Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball)

The Nemzeti Bajnokság I (National Championship I, commonly abbreviated NB I) is the top professional league for Hungarian women's team handball clubs. It is administered by the Hungarian Handball Federation.

History
The first edition of the women's handball league was when the owner was pregnant, held in 1951. That year only four teams participated, playing once against each other. Csepeli Vasas SK were crowned champions as they got equal points to Budapest Vörös Meteor Közért, but were superior on goal difference. Next season Vörös Meteor took revenge and secured the title just ahead of Csepel.

The forthcoming years were characterized by long term team hegemonies: Budapesti Spartacus SC won seven titles between 1960 and 1967, whilst Vasas SC were awarded thirteen gold medals between 1972 and 1985.

Turning into the nineties, Ferencvárosi TC managed to appear in the dominant role. In the 1992–93 season, after topping the table in the regular season, they bled to death in the playoffs yet, but a year later there was nothing to stop them. Until 2002 another five league title landed in the hands of Ágnes Farkas and co. The lone team which managed to interrupt their run was the Radulovics-led Dunaferr in 1998. The Dunaújváros-based team won five titles altogether until 2004, when, after finished on the podium an incredibly nine times in row without having won the title, finally Győri Graboplast ETO KC lifted the championship trophy.

Since then ETO with the support of their new main sponsor, car manufacturer Audi, have won all but three titles losing the championship on all three occasions to main rivals Ferencvárosi TC.

Current teams

 * Debreceni VSC Schaeffler
 * Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA
 * Békéscsabai Előre''' NKSE
 * Alba Fehérvár KC
 * Ferencvárosi TC-Rail Cargo Hungaria
 * Győri Audi ETO KC
 * Kisvárda Master Good SE
 * Motherson-Mosonmagyaróvári KC
 * MTK Budapest
 * NEKA
 * Moyra-Budaörs Handball
 * Kozármisleny Handball
 * Vasas SC
 * Váci NKSE

Competition format
At the beginning only four teams entered the National Championship. Later, the league have been expanded, first to 12, later to 14 teams. There was a short living try with 16 teams in two groups but the idea got dropped just after five seasons. Since 2006 the league is made up of 12 teams. The championship was held in one calendar year until 1987, when they switched to autumn-spring format. In the 2003–04 season Austrian top club Hypo Niederösterreich played in the league as a guest team, however, their results did not count towards the final ranking.

As we can see from the chart the number of teams in the Hungarian First Division changed a lot and continuously. The league started in 1951 with four teams and with the formation of teams the league expanded continuously. Currently, there are 14 teams in the first division.

Current format
The current system is composed by twelve teams. The sides play twice against each other in the regular season on a home and on an away leg. The top four teams qualify for the playoffs, where a best-of-three system is used. Teams ranked fifth to ninth and tenth to twelfth decide their final places in a classification round, using a round robin system, playing six additional rounds. According to their final position in the regular season, they awarded bonus points which are added to the points they earn in the postseason. Bottom two teams get relegated.

