2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball)

K&H női liga
Season	2022–23
Dates	26 August 2022 – May 2023
Champions	Győri Audi ETO KC ; 17th title
Relegated	Siófok KC ; Érd HC
Champions League	Győri Audi ETO KC; FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria; DVSC Schaeffler
European League	Motherson Mosonmagyaróvár ; Váci NKSE
Matches played	182
Goals scored	9,873 (54.25 per match)
Top goalscorer	Csenge Kuczora ; (203 goals)
Biggest home win	20 goals:; FTC 40–20 NEKA; (21 Mar)
Biggest away win	26 goals:; KKC 9–35 DEB; (13 May)
Highest scoring	75 goals:; MOS 44–31 DUN; (12 Oct)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 → All statistics correct as of 1 June 2023.

The 2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (known as the K&H női kézilabda liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 72nd season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Hungarian premier Handball league.

Team information

As in the previous season, 14 teams played in the 2021–22 season.After the 2021–22 season, Szombathelyi KKA and Vasas SC were relegated to the 2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B. They were replaced by two clubs from the 2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B; Békéscsabai Előre NKSE and Nemzeti Kézilabda Akadémia.^[1]^[2]

Budapest

Budapest teams
Ferencvárosi TC
MTK Budapest

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Location of teams in 2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Location of Budapest teams

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
Alba Fehérvár KC	Székesfehérvár	KÖFÉM Sports Hall	1,000
Békéscsabai Előre NKSE	Békéscsaba	Municipal Sports Hall	2,300
Budaörs Handball	Budaörs	Városi Uszoda és Sportcsarnok	1,000
Debreceni VSC	Debrecen	Főnix Hall Hódos Imre Sports Hall	8,500 2,250
Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA	Dunaújváros	Municipal Sports Hall	1,200
Érd	Érd	Érd Aréna	2,200
Ferencvárosi TC	Budapest	Elek Gyula Aréna	1,300
Győri Audi ETO KC	Győr	Audi Aréna	5,500
Kisvárdai KC	Kisvárda	Municipal Sports Hall	1000
MTK Budapest	Budapest	Elektromos hall	500
Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE	Mosonmagyaróvár	UFM Aréna	1,100
NEKA	Balatonboglár	NEKA Sportcsarnok	678
Siófok KC	Siófok	Kiss Szilárd Sports Hall	1,500
Váci NKSE	Vác	Municipal Sports Hall	700

Personnel and kits

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, with their president, head coach, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.^[3]^[4]

Team	President	Head coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor(s)
Alba Fehérvár KC	Imre Balássi	Krisztián Józsa	hummel	tippmix¹, Avis
Békéscsabai ENKSE	György Paláncz	Bálint Papp	Ziccer	tippmix¹, bmw-glass.hu, Budapest Bank
Budaörs	Tamás Neukum	Dániel Buday	Made by club	tippmix¹
Debreceni VSC	Zsolt Ábrók	Zoltán Szilágyi	adidas	tippmix¹, Schaeffler, Riska
Dunaújvárosi KKA	Attila Gurics	Tamás Rapatyi	hummel	tippmix¹, BH
Érd NK	dr. Anna Boldog	Judit Simics	Erima	tippmix¹
Ferencvárosi TC	Gábor Kubatov	Gábor Elek	Nike	tippmix¹, Rail Cargo Hungaria, Lidl, Budapest
Győri ETO KC	Anita Görbicz	Ambros Martín	Mizuno	Audi, Győr, tippmix¹
Kisvárdai KC	Tamás Major	Valéria Szabó	hummel	tippmix¹, Master Good, Volkswagen
Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE	Guntham Turner	János Gyurka	adidas	tippmix¹, Eu-Fire
MTK Budapest	Tamás Deutsch	Attila Vágó	Nike	tippmix¹
Nemzeti Kézilabda Akadémia	Lajos Mocsai	Szilárd Kiss Jr.	hummel	tippmix¹
Siófok KC	János Fodor	Uroš Bregar	Puma	tippmix¹, Peszter
Váci NKSE	Erika Kirsner	Gábor Herbert	hummel	tippmix¹, Praktiker

