Egri VK

Egri Vizilabda Klub
Founded	24 September 1910; 111 years ago
League	OB I
Based in	Eger, Hungary
Arena	Aladár Bistkey Swimming Pool; Capacity: 3,000
Colors
President	Zoltán Szécsi
Head coach
Website	egrivizilabda.hu

Egri Vízilabda Klub (English: Water Polo Club of Eger) is a Hungarian water polo club based in Eger. One of the dominant teams in the country since the late 2000s, Eger won the national championship in 2011,2013,2014 and came in second in 2012. They also collected the gold medal in the Hungarian cup in 1972 and 2007. Beside the domestic successes they also finished runners-up in the LEN Cup in 2008.

Starting from summer 2010 the club is known as ZF Eger after its main sponsor ZF Friedrichshafen.^[1]

Honours[]

Domestic competitions[]

Országos Bajnokság I (National Championship of Hungary)

Champions (3): 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14

Runners-up (6): 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2015–16, 2016–17

Third place (6): 1964, 1969, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2014–15, 2017–18

Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)

Winners (4): 1972, 2007, 2008, 2015

Finalist (6): 1970, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2016

European competitions[]

LEN Champions League

Fourth place (1): 2016–17

LEN Euro Cup

Runners-up (1): 2007–08

Current squad[]

Season 2020–21^[2]

№	Nat.	Player	Birth Date	Position	L/R
4		Dominik Kürti	(1999-02-10) February 10, 1999 (age 22)
6		Bálint Lőrincz	(1994-03-10) March 10, 1994 (age 27)
7		Ádám Decker	(1984-02-29) February 29, 1984 (age 37)	Guard	R
8		Gergő Kovács	(1995-09-02) September 2, 1995 (age 26)
11			(1993-05-04) May 4, 1993 (age 28)	Centre Forward
13		Barnabás Biros	(1997-06-05) June 5, 1997 (age 24)
14		Boldizsár Csiszár	(1997-03-03) March 3, 1997 (age 24)	Goalkeeper
		Márton Magyar	(1999-09-09) September 9, 1999 (age 22)

Staff[]

Technical Staff
Chairman
Executive Director	dr. Gábor Seress
President of Society	dr. Ulrich Diller

Head Coach
Assistant Coach	Márton Petrovai

Transfers (2017-18)[]

Source: vizipolo.hu

In:

Out:

Recent seasons[]

As of 18 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				2	2
3																						3	3								3			3
4																					4														4
5	5	5
6															6
7			7				7						7			7	7			7
8								8		8									8
9					9	9			9		9			9				9
10												10
11				11

In European competition[]

Participations in Champions League (Champions Cup, Euroleague): 13x
Participations in Euro Cup (LEN Cup): 3x

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
	LEN Cup	Round of 16	Spartak Volgograd	12-8	8-9	20–17
	LEN Cup	Quarter-finals	Leonessa	10-8	7-10	17–18

2006-07	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group C)	Pro Recco	10-10	5-10	3rd
			Šturm 2002	14-13	11-11
			Vasas	8-7	6-12

2007-08	Euroleague	elimination in Second qualifying round
	LEN Cup Finalist	Round of 16	CSM Oradea	14-9	12-14	26–23
		Quarter-finals	Szeged	5-1	8-11	13–12
		Semi-finals	Budva	11-9	9-9	20–18
		Finals	Šturm 2002	6-8	7-12	13–20

2008-09	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group D)	Partizan	7-7	9-11	3rd
			Vasas	7-9	10-11
			Marseille	9-9	9-9

2009-10	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group D)	Pro Recco	7-11	8-8	2nd
			Šturm 2002	10-7	5-5
			Sintez Kazan	11-8	6-8
		Quarter-final	Partizan	4-12	5-10	9–22

2010-11	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group D)	Jug Dubrovnik	9-10	10-15	4th
			Barceloneta	8-10	9-10
			Primorje Rijeka	6-11	4-7

2011-12	Champions League	Preliminary round (Group C)	Partizan	12-8	6-9	4th
			Vasas	5-8	9-13
			Szeged	9-10	3-6

2012-13	Champions League	Preliminary round (Group A)		13-4	17-6	3rd
			Vouliagmeni	10-9	8-11
			Spartak Volgograd	8-6	7-10
			Waspo Hannover	16-5	13-4
				27-5	12-4
		Round of 16	Crvena zvezda	8-8	6-13	14–21