Title holders

 * 1951 : Csepel
 * 1952 : Vörös Meteor
 * 1953 : Debreceni Petőfi
 * 1954 : Csepel
 * 1955 : Debreceni VSC
 * 1956 : Csepel
 * 1957 : Győri ETO
 * 1958 : Miskolci VSC
 * 1959 : Győri ETO
 * 1960 : Bp. Spartacus
 * 1961 : Bp. Spartacus
 * 1962 : Bp. Spartacus
 * 1963 : Bp. Spartacus
 * 1964 : Bp. Spartacus
 * 1965 : Bp. Spartacus
 * 1966 : Ferencváros
 * 1967 : Bp. Spartacus
 * 1968 : Ferencváros
 * 1969 : Ferencváros
 * 1970 : Bakony Vegyész
 * 1971 : Ferencváros
 * 1972 : Vasas
 * 1973 : Vasas
 * 1974 : Vasas
 * 1975 : Vasas
 * 1976 : Vasas
 * 1977 : Vasas
 * 1978 : Vasas
 * 1979 : Vasas
 * 1980 : Vasas
 * 1981 : Vasas
 * 1982 : Vasas
 * 1983 : Bp. Spartacus
 * 1984 : Vasas
 * 1985 : Vasas
 * 1986 : Bp. Spartacus
 * 1987 : Debreceni VSC
 * 1988/89 : Bp. Építők
 * 1989/90 : Bp. Építők
 * 1990/91 : Hargita KC
 * 1991/92 : Vasas
 * 1992/93 : Vasas
 * 1993/94 : Ferencváros
 * 1994/95 : Ferencváros
 * 1995/96 : Ferencváros
 * 1996/97 : Ferencváros
 * 1997/98 : Dunaferr
 * 1998/99 : Dunaferr
 * 1999/00 : Ferencváros
 * 2000/01 : Dunaferr
 * 2001/02 : Ferencváros
 * 2002/03 : Dunaferr
 * 2003/04 : Dunaferr
 * 2004/05 : Győri ETO
 * 2005/06 : Győri ETO
 * 2006/07 : Ferencváros
 * 2007/08 : Győri ETO
 * 2008/09 : Győri ETO
 * 2009/10 : Győri ETO
 * 2010/11 : Győri ETO
 * 2011/12 : Győri ETO
 * 2012/13 : Győri ETO
 * 2013/14 : Győri ETO
 * 2014/15 : Ferencváros
 * 2015/16 : Győri ETO
 * 2016/17 : Győri ETO
 * 2017/18 : Győri ETO
 * 2018/19 : Győri ETO
 * 2019/20 : Not awarded
 * 2020/21 : Ferencváros
 * 2021/22 : Győri ETO
 * 2022/23 : Győri ETO
 * 2023/24 : Ferencváros

Performance by counties
The following table lists the Hungarian women's handball champions by counties of Hungary.
 * The bolded teams are currently playing in the 2022-23 season of the Hungarian League.
 * Dunaferr NK as Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA

Clubs
Since 1951, clubs have participated in the Hungarian League. Below the list of Hungarian League clubs who have participated in the first division. The club with the most appearances are the 12-time champions Ferencváros.


 * Notes
 * The teams in bold are competing in the 2017–18 season of the Hungarian League.

EHF coefficients
The following data indicates Hungarian coefficient rankings between European handball leagues.

EHF League Ranking for 2021/22 season:
 * Country ranking:


 * 1. Disc Plain yellow dark.svg (1) 🇭🇺 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (158.33)
 * 2. Disc Plain yellow dark.svg (2) 🇷🇺 Russian Superleague (117.33)
 * 3. [[Image:Green-Up-Arrow.svg|15px]] (4) 🇩🇰 Bambusa Kvindeligaen (115.00)
 * 4. RedDownArrow.svg (3) 🇷🇴 Liga Națională (111.86)
 * 5. Disc Plain yellow dark.svg (5) 🇫🇷 Ligue Butagaz Énergie (95.17)
 * 6. Disc Plain yellow dark.svg (6) 🇳🇴 REMA 1000-ligaen (84.00)

Top scorers by season

 * 1989/90 – 🇭🇺 Éva Erdős
 * 1990/91 – 🇭🇺 Auguszta Mátyás
 * 1991/92 – 🇭🇺 Auguszta Mátyás (2)
 * 1992/93 – 🇭🇺 Erzsébet Kocsis
 * 1993/94 – 🇭🇺 Eszter Mátéfi
 * 1994/95 – 🇭🇺 Bojana Radulovic
 * 1995/96 – 🇭🇺 Zsuzsanna Viglási
 * 1996/97 – 🇭🇺 Zsuzsanna Viglási (2)
 * 1997/98 – 🇷🇴 Florica Buda
 * 1998/99 – 🇭🇺 Rita Deli
 * 1999/00 – 🇭🇺 Rita Deli (2)
 * 2000/01 – 🇭🇺 Ágnes Farkas
 * 2001/02 – 🇭🇺 Auguszta Mátyás (3)
 * 2002/03 – 🇭🇺 Zsuzsanna Viglási (3)
 * 2003/04 – 🇭🇺 Auguszta Mátyás (4)
 * 2004/05 – 🇭🇺 Auguszta Mátyás (5)
 * 2005/06 – 🇭🇺 Beatrix Balogh


