List of football clubs in Hungary explained
This is a list of association football clubs located in Hungary,[1] sorted by league and division within the Hungarian football league system, as of the 2023–24 season. A total clubs compete in the Hungarian football pyramid, divided as follows:
- National
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I (also known as NB I, with 12 clubs)
- Nemzeti Bajnokság II (also known as NB II, with 18 clubs)
- Nemzeti Bajnokság III (also known as NB III, with four regional subdivisions - Northeast (16 clubs), Northwest (16 clubs), Southeast (16 clubs) and Southwest (16 clubs) – for a total of 64 clubs)
- County
- Megyei Bajnokság I (also known as MB I, with twenty county subdivisions - Bács-Kiskun (14 clubs), Baranya (15 clubs), Békés (10 clubs), Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (16 clubs), Budapest (16 clubs), Csongrád-Csanád (12 clubs), Fejér (15 clubs), Győr-Moson-Sopron (15 clubs), Heves (16 clubs), Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok (16 clubs), Komárom-Esztergom (12 clubs), Nógrád (15 clubs), Pest (16 clubs), Somogy (15 clubs), Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg (16 clubs), Tolna (9 clubs), Vas (16 clubs), Veszprém (16 clubs) and Zala (13 clubs)
- Megyei Bajnokság II (also known as MB II)
- Megyei Bajnokság III (also known as MB III)
Nemzeti Bajnokság I (Top tier)
See main article: Nemzeti Bajnokság I.
As of 1 July 2023 - 2023/24 season
| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity[2] | data-sort-type="number" | 2022–23 season |
|---|
| Debrecen | Debrecen | Nagyerdei Stadion | 20,340 | 3rd |
| Diósgyőr | Miskolc | Diósgyőri Stadion | 15,325 | 1st (NB II) |
| Fehérvár | Székesfehérvár | MOL Aréna Sóstó | 14,144 | 10th |
| Ferencváros | Budapest (Ferencváros) | Groupama Aréna | 22,043 | 1st |
| Kecskemét | Kecskemét | Széktói Stadion | 6,320 | 2nd |
| Kisvárda | Kisvárda | Várkerti Stadion | 2,993 | 6th |
| Mezőkövesd | Mezőkövesd | Városi Stadion | 4,183 | 7th |
| MTK Budapest | Budapest | Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion | 5,014 | 2nd (NB II) |
| Paks | Paks | Fehérvári úti Stadion | 6,150 | 5th |
| Puskás Akadémia | Felcsút | Pancho Aréna | 3,816 | 4th |
| Újpest | Budapest (Újpest) | Szusza Ferenc Stadion | 12,670 | 8th |
| Zalaegerszeg | Zalaegerszeg | ZTE Aréna | 11,200 | 9th | |
Nemzeti Bajnokság II (Second tier)
See main article: Nemzeti Bajnokság II.
As of 1 July 2023 - 2023/24 season
| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity[3] | data-sort-type="number" | 2022–23 season |
|---|
| Ajka | Ajka | Városi Stadion | 5,000 | 3rd |
| Budafok | Budapest (Budafok) | Promontor utcai Stadion | 4,000 | 10th |
| BVSC-Zugló | Budapest (Zugló) | Szőnyi úti Stadion | 12,000 | 1st (NB III, East) |
| Csákvár | Csákvár | Tersztyánszky Ödön Stadion | 2,020 | 15th |
| Gyirmót | Győr (Gyirmót) | Alcufer Stadion | 4,728 | 6th |
| Győr | Győr | ETO Park | 15,600 | 13th |
| Honvéd | Budapest (Kispest) | Bozsik Aréna | 8,000 | 11th (NB I) |
| Kazincbarcika | Kazincbarcika | Kolorcity Aréna | 1,080 | 14th |
| Kozármisleny | Kozármisleny | Kozármislenyi Stadion | 2,000 | 16th |
| Mosonmagyaróvár | Mosonmagyaróvár | Wittmann Antal park | 4,000 | 12th |
| Nyíregyháza | Balmazújváros | Városi Stadion | 2,291 | 18th |
| Pécs | Pécs | Stadion PMFC | 7,000 | 7th |
| Siófok | Siófok | Révész Géza utcai Stadion | 6,500 | 8th |
| Soroksár | Budapest (Soroksár) | Szamosi Mihály Sportelep | 5,000 | 5th |
| Szeged-Csanád | Szeged | Szent Gellért Fórum | 8,136 | 4th |
| Szombathelyi Haladás | Szombathely | Haladás Sportkomplexum | 8,940 | 9th |
| Tiszakécske | Tiszakécske | Városi Stadion | 4,500 | 11th |
| Vasas | Budapest (Angyalföld) | Illovszky Rudolf Stadion | 5,154 | 12th (NB I) | |
Nemzeti Bajnokság III (Third tier)
See main article: Nemzeti Bajnokság III.
As of 1 July 2023 - 2023/24 season
Northeast
Northwest
Southeast
Southwest
Other clubs
Other clubs, which competed in the First division earlier, but now are defunct, or play in lower leagues, include:
Clubs outside present-day Hungary
Clubs, which were either established in Hungary, or competed in Hungarian leagues before the Treaty of Trianon, or after the First and Second Vienna Awards, include:
- Nagyváradi AC (won the Nemzeti Bajnokság I in 1943/44, winners of Hungarian Eastern division league 1912/13)
- Kolozsvári AC (defunct - competed in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I from 1941 to 1944; bronze medalists in 1943/44, cup finalists in 1944)
- Kassai AC (defunct - competed in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I in 1939/40, winners of Hungarian Northern division league 1908/09, 1909/10, 1910/11, 1912/13 and the national regional final 1909, 1911)
- Újvidéki AC (defunct - competed in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I from 1941 to 1944)
- Ungvári AC (defunct - competed in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I in 1944)
- Temesvári Kinizsi (defunct - winners of Hungarian Southern division league 1916/17, 1917/18)
- Bácska Szabadkai AC (winners of Hungarian Southern division league 1908/09, 1909/10, 1912/13)
- Szabadkai Vasutas AC (defunct)
- Eperjesi TVE (winners of Hungarian Northern division league 1907/08)
- Homonnai AC
- Kolozsvári VSC (competed in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II from 1941 to 1944 as Kolozsvári MÁV)
- Nagyszalontai AC (competed in Nemzeti Bajnokság II between 1940 and 1944)
- Dunaszerdahelyi AC
- Nagybányai Phönix
- Nyitrai TVE
- Rimaszombat
- Losonci AFC (competed in Nemzeti Bajnokság II between 1940 and 1944)
- SK Rusj (competed in Nemzeti Bajnokság II between 1940 and 1944)
- Zsolnai TK
- Pozsonyi TE (the first non-Budapest club to give a player - Gyula Nirnsee - to the Hungary national team in 1907)
See also
References
- Web site: MLSZ English. 2020-12-14. en.mlsz.hu.
- Web site: NB I 2022/2023. magyarfutball.hu. 28 July 2022. hu.
- Web site: NB II 2022/2023. magyarfutball.hu. 12 August 2022. hu.
