The 1996–97 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, also known as NB I, was the 95th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The season started on 10 August 1996 and ended on 28 May 1997.

Overview

It was contested by 18 teams, and MTK Hungária FC won their twentieth championship. MTK won all of their first 15 games, and suffered a single loss throughout the season, against BVSC-Zugló. The team won the championship on matchday 32, after defeating Ecker-Stadler FC 5-3 in an 8-goal classic. MTK eventually finished 9 points ahead of runners-up Újpest. The point tally achieved by champions MTK (85) is the highest ever achieved by any hungarian champion. MTK also won the 1997 Hungarian Cup, defeating BVSC 8-0 on aggregate.

MTK's point tally of 85 is the highest ever achieved in a single season in the history of the Hungarian league. They also won the most amount of games in a single season, leaving the pitch as victors 26 times, breaking Vasas' record of 25 set in 1977.

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 MTK Hungária (C) 34 26 7 1 87 25 +62 85 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Újpest 34 23 7 4 75 35 +40 76 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Ferencváros 34 22 8 4 69 37 +32 74
4 Vasas 34 19 7 8 50 33 +17 64 Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage
5 Debrecen 34 14 10 10 55 38 +17 52
6 BVSC 34 14 7 13 43 36 +7 49 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
7 Kispest Honvéd 34 12 9 13 42 44 −2 45
8 Videoton 34 10 12 12 45 44 +1 42
9 Győr 34 10 12 12 44 51 −7 42
10 Haladás 34 10 10 14 39 42 −3 40
11 Vác 34 10 10 14 40 48 −8 40
12 Siófok 34 10 10 14 36 53 −17 40
13 Zalaegerszeg 34 11 7 16 34 51 −17 40
14 Békéscsaba 34 10 6 18 37 62 −25 36
15 III. Kerület (R) 34 8 11 15 45 55 −10 35 Qualification for relegation play-offs
16 Stadler (O) 34 7 7 20 27 50 −23 28
17 Pécs (R) 34 6 8 20 31 68 −37 26 Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II
18 Csepel (R) 34 5 10 19 43 70 −27 25
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BÉK BVS CSE DEB FTC GYŐ HAL KER HON MTK PÉC SIÓ STA VAS VÁC VID UTE ZTE
Békéscsaba 0–1 2–1 0–3 0–1 5–0 1–3 2–1 2–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 3–3 3–2 0–0 1–3 3–1
BVSC 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 3–1 3–2 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–0 4–1 4–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 2–0
Csepel 9–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–3 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–4 1–2
Debrecen 4–0 1–4 3–0 2–2 0–0 3–1 4–0 0–0 1–4 3–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–0
Ferencváros 4–0 2–1 4–2 3–1 3–2 2–0 1–0 5–2 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 3–1 5–0
Győr 1–2 2–1 5–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–3 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–3 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–0
Haladás 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 6–0 2–3 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–0
III. Kerület 1–0 0–0 5–3 0–0 4–3 0–0 2–3 1–2 2–7 3–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–1
Kispest Honvéd 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 3–1 4–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–2 0–1
MTK Hungária 3–1 0–1 5–2 1–0 3–0 4–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 6–0 0–0 5–3 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–0
Pécs 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–3 2–0 2–0 3–3 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–0
Siófok 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–3 1–0 4–1 2–1 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 0–2
Stadler 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–3 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 0–3 2–0 0–1 1–3 1–0
Vasas 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–3 0–0
Vác 2–0 0–1 3–3 0–2 1–1 3–1 0–1 3–2 2–0 1–4 5–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1
Videoton 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 0–2 1–2 2–1 2–2 2–3 1–3 5–0 2–3 2–0 2–2 6–2 1–3 1–0
Újpest 4–1 0–0 6–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 1–1 3–2 3–0 0–2 3–1 4–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 5–0
Zalaegerszeg 4–2 2–2 2–1 1–5 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 3–3 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–4 1–0 0–0 1–2
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
III. Kerület (I) 1–2 Diósgyőr (II) 1–0 0–2
Dunaferr (II) 3–4 Stadler (I) 2–2 1–2

Statistical leaders

Top goalscorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Hungary Béla Illés MTK Hungária 23
2 Hungary Tamás Sándor Debreceni VSC-Epona 20
3 Hungary Zoltán Kovács Újpesti TE 18
4 Romania Nicolae Ilea Debreceni VSC-Epona 16
5 Ukraine Ihor Nichenko Ferencvárosi TC 15
6 Hungary Tibor Fodor Újpest FC 14
Hungary Ferenc Horváth Ferencvárosi TC 14
Hungary Krisztián Kenesei MTK Hungária 14
9 Hungary Károly Szanyó Újpesti TE 12
10 Hungary Mihály Tóth Kispest Honvéd FC 11

References

Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Nemzeti_Bajnoks%C3%A1g_I
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