# 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball)

The 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (known as the K&H női kézilabda liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 69th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Hungarian premier Handball league. On 9 April 2020 the Hungarian Handball Federation decided to cancel the season with immediate effect due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the meaning of the decision there will be no national champion named, the results of the season will be deleted and the final league table of the 2018/19 season will determine which clubs will participate in the international competitions in 2020/21.

## Team information

As in the previous season, 14 teams played in the 2019–20 season. After the 2018–19 season, Budaörs Handball and Eszterházy KESC were relegated to the 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B. They were replaced by two clubs from the 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B; Szent István SE and Szombathelyi KKA.
| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity |
| Alba Fehérvár KC | Székesfehérvár | KÖFÉM Sports Hall | 1,000 |
| Békéscsabai Előre NKSE | Békéscsaba | Municipal Sports Hall | 2,300 |
| Debreceni VSC | Debrecen | Főnix Hall Hódos Imre Sports Hall | 8,500 1,800 |
| Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA | Dunaújváros Szekszárd | Municipal Sports Hall Municipal Sports Hall | 1,200 1,100 |
| 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 |
| Siófok KC | Siófok | Kiss Szilárd Sports Hall | 1,500 |
| Szent István SE | Budapest Monor | Municipal Sports Hall | 1,030 |
| Szombathelyi KKA | Szombathely Répcelak | Arena Savaria Répce Sports Hall | 3500 300 |
| Váci NKSE | Vác | Municipal Sports Hall | 700 |

### Personnel and kits

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2019–20 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 Balassi | Rita Deli | hummel | tippmix, Avis |
| Békéscsabai ENKSE | Károly Szabó | Roland Horváth | Ziccer | tippmix, bmw-glass.hu, Budapest Bank |
| Debreceni VSC | Vilmos Köstner | Vilmos Köstner | adidas | tippmix, Schaeffler, Riska |
| Dunaújvárosi KKA | István Szemenyei | László György | hummel | tippmix, BH |
| Érd NK | Norbert Tekauer | Edina Szabó | 2Rule | tippmix |
| Ferencvárosi TC | Gábor Kubatov | Gábor Elek | Nike | tippmix, Rail Cargo Hungaria, Budapest |
| Győri ETO KC | dr. Csaba Bartha | Gábor Danyi | adidas | Audi, Győr, tippmix |
| Kisvárdai KC | Tamás Major | Botond Bakó | hummel | tippmix, Master Good, Volkswagen |
| Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE | Cs. Attila Horváth | Róbert Bognár | adidas | tippmix, Eu-Fire |
| MTK Budapest | Tamás Deutsch | Vladimir Golovin | Nike | tippmix |
| Siófok KC | János Fodor | Tor Odvar Moen | hummel | tippmix, Peszter |
| Szent István SE | László Bognár | Gyula Vojkovics | hummel | tippmix |
| Szombathelyi KKA | Zoltán Pődör | György Marosán | Erima | tippmix |
| Váci NKSE | Erika Kirsner | Zoltán Szilágyi | hummel | tippmix, GVM |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Szent István SE | János Györfi | Mutual consent | End of 2018–19 season | Pre-season | Gyula Vojkovics | 1 July 2019 |
| Kisvárdai KC | János Dévényi | Mutual consent | End of 2018–19 season | Pre-season | Botond Bakó | 1 July 2019 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Győri Audi ETO KC | 20 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 713 | 483 | +230 | 38 |
| 2 | Siófok KC | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 608 | 427 | +181 | 31 |
| 3 | FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 579 | 454 | +125 | 29 |
| 4 | DVSC SCHAEFFLER | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 560 | 514 | +46 | 25 |
| 5 | Váci NKSE | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 559 | 533 | +26 | 24 |
| 6 | Érd NK | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 586 | 509 | +77 | 22 |
| 7 | MTK Budapest | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 569 | 616 | −47 | 19 |
| 8 | Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 480 | 520 | −40 | 16 |
| 9 | Motherson-Mosonmagyaróvár | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 495 | 547 | −52 | 14 |
| 10 | Kisvárda Master Good SE | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 456 | 526 | −70 | 13 |
| 11 | Hungast Szombathelyi KKA | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 466 | 558 | −92 | 13 |
| 12 | Alba Fehérvár KC | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 453 | 553 | −100 | 9 |
| 13 | EUbility Group-Békéscsaba | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 480 | 567 | −87 | 5 |
| 14 | Szent István SE-OTP Bank | 18 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 458 | 655 | −197 | 2 |

