2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's handball)

The 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (known as the K&H férfi kézilabda liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 64th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Hungary's premier Handball league.

NB I

Season	2015–16
Champions	Veszprém (24th title)
Champions League	MVM Veszprém MOL-Pick Szeged
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Team information

Veszprém

Balatonfüred

Csurgó

Tatabánya

Komló

PLER

Gyöngyös

Mezőkövesd

Cegléd

Szeged

Orosháza

Balmazújváros

Vác

Eger

Location of teams in 2015-16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

The following 14 clubs compete in the NB I during the 2015–16 season:

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
Balatonfüredi KSE	Balatonfüred	Balatonfüredi Szabadidőközpont	712
Balmazújvárosi KK	Balmazújváros	Kőnig Rendezvényközpont	880
Ceglédi KKSE	Cegléd	Gál József Sportcsarnok	1,046
Csurgói KK	Csurgó	Sótonyi László Sportcsarnok	1,200
Eger-Eszterházy SzSE	Eger	Kemény Ferenc Sportcsarnok	875
Gyöngyösi KK	Gyöngyös	Dr. Fejes András Sportcsarnok	1,500
Komlói BSK	Komló	Komlói Sportközpont	800
Mezőkövesdi KC	Mezőkövesd	Városi Sportcsarnok	850
Orosházi FKSE	Orosháza	Eötvös Sportcsarnok	900
PLER KC	Budapest	Lőrinci Sportcsarnok	600
SC Pick Szeged	Szeged	Újszegedi Sportcsarnok	3,097
Tatabánya KC	Tatabánya	Földi Imre Sportcsarnok	1,000
Váci KSE	Vác	Városi Sportcsarnok	800
MVM Veszprém KC	Veszprém	Veszprém Aréna	5,096

Team from SEHA League

Personnel and kits

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, with their president, head coach, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.

Team	President	Head coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor(s)
Balatonfüred	László Csima	István Csoknyai	Erima	77 Elektronika, Sennebogen, Volkswagen, Kinizsi Bank^1
Balmazújváros	Sándor Király	Ferenc Füzesi	Erima	König-Trade Kft., Thermal Hotel Balmaz
Cegléd	István Borsos	István Kökény	Erima	BSS 2000 Kft.^1
Csurgó	János Varga	László Sótonyi	hummel	MenDan, Patrik & Varga
Eger-Eszterházy	Róbert Szabó	Edmond Tóth	Erima	Szerencsejáték Zrt., SBS, Eger / Hesi, Detki^1
Gyöngyös	Zsolt Marczin	Viktor Debre	Salming	B. Braun / Gyöngyös Önkormányzata^1
Komlói BSK	Szabolcs Szigeti	Ratko Đurković	Zeus	Sport36
Mezőkövesd	Róbert Rapi	László Skaliczki	Erima	Mezőkövesd Önkormányzata, Szerencsejáték Zrt. / Kovács Kft.^1
Orosháza	Tamás Vájer	Vladan Jordović	ASICS	Linamar, Continental / Szerencsejáték Zrt.^1
PLER	László Németh	István Hutvágner	Erima	HungaroControl, Városgazda XVIII. ker.
Szeged	Nándor Szögi	Juan Carlos Pastor	adidas	MOL, Pick, OTP Bank / Toyota^1
Tatabánya	László Marosi	Vladan Matić	Jako	Grundfos
Vác	Dr. Attila Schoffer	Gyula Zsiga	Kempa	Aquaprofit / Repeta Bisztró, emblemazas.hu^1
Veszprém	Ákos Hunyadfalvy	Xavier Sabaté	adidas	Veszprém, Balaton / Euronics, Kinizsi Bank^1

1. ^ On the back of shirt.

2. ^ On the shorts.

3. Additionally, referee kits are now being made by Adidas, sponsored by Provident.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Eger-Eszterházy	István Rosta	Resigned	17 February 2016	12th	Edmond Tóth	17 February 2016[1]

