Nemzeti Bajnokság
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| Country | Hungary |
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| Confederation | UEFA |
| Founded | 1901 |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | Nemzeti Bajnokság II |
| Domestic cup(s) |
Magyar Kupa Szuperkupa |
| International cup(s) |
UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League |
| Current champions |
Honvéd (14 titles) (2016-17) |
| Most championships | Ferencváros (29 titles) |
| TV partners |
M4 Duna TV Duna World |
| Website | Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség |
 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I
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The Nemzeti Bajnokság (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈnɛmzɛti ˈbɒjnokʃaːɡ], "National Championship") is the Hungarian professional league for association football clubs. The league is currently known as the OTP Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons, and it is the highest level of professional league since its inception in 1901. UEFA currently ranks the league 29th in Europe.
Twelve teams compete in the league, playing each other twice, once at home and once away. At the end of the season, the top team enters the qualification for the UEFA Champions League, while the runner-up and the third placed, together with the winner of the Hungarian Cup enters the UEFA Europa League qualification round. The bottom two clubs are relegated to Nemzeti Bajnokság II, the second-level league, to be replaced by the winner and the runner up of the NB2.
The first championship in 1901 was contested by BTC, MUE, FTC, Műegyetemi AFC and Budapesti SC, with the latter winning the championship. Although the two first championships were won by Budapesti TC, the other titles that decade were won by FTC and MTK.
In the 1910s and 1920s the championship was dominated by Ferencváros and MTK.
In the 1930s, the rivalry between Ferencváros and MTK Budapest expanded with another club, Újpest FC (at that time not part of Budapest). One of the most iconic figure of the 1930s Hungarian football was Újpest's Zsengellér who managed to top goalscorer three times in a row in the 1930s. Ferencváros's Sárosi and MTK Budapest's Cseh and Újpest's Zsengellér were the embodiment of the rivalry of the three clubs from Budapest, named Budapest derby.
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