2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság II

Nemzeti Bajnokság II

Season	2024–25
Dates	28 July 2024 – 25 May 2025
Top goalscorer	Krisztián Kirchner (11 goals)
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 30 August 2024.

The 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság II (also known as 2024–25 Merkantil Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons) is Hungary's 74th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság II, the second tier of the Hungarian football league system.

Overview

The fixtures were announced on 5 July 2024. The number of teams in the second division has been reduced by 4 since the 2022–23 season, the first competition with 16 clubs in recent years.

Teams

The following teams have changed division since the 2023–24 season.

Changes

To NB II

Relegated from 2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság I	Promoted from 2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság III
Kisvárda Mezőkövesd	Békéscsaba (Southeast) Szentlőrinc (Southwest) Tatabánya (Northwest)

From NB II

Promoted to 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság I	Relegated to 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság III	Dissolved
Nyíregyháza Győr	Pécs (Southwest) Tiszakécske (Southeast) Siófok (Southwest) Mosonmagyaróvár (Northwest)	Haladás

Stadium and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Budapest

Budapest teams:
Budafok
BVSC
Honvéd
Soroksár
Vasas

Ajka

Békéscsaba

Csákvár

Gyirmót

Kazincbarcika

Kisvárda

Kozármisleny

Mezőkövesd

Szeged

Szentlőrinc

Tatabánya

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Location of teams in 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság II

Budafok

BVSC

Honvéd

Soroksár

Vasas

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Location of the teams in Budapest.

Team	Location	Stadium	Cap.	2023–24
Ajka	Ajka	Városi Stadion	5,000	8th
Békéscsaba	Békéscsaba	Kórház utcai Stadion	2,479	(NB III, Play-off)
Budafok	Budapest (Budafok)	Promontor utcai Stadion	4,000	10th
BVSC	Budapest (Zugló)	Szőnyi úti Stadion	12,000	13th
Csákvár	Csákvár	Tersztyánszky Ödön Sportközpont	2,020	9th
Gyirmót	Győr (Gyirmót)	Alcufer Stadion	4,728	6th
Honvéd	Budapest (Kispest)	Bozsik Aréna	8,000	11th
Kazincbarcika	Kazincbarcika	Kolorcity Aréna	1,080	12th
Kisvárda	Kisvárda	Várkerti Stadion	3,385	11th (NB I)
Kozármisleny	Kozármisleny	Kozármislenyi Stadion	2,000	5th
Mezőkövesd	Mezőkövesd	Városi Stadion	4,183	12th (NB I)
Soroksár	Budapest (Soroksár)	Szamosi Mihály Sportelep	5,000	7th
Szeged	Szeged	Szent Gellért Fórum	8,136	4th
Szentlőrinc	Szentlőrinc	Szentlőrinci Sportpálya	1,020	(NB III, Play-off)
Tatabánya	Tatabánya	Grosics Gyula Stadion	5,021	(NB III, Play-off)
Vasas	Budapest (Angyalföld)	Illovszky Rudolf Stadion	5,154	3rd

FC Ajka	Békéscsaba	Budafok	BVSC
Városi Stadion	Kórház utcai Stadion	Promontor utcai Stadion	Szőnyi úti Stadion
Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 4,963	Capacity: 1,200	Capacity: 12,000
Csákvár	Gyirmót	Honvéd	Kazincbarcika
Tersztyánszky Ödön Sportközpont	Ménfői úti Stadion	Bozsik Aréna	Kolorcity Aréna
Capacity: 2,500	Capacity: 4,728	Capacity: 8,200	Capacity: 1,020
Kisvárda	Kozármisleny	Mezőkövesd	Soroksár
Várkerti Stadion	Alkotmány téri Stadion	Városi Stadion	Szamosi Mihály Sportelep
Capacity: 2,850	Capacity: 2,000	Capacity: 4,183	Capacity: 5,000
Szeged	Szentlőrinc	Tatabánya	Vasas
Szent Gellért Fórum	Sportpálya	Grosics Gyula Stadion	Illovszky Rudolf Stadion
Capacity: 8,256	Capacity: 1,020	Capacity: 5,021	Capacity: 5,054

Number of teams by counties and regions

Number of teams by counties

Pos.	County		No. of teams	Teams
1		Budapest	5	Budafok, BVSC-Zugló, Honvéd, Soroksár and Vasas
2		Baranya	2	Kozármisleny and Szentlőric
		Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén	2	Kazincbarcika and Mezőkövesd
4		Békés	1	Békéscsaba
		Csongrád-Csanád	1	Szeged
		Fejér	1	Csákvár
		Győr-Moson-Sopron	1	Gyirmót
		Komárom-Esztergom	1	Tatabánya
		Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg	1	Kisvárda
		Veszprém	1	Ajka

Number of teams by regions

Transdanubia	Central Hungary	Great Plain and North
Ajka Csákvár Gyirmót Kozármisleny Szentlőrinc Tatabánya	Budafok BVSC-Zugló Honvéd Soroksár Vasas	Békéscsaba Kazincbarcika Kisvárda Mezőkövesd Szeged
6 Teams	5 Teams	5 Teams

Personnel and kits

Hungarian national sports betting brand Tippmix sponsored all 16 teams of the second league since February 2019, their logo were present on all team kits.

