Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)


Országos Bajnokság 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

The following 16 clubs compete in the OB I during the 2017–18 season:

Title holders

By club

By counties

The following table lists the Hungarian water polo champions by counties of Hungary.
County TitlesWinning Clubs
Budapest
99
 Újpest
Ferencváros
Vasas
BVSC
OSC
Honvéd
Magyar ÚE
III. Kerületi TVE
Magyar AC
MAFC
BSE
Tungsram
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
9
 Szolnok
Heves
3
 Eger
Somogy
2
 Balatoni UE

Statistics

Seasons in the OB I

The number of seasons that each team has played in the top division from 1904 until 2016–17. A total of ... 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 2017–18 OB I.
SeasonsClubs
107Ferencváros
87Újpest
81Eger
70Vasas
67BVSC, Szolnok
57Bp. Honvéd
52Orvosegyetem
48Szentes
42Bp. Spartacus
36MTK
28Tatabánya
24III. Kerületi TVE

SeasonsClubs
23Szegedi VE, Magyar AC
22Vasas Izzó
20Nemzeti SC, Szegedi EOL
18MAFC
17MÚE
16KSI, Csepel, Tungsram
12PVSK, Szegedi ÚE
11BEAC
9BSE
8BKV Előre, Vörös Meteor
7DVSE
6Kaposvár

SeasonsClubs
5Hódmezővásárhely, Kecskemét
3Balatoni ÚE, Óbuda TE, VAC,
Volán SC, Ceglédi VSE, Neptun VSC
2UVSE, Gamma, BBTE, Erzsébeti TC,
Marosvásárhely, Tipográfia NyTE,
Szegedi MTE, Szegedi Dózsa,
Szent István University, Fehérvár Póló SE
1Postatakarékpénztár, Szegedi VSE,
Közalkalmazottak SE,
Angyalföldi Sportiskola DSE, EKF, YBL

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 16 teams in the first division.
SeasonNumber of teams
from 1904 to 19054 teams
in 19062 teams
from 1907 to 19081 team
from 1909 to 19182 teams
from 1919 to 19204 teams
from 1921 to 19225 teams
in 19236 teams
from 1924 to 19257 teams
in 19266 teams
from 1927 to 19287 teams
from 1929 to 19339 teams
from 1934 to 19368 teams
from 1937 to 19389 teams
from 1939 to 194210 teams
from 1943 to 194411 teams
in 19458 teams
in 194611 teams
in 194712 teams
from 1948 to 195310 teams
in 195412 teams
from 1955 to 195910 teams
from 1960 to 196112 teams
from 1962 to 197310 teams
from 1974 to 197912 teams
from 1980 to 1988–8914 teams
from 1996-97 to 1998–9912 teams
in 1999–0010 teams
in 2000–0112 teams
in 2001–0213 teams
from 2002-03 to 2008–0912 teams
in 2009–1011 teams
in 2010–1113 teams
in 2011–1212 teams
from 2012–13 to 2014–1514 teams
from 2015–16 to present16 teams

Hungarian clubs in European competitions