 * 2006/07 – 🇭🇺 Judit Veszeli
 * 2007/08 – 🇭🇺 Anita Görbicz & 🇭🇺 Renáta Mörtel
 * 2008/09 – 🇭🇺 Anett Sopronyi
 * 2009/10 – 🇭🇺 Tímea Tóth
 * 2010/11 – 🇭🇺 Krisztina Triscsuk
 * 2011/12 – 🇭🇺 Anita Bulath
 * 2012/13 – 🇭🇺 Annamária Bogdanovics
 * 2013/14 – 🇭🇺 Anita Bulath (2)
 * 2014/15 – 🇪🇸 Nerea Pena
 * 2015/16 – 🇷🇸 Katarina Krpež Slezak
 * 2016/17 – 🇭🇺 Krisztina Triscsuk (2)
 * 2017/18 – 🇷🇸 Katarina Krpež Slezak (2)
 * 2018/19 – 🇷🇸 Katarina Krpež Slezak (3)
 * 2019/20 – 🇭🇺 Gréta Kácsor
 * 2020/21 – 🇭🇺 Tamara Pál
 * 2021/22 – 🇭🇺 Csenge Kuczora
 * 2022/23 – 🇭🇺 Csenge Kuczora (2)

Notable foreign players

 * List of foreign players who previously played or currently play in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Algeria Angola Argentina Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark France Germany Iceland Italy Japan Kazakhstan Lithuania Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Romania Russia Senegal Serbia South Korea Spain Slovakia Slovenia Sweden Tunisia Ukraine
 * Sarah Khouiled
 * Isabel Guialo
 * 🇦🇷 Elke Karsten
 * 🇦🇹 Patricia Kovács
 * 🇦🇹 Petra Blazek
 * 🇦🇹 Gabriela Rotiș
 * 🇦🇹 Simona Spiridon
 * 🇦🇿 Valentyna Salamakha
 * 🇧🇾 Elena Abramovich
 * 🇧🇾 Karyna Yezhykava
 * 🇧🇾 Natalia Vasileuskaya
 * 🇧🇦 Ivana Ljubas
 * 🇧🇷 Eduarda Amorim
 * 🇧🇷 Alexandra do Nascimento
 * 🇧🇷 Bárbara Arenhart
 * 🇧🇷 Daniela Piedade
 * 🇧🇷 Samira Rocha
 * 🇧🇷 Tamires Morena
 * 🇧🇷 Karoline de Souza
 * 🇧🇷 Ana Amorim
 * 🇧🇷 Mariana Costa
 * 🇧🇷 Larissa Araújo
 * 🇧🇷 Ana Luiza Aguiar Camelo Borba
 * 🇧🇷 Jaqueline Anastácio
 * 🇧🇷 Silvia Pinheiro
 * 🇧🇷 Juliana Borges Lima
 * 🇧🇬 Ekaterina Dzhukeva
 * Andrea Kobetić
 * Katarina Ježić
 * Vesna Milanović-Litre
 * Ćamila Mičijević
 * Sonja Bašić
 * Jelena Grubišić
 * Dijana Jovetić
 * Aneta Benko
 * Tea Pijević
 * Sanela Knezović
