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.
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.
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 1980's.