1908–09 Nemzeti Bajnokság II explained

Competition:	Nemzeti Bajnokság II
Season:	1908–09
Winners:	Ferencváros Gymnastics Club
Prevseason:	1907–08
Nextseason:	1909–10
Updated:	26 January 2022

The 1908–09 Nemzeti Bajnokság II season was the 9th edition of the Nemzeti Bajnokság II, the second tier of the Hungarian football league system.

Rural districts

Western District

Pos^[1]	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Egyetértés TO	8	7	1	0	43	5	+38	15
2		7	5	1	1	38	7	+31	11
3	Pozsonyi Újvárosi LE	7	2	1	4	3	20	-17	5
4		8	2	0	6	20	10	+10	4
5		8	1	1	6	1	63	-62	3

Northern District

Pos^[2]	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Kassai AC	4	4	0	0	24	0	+24	8
2	Kassai MTE	4	2	0	2	0	24	-24	0
3	Sóvári TE^1	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

¹ Withdrew before the first match.

Southern District

Pos^[3]	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bacska Subotica AC	8	8	0	0	13	6	+7	16
2		8	6	0	2	9	7	+2	12
3		8	3	0	5	6	3	+3	6
4	Aradi Postások SE	8	3	0	5	2	14	-12	6
5	Kaposvár AC ^2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

² Withdrew before the first match.

Eastern District

Pos^[4]	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Kolozsvári KASK	8	7	1	0	13	6	7	15
2		8	5	1	2	16	12	+4	11
3		8	4	1	3	4	11	-7	9
4	Marosvásárhelyi SE ^3	8	2	0	6	1	5	-4	4
5	Cluj FC ^4	8	0	0	8	0	0	0	0

³ Withdrew.

⁴ Withdrew before the first match.

Urban Second League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Nemzeti SC	16	15	0	1	38	9	+29	30
2		16	12	1	3	36	16	+20	25
3		16	10	2	4	23	11	+12	22
4	Újpest-Rákospalotai AK	16	8	2	6	39	22	+72	18
5		16	7	1	8	20	32	-12	15
6	Kereskedelmi Alkalmazottak OE	16	5	3	8	15	29	-14	13
7		16	6	1	9	12	35	-23	13
8	Kőbánya TE ^1	16	4	0	12	19	43	0	8
9	^2	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

¹ Withdrew after the autumn rounds^[5]

² Withdrew, Lipótváros Tournament Club considered successor.

For the title of "best rural team"

This year, for the first time, the championship team of the four rural districts took part in the tournament for the title of "Best Rural Team" at the MAC Margaret Island course in Budapest.

Semi-final:

Košice Athletic Club – Cluj-Napoca Commercial Academy Sports Circle 7: 0

Bácska Subotica AC – Győr Understanding Gymnastics Division(Gyor ETO) 0: 0, 0: 5

Final:

Košice Athletics Club – Győr Understanding Tournament Division 3: 2

National championship final

Due to the summer football ban, the first national championship final between the Kassai AC and the Budapest championship team took place on October 3.

Ferencváros Gymnastics Club - Kassai Athletics Club 11: 0

The match showed a very unequal balance of power and showed the gap between capital and rural football at the time.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rural Championship - Western District 1908/1909 . Magyarfutball . 25 July 2005 . 27 January 2022.
2. Web site: Rural Championship - Northern District 1908/1909 . Magyarfutball . 25 July 2005 . 27 January 2022.
3. Web site: Rural Championship - Southern District 1908/1909 . . 25 July 2005 . 27 January 2022.
4. Web site: Rural Championship - Eastern District 1908/1909 . . 25 July 2005 . 27 January 2022.
5. Web site: II. class 1908/1909 . . 25 July 2005 . 27 January 2022.