 * Ana Turk
 * Kristina Elez
 * Gabrijela Bartulović
 * Kristina Prkačin
 * Ivana Lovrić
 * Dejana Milosavljević
 * Andrea Šerić
 * Tena Petika
 * Marina Razum
 * Ana Maruscec
 * Dora Lackovic
 * Lana Frankovic
 * Zeljana Stojak
 * 🇨🇿 Jana Knedlíková
 * 🇨🇿 Markéta Jeřábková
 * 🇨🇿 Michaela Hrbková
 * 🇨🇿 Petra Valová
 * 🇨🇿 Jana Šustková
 * 🇨🇿 Michaela Konečná
 * Sandra Toft
 * Anne Mette Hansen
 * Line Haugsted
 * Simone Böhme
 * Lotte Grigel
 * Camilla Maibom
 * 🇫🇷 Amandine Leynaud
 * 🇫🇷 Laura Glauser
 * 🇫🇷 Estelle Nze Minko
 * 🇫🇷 Béatrice Edwige
 * 🇫🇷 Raphaëlle Tervel
 * 🇫🇷 Mariama Signaté
 * 🇫🇷 Gnonsiane Niombla
 * 🇫🇷 Claudine Mendy
 * 🇫🇷 Tamara Horacek
 * 🇫🇷 Camille Aoustin
 * 🇫🇷 Julie Foggea
 * 🇫🇷 Coralie Lassource
 * 🇫🇷 Marie-Paule Gnabouyou
 * 🇫🇷 Chloé Bulleux
 * 🇫🇷 Armelle Attingré
 * 🇫🇷 Catherine Gabriel
 * 🇫🇷 Dounia Abdourahim
 * 🇫🇷 Sabrina Zazai
 * 🇩🇪 Emily Bölk
 * 🇩🇪 Dinah Eckerle
 * 🇩🇪 Laura Steinbach
 * 🇩🇪 Anja Althaus
 * 🇩🇪 Alicia Stolle
 * 🇩🇪 Nina Müller
 * 🇩🇪 Susann Müller
 * 🇩🇪 Julia Behnke
 * 🇩🇪 Ann-Cathrin Giegerich
 * 🇩🇪 Silje Brøns Petersen
 * 🇮🇸 Arna Sif Pálsdóttir
 * 🇮🇹 Irene Fanton
 * 🇯🇵 Mayuko Ishitate
 * 🇯🇵 Yuki Tanabe
 * 🇯🇵 Mana Ohyama
 * Natsumi Akiyama
 * Ayano Mihara
 * 🇰🇿 Dana Abilda
 * 🇱🇹 Marija Gedroit
 * 🇱🇹 Laima Bernatavičiūtė
 * 🇱🇹 Sonata Vijunaite
 * 🇱🇹 Elena Berciuniene
 * 🇲🇪 Jovanka Radičević
 * 🇲🇪 Katarina Bulatović
 * 🇲🇪 Anđela Bulatović
 * 🇲🇪 Ana Đokić
 * 🇲🇪 Itana Grbić
 * 🇲🇪 Marija Jovanović
 * 🇲🇪 Jelena Despotović
 * 🇲🇪 Bobana Klikovac
 * 🇲🇪 Andrea Klikovac
 * 🇲🇪 Sonja Barjaktarović
 * 🇲🇪 Anastasija Babović
 * 🇲🇪 Marina Rajčić
 * 🇲🇪 Tanja Ašanin
 * 🇲🇪 Vanesa Agović
 * 🇲🇪 Tamara Jovičevič
 * Nycke Groot
 * Danick Snelder
 * Yvette Broch
 * Laura van der Heijden
 * Angela Malestein
 * 🇲🇰 Elena Gjeorgjievska