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

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit maker	Sponsor(s)
				Main	Other(s)0
Ajka	Szabolcs Schindler	Richárd Zsolnai	Puma	Bakony Erőmű	None
Békéscsaba	Sándor Csató		Saller	Békés Drén	None
Budafok	Márk Nikházi	Dávid Kovács	2Rule	Zakariás Alapítvány	None
BVSC-Zugló	József Csábi	Paulo Vinícius	Adidas	None
Csákvár	Balázs Tóth		2Rule	ZÁÉV	List Back: Aqvital
Gyirmót	Zsolt Tamási	Dávid Hudák	Jako	Alcufer	None
Honvéd	Zsolt Laczkó	Ivan Lovrić	Macron	None
Kazincbarcika	Gábor Erős	Valter Heil	Puma	GreenPlan	List Back: BorsodChem Shorts: BorsodChem
Kisvárda	Tamás Feczkó	Jasmin Mešanović	Adidas	MasterGood	None
Kozármisleny	Zoltán Aczél	Gergő Gajág	Macron	HR-Rent	None
Mezőkövesd	Aurél Csertői	Tamás Cseri	Adidas	Zsóry Gyógy- és Strandfürdő	None
Soroksár	Péter Lipcsei	Balázs Lovrencsics	Nike	Provident	List Front: VízBolt and District of Soroksár Back: 11teamsports
Szeged	Ádám Simon	Molnár F. Tamás	Foreleven11	None	List Sleeves: caritas Hungarica
Szentlőrinc	Róbert Waltner		Macron	AbsoluteTeamsport
Tatabánya	Gergely Gyürki		Jako	OPUS Tigáz	List Front: Geodézia and City of Tatabánya
Vasas	Attila Pintér	Zsombor Berecz	Adidas	OTP Bank	List Sleeves: SMP Solution and PrímaEnergia

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Ref.
Mezőkövesd	Milan Milanović	End of contract	29 May 2024	Pre-season	Mihály Tóth	29 May 2024
Kazincbarcika	János Csábi	Mutual consent	1 June 2024		Gábor Erős	15 June 2024
Szeged	Adem Kapič	End of contract	4 June 2024		Michael Boris	4 June 2024
BVSC-Zugló	Ádám Kincses		10 June 2024		József Csábi	10 June 2024
Szenlőrinc	Gábor Pinchler		18 June 2024		Róbert Waltner	19 June 2024
Kisvárda	Tamás Feczkó	Resigned	6 August 2024	14th	Attila Révész (caretaker)	30 August 2024
Honvéd	Aurél Csertői	Sacked	15 August 2024	8th	Zsolt Laczkó	19 August 2024
Budafok	László Dajka	Resigned	21 August 2024	14th	Márk Nikházi (caretaker)	19 August 2024
Vasas	Zoltán Gera	Mutual consent	21 August 2024	4th	Attila Pintér	5 September 2024
Mezőkövesd	Mihály Tóth	Sacked	4 September 2024	16th	Aurél Csertői	27 October 2024
Szeged	Michael Boris	Mutual consent	31 October 2024	9th	Ádám Simon (caretaker)	31 October 2024

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kozármisleny	15	8	5	2	26	16	+10	29	Promotion to Nemzeti Bajnokság I
2	Kazincbarcika	15	8	4	3	33	16	+17	28
3	Kisvárda	15	8	2	5	27	24	+3	26
4	Vasas	15	8	1	6	25	21	+4	25
5	Szentlőrinc	15	6	4	5	18	17	+1	22
6	BVSC	15	5	7	3	12	11	+1	22
7	Soroksár	15	6	3	6	21	18	+3	21
8	Budafok	15	5	6	4	22	25	−3	21
9	Szeged	15	4	7	4	16	15	+1	19
10	Csákvár	15	5	4	6	21	24	−3	19
11	Gyirmót	15	5	3	7	24	27	−3	18
12	Ajka	15	4	6	5	20	23	−3	18
13	Mezőkövesd	15	4	4	7	20	22	−2	16
14	Békéscsaba	15	4	4	7	13	16	−3	16
15	Tatabánya	15	4	2	9	14	27	−13	14	Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság III
16	Honvéd	15	3	4	8	14	24	−10	13

Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2024. Source: Hungarian Football Federation (in Hungarian), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Fair play ranking; 8) Drawing of lots.

Results

Home \ Away	AJK	BEK	BUD	BVS	CSA	GYI	HON	KAZ	KIS	KOZ	MEZ	SOR	SZG	SZL	TAT	VAS
Ajka	—		2–2					1–1	3–2	1–1			0–0	0–1
Békéscsaba	3–0	—		2–2			1–1				1–2			2–1
Budafok			—		2–1		3–3	0–5		1–1		2–1				0–1
BVSC			0–0	—					0–2				0–0	1–1
Csákvár		1–0		0–1	—	1–2	3–1	3–2							2–2	2–1
Gyirmót		1–0		2–2		—	3–1				2–0
Honvéd	1–2			0–1			—				2–1			0–1	1–0
Kazincbarcika		2–1		0–1		2–1		—		2–3			2–1	2–0
Kisvárda			1–2		2–0	6–4			—	3–2		2–1
Kozármisleny		1–1								—		1–1	0–0		3–2	4–2
Mezőkövesd			3–3	0–0					4–1	0–1	—		1–2	1–3
Soroksár	3–1	0–0				1–2	3–1					—			2–0	3–2
Szeged		2–0			2–2	1–1						2–1	—
Szentlőrinc					1–1	2–0			1–2			3–1	0–0	—
Tatabánya	1–2		1–2					0–7	0–1		0–2		3–2		—
Vasas	3–2			2–1				2–2	3–1		1–2				0–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 27 October 2024. Source: Hungarian Football Federation (in Hungarian), Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

See also

• 2024–25 Magyar Kupa
• 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság I
• 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság III
• 2024–25 Megyei Bajnokság I

External links

• Archived Official rules (in Hungarian)