2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's handball)

K&H férfi liga
Season2018–19
ChampionsTelekom Veszprém
(26th title)
RelegatedCeglédi KKSE
Vecsés SE
Champions LeagueTelekom Veszprém
MOL-Pick Szeged
EHF CupGrundfos Tatabánya KC
Balatonfüredi KSE
Csurgói KK
Matches played184
Goals scored9,920 (53.91 per match)
Top goalscorerMiloš Vujović (180 goals)
Biggest home winVeszprém 40–20 Komló
(13 November 2018)
Veszprém 42–22 Vecsés
(22 November 2018)
Biggest away winEger 22–41 Veszprém
(18 September 2018)
Eger 21–40 Szeged
(19 February 2019)
Highest scoringVeszprém 45–31 Eger
(26 February 2019)

The 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (known as the K&H férfi kézilabda liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 68th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Hungarian premier Handball league.

Team information

As in the previous season, 14 teams played in the 2018–19 season. After the 2017–18 season, Váci KSE and Orosházi FKSE were relegated to the 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B. They were replaced by two clubs from the 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B; Mezőkövesdi KC and Vecsés SE.

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Location of teams in 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I
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 KK Dabas OBO Aréna 1,920
DVTK-Eger 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
Mezőkövesdi KC Mezőkövesd Városi Sportcsarnok 850
SC Pick Szeged Szeged Újszegedi Sportcsarnok 3,200
Tatabánya KC Tatabánya Földi Imre Sportcsarnok 1,000
Vecsés SE Vecsés Városi Sportcsarnok (Monor) 1,030
Veszprém KC Veszprém Veszprém Aréna 5,096

Personnel and kits

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2018–19 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 Hungary István Csoknyai Erima tippmix1, Sennebogen, 77 Elektronika, Kinizsi Bank
Budakalász Gábor Hajdu Hungary Gyula Forgács adidas tippmix1, CYEB, Vizes Nyolcas
Cegléd István Borsos Hungary László Jakab 2Rule tippmix1,
Csurgó János Varga Hungary József Bencze hummel tippmix1, PriMont, Dráva-Coop
Dabas Csaba Prohászka Hungary Győző Tomori hummel tippmix1, OBO,
DVTK-Eger Róbert Szabó Hungary Edmond Tóth 2Rule tippmix1, SBS, MátraMetál, Hesi
Ferencváros Gábor Kubatov Hungary Attila Horváth Nike tippmix1, Budapest
Gyöngyös Zsolt Marczin Hungary Csaba Konkoly hummel B. Braun, tippmix1, HE-DO
Komlói BSK Szabolcs Szigeti Hungary Bálint Klivinger Zeus tippmix1, Sport36 Komló
Mezőkövesd Róbert Rapi Hungary Dániel Buday Erima tippmixPro1
Szeged Nándor Szögi Spain Juan Carlos Pastor adidas MOL, tippmix1, Pick, OTP Bank
Tatabánya László Marosi Serbia Vladan Matić Jako tippmix1, Grundfos
Vecsés Attila Seres Serbia Damir Stojanović Unit tippmix1, Toyota Kovács, Hotel Stáció, Pátria Takarék
Veszprém Gábor Kálomista Spain David Davis hummel Veszprém, Telekom, tippmix1, XIXO

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Mezőkövesd Hungary Péter Drizner Mutual consent End of 2017–18 season Pre-season Hungary Dániel Buday 1 July 2018[1]
Veszprém Sweden Ljubomir Vranjes Sacked 1 October 2018[2] 2nd Hungary István Gulyás (caretaker) 2 October 2018
Vecsés Hungary Károly Nagy Sacked 2 October 2018 14th Serbia Damir Stojanović 3 October 2018[3]
Veszprém Hungary István Gulyás End of caretaker spell 9 October 2018 2nd Spain David Davis 9 October 2018[4]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 MOL-Pick Szeged 26 25 1 0 907 656 +251 51 Qualification to the Finals
2 Telekom Veszprém 26 23 0 3 908 640 +268 46
3 Grundfos Tatabánya KC 26 20 2 4 740 637 +103 42 Qualification to EHF Cup third qualifying round
4 Balatonfüredi KSE 26 18 0 8 708 643 +65 36
5 Csurgói KK 26 15 3 8 722 689 +33 33 Qualification to EHF Cup second qualifying round
6 HE-DO B. Braun Gyöngyös 26 14 3 9 700 687 +13 31
7 Ferencvárosi TC 26 11 0 15 695 690 +5 22
8 RotaChrom Dabas 26 9 3 14 660 708 −48 21
9 Sport36-Komló 26 10 1 15 672 744 −72 21
10 DVTK-Eger 26 7 3 16 701 779 −78 17
11 CYEB Budakalász 26 6 4 16 644 725 −81 16
12 Mezőkövesdi KC 26 6 3 17 625 740 −115 15
13 Ceglédi KKSE (R) 26 6 1 19 635 761 −126 13 Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B
14 Vecsés SE (R) 26 0 0 26 603 821 −218 0
Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2019. Source: mksz.hu
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Matches won; 7) Draw (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[5]
(R) Relegated

