Vasas SC (men's water polo)

VasasPlaket

Founded	1945
League	OB I
Based in	Budapest, Hungary
Arena	Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda
Colors	red and   blue
President	László Markovits
Head coach	László Földi
Championships	18
Website	www.vasassc.hu/szakosztalyok/vizilabda/vizilabda_hirek

The Vasas SC water polo team is a department of the Budapest-based sports association Vasas SC. One of the most successful teams in the country, they have won the Hungarian Championship 17 times and the Hungarian Cup 15 times. The club also had major successes on continental level as they won the LEN Euroleague (formerly European Champions Cup), Europe's premier water polo competition two times and took the LEN Cup Winners' Cup title on three occasions as well.

Starting from the 2010–11 season, the club is officially known as TEVA-Vasas-UNIQA due to sponsorship reasons.

Naming history

• Vasas SC: (1945 – 1949)
• Budapesti Vasas (Bp. Vasas): (1950 – 1956)
  • Vasas SC: (1957–1990/91)
• Vasas SC-Plaket: (1991/92 – 2001/02) - the first naming sponsor of Vasas
• Vasas-Plaket-Euroleasing: (2002/03 – 2003/04)
• TEVA-VasasPlaket: (2004/05 – 2009/10)
• TEVA-Vasas-UNIQA: (2010/11 – 2011/12)
• TEVA-Vasas: (2012/13)
• LACTIV-VasasPlaket: (2013/14)
• VasasPlaket: (2014/15 – ...)

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Országos Bajnokság I (National Championship of Hungary)

Champions (18): 1947, 1949, 1953, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988–89, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12

Runners-up (18): 1945, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1984–85, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2010–11

Third place (6): 1946, 1956, 1974, 1985–86, 1992–93, 2000–01

• Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)

Winners (15): 1947, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1997, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2004, 2005, 2009

Finalist (9): 1975, 1985, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1996, 1999–00, 2002–03, 2006, 2008

• Szuperkupa (Super Cup of Hungary); Championship vs. Cup winner

Winners (): 2001, 2006

European competitions

• LEN Champions League (Champions Cup)

Winners (2): 1979–80, 1984–85

• LEN Cup Winners' Cup

Winners (3): 1985–86, 1994–95, 2001–02

• LEN Super Cup

Winners (1): 1985

Current squad

Season 2016–2017

№	Nat.	Player	Birth Date	Position	L/R
1		György Jónás	(1987-03-01) March 1, 1987	Goalkeeper
2		Rolf Bencz	(1998-07-24) July 24, 1998
3		Gergely Burián	(1998-03-12) March 12, 1998
4		Jesse Koopman	(1993-04-04) April 4, 1993	Guard	R
5		Máté Bóbis	(1986-11-14) November 14, 1986
6		Árpád Babay	(1982-04-30) April 30, 1982
7		Csaba Mészáros	(1994-10-05) October 5, 1994
8		Henrik Simon	(1997-11-17) November 17, 1997
9		Dávid Hőna	(1988-10-06) October 6, 1988
10		Aleksandar Njegovan	(1994-09-02) September 2, 1994
11		Bálint Takács	(1989-11-10) November 10, 1989
12		Gergő Marnitz	(1988-12-14) December 14, 1988	Centre Forward
13		dr. Ádám Steinmetz (c)	(1980-08-11) August 11, 1980	Centre Forward
14		Bernát Tihanyi	(1990-05-30) May 30, 1990	Goalkeeper
		Robin Lindhout	(1990-10-25) October 25, 1990	Guard	R

Staff

Technical Staff
Section Chairman	Jenő Méhes
Head Coach	László Földi
Assistant Coach	Csaba Mátéfalvi

• Coach: György Kenéz
• Youth Coach: Lajos Pecz
• Youth Coach: Ákos Váradi
• Youth Coach: György Kenéz, Jr.
• Team Doctor: Attila Szűcs, MD

Transfers (2016-17)

Source: vizipolo.hu

In:

• Árpád Babay (from Debrecen)
• Gergő Marnitz (from Ferencváros)
• Aleksandar Njegovan (from Miskolci VLC)
• Jesse Koopman (from Sabadell)
• Robin Lindhout (from Panathinaikos) from 2017

