Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)

OB I
Country  Hungary
Confederation European Union LEN (Europe)
Founded 1904
Number of teams 14
Level on pyramid 1
Relegation to OB I/B
Domestic cup(s) Magyar Kupa
Szuperkupa
International cup(s) LEN Champions League
LEN Euro Cup
Current champions Eger
(2012–13)
Most championships Újpest
(26 titles)
TV partners Digi Sport
Website waterpolo.hu
2014–15 Országos Bajnokság I

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.[1]

Current teams

The following 14 clubs compete in the OB I during the 2014–15 season:

OB I
Team City Pool Founded Colours
BVSCBudapestSzőnyi úti uszoda
1911
         
DebrecenDebrecenDebreceni Sportuszoda
2006
         
EgerEgerBitskey Aladár uszoda
1910
         
FerencvárosBudapestNépligeti uszoda
1899
         
HonvédBudapestKőér utcai uszoda
1950
         
KaposvárKaposvárKaposvári Városi Fürdő
1999
         
KSIBudapestSzéchy Tamás uszoda
1963
         
OrvosegyetemBudapestNyéki Imre uszoda
1957
         
PVSKPécsAbay Nemes Oszkár Sportuszoda
1919
         
SzegedSzegedSzegedi Sportuszoda
1993
              
SzentesSzentesSzentesi uszoda
1934
         
SzolnokSzolnokTiszaligeti uszoda
1921
         
UVSEBudapestHajós Alfréd Sportuszoda
2008
         
VasasBudapestKomjádi Béla Sportuszoda
1945
         

Previous winners

Performances

Performance by club

The teams in Bold play in the 2015-16 season of OB I.
The teams in Italics no longer exist.
The teams in neither bold or italics are existing past winners of the championship that relegated to Hungarian lower leagues.

Club Winners Runners-up Third place Winning years
Újpesti TE
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
Ferencvárosi TC
21
13
20
 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1925, 1927, 1944, 1953, 1956, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1988, 1990, 2000
Vasas SC
18
18
5
 1947, 1949, 1953, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1989, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012
Budapesti VSC
7
9
6
 1966, 1985, 1987, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
Szolnoki Dózsa
7
5
5
 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 2015
Orvosegyetem SC
7
5
2
 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978
Bp. Honvéd SE
6
2
11
 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Magyar ÚE
4
1
1
 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909
III. Kerületi TVE
3
9
5
 1923, 1924, 1928
Egri VK
3
4
5
 2011, 2013, 2014
Magyar AC
2
6
9
 1929, 1943
Balatoni UE
2
1
-
 1904, 1905
Műegyetemi AFC
1
4
-
 1917
Budapest SE
1
2
1
 1940
Tungsram SC
1
1
1
 1992
MTK Budapest
-
6
9
 -
Postatakarékpénztár SE
-
1
-
 -
Óbudai TE
-
1
-
 -
Vörös Meteor SK
-
1
-
 -
Szentesi VK
-
1
-
 -
Szegedi VE
-
-
6
 -
Budafok-Kistétény SE
-
-
1
 -
Nemzeti SC
-
-
1
 -
Bp. Spartacus SC
-
-
1
 -
Szegedi SC
-
-
1
 -

Performance by counties

The following table lists the Hungarian water polo champions by counties of Hungary.

County (megye) Titles Winning Clubs
Budapest
97
 Újpest (26)
Ferencváros (21)
Vasas (18)
BVSC (7)
OSC (7)
Honvéd (6)
Magyar ÚE (4)
III. Kerületi TVE (3)
Magyar AC (2)
MAFC (1)
BSE (1)
Tungsram (1)
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
7
 Szolnok (7)
Heves
3
 Eger (3)
Somogy
2
 Balatoni UE (2)

Clubs of the OB I

Since 1904, 55 clubs have participated in the Hungarian League. Below the list of Hungarian League clubs who have participated in the first division. The club with the most appearances are the 28-time champions Ferencváros, however the club spent three years in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II (Hungarian Second Division) between 2006 and 2009. The only clubs who have never been relegated are Újpest.