### Schedule and results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.
| Home \ Away | ALB | BÉK | DEB | DUN | ÉRD | FER | GYŐ | KIS | MOS | MTK | SIÓ | SZI | SZO | VÁC |
| Alba Fehérvár KC | | 28–25 | 30–33 | 22–23 | x | 17–25 | 22–28 | 32–25 | 29–27 | x | x | 29–26 | 33–34 | x |
| Békéscsabai ENKSE | x | | 25–33 | 27–29 | x | 24–39 | 19–30 | x | 25–27 | 32–23 | x | 34–34 | x | 29–31 |
| Debreceni VSC | 30–22 | 32–30 | | 24–24 | 33–29 | x | x | x | 32–26 | x | 30–39 | 39–32 | 30–18 | 29–30 |
| Dunaújvárosi KKA | x | 32–27 | x | | 25–26 | 24–30 | 21–34 | 24–19 | 27–20 | 27–32 | x | 33–22 | x | 35–36 |
| Érd NK | 35–25 | 36–29 | 29–33 | 26–28 | | 28–31 | x | x | 39–24 | 36–24 | 27–21 | 50–23 | 38–21 | x |
| Ferencvárosi TC | x | x | 30–30 | 31–23 | 33–32 | | 27–28 | 30–22 | 30–20 | 36–22 | 24–26 | x | 40–17 | x |
| Győri Audi ETO KC | 49–23 | 45–28 | 36–28 | 30–19 | 39–28 | x | | 45–19 | x | 38–21 | 27–24 | 33–22 | x | 33–24 |
| Kisvárdai KC | 29–20 | 32–26 | 28–28 | x | 27–29 | 21–31 | x | | x | 24–26 | 20–32 | 30–27 | 25–23 | 24–24 |
| Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE | 30–25 | 29–28 | x | 29–22 | 22–29 | x | 21–35 | 24–24 | | 24–23 | x | 40–23 | x | 28–29 |
| MTK Budapest | 36–30 | 29–27 | 36–33 | 27–27 | 40–35 | 36–36 | 25–31 | x | 27–27 | | 26–37 | x | 35–27 | 23–32 |
| Siófok KC | 40–15 | 34–17 | x | 35–19 | x | 31–31 | 34–29 | 26–17 | 38–26 | x | | 45–26 | 40–21 | x |
| Szent István SE | x | x | 24–33 | x | x | 26–45 | 23–47 | 26–31 | x | 26–37 | 19–39 | | 24–28 | 27–27 |
| Szombathelyi KKA | 29–29 | 24–28 | x | 23–18 | x | x | 27–41 | 23–20 | 32–26 | x | 26–36 | 35–28 | | 30–36 |
| Váci NKSE | 29–22 | x | 26–30 | x | 31–34 | 27–30 | 28–35 | 30–19 | 30–25 | 31–21 | 27–31 | x | 31–28 | |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

    As of 21 April 2020.
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals | Matches |
| 1 | Gréta Kácsor | Váci NKSE | 140 | 19 |
| 2 | Eszter Tóth | MTK Budapest | 138 | 20 |
| 3 | Claudine Mendy | Alba Fehérvár KC | 122 | 18 |
| 4 | Stine Bredal Oftedal | Győri ETO KC | 115 | 20 |
| 5 | Luca Szekerczés | Dunaújvárosi KKA | 106 | 19 |
| 6 | Anna Kovács | Debreceni VSC | 102 | 17 |
| 7 | Katrin Klujber | Ferencvárosi TC | 101 | 18 |
| 8 | Biljana Bandelier | Szombathelyi KKA | 97 | 18 |
| 9 | Gabriella Tóth | Érd NK | 96 | 18 |
| 10 | Noémi Háfra | Ferencvárosi TC | 95 | 18 |

### Attendances

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Győri ETO KC | 32,845 | 4,874 (vs. Siófok) | 2,279 (vs. MTK) | 3,285 | -8,06% |
| 2 | Debreceni VSC | 13,800 | 2,700 (vs. Békéscsaba) | 500 (vs. Szent István) | 1,533 | -7,10% |
| 3 | Érd NK | 12,050 | 2,000 (vs. Ferencváros) | 400 (vs. Mosonmagyaróvár) | 1,205 | -1,47% |
| 4 | Siófok KC | 9,480 | 1,185 (vs. two matches) | 880 (vs. Kisvárda) | 1,053 | +5,94% |
| 5 | Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE | 9,240 | 1,100 (vs. four matches) | 950 (vs. Szent István) | 1,027 | +6,10% |
| 6 | Kisvárdai KC | 8,920 | 990 (vs. Érd) | 600 (vs. Szent István) | 892 | +2,53% |
| 7 | Ferencvárosi TC | 8,700 | 1,200 (vs. two matches) | 800 (vs. four matches) | 967 | -2,13% |
| 8 | Szombathelyi KKA | 6,710 | 3,000 (vs. Győri ETO) | 200 (vs. Dunaújváros) | 746 | +147,02%$^1$ |
| 9 | Békéscsabai ENKSE | 6,600 | 1,500 (vs. Győri ETO) | 700 (vs. two matches) | 943 | -13,09% |
| 10 | Alba Fehérvár KC | 5,815 | 850 (vs.Ferencváros) | 400 (vs. Békéscsaba) | 646 | +4,36% |
| 11 | Váci NKSE | 5,200 | 660 (vs. Győri ETO) | 420 (vs. Mosonmagyaróvár) | 520 | -5,28 |
| 12 | Dunaújvárosi KKA | 4,950 | 850 (vs. Győri ETO) | 300 (vs. Békéscsaba) | 550 | -12,84% |
| 13 | Szent István SE | 3,997 | 910 (vs. Győri ETO) | 350 (vs. two matches) | 500 | +320,17%$^1$ |
| 14 | MTK Budapest | 3,800 | 400 (vs. three matches) | 250 (vs. two matches) | 345 | +16,55% |
| Total | Total | 131,757 | 4,874 (Győri ETO vs. SKC) | 200 (SZKKA vs. DKKA) | 1,014 | -2,31% |
* 1: Team played last season in Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B.
Updated on 21 April 2020. Source: League matches: NB I 2019/2020 Attendance numbers without playoff matches.

### Number of teams by counties

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