1989–90 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Nemzeti Bajnokság I
Season1989–90
ChampionsÚjpesti Dózsa
RelegatedHaladás
Csepel
European CupÚjpesti Dózsa
UEFA CupMTK-VM
Ferencváros
Cup Winners' CupPécs
Matches played240
Goals scored520 (2.17 per match)
Top goalscorerJózsef Dzurják (18)

Final standings of the Hungarian League 1989–90 season

Overview

The tournament was contested by 16 teams, and Újpest won their 19th leaguetitle at the end of the season, with the guidance of coach István Varga.

Újpest and MTK were embroiled in a dramatic 2-way title-race for the entirety of the season, being tied on points from Matchday 10 until Matchday 20. On Matchday 20 MTK defeated Újpest 2-0 on home soil, with two late goals from Balogh and Cservenkai, in what looked to be the titledecider game. MTK held on to their lead over Újpest (who went on a 6-game winless run) up until the last gameweek of the season.

Despite going on a 3-week losing streak, the second of which was MTK's first and only home defeat of the season, against Veszprém, the team from the 8th district were 3 points clear off of UTE going into the last day of the season. MTK fell to a 2-1 defeat against Vác, while Újpest overcame rivals, and defending champions Kispest to claim the national championship.

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Újpesti Dózsa (C) 30 18 4 8 43 20 +23 58 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 MTK-VM 30 18 4 8 48 26 +22 58 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Ferencváros 30 13 9 8 48 34 +14 48
4 Pécs 30 13 9 8 37 23 +14 48 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
5 Tatabányai Bányász 30 13 4 13 24 28 −4 43
6 Veszprém 30 10 11 9 27 24 +3 41
7 Siófoki Bányász 30 10 9 11 31 34 −3 39
8 Vasas 30 10 9 11 35 42 −7 39
9 Videoton 30 9 11 10 26 30 −4 38
10 Békéscsaba 30 10 8 12 26 34 −8 38
11 Váci Izzó 30 8 12 10 30 31 −1 36
12 Győr 30 7 14 9 34 30 +4 35
13 Budapest Honvéd (O) 30 9 8 13 31 39 −8 35 Qualification for relegation play-offs
14 Debreceni MVSC (O) 30 7 14 9 20 30 −10 35
15 Haladás (R) 30 9 6 15 33 46 −13 33 Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II
16 Csepel (R) 30 5 10 15 27 49 −22 25
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BÉK CSE DEB FTC GYŐ HAL HON MTK PÉC SIÓ TAT ÚJP VAS VÁC VES VID
Békéscsaba 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 0–3 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–4 4–1 0–0 0–1 1–0
Csepel 2–0 0–1 3–3 1–1 3–2 0–0 2–4 0–0 2–1 5–1 1–3 0–5 0–2 0–0 1–1
Debreceni MVSC 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–2
Ferencváros 2–0 5–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 4–0 3–0 4–0 0–1 2–0 3–3 1–0 4–1 0–0
Győr 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1
Haladás 0–1 2–0 0–0 4–0 4–2 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0
Budapest Honvéd 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–2
MTK-VM 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 5–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 2–0
Pécs 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 4–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 4–0
Siófoki Bányász 1–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–3 1–0 1–2 3–2 2–0 1–1
Tatabányai Bányász 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–3 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–0
Újpesti Dózsa 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–0 3–0 2–2
Vasas 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–4 2–2 0–0
Váci Izzó 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 3–2 0–1 1–1
Veszprém 2–0 0–0 4–0 1–1 0–0 4–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0
Videoton 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 3–2 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Budapest Honvéd (I) 3–2 Kazincbarcikai Vegyés (II) 1–0 2–2
Dunaferr (II) 1–2 Debreceni MVSC (I) 1–1 0–1

Statistical leaders

Top goalscorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 József Dzurják Ferencvárosi TC 18
2 Róbert Jován MTK-VM 12
3 Tibor Balog MTK-VM 9
László Répási Váci Izzó 9
István Schäffer Szombathelyi Haladás 9
6 Sándor Bácsi Újpesti Dózsa 8
József Duró Vasas 8
Imre Fodor Budapest Honvéd 8
Ferenc Lovász Pécsi MSC 8
Péter Rubold Újpesti Dózsa 8
György Szeibert Ferencvárosi TC 8