Out:

• Kristóf Várnai (to BVSC)
• Tamás Gyárfás (to Bp. Honvéd)
• Jovan Sarić (to )
• Adrià Delgado (to )

Recent seasons

As of 20 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	1	1		1
2	2					2		2		2	2	2	2	2				2	2	2	2	2					2
3		3							3								3
4															4	4													4
5				5			5																							5
6			6
7																																7
8																															8		8
9
10
11
12																																		12

In European competition

• Participations in Champions League (Champions Cup, Euroleague): 19x
• Participations in Euro Cup (LEN Cup): 3x
• Participations in Cup Winners' Cup: 7x

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1975-76	Champions Cup Runners-up	Semi-final round	Partizan	7–7		2nd
			Košice	9–2
			Galatasaray	14–4
		Final round	Canottieri Napoli	11–10		2nd
			Partizan	5–6
			De Robben	10–6
1976-77	Champions Cup	Semi-final round	CSKA Moscow	5–7		3rd
			Partizan	7–6
			Florentia	5–5
1977-78	Champions Cup	Semi-final round	CSKA Moscow	5–5		3rd
			Canottieri Napoli	4–5
			Alphen	8–3
1979-80	Champions Cup Winner	Semi-final round	Montjuïc	10–5		1st
			Košice	5–4
			Ethnikos	7–4
		Final round	Spandau 04	4–4		1st
			Montjuïc	8–6
			Partizan	9–7
1980-81	Champions Cup Third place	Semi-final round	Jug Dubrovnik	6–7		2nd
			Barcelona	7–5
			Marseille	7–2
		Final round	Jug Dubrovnik	2–8		3rd
			Spandau 04	8–2
			Ethnikos	4–4
1981-82	Champions Cup Third place	Semi-final round	Alphen	10–10		1st
			Jug Dubrovnik	12–6
			Ethnikos	11–8
		Final round	Spandau 04	11–11		3rd
			Barcelona	12–15
			Alphen	11–7
1982-83	Champions Cup	Quarter-final round	Pro Recco	8–12		2nd
			De Robben	9–7
			Marseille	14–11
		Semi Final	Spandau 04	10-11	10-12	20–23
1983-84	Champions Cup	Quarter-final round	Spandau 04	11–14		3rd
			Pro Recco	9–10
			Istanbul YiK	19–8
1984-85	Champions Cup Winner	Quarter-final round	Partizan	8–12		2nd
			Istanbul YiK	17–8
		Semi Final	Spandau 04	10-9	8-8	18–17
		Final	CSKA Moscow	10-5	11-11	21–16
1989-90	Champions Cup	Quarter Final	Catalunya	6-6	6-5	12–11
		Semi Final	HAVK Mladost	7-9	4-10	11–19
1999-00	LEN Cup	Quarter-final	Eger	8-4	7-6	15–10
		Semi-final	Pescara	-	3-9	–
2000-01	LEN Cup	Quarter-final	Barcelona	6-5	7-7	13–12
		Semi-final	HAVK Mladost	7-12	4-11	11–23
2001-02	Cup Winners' Cup Winner	Quarter-final	Cannstatt	9-7	11-10	20–17
		Semi-final	Vouliagmeni	10-8	7-7	17–15
		Final	HAVK Mladost	6-3	5-7	11–10
2002-03	Cup Winners' Cup Finalist	Quarter-final	Jadran Herceg Novi	5-5	5-4	10–9
		Semi-final	Sabadell	9-6	4-6	13–12
		Final	Posillipo	10-10	3-4	13–14
2003-04	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group B)	Olympiacos	8–8	8–4	1st
			Barceloneta	7–6	4–7
			Partizan	9–7	8–5
		Quarter Final	Bp. Honvéd	6-7	8-8	14–15
2004-05	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group A)	Jug Dubrovnik	8–8	10–12	2nd
			Olympic Nice	10–9	6–5
			Niš	11–6	7–6
		Quarter Final	Pro Recco	6-10	8-9	14–19
2005-06	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group B)	Jug Dubrovnik	10–6	9–13	2nd
			Marseille	12–10	9–13
			Olympiacos	9–9	8–7
		Quarter Final	Savona	6-5	16-18	22–23
2006-07	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group C)	Pro Recco	8–9	10–11	2nd
			Šturm 2002	13–9	11–10
			Eger	12–6	7–8
		Quarter Final	Jug Dubrovnik	11-10	7-9	18–19
2007-08	Euroleague Third place	Preliminary round (Group C)	Jug Dubrovnik	11–8	7–8	1st
			Bp. Honvéd	8–8	6–5
			Panionios	13–8	10–8
		Quarter Final	Primorac Kotor	6-7	8-6	14–13
		Semi Final (F4)	Jug Dubrovnik	6–11
		Bronze match (F4)	HAVK Mladost	8–6
2008-09	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group D)	Partizan	7–8	7–9	2nd
			Eger	11–10	9–7
			Marseille	16–6	10–6
		Quarter Final	Pro Recco	8-11	10-9	18–20
2009-10	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group B)	Jug Dubrovnik	11–8	11–11	3rd
			Panionios	14–7	10–11
			Primorac Kotor	5–8	7–9
2010-11	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group A)	Jadran Herceg Novi	8–12	10–11	2nd
			Primorac Kotor	7–6	9–8
			Szeged	11–10	9–9
		Main round (Group B)	Pro Recco	7–9	6–12	4th
			HAVK Mladost	8–9	7–8
			Primorje Rijeka	12–12	6–13
2011-12	Champions League Fourth place	Preliminary round (Group C)	Partizan	10–10	5–9	2nd
			Eger	13–9	8–5
			Szeged	12–9	12–12
		Quarter Final	Jug Dubrovnik	16-9	8-12	24–21
		Semi Final (F4)	Pro Recco	5–12
		Bronze match (F4)	HAVK Mladost	7–11