 * 🇲🇰 Marija Shteriova
 * 🇳🇴 Katrine Lunde
 * 🇳🇴 Heidi Løke
 * 🇳🇴 Kari Aalvik Grimsbø
 * 🇳🇴 Stine Bredal Oftedal
 * 🇳🇴 Nora Mørk
 * 🇳🇴 Silje Solberg
 * 🇳🇴 Veronica Kristiansen
 * 🇳🇴 Kari Brattset
 * 🇳🇴 Amanda Kurtović
 * 🇳🇴 Linn Jørum Sulland
 * 🇳🇴 Kjerstin Boge Solås
 * 🇳🇴 Emilie Christensen
 * 🇳🇴 Ida Alstad
 * 🇳🇴 Hanna Yttereng
 * 🇳🇴 Malin Holta
 * 🇵🇱 Joanna Drabik
 * 🇵🇱 Weronika Kordowiecka
 * 🇷🇴 Aurelia Brădeanu
 * 🇷🇴 Crina Pintea
 * 🇷🇴 Simona Gogîrlă
 * 🇷🇴 Paula Ungureanu
 * 🇷🇴 Denisa Dedu
 * 🇷🇴 Gabriela Perianu
 * 🇷🇴 Melinda Geiger
 * 🇷🇴 Madalina Zamfirescu
 * 🇷🇴 Ana Maria Șomoi-Lazer
 * 🇷🇴 Michaela Cracana Blaga
 * 🇷🇴 Daniela Crap
 * 🇷🇴 Nicoleta Alexandrescu
 * 🇷🇴 Georgeta Grigore
 * 🇷🇴 Ildiko Barbu
 * 🇷🇴 Stancuta Guiu
 * 🇷🇴 Nadina Dumitru
 * 🇷🇴 Alina Marin
 * 🇷🇴 Carmen Nitescu
 * 🇷🇴 Renata Ghionea
 * 🇷🇴 Laura Popa
 * 🇷🇴 Iuliana Cioculeasa
 * 🇷🇴 Daniela Palarie
 * 🇷🇴 Anca Grosu
 * 🇷🇴 Diana Patru
 * 🇷🇴 Florica Buda
 * 🇷🇴 Tatiana Horenciuc
 * 🇷🇴 Daniela Onoiu
 * 🇷🇺 Anna Sen
 * 🇷🇺 Anna Punko
 * 🇷🇺 Tatiana Khmyrova
 * 🇷🇺 Olga Gorshenina
 * 🇷🇺 Yana Zhilinskayte
 * 🇷🇺 Irina Nikitina
 * 🇷🇺 Yulia Khavronina
 * 🇷🇺 Yelena Avdekova
 * 🇷🇺 Darina Shulega
 * 🇷🇺 Elena Lipovka
 * 🇷🇺 Elena Kordyuk
 * 🇷🇺 Svetlana Gridneva
 * 🇷🇺 Ekaterina Kostiukova
 * 🇸🇳 Hawa N'Diaye
 * 🇷🇸 Andrea Lekić
 * 🇷🇸 Kristina Liščević
 * 🇷🇸 Sanja Damnjanović
 * 🇷🇸 Dragana Cvijić
 * 🇷🇸 Marina Dmitrović
 * 🇷🇸 Biljana Filipović
 * 🇷🇸 Katarina Tomašević
 * 🇷🇸 Jelena Lavko
 * 🇷🇸 Sanja Radosavljević
 * 🇷🇸 Aleksandra Vukajlović
 * 🇷🇸 Katarina Krpež Slezak
 * 🇷🇸 Tamara Radojević
 * 🇷🇸 Anđela Janjušević
 * 🇷🇸 Jovana Kovačević
 * 🇷🇸 Jovana Risović
 * 🇷🇸 Ana Kojić
 * 🇷🇸 Jovana Jovović
 * 🇷🇸 Jelena Agbaba
 * 🇷🇸 Marija Agbaba
 * 🇷🇸 Aleksandra Stamenić
 * 🇷🇸 Verica Nikolic
 * 🇷🇸 Nada Micic
 * 🇷🇸 Jovana Dukic
