1998–99 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

The 1998–99 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, also known as NB I for short, is the 101th season of top-tier football in Hungary. The league is officially named Professzionális Nemzeti Bajnokság (PNB) for sponsorship reasons. The season began on 24 July 1998 and will end on the weekend 16 June 1999. Újpest are the defending champions, having won their 20th Hungarian championship at the end of the 1998–99 season.

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Teams

Tiszakécskei FC, Előre FC Békéscsaba and Stadler FC finished the 1997–98 season in the bottom three places of the table and thus were relegated to their respective NB II divisions. Békéscsaba ended a 6-year and Stadler 4-year stay in the top league, while Tiszakécske were relegated after just one year in the league.

Stadium and locations

Budapest
Gázszer
Location of teams in 1998–99 Nemzeti Bajnokság I
Club Short name City Stadium Capacity
BVSC-Zugló FC BVSC Budapest Szőnyi Street Stadium 9,000
Debreceni VSC-Epona Debrecen Debrecen Oláh Gábor utcai stadion 9,640
Diósgyőri FC Diósgyőr Miskolc DVTK Stadion 11,300
Dunaferr SE Dunaújvaros Dunaújváros Stadion Eszperantó Út 12,000
Ferencvárosi TC Ferencváros Budapest Albert Flórián Stadion 18,100
Gázszer FC Gázszer Akasztó Stadler Stadium 12,000
Győri ETO FC Győr Győr ETO Park 16,000
Haladás-Milos Haladás Szombathely Rohonci úti stadion 12,000
III. Kerület FC-AT III. Kerület Budapest Hévízi Street Stadium 3,000
Kispest-Honvéd FC Honvéd Budapest Bozsik Stadion 10,000
MTK Hungária MTK Budapest Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium 12,700
Nyírség-Spartacus Nyíregyháza Nyíregyháza Városi Stadion (Nyíregyháza) 16,500
Siófok FC Siófok Siófok Révész Géza utcai stadion 10,500
Újpest FC Újpest Budapest Szusza Ferenc Stadion 13,500
Vasas DH Vasas Budapest Illovszky Rudolf Stadion 12,000
Dunakanyar-Vác FC Vác Vác Stadion Városi Vác 10,500
Videoton FC Videoton Székesfehérvár Sóstói Stadion 15,000
Zalahús ZTE FC ZTE Zalaegerszeg ZTE Aréna 9,000

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
BVSC Tajti, JózsefJózsef Tajti Bondarenko, OleksandrOleksandr Bondarenko Nike InterCity
Debrecen Garamvölgyi, LajosLajos Garamvölgyi Böőr, ZoltánZoltán Böőr Adidas Epona, MÁV Rt., OTP Bank
Diósgyőr Temesvári, MiklósMiklós Temesvári Téger, IstvánIstván Téger Adidas Borsod Brewery
Dunaújváros Ebedli, FerencFerenc Ebedli Zavadszky, GáborGábor Zavadszky Umbro Dunaferr
Ferencváros Vlak, MarijanMarijan Vlak Telek, AndrásAndrás Telek Adidas
Gázszer Hartyáni, GáborGábor Hartyáni Kövesfalvi, IstvánIstván Kövesfalvi Diadora
Győr Reszeli Soós, IstvánIstván Reszeli Soós Vayer, GáborGábor Vayer Adidas Rába
Haladás Mihalecz, IstvánIstván Mihalecz Balog, CsabaCsaba Balog Hummel Steffl Bier
III. Kerület Schróth, LajosLajos Schróth Tordai, BalázsBalázs Tordai Umbro Auto Trader, Rocco Jeans
Kispest Gálhidi, GyörgyGyörgy Gálhidi Dubecz, JánosJános Dubecz Umbro Ibusz
MTK Egervári, SándorSándor Egervári Madar, CsabaCsaba Madar Nike Fotex
Nyíregyháza Őze, TiborTibor Őze Szatke, ZoltánZoltán Szatke Adidas Taurus
Siófok Mészáros, JózsefJózsef Mészáros Posza, ZsoltZsolt Posza Toti
Újpest Várhidi, PéterPéter Várhidi Bíró, SzabolcsSzabolcs Bíró Joma Espon
Vasas Gellei, ImreImre Gellei Mónos, TamásTamás Mónos Lotto Danubius Hotels
Vác Csank, JánosJános Csank Horváth, PéterPéter Horváth Adidas Zollner
Videoton Verebes, JózsefJózsef Verebes Milinte, ÁrpádÁrpád Milinte Uhlsport Videoton
ZTE Strausz, LászlóLászló Strausz Vlaszák, GézaGéza Vlaszák Adidas Zalahús

