2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball) explained

Competition:	K&H női kézilabda liga
Season:	2015–16
Winners:	Győr (12th title)
Relegated:	No team relegated
Continentalcup1:	Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	Győr Ferencváros
Continentalcup2:	EHF Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	Dunaújváros Érd Debrecen Fehérvár
League Topscorer:	Katarina Krpež-Slezak (204 goals)
Prevseason:	2014–15
Nextseason:	2016–17

The 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (known as the K&H női kézilabda liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 65th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Hungarian premier Handball league.

Team information

The following 12 clubs compete in the NB I during the 2015–16 season:

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
Békéscsabai Előre NKSE	Békéscsaba	Városi Sportcsarnok	2,300
Budaörs KC	Budaörs	Városi Uszoda és Sportcsarnok	1,000
Debreceni VSC	Debrecen	Hódos Imre Sportcsarnok	1,800
Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA	Dunaújváros	Dunaferr Sportcsarnok	1,200
Érd NK	Érd	Érd Aréna	1,800
Fehérvár KC	Székesfehérvár	KÖFÉM Sportcsarnok	1,000
Ferencvárosi TC	Budapest	Elek Gyula Aréna	1,300
Győri ETO KC	Győr	Audi Aréna	5,554
Mosonmagyaróvári KC	Mosonmagyaróvár	Mosonszolnok Sportcsarnok	600
MTK Budapest	Budapest	Elektromos csarnok	700
Siófok KC	Siófok	Beszédes József Sportcsarnok	550
Váci NKSE	Vác	Városi Sportcsarnok	620

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)
Békéscsabai Előre	Károly Szabó	Károly Szabó	Ziccer	EUbility Group Kft., Budapest Bank
Budaörs	Tamás Neukum	Attila Mihály	hummel	Szerencsejáték Zrt.
Debreceni VSC	Vilmos Köstner	Tone Tiselj	Erima	TvP, Cívis Ház, Szerencsejáték Zrt.
Dunaújvárosi Kohász	István Szemenyei	Zdravko Zovko	hummel	Kohász Kézilabda Akadámia
Érd	Norbert Tekauer	Edina Szabó	Erima	Nagycsaládosok Országos Egyesülete
Fehérvár KC	Imre Balassi	Rita Deli (caretaker)	hummel	Avis
Ferencváros	Gábor Kubatov	Gábor Elek	Nike	Rail Cargo Hungaria, Aegon, Budapest
Győri ETO	Ernő Kelecsényi	Ambros Martín	adidas	Audi, Győr, Szerencsejáték Zrt.
Mosonmagyaróvár	Dr. Gábor Tenk	József Varga	Ziccer	UFM, PwC
MTK	Tamás Deutsch	Vladimir Golovin	Luanvi
Siófok	János Fodor	Christian Dalmose	hummel	Szerencsejáték Zrt., Cheeseland
Vác	Erika Kirsner	Katalin Ottó (caretaker)	Erima	IPress Center

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Békéscsabai Előre	György Avar	Mutual consent	7 October 2015	10th	Károly Szabó (president)	7 October 2015^[1]
Dunaújvárosi Kohász	Eszter Mátéfi	Sacked	8 October 2015^[2]	5th	Zdravko Zovko	12 October 2015^[3]
Debreceni VSC	József Varga	Mutual consent	30 November 2015	7th	Tone Tiselj	1 December 2015^[4]
Vác	Uroš Bregar		19 January 2016^[5]	8th	Katalin Ottó (caretaker)	20 January 2016
Fehérvár KC	Botond Bakó	Sacked	29 February 2016^[6]	8th	Rita Deli (caretaker)	1 March 2016
Mosonmagyaróvár	Tamás Hlavaty		11 March 2016^[7]	11th	József Varga	12 March 2016

Regular season

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Teams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each playoff game.

Quarterfinals

Győri Audi ETO KC won 66–45 on aggregate.----

Érd won 64–61 on aggregate.----

FTC-Rail Cargo Hungária won 58–46 on aggregate.----

52–52 on aggregate. DVSC-TvP won on away goals.

Semifinals

Győri Audi ETO KC won 69–50 on aggregate.----

FTC-Rail Cargo Hungária won 57–49 on aggregate.

Third place

Érd won Third place, 46–41 on aggregate.

Finals

Győri Audi ETO KC won the FINAL, 53–43 on aggregate.

Kari Aalvik Grimsbø, Éva Kiss, Ida Alstad, Eduarda Amorim, Bernadett Bódi, Yvette Broch, Cornelia Groot, Anita Görbicz (c), Júlia Harsfalvi, Anette Hudák, Jana Knedlíková, Dorina Korsós, Anikó Kovacsics, Rita Lakatos, Heidi Løke, Vivien Moharos, Adrienn Orbán, Szimonetta Planéta, Linn Jørum Sulland, Zsuzsanna Tomori, Gabriella Tóth, Alexa Wéninger
Head coach: Ambros Martín

5th–8th placement matches

Teams in bold won the placement matches. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each placement game.

