LEN Champions League

LEN Champions League
Current season, competition or edition:; 2018–19 LEN Champions League
Sport	Water polo
Founded	1963
President	Gianni Lonzi
No. of teams	24 (preliminary stage); 16 (group stage)
Country	LEN members
Continent	Europe
Most recent; champion(s)	Olympiacos; (2nd title)
Most titles	Pro Recco; (8 titles)
Level on pyramid	1st Tier (Europe)
Official website	len.eu

The LEN Champions League is the premier European water polo club competition with teams from up to 18 different countries. It is run by the Ligue Européenne de Natation.

History

Names of the competition

1963–1996: Champions Cup
1996–2003: Champions League
2003–2011: LEN Euroleague
2011–present: LEN Champions League

Title holders

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 CSKA 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
1996–97 Posillipo
1997–98 Posillipo
1998–99 POŠK
1999–00 Bečej
2000–01 Jug

2001–02 Olympiacos
2002–03 Pro Recco
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
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

Finals

Year	Champion	Score	Second place
Year	Final			Third and fourth place
1963–64 Details	Partizan	4–3	Dynamo Moscow	Dynamo Magdeburg	ASC Duisburg
1964–65 Details	Pro Recco	1–0	Partizan	Dynamo Magdeburg	CSKA Moscow
1965–66 Details	Partizan	8–7 (5–3 / 3–4)	Dynamo Magdeburg	Pro Recco	CSKA Moscow
1966–67 Details	Partizan	10–8 (5–3 / 1–2 / 4–3)	Pro Recco	Dynamo Magdeburg	Dinamo București
1967–68 Details	Mladost	8–6 (4–2 / 4–4)	Dinamo București	CSKA Moscow	Pro Recco
1968–69 Details	Mladost	11–7 (7–3 / 4–4)	Dynamo Moscow	Dynamo Magdeburg	Partizan
1969–70 Details	Mladost	7–6 (5–3 / 2–3)	Pro Recco	Barcelona	OSC
1970–71 Details	Partizan	4–4	Mladost	Dynamo Moscow	Stockholms
1971–72 Details	Mladost	4–2	Pro Recco	Dynamo Moscow	De Robben
1972–73 Details	OSC	5–4	Partizan	CSKA Moscow	Dinamo București
1973–74 Details	MGU	4–3	OSC	Partizan	Napoli
1974–75 Details	Partizan	6–2	OSC	Dinamo București	De Robben
1975–76 Details	Partizan	6–5	Vasas	Napoli	De Robben
1976–77 Details	CSKA Moscow	7–5	Zian	Würzburg 05	Partizan
1977–78 Details	Napoli	5–5	CSKA Moscow	Partizan	Würzburg 05
1978–79 Details	OSC	5–2	Montjuïc	Würzburg 05	Pro Recco
1979–80 Details	Vasas	9–7	Partizan	Spandau 04	Montjuïc
1980–81 Details	Jug	6–4	Spandau 04	Vasas	Ethnikos Piraeus
1981–82 Details	Barcelona	12–11	Spandau 04	Vasas	Alphen
1982–83 Details	Spandau 04	17–16 (7–10 / 10–6)	Dynamo Alma-Ata	Vasas	Pro Recco
1983–84 Details	Pro Recco	16–15 (8–10 / 8–5)	Alphen	Jug	Spandau 04
1984–85 Details	Vasas	21–16 (11–11 / 10–5)	CSKA Moscow	Spandau 04	Partizan
1985–86 Details	Spandau 04	14–13 (7–9 / 7–4)	BVSC	Montjuïc	Jug
1986–87 Details	Spandau 04	17–13 (10–5 / 7–8)	Dynamo Moscow	Primorac Kotor	Újpest
1987–88 Details	Pescara	21–19 (12–10 / 9–9)	Spandau 04	Dinamo București	Partizan
1988–89 Details	Spandau 04	22–21 (11–10 / 11–11)	Catalunya	Partizan	Ferencváros
1989–90 Details	Mladost	20–10 (9–1 / 11–9)	Spandau 04	Vasas	CSKA Moscow
1990–91 Details	Mladost	21–17 (10–7 / 11–10)	Napoli	CSKA Moscow	Spandau 04
1991–92 Details	Jadran Split	21–20 (10–12 / 11–8)	Savona	Polar Bears Ede	Spandau 04
1992–93 Details	Jadran Split	13–12 (7–8 / 6–4)	Mladost	Olympic Nice	Polar Bears Ede
1993–94 Details	Újpest	21–17 (10–6 / 11–11)	Catalunya	Posillipo	Jadran Split
1994–95 Details	Catalunya	15–13 (7–6 / 8–7)	Újpest	Mladost	Spandau 04
1995–96 Details	Mladost	13–10 (7–4 / 6–6)	Újpest	Barcelona	Posillipo
1996–97 Details	Posillipo	10–7	Mladost	Barcelona	Bečej
1997–98 Details	Posillipo	8–6	Pescara	Mladost	Spartak Volgograd
1998–99 Details	POŠK	8–7	Bečej	Dynamo Moscow	Posillipo
1999–00 Details	Bečej	11–8	Mladost	BVSC	POŠK
2000–01 Details	Jug	8–7	Olympiacos	Posillipo	Bečej
2001–02 Details	Olympiacos	9–7	Honvéd	Posillipo	Jug
2002–03 Details	Pro Recco	9–4	Honvéd	Mladost	Spandau 04
2003–04 Details	Honvéd	7–6	Jadran	Primorje	Shturm Chekhov
2004–05 Details	Posillipo	9–8	Honvéd	Pro Recco	Jug
2005–06 Details	Jug	9–7	Pro Recco	Posillipo	Savona
2006–07 Details	Pro Recco	9–8	Jug	Partizan	Olympiacos
2007–08 Details	Pro Recco	13–12	Jug	Vasas	Mladost
2008–09 Details	Primorac Kotor	8–7	Pro Recco	Jug	Mladost
2009–10 Details	Pro Recco	9–3	Primorac Kotor	Partizan	Jug
2010–11 Details	Partizan	11–7	Pro Recco	Mladost	Budva
2011–12 Details	Pro Recco	11–8	Primorje	Mladost	Vasas
2012–13 Details	Crvena zvezda	8–7	Jug	Atlètic-Barceloneta	Partizan
2013–14 Details	Atlètic-Barceloneta	7–6	Radnički Kragujevac	Primorje	Partizan
2014–15 Details	Pro Recco	8–7	Primorje	Atlètic-Barceloneta	Jug
2015–16 Details	Jug	6–4	Olympiacos	Szolnok	Pro Recco
2016–17 Details	Szolnok	10–5	Jug	Pro Recco	Eger
2017–18 Details	Olympiacos	9–7	Pro Recco	Atlètic-Barceloneta	Jug
2018–19 Details

