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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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

Location of teams in 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság II

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

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)
Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit maker	Main	Other(s)0
Ajka	Szabolcs Schindler	Richárd Zsolnai	Puma	Bakony Erőmű	None
Békéscsaba	Sándor Csató		Saller	Békés Drén	None
Budafok	László Dajka	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	Aurél Csertői	Ivan Lovrić	Macron	None
Kazincbarcika	József Csábi	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	Elemér Kondás	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	Adem Kapič	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

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kazincbarcika	13	8	2	3	30	13	+17	26	Promotion to Nemzeti Bajnokság I
2	Kisvárda	13	8	0	5	25	22	+3	24	Promotion to Nemzeti Bajnokság I
3	Kozármisleny	13	6	5	2	21	14	+7	23
4	Vasas	13	7	1	5	24	20	+4	22
5	Szentlőrinc	13	6	3	4	18	15	+3	21
6	Szeged	13	4	7	2	15	12	+3	19
7	BVSC	13	4	6	3	11	11	0	18
8	Gyirmót	13	5	3	5	21	21	0	18
9	Budafok	13	4	6	3	20	23	−3	18
10	Soroksár	13	5	2	6	17	16	+1	17
11	Csákvár	13	4	4	5	18	20	−2	16
12	Mezőkövesd	13	4	3	6	17	18	−1	15
13	Ajka	13	3	6	4	17	21	−4	15
14	Tatabánya	13	4	1	8	14	26	−12	13
15	Békéscsaba	13	2	4	7	11	16	−5	10	Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság III
16	Honvéd	13	2	3	8	12	23	−11	9	Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság III

Updated to match(es) played on 11 November 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.^[3]

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.

Season statistics

Number of teams by counties and regions

Number of teams by counties
Pos.		No. of teams	Teams
1	Budapest	5	Budafok, BVSC-Zugló, Honvéd, Soroksár and Vasas
2	Baranya	2	Kozármisleny and Szentlőric
2	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

References

^ "Vasas-Kisvárda rangadóval indul a Merkantil Bank Liga" [The Merkantil Bank Liga kicks off with a Vasas-Kisvárda match] (in Hungarian). Hungarian Football Federation. 5 July 2024. Archived from the original on 5 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
^ "NB II, 2024–2025, A teljes menetrend" [NB II, 2024-2025, Full schedule]. nso.hu (in Hungarian). 16 July 2024. Archived from the original on 16 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
^ "NB II. Férfi Felnőtt nagypályás labdarúgó bajnokság versenykiírása 2024/25" [NB II Men's Senior Football League 2024/25] (PDF) (in Hungarian). Hungarian Football Federation. 1 June 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

External links

Archived Official rules (in Hungarian)

[1] "Vasas-Kisvárda rangadóval indul a Merkantil Bank Liga" [The Merkantil Bank Liga kicks off with a Vasas-Kisvárda match] (in Hungarian). Hungarian Football Federation. 5 July 2024. Archived from the original on 5 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

[2] "NB II, 2024–2025, A teljes menetrend" [NB II, 2024-2025, Full schedule]. nso.hu (in Hungarian). 16 July 2024. Archived from the original on 16 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

[3] "NB II. Férfi Felnőtt nagypályás labdarúgó bajnokság versenykiírása 2024/25" [NB II Men's Senior Football League 2024/25] (PDF) (in Hungarian). Hungarian Football Federation. 1 June 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

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