Country | Hungary |
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Number of teams | 16 |
Level on pyramid | 2 |
Promotion to | Nemzeti Bajnokság I |
Relegation to | Nemzeti Bajnokság III |
Domestic cup(s) |
Hungarian Cup Hungarian League Cup |
Current champions |
Gyirmót FC Győr Mezőkövesd |
Website | NBII Official Website |
2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság II |
Nemzeti Bajnokság II is the second tier of Hungarian football. At the end of the 2004/05 season, the tournament format was changed from one division of 14 teams to two divisions: Keleti (Eastern) and Nyugati (Western), each with 16 teams. In 2013 the format was changed and there is one division again with 16 teams. The champion and the runner-up will ascend to the first division while the two lowest teams in NB I are relegated to NB II.
On 2 March 2017, the Hungarian Football Federation announced that the number of the teams in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II will not be reduced to 12.