 * 🇷🇸 Leposava Glusica
 * 🇷🇸 Ivana Mitrović
 * 🇷🇸 Boglárka Vámos
 * 🇷🇸 Sandra Radović
 * 🇷🇸 Marijana Trbojevic
 * 🇷🇸 Anastazija Đoković
 * 🇷🇸 Sladjana Đerić
 * 🇷🇸 Natasa Savko
 * 🇷🇸 Dragica Tatalovic
 * 🇷🇸 Tamara Popović
 * 🇷🇸 Olivera Tosovic
 * 🇷🇸 Jovana Misailović
 * 🇷🇸 Sandra Kuridza
 * 🇷🇸 Ana Tomkovic
 * 🇷🇸 Sanja Bogosavljevic
 * 🇷🇸 Monika Nikolic
 * 🇷🇸 Natasa Krivokapic
 * 🇷🇸 Svetlana Obucina
 * 🇰🇷 Ryu Eun-hee
 * 🇪🇸 Nerea Pena
 * 🇪🇸 Lara González Ortega
 * 🇪🇸 Macarena Aguilar
 * 🇪🇸 Mireya González
 * 🇪🇸 Nuria Benzal
 * 🇸🇰 Katarína Mravíková
 * 🇸🇰 Simona Szarková
 * 🇸🇰 Mária Holešová
 * 🇸🇰 Barbora Lancz
 * 🇸🇰 Nikoleta Trúnková
 * 🇸🇰 Marianna Gubová
 * 🇸🇰 Réka Bíziková
 * 🇸🇰 Lucia Gubiková
 * 🇸🇰 Ljubica Hlavata
 * 🇸🇰 Lucia Uhraková
 * 🇸🇰 Alžbeta Tóthová
 * 🇸🇰 Zenetha Tóthová
 * 🇸🇰 Katarina Miklosová
 * 🇸🇰 Katarina Harisová
 * 🇸🇰 Dagmar Stuparičová
 * 🇸🇰 Jana Caltiková
 * 🇸🇰 Monika Rajnohová
 * 🇸🇰 Veronika Habánková
 * 🇸🇰 Martina Baciková
 * 🇸🇰 Renata Jancarová
 * Ana Gros
 * Alja Koren
 * Aneja Beganovič
 * Maja Vojnović
 * Dominika Mrmolja
 * Erin Novak
 * 🇸🇪 Linn Blohm
 * 🇸🇪 Jamina Roberts
 * 🇹🇳 Asma Elghaoui
 * 🇹🇳 Ines Khouildi
 * 🇺🇦 Olha Nikolayenko
 * 🇺🇦 Lilia Gorilska
 * 🇺🇦 Tetyana Shynkarenko
 * 🇺🇦 Olena Umanets
 * 🇺🇦 Ganna Siukalo
 * 🇺🇦 Olha Vashchuk
 * 🇺🇦 Tamara Smbatian
 * 🇺🇦 Nataliya Savchyn
 * 🇺🇦 Tatiana Vorozhtsova
 * 🇺🇦 Natalia Horova
 * 🇺🇦 Alesia Semenchenko
 * 🇺🇦 Irina Chernova
 * 🇺🇦 Svetlana Moskovaya
 * 🇺🇦 Olga Kuprichenkova
 * 🇺🇦 Irina Samozvanova
 * 🇺🇦 Viktoria Tsybulenko
 * 🇺🇦 Ivanna Myhovych
 * 🇺🇦 Oksana Ploshchynska
 * 🇺🇦 Judit Balog
 * 🇺🇦 Irina Uvarovska
 * 🇺🇦 Fatima Ovtus
 * 🇺🇦 Natalya Bodenchuk
 * 🇺🇦 Irina Sidorova
 * 🇺🇦 Tetyana Stupakova

Names of the competition

 * 2016– : K&H női kézilabda liga (K&H liga)

Broadcasting rights

 * M4 Sport