The 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (known as the K&H női 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, Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE and Kispest NKK were relegated to the 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B. They were replaced by two clubs from the 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B, Kecskeméti NKSE and Vasas SC.
Team Location Arena Capacity Alba Fehérvár KCSzékesfehérvár KÖFÉM Sportcsarnok 1,000 Békéscsabai Előre NKSEBékéscsaba Városi Sportcsarnok 2,300 Budaörs HandballBudaörs Városi Uszoda és Sportcsarnok 1,000 Debreceni VSCDebrecen Hódos Imre Sportcsarnok 1,800 Dunaújvárosi Kohász KADunaújváros Városi Sportcsarnok 1,200 Érd HKÉrd Érd Aréna 1,800 Ferencvárosi TCBudapest Elek Gyula Aréna 1,300 Győri ETO KCGyőr Audi Aréna 5,554 Kecskeméti NKSEKecskemét Messzi István Sportcsarnok 1,800 Kisvárdai KCKisvárda Városi Sportcsarnok 750 MTK BudapestBudapest Elektromos csarnok 700 Siófok KCSiófok Beszédes József SportcsarnokKiss Szilárd Sportcsarnok 5501,500 Vasas SCBudapest Elektromos csarnok 700 Váci NKSEVác Városi Sportcsarnok 620
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) Alba Fehérvár Imre Balassi Rita Deli hummel tippmix, Avis Békéscsabai Előre Károly Szabó Roland Horváth Ziccer tippmix, bmw-glass.hu, Budapest Bank Budaörs Tamás Neukum Attila Mihály Made by club tippmix Debreceni VSC Vilmos Köstner Gergő Vida adidas tippmix, TvP Dunaújvárosi Kohász István Szemenyei László György hummel tippmix, BH Érd Norbert Tekauer Edina Szabó Erima tippmix Ferencváros Gábor Kubatov Gábor Elek Nike tippmix, Rail Cargo Hungaria, Budapest Győri ETO dr. Csaba Bartha Ambros Martín adidas Audi, Győr, tippmix Kecskemét Zsolt Orell György Marosán hummel tippmix, hufbau*akker Kisvárda Tamás Major Vlatko Đonović adidas tippmix, Master Good, Kisvárda Várfürdő, MTK Budapest Tamás Deutsch Vladimir Golovin Nike tippmix Siófok János Fodor Lars Rasmussen hummel tippmix Vasas László Markovits Márta Varga Erima tippmix Vác Erika Kirsner Zoltán Szilágyi hummel tippmix, IPress Center
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Siófok Roland HorváthMutual consent End of 2016–17 season Pre-season Lars Rasmussen 17 July 2017 Békéscsaba László Skaliczki 31 October 2017 14th Csaba Fábián 1 November 2017 Békéscsaba Csaba Fábián End of interim spell 12 November 2017 14th Roland Horváth 13 November 2017 Debrecen Tone TiseljMutual consent 6 January 2018 9th Gergő Vida 8 January 2018 Kisvárda Eszter Mátéfi 25 January 2018 10th Vlatko Đonović 29 January 2018 Vasas Péter Kovács Sacked 14 March 2018 13th Márta Varga 15 March 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.
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
Rank PlayerTeam Goals Matches1 Katarina Krpež-SlezakÉrd 202262 Szabina KarnikMTK 150273 Ćamila Mičijević Dunaújváros 147264 Krisztina TriscsukKisvárda 144265 Edina SzabóKecskemét 141256 Jovana KovačevićBékéscsaba 137257 Mercédesz WalfischBékéscsaba 133268 Szandra Szöllősi-ZácsikBudaörs 131239 Estelle Nze MinkoSiófok 1242310 Laura van der HeijdenFerencváros 12126
Attendances Pos Team 1Győri ETO KC 43,660 5,307 (vs. Ferencváros) 2,037 (vs. Kecskemét)3,358+16,27% 2Érd 19,330 2,200 (two matches) 1,000 (two matches)1,487+11,72% 3DVSC-TvP 18,800 5,500 (vs. Győri ETO) 800 (two matches)1,446−5,06% 4EUbility Group-Békéscsaba 12,800 1,800 (vs. Győri ETO) 500 (vs. Vác)984+4,90% 5Kisvárda Master Good SE 11,183 1,000 (three matches) 700 (vs. Vasas)860+11,98% 6Budaörs Handball 10,430 1,063 (vs. Érd) 640 (vs. Vasas)802+14,74% 7FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 10,050 1,200 (three matches) 400 (vs. MTK)773+16,24% 8Hufbau-Akker Kecskeméti NKSE 8,500 1,900 (vs. Győri ETO) 300 (vs. Alba Fehérvár)653+94,93%1 9Siófok KC 8,320 1,000 (vs. Dunaújváros) 400 (vs. DVSC)640+37,93%2 10Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA 8,200 950 (vs. Győri ETO) 150 (vs. Vasas)631+3,78% 11Alba Fehérvár KC 7,075 870 (vs. Győri ETO) 300 (two matches)544−15,66% 12GVM Europe-Vác 6,800 620 (vs. FTC) 380 (vs. MTK)523 0,00% 13Vasas SC 5,000 500 (vs. Alba Fehérvár) 250 (vs. MTK)384+140,00%1 14MTK Budapest 3,800 350 (five matches) 150 (vs. Alba Fehérvár)292−13,61% Total 173,9485,500 (DVSC vs. GYŐR)150 (two matches) 956+9,51% Updated to games played on 23 May 2018. Source: League matches: NB I 2017/2018 Attendance numbers without playoff matches.
Number of teams by counties Pos.County (megye) No. of teams Team(s) 1 Budapest (capital) 3 Ferencvárosi TC, MTK and Vasas SC Pest 3 Budaörs Handball, Érd and Váci NKSE 3 Fejér 2 Alba Fehérvár KC and Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA 4 Bács-Kiskun 1 Kecskeméti NKSE Békés 1 Békéscsabai Előre NKSE Győr-Moson-Sopron 1 Győri ETO Hajdú-Bihar 1 Debreceni VSC Somogy 1 Siófok KC Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg 1 Kisvárdai KC
See also 2017–18 Magyar Kupa 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság II
References
External links Hungarian Handball Federaration handball.hu