Schedule and results

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

Home \ Away BKSE BFKC CEG CSKK DAB EGER FTC GYKK KBSK MKC SZEG TAT VECS VESZ
Balatonfüredi KSE 28–25 30–25 26–19 26–19 32–25 25–17 27–24 35–24 28–20 29–37 26–30 31–24 29–32
Budakalász FKC 23–24 28–22 22–24 23–23 25–28 27–33 20–20 25–20 25–25 28–33 22–33 27–23 27–38
Ceglédi KKSE 22–28 30–33 22–27 24–31 30–29 33–26 25–24 22–25 20–20 29–37 21–27 24–22 23–41
Csurgói KK 26–20 36–26 35–24 26–26 31–27 28–25 29–26 31–29 29–24 25–36 20–28 35–24 24–31
Dabas KK 22–28 27–23 30–25 24–27 28–26 30–31 23–23 30–28 26–25 22–32 18–30 33–19 28–40
DVTK-Eger 25–27 26–30 25–20 29–29 29–25 26–24 24–24 36–29 27–28 21–40 25–25 31–26 22–41
Ferencvárosi TC 31–26 32–25 28–19 31–34 22–24 30–18 34–21 30–20 27–19 22–35 25–29 41–31 26–27
Gyöngyösi KK 20–26 27–22 30–25 27–24 28–27 33–30 26–20 32–22 29–20 22–27 24–22 33–24 23–34
Komlói BSK 25–31 34–24 31–27 27–27 25–24 32–30 23–18 23–24 28–23 24–34 29–32 29–21 17–31
Mezőkövesdi KC 20–32 24–24 22–24 21–36 25–23 25–24 23–22 25–35 27–28 30–36 23–29 31–26 22–29
SC Pick Szeged 33–22 29–20 39–23 34–26 36–29 42–27 39–30 38–29 39–29 40–25 34–27 38–24 25–23
Tatabánya KC 22–18 29–25 28–23 28–26 27–18 32–25 27–22 30–33 30–26 31–26 25–25 32–23 26–24
Vecsés SE 21–30 21–28 24–25 20–31 20–24 26–35 19–25 28–31 21–25 25–30 18–37 24–34 27–39
Telekom Veszprém 32–24 36–17 41–28 32–17 40–26 45–31 36–23 38–32 40–20 37–22 27–32 32–27 42–22
Source: [6]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 Game 1 Game 2
MOL-Pick Szeged (1) 51–62 Telekom Veszprém (2) 24–35 27–27
Game 1
23 May 2019 (2019-05-23)
18:30 (CEST) 		Telekom Veszprém 35 – 24 MOL-Pick Szeged Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém
Attendance: 5,019
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Gajić 9 (13–14) Cañellas 7
1×Yellow card 7×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card Report 2×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square
Game 2
26 May 2019 (2019-05-26)
18:00 (CEST) 		MOL-Pick Szeged 27 – 27 Telekom Veszprém Városi Sportcsarnok, Szeged
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Cañellas, Balogh, Gaber 4 (14–14) Štrlek 5
3×Yellow card 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card Report  6×number 2 in light blue rounded square

Telekom Veszprém won the Finals, 62–51 on aggregate.

