When was the Erste Liga founded?

The Erste Liga was founded in 2008.

How many teams play in the Erste Liga?

The Erste Liga currently consists of 10 teams.

Which country is the Erste Liga based in?

The Erste Liga is based in Hungary.

Who won the most recent Erste Liga championship?

Gyergyói HK won the most recent Erste Liga championship in 2026.

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League naming history:

2017 - currentErste Liga
2008 - 2017MOL Liga

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2022-2023

2022-2023 Season

Budapest Jégkorong Akadémia HC finished first in the 2022-23 Erste Liga standings with 81 points. Gyergyói HK (79 points) and DVTK Jegesmedvék (67 points) followed.

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2022-2023 Erste Liga Standings

2022-2023 Erste Liga — Standings
#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
1.	Budapest Jégkorong Akadémia HC	36	24	-	7	4	1	161	85	76	81	2.25	Semifinal loss
2.	Gyergyói HK	36	24	-	7	2	3	149	92	57	79	2.19	Champion
3.	DVTK Jegesmedvék	36	19	-	11	4	2	120	95	25	67	1.86	Quarterfinal loss
4.	CSM Corona Brasov	36	19	-	11	4	2	123	103	20	67	1.86	Semifinal loss
5.	Ferencvárosi TC	36	18	-	14	2	2	116	107	9	60	1.67	Final loss
6.	SC Csíkszereda	36	13	-	12	6	5	133	124	9	56	1.56	Quarterfinal loss
7.	DEAC	36	16	-	16	1	3	121	126	-5	53	1.47	Playoffs Qualifier loss
8.	UTE	36	9	-	20	2	5	110	136	-26	36	1.00	Playoffs Qualifier loss
9.	Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák	36	6	-	24	3	3	101	173	-72	27	0.75	Quarterfinal loss
10.	Fehérvár Hockey Academy 19	36	3	-	29	1	3	75	168	-93	14	0.39	Quarterfinal loss

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2022-2023 Erste Liga Player Stats

2022-2023 Erste Liga — Player Stats
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Brance Orbán (F)	36	23	40	63	14
2.	Christopher Bodó (F)	35	23	34	57	20
3.	Eetu Elo (F)	33	31	21	52	37
4.	Jesperi Viikilä (F)	36	8	43	51	14
5.	Sébastien Sylvestre (F)	36	22	28	50	26

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2022-2023 Erste Liga Goalie Stats

2022-2023 Erste Liga — Goalie Stats
#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Roland Farkas (G)	22	2.11	.936
2.	Janis Voris (G)	34	2.43	.932
3.	Rasmus Rinne (G)	36	2.49	.931
4.	Zoltán Hetényi (G)	26	3.09	.923
5.	Daniel Kornakker (G)	16	2.56	.921

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2022-2023 Erste Liga Demographics

Erste Liga Games

Erste Liga — Games
date	home	visiting	score
11/13/2026 06:00 PM GMT+1	UTE	Budapest Jégkorong Akadémia HC	-
11/01/2026 06:30 PM GMT+1	DEAC	Háromszéki Ágyúsok	6 - 2
11/01/2026 06:00 PM GMT+1	Budapest Jégkorong Akadémia HC	Gyergyói HK	4 - 3 (SO)
11/01/2026 06:00 PM GMT+1	DVTK Jegesmedvék	CSM Corona Brasov	3 - 4 (OT 61:39)
11/01/2026 05:30 PM GMT+1	Fehérvár Hockey Academy 19	Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák	3 - 2

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Erste Liga Transactions

Erste Liga — Transactions
Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
10/24/2026	Confirmed	Boris Babeliak (F)	HK Detva	Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák	Details
10/24/2026	Confirmed	Anthony Luciani (F)	UTE	Wentworth Gryphins	Details
10/20/2026	Confirmed	Jesper Åkerman (D)	Saale Bulls Halle	SC Csíkszereda	Details
10/20/2026	Confirmed	Andrey Simonchyk (D)	Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák	Unknown	Details
10/09/2026	Confirmed	Georgi Agafonov (D)	Red Hawks Bucuresti	Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák	Details

