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.

Erste Liga Erste Liga 2025-2026

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League naming history:

2017 - currentErste Liga
2008 - 2017MOL Liga

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Erste Liga Team Rosters

2025-2026

2025-2026 Season

CSM Corona Brasov finished first in the 2025-26 Erste Liga standings with 72 points. Gyergyói HK (71 points) and UTE (58 points) followed.

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2025-2026 Erste Liga Standings

#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
1.	CSM Corona Brasov	32	23	-	7	1	1	145	100	45	72	2.25	Final loss
2.	Gyergyói HK	32	23	-	8	1	0	139	77	62	71	2.22	Champion
3.	UTE	32	17	-	11	3	1	120	95	25	58	1.81	Quarterfinal loss
4.	DEAC	32	12	-	10	4	6	120	96	24	50	1.56	Quarterfinal loss
5.	DVTK Jegesmedvék	32	13	-	12	4	3	100	86	14	50	1.56	Semifinal loss
6.	Budapest Jégkorong Akadémia HC	32	8	-	14	6	4	97	106	-9	40	1.25	Semifinal loss
7.	SC Csíkszereda	32	11	-	16	1	4	94	110	-16	39	1.22	Quarterfinal loss
8.	Fehérvár Hockey Academy 19	32	9	-	17	2	4	88	127	-39	35	1.09	Quarterfinal loss
9.	Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák	32	4	-	25	2	1	76	182	-106	17	0.53	Did not make playoffs

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2025-2026 Erste Liga Player Stats

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	David Levin (F)	29	21	37	58	14
2.	Christopher Bodó (F)	31	23	31	54	16
3.	Maxim Golod (F)	32	16	35	51	24
4.	Kirils Galoha (F)	32	15	26	41	44
5.	Jeremy Welsh (F)	31	23	17	40	4

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2025-2026 Erste Liga Goalie Stats

#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Miklós Rajna (G)	23	2.74	.930
2.	Károly Tóth (G)	15	2.31	.918
3.	Attila Adorjan (G)	24	2.83	.916
4.	David Pratak (G)	17	2.66	.912
5.	Martin Szeles (G)	12	2.86	.911

Erste Liga Stories

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2025-2026 Erste Liga Demographics

Erste Liga Games

date	home	visiting	score
10/02/2026 03:30 PM UTC	Háromszéki Ágyúsok	CSM Corona Brasov	-
09/28/2026 04:30 PM UTC	Fehérvár Hockey Academy 19	Budapest Jégkorong Akadémia HC	2 - 5
09/27/2026 04:30 PM UTC	DEAC	CSM Corona Brasov	2 - 5
09/27/2026 03:30 PM UTC	Háromszéki Ágyúsok	DVTK Jegesmedvék	1 - 3
09/27/2026 03:30 PM UTC	SC Csíkszereda	Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák	3 - 1

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Pavel Varfolomeyev (F)

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09/19/2026

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Nikola Murgic (D)

Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák

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2026-2027 Erste Liga Free Agents

Team	Player
UTE	Anthony Luciani (F)
DEAC	Yevgeni Mozer (F)
CSM Corona Brasov	Albert Zagidullin (F)
Budapest Jégkorong Akadémia HC	Valentin Razumnyak (F)
DVTK Jegesmedvék	Colin Doyle (F)

2027-2028 Erste Liga Free Agents

Team	Player
SC Csíkszereda	Tihamer Becze (F)
Gyergyói HK	Christopher Bodó (F)
UTE	Filip Vasko (F)
UTE	Julius Valtonen (F)
Gyergyói HK	Brance Orbán (F)

Player Nationalities Throughout History

Erste Liga Team Comparison (Averages)

#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	Budapest Jégkorong Akadémia HC	30	12 694	6'0"	187 lbs	25.90
2.	CSM Corona Brasov	33	11 992	6'0"	185 lbs	30.09
3.	DEAC	29	5 220	6'0"	181 lbs	26.21
4.	DVTK Jegesmedvék	31	7 063	5'11"	176 lbs	25.16
5.	Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák	28	2 589	6'0"	179 lbs	24.25
6.	Fehérvár Hockey Academy 19	41	4 022	5'11"	172 lbs	22.20
7.	Gyergyói HK	29	12 128	6'0"	185 lbs	27.97
8.	SC Csíkszereda	30	9 465	5'11"	181 lbs	28.23
9.	UTE	30	7 088	6'0"	183 lbs	25.43

