1987–88 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1987–88 Budapest Honvéd Debreceni MVSCKaposvár European Cup Budapest Honvéd UEFA Cup TatabányaÚjpesti Dózsa Cup Winners' Cup Békéscsaba Béla Melis (19) 240 621 1986–87 1988–89 Statistics of Nemzeti Bajnokság I for the 1987–88 season. Overview It was contested by 16 teams, and Budapest Honvéd FC won the championship under headcoach Bertalan Bicskei. The 19th district team went undefeated at home throughout the entire campaign, only conceding 2 goals at the Bozsik Stadion. In March Tatabánya defeated Honvéd 1–0 at the Bányász (miner) Stadion, blowing the title-race wide open. Tatabánya would win 5 out of their next 7 encounters, but a 4-week winless streak at the end of the season destroyed their momentum. Honvéd confirmed their championship status on the 1st of June, obliterating Kaposvár Rákóczi 5-1. Kálmán Kovács scored four goals during the game. Match-fixing Scandal In October 1989, news emerged of suspicious game results regarding the 1988/89 season. This was the second match-fixing related scandal in the Hungarian top-flight, the first one having happened in 1984. The legitimacy of the results of some teams having to fight relegation, such as that of Debreceni VSC, Fehérvár and Zalaegerszeg have been called into question. 47 people were called in to questioning about DVSC's results. Although no serious prison sentences were given out to any of the players placed under suspicion, the scandal still casts a large shadow over the perception of football and the fairness of it in the country in the 1980s. League standings main WDL QR 5 2 HON Budapest Honvéd TAT Tatabánya UTE Újpesti Dózsa GYŐ Győr FER Ferencváros MTK MTK-VM SZO Haladás PÉC Pécs VAS Vasas VÁC Váci Izzó VID Videoton SIO Siofoki Bányász BÉK Békéscsaba ZAL Zalaegerszeg DEB Debreceni MVSC KAP Kaposvár 17 7 6 48 23 C 13 11 6 58 35 12 13 5 48 29 14 7 9 49 43 12 9 9 47 32 14 4 12 53 50 9 13 8 39 37 11 9 10 31 34 9 11 10 33 37 9 10 11 34 34 6 15 9 28 32 9 9 12 39 50 8 11 11 30 42 7 11 12 26 32 8 7 15 33 48 R 4 9 17 25 63 R green1 Qualification for European Cup first round EC1 blue1 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round UC1 UC1 yellow1 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round CWC1 red1 Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II R R complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey BÉK DEB FTC GYŐ HAL HON KAP MTK PÉC SIÓ TAT ÚJP VAS VÁC VID ZTE Békéscsaba 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–5 3–0 0–0 Ferencváros 3–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–3 2–0 3–0 5–2 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 Budapest Honvéd 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 4–0 0–0 5–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 MTK-VM 2–0 3–1 4–3 2–0 1–2 1–0 4–0 2–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–6 2–3 1–0 Újpesti Dózsa 4–0 1–4 3–1 4–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 4–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 Vasas 1–1 1–0 2–4 1–0 3–5 0–1 4–2 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 Debreceni MVSC 0–2 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–3 4–1 1–0 Kaposvár 2–2 1–0 0–2 0–7 0–0 0–0 0–3 1–2 3–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–2 3–3 0–2 Győr 3–3 2–0 4–2 3–3 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 3–2 1–3 Pécs 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 0–1 1–2 0–3 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 Siofoki Bányász 2–1 1–5 0–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–3 2–2 0–1 2–1 Videoton 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 4–3 2–4 2–0 0–0 4–0 Haladás 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–3 2–2 2–0 4–0 2–2 4–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 Tatabánya 2–1 0–2 1–0 4–3 2–2 0–0 7–1 4–0 3–1 2–2 3–1 1–1 3–0 0–4 0–0 Váci Izzó 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 Zalaegerszeg 0–0 0–2 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 complete rsssf.com Statistical leaders Top goalscorers RankScorerClubGoals1Hungary Béla MelisDebreceni MVSC192Hungary György SzeibertMTK-VM183Hungary Kálmán KovácsBudapest Honvéd174Hungary Pál FischerFerencvárosi TC155Hungary József KiprichTatabányai Bányász14Hungary Gyula PlotárTatabányai Bányász147Hungary Béla IllésHaladás VSE12Hungary László SzabadiVasas SC129Hungary Gábor PölöskeiMTK-VM11Hungary Péter RuboldGyőri ETO FC11Hungary István VinczeTatabányai Bányász11 Attendances Average home league attendance top 3: # Club Average 1 Ferencváros 17,933 2 Győr 11,000 3 Budapest Honvéd 9,867 Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/hun/avehun88.htm 2026-08-10 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk References Hungary - List of final tables (RSSSF) Association football Hungary Category:Nemzeti Bajnokság I seasons Category:1987–88 in Hungarian football Hun