2026-2027 Erste Liga Free Agents

2026-2027 Erste Liga — Free Agents
Team	Player
Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák	Tigran Yarulin (F)
DEAC	Yevgeni Mozer (F)
CSM Corona Brasov	Albert Zagidullin (F)
UTE	Taneli Ronkainen (D)
DEAC	Matias Varttinen (F)

2027-2028 Erste Liga Free Agents

2027-2028 Erste Liga — Free Agents
Team	Player
SC Csíkszereda	Tihamer Becze (F)
Gyergyói HK	Christopher Bodó (F)
Budapest Jégkorong Akadémia HC	Gergö Nagy (F)
DEAC	Anton Shenfeld (F)
SC Csíkszereda	Kirils Galoha (F)

Erste Liga Team Comparison (Averages)

2022-2023 Erste Liga — Team Comparison
#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	Budapest Jégkorong Akadémia HC	30	2 829	6'0"	187 lbs	24.10
2.	CSM Corona Brasov	25	5 799	6'0"	190 lbs	28.20
3.	DEAC	31	2 754	6'0"	187 lbs	23.97
4.	DVTK Jegesmedvék	33	2 714	6'0"	183 lbs	24.18
5.	Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák	33	3 258	6'0"	181 lbs	24.64
6.	Fehérvár Hockey Academy 19	43	1 951	5'11"	174 lbs	21.28
7.	Ferencvárosi TC	32	7 154	6'0"	187 lbs	26.97
8.	Gyergyói HK	25	6 822	6'0"	183 lbs	28.00
9.	SC Csíkszereda	31	13 419	6'0"	192 lbs	29.03
10.	UTE	33	3 453	6'0"	185 lbs	24.82

Team Comparison History

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

Erste Liga — Where Are They Now
#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Michael Keränen (F)	2026-2027	Tölzer Löwen	Oberliga	15	6	20	26	6
2.	Matic Podlipnik (D)	2026-2027	Kitzbüheler EC	Alps Hockey League	14	10	15	25	8
3.	Alexander Peresunko (F)	2026-2027	Zaglebie Sosnowiec	PHL	16	12	12	24	6
4.	Janne Laakkonen (F)	2026-2027	Peterborough Phantoms	NIHL	15	3	20	23	2
5.	Eetu Elo (F)	2026-2027	ESC Kempten	Regionalliga	9	11	11	22	2
6.	Erik Svetina (F)	2026-2027	HD Jesenice	Alps Hockey League	16	6	16	22	4
7.	Nick Huard (F)	2026-2027	Saale Bulls Halle	Oberliga	14	7	12	19	12
8.	Fredrik Forsberg (F)	2026-2027	Gjøvik Hockey	HockeyLiga1	11	9	9	18	0
9.	David Kozma (F)	2026-2027	Åmåls SK	Division 2	9	7	10	17	2
10.	Benjamin Nissner (F)	2026-2027	EC Salzburg	ICEHL	17	4	13	17	20

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Regular Season

Erste Liga All-Time Points

Erste Liga — All-Time Points
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Tihamer Becze (F)	625	307	334	641
2.	Gergö Nagy (F)	427	214	318	532
3.	Adrian Toth (F)	552	234	286	520
4.	Nikandrosz Galanisz (F)	382	198	291	489
5.	Zsolt Azari Jr. (F)	465	178	303	481

Erste Liga All-Time Goals

Erste Liga — All-Time Goals
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Tihamer Becze (F)	625	307	334	641
2.	Adrian Toth (F)	552	234	286	520
3.	Gergö Nagy (F)	427	214	318	532
4.	David Szappanos (F)	509	209	224	433
5.	Christopher Bodó (F)	270	205	257	462

Erste Liga All-Time Assists

Erste Liga — All-Time Assists
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Tihamer Becze (F)	625	307	334	641
2.	Gergö Nagy (F)	427	214	318	532
3.	Zsolt Azari Jr. (F)	465	178	303	481
4.	Nikandrosz Galanisz (F)	382	198	291	489
5.	Adrian Toth (F)	552	234	286	520

Erste Liga All-Time Penalty Min.