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Haladás László Dajka Sacked 17 September 1998 16th István Mihalecz 17 September 1998
Videoton Ferenc Csongrádi Mutual agreement 16 October 1998 14th József Verebes 16 October 1998
Debrecen András Herczeg Sacked 20 October 1998 13th Lajos Garamvölgyi 20 October 1998
Ferencváros Tibor Nyilasi Mutual agreement 17 December 1998 7th Marijan Vlak 29 December 1998
III. Kerület Ralf Wilhelms Mutual agreement 18 December 1998 16th Lajos Schróth 12 February 1999
BVSC István Sándor Sacked 22 December 1998 18th Dragan Seklulić 3 January 1999
Diósgyőr Barnabás Tornyi Resigned 5 January 1999 3rd Gábor Szapor 7 January 1999
BVSC Dragan Seklulić Sacked 10 February 1999 18th József Tajti 10 February 1999
Diósgyőr Gábor Szapor Sacked 14 April 1999 7rd Miklós Temesvári 14 April 1999
Siófok László Nagy Resigned 4 May 1999 16th József Mészáros 4 May 1999
Dunaújváros Zoltán Varga Resigned 12 May 1999 6th Ferenc Ebedli 12 May 1999

Overview

It was contested by 18 teams, and MTK Hungária FC won the championship.

League standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 MTK Budapest FC 34 27 2 5 77 26 +51 83 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League First qualifycation round
2 Ferencvárosi TC 34 19 7 8 61 40 +21 64 1999–2000 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
3 Újpest FC 34 20 3 11 58 40 +18 63
4 Győri ETO FC 34 16 11 7 53 39 +14 59
5 Dunaferr SE 34 17 6 11 54 46 +8 57
6 Vasas DH 34 15 10 9 51 44 +7 55 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
7 Zalahús ZTE FC 34 15 8 11 43 37 +6 53
8 Diósgyőri FC 34 14 9 11 56 54 +2 51
9 Debreceni VSC-Epona 34 14 7 13 53 39 +14 49 1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round
10 Vác FC-Zollner 34 13 10 11 51 49 +2 49
11 Gázszer FC 34 11 11 12 37 40 −3 44
12 Kispest-Honvéd FC 34 11 9 14 38 50 −12 42
13 Nyírség-Spartacus 34 10 9 15 46 52 −6 39
14 Haladás-Milos 34 10 6 18 39 54 −15 36
15 Siófok FC 34 7 9 18 32 49 −17 30
16 Videoton FC 34 7 9 18 36 54 −18 30 Relegation to the 1999–2000 Nemzeti Bajnokság II
17 BVSC-Zugló FC 34 7 6 21 34 53 −19 27
18 III. Kerület FC-AT 34 4 6 24 40 93 −53 18

Updated to games played on 16 June 1999
Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th overall wins.
1The winners of the 1998–99 Hungarian Cup competition will qualify for the second qualifying round of the 1999-2000 UEFA Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Positions by round

Team / Round
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
MTK 7 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ferencváros 5 5 4 5 4 3 2 2 2 4 6 5 5 4 6 4 7 6 3 6 5 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Újpest 4 1 1 4 9 7 10 7 8 8 9 8 6 5 4 7 8 8 7 4 6 6 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Győr 10 9 8 6 5 2 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4
Dunaferr 11 12 13 9 8 10 8 4 5 5 3 4 4 6 5 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 6 6 5 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 4 5
Vasas 2 2 5 3 2 4 7 6 7 7 5 6 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 9 10 9 10 9 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
Zalaegerszeg 16 17 16 15 11 12 11 10 10 9 8 7 8 8 7 6 5 7 6 3 3 4 5 5 6 5 6 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
Diósgyőr 3 8 2 1 3 5 3 5 4 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 10 8 8
Debrecen 1 6 9 11 12 11 14 12 13 13 13 14 14 14 13 12 11 10 9 9 10 9 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 9 9
Vác 8 11 10 7 6 8 5 8 9 10 10 9 7 7 8 8 6 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 8 8 8 8 9 10 10
Gázszer 9 7 7 8 7 6 9 11 6 6 7 10 10 10 10 11 10 11 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
Honvéd 6 4 6 10 10 9 6 9 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 13 13 12 13 13 13 13 13 12 12
Nyíregyháza 18 15 14 12 13 13 12 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 12 12 11 12 12 12 13 13 12 12 13 12 12 12 12 12 13 13
Haladás 13 10 12 14 15 16 16 17 16 16 15 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
Siófok 12 13 15 17 17 17 17 18 18 17 18 17 18 16 16 15 15 15 15 16 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 17 16 17 15 15 15 15
Videoton 15 16 11 13 14 14 13 14 14 14 16 16 16 17 18 17 17 17 17 15 16 17 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16
BVSC 17 18 17 16 16 18 18 16 17 18 17 18 17 18 17 18 18 18 18 17 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 16 17 16 17 17 17 17
III. Kerület 14 14 18 18 18 15 15 15 15 15 14 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 18 17 16 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18

Updated to games played on 16 June 1999
Source: NB1 (Hungarian)

Leader
1999–2000 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
Relegation to 1999–2000 Nemzeti Bajnokság II


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