2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's handball)

For the women's league, see 2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball).

The 2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (known as the K&H férfi kézilabda liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 71st season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top men's handball league in Hungary. A total of fourteen teams contest this season's league, which began on 27 August 2021 and will conclude in 11 June 2022.^[1]

Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Season	2021–22
Dates	27 August 2021 – 11 June 2022
Champion	Pick Szeged 5th title
Relegated	SBS-Eger Kecskeméti TE
Champions League	Pick Szeged Telekom Veszprém
European League	Balatonfüredi KSE FTC Fejér-B.Á.L. Veszprém
Matches played	184
Goals scored	10,719 (58.26 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bence Nagy (171 goals)
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Pick Szeged won their fifth title.^[2]

Teams

 

 

Balatonfüred

 

Budakalász

 

Csurgó

 

Dabas

 

Eger

 

FTC

 

Gyöngyös

 

Kecsekmét

 

Komló

 

NEKA

 

Szeged

 

Tatabánya

 

Veszprém

 

Veszprém teams:
Veszprém
Veszprémi KKFT

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Location of teams in 2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Team changes

Promoted from 2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B	Relegated from 2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I
NEKA Kecskeméti TE-Piroska szörp	Ceglédi KKSE Orosházi FKSE - Linamar

Arenas and locations

The following 14 clubs compete in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I during the 2021–22 season:

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
Balatonfüredi KSE	Balatonfüred	Szabadidőközpont	712
Budakalász FKC	Budakalász	Városi Sportcsarnok	400
Csurgói KK	Csurgó	Sótonyi László Sportcsarnok	1,200
Dabas KK	Dabas	OBO Aréna	1,920
Eger-Eszterházy SzSE	Eger	Kemény Ferenc Sportcsarnok	885
Ferencvárosi TC	Budapest, IX. ker	Elek Gyula Aréna	1,300
Gyöngyösi KK	Gyöngyös	Dr. Fejes András Sportcsarnok	1,100
Kecskeméti TE	Kecskemét	Messzi István Sportcsarnok	1,900
Komlói BSK	Komló	Sportközpont	800
NEKA	Balatonboglár	NEKA Csarnok	678
SC Pick Szeged	Szeged	Városi Sportcsarnok Pick Aréna	3,600 8,143
Tatabánya KC	Tatabánya	Földi Imre Sportcsarnok Tatabányai Multifunkcionális Sportcsarnok	1,000 6,200
Veszprém KC	Veszprém	Veszprém Aréna	5,096
Veszprém KKFT	Veszprém	Veszprém Aréna Március 15. úti Sportcsarnok	5,096 2,200

Clubs that play in the 2021–22 SEHA League

Personnel and kits

All teams are obligated to have the logo of the Hungarian national sports betting brand Tippmix sponsors since 2015, their logo is therefore present on all team kits.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor
Balatonfüredi KSE	László György	László Kemény	2Rule	77 Elektronika, Takarékbank
Budakalász FKC	István Csoknyai	Dániel Váczi	2Rule
Csurgói KK	Norbert Baranyai	Péter Tatai	Hummel	PriMont, MenDan****, KLH Masters
Dabas KK	Győző Tomori	Balázs Holló	Hummel	OBO Bettermann, Volvo Galéria Budapest
Eger-Eszterházy SzSE	Edmond Tóth	Gergő Kiss	Hummel	SBS
Ferencvárosi TC	Attila Horváth	Bálint Pordán	Nike	Lidl
Gyöngyösi KK	Ákos Sándor /   Dániel Kiss	Tibor Gerdán	Hummel	B. Braun, HE-DO
Kecskeméti TE	József Bencze		Kempa	Piroska szörp, Vitamin360
Komlói BSK	Bálint Kilvinger	Filip Sunajko	Zeus	Sport36
NEKA	László Sótonyi	Márton Dely	Hummel	NEKA
SC Pick Szeged	Juan Carlos Pastor	Bence Bánhidi	Adidas	Pick, OTP Bank, SMP Solutions
Tatabánya KC	Dragan Đukić	Ádám Juhász	Jako	MOL, Grundfos
Veszprém KC	Momir Ilić	Rasmus Lauge	2Rule	Telekom, Euroaszfalt
Veszprém KKFT	József Éles	Mátyás Kristóf	Erima	Fejér-B.Á.L., Völgység Agrár