Titles by club

Rank	Club	Titles	Runner-up	Champion Years
1.	Pro Recco	8	7	1964–65, 1983–84, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2014–15
2.	Mladost	7	4	1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1995–96
3.	Partizan	7	3	1963–64, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1975–76, 2010–11
4.	Spandau 04	4	4	1982–83, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89
5.	Jug	4	4	1980–81, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2015–16
6.	Posillipo	3		1996–97, 1997–98, 2004–05
7.	OSC	2	2	1972–73, 1978–79
8.	Olympiacos	2	2	2001–02, 2017–18
9.	Vasas	2	1	1979–80, 1984–85
10.	Jadran Split	2		1991–92, 1992–93
11.	Honvéd	1	3	2003–04
12.	CSKA Moscow	1	2	1976–77
13.	Újpest	1	2	1993–94
14.	Catalunya	1	2	1994–95
15.	Napoli	1	1	1977–78
16.	Pescara	1	1	1987–88
17.	Bečej	1	1	1999–00
18.	Primorac Kotor	1	1	2008–09
19.	MGU Moscow	1		1973–74
20.	Barcelona	1		1981–82
21.	POŠK	1		1998–99
22.	Crvena zvezda	1		2012–13
23.	Atlètic-Barceloneta	1		2013–14
24.	Szolnok	1		2016–17
25.	Dynamo Moscow		3
26.	Primorje		2
27.	Dynamo Magdeburg		1
28.	Dinamo București		1
29.	Zian		1
30.	Montjuïc		1
31.	Dynamo Alma-Ata		1
32.	Alphen		1
33.	BVSC		1
34.	Savona		1
35.	Jadran		1
36.	Radnički Kragujevac		1

Titles by nation

Rank	Country	Titles	Runners-up
1.	Yugoslavia ^[A]	14	6
2.	Italy	13	10
3.	Croatia	7	9
4.	Hungary	7	9
5.	Germany ^[B]	4	4
6.	Spain	3	3
7.	Soviet Union ^[C]	2	6
8.	Greece	2	2
9.	Serbia	2	1
10.	Montenegro	1	1
11.	Netherlands		2
12.	East Germany		1
13.	Romania		1

*^A Results until the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991 and the self-determination of its rump state Serbia and Montenegro in 2006. Clubs from present day Serbia won the title 6 times and were runners-up additional 4 times, clubs from present day Croatia won the title 7 and were runners-up once time, clubs from present day Montenegro were runners-up once time.

*^B The results of West Germany counted with those of Germany.

*^C Results until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Clubs from present day Russia won the title 2 times and were runners-up additional 5 times, clubs from present day Kazakhstan were runners-up once time.

Records

Pro Recco has been the most successful club, having won the competition a record eight times.
Mladost is the only club to have won the competition three times in a row (1968, 1969, 1970).
Partizan is the only club to have won the European Championship twice in a row for two times (1966, 1967 & 1975, 1976).
Spandau 04 (1986, 1987), Mladost (1990, 1991), Jadran Split (1992, 1993), Posillipo (1997, 1998) and Pro Recco (2007, 2008) are the other five teams to have won the European Championship twice in a row, only for one time.

References

External links

LEN Champions League at LEN

v t e LEN Champions League
European Cup	1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96
Champions League	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
Euroleague	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11
Champions League	2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 squads 2015–16 squads 2016–17 squads 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 Final Eight 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Records and statistics Winning players

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 2023–24: Ferencváros