# 1978–79 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Final standings of the 1978–79 Hungarian League season.

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Újpesti Dózsa (C) | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 84 | 38 | +46 | 52 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Ferencváros | 34 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 75 | 44 | +31 | 47 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Diósgyőr | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 44 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Vasas | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 62 | 49 | +13 | 42 | |
| 5 | Budapest Honvéd | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 41 | |
| 6 | Rába ETO Győr | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 35 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 7 | Tatabányai Bányász | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 35 | |
| 8 | Pécsi MSC | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 35 | |
| 9 | Videoton | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 34 | |
| 10 | Zalaegerszeg | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 32 | |
| 11 | Dunaújvárosi Kohász | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 50 | 54 | −4 | 32 | |
| 12 | Békéscsabai Előre | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 31 | |
| 13 | Salgótarján | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 31 | |
| 14 | MTK-VM | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 30 | |
| 15 | Székesfehérvári MÁV Előre | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 54 | −23 | 29 | |
| 16 | Csepel (R) | 34 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 35 | 48 | −13 | 25 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II |
| 17 | Haladás (R) | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 40 | 74 | −34 | 23 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II |
| 18 | Vasas Izzó (R) | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 35 | 77 | −42 | 14 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BÉK | CSE | DIÓ | DUN | FTC | HAL | HON | MTK | PÉC | GYŐ | SAL | SME | TAT | ÚJP | VAS | VIZ | VID | ZTE |
| Békéscsabai Előre | | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Csepel | 1–2 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Diósgyőr | 5–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| Dunaújvárosi Kohász | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 |
| Ferencváros | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 |
| Haladás | 1–0 | 0–5 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 5–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| Budapest Honvéd | 1–1 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 3–0 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| MTK-VM | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Pécsi MSC | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Rába ETO Győr | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 |
| Salgótarján | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 3–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Székesfehérvári MÁV Előre | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 |
| Tatabányai Bányász | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Újpesti Dózsa | 3–1 | 4–3 | 5–0 | 7–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Vasas | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Vasas Izzó | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 4–6 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Videoton | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | | 0–0 |
| Zalaegerszeg | 5–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |

## Statistical leaders
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | László Fazekas | Újpesti Dózsa | 31 |
| 2 | László Fekete | Újpesti Dózsa | 26 |
| 3 | Tibor Nyilasi | Ferencvárosi TC | 21 |
| 4 | István Weimper | Budapest Honvéd | 17 |
| 5 | István Gass | Vasas SC | 14 |
| 5 | László Kuti | Dunaújvárosi SE | 14 |
| 5 | Béla Várady | Vasas SC | 14 |
| 8 | Antal Bíró | Salgótarjáni BTC | 13 |
| 8 | András Törőcsik | Újpesti Dózsa | 13 |
| 10 | Győző Burcsa | Videoton SC | 12 |
| 10 | László Kiss | Vasas SC | 12 |
| 10 | István Schmidt | Tatabányai SC | 12 |