Regular season (Alapszakasz)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	MOL-Pick Szeged	24	23	0	1	797	596	+201	46	Championship Round
2	Grundfos Tatabánya KC	24	19	2	3	647	552	+95	40
3	Balatonfüredi KSE	24	16	2	6	653	580	+73	34
4	Csurgói KK	24	15	2	7	620	583	+37	32
5	Váci KSE	24	10	2	12	657	690	−33	22
6	Sport36-Komló	24	9	2	13	567	625	−58	20[lower-alpha 1]	Relegation Round
7	Kőnig-Trade Balmazújváros	24	8	4	12	587	607	−20	20[lower-alpha 1]
8	B.Braun Gyöngyös	24	9	2	13	561	577	−16	20[lower-alpha 1]
9	Orosházi FKSE-LINAMAR	24	6	6	12	572	607	−35	18
10	Ceglédi KKSE	24	7	3	14	625	671	−46	17
11	Mezőkövesdi KC	24	6	3	15	573	615	−42	15[lower-alpha 2]
12	Eger SBS Eszterházy	24	7	1	16	556	636	−80	15[lower-alpha 2]
13	PLER-Budapest	24	6	1	17	573	649	−76	13

Source:
Notes:

1. KBSK: 7 pts; BKK: 3 pts; GYKK: 2 pts
2. MKC 27–24 EGER; EGER 25–23 MKC

Schedule and results

Home \ Away	BKSE	BKK	CEG	CSKK	EGER	GYKK	KBSK	MKC	ORO	PLER	SZE	TAT	VÁC
Balatonfüred		22–23	37–29	25–22	31–23	26–15	31–25	33–18	29–27	31–25	28–36	31–27	35–28
Balmazújváros	23–24		31–25	23–23	22–21	21–24	28–28	24–24	26–26	25–20	25–28	24–18	28–30
Cegléd	24–24	28–26		25–27	32–24	31–30	26–23	27–26	27–31	23–22	27–37	26–30	20–26
Csurgó	29–22	25–17	29–22		25–21	28–27	30–24	31–26	22–19	22–26	26–28	19–21	34–29
Eger	20–28	26–18	24–25	24–22		19–23	29–22	25–23	31–26	30–29	23–32	23–31	21–30
Gyöngyös	18–19	19–21	29–27	27–32	23–22		21–23	21–21	24–21	31–17	26–34	17–22	30–21
Komlói BSK	23–24	26–23	24–21	22–30	25–25	25–19		20–16	23–24	25–21	25–38	17–20	26–25
Mezőkövesd	19–30	22–19	29–25	24–26	27–24	18–21	35–24		21–26	26–24	23–25	23–23	32–27
Orosháza	23–23	23–25	27–27	17–21	28–19	22–22	19–25	27–23		25–25	26–39	21–21	24–25
PLER Budapest	27–25	24–27	27–25	23–25	21–22	19–24	23–20	28–27	19–22		23–34	22–29	31–30
Szeged	34–26	38–30	32–30	33–25	37–20	33–24	35–21	33–23	27–19	36–26		29–23	40–29
Tatabánya	23–21	29–28	27–24	31–20	27–19	25–23	33–21	27–24	31–23	32–22	27–26		39–22
Vác	19–28	34–30	29–29	27–27	29–21	30–23	29–30	25–23	32–26	33–29	21–33	27–31

Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round (Felsőház)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	MVM Veszprém(C)	10	9	1	0	319	231	+88	19	Qualification to Champions League group phase
2	MOL-Pick Szeged	10	8	1	1	327	255	+72	17
3	Grundfos Tatabánya KC	10	6	0	4	260	269	−9	12	Qualification to EHF Cup qualifying round 3
4	Balatonfüredi KSE	10	3	0	7	248	276	−28	6	Qualification to EHF Cup qualifying round 2
5	Csurgói KK	10	2	0	8	259	292	−33	4	Qualification to EHF Cup qualifying round 1
6	Váci KSE	10	1	0	9	220	310	−90	2

Source:

Schedule and results

Home \ Away	BKSE	CSKK	SZE	TAT	VÁC	VES
Balatonfüred		29–26	20–30	23–24	26–22	24–33
Csurgó	28–21		25–34	20–24	27–20	22–31
Szeged	30–26	37–26		37–32	36–23	26–26
Tatabánya	29–24	29–28	23–33		25–19	25–32
Vác	19–31	35–34	24–35	22–27		21–33
Veszprém	35–24	32–23	30–29	31–22	36–15

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

[3]

Relegation round (Alsóház)

