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Országos Bajnokság I
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023–24 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)
SportWater Polo
Founded1904; 120 years ago (1904)
No. of teams14
CountryHungary
ConfederationLEN (Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)		Ferencváros (26th titles)
(2023–24)
Most titlesÚjpest (26 titles) Ferencváros (26 titles)
TV partner(s)M4 Sport
Relegation toOrszágos Bajnokság I/B
Domestic cup(s)Magyar Kupa
International cup(s)LEN Champions League
LEN Euro Cup
Official websitewaterpolo.hu

Országos Bajnokság I (English: Nationwide Championship I, commonly abbreviated OB I) is the highest level water polo league for men in Hungary, that is administered and supervised by the Hungarian Water Polo Federation. Since 2009, after signed a four-year sponsorship contract with telecommunications company Vodafone, the competition is officially known as Vodafone OB I.

Current teams

Location of teams in 2022-23 Országos Bajnokság IEgerEgerMiskolcMiskolcSzolnokSzolnokSzegedSzegedSzentesSzentesPVSKPVSKKaposvárKaposvárBudapestBudapestBudapest teams: BVSC Ferencváros Honvéd KSI OSC UVSE VasasBudapest teams:
BVSC
Ferencváros
Honvéd
KSI
OSC
UVSE
Vasas
class=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2022-23 Országos Bajnokság I

The following 14 clubs compete in the OB I during the 2022–23 season:

Team Home city Pool Colours
BVSC Budapest (XIV. ker) Szőnyi úti Uszoda    
Eger Eger Bitskey Aladár Uszoda    
Ferencváros Budapest (IX. ker) FTC uszoda, Népliget    
Bp. Honvéd Budapest (XIX. ker) Kőér utcai Uszoda      
Kaposvár Kaposvár Csík Ferenc Sportuszoda    
KSI Budapest Széchy Tamás Uszoda    
Miskolc Miskolc Kemény Dénes Sportuszoda    
OSC Budapest (XI. ker) Nyéki Imre Uszoda    
PVSK Pécs Abay Nemes Oszkár Sportuszoda    
Szeged Szeged Tiszavirág Sportuszoda    
Szentes Szentes Dr. Rébeli Szabó József Sportuszoda      
Szolnok Szolnok Tiszaligeti Uszoda    
UVSE Budapest (IV. ker) Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda    
Vasas Budapest (XIII. ker) Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda    

Previous winners

Notes

  • 1914–16: Cancelled due to war.
  • 2019–20: Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Name changes

  • Budapesti Honvéd SE (Bp. Honvéd): 1949 Budapesti Honvéd SE, 1999 Honvéd-Spartacus, 2000 Honvéd Domino, 2001 Domino-BHSE, 2007 Domino-Honvéd, 2010 Grupama Honvéd, 2013 Racionet Honvéd, 2018 Bp. Honvéd
  • Ferencvárosi TC (FTC): (1904 Ferencvárosi TC, 1950 EDOSZ, 1951 Bp. Kinizsi, 1957 Ferencváros, 1989 FTC-Törley, 1993 Ferencváros, 1994 FTC-Vitasport, 1996 FTC-Vitalin, 1999 FTC-Thomas Jeans, 2000 FTC-Mirato, 2001 FTC-VMAX, 2003 Jégcsillag-FTC, 2004 Betonút-FTC, 2006 FTC-Aprilia, 2008 FTC-Fisher Klíma, 2012 Széchenyi Bank-FTC, 2014 Ferencváros, 2015 FTC-PQS Waterpolo, 2018 FTC-Telekom Waterpolo)
  • Újpesti TE (UTE): 1891 Újpesti TE, 1950 Bp. Dózsa, 1957 Újpesti Dózsa, 1990 Újpest, 1993 UTE-Primavera, 1994 UTE-Office & Home, 1998 UTE-Taxi2000, 1999 UTE-Santal-Taxi2000, 2000 UTE-Humet, 2002 UTE-Taxi2000, 2004 UTE-VB Leasing, 2006 UTE-Óbuda-Újlak, 2007 Uniqa-UTE, 2010 Újpest)

