Szolnoki Vízilabda SC

Szolnoki Vízilabda Sport Club
Founded	1921; 103 years ago
League	OB I
Based in	Szolnok, Hungary
Arena	Tiszaligeti Swimming Pool (capacity: 2000)
Colors
President	Zoltán Mohi
Head coach	Sándor Cseh
Manager	István Kovács
Website	vizilabda-szolnok.hu

Szolnoki Vízilabda Sport Club is a professional water polo team based Szolnok, Hungary. Founded in 1921, it plays in OB I, the top division championship in the country, which they won on nine occasions.

The club produced several of the most successful Hungarian water polo players, including Olympic champions Ottó Boros, István Hasznos, Tivadar Kanizsa and European champion István Pintér.^[1]

Honours

Domestic competitions

Országos Bajnokság I (National Championship of Hungary)

Champions (9): 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17

Runners-up (6): 1963, 1970, 1986–87, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2017–18

Third place (6): 1960, 1962, 1983, 1984–85, 1987–88, 2018–19

Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)

Winners (6): 1966, 1968, 1985, 2014, 2016, 2017

Finalist (4): 1954, 2012, 2013, 2015

Szuperkupa (Super Cup of Hungary)

Winners (2): 2016, 2017

European competitions

LEN Champions League

Winners (1): 2016–17

LEN Super Cup

Winners (1): 2017

LEN Euro Cup

Quarter-finalist (1): 2012–13

Current squad

Season 2020–21^[2]

№	Nat.	Player	Birth Date	Position	L/R
1		Viktor Nagy	(1984-07-24) July 24, 1984 (age 39)	Goalkeeper	R
3		Bence Bátori	(1991-12-28) December 28, 1991 (age 32)	Wing	R
5		Zoltán Hangay	(1988-10-17) October 17, 1988 (age 35)	Wing
6		Tamás Mezei	(1990-09-24) September 24, 1990 (age 33)	Centre Forward	L
12		Bence Fülöp	(1991-04-09) April 9, 1991 (age 33)	Guard
13		Dávid Jansik	(1991-02-28) February 28, 1991 (age 33)	Guard
14		Gergely Kardos	(1995-09-01) September 1, 1995 (age 28)	Goalkeeper
		Filip Filipović	(1987-05-02) May 2, 1987 (age 37)	Wing	L
		Duško Pijetlović	(1985-04-25) April 25, 1985 (age 39)	Centre Forward

Staff

Technical Staff
Executive Director	Zoltán Mohi
Club Director	Tamás Hollóy
Technical Director	István Kovács

Head Coach	Živko Gocić
Goalkeeping Coach
Fitness Trainer	Gergő Vincze

Transfers (2017-18)

Source: vizipolo.hu

In:

Out:

Recent seasons

As of 27 May 2018

Rankings in OB I

P.	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
1																															1	1	1
2			2																										2	2				2
3	3			3																															3
4		4			4
5								5		5																	5
6																										6		6
7						7								7								7
8									8						8
9							9					9	9			9					9		9
10											10							10		10					10
11																	11		11
12																								12

In European competition

Participations in Champions League (Champions Cup, Euroleague): 8x
Participations in Euro Cup (LEN Cup): 2x
Participations in Cup Winners' Cup: 1x

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1964-65	Champions Cup	Semi-final round	CSKA Moscow	2-5	4th
			Dinamo București	3-5
			Dinamo Magdeburg	2-5

2011-12	Euro Cup	Round of 16	Shturm Ruza	13-13	5-7	18–20
		Quarter-finals	Sintez Kazan	11-7	6-5	17–12
		Semi-finals	Sabadell	10-10	8-9	18–19

2012-13	Euro Cup	Quarter-finals	Florentia	10-9	6-8	16–17

2013-14	Champions League	elimination in Third qualifying round

2014-15	Champions League Sixth place	Preliminary round (Group B)	Jug Dubrovnik	8-7	9-11	2nd
			Partizan	12-7	13-7
			Galatasaray	15-11	17-12
			Spandau 04	11-7	17-7
			Primorje Rijeka	13-12	7-9
		Quarter-final (F6)	Barceloneta	9–10 (p)
		5th-6th placement (F6)	Eger	7–8

2015-16	Champions League Third place	Preliminary round (Group B)	Pro Recco	12-11	11-14	2nd
			Partizan	12-9	14-9
			Jug Dubrovnik	13-10	9-10
			Galatasaray	16-7	14-7
			OSC	8-7	12-6
		Quarter-final (F6)	Barceloneta	7–5
		Semi-final (F6)	Olympiacos	7–8
		Bronze match (F6)	Pro Recco	11–7

2016-17	Champions League Winner	Preliminary round (Group A)	Olympiacos	5-5	6-4	1st
			Spandau 04	12-7	12-8
			Olympic Nice	17-4	12-5
			OSC	10-8	9-8
			Brescia	8-4	10-9
		Semi-final (F6)	Eger	7–5
		Final (F6)	Jug Dubrovnik	10–5

