17 | 62–31 |
| Cup Winners' Cup | L16 | Hypo NÖ | 25–20 | 22–30 | 47–50 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Qualification or relegation |
| | FTC-Rail Cargo Hungária | 2015–16 Women's EHF Champions League group stage |
| | Győri Audi ETO KC | 2015–16 Women's EHF Champions League qualification stage |
| | Érd | 2015–16 Women's EHF Cup round 3 |
| 4 | Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA | 2015–16 Women's EHF Cup round 3 |
| 5 | Siófoki KC-Galerius Fürdő | 2015–16 Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup round 3 $^1$ |
| 6 | Fehérvár KC |
| 7 | DVSC-TvP-Aquaticum |
| 8 | EUbility Group-Békéscsabai ENKSE |
| 9 | IPress Center-Vác |
| 10 | Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE |
| 11 | MTK Budapest $^2$ |
| 12 | Szeged KKSE | Relegation to the 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B |
* $^1$ Since 2014–15 Magyar Kupa both finalists Győri Audi ETO KC and FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria qualified for the 2015–16 EHF Champions League Group Phase and Qualification Round, the EHF Cup Winners' Cup spot was passed to cup third Siófoki KC-Galerius Fürdő.
* $^2$ Following 2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B Eastern Group champions Gödi SE have declined the promotion due to financial reasons, MTK Budapest maintained its top division membership.