Notable former players

Olympic champions

• Jenő Brandi (1945–1949) - 4 year 1936 Berlin
• István Molnár (1945–1947) - 2 year 1936 Berlin
• István Szívós (1945–1946, 1949–1956) - 8 year 1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne
• László Jeney (1945–1955) - 10 year 1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne
• Mihály Bozsi (1948) - 1 year 1936 Berlin
• Kálmán Markovits (1950–1962) - 12 year 1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne
• Antal Bolvári (1962–1963) - 1 year 1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne
• Péter Rusorán (1969–1972) - 3 year 1964 Tokyo
• Tamás Faragó (1969–1984) - 15 year 1976 Montreal
• Gábor Csapó (1973–1984) - 11 year 1976 Montreal
• György Kenéz (1974–1985) - 11 year 1976 Montreal
• Zoltán Kósz (1976–1997, 2001–2004) - 24 year 2000 Sydney
• Attila Vári (1994–2002) - 8 year 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens
• Tamás Varga (1994–1996, 2000–2004) - 6 year 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
• Ádám Steinmetz (2000–08, 2011–____) - 2004 Athens
• Bulcsú Székely (2001–2002) - 1 year 2000 Sydney
• Norbert Madaras (2001–2004) - 3 year 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
• Dániel Varga (2001–2010) - 9 year 2008 Beijing
• Barnabás Steinmetz (2003–2009, 2010–2012) - 8 year 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens
• Tamás Kásás (2003–2004) - 1 year 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
• Dénes Varga (2005–2010) - 5 year 2008 Beijing
• Norbert Hosnyánszky (2006-2007, 2008–2010) - 3 year 2008 Beijing
• Gábor Kis (2008–2010) - 2 year 2008 Beijing
• Gergely Kiss (2010–2012) - 2 year 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
• Miho Bošković (2010–2012) - 2 year 2012 London

Former coaches

• Mihály Bozsi (1947–1956)
• István Szívós (1957–1959)
• Mihály Bozsi (1962–1965) 2x
• Dezső Gyarmati (1971–1972)
• Péter Rusorán (1973–1976)
• Péter Rusorán (1979–1981) 2x
• Péter Rusorán (1983–1986) 3x
• Dezső Gyarmati (1988) 2x
• György Kenéz (1988–1990)
• Gábor Csapó (1992–1993)
• Tamás Faragó (1995–2000)
• József Somossy (2000–2003)
• Zoltán Kásás (2003–2004)
• László Földi (2004– present)

External links

• Official website (in Hungarian)