Season 2016–17 Dates 17 Jul 2016 – 27 May 2017 Goals scored 302 | Location Hungary Matches played 119 | |
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Biggest away win Gyirmót !Gyirmót 0–4 Videoton !VideotonGyirmót !Gyirmót 0–4 Honvéd !Honvéd Highest scoring People also search for 2016–17 Macedonian First Football League | ||
The 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, also known as NB I, is the 118th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league is officially named OTP Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons. Ferencváros !Ferencváros are the defending champions having won their twenthy-ninth Hungarian championship last season. As in the previous season, 12 teams compete for the championship title, playing 33 rounds. The fixtures were published on 14 June 2016.
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Teams
Puskás Akadémia !Puskás Akadémia and Békéscsaba !Békéscsaba finished the 2015–16 season in the last two places and thus were relegated to NB II division.
The two relegated teams were replaced with the top two teams in 2015–16 NB II, champion Gyirmót !Gyirmót and runner-up Mezőkövesd !Mezőkövesd, each having the required licence for top-division play.
Stadium and locations
Following is the list of clubs competing in 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, with their location, stadium and stadium capacity.
Personnel and kits
Following is the list of clubs competing in 2016–17 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.
Positions by round
Source: mlsz.hu (Hungarian)
Results
In the first 22 rounds every team plays against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. In the remaining 11 rounds, the first six placed team from the previous season will play six matches at home and five matches away, and the other six teams will play five matches at home and six matches away.
Round 1 – 22
Updated to games played on 18 February 2017.
Source: mlsz.hu (Hungarian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
Updated to games played on 10 December 2016
Attendances
Updated to games played on 17 July 2016
Source: League matches: NB I 2016/2017 / NB I 2015/16: attendances, NB II 2015/16: attendances
Notes:
1: Team played last season in NB II
2: Haladás !Haladás play their home matches in Káposztás utcai Stadion (Sopron), because Rohonci úti Stadion is under reconstruction
3: MTK !MTK played their home matches in Eszperantó úti Stadion (Dunaújváros), because Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium is under reconstruction until Round 13 (2016.10.22.)
4: Újpest !Újpest play their home matches in Illovszky Rudolf Stadion, because Szusza Ferenc Stadion is under reconstruction
5: Videoton !Videoton play their home matches in Pancho Arena (Felcsút), because Sóstói Stadion is under reconstruction