Team Comparison History

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Atte Karppinen (F)	2026-2027	Frederikshavn White Hawks	Metal Ligaen	9	6	5	11	4
2.	Alexander Peresunko (F)	2026-2027	Zaglebie Sosnowiec	PHL	5	6	3	9	0
3.	Leo Ring (F)	2026-2027	Frederikshavn White Hawks	Metal Ligaen	9	3	6	9	0
4.	Jan Dalecký (F)	2026-2027	HC Baník Sokolov	1. liga	8	3	5	8	2
5.	Janne Laakkonen (F)	2026-2027	Peterborough Phantoms	NIHL	4	0	8	8	0
6.	Niki Koskinen (F)	2026-2027	Peliitat	II-divisioona	4	4	3	7	0
7.	Stepan Csamango (F)	2026-2027	HC Baník Sokolov	1. liga	8	4	3	7	2
8.	Matic Podlipnik (D)	2026-2027	Kitzbüheler EC	Alps Hockey League	3	3	4	7	2
9.	Erik Svetina (F)	2026-2027	HD Jesenice	Alps Hockey League	4	2	5	7	2
10.	Benjamin Nissner (F)	2026-2027	EC Salzburg	ICEHL	5	2	5	7	12

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Regular Season

Erste Liga All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Tihamer Becze (F)	615	300	330	630
2.	Adrian Toth (F)	552	234	286	520
3.	Gergö Nagy (F)	417	207	308	515
4.	Nikandrosz Galanisz (F)	382	198	291	489
5.	Zsolt Azari Jr. (F)	465	178	303	481

Erste Liga All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Tihamer Becze (F)	615	300	330	630
2.	Adrian Toth (F)	552	234	286	520
3.	David Szappanos (F)	509	209	224	433
4.	Gergö Nagy (F)	417	207	308	515
5.	Christopher Bodó (F)	259	200	250	450

Erste Liga All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Tihamer Becze (F)	615	300	330	630
2.	Gergö Nagy (F)	417	207	308	515
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.

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Tihamer Becze (F)	615	300	630	906
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

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Csanád Fodor (F)	664	127	155	282
2.	Tihamer Becze (F)	615	300	330	630
3.	Tamás Farkas (D)	572	39	115	154
4.	Adrian Toth (F)	552	234	286	520
5.	Huba Bors (D)	513	20	90	110

Erste Liga All-Time Points Per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Kolos Feher (F)	2	2	5	2.50
2.	Patrik Wallenberg (F)	37	50	81	2.19
3.	David Booth (F)	8	10	17	2.13
4.	Brock Trotter (F)	11	9	23	2.09
5.	Johan Ramstedt (F)	37	23	76	2.05

Erste Liga All-Time Points Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Ian McDonald (F)	2015-2016	47	25	93
2.	Patrik Wallenberg (F)	2008-2009	37	50	81
3.	Árpád Mihály (F)	2008-2009	39	40	79
4.	Hugo Turcotte (F)	2018-2019	48	33	77
5.	Tomas Klempa (F)	2015-2016	48	25	76

Erste Liga All-Time Goals Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Patrik Wallenberg (F)	2008-2009	37	50	81
2.	Árpád Mihály (F)	2008-2009	39	40	79
3.	Jeff Hayes (F)	2015-2016	48	39	72
4.	Mitch Holmberg (F)	2015-2016	48	37	68
5.	Christopher Bodó (F)	2023-2024	44	36	75

Erste Liga All-Time Assists Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	A	TP
1.	Ian McDonald (F)	2015-2016	47	68	93
2.	Johan Ramstedt (F)	2008-2009	37	53	76
3.	Tomas Klempa (F)	2015-2016	48	51	76
4.	Hugo Turcotte (F)	2018-2019	48	44	77
5.	Ladislav Sikorcin (F)	2008-2009	33	44	75

Erste Liga All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	TP	PIM
1.	Kevin Wehrs (D)	2012-2013	47	42	234
2.	Rory Rawlyk (D)	2012-2013	37	42	211
3.	Attila Tolnai (D)	2010-2011	26	11	211
4.	Yevgeni Piszarenko (D)	2008-2009	31	23	205
5.	Csaba Gergely (F)	2012-2013	39	18	188

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2025-2026 Erste Liga Standings

2025-2026 Erste Liga Player Stats

2025-2026 Erste Liga Goalie Stats

Erste Liga Stories

2025-2026 Erste Liga Demographics

Erste Liga Games

Erste Liga Transactions

2026-2027 Erste Liga Free Agents

2027-2028 Erste Liga Free Agents

Player Nationalities Throughout History

Erste Liga Team Comparison (Averages)

Where Are They Now?

Erste Liga All-Time Points

Erste Liga All-Time Goals

Erste Liga All-Time Assists

Erste Liga All-Time Penalty Min.

Erste Liga All-Time Games Played

Erste Liga All-Time Points Per Game

Erste Liga All-Time Points Per Season

Erste Liga All-Time Goals Per Season

Erste Liga All-Time Assists Per Season

Erste Liga All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

List of Erste Liga Champions

Erste Liga Awards