The 2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, also known as NB I, was the 111th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league is officially named OTP Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons. The season began 27 July 2012 and ended on 2 June 2013. Debrecen were the defending champions having won their sixth Hungarian championship last season.

Overview The championship was contested by 16 teams, and Győri-ETO won the title under headcoach Attila Pintér, for the fourth time in their history.

Although the team from Rába-coast lost their first game 4-1 at the home of defending champions Debreceni VSC, Győr then went on an 18-game undefeated streak, winning 13 of those encounters. Győr defeated Budapest-giants Újpest and Ferencváros in back-to-back victories, confirming their championship against the latter on the 12th of May, after a 1-0 victory.

Győr's road to glory was largely uncontested, apart from Videoton applying some pressure, however, even the Fehérvár-club finished 10 points off of Győr.

Teams Zalaegerszegi TE and Vasas SC finished the 2011–12 season in the last two places and thus were relegated to their respective NB II divisions.

The two relegated teams were replaced with the champions of the two 2011–12 NB II groups, Eger of the East Group and MTK of the West Group. MTK made their immediate comeback to the league, while Eger returned to the competition for the first time since the 1986–87 season.

Stadia and locations

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, with their location, stadium and stadium capacity. Team Short name Location Stadium CapacityBudapest Honvéd FC Honvéd Budapest Bozsik József Stadion 9,500Debreceni VSC Debrecen Debrecen Oláh Gábor utcai stadion 10,200Diósgyőri VTK Diósgyőr Miskolc Diósgyőri Stadion (1939) 11,398Egri FC Eger Eger Szentmarjay Tibor Városi Stadion 6,000Ferencvárosi TC Ferencváros Budapest Albert Flórián Stadion 15,804Győri ETO FC Győr Győr ETO Park 15,600Kaposvári Rákóczi FC Rákóczi Kaposvár Rákóczi Stadion 7,000Kecskeméti TE Kecskemét Kecskemét Széktói Stadion 6,320Lombard-Pápa TFC Pápa Pápa Perutz Stadion 5,500MTK Budapest FC MTK Budapest Hidegkuti Nándor stadion 7,515Paksi SE Paks Paks Fehérvári úti stadion 4,400Pécsi MFC Pécs Pécs PMFC Stadion 7,000BFC Siófok Siófok Siófok Révész Géza utcai stadion 6,500Szombathelyi Haladás Haladás Szombathely Rohonci úti stadion 9,500Újpest FC Újpest Budapest Szusza Ferenc stadion 13,501Videoton FC Videoton Székesfehérvár Sóstói stadion 14,300

Personnel and kits Following is the list of clubs competing in 2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, with their manager, captain, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorDebrecen adidas TEVADiósgyőr Nike – Eger Legea FormidusFerencváros Nike Grupama GaranciaGyőr Puma Audi, QaestorHaladás Legea Sopron Bank, Contact Zrt.Honvéd Givova —Rákóczi Toti Sport Regale KlímaKecskemét Jako Phoenix Mecano, BertransMTK Nike Fotex, Sándor Károly AkadémiaPaks Jako MVM-AtomerőműPápa Jako LombardPécs Puma MatiasSiófok Puma AVE, Femol '97Újpest Puma —Videoton Nike MOL

Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Honvéd Attila Supka Contract expired Summer 2012 Pre-season Marco Rossi 1 June 2012 Pécs Olivér Mink Contract expired Summer 2012 Pre-season Attila Supka 1 June 2012 Újpest Marc Lelièvre Caretaker Summer 2012 Pre-season Jos Daerden 1 June 2012 Diósgyőr Lázár Szentes Contract expired Summer 2012 Pre-season Tibor Sisa 14 June 2012 Rákóczi Tibor Sisa Contract expired Summer 2012 Pre-season László Prukner 14 June 2012 Paks 2 Károly Kis Mutual agreement 1 August 2012 11th Tomislav Sivić 30 August 2012 Ferencváros Lajos Détári Mutual agreement 20 August 2012 9th Ricardo Moniz 21 August 2012 Pápa 3 Ferenc Bene Mutual agreement 27 August 2012 15th Gyula Zsivoczky 1 September 2012 Kecskemét 4 László Török Resigned 17 September 2012 14th Ferenc Horváth 28 September 2012 Diósgyőr Tibor Sisa Resigned 22 November 2012 9th Lázár Szentes 22 November 2012 Pécs Attila Supka Sacked 4 January 2013 14th Gábor Márton 5 January 2013 Videoton Paulo Sousa Mutual agreement 7 January 2013 4th José Manuel Gomes 20 January 2013 Egri FC Antal Simon Sacked 14 February 2013 15th Ferenc Mészáros 8 March 2013 Újpest Jos Daerden Mutual agreement 5 March 2013 11th Marc Leliévre 5 May 2013 Diósgyőr Lázár Szentes Mutual agreement 16 April 2013 9th Zoltán Kovác 17 April 2013 Pápa Gyula Zsivoczky Mutual agreement 6 May 2013 14>th László Kovács 7 May 2013 Pápa László Kovács Mutual agreement 27 May 2013 14th Bálint Tóth 27 May 2013 Notes 2 Between 1 and 30 August Csaba Máté was the caretaker manager of Paks. 3 Between 27 August and 1 September László Kovács was the caretaker manager of Pápa. 4 Between 17 and 28 September István Szabó was the caretaker manager of Kecskemét.

League table

Positions by round

Results

Top goalscorers Including matches played on 1 June 2013; Source: MLSZ RankScorerClubGoals1 Adamo CoulibalyDebrecen182 Dániel BödeFerencváros173 Péter KabátÚjpest13 Nemanja NikolićVideoton135 Roland VargaGyőr126 Gergely DélczegHonvéd10 Attila SimonPaks (7)Pécs (3)108 János LázokPaks 9 József KantaMTK9 Goran MarićPápa9 Norbert NémethEger9

Hat-tricks NameForAgainstRoundResultDate 4th 6th3–0 7th4–1 7th3–0 9th6–0 17th4–3 418th6–0 23rd4–2 25th4–1 27th4–2

4 Player scored 4 goals

Attendances

# Club Average 1 Diósgyőr 6,424 2 Ferencváros 6,202 3 Győr 4,585 4 Debrecen 4,295 5 Szombathelyi Haladás 3,317 6 Újpest 3,269 7 Videoton 2,875 8 Kaposvár 2,202 9 Pécs 2,113 10 Kecskemét 2,030 11 Budapest Honvéd 1,939 12 Lombard Pápa 1,697 13 Paks 1,346 14 MTK 1,334 15 Siófok 938 16 Eger 330 Source:

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