Key to colours in group tables
Currently playing in the OB I 2015-16 season

Last modified: 26 July 2014

No. Club City Number
of seasons		 Winners
1. Ferencvárosi TC (FTC) Budapest 106 21
2. Újpesti TE (UTE) Budapest 87 26
3. Egri VK Eger 80 3
4. Vasas SC Budapest 69 18
5. BVSC Budapest 66 7
Szolnoki VSC Szolnok 66 7
7. Budapesti Honvéd SE (BHSE) Budapest 56 6
8. Orvosegyetem SC (OSC) Budapest 51 7
9. Szentesi VK Szentes 47 0
10. Bp. Spartacus Budapest 42 0
11. MTK Budapest 36 0
12.
 Tatabányai SC Tatabánya 26 0
13.
 III. Kerületi TVE Budapest 24 3
14.
 Magyar AC Budapest 23 2
15.
 Vasas Izzó Budapest 22 0
16.
 Szeged Szeged
21
0
17.
 Nemzeti SC Budapest
20
0
17.
 Szegedi EOL SC Szeged
20
0
19.
 Műegyetemi AFC Budapest
18
1
20.
 MMÚE Budapest
17
4
21.
 Csepel SC Budapest
16
0
21.
 Tungsram SC Budapest
16
0
23.
 KSI SE Budapest
14
0
24.
 Szegedi ÚE Szeged
12
0
25.
 BEAC Budapest
11
0
26.
 Pécsi VSK Pécs
10
0
27.
 BSE Budapest
9
1
28.
 BKV Előre SC Budapest
8
0
28.
 Vörös Meteor Budapest
8
0
30.
 Hódmezővásárhely Hódmezővásárhely
5
0
30.
 Kecskeméti VSC Kecskemét
5
0
30.
 Debrecen Debrecen
5
0
33.
 Kaposvár Kaposvár
4
0
34.
 Balatoni ÚE Siófok
3
2
34.
 Óbuda TE Budapest
3
0
34.
 Vívó és Atlétikai Club Budapest
3
0
34.
 Volán SC Budapest
3
0
34.
 Ceglédi VSE Cegléd
3
0
34.
 Neptun VSC Budapest
3
0
40.
 Gamma SE Budafok
2
0
40.
 BBTE Budapest
2
0
40.
 Erzsébeti TC Budapest
2
0
40.
 Marosvásárhelyi SE
Romania (now in Romania)		 Marosvásárhely
2
0
40.
 Tipográfia NyTE Budapest
2
0
40.
 Szegedi MTE Szeged
2
0
40.
 Szegedi Dózsa Szeged
2
0
40.
 Szent István University Gödöllő
2
0
40.
 Fehérvár Póló SE Székesfehérvár
2
0
49.
 Postatakarékpénztár SE Budapest
1
0
49.
 Szegedi VSE Szeged
1
0
49.
 Közalkalmazottak SE Budapest
1
0
49.
 Angyalföldi Sportiskola DSE Budapest
1
0
49.
 EKF Eger
1
0
49.
 YBL Waterpolo Club Budapest
1
0
49.
 UVSE Budapest
1
0

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.

Hungarian clubs in European competitions

Champions League Euro Cup Cup Winners' Cup (defunct)
C RU SF C RU SF C RU SF
Orvosegyetem 2 1973, 1979 2 1 – 0 1
Vasas 2 1980, 1985 0 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
Budapesti VSC 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2
Ferencváros 0 0 1 0 2 1 4 1975, 1978, 1980, 1998 1
Szeged 0 0 0 1 2009 1 1 –
Eger 0 0 0 0 1 0 –
Szolnok 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Debrecen – 0 0 1 –
Bp. Spartacus – – 0 1

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. Retrieved 18 May 2011.

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