Hungary – ranked 18th. In a nut shell: decline of the leading clubs of recent years – Honved, but most alarming Gyori ETO and Videoton. Ujpesti Dosza climbed back to leading position and Tatabanya enjoyed good spell. Surprising champion to a point. Hungary was leading Eastern Europe in professionalization of the sport, no doubt – now even Second Division clubs had sponsor’s adds on their shirts – but the effect was minimal: no matter what, Hungarian football was declining for a long, long time, and the increasing exodus of best players to the West probably accelerated the process. Still 2 points for a win, twp teams relegated from the top division and two promoted from the second level.
Second Division. Half of the 20-team league were former top league members, but the season was dominated by two teams, so there was no much excitement.
Csepel FC (Budapest) ended 4th with 46 points, but this was hardly a strong season. They lost 3rd place on goal-difference to even smaller neighbour – Volan SC (Budapest) – yet the battle for 3rd place was their best.
Vaci Izzo MTE from the small city of Vac, 20 km from Budapest, was comfortably ahead of the big city clubs – they fought for first place and lost it by a point, finishing with 51 points. But such a loss was not big deal – the team won promotion anyway and that mattered most.
Kaposvari Rakoszi SC won the championship with 52 points from 21 wins, 10 ties, 7 losses. 52-35 goal-difference – neither the best scorers, nor the best defenders, but who would care? They were going to play top league football again.
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