Nemzeti Bajnokság III (NB III or National Championship III) is the third tier of Hungarian football (from the autumn of 1997 till the spring of 2005, NB III was the fourth tier, the third was NB II). The tier contains 4 groups (northeast, northwest, southeast and southwest) of 16 teams. From NB III, the champions of each group will battle promotion play-off, two teams winning play-off are promoted to the NB II. The three lowest teams of each group and two worst 13th place teams are relegated to the first tier of local divisions (MB I). From NB II, the two lowest teams are relegated to NB III from 2024–25 season onwards.[1]

Groups

From 2023 onwards, the league divided into 4 groups of 16 teams:

  • Northeast group
  • Northwest group
  • Southeast group
  • Southwest group

List of champions (1969–present)

* Winning the Nemzeti Bajnokság III did not mean automatic promotion to Nemzeti Bajnokság II. Teams in bold were promoted to the Nemzeti Bajnokság II.

Name changes

  • Veszprém - Bakony Vegyész TC
  • Mezőtúr - Honvéd Szabó Lajos SE
  • Miskolci Honvéd SE - Honvéd Papp József SE
  • Szarvas - Szarvasi Vasas
  • Mosonmagyaróvár - MOTIM
  • DAC Nádorváros - MÁV DAC
  • Debreceni EAC - Debreceni Universitas SE
  • FC Ajka - Ajkai Hungalu SK, Ajkai Alumínium SK
  • FC Hatvan - Hatvani KVSC
  • Salgótarjáni BTC - Salgótarján Kohász SE
  • Tiszaújváros - Olefin
  • Fűzfő - NIKE Fűzfői AK
  • Balmazújváros - Balmazújvárosi Lenin TSZ SE


See also

References

  1. "Evaluating the condensed format of the NBI | Hungarian Football". HungarianFootball.com. 2017-03-22. Archived from the original on 2019-08-16. Retrieved 2019-06-25.