It started with the first match of the first round on 5 August 2015 and will end with the final held on 14 May 2016 at Groupama Aréna, Budapest.

[1] Ferencváros are the defending champions, having won their 21st cup competition last season.

If the score is level, then thirty minutes of extra time is played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves.

If the score is level again after extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out.

If away goals are also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time is played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves.

If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out.

In this round no professional clubs could play against each other, therefore every team from 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I and 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság II played with lower ranked teams.

[4] It involved 28 winners from the second round and four teams which were involved in 2015–16 UEFA Champions League (Videoton) and 2015–16 UEFA Europa League (Ferencváros, MTK and Debrecen).