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Ref.
Veszprém KC	David Davis	Sacked	7 June 2021	Pre-season	Momir Ilić	1 July 2021	^[3]^[4]
Csurgói KK	Alem Toskić	Signed by Celje	10 June 2021		Mariano Ortega	14 June 2021	^[5]^[6]
Tatabánya KC	Vladan Matić	Resigned	23 October 2021	9th	Jakab Sibalin (caretaker)	23 October 2021	^[7]
Csurgói KK	Mariano Ortega	Mutual consent	2 November 2021	12th	Norbert Baranyai (caretaker)	2 November 2021	^[8]
Tatabánya KC	Jakab Sibalin	End of caretaker spell		10th	Dragan Đukić		^[9]
Veszprém KKFT	Csaba Tombor	Sacked	10 March 2022	12th	József Éles (interim)	10 March 2021	^[10]
Gyöngyösi KK	Csaba Konkoly		21 March 2022	8th	Ákos Sándor /   Dániel Kiss (caretaker)	21 March 2021	^[11]

Format

The competition format for the 2021–22 season consists of 14 teams each playing a total of 26 matches, half at home and half away, After the Regular season, the championship result will be determined in 3-14. placed ranking teams. The teams finishing in 13th and 14th place will be eliminated in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B. 1st and 2nd place in the Regular season will play a rematch based championship final. The career choice for the first match of the final is 2nd place in the regular season.^[12]

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Telekom Veszprém	26	24	2	0	931	687	+244	50	Qualification to the Finals and advance for Champions League group phase
2	Pick Szeged	26	23	1	2	913	654	+259	47
3	Balatonfüredi KSE	26	17	2	7	806	733	+73	36	Qualification for European League group phase
4	FTC	26	17	0	9	826	776	+50	34	Qualification for European League first qualifying round
5	Grundfos Tatabánya KC	26	15	2	9	774	750	+24	32
6	HE-DO B. Braun Gyöngyös	26	14	1	11	751	759	−8	29
7	Sport36-Komló	26	11	3	12	753	771	−18	25
8	Budakalász FKC	26	10	4	12	696	754	−58	24
9	Csurgói KK	26	11	1	14	659	723	−64	23
10	Fejér-B.Á.L. Veszprém	26	7	2	17	726	789	−63	16	Qualification for European League second qualifying round^[a]
11	Dabasi KC VSE	26	6	3	17	683	762	−79	15^[b]
12	NEKA	26	7	1	18	694	777	−83	15^[b]
13	SBS-Eger (R)	26	4	2	20	716	844	−128	10	Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B
14	Kecskeméti TE-Piroska szörp (R)	26	4	0	22	675	824	−149	8

Source: Hungarian Handball Federation (in Hungarian), Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Matches won; 7) Draw (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[13]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Fejér-B.Á.L. Veszprém qualified for the European League second qualifying round as the 2021–22 Magyar Kupa runners-up.
2. Dabasi KC VSE is ahead of NEKA on head-to-head results: 52–20.

Schedule and results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.

