Hungary reorganized its second level before this season started – instead of 3 groups, now there was one Second Division league, made of 20 teams. Still, very few of its members played top league football before and most clubs were completely unknown outside the country. Was the reformed league better than the previous larger one was doubtful – only three teams competed for the top spots – two teams were promoted.
Kazincbarcikai Vegyész SE finished 12th – small clubs like this one made the league, mostly happy to play at level judged high by their standards. Preserving a place in the Second Division amounted to success.
Not all were lucky – Dorogi AC, which once upon a time played first division football, now was going further down. They finished 18th, in the relegation zone. From left: Goldschmidt, Lukács I., Guzsik, Borsos, Tamas, Domján, Török, Sikesdi, Kollár, Schrómeisz, Csizmazia.
Another occasional first division club fared much better – 4th, but still outside the promotional battle.
The top three teams ended divided by single point. Salgótarjáni TC lost the chance to return to top flight, finishing with 47 points.
Szegedi EOL AK was fine – 48 points gave them 2nd place and return to first division.
The champion of Second Division had never played in the First Division – Volan SC, one of the many small clubs in Budapest bested all with 49 points.
A victory of the underdog is always exciting event, yet, it was hard to believe such a club would really play some meaningful role in the top league. Mind, six well known Budapest clubs played and dominated the top league forever – was there a place for a 7th club was doubtful. Fan base was also an imporatant matter – Volan hardly attracted supporters. Budapest is large city, but not so large to provide full house for every club. Especially when most people supported Ferencvaros, Honved, and Ujpesti Dosza not just in the city, but in the whole country. There was also a bit of name problem too – a few Budapest clubs were related to automotive industry, hence, the name: Volan. But a few years back MTK was amalgamated with Volan and still played under its new name – MTK-VM. Was Volan SC a newly formed club from the ashes of the club which became part of MTK, or was it entirely different club was hard to figure out. Especially when there was 22. sz. Volán SE (Budapest), also playing in the Second Division. Mystery aside, Volan SC seemingly depended on former Ujpesti Dosza stars – Bene, Fekete, and Dunai. The veterans were still good enough to propel the small club to first division: Volan scored 84 goals – the veterans were high scoring strikers by trade. Were they enough to keep Volan in the first division was a question for the next season, but one thing was sure – as every small club in a big city, Volan’s fate depended entirely on veterans discarded from the big clubs. If they were lucky to recruit some in relatively good shape, they would buy a season or two; if they were unlucky – immediate relegation was sure thing.