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Váci NKSE	Katalin Ottó	Mutual consent	End of 2021–22 season	Pre-season	Gábor Herbert	1 July 2022^[5]
MTK Budapest	Gergő Vida		18 October 2022	11th	Marinko Kekezović	October 2022^[6]
MTK Budapest	Marinko Kekezović		1 December 2022	10th	Attila Vágó	1 December 2022^[7]
Érd HC	Roland Horváth		12 January 2023	14th	Judit Simics	17 January 2023^[8]^[9]
Kisvárdai KC	Botond Bakó		15 February 2023	11th	Valéria Szabó	16 February 2023^[10]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Győri Audi ETO KC	26	25	0	1	854	590	+264	50	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	26	23	2	1	853	614	+239	48
3	DVSC SCHAEFFLER	26	18	3	5	778	633	+145	39
4	Motherson-Mosonmagyaróvár	26	17	2	7	799	698	+101	36	Qualification to European League group phase
5	Siófok KC	26	13	4	9	731	697	+34	30^[a]	Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B
6	Váci NKSE	26	13	2	11	724	689	+35	28	Qualification to European League third qualifying round
7	Alba Fehérvár KC	26	10	3	13	650	730	−80	23
8	MTK Budapest	26	9	3	14	702	719	−17	21
9	Kisvárda Master Good SE	26	10	0	16	597	689	−92	20
10	Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA	26	8	3	15	643	763	−120	19
11	Moyra-Budaörs Handball	26	8	3	15	635	728	−93	19
12	Békéscsabai Előre NKSE	26	7	0	19	644	761	−117	14
13	Nemzeti Kézilabda Akadémia	26	5	1	20	629	739	−110	11
14	Érd	26	3	0	23	634	823	−189	6	Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B

Source: mksz.hu
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Matches won; 7) Draw (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[12]^[13]
Notes:

Schedule and results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.

Home \ Away	BÉK	BUD	DEB	DUN	ÉRD	ALB	FER	GYŐ	KIS	MOS	MTK	NEK	SIÓ	VÁC
Békéscsabai ENKSE		28–26	20–36	31–27	25–26	23–25	20–33	22–33	17–26	29–24	25–27	26–21	30–32	20–28
Budaörs Handball	25–20		25–23	27–27	32–24	32–26	21–30	13–38	25–27	31–36	20–28	28–21	19–19	24–31
Debreceni VSC	30–22	34–23		40–27	32–24	33–23	26–29	30–31	22–19	30–24	31–24	29–25	21–21	34–33
Dunaújvárosi KKA	30–26	26–22	25–39		30–26	20–22	27–33	14–35	24–26	30–40	25–23	18–18	25–24	34–31
Érd	24–37	27–28	21–32	29–32		20–24	19–41	22–35	21–23	25–39	24–32	28–24	26–33	21–29
Alba Fehérvár KC	25–30	25–20	26–37	26–26	22–20		15–35	21–33	26–22	27–30	26–24	23–28	28–28	24–24
Ferencvárosi TC	42–24	37–20	30–30	31–24	34–26	37–22		32–26	33–22	26–24	38–27	40–20	35–29	42–29
Győri Audi ETO KC	36–24	33–24	25–22	40–24	39–23	35–23	31–20		30–19	30–25	31–25	34–20	33–26	36–25
Kisvárdai KC	28–20	24–25	9–35	28–19	35–25	22–29	18–26	19–32		26–32	32–28	23–15	17–26	25–24
Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE	34–22	30–23	28–28	44–31	35–24	30–27	22–22	21–28	35–27		23–19	41–32	24–28	30–20
MTK Budapest	35–31	28–28	28–29	10–0	32–22	29–30	36–37	28–39	31–20	27–34		28–25	33–32	19–35
Nemzeti Kézilabda Akadémia	26–21	23–26	23–27	29–25	30–31	25–27	16–31	25–33	28–17	26–33	27–26		23–34	28–30
Siófok KC	27–29	37–28	28–26	29–30	31–26	32–29	19–29	26–30	35–23	29–28	32–32	28–25		24–22
Váci NKSE	35–22	26–20	20–22	34–23	37–30	35–29	21–30	17–28	26–20	31–33	23–23	32–26	26–22

Source: Eredmények
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Number of teams by counties

Pos.		No. of teams	Team(s)
1	Pest	3	Érd NK, Budaörs and Váci NKSE
2	Budapest (capital)	2	Ferencvárosi TC and MTK Budapest
	Fejér	2	Alba Fehérvár KC and Dunaújvárosi KKA
	Győr-Moson-Sopron	2	Győri ETO KC and Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE
	Somogy	2	Nemzeti Kézilabda Akadémia Balatonboglár and Siófok KC
4	Békés	1	Békéscsabai ENKSE
	Hajdú-Bihar	1	Debreceni VSC
	Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg	1	Kisvárdai KC