Home \ Away	BKSE	BUD	CSKK	DAB	EGER	FTC	GYKK	KTE	KBSK	NEKA	SZEG	TAT	VESZ	VKK
Balatonfüredi KSE	—	34–29	34–25	24–21	38–25	32–33	30–25	33–25	26–31	33–24	23–32	32–22	31–31	37–29
Budakalász FKC	20–20	—	26–23	31–28	28–27	30–29	37–27	30–29	26–25	30–28	23–38	31–35	26–41	25–25
Csurgói KK	19–29	25–25	—	22–19	33–34	35–36	26–24	25–22	23–19	26–23	20–33	22–27	21–33	30–28
Dabasi KC VSE	34–37	26–26	22–25	—	22–23	29–30	28–33	31–25	29–31	29–26	17–38	32–32	21–34	28–21
Eger-Eszterházy SzSE	21–36	23–28	24–27	20–24	—	26–37	32–36	32–25	30–30	29–29	24–32	28–32	28–36	27–35
Ferencvárosi TC	37–32	30–24	22–20	37–28	43–35	—	33–28	46–31	34–30	32–28	26–36	26–32	27–30	40–31
Gyöngyösi KK	27–28	31–26	32–31	25–27	33–28	26–23	—	30–25	25–37	30–25	30–28	30–22	28–36	28–27
Kecskeméti TE	29–35	29–22	29–31	25–24	28–29	24–31	25–29	—	24–37	27–22	31–34	27–26	20–36	19–28
Komlói BSK	33–35	33–28	29–30	29–29	33–32	33–31	27–27	28–24	—	27–26	28–38	26–32	28–35	25–24
NEKA	20–29	30–33	29–23	24–23	28–24	25–26	29–35	32–29	28–30	—	26–31	31–21	24–33	28–25
SC Pick Szeged	41–32	35–26	33–21	39–23	44–29	31–27	36–26	43–20	32–24	40–22	—	27–21	27–29	38–29
Tatabánya KC	38–27	23–19	32–24	32–26	32–27	33–28	39–35	42–34	30–25	34–23	28–39	—	23–34	27–27
Veszprém KC	36–29	34–28	34–21	44–29	43–32	39–30	26–22	42–24	39–24	49–32	26–26	37–28	—	37–33
Veszprém KKFT	26–30	26–19	25–31	29–34	32–27	28–32	28–29	26–25	34–31	29–32	23–42	33–31	25–37	—

Source: Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Telekom Veszprém	58–58 (a)	Pick Szeged	28–29	29–30

Game 1

3 June 2022 (2022-06-03) 18:45	Pick Szeged	28–29	Telekom Veszprém	Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Hargitai, Markó
	three players 5	(16–15)	Yahia 7
	1×  3×	Report	2×  4×

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Game 2

11 June 2021 (2021-06-11) 17:45	Telekom Veszprém	29–30	Pick Szeged	Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,100 Referees: Bócz, Wiedemann
	Mahé 7	(14–14)	Bombač, Rosta 6
	2×  1×	Report	2×  3×  1×

58–58 on aggregate. Pick Szeged won the Finals on away goals.

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2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I Champion^[2]
Pick Szeged 5th title

Alilović, Krivokapic, Mikler (goalkeepers), Bánhidi (c), Blonz, Bodó, Bombač, Frimmel, Gaber, Garciandia, Hegedűs, Henigman, Ludmán, Mačkovšek, Martins, Radivojević, Radvánszki, Rea, Rosta, Šoštarić, Stepančić, Szilágyi, Tønnesen, Varga

Head coach: Juan Carlos Pastor, Assistant coach: Marko Krivokapić

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[14]	Shots	%
1	Bence Nagy	FTC	171	275	63
2	Balázs Szöllősi	Balatonfüred	158	247	64
3	Gábor Ancsin	Tatabánya	141	217	65
4	Benedek Éles	Veszprémi KKFT	140	232	61
5	Mitar Markez	Gyöngyös	137	199	69
6	Petar Topic	Balatonfüred	136	181	76
7	Gergő Fazekas	Veszprémi KKFT	117	156	75
8	Mladen Krsmančić	Csurgó	116	162	72
9	Srećko Jerković	Komló	115	184	63
10	Gergő Kovács	NEKA	113	177	64

