1996–97 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1996–97 MTK Budapest TiszakécskeBékéscsabaStadler Champions League MTK Budapest UEFA Cup ÚjpestFerencváros Cup Winners' Cup Budapesti VSC Intertoto Cup Vasas Béla Illés (23) Csepel 9–1 Békéscsaba III. Kerület 2–7 MTK III. Kerület 2–7 MTKCsepel 9–1 Békéscsaba 306 842 1995–96 1997–98 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 number of games in a single season, leaving the pitch as victors 26 times, breaking Vasas' record of 25 set in 1977. League standings main WDL 5 QR MTK MTK Hungária UTE Újpest FER Ferencváros VAS Vasas DEB Debrecen BVSC BVSC HON Kispest Honvéd VID Videoton GYŐ Győr SZO Haladás VÁC Vác SIÓ Siófok ZAL Zalaegerszeg BÉK Békéscsaba KER III. Kerület STA Stadler PÉC Pécs CSE Csepel 26 7 1 87 25 C 23 7 4 75 35 22 8 4 69 37 19 7 8 50 33 14 10 10 55 38 14 7 13 43 36 12 9 13 42 44 10 12 12 45 44 10 12 12 44 51 10 10 14 39 42 10 10 14 40 48 10 10 14 36 53 11 7 16 34 51 10 6 18 37 62 8 11 15 45 55 R 7 7 20 27 50 O 6 8 20 31 68 R 5 10 19 43 70 R green1 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round CL1 blue1 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round UC1 UC1 #ccccff Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage ICGS yellow1 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round CWCQ red2 Qualification for relegation play-offs RP RP red1 Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II R R complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey BÉK BVS CSE DEB FTC GYŐ HAL KER HON MTK PÉC SIÓ STA VAS VÁC VID UTE ZTE MTK Hungária 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 4–0 2–2 3–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 5–3 6–0 5–2 Újpest 0–2 1–2 2–1 2–2 0–0 3–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 4–1 5–0 4–1 3–2 0–0 3–1 6–1 Ferencváros 1–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 5–2 2–2 3–2 2–0 3–1 3–2 5–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 4–2 Vasas 1–2 2–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 Debrecen 1–4 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–4 0–0 2–2 0–0 3–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 4–0 4–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 BVSC 0–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 3–2 0–1 4–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 4–1 1–0 2–1 Kispest Honvéd 2–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 Videoton 1–3 1–3 0–2 2–2 3–2 2–0 2–3 1–2 2–1 6–2 2–3 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 5–0 1–0 Győr 0–3 1–1 1–1 2–3 3–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 2–0 2–1 5–0 Haladás 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 6–0 1–1 Vác 1–4 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 5–0 3–3 Siófok 0–3 0–2 2–3 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 Zalaegerszeg 3–3 1–2 2–1 1–4 1–5 2–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 4–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 Békéscsaba 0–0 1–3 0–1 3–3 0–3 0–1 2–2 0–0 5–0 1–3 3–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 III. Kerület 2–7 1–1 4–3 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–3 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 5–3 Stadler 1–2 1–3 0–0 0–3 1–3 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 Pécs 1–3 1–2 1–2 3–3 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 Csepel 0–3 1–4 1–1 2–3 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 9–1 2–1 2–2 0–1 complete rsssf.com Relegation play-offs 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 RankScorerClubGoals1Hungary Béla IllésMTK Hungária232Hungary Tamás SándorDebreceni VSC-Epona203Hungary Zoltán KovácsÚjpesti TE184Romania Nicolae IleaDebreceni VSC-Epona165Ukraine Ihor NichenkoFerencvárosi TC156Hungary Tibor FodorÚjpest FC14Hungary Ferenc HorváthFerencvárosi TC14Hungary Krisztián KeneseiMTK Hungária149Hungary Károly SzanyóÚjpesti TE1210Hungary Mihály TóthKispest Honvéd FC11 Attendances # Club Average 1 Ferencváros 9,951 2 Debrecen 7,059 3 Zalaegerszeg 6,794 4 Szombathelyi Haladás 6,206 5 Videoton 6,147 6 Újpest 5,588 7 Békéscsaba 4,618 8 Győr 4,429 9 Vasas 4,353 10 III. kerület 4,235 11 Pécs 4,176 12 Kispest Honvéd 3,029 13 Siófok 3,029 14 MTK 2,981 15 Vác 2,353 16 Stadler 1,876 17 BVSC 1,582 18 Csepel 1,571 Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/hun/avehun97.htm 2026-09-06 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk See also 1996–97 Magyar Kupa 1996–97 Nemzeti Bajnokság II 1996–97 Nemzeti Bajnokság III References Hungary - List of final tables (RSSSF) Association football Hungary Category:Nemzeti Bajnokság I seasons Category:1996–97 in Hungarian football Hun