Nemzeti Bajnokság I

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Nemzeti Bajnokság I
Current season or competition: Soproni Liga 2007/08
Sport	Football
Founded	1901
No. of teams	16
Country(ies)	Hungary
Most recent champion(s)	Debreceni VSC

The Nemzeti Bajnokság I., the National Championship, or short the NBI, currently known as the Soproni Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the highest level of professional football in Hungary since its inception in 1901. UEFA currently ranks the league 24th in Europe.^[1]

Sixteen teams compete in the league, playing each other twice, once at home and once away. At the end of the season, the top team enters the qualification for the UEFA Champions League , while the runner-up, together with the winner of the Hungarian Cup) enters the UEFA Cup qualification round. The bottom two clubs are relegated to NB2, the second-level league, to be replaced by the winners of NB2-Nyugati csoport (West) and NB2-Keleti csoport (East).

1 Names
2 Teams playing in the 2007/2008 Hungarian League season
3 Relegated in 2006/07
4 Relegated in 2005/06
5 Previous winners
6 Performance by club
- 6.1 Number of Championships
7 References
8 External links

[edit] Names

The league went through various name changes depending on the sponsor for the given season(s):

NB1 (the "classic" name - NB stands for "Nemzeti Bajnokság" - National Championship)
Raab-Karcher NB1
PNB (1998/1999, 1999/2000, which stands for "Professzionális Nemzeti Bajnokság" - Professional National Championship)
Borsodi Liga (2001, 2001/2002, 2002/2003, sponsored by Borsodi Sörgyár (Interbrew))
Arany Ászok Liga (2003/2004, 2004/2005, sponsored by Dreher Sörgyár (SABMiller))
Borsodi Liga (2005-2007, sponsored by Borsodi Sörgyár)
Soproni Liga (2007-present)

[edit] Teams playing in the 2007/2008 Hungarian League season

[edit] Relegated in 2006/07

[edit] Relegated in 2005/06

[edit] Previous winners

1901 : Budapest T.C.
1902 : Budapest T.C.
1903 : Ferencváros (Budapest)
1904 : MTK Budapest
1905 : Ferencváros (Budapest)
1906/07 : Ferencváros (Budapest)
1907/08 : MTK Budapest
1908/09 : Ferencváros (Budapest)
1909/10 : Ferencváros (Budapest)
1910/11 : Ferencváros (Budapest)
1911/12 : Ferencváros (Budapest)
1912/13 : Ferencváros (Budapest)
1913/14 : MTK Budapest
1914/16 : Suspended due to World War I
1916/17 : MTK Budapest
1917/18 : MTK Budapest
1918/19 : MTK Budapest
1919/20 : MTK Budapest
1920/21 : MTK Budapest
1921/22 : MTK Budapest
1922/23 : MTK Budapest
1923/24 : MTK Budapest
1924/25 : MTK Budapest
1925/26 : Ferencváros (Budapest)
1926/27 : Ferencváros (Budapest)
1927/28 : Ferencváros (Budapest)
1928/29 : MTK Budapest
1929/30 : Újpest (Budapest)
1930/31 : Újpest (Budapest)
1931/32 : Ferencváros (Budapest)
1932/33 : Újpest (Budapest)
1933/34 : Ferencváros (Budapest)
1934/35 : Újpest (Budapest)
1935/36 : MTK Budapest
1936/37 : MTK Budapest
1937/38 : Ferencváros (Budapest)
1938/39 : Újpest (Budapest)
1939/40 : Ferencváros (Budapest)
1940/41 : Ferencváros (Budapest)
1941/42 : WMFC Csepel (Budapest)
1942/43 : WMFC Csepel (Budapest)
1943/44 : Nagyváradi A.C. (Oradea, now in Romania)
1945 : Újpest (Budapest)
1945/46 : Újpest (Budapest)
1946/47 : Újpest (Budapest)
1947/48 : Csepel SC (Budapest)
1948/49 : Ferencváros (Budapest)
1949/50 : Budapest Honvéd
1950 : Budapest Honvéd
1951 : MTK Budapest
1952 : Budapest Honvéd
1953 : MTK Budapest
1954 : Budapest Honvéd
1955 : Budapest Honvéd

1956 : Season did not finish
1957 : Vasas S.C. (Budapest)
1957/58 : MTK Budapest
1958/59 : Csepel SC (Budapest)
1959/60 : Újpest (Budapest)
1960/61 : Vasas S.C. (Budapest)
1961/62 : Vasas S.C. (Budapest)
1962/63 : Ferencváros (Budapest)
1963 : Gyõr F.C. (Gyõr)
1964 : Ferencváros (Budapest)
1965 : Vasas S.C. (Budapest)
1966 : Vasas S.C. (Budapest)
1967 : Ferencváros (Budapest)
1968 : Ferencváros (Budapest)
1969 : Újpest (Budapest)
1970 : Újpest (Budapest)
1970/71 : Újpest (Budapest)
1971/72 : Újpest (Budapest)
1972/73 : Újpest (Budapest)
1973/74 : Újpest (Budapest)
1974/75 : Újpest (Budapest)
1975/76 : Ferencváros (Budapest)
1976/77 : Vasas S.C. (Budapest)
1977/78 : Újpest (Budapest)
1978/79 : Újpest (Budapest)
1979/80 : Budapest Honvéd
1980/81 : Ferencváros (Budapest)
1981/82 : Gyõr F.C. (Gyõr)
1982/83 : Gyõr F.C. (Gyõr)
1983/84 : Budapest Honvéd
1984/85 : Budapest Honvéd
1985/86 : Budapest Honvéd
1986/87 : MTK Budapest
1987/88 : Budapest Honvéd
1988/89 : Budapest Honvéd
1989/90 : Újpest (Budapest)
1990/91 : Budapest Honvéd
1991/92 : Ferencváros (Budapest)
1992/93 : Budapest Honvéd
1993/94 : Vác F.C. (Vác)
1994/95 : Ferencváros (Budapest)
1995/96 : Ferencváros (Budapest)
1996/97 : MTK Budapest
1997/98 : Újpest (Budapest)
1998/99 : MTK Budapest
1999/00 : Dunaferr FC (Dunaújváros)
2000/01 : Ferencváros (Budapest)
2001/02 : Zalaegerszeg (Zalaegerszeg)
2002/03 : MTK Budapest
2003/04 : Ferencváros (Budapest)
2004/05 : Debrecen (Debrecen)
2005/06 : Debrecen (Debrecen)
2006/07 : Debrecen (Debrecen)

[edit] Performance by club

[edit] Number of Championships

Ferencváros: 28
- 1903, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1934, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1949, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1976, 1981, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2004
MTK Budapest: 22
- 1904, 1908, 1914, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1929, 1936, 1937, 1951, 1953, 1958, 1987, 1997, 1999, 2003
Újpest FC: 20
- 1929-30, 1930-31, 1932-33, 1934-35, 1938-39, 1945 Spring, 1945-46, 1946-47, 1959-60, 1969, 1970 Spring, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1989-90, 1997-98
Budapest Honvéd: 13
- 1949/50, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991 1993
Vasas SC: 6
- 1957, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1977
Csepel SC: 4
- 1942, 1943, 1948, 1959
Debreceni VSC: 3
- 2005, 2006, 2007
Gyõr F.C.: 3
- 1963, 1982, 1983
Budapest TC: 2
- 1901, 1902
Vác F.C.: 1
- 1993/94
Dunaferr FC: 1
- 1999/2000
Nagyváradi A.C.: 1
- 1943/44
Zalaegerszegi TE: 1
- 2001/02