2017-18	Champions League Fifth place	Preliminary round (Group B)	Steaua București	15-3	17-9	3rd
			Eger	10-11	3-6
			Sabadell	14-4	16-5
			Jadran Herceg Novi	13-10	14-6
			Alphen	17-4	17-6
			Pro Recco	10-9	5-8
			Spandau 04	9-8	9-10
		Quarter-final (F8)	Jug Dubrovnik	8–9
		5th-8th semifinal (F8)	Brescia	8–7
		5th-6th placement (F6)	Eger	10–6

2018-19	Champions League	Preliminary round (Group B)	Olympiacos	9-9	10-11	4th
			Jug Dubrovnik	10-7	7-8
			Spandau 04	14-6	9-9
			Waspo Hannover	10-10	13-9
			HAVK Mladost	11-8	11-8
			Jadran Split	10-9	10-15
			Sport Management	6-6	5-7

2019-20	Champions League	Preliminary round (Group A)	Barceloneta	-	10-14
			Olympiacos	7-8	-
			Jadran Herceg Novi	-	14-12
			Jadran Split	5-4	-
			Spandau 04	-	-
			Jug Dubrovnik	-	11-14
			Sintez Kazan	13-10	-

Notable former players

Olympic champions

István Hasznos – 25 years (1934-1943, 1947-1961) 1952 Helsinki
Ottó Boros – 14 years (1948-1950, 1952-1964) 1956 Melbourne, 1964 Tokyo
Tibor Cservenyák – 14 years (1958-1972) 1976 Montreal
Tivadar Kanizsa – 10 years (1954-1964) 1956 Melbourne, 1964 Tokyo
Gábor Kis – 8 years (2011-____) 2008 Beijing
Živko Gocić – 7 years (2011-2018) 2016 Rio de Janeiro
Milan Aleksić – 7 years (2012-____) 2016 Rio de Janeiro
Dénes Varga – 3 years (2014-2017) 2008 Beijing
Stefan Mitrović – 3 years (2013-2016) 2016 Rio de Janeiro
Norbert Hosnyánszky – 2 years (2012-2014) 2008 Beijing
Norbert Madaras – 2 years (2014-2016) 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
Dániel Varga – 2 years (2014-2016) 2008 Beijing
Andrija Prlainović – 3 years (2016-____) 2016 Rio de Janeiro
Miloš Ćuk – 1 year (2017-2018) 2016 Rio de Janeiro
Tamás Varga – junior years 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing

Former coaches

József Vértesy
Miklós Czapkó ( –1965)
Tivadar Kanizsa (1966–75)
Mihály Mayer (1987–90)
Péter Wolf (1993–94)
Zoltán Mohi (1999–00)
Lajos Urbán (2001–03)
Dénes Lukács (2003– )
Sándor Cseh ( –2012)
István Kovács (2012–14)
Sándor Cseh (2014–18) 2x
Živko Gocić (2018– present)

References

^ "Dicsőségfal" (in Hungarian). Szolnoki Vízilabda SC official website. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
^ "A csapat". vizilabda-szolnok.hu.

External links

Official website (in Hungarian)

[1] "Dicsőségfal" (in Hungarian). Szolnoki Vízilabda SC official website. Retrieved 29 January 2012.

[2] "A csapat". vizilabda-szolnok.hu.

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v t e European Cup, Euroleague and LEN Champions League winners
European Cup (1963–1996)	1963–64: Partizan 1964–65: Pro Recco 1965–66: Partizan 1966–67: Partizan 1967–68: Mladost 1968–69: Mladost 1969–70: Mladost 1970–71: Partizan 1971–72: Mladost 1972–73: OSC 1973–74: MGU 1974–75: Partizan 1975–76: Partizan 1976–77: CSK Moscow 1977–78: Napoli 1978–79: OSC 1979–80: Vasas 1980–81: Jug 1981–82: Barcelona 1982–83: Spandau 04 1983–84: Pro Recco 1984–85: Vasas 1985–86: Spandau 04 1986–87: Spandau 04 1987–88: Pescara 1988–89: Spandau 04 1989–90: Mladost 1990–91: Mladost 1991–92: Jadran Split 1992–93: Jadran Split 1993–94: Újpest 1994–95: Catalunya 1995–96: Mladost
Champions League (1996–2003)	1996–97: Posillipo 1997–98: Posillipo 1998–99: POŠK 1999–00: Bečej 2000–01: Jug 2001–02: Olympiacos 2002–03: Pro Recco
Euroleague (2003–2011)	2003–04: Honvéd 2004–05: Posillipo 2005–06: Jug 2006–07: Pro Recco 2007–08: Pro Recco 2008–09: Primorac Kotor 2009–10: Pro Recco 2010–11: Partizan
Champions League (2011–present)	2011–12: Pro Recco 2012–13: Crvena Zvezda 2013–14: Atlètic-Barceloneta 2014–15: Pro Recco 2015–16: Jug 2016–17: Szolnok 2017–18: Olympiacos 2018–19: Ferencváros 2020–21: Pro Recco 2021–22: Pro Recco 2022–23: Pro Recco