Erste Liga — All-Time Penalty Min.
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Tihamer Becze (F)	625	307	641	920
2.	Attila Pavuk (F)	425	129	350	762
3.	Yevgeni Piszarenko (D)	195	37	111	704
4.	Patrik Popovics (F)	315	44	112	676
5.	Akos Kiss (F)	336	99	224	618

Erste Liga All-Time Games Played

Erste Liga — All-Time Games Played
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Csanád Fodor (F)	674	129	157	286
2.	Tihamer Becze (F)	625	307	334	641
3.	Tamás Farkas (D)	581	39	118	157
4.	Adrian Toth (F)	552	234	286	520
5.	Huba Bors (D)	522	21	91	112

Erste Liga All-Time Points Per Game

Erste Liga — All-Time Points Per Game
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Patrik Wallenberg (F)	37	50	81	2.19
2.	David Booth (F)	8	10	17	2.13
3.	Brock Trotter (F)	11	9	23	2.09
4.	Johan Ramstedt (F)	37	23	76	2.05
5.	Chris Seto (F)	11	9	22	2.00

Erste Liga All-Time Points Per Season

Erste Liga — All-Time Points Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Ian McDonald (F)	2015-2016	MOL Liga	47	25	68	93	1.98	6
2.	Patrik Wallenberg (F)	2008-2009	MOL Liga	37	50	31	81	2.19	46
3.	Árpád Mihály (F)	2008-2009	MOL Liga	39	40	39	79	2.03	84
4.	Hugo Turcotte (F)	2018-2019	Erste Liga	48	33	44	77	1.60	106
5.	Tomas Klempa (F)	2015-2016	MOL Liga	48	25	51	76	1.58	60

Erste Liga All-Time Goals Per Season

Erste Liga — All-Time Goals Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Patrik Wallenberg (F)	2008-2009	MOL Liga	37	50	31	81	2.19	46
2.	Árpád Mihály (F)	2008-2009	MOL Liga	39	40	39	79	2.03	84
3.	Jeff Hayes (F)	2015-2016	MOL Liga	48	39	33	72	1.50	46
4.	Mitch Holmberg (F)	2015-2016	MOL Liga	48	37	31	68	1.42	12
5.	Christopher Bodó (F)	2023-2024	Erste Liga	44	36	39	75	1.70	8

Erste Liga All-Time Assists Per Season

Erste Liga — All-Time Assists Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Ian McDonald (F)	2015-2016	MOL Liga	47	25	68	93	1.98	6
2.	Johan Ramstedt (F)	2008-2009	MOL Liga	37	23	53	76	2.05	48
3.	Tomas Klempa (F)	2015-2016	MOL Liga	48	25	51	76	1.58	60
4.	Hugo Turcotte (F)	2018-2019	Erste Liga	48	33	44	77	1.60	106
5.	Ladislav Sikorcin (F)	2008-2009	MOL Liga	33	31	44	75	2.27	95

Erste Liga All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

Erste Liga — All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Kevin Wehrs (D)	2012-2013	MOL Liga	47	10	32	42	0.89	234
2.	Rory Rawlyk (D)	2012-2013	MOL Liga	37	11	31	42	1.14	211
3.	Attila Tolnai (D)	2010-2011	MOL Liga	26	3	8	11	0.42	211
4.	Yevgeni Piszarenko (D)	2008-2009	MOL Liga	31	9	14	23	0.74	205
5.	Csaba Gergely (F)	2012-2013	MOL Liga	39	11	7	18	0.46	188

List of Erste Liga Champions

Erste Liga — Champions
Year	Team
2026	Gyergyói HK
2025	Gyergyói HK
2024	CSM Corona Brasov
2023	Gyergyói HK
2022	SC Csíkszereda
2021	SC Csíkszereda
2020	Ferencvárosi TC
2020	SC Csíkszereda
2019	Ferencvárosi TC
2018	MAC Budapest
2017	DVTK Jegesmedvék
2016	DVTK Jegesmedvék
2015	Miskolci Jegesmedve JSE
2014	HK Nove Zamky
2013	Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák
2012	Dunaújváros AC
2011	HSC Csíkszereda
2010	Budapest Stars
2009	HC Csíkszereda