Statistics of Nemzeti Bajnokság I for the 1988–89 season.
Overview 16 teams participated and Budapest Honvéd FC won the championship for a second consecutive season. The Hungarian Football Federation (MLSZ) decided to eliminate draws for this season, and matches ending without a winner carried on to penalties. The winner of the penalty-shootout were given 2 points, while the loser received 1 points for participating.
The red and blacks started off the season with a draw, and three consecutive defeats. Although they would return to winning ways, going on a 10-game undefeated streak, a 3-0 defeat to MTK on the last gameday of the autumn season caused the club to terminate Bertalan Bicskei's contract, who had led the team to a national title the season prior. His replacement was József Both.
MTK on the other hand were having one of the seasons of theirs, standing atop the table with 9 victories and a single defeat by half-time. However, consecutive losses to Zalaegerszeg, Békéscsaba and Pécs enabled Honvéd to catch-up with MTK. Going into the last game of the season, the two teams were joint on points. Honvéd and MTK played each other in a one-legged final to decide the champion, and Kispest overcame MTK 2-0, winning their 11th championship.
League standings
Results Results in brackets indicate the results from penalty shoot-outs whenever games were drawn.
Relegation play-offs
Statistical leaders
Top goalscorers RankScorerClubGoals1 Tamás PetresVideoton SC192 László SzabadiVasas SC163 Pál FischerFerencvárosi TC13 Attila KámánZalaegerszegi TE135 Imre FodorBudapest Honvéd11 Béla MörtelGyőri ETO FC117 Róbert JovánVideoton10 József KiprichTatabányai Bányász109 Gábor BaloghVáci Izzó9 Csucsánszky ZoltánVideoton SC9 József GregorBudapest Honvéd9 György HandelGyőri ETO FC9 Gábor PölöskeiMTK-VM9
Attendances
Source:
No. Club Average Highest 1 Ferencváros 17,067 30,000 2 Videoton 9,267 20,000 3 Rába ETO Győr 8,733 18,000 4 Békéscsaba 8,333 18,000 5 Pécsi Dózsa 7,800 15,000 6 Haladás 6,800 20,000 7 Budapest Honvéd 6,567 20,000 8 Vác FC 6,567 10,000 9 Veszprém 6,267 10,000 10 Tatabányai Bányász 5,633 12,000 11 MTK-VM 5,400 20,000 12 Siófoki Bányász 5,133 13,000 13 Vasas 4,500 13,000 14 Újpesti Dózsa 4,440 25,000 15 Zalaegerszeg 4,353 8,000 16 Dunaújvárosi Kohász 3,933 10,000
References
Hungary - List of final tables (RSSSF)