Orvosegyetem SC

Orvosegyetem Sport Club

Founded	1957
League	OB I
Based in	Budapest, Hungary
Arena	Nyéki Imre uszoda
Colors
President	Dr. Konrád Mária
Website	oscwaterpolo.hu

Orvosegyetem Sport Club is a Hungarian water polo club from Budapest established in 1957 in the Semmelweis University.

The club's peak was the 1970s. Orvosegyetem won six national championships in a row between 1969 and 1974, and in 1973 it won the European Cup, beating 4-times champion Partizan Belgrade in the final. In 1974 and 1975 also reached the European Cup's final, but lost to and Partizan respectively. In 1976 it played its fourth European final, losing the Cup Winners' Cup to Mladost Zagreb. In 1978 and 1979 the team culminated its golden era winning its seventh national championship and its second European Cup.^[1] The team declined in subsequent years, but it still played in the Hungarian First Championship.

However, with the team moving to XI. district in Budapest, and with the new title sponsor, A-HÍD Zrt. from the 2014-15 season was a very successful one, winning silver medal in both the Hungarian Cup and the Hungarian Championship, whilst also going three rounds in the LEN Champions League qualifiers before falling out against Szolnoki VSC.

Honours[]

Domestic competitions[]

• Országos Bajnokság I (National Championship of Hungary)

Champions (7): 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978

Runners-up (7): 1968, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2020–21

Third place (4): 1976, 1981, 2015–16, 2016–17

• Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)

Winners (2): 1970, 1974

Finalist (5): 1968, 1973, 1981, 2014, 2017

European competitions[]

• LEN Champions League (Champions Cup)

Winners (2): 1972–73, 1978–79

• LEN Cup Winners' Cup

Runners-up (1): 1975–76

• LEN Super Cup

Winners (1): 1979

Current squad[]

Season 2020–21^[2]

№	Nat.	Player	Birth Date	Position	L/R
1			(1987-06-07) June 7, 1987 (age 34)	Goalkeeper	R
3		(c)	(1983-01-08) January 8, 1983 (age 38)	Centre Back	R
5			(1988-11-11) November 11, 1988 (age 32)	Centre Back / Wing
6		Gábor Kovács	(1989-04-30) April 30, 1989 (age 32)	Wing
7		Gábor Hegedüs	(1983-09-29) September 29, 1983 (age 37)	Wing
8			(1987-10-06) October 6, 1987 (age 33)	Centre Forward	R
9		Balázs Erdélyi	(1990-02-16) February 16, 1990 (age 31)	Defender	R
10			(1985-06-08) June 8, 1985 (age 36)	Wing
11			(1991-07-14) July 14, 1991 (age 30)	Guard
12		Balázs Hárai	(1987-04-05) April 5, 1987 (age 34)	Centre Forward	R
13			(1985-09-28) September 28, 1985 (age 35)	Centre Forward / Wing
14			(1991-07-08) July 8, 1991 (age 30)	Goalkeeper
		Balázs Szabó	(1990-05-08) May 8, 1990 (age 31)
		Krisztián Manhercz	(1997-02-06) February 6, 1997 (age 24)	Left side	R

Staff[]

Technical Staff
Head Coach	Dániel Varga

• Sporting Director: Péter Becsey
• Team Manager: Zoltán Menyhárt
• Youth Coach: Attila Petik
• Masseur: Ákos Horváth
• Club Doctor: Koppány Kocsis, MD
• Video Analyst: Buza Balázs

Transfers (2017-18)[]

Source: vizipolo.hu

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
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6
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10		10			10		10	10					10				10				10		10			10	10	10
11						11			11			11		11	11							11		11						11
12	12									12
13			13	13

In European competition[]

• Participations in Champions League (Champions Cup, Euroleague): 11x
• Participations in Euro Cup: 1x
• Participations in Cup Winners' Cup: 1x

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
	Champions Cup	Quarter-final round	HAVK Mladost	5-6	2nd
			Stockholms KK	6-1
			De Robben	12-3
		Semi-finals	Pro Recco	5-3	6-10	11–13
	Champions Cup	Semi-final round	Dynamo Moscow	4-7	3rd
			HAVK Mladost	3-6
			Barceloneta	6-4
	Champions Cup Winner	Semi-final round	CSKA Moscow	3-3	1st
			Barcelona	8-1
			Ethnikos	9-3
		Final round	Partizan	5–4	1st
			Dinamo București	5–4
			CSKA Moscow	4–5
	Champions Cup Runners-up	Semi-final round	Canottieri Napoli	10–8	1st
				5-3
			Stockholms KK	6-1
				11-6
		Final round	MGU Moscow	3-4	2nd
			Partizan	5-4
			Canottieri Napoli	9-2
	Champions Cup Runners-up	Semi-final round	Partizan	6-7	2nd
			Pro Recco	7-4
			Würzburg 05	7-2
		Final round	De Robben	7-3	2nd
			Partizan	2-6
			Dinamo București	8-6
	Champions Cup Winner	Semi-final round	Würzburg 05	4-6	2nd
			Partizan	8-5
			Akademik Sofia	8-2
		Final round	Würzburg 05	5-4	1st
			Pro Recco	7-4
			Montjuïc	5-2
2014-15	Champions League	elimination in Third qualifying round
2015-16	Champions League	Preliminary round (Group B)	Pro Recco	7-12	2-7	4th
			Partizan	10-8	4-5
			Jug Dubrovnik	7-9	7-10
			Galatasaray	13-4	12-9
			Szolnok	12-6	7-8
2016-17	Champions League	Preliminary round (Group A)	Olympiacos	7-8	4-7	4th
			Szolnok	8-9	8-10
			Spandau 04	5-5	10-6
			Olympic Nice	11-9	13-7
			Brescia	7-7	6-6
2017-18	Champions League	Preliminary round (Group A)	Dynamo Moscow	5-10	7-7	7th
			Jug Dubrovnik	4-7	10-12
			Barceloneta	6-8	6-12
			Waspo Hannover	8-7	8-13
			Partizan	14-6	11-7
			Brescia	6-8	5-9
			Olympiacos	6-10	7-10
2018-19	Euro Cup	Quarter-finals	Terrassa	10-7	9-9	19–16
		Semi-finals	Jadran Herceg Novi	12-13	10-11	22–24
2019-20	Champions League	Preliminary round (Group B)	Ferencváros	-	-
			HAVK Mladost	13-10	-
			Pro Recco	-	-
			Terrassa	-	15-10
			Waspo Hannover	19-10	-
			Marseille	10-13	-
			Dinamo Tbilisi	-	14-8

Notable former players[]

Olympic champions[]

• András Bodnár – 17 years (1962-1979) 1964 Tokyo
• Ferenc Konrád – 13 years (1966-1979) 1976 Montreal
• István Szívós – 12 years (1968-1980) 1976 Montreal
• Attila Sudár – 11 years (1972-1981, 1983-1984, 1992-1993) 1976 Montreal
• János Konrád – 1 year (1975-1976) 1964 Tokyo
• Slobodan Nikić – 1 year (2016-2017) 2016 Rio de Janeiro
• Sava Ranđelović – 1 year (2017-____) 2016 Rio de Janeiro
• Bulcsú Székely – junior years 2000 Sydney

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Hungarian)
• Orvosegyetem SC on Facebook
• Orvosegyetem SC on Instagram