Budapesti Honvéd SE (men's water polo)
| Founded | 1950 |
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| League | OB I |
| Based in | Budapest, Hungary |
| Arena | Kőér Street Swimming Pool Capacity: 700 |
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| President | Lajos Fodor |
| Head coach | Lajos Vad |
| Championships | 6 |
| Website | honved-vizilabda.hu |
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Budapesti Honvéd Sport Egyesület is a Hungarian water polo club, that is part of the Budapest-based multi-sports club with the same name. Founded in 1950, they won six Hungarian championships and eight Hungarian cup titles.[1]
In 2004, beside the domestic league success the team also collected the most prestigious continental cup, the LEN Euroleague, and later triumphed over LEN Cup winners CN Barcelona with a scoreline of 10–9 to win the LEN European Supercup.[2]
Since 1 July 2010 the club is officially known as Groupama Honvéd, following the club has agreed on a sponsorship deal with international insurance company Groupama.[3]
Honours
Domestic competitions
- Winners (8) : 1953, 1954, 1958, 1959, 1979, 1998-99, 2006, 2010
- Runners-up (8) : 1955, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 2011
European competitions
Winners (1) : 2004
Team
Current squad
- Squad for the 2013–14 season
| Νο. | Player | Position | |
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| 1 |  István Gergely |
Goalkeeper | |
| 2 | Tamás Demeter |
Guard | |
| 3 | Péter Kovács |
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| 4 | Mátyás Zoltán |
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| 5 | Erik Csacsovszky |
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| 6 | Tamás Boros |
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| 7 | Gergely Kiss |
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| 8 | Sándor Illés |
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| 9 |  Koji Takei |
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| 10 | Bence Fülöp |
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| 11 | Barnabás Steinmetz |
Center | |
| 12 | Roland Zsolt Simon |
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| 13 | Bendegúz Tóth |
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| 14 | Dávid György |
Goalkeeper | |
| Coach Lajos Vad
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Technical staff
Technical Director: István Vincze- Head Coach: Lajos Vad
- Youth Coach: Imre Tóth
- Team Doctor: Antal Gábor, MD
- Physiotherapist: Tamás Klenyán
Recent seasons
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 |
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| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 8 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 12 | 12 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 13 |
In European competition
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2001-02 | LEN Champions League Runners-up |
Preliminary round Red Group
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 Bečej
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12–7 | 11–8 | 2nd |
 Dynamo Moscow
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13–4 | 9–10 | ||||
 Jug Dubrovnik
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10–7 | 6–9 | ||||
| Semi Final (F4) |  Posillipo
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9–8 | ||||
| Final (F4) |  Olympiacos
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7–9 | ||||
| 2002-03 | LEN Champions League Runners-up |
Preliminary round Red Group
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Mladost
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11–11 | 11–10 | 1st |
| Olympiacos
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6–4 | 12–7 | ||||
 Olympic Nice
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8–5 | 10–7 | ||||
| Semi Final (F4) |  Spandau 04
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11–6 | ||||
| Final (F4) | Pro Recco
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4–9 | ||||
| 2003-04 | LEN Euroleague Winner |
Preliminary round (Group D) |
Jadran Herceg Novi
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6–6 | 5–6 | 2nd |
| Jug Dubrovnik
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8–5 | 11–12 | ||||
| Spartak Volgograd
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13–11 | 4–4 | ||||
| Quarter Final | Vasas
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8-8 | 7-6 | 15–14 | ||
| Semi Final (F4) | Primorje
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7–6 | ||||
| Final (F4) | Jadran Herceg Novi
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7–6 | ||||
| 2004-05 | LEN Euroleague | Preliminary round (Group D) |
Olympiacos
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11–4 | 7–4 | 2nd |
| Šturm 2002
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12–8 | 15–11 | ||||
| Leonessa
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12–8 | 3–7 | ||||
| Quarter Final | Spartak Volgograd
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13-6 | 12-8 | 25–14 | ||
| Semi Final (F4) | Jug Dubrovnik
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10–9 (aet) | ||||
| Final (F4) | Posillipo
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8–9 (aet) | ||||
| 2005-06 | LEN Euroleague | Preliminary round (Group A) |
Spandau 04
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16–8 | 13–7 | 2nd |
| Posillipo
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14–9 | 8–9 | ||||
| Mladost
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12–10 | 10–13 | ||||
| Quarter Final | Pro Recco
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7-12 | 8-11 | 15–23 | ||
| 2006-07 | LEN Euroleague | Preliminary round (Group D) |
 Barceloneta
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12–8 | 13–14 | 1st |
| Posillipo
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15–7 | 13–10 | ||||
| Panionios
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13–11 | 15–3 | ||||
| Quarter Final | Olympiacos
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9-11 | 9-11 | 18–22 | ||
| 2007-08 | LEN Euroleague | Preliminary round (Group C) |
Jug Dubrovnik
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11–10 | 5–10 | 3rd |
| Vasas
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5–6 | 8–8 | ||||
| Panionios
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9–4 | 12–8 | ||||
| 2008-09 | LEN Euroleague | |||||
| 2008-09 | LEN Cup | Last 16 | Vouliagmeni
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12-3 | 12-8 | 24–11 |
| Quarter-final | Sintez Kazan
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7-7 | 8-9 | 15–16 | ||
| 2009-10 | LEN Euroleague | Preliminary round (Group C) |
Olympiacos
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12–10 | 6–10 | 4th |
 Partizan
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6–9 | 7–12 | ||||
 Budva
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6–10 | 6–14 | ||||
| 2010-11 | LEN Cup | Last 16 |  ČH Hornets Košice
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14-8 | 2-5 | 16–13 |
| Quarter-final |  Oradea
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12-9 | 11-12 | 23–21 | ||
| Semi-final | Panionios
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12-9 | 6-11 | 18–20 | ||
| 2011-12 | LEN Euro Cup | Last 16 | Savona
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12-10 | 10-14 | 22–24 |
Notable former players
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Coaches
- Jenő Brandi (1950 – 1975)
- Kálmán Markovits (1976 – 1978)
- Antal Bolvári (1979 – 1988)
- István Kovács (1998 – 2008)
- Lajos Vad (2008 – present)
References
- ^ "Szakosztály" (in Hungarian). Honvéd Water Polo. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ^ "Szuperkupa-győztes a Domino-Honvéd" (in Hungarian). Origo. 6 November 2004. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ^ "Szponzorok – Groupama" (in Hungarian). Honvéd Water Polo. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
External links
| European Cup (1963–1996) |
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| Champions League (1996–2003) | |
| Euroleague (2003–2011) | |
| Champions League (2011–present) | |
