1998–99 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

The 1998–99 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, also known as NB I for short, is the 101st 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 ended 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.

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

Budapest teams:
BVSC
Ferencváros
III. Kerület
Kispest
MTK
Újpest
Vasas

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 !Haladás-Milos	Haladás	Szombathely	Rohonci úti stadion	12,000
III. Kerület FC-AT	III. Kerület	Budapest	Hévízi Street Stadium	3,000
Honvéd !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 !Siófok FC	Siófok	Siófok	Révész Géza utcai stadion	10,500
Ujpest !Újpest FC	Ujpest !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	1999–2000 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
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 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; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Positions by round

Team / 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

References

Nemzeti Bajnokság II · 2015-16

Mezőkövesd Gyirmót Várda Szigetszentmiklós Dunaújváros Zalaegerszeg Szolnok Szeged Ajka Soroksár Balmazújváros Budaörsi Siófok Csákvár Sopron Vác

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1998–99 in Hungarian football

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Club football

Domestic leagues	Nemzeti Bajnokság I Nemzeti Bajnokság II Nemzeti Bajnokság III

Domestic cups	Hungarian Cup (Final)

European competitions	Champions League (Men, Women) UEFA Cup

Transfer lists	Summer Winter

Club seasons

Professionális Nemzeti Bajnokság	BVSC Debrecen Diósgyőr Dunaferr Ferencváros Gázszer Győr Haladás III. Kerület Kispest MTK Nyíregyháza Siófok Újpest Vasas Vác Videoton Zalaegerszeg

Nemzeti Bajnokság I	Békéscsaba Demecser Érd Hajdúszoboszló Kaposvár Kecskemét Komárom Komló Matáv Sopron Nagykanizsa Pécs Salgótarján Soproni FAC Soroksár Szeged Szolnok Tatabánya Tiszakécske Tiszaújváros Tiszavasvár

International competition

Men	UEFA Euro 2000 (Qualifying, Group 7) Bertalan Bicskei

1998–99 in European football (UEFA)

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Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '98 '99 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '98 '99 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '98 '99 Faroe Islands '98 '99 Finland '98 '99 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '98 '99 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '98 '99 Latvia '98 '99 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '98 '99 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '98 '99 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '98 '99 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '98 '99 Finland '98 '99 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '98 '99 Israel Italy Latvia '98 '99 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '98 '99 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Finland '98 '99 France Germany Iceland '98 '99 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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