The 2010–11 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, also known as NB I, was the 109th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league is officially named Monicomp Liga for sponsorship reasons. The season began on 30 July 2010 and ended on 27 May 2011. Debrecen are the defending champions having won their fifth Hungarian championship and second in a row last season.
Overview
Videoton won their first ever national championship under headcoach György Mezey.
The season saw a title-race between two western hungarian teams, Videoton and Paks, both vying for their first ever national title. Videoton were 9 points ahead of Paks by Matchday 10, and were comfortably leading the table by the winter break. Videoton went on to win 8 of their remaining 15 games, and confirmed their status as champions on May 11th, after defeating Kaposvár 3-1. The Western Hungarian side's only home defeat was against Kispest in October.
Paks was one of only four teams who managed to defeat champions Videoton throughout the season, and won 7 of their last 10 fixtures, but Károly Kis' men's performance was still only enough for a silver-medal, 5 points below their counterparts from Fehérvár. This was Paks' highest ever finish in the league up to that point.
Teams Nyíregyháza and Diósgyőr finished the 2009–10 season in the last two places and thus were relegated to their respective NB II divisions. Nyíregyháza ended a three-year stint in Hungary's highest football league while Diósgyőr were relegated after six years.
Promotion to the league was achieved by the champions of the 2009–10 NB II Eastern Division, Szolnok and by the champions of the Western Division, Siófok. Siófok return to the top league after a one-year absence while Szolnok return to the league for the first time since 1948, ending a 62-year absence.
Stadia and locations
Club Short name City Stadium Capacity Debreceni VSC Debrecen Debrecen Stadion Oláh Gábor Út 9,640 Ferencvárosi TC Ferencváros Budapest Stadion Albert Flórián 18,100 Győri ETO FC Győr Győr ETO Park 16,000 Haladás Szombathely Rohonci út 12,000 Honvéd Budapest Bozsik József Stadion 10,000 Kaposvári Rákóczi FC Kaposvár Kaposvár Stadion Rákóczi 7,000 Kecskeméti TE Kecskemét Kecskemét Széktói Stadion 6,300 MTK Budapest FC MTK Budapest Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium 7,700 Paksi SE Paks Paks Stadion PSE 4,950 Pápa Pápa Stadion Várkerti 4,500 Siófok Siófok Bányász Stadion 10,500 Szolnoki MÁV FC Szolnok Szolnok Tiszaligeti Stadion 10,000 Budapest Szusza Ferenc Stadium 13,501 Vasas SC Vasas Budapest Stadion Rudolf Illovszky 12,000 Videoton FC Videoton Székesfehérvár Stadion Sóstói 15,000 Zalaegerszegi TE ZTE Zalaegerszeg ZTE Arena 9,000
Personnel and sponsoring TeamChairmanHead CoachKitmakerShirt sponsor Debrecen Sándor Szilágyi Elemér KondásadidasTeva Ferencváros Kevin McCabe László PruknerNikeFantastic League Győr Csaba Tarsoly Aurél Csertői PumaQuaestor Haladás Béla Illés Zoltán Aczél LegeaContact Zrt. Honvéd George F. Hemingway Attila SupkaNikenone Kaposvár Kálmán Torma Tibor SisaGivovaRegale Klíma Kecskemét Pál Rózsa, János Versegi Tomislav SivićJakoBertrans; Ereco MTK László Domonyai József GaramiNikeDuna Takarék Paks János Süli Károly KisJakoMvM Paksi Atomerőmű Pápa Péter Bíró György VéberJakoLombard Siófok ifj. György Gruber István MihaleczPumaAVE Szolnok Gábor Ferencz Antal SimonHummelAC-DC Logisztikai Park István Csehi Géza MészölyPumaBirdland Golf & SPA Resort Vasas Vancsa Miklós András KomjátiLancastnone Videoton Sándor Berzi György MezeyNikeMáltai Szeretetszolgálat ZTE Ferenc Nagy János CsankmassSt. Graal
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Ferencváros Craig Short Contract expired Summer 2010 László Prukner 4 June 2010 Kaposvár László Prukner Resigned 2 June 2010 Tibor Sisa 12 June 2010 Siófok Károly Horváth Missing Pro Licence Summer 2010 István Mihalecz 13 July 2010 Haladás Antal Róth Mutual agreement 23 July 2010 Aurél Csertői 23 July 2010 Kecskemét István Urbányi Mutual agreement 27 September 2010 Tomislav Sivić 14 October 2010 Szolnok Attila Vágó Mutual agreement 4 October 2010 Antal Simon 18 October 2010 Vasas Giovanni Dellacasa Mutual agreement 6 October 2010 András Komjáti 7 October 2010 Haladás Aurél Csertői Sacked 16 October 2010 Zoltán Aczél 17 October 2010 Honvéd Massimo Morales Resigned 13 November 2010 Attila Supka 1 January 2011 Debrecen András Herczeg Contract expired 20 December 2010 Zdeněk Ščasný 30 December 2010 Győr Attila Pintér Mutual agreement 6 March 2011 Aurél Csertői 7 March 2011 Debrecen Zdeněk Ščasný Resigned 16 April 2011 Elemér Kondás 20 April 2011
League table
Positions by round
Results
Top goalscorers Including matches played on 22 May 2011; Source: MLSZ (Click on "Góllövő lista")
RankScorerClubGoals1 Andre AlvesVideoton242 André SchembriFerencváros163 Dániel BödePaks154 Adamo CoulibalyDebrecen145 Lóránt OláhKaposvár13 Attila TököliKecskemét137 Patrik TischlerMTK128 Krisztián KeneseiHaladás11 István FerencziVasas11 Goran MarićPápa11
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Ferencváros 5,773 2 Debrecen 4,220 3 Videoton 4,155 4 Újpest 3,962 5 Szombathelyi Haladás 3,713 6 Zalaegerszeg 3,063 7 Kecskemét 2,847 8 Győr 2,580 9 Kaposvár 2,220 10 Lombard Pápa 2,040 11 Budapest Honvéd 1,793 12 Szolnok 1,720 13 Siófok 1,717 14 Vasas 1,667 15 Paks 1,660 16 MTK 1,073Source:
See also List of Hungarian football transfer summer 2010
References
External links Official site