Pro Recco
Founded | 1913 |
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League | Serie A1 |
Based in | Recco, Italy |
Arena | Piscine di Albaro |
Colors | |
Owner | Gabriele Volpi |
President | Maurizio Felugo |
Head coach | Gabriel Hernández |
Manager | Amedeo Pomilio |
Championships | 9 European Champions Leagues 6 European Super Cups 1 Adriatic League 33 Italian Leagues 15 Italian Cups |
Website | http://www.prorecco.it/ |
A.S.D. Pro Recco (Official name: Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Pro Recco) is an Italian water polo club from Recco, in Liguria. It currently plays in Serie A1.
Pro Recco is the most successful club in men's water polo. In men's domestic water polo, the club has won a record 48 trophies: a record 33 Serie A1 titles, a record 15 Coppa Italia. In men's LEN European competitions, Pro Recco have won a record 15 trophies: a record 9 LEN Champions League titles, a record 6 LEN Super Cups. The club has also won 1 Adriatic League title.
In women's water polo, the women's team won 1 women's Serie A1 titles, 1 LEN Euro League Women title, 1 Women's LEN Super Cup, making Pro Recco the first sports club in history to have been crowned European Champions with both its men's and women's teams.
History[]
Pro Recco was founded in 1913 as Rari Nantes Enotria. It has played in the A1 league, the Italian top division, since 1935.
The club is owned by Genovese businessman Gabriele Volpi, who also owns football club Spezia, competing in Serie B, the second tier of Italian football leagues.
It has won a total of 33 national titles, the first in 1959 and the latest in 2019; and the Coppa Italia in 1974, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. They have won the LEN Champions League in 1964, 1983, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015 and 2021; the LEN Super Cup in 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2015.
Pro Recco has had a women's team since the 2011–12 season.
Honours[]
Domestic competitions[]
- Champions (33): 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1984, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
- Winners (15): 1974, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
European competitions[]
LEN competitions[]
- LEN Champions League (Champions Cup)
- Winners (6): 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015
Other competitions[]
- Winners (1): 2012
Current team[]
First team[]
As of 24 October 2020[1]
Head coach: Gabriel Hernández
Players:
Famous players[]
Italian players[]
- Simona Abbate
- Marco Del Lungo
- Matteo Aicardi
- Alberto Angelini
- Fabio Bencivenga
- Roberta Bianconi
- Michaël Bodegas
- Gonzalo Echenique
- Maurizio Felugo
- Pietro Figlioli
- Deni Fiorentini
- Goran Fiorentini
- Stefano Luongo
- Alessandro Calcaterra
- Luigi Castagnola
- Aleksandra Cotti
- Marco D'Altrui
- Arnaldo Deserti
- Luigi Di Costanzo
- Francesco Di Fulvio
- Massimiliano Ferretti
- Niccolò Figari
- Andrea Fondelli
- Teresa Frassinetti
- Alberto Ghibellini
- Massimo Giacoppo
- Elena Gigli
- Alex Giorgetti
- Niccolò Gitto
- Luca Giustolisi
- Luca Gualco
- Giancarlo Guerrini
- Franco Lavoratori
- Gianni Lonzi
- Mario Majoni
- Andrea Mangiante
- Federico Mistrangelo
- Giacomo Pastorino
- Eraldo Pizzo
- Danijel Premuš
- Christian Presciutti
- Nicholas Presciutti
- Elisa Queirolo
- Paolo Ragosa
- Giulia Rambaldi
- Roldano Simeoni
- Leonardo Sottani
- Stefano Tempesti
- Alessandro Velotto
- Goran Volarević
Foreign players[]
- Joe Kayes[4]
- Aaron Younger[5][6]
- Felipe Perrone
- Marko Bijač
- Luka Lončar
- Damir Burić
- Andro Bušlje
- Nikša Dobud
- Maro Joković
- Tomislav Paškvalin
- Sandro Sukno
- Guillermo Molina
- Jesús Rollán
- Giorgi Mshvenieradze
- Revaz Chomakhidze
- Tibor Benedek
- György Horkai
- Gergő Zalánki
- Tamás Kásás
- Norbert Madaras
- Tamás Märcz
- István Szívós
- Márton Szívós
- Aleksandar Ivović
- Mlađan Janović
- Predrag Jokić
- Mirko Vičević
- Boris Zloković
- Filip Filipović
- Danilo Ikodinović
- Dušan Mandić
- Slobodan Nikić
- Duško Pijetlović
- Andrija Prlainović
- Nikola Rađen
- Dejan Savić
- Vanja Udovičić
- Vladimir Vujasinović
- Ben Hallock[2][3]
Famous coaches[]
- Ratko Rudić[7][8]
- Giuseppe Porzio
- Igor Milanović
References[]
- ^ "Prima Squadra". prorecco.it (in Italian). Pro Recco. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "USA star will join European giant". total-waterpolo.com. Total Waterpolo. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "12 USA Men's National Team Athletes Set To Compete Professionally In Europe". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ "Intercontinental Transfer — Joseph Kayes Joins Pro Recco All The Way From Australia". total-waterpolo.com. Total Waterpolo. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ "Aaron Younger leaves European champion and joins Pro Recco". total-waterpolo.com. Total Waterpolo. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ "Younger, Power and Edwards sign to new European clubs". waterpoloaustralia.com.au. Water Polo Australia. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ "Ratko Rudic: I finished my coaching career". total-waterpolo.com. Total Waterpolo. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ "Rudic saluta la Pro Recco 'Orgoglioso di chiudere qui la mia carriera'". prorecco.it (in Italian). Pro Recco. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
External links[]
- Official website (in Italian)
- LEN Euroleague clubs
- Water polo clubs in Liguria
- Water polo clubs in Italy
- Sport in Liguria