Vasas SC (men's water polo)

VasasPlaket
Founded	1945
League	OB I
Based in	Budapest, Hungary
Arena	Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda
Colors	red and blue
President	László Markovits
Head coach	László Földi
Championships	18
Website	www.vasassc.hu/szakosztalyok/vizilabda/vizilabda_hirek

The Vasas SC water polo team is a department of the Budapest-based sports association Vasas SC. One of the most successful teams in the country, they have won the Hungarian Championship 17 times and the Hungarian Cup 15 times. The club also had major successes on continental level as they won the LEN Euroleague (formerly European Champions Cup), Europe's premier water polo competition two times and took the LEN Cup Winners' Cup title on three occasions as well.^[1]

Starting from the 2010–11 season, the club is officially known as TEVA-Vasas-UNIQA due to sponsorship reasons.^[2]

Naming history[]

Vasas SC: (1945 – 1949)
Budapesti Vasas (Bp. Vasas): (1950 – 1956)
- Vasas SC: (1957–1990/91)
Vasas SC-Plaket: (1991/92 – 2001/02) - the first naming sponsor of Vasas
Vasas-Plaket-Euroleasing: (2002/03 – 2003/04)
TEVA-VasasPlaket: (2004/05 – 2009/10)
TEVA-Vasas-UNIQA: (2010/11 – 2011/12)
TEVA-Vasas: (2012/13)
LACTIV-VasasPlaket: (2013/14)
VasasPlaket: (2014/15 – ...)

Honours[]

Domestic competitions[]

Országos Bajnokság I (National Championship of Hungary)

Champions (18): 1947, 1949, 1953, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988–89, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12

Runners-up (18): 1945, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1984–85, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2010–11

Third place (6): 1946, 1956, 1974, 1985–86, 1992–93, 2000–01

Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)

Winners (15): 1947, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1997, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2004, 2005, 2009

Finalist (9): 1975, 1985, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1996, 1999–00, 2002–03, 2006, 2008

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

Winners (): 2001, 2006

European competitions[]

LEN Champions League (Champions Cup)

Winners (2): 1979–80, 1984–85

LEN Cup Winners' Cup

Winners (3): 1985–86, 1994–95, 2001–02

LEN Super Cup

Winners (1): 1985

Current squad[]

Season 2020–2021

№	Nat.	Player	Birth Date	Position	L/R
1			(1987-03-01) March 1, 1987 (age 34)	Goalkeeper
2		Rolf Bencz	(1998-07-24) July 24, 1998 (age 23)
3		Gergely Burián	(1998-03-12) March 12, 1998 (age 23)
4			(1993-04-04) April 4, 1993 (age 28)	Guard	R
5		Máté Bóbis	(1986-11-14) November 14, 1986 (age 35)
6			(1982-04-30) April 30, 1982 (age 39)
7		Csaba Mészáros	(1994-10-05) October 5, 1994 (age 27)
8		Henrik Simon	(1997-11-17) November 17, 1997 (age 24)
9		Dávid Hőna	(1988-10-06) October 6, 1988 (age 33)
11		Bálint Takács	(1989-11-10) November 10, 1989 (age 32)
12		Gergő Marnitz	(1988-12-14) December 14, 1988 (age 33)	Centre Forward
14		Bernát Tihanyi	(1990-05-30) May 30, 1990 (age 31)	Goalkeeper
			(1990-10-25) October 25, 1990 (age 31)	Guard	R
		Sava Ranđelović	(1993-07-17) July 17, 1993 (age 28)	Guard	R
		Branislav Mitrović	(1985-01-30) January 30, 1985 (age 37)	Goalkeeper

Staff[]

Technical Staff
Section Chairman	Jenő Méhes

Head Coach
Assistant Coach	Csaba Mátéfalvi

Coach: György Kenéz
Youth Coach: Lajos Pecz
Youth Coach: Ákos Váradi
Youth Coach: György Kenéz, Jr.
Team Doctor: Attila Szűcs, MD

Transfers (2016-17)[]

Source: vizipolo.hu

In:

(from Debrecen)
Gergő Marnitz (from Ferencváros)
Aleksandar Njegovan (from Miskolci VLC)
(from Sabadell)
(from Panathinaikos) from 2017

