The 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (known as the K&H férfi kézilabda liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 67th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Hungarian premier Handball league.

Teams As in the previous season, 14 teams played in the 2017–18 season. After the 2016–17 season, Balmazújvárosi KK and Mezőkövesdi KC were relegated to the 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B. They were replaced by two clubs from the 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B, Ferencvárosi TC and Dabas KK.

Team Location Arena Capacity Balatonfüredi KSE Balatonfüred Balatonfüredi Szabadidőközpont 712 Budakalász FKC Budakalász Budakalászi Sportcsarnok 400 Ceglédi KKSE Cegléd Gál József Sportcsarnok 1,046 Csurgói KK Csurgó Sótonyi László Sportcsarnok 1,200 Dabas VSE KC Dabas OBO Aréna 1,920 Eger-Eszterházy SzSE Eger Kemény Ferenc Sportcsarnok 875 Ferencvárosi TC Budapest, IX. ker Elek Gyula Aréna 1,300 Gyöngyösi KK Gyöngyös Dr. Fejes András Sportcsarnok 1,500 Komlói BSK Komló Komlói Sportközpont 800 Orosházi FKSE Orosháza Eötvös Sportcsarnok 900 SC Pick Szeged Szeged Újszegedi Sportcsarnok 3,200 Tatabánya KC Tatabánya Földi Imre Sportcsarnok 1,000 Váci KSE Vác Városi Sportcsarnok 800 Veszprém KC Veszprém Veszprém Aréna 5,096

Personnel and kits Following is the list of clubs competing in 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, with their president, head coach, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.

Team President Head coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s) Balatonfüred László Csima István Csoknyai Erima tippmix, Sennebogen, 77 Elektronika, Kinizsi Bank Budakalász Gábor Hajdu Gyula Forgács adidas tippmix, Swietelsky Cegléd István Borsos László Jakab hummel tippmix Csurgó János Varga József Bencze hummel tippmix, PriMont, Dráva-Coop Dabas Csaba Prohászka Győző Tomori hummel tippmix, OBO, Eger-Eszterházy Róbert Szabó Edmond Tóth hummel tippmix, SBS, Hesi, Eger Ferencváros Gábor Kubatov Attila Horváth Nike tippmix, Budapest Gyöngyös Zsolt Marczin Csaba Konkoly Salming B. Braun, tippmix, HE-DO Komlói BSK Szabolcs Szigeti Bálint Klivinger Zeus tippmix, Sport36 Komló Orosháza Tamás Vájer Botond Bakó Kappa tippmix, Linamar Szeged Nándor Szögi Juan Carlos Pastor adidas MOL, tippmix, Pick, OTP Bank, Protocall Tatabánya László Marosi Vladan Matić Jako tippmix, Grundfos Vác Dr. Attila Schoffer László Skaliczki adidas tippmix Veszprém Gábor Kálomista Ljubomir Vranjes hummel Veszprém, Telekom, tippmix, XIXO

Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Veszprém Xavi Sabaté End of contract End of 2016–17 seasonPre-season Ljubomir Vranjes 1 July 2017 Gyöngyös Tibor Nigrinyi Mutual consent End of 2016–17 season Csaba Konkoly 1 July 2017 Budakalász Attila Horváth Working as a consultant 27 September 2017 6th Gyula Forgács 28 September 2017 Csurgó László Sótonyi Resigned 16 October 2017 10th József Bencze 17 October 2017 Ferencváros Gábor Adorján Mutual consent 11 December 2017 14th Attila Horváth 11 December 2017 Orosháza Dániel Buday Sacked 21 December 2017 14th Botond Bakó 27 December 2017 Vác Péter Gúnya Working as a consultant 27 December 2017 13th László Skaliczki 1 January 2018 Cegléd Károly Nagy Mutual consent 31 December 2017 10th László Jakab 1 January 2018

League table

Schedule and results In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.

Finals Team 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Telekom Veszprém (1) 57–58 MOL-Pick Szeged (2) 28–32 29–26

Game 1

Game 2

MOL-Pick Szeged won the Finals, 58–57 on aggregate.

Sierra, Šego, M. Nagy (goalkeepers), Zs. Balogh, Bánhidi, Bodó, Blažević, Buntić, B. Fekete, M. Hegedűs, Gaber,Gorbok, Källman (c), Pedro Rodríguez, Sigurmannsson, Skube, Sunajko, Šoštarič, Sršen, Thiagus Petrus, Zhitnikov, ZubaiHead coach: Juan Carlos Pastor, Assistant coach: Marko Krivokapić

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank PlayerTeam Goals Matches1 Marko VasićCsurgó 173262 Bence NagyBudakalász 170263 Miloš VujovićTatabánya 142264 Stefán Rafn SigurmannssonSzeged 132255 Srećko JerkovićKomlói BSK 120246 József HolpertVác 118267 Igor MarkovićKomlói BSK 117258 Emil BerggrenBudakalász 107229 Inal AflitulinEger 1052310 Richárd BodóSzeged 10323

Attendances Pos Team 1Telekom Veszprém 32,800 5,000 (vs. Szeged) 1,500 (three matches)2,523+39,01% 2MOL-Pick Szeged 21,100 3,200 (vs. Veszprém) 500 (vs. Vác)1,623+12,16% 3Dabas VSE KC 16,900 2,300 (vs. Veszprém) 1,000 (vs. Balatonfüred)1,300+151,45%1 4Grundfos Tatabánya KC 12,250 1,200 (two matches) 700 (vs. Gyöngyös)942+9,28% 5Sport36-Komló 10,700 900 (five matches) 700 (two matches)823−4,19% 6Csurgói KK 10,150 1,200 (vs. Veszprém) 600 (three matches)781+12,86%B. Braun Gyöngyös 10,150 1,300 (vs. Veszprém) 600 (three matches)781+1,56% 8Eger SBS Eszterházy 9,240 875 (vs. Veszprém) 600 (two matches)711−9,31% 9Balatonfüredi KSE 7,200 800 (vs. Veszprém) 400 (three matches)554−1,95% 10Ceglédi KKSE 6,800 900 (vs. Veszprém) 300 (vs. Komlói BSK)523−17,12% 11Ferencvárosi TC 5,400 1,000 (vs. Veszprém) 200 (two matches)415+109,60%1 12Váci KSE 4,600 500 (vs. Veszprém) 300 (six matches)354−8,76% 13Orosházi FKSE- LINAMAR 4,050 350 (nine matches) 200 (three matches)312−7,69% 14CYEB Budakalász 2,820 220 (eleven matches) 200 (two matches)217−1,36% Total 154,1605,000 (VESZ vs. SZEG)200 (seven matches) 847+12,33% Updated to games played on 7 May 2018. Source: League matches: NB I 2017/2018 Attendance numbers without playoff matches.

Notes 1: Team played last season in Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B.

Number of teams by counties Pos.County (megye) No. of teams Teams 1 Pest 4 Budakalász FKC, Dabas VSE KC, Ceglédi KKSE and Váci KSE 2 Heves 2 Eger-Eszterházy SzSE and Gyöngyösi KK Veszprém 2 Balatonfüredi KSE and Telekom Veszprém 4 Baranya 1 Komlói BSK Békés 1 Orosházi FKSE Budapest (capital) 1 Ferencvárosi TC Csongrád 1 MOL-Pick Szeged Komárom-Esztergom 1 Tatabánya KC Somogy 1 Csurgói KK

See also 2017–18 Magyar Kupa 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság II

References

External links Hungarian Handball Federaration hetmeteres.hu