# 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság II

The 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság II (also known as 2017–18 Merkantil Bank Liga) was Hungary's 67th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság II, the second tier of the Hungarian football league system.
On 19 June 2017, it was announced that the Hungarian Football Federation accepted all of the licenses of the 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság II clubs.

## Team changes

| Promoted from 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság III | Relegated from 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I |
| Győr (West) | MTK Budapest |
| Budafok (Center) | Gyírmót |
| Kazincbarcika (East) | |
| Promoted to 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Relegated to 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság III |
| Puskás Akadémia | Kozármisleny |
| Balmazújváros | Cigánd |
| | Szegedi EOL |

## Stadiums by capacity

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Békéscsaba | Békéscsaba | Kórház utcai | 13,000 |
| Budafok | Budapest, Budafok | Promontor utcai | 3,000 |
| Budaörs | Budaörs | Árok utcai | 1,200 |
| Cegléd | Cegléd | Malomtószéli | 4,000 |
| Aqvital | Csákvár | Tersztyánszky Ödön | 2,020 |
| Dorog | Dorog | Buzánszky Jenő | 5,000 |
| Gyirmót | Győr | Ménfői úti | 4,000 |
| Győr | Győr | ETO Park | 14,000 |
| Kazincbarcika | Kazincbarcika | Pete András | 3,000 |
| Kisvárda | Kisvárda | Várkert | 2,124 |
| Mosonmagyaróvár | Mosonmagyaróvár | Wittmann Antal | 4,000 |
| MTK | Budapest, Józsefváros | Hidegkuti Nándor | 5,322 |
| Nyíregyháza Spartacus | Nyíregyháza | Városi | 10,500 |
| Siófok | Siófok | Révész Géza | 6,500 |
| Sopron | Sopron | Városi | 4,500 |
| Soroksár | Budapest, Soroksár | Szamosi Mihály | 5,000 |
| Szeged | Gyula | Grosics Akadémia | 1,500 |
| Szolnok | Szolnok | Tiszaligeti | 4,000 |
| Vác | Vác | Ligeti | 12,000 |
| Zalaegerszeg | Zalaegerszeg | ZTE Arena | 9,300 |

## Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Békéscsaba | Gábor Boér | | Adidas | Békés Drén |
| Budafok | György Gálhidi | Csaba Csizmadia | | |
| Budaörs | György Bognár | Ádám Csobánki | Ziccer | Volkswagen |
| Cegléd | László Klausz | | Joma | |
| Csákvár | István Szíjjártó | | adidas | Aqvital |
| Dorog | Szabolcs Schindler | Illés Sitku | Adidas | Pannon Falap-Lemez |
| Gyirmót | Péter Hannich | | | |
| Győr | Lázár Szentes | | | |
| Kazincbarcika | Zoltán Vitelki | | | |
| Kisvárda | Elemér Kondás | Lucas | Adidas | Master Good |
| Mosonmagyaróvár | Péter Várhidi | Balázs Laki | Legea | Credobus |
| MTK Budapest | Tamás Feczkó | József Kanta | | |
| Nyíregyháza | Tamás Lucsánszky | - | Jako | Révész |
| Siófok | Attila Varga | - | Nike | HunGast |
| Sopron | Szabolcs Németh | Tamás Sifter | Nike | Swietelsky |
| Soroksár | Péter Lipcsei | Gábor Gyepes | Jako | Banetti |
| Szeged | Goran Kopunović | Levente Szántai | Lotto | Rádio 88 |
| Szolnok | Pál Balogh | Zoltán Kenderes | hummel | Szolnok |
| Vác | | Csaba Hegedűs | Joma | |
| Zalaegerszeg | Tamás Artner | - | mass | Pharos |

## Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position is table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Csákvár | Károly Szanyó | Mutual agreement | 12 September 2017 | 20th | István Szíjjártó | 12 September 2017 |
| Siófok | László Disztl | Mutual agreement | 26 September 2017 | 18th | Attila Varga | 28 September 2017 |
| Győr | Balázs Bekő | Sacked | 27 September 2017 | | Lázár Szentes | 28 September 2017 |
| Budafok | László Prukner | Mutual agreement | 17 October 2017 | | Bálint Tóth | 17 October 2017 |
| Gyirmót | Ladislav Molnár | Sacked | 7 November 2017 | | Péter Hannich | 8 November 2017 |
| Sopron | Szabolcs Németh | Mutual agreement | 13 November 2017 | 20th | Balázs Bekő | 3 January 2018 |
| Zalaegerszeg | Zoran Spisjak | Sacked | 27 November 2017 | 13th | Géza Vlaszák and Felipe Matos (caretakers) | 27 November 2017 |
| Szeged | Attila Supka | Mutual agreement, contract with Honvéd | 10 December 2017 | 17th | Goran Kopunović | 22 December 2017 |
| Budafok | Bálint Tóth | End of term | 12 December 2017 | 18th | György Gálhidi | 12 December 2017 |
| Vác | Károly Horváth | Mutual agreement, technical director of ZTE | 19 December 2017 | 5th | | |
| Zalaegerszeg | Géza Vlaszák and Felipe Matos (caretakers) | Caretakers replaced | 19 December 2017 | 14th | Tamás Artner | 19 December 2017 |
| Budafok | György Gálhidi | Mutual agreement | 24 April 2018 | 19th | Bálint Tóth | 24 April 2018 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | MTK Budapest (C, P) | 38 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 88 | 44 | +44 | 82 | Promotion to Nemzeti Bajnokság I |
| 2 | Kisvárda (P) | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 70 | 40 | +30 | 75 | Promotion to Nemzeti Bajnokság I |
| 3 | Békéscsaba | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 64 | 43 | +21 | 65 | |
| 4 | Budaörs | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 70 | 52 | +18 | 63 | |
| 5 | Nyíregyháza | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 60 | |
| 6 | Gyirmót | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 58 | 46 | +12 | 59 | |
| 7 | Győr | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 55 | 53 | +2 | 58 | |
| 8 | Soroksár | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 56 | |
| 9 | Cegléd | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 52 | |
| 10 | Vác | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 51 | |
| 11 | Aqvital Csákvár | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 50 | 66 | −16 | 47 | |
| 12 | Dorog | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 45 | 47 | −2 | 46 | |
| 13 | Siófok | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 45 | |
| 14 | Budafok | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 42 | 56 | −14 | 45 | |
| 15 | Mosonmagyaróvár | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 45 | |
| 16 | Zalaegerszeg | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 45 | 58 | −13 | 44 | |
| 17 | Kazincbarcika | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 44 | |
| 18 | Szolnok (R) | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 38 | 58 | −20 | 42 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság III |
| 19 | Szeged (R) | 38 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 41 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság III |
| 20 | Sopron (R) | 38 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 31 | 73 | −42 | 20 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság III |

## Number of teams by counties

| | County | No. teams | Teams |
| 1 | Győr-Moson-Sopron | 4 | Gyirmót, Győr, Mosonmagyaróvár and Sopron |
| 2 | Budapest | 3 | Budafok, MTK Budapest, and Soroksár |
| 2 | Pest | 3 | Budaörs, Cegléd, and Vác |
| 4 | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | 2 | Kisvárda and Nyíregyháza |
| 5 | Békés | 1 | Békéscsaba |
| 5 | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | 1 | Kazincbarcika |
| 5 | Csongrád | 2 | Szeged |
| 5 | Fejér | 1 | Csákvár |
| 5 | Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | 1 | Szolnok |
| 5 | Komárom-Esztergom | 1 | Dorog |
| 5 | Somogy | 1 | Siófok |
| 5 | Zala | 1 | Zalaegerszeg |