5th–8th place semifinals

Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA won 55–47 on aggregate.----

Fehérvár KC won 57–53 on aggregate.

7th place final

IPress Center Vác won 7th place, 62–58 on aggregate.

5th place final

Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA won 5th place, 61–54 on aggregate.

Relegation round

Schedule and results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Updated to games played on 26 May 2016.

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Katarina Krpež-Slezak	Érd	204
2	Anna Kovács	Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA	177
3	Kinga Klivinyi	Érd	140
4	Krisztina Triscsuk	Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA	134
5	Kata Földes	Budaörs	127
	Kitti Kudor	DVSC-TvP	127
7	Luca Szekerczés	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungária	125
	Ildikó Erdősi	Siófok KC	125
9	Maria Garbuz	DVSC-TvP	121
10	Heidi Løke	Győri Audi ETO KC	116

Number of teams by counties

Pos.	County (megye)		No. of teams	Teams
1		Pest	3	Budaörs KC, Érd and Váci NKSE
2		Budapest	2	Ferencvárosi TC and MTK
		Fejér	2	Dunaújvárosi Kohász and Fehérvár KC
		Győr-Moson-Sopron	2	Győri ETO and Mosonmagyaróvári KC
5		Békés	1	Békéscsabai Előre
		Hajdú-Bihar	1	Debreceni VSC
		Somogy	1	Siófok KC

Hungarian clubs in European competitions

Women's EHF Champions League

• FTC-Rail Cargo Hungária

Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
Group Phase (Group B)	Thüringer HC	32–28	30–27	1st
	RK Podravka Koprivnica	28–16	27–24
	Fleury Loiret Handball	36–23	28–28
Main Round (Group 1)	Rostov-Don	29–29	21–23	3rd
	Larvik HK	30–27	31–37
	HCM Baia Mare	21–18	24–32
Quarter-final	Győri Audi ETO KC	18–31	23–40	41–71

• Győri Audi ETO KC

Round		Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
QT	Semi-final	ŽRK Radnički Kragujevac	align=center colspan="3"	42–13
	Final	Glassverket IF	align=center colspan="3"	30–21
Group Phase (Group C)		FC Midtjylland	21–26	22–22	1st
		ŽRK Vardar	28–27	27–22
		Hypo Niederösterreich	37–16	29–21
Main Round (Group 2)		Budućnost	22–20	22–25	2nd
		CSM București	28–22	24–22
		IK Sävehof	32–26	26–18
Quarter-final		FTC-Rail Cargo Hungária	40–23	31–18	71–41
FF	Semi-final	Budućnost	21–20
	FINAL	CSM București	25–25 (1–4 p)

Women's EHF Cup

• Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA

Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
Round 3	Indeco Conversano	37–25	31–24	68–49
Last 16	Siófok KC	24–19	23–28	47–47 (a)
Quarter-final	Astrakhanochka	25–20	23–26	48–46
Semi-finals	Randers HK	23–25	29–27	52–52 (a)
Finals	TuS Metzingen	29–21	26–28	55–49

• Siófok KC

Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
Round 3	Alavarium / Love Tiles	40–25	39–21	79–46
Last 16	Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA (a)	28–23	19–24	47–47

Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup

• Érd

Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
Round 3	ŽRK Umag	31–18	36–24	67–42
Last 16	SERCODAK Dalfsen	27–25	27–15	54–40
Quarter-final	Issy Paris Hand (a)	29–28	17–18	46–46

Final standing

^1 Since 2015–16 EHF Cup winner Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA automatically qualified for the 2016–17 EHF Cup round 3, the additional EHF Cup spot was passed to championship 6th Fehérvár KC.

See also

• 2015–16 Magyar Kupa

External links

• Hungarian Handball Federaration

Notes and References

1. News: Női kézilabda: Avar György távozik Békéscsabáról. nso.hu. 7 October 2015. hu.
2. News: Női kézi: két héttel a Fradi elleni iksz után felmentették Mátéfit. nso.hu. 8 October 2015. hu.
3. News: Női kézi: a korábbi veszprémi edző Újvárosban – hivatalos. nso.hu. 12 October 2015. hu.
4. News: Női kézi NB I: kétszeres BL-győztes edző a DVSC-nél. nso.hu. 30 November 2015. hu.
5. News: Női kézilabda NB I: távozik a Vác edzője, Uros Bregar. nso.hu. 20 January 2016. hu.
6. News: Női kézi NB I: szerződést bontott vezetőedzőjével a Fehérvár. nso.hu. 29 February 2016. hu.
7. News: Női kézilabda: Hlavaty helyett Varga a kisalföldiek padján. nso.hu. 11 March 2016. hu.
8. http://cms.eurohandball.com/PortalData/1/Resources/3_other_ec/3_download_pdf/FINAL_WEHF_System.pdf 2016/2017 EHF Cup seeding list