Skip to content
Surf Wiki
Save to docs
sports

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

1987–88 Nemzeti Bajnokság I


FieldValue
competitionNemzeti Bajnokság I
season1987–88
winnersBudapest Honvéd
relegatedDebreceni MVSC
Kaposvár
continentalcup1European Cup
continentalcup1 qualifiersBudapest Honvéd
continentalcup2UEFA Cup
continentalcup2 qualifiersTatabánya
Újpesti Dózsa
continentalcup3Cup Winners' Cup
continentalcup3 qualifiersBékéscsaba
league topscorerBéla Melis (19)
matches240
total goals621
prevseason1986–87
nextseason1988–89

Kaposvár Újpesti Dózsa Statistics of Nemzeti Bajnokság I for the 1987–88 season.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Budapest Honvéd FC won the championship under headcoach Bertalan Bicskei. The 19th district team went undefeated at home throughout the entire campaign, only conceding 2 goals at the Bozsik Stadion. In March Tatabánya defeated Honvéd 1–0 at the Bányász (miner) Stadion, blowing the title-race wide open. Tatabánya would win 5 out of their next 7 encounters, but a 4-week winless streak at the end of the season destroyed their momentum. Honvéd confirmed their championship status on the 1st of June, obliterating Kaposvár Rákóczi 5-1. Kálmán Kovács scored four goals during the game.

Match-fixing Scandal

In October 1989, news emerged of suspicious game results regarding the 1988/89 season. This was the second match-fixing related scandal in the Hungarian top-flight, the first one having happened in 1984. The legitimacy of the results of some teams having to fight relegation, such as that of Debreceni VSC, Fehérvár and Zalaegerszeg have been called into question.

47 people were called in to questioning about DVSC's results. Although no serious prison sentences were given out to any of the players placed under suspicion, the scandal still casts a large shadow over the perception of football and the fairness of it in the country in the 1980s.

League standings

Results

Statistical leaders

Top goalscorers

RankScorerClubGoals1234579
Hungary Béla MelisDebreceni MVSC19
Hungary György SzeibertMTK-VM18
Hungary Kálmán KovácsBudapest Honvéd17
Hungary Pál FischerFerencvárosi TC15
Hungary József KiprichTatabányai Bányász14
Hungary Gyula PlotárTatabányai Bányász14
Hungary Béla IllésHaladás VSE12
Hungary László SzabadiVasas SC12
Hungary Gábor PölöskeiMTK-VM11
Hungary Péter RuboldGyőri ETO FC11
Hungary István VinczeTatabányai Bányász11

Attendances

Average home league attendance top 3:

#ClubAverage
1Ferencváros17,933
2Győr11,000
3Budapest Honvéd9,867

Source:

References

References

  1. https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/hun/avehun88.htm
Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 1987–88 Nemzeti Bajnokság I — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report