Performances

By club

Club Winners Runners-up Third place Winning years
Újpest 26 16 7 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1960, 1967, 1986, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995
Ferencváros 26 13 21 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1925, 1927, 1944, 1953, 1956, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1988, 1990, 2000, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024
Vasas 18 19 5 1947, 1949, 1953, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1989, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012
Szolnok 10 6 6 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021
BVSC 7 9 6 1966, 1985, 1987, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
OSC 7 7 5 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978
Bp. Honvéd 6 2 11 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Magyar Úszó Egylet 4 1 1 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909
III. Kerületi TVE 3 9 5 1923, 1924, 1928
Eger 3 6 6 2011, 2013, 2014
Magyar AC 2 6 9 1929, 1943
Balaton 2 1 - 1904, 1905
MAFC 1 4 - 1917
BSE 1 2 1 1940
Tungsram 1 1 1 1992
MTK Budapest - 6 9 -
Postatakarékpénztár - 1 - -
Óbudai TE - 1 - -
Vörös Meteor - 1 - -
Szentes - 1 - -
Szeged - - 7 -
Budafok-Kistétény - - 1 -
Nemzeti SC - - 1 -
Bp. Spartacus - - 1 -
  • The bolded teams are currently playing in the 2021-22 season of the Hungarian League.

Most seasons

Main article: List of Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo) clubs

The number of seasons that each team (in alphabetical order) has played in the top division from 1904 until 2021–22. A total of 61 teams had competed in at least one season at the top division. Ferencváros is the only teams to have played in the top division in every season since the league's inception in its modern form.

The teams in Bold participate in the 2021–22 OB I.

Format

As we can see from the chart the number of teams in the Hungarian First Division changed a lot and continuously. The league started in 1904 with four teams and with the formation of teams the league expanded continuously. Currently, there are 14 teams in the first division.

Season Number of teams
from 1904 to 1905 4 teams
in 1906 2 teams
from 1907 to 1908 1 team
from 1909 to 1918 2 teams
from 1919 to 1920 4 teams
from 1921 to 1922 5 teams
in 1923 6 teams
from 1924 to 1925 7 teams
in 1926 6 teams
from 1927 to 1928 7 teams
from 1929 to 1933 9 teams
from 1934 to 1936 8 teams
from 1937 to 1938 9 teams
from 1939 to 1942 10 teams
from 1943 to 1944 11 teams
in 1945 8 teams
in 1946 11 teams
in 1947 12 teams
from 1948 to 1953 10 teams
in 1954 12 teams
from 1955 to 1959 10 teams
from 1960 to 1961 12 teams
from 1962 to 1973 10 teams
from 1974 to 1979 12 teams
from 1980 to 1988–89 14 teams
from 1996-97 to 1998–99 12 teams
in 1999–00 10 teams
in 2000–01 12 teams
in 2001–02 13 teams
from 2002-03 to 2008–09 12 teams
in 2009–10 11 teams
in 2010–11 13 teams
in 2011–12 12 teams
from 2012–13 to 2014–15 14 teams
from 2015–16 to 2020–21 16 teams
from 2021–22 to present 14 teams

Hungarian clubs in European competitions

Champions League Euro Cup Cup Winners' Cup (defunct)
C Winning year(s) RU SF C Winning year(s) RU SF C Winning year(s) RU SF
Orvosegyetem 2 1973, 1979 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
Vasas 2 1980, 1985 1 6 0 0 3 3 1986, 1995, 2002 1
Honvéd 1 2004 3 0 0 0 1 0 1
Újpest 1 1994 2 1 3 1993, 1997, 1999 0 0 0 0
Ferencváros 1 2019 0 1 2 2017, 2018 2 1 4 1975, 1978, 1980, 1998 1
Szolnok 1 2017 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Budapesti VSC 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2
Szeged 0 0 0 1 2009 1 2 0 0 0
Eger 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Debrecen 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bp. Spartacus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL 8 title 9 10 6 title 4 9 7 title 7

See also

References

  1. "Egy csapatban a legjobbak – Négyéves főtámogatói szerződést írt alá a Vodafone a Magyar Vízilabda Szövetséggel" (in Hungarian). Vodafone Official Website. 21 January 2009. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011.

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