The 1996–97 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, also known as NB I, was the 95th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The season started on 10 August 1996 and ended on 28 May 1997.
Overview It was contested by 18 teams, and MTK Hungária FC won their twentieth championship. MTK won all of their first 15 games, and suffered a single loss throughout the season, against BVSC-Zugló. The team won the championship on matchday 32, after defeating Ecker-Stadler FC 5–3 in an 8-goal classic. MTK eventually finished 9 points ahead of runners-up Újpest. The point tally achieved by champions MTK (85) is the highest ever achieved by any Hungarian champion. MTK also won the 1997 Hungarian Cup, defeating BVSC 8–0 on aggregate.
MTK's point tally of 85 is the highest ever achieved in a single season in the history of the Hungarian league. They also won the most number of games in a single season, leaving the pitch as victors 26 times, breaking Vasas' record of 25 set in 1977.
League standings
Results
Relegation play-offs
Statistical leaders
Top goalscorers RankScorerClubGoals1 Béla IllésMTK Hungária232 Tamás SándorDebreceni VSC-Epona203 Zoltán KovácsÚjpesti TE184 Nicolae IleaDebreceni VSC-Epona165 Ihor NichenkoFerencvárosi TC156 Tibor FodorÚjpest FC14 Ferenc HorváthFerencvárosi TC14 Krisztián KeneseiMTK Hungária149 Károly SzanyóÚjpesti TE1210 Mihály TóthKispest Honvéd FC11
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Ferencváros 9,951 2 Debrecen 7,059 3 Zalaegerszeg 6,794 4 Szombathelyi Haladás 6,206 5 Videoton 6,147 6 Újpest 5,588 7 Békéscsaba 4,618 8 Győr 4,429 9 Vasas 4,353 10 III. kerület 4,235 11 Pécs 4,176 12 Kispest Honvéd 3,029 13 Siófok 3,029 14 MTK 2,981 15 Vác 2,353 16 Stadler 1,876 17 BVSC 1,582 18 Csepel 1,571
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See also 1996–97 Magyar Kupa 1996–97 Nemzeti Bajnokság II 1996–97 Nemzeti Bajnokság III References
Hungary - List of final tables (RSSSF)