2013-14	Champions League	Preliminary round (Group A)	Barceloneta	5-11	5-9	6th
			Jug Dubrovnik	8-10	11-16
			Olympiacos	12-11	5-13
			Primorje Rijeka	6-11	7-20
			Pro Recco	7-8	9-14

2014-15	Champions League Fifth place	Preliminary round (Group A)	Barceloneta	11-6	7-7	2nd
			Brescia	10-5	7-3
			Olympiacos	10-9	6-8
			Pro Recco	4-12	9-11
			Radnički Kragujevac	7-6	11-12
		Quarter-final (F6)	Jug Dubrovnik	8–10
		5th-6th placement (F6)	Szolnok	8–7

2015-16	Champions League Sixth place	Preliminary round (Group A)	Barceloneta	6-5	6-6	2nd
			Olympiacos	8-8	7-8
			Spandau 04	10-7	15-8
			Primorje Rijeka	12-12	7-8
			Jadran Herceg Novi	8-7	11-11
		Quarter-final (F6)	Jug Dubrovnik	6–8
		5th-6th placement (F6)	Barceloneta	6–10

2016-17	Champions League Fourth place	Preliminary round (Group A)	Jug Dubrovnik	6-5	6-10	2nd
			Pro Recco	7-11	4-9
			Barceloneta	10-9	6-10
			Partizan	8-4	9-8
			Waspo Hannover	10-7	12-11
		Quarter-final (F6)	Brescia	6–4
		Semi-final (F6)	Szolnok	5–7
		Bronze match (F6)	Pro Recco	6–15

2017-18	Champions League Sixth place	Preliminary round (Group B)		12-9	8-3	2nd
			Sabadell	14-5	15-7
			Jadran Herceg Novi	8-4	4-4
			Alphen	15-4	14-4
			Pro Recco	4-6	6-14
			Spandau 04	8-4	9-10
			Szolnok	6-3	11-10
		Quarter-final (F8)	Barceloneta	4–9
		5th-8th semifinal (F8)	Spandau 04	10–6
		5th-6th placement (F6)	Szolnok	6–10

2018-19	Champions League	Preliminary round (Group A)	Pro Recco	7-16	7-17	6th
			Barceloneta	10-16	7-12
			Dynamo Moscow	12-10	13-15
				13-9	13-11
			Crvena zvezda	17-11	13-12
			Ferencváros	9-12	9-16
			Brescia	8-11	6-11

2019-20	Euro Cup	Quarter-finals		12-8	10-13	22–21 (p)
2019-20	Euro Cup	Semi-finals	Brescia	-	-	–

Notable former players[]

Péter Biros

Olympic champions[]

Dénes Pócsik – 24 years (1954-1978) 1964 Tokyo
András Bodnár – 9 years (1952-1961) 1964 Tokyo
Péter Biros – 9 years (2007-2016) 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
Zoltán Szécsi - 7 years (2004-2005, 2007-2013) 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
István Hevesi – 6 years (1945-1951) 1956 Melbourne
Norbert Hosnyánszky – 6 years (2010-2012, 2014- ____) 2008 Beijing
Gábor Kis – 5 years (2004-2008, 2010-2011) 2008 Beijing
Branislav Mitrović – 4 years (2014-____) 2016 Rio de Janeiro
Miloš Ćuk – 3 years (2014-2017) 2016 Rio de Janeiro
Miklós Ambrus – 2 years (1950-1952) 1964 Tokyo
Tamás Märcz – 1 year (2006-2007) 2000 Sydney
Norbert Madaras – junior years 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing

Former coaches[]

György Gerendás (2004–2014)
(2014– present)

References[]

^ "ZF-Eger: Itt a 2010-2011-es játékoskeret" (in Hungarian). Egri VK official website. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
^ "Férfi csapat". egrivizilabda.hu.

External links[]

Official website (in Hungarian)
Egri VK on Facebook

[1] "ZF-Eger: Itt a 2010-2011-es játékoskeret" (in Hungarian). Egri VK official website. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2012.

[2] "Férfi csapat". egrivizilabda.hu.

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Founded	24 September 1910; 111 years ago (1910-09-24)
League	OB I
Based in	Eger, Hungary
Arena	Aladár Bistkey Swimming Pool Capacity: 3,000
Colors
President	Zoltán Szécsi
Head coach
Website	egrivizilabda.hu