2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I
Champion[7]

Telekom Veszprém
26th title
Sterbik, Mikler (goalkeepers), Blagotinšek, Gajić, Ilić, Jamali, Lékai, Mačkovšek, Mahé,
Manaskov, Marguč, L. Nagy (c), Nenadić, Nilsson, Štrlek, Terzić, Tønnesen, R. Toft Hansen
Head coach: David Davis, Assistant coach: Carlos Pérez

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 19 May 2018.[8]
Rank Player Team Goals Matches
1 Montenegro Miloš Vujović Tatabánya 180 26
2 Montenegro Igor Marković Komlói BSK 161 25
3 Hungary Gábor Ancsin Ferencváros 144 24
4 Serbia Marko Vasić Csurgó 122 21
5 Belarus Aleh Astrashapkin Csurgó 119 24
6 Hungary Dominik Máthé Budakalász 115 26
Hungary Ádám Tóth Budakalász 115 26
8 Croatia Petar Topić Balatonfüred 113 26
9 Lithuania Rolandas Bernatonis DVTK-Eger 109 23
10 Croatia Srećko Jerković Komlói BSK 107 24

Attendances

Updated to games played on 19 May 2019. Source: League matches: NB I 2018/2019
Attendance numbers without Final matches.

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 MOL-Pick Szeged 25,900 3,200 (vs. Veszprém) 1,000 (vs. Mezőkövesd) 1,992 +22,74%
2 Telekom Veszprém 25,347 5,000 (vs. Szeged) 550 (vs. Komló) 1,949 −22,75%
3 RotaChrom Dabas 16,650 2,000 (two matches) 800 (vs. Tatabánya) 1,281 −1,46%
4 Grundfos Tatabánya KC 12,600 1,200 (three matches) 700 (vs. Cegléd) 969 +2,87%
5 HE-DO B. Braun Gyöngyös 12,200 1,400 (two matches) 600 (four matches) 938 +20,10%
6 Csurgói KK 10,600 1,200 (vs. Szeged) 500 (vs. Eger) 815 +4,35%
7 Sport36-Komló 9,900 900 (four matches) 700 (nine matches) 762 −7,41%
8 DVTK-Eger 9,875 875 (five matches) 500 (two matches) 760 +6,84%
9 Mezőkövesdi KC 9,207 800 (seven matches) 400 (two matches) 708 +15,50%1
10 Balatonfüredi KSE 8,750 1,100 (vs. Veszprém) 250 (vs. Komló) 673 +21,48%
11 Ceglédi KKSE 7,880 880 (vs. Veszprém) 350 (vs. Tatabánya) 606 +15,87%
12 Ferencvárosi TC 5,800 1000 (vs. Veszprém) 300 (four matches) 446 +7,47%
13 Vecsés SE 4,750 1,000 (vs. Szeged) 150 (vs. Budakalász) 365 +93,12%1
14 CYEB Budakalász 2,860 220 (thirteen matches) ／ 220 +1,38%
Total 162,319 5,000 (VESZ vs. SZEG) 150 (VECS vs. BFKC) 892 +5,31%

Number of teams by counties

Pos. County (megye) No. of teams Teams
1 Pest 4 Budakalász FKC, Dabas KK, Ceglédi KKSE and Vecsés SE
2 Heves 2 DVTK-Eger and Gyöngyösi KK
Veszprém 2 Balatonfüredi KSE and Telekom Veszprém
4 Baranya 1 Komlói BSK
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén 1 Mezőkövesdi KC
Budapest (capital) 1 Ferencvárosi TC
Csongrád 1 MOL-Pick Szeged
Komárom-Esztergom 1 Tatabánya KC
Somogy 1 Csurgói KK

See also

References

  1. ^ "Férfi kézi: Buday Dániel a Mezőkövesd új vezetőedzője". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 31 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Kézilabda: Vranjest menesztette a Veszprém – hivatalos". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 1 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Változások a felnőtt férfi kézilabda csapatnál". vecses.hu (in Hungarian). 4 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Férfi kézilabda: David Davis lett a Veszprém új edzője – hivatalos". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 9 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Magyarország Kézilabda Nemzeti Bajnokság női és férfi 2018-2019. évi I. osztály Versenykiírása" (PDF) (in Hungarian). nso.hu. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  6. ^ Results
  7. ^ "26. alkalommal bajnok a Veszprém". keziszovetseg.hu (in Hungarian). 26 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Top scorers of NB I - Statistics" (in Hungarian). keziszovetseg.hu.