Number of teams by counties and regions

Number of teams by counties

Pos.	County (megye)		No. of teams	Teams
1		Veszprém	3	Balatonfüredi KSE, Veszprém KC and Veszprém KKFT
2		Heves	2	Eger-Eszterházy SzSE and Gyöngyösi KK
		Pest	2	Budakalász FKC and Dabas KK
		Somogy	2	Csurgói KK and NEKA
5		Baranya	1	Komlói BSK
		Bács-Kiskun	1	Kecskeméti TE
		Budapest	1	Ferencvárosi TC
		Csongrád-Csanád	1	SC Pick Szeged
		Komárom-Esztergom	1	Tatabánya KC

Number of teams by regions

Transdanubia	Central Hungary	Great Plain and North
Balatonfüred Csurgói KK Komlói BSK NEKA Tatabánya KC Veszprém KC Veszprém KKFT	Budakalász FKC Dabas KK Ferencvárosi TC	Eger-Eszterházy SzSE Gyöngyösi KK Kecskeméti TE SC Pick Szeged
7 Team	3 Team	4 Team

Hungarian clubs in European competitions

		Competition		Team	Progress	Result	Total W–D–L
EHF
		Champions League		Pick Szeged	Play-offs	vs   SG Flensburg-Handewitt (L)	9-3-4
					Group phase	3rd of 8 teams (8-3-3)
				Telekom Veszprém	Bronze medal match	vs   THW Kiel (L) - p	10-3-7
					Semifinal	vs   Łomża Vive Kielce (L)
					Quarter-finals	vs   Aalborg Håndbold (W)
					Play-offs	vs   RK Vardar (W)
					Group phase	4th of 8 teams (8-1-5)
		European League		Grundfos Tatabánya KC	Group phase	6th of 6 teams (3-0-7)	3-0-7
				Balatonfüredi KSE	Qualification Round 1	vs   HK Malmö (L)	1-0-1
				Csurgói KK	Qualification Round 1	vs   HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța (L)	0-0-2

See also

• 2021–22 Magyar Kupa
• 2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B
• 2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság II

References

1. "FÉRFI KÉZILABDA NB I, 2021–2022". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 24 August 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
2. "Őrületes finálé: a Szeged az utolsó másodpercben nyerte meg a bajnokságot!". nso.hu. 11 June 2022.
3. "Férfi kézi: David Davist menesztette a Veszprém – hivatalos". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 7 June 2021.
4. "Férfi kézilabda: Momir Ilics a Veszprém új vezetőedzője – hivatalos". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 2 July 2021.
5. "Férfi kézi: a Celjében folytatja a Csurgó vezetőedzője – hivatalos". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 10 June 2021.
6. "Férfi kézi: Spanyolországból érkezik a Csurgó új vezetőedzője". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 14 June 2021.
7. "Férfi kézi: már nem Matics a Tatabánya vezetőedzője". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 23 October 2021.
8. "Férfi kézilabda: távozott a Csurgó vezetőedzője". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 2 November 2021.
9. "Férfi kézi: Dragan Djukics a Tatabánya új vezetőedzője – hivatalos". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 2 November 2021.
10. "Férfi kézi: Danyi Gábor segít a Fejér-B.Á.L. Veszprémnek". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 10 March 2022.
11. "Férfi kézi NB I: szerződést bontottak Konkoly Csabával". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 21 March 2022.
12. "NB I-ES VERSENYKIÍRÁS A 2021/2022-ES IDÉNYRE". MKSZ (in Hungarian). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
13. "Magyarország Kézilabda Nemzeti Bajnokság férfi és női 2021-2022. évi I. osztály Versenykiírása" (PDF). nso.hu (in Hungarian). MKSZ. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
14. MKSZ Versenyek NB I Férfi- Alapszakasz Statisztika (Góllövő lista, Lövőstatisztika) 2021/22

External links

• Hungarian Handball Federaration (in Hungarian)