Budapesti VSC (men's water polo)

Budapesti Vasutas Sport Club

Nickname	Vasutasok (The Railwaymen)
Founded	1949
League	OB I
Based in	Budapest, Hungary
Arena	Szőnyi út
Colors	blue and   yellow
President	Ágnes Zsoldos
Head coach	Levente Szücs
Website	www.bvscvizilabda.hu

Activ departments of BVSC
Football Water polo Swimming Fencing Cycling Boxing Wrestling Tennis Table tennis Diving Synchronized swimming

Budapesti Vasutas Sport Club is a water polo club from Budapest, Hungary. The team competes in the Országos Bajnokság I.

Naming history[]

• Budapesti Lokomotív (Bp. Lokomotív): (1949–1954)
• Bp. Törekvés: (1955–1956)
  • BVSC: (1957–1991/92)
• BVSC-Schiller Opel: (1991/92–1992/93) - the first naming sponsor of BVSC
• BVSC-Westel: (1992/93–1997/98)
• BVSC-Brendon: (1997/98–2003/04)
• BVSC-Turbo: (2003/04–2004/05)
  • BVSC: (2004/05–2007/08)
• BVSC-Atlantis Casino: (2007/08–2008/09)
  • BVSC-Zugló: (2008/09–2013/14)
• BVSC-Wáberer Hungária-Zugló: (2013/14–2015)
  • BVSC-Zugló: (2016)
• MKB-Euroleasing-BVSC-Zugló: (2017– )

Honours[]

Domestic competitions[]

• Országos Bajnokság I (National Championship of Hungary)

Champions (7): 1966, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99

Runners-up (9): 1962, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985–86, 1992–93, 1999–00, 2000–01

Third place (6): 1958, 1980, 1993–94, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04

• Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)

Winners (5): 1982, 1986–87, 1994–95, 1999–00, 2002–03

Finalist (4): 1958, 1959, 1983, 1984

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

Winners (): 2003

European competitions[]

• LEN Champions League (Champions Cup)

Runners-up (1): 1985–86

• LEN Euro Cup

Semi-finalist (1):

• LEN Cup Winners' Cup

Runners-up (2): 1983–84, 1995–96

Current squad[]

Season 2017–18

№	Nat.	Player	Birth Date	Position	L/R
1			(1986-03-12) March 12, 1986 (age 35)	Goalkeeper
2		Károly Czigány	(1984-10-31) October 31, 1984 (age 37)
3		Miklós Csapó	(1993-01-21) January 21, 1993 (age 29)
4		Bence Szabó	(1996-02-29) February 29, 1996 (age 25)
5		Kristóf Várnai	(1995-08-15) August 15, 1995 (age 26)
6			(1990-03-23) March 23, 1990 (age 31)
7		(c)	(1983-02-09) February 9, 1983 (age 39)
8		Ferenc Ambrus	(1986-12-09) December 9, 1986 (age 35)
9		Péter Kovács	(1991-05-16) May 16, 1991 (age 30)
10		Mátyás Pásztor	(1987-02-20) February 20, 1987 (age 34)
11		Csaba Mészáros	(1994-10-05) October 5, 1994 (age 27)
12		Péter Sugár	(1999-03-20) March 20, 1999 (age 22)
13		Norbert Mátyok	(1996-06-15) June 15, 1996 (age 25)
14		Dániel Szakonyi	(1994-03-01) March 1, 1994 (age 27)	Goalkeeper

Staff[]

Technical Staff
Section Chairman	Ágnes Zsoldos
Section leader	Csaba Mészáros
Head Coach	Levente Szűcs

Recent seasons[]

As of 23 May 2019.

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
3										3								3	3	3
4
5											5																					5		5
6								6																									6		6
7																										7			7	7
8							8														8		8		8
9				9																				9			9				9
10						10																10
11																												11
12					12

In European competition[]

• Participations in Champions League (Champions Cup, Euroleague): 8x
• Participations in Euro Cup (LEN Cup): 4x
• Participations in Cup Winners' Cup: 1x

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
	Champions Cup	Quarter-final round	Pro Recco	2-3	3rd
			Dinamo Magdeburg	5-5
			Tunafors Eskilstuna	3-1
	Champions Cup Finalist	Quarter-final round	Spandau 04	4-11	2nd
			Alphen	10-3
			Posillipo	9-8
		Semi-finals	Jug Dubrovnik	10-7	6-6	16–13
		Final	Spandau 04	9-7	4-7	13–14
	Champions Cup	Quarter-finals	Spandau 04	9-7	8-13	17–20
1996-97	Champions League	Preliminary round Blue Group	Barcelona	7-9	8-9	3rd
			HAVK Mladost	9-12	6-8
				11-10	10-9
1997-98	Champions League	Preliminary round Blue Group	Bečej	13-14	4-8	4th
			HAVK Mladost	8-7	8-9
			Spartak Volgograd	8-8	5-8
1998-99	Champions League	Preliminary round Blue Group	Bečej	7-7	6-9	3rd
			Posillipo	7-6	8-9
			Vouliagmeni	11-5	7-9
1999-00	Champions League Third place	Preliminary round Blue Group	POŠK	6-5	6-6	1st
			Olympiacos	6-6	9-9
			Olympic Nice	9-4	5-4
		Semi-final (F4)	HAVK Mladost	4–6
		Bronze match (F4)	POŠK	13–7
	Cup Winners' Cup	Quarter-finals	POŠK	8-6	10-4	18–10
		Semi-finals	Barceloneta	10-7	8-12	18–19
	LEN Cup	Quarter-finals	Real Canoe	11-9	7-8	18–17
		Semi-finals	Leonessa	10-10	6-9	16–19
2003-04	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group C)	HAVK Mladost	8-7	11-13	3rd
			Olympic Nice	11-8	8-8
			Primorac Kotor	8-9	1-8
2016-17	Euro Cup	Quarter-finals		13-14	6-11	19–25
2018-19	Euro Cup	elimination in Second qualifying round

Notable former players[]

Olympic champions[]

• György Horkai – 15 years (1970-1985) 1976 Montreal
• Ferenc Konrád – 9 years (1956-1965) 1976 Montreal
• Zoltán Szécsi – 9 years (1995-2004) 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
• János Konrád – 7 years (1956-1963) 1964 Tokyo
• Zsolt Varga – 7 years (1990-1997) 2000 Sydney
• Tamás Märcz – 7 years (1993-2000) 2000 Sydney
• Gábor Kis – 7 years (1997-2004) 2008 Beijing
• György Gerendás – 4 years (1983-1987) 1976 Montreal
• Gergely Kiss – 4 years (1986-1990) 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
• Tamás Faragó – 3 years (1965-1968) 1976 Montreal
• Norbert Madaras – ? years ( -2001) 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
• Norbert Hosnyánszky – half year (1994) 2008 Beijing

Former coaches[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Hungarian)
• Budapesti VSC on Facebook