That team before the round was started, got bonus points, they received to them to bee based ranked in regular season; Sport36-Komló has got 11 bonus points, Kőnig-Trade Balmazújváros 10 bonus point, B.Braun Gyöngyös 8 points, Orosházi FKSE-LINAMAR 7 points, Ceglédi KKSE 5 points, Mezőkövesdi KC 4 points, Eger SBS Eszterházy 2 points, PLER-Budapest 1 point.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	Kőnig-Trade Balmazújváros	14	6	3	5	345	342	+3	25
8	Mezőkövesdi KC	14	8	4	2	350	333	+17	24
9	Orosházi FKSE-LINAMAR	14	7	2	5	357	349	+8	23
10	B.Braun Gyöngyös	14	6	2	6	371	346	+25	22
11	Sport36-Komló	14	4	1	9	349	384	−35	20
12	Ceglédi KKSE	14	5	2	7	381	379	+2	17
13	Eger SBS Eszterházy[lower-alpha 1]	14	6	1	7	350	347	+3	15
14	PLER-Budapest	14	6	1	7	351	374	−23	14	Relegation to the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B

Source:
Notes:

1. Following 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B Eastern Group champions Levendula Hotel FKSE-Algyő have declined the promotion due to financial reasons, Eger SBS Eszterházy maintained its top division membership.

Schedule and results

Home \ Away	BKK	CEG	EGER	GYKK	KBSK	MKC	ORO	PLER
Balmazújváros		29–29	23–22	26–25	30–20	18–18	21–26	28–27
Cegléd	32–26		21–24	31–29	25–18	27–29	27–27	29–30
Eger	22–21	28–26		25–31	27–25	24–25	23–25	29–21
Gyöngyös	27–20	28–29	22–22		29–25	22–24	26–21	32–22
Komlói BSK	17–24	32–30	25–28	31–31		28–25	22–26	22–27
Mezőkövesd	24–24	28–24	27–25	23–21	29–24		23–23	30–25
Orosháza	28–26	28–23	26–25	25–28	25–28	28–25		27–28
PLER Budapest	25–29	23–28	29–26	22–20	28–32	20–20	24–22

Source: [4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Number of teams by counties

Pos.	County (megye)		No. of teams	Teams
1		Heves	2	Eger-Eszterházy SzSE and Gyöngyösi KK
		Pest	2	Ceglédi KKSE and Váci KSE
		Veszprém	2	Balatonfüredi KSE and MVM Veszprém
4		Baranya	1	Komlói BSK
		Békés	1	Orosházi FKSE
		Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén	1	Mezőkövesdi KC
		Budapest	1	PLER
		Csongrád	1	MOL-Pick Szeged
		Hajdú-Bihar	1	Balmazújvárosi KK
		Komárom-Esztergom	1	Tatabánya KC
		Somogy	1	Csurgói KK

Hungarian clubs in European competitions

EHF Champions League

MVM Veszprém Round Club Home Away Aggregate Group Phase (Group A) THW Kiel 29-27 24-25 2nd Paris Saint-Germain 28-20 27-29 RK Celje Pivovarna Laško 34-28 30-27 Orlen Wisła Płock 27-25 27-27 RK Prvo plinarsko društvo Zagreb 27-25 21-20 Beşiktaş J.K. 33-25 38-34 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 28-24 29-28 Last 16 Motor Zaporozhye 41-28 29-24 70–52 Quarter Final RK Vardar 30-30 29-26 59–56 FF Semi-final THW Kiel 31–28 (aet) FINAL Vive Targi Kielce 35–35 (3-4 p)

MOL-Pick Szeged Round Club Home Away Aggregate Group Phase (Group B) FC Barcelona Lassa 28-30 25-30 5th KS Vive Tauron Kielce 31-30 26-27 RK Vardar 29-31 23-27 KIF Kolding København 34-23 27-22 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 30-24 25-30 IFK Kristianstad 35-28 34-32 Montpellier HB 28-27 29-29 Last 16 THW Kiel 33-29 29-36 62–65

EHF Cup

Grundfos Tatabánya KC Round Club Home Away Aggregate Qual. Round 3 Ystads IF 20-31 28-28 48–59

Csurgói KK Round Club Home Away Aggregate Qual. Round 2 Pogoń Szczecin 29-19 30-27 59–46 Qual. Round 3 SC Magdeburg 24-23 37-42 61–65

See also

• 2015–16 Magyar Kupa
• 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B

References

1. "Férfi kézi: Tóth Edmond váltja Rosta Istvánt az egri kispadon". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 17 February 2016.
2. "Results". Archived from the original on 2015-05-09. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
3. Results - rájátszás 1-6.
4. Results - rájátszás 7-14.

External links

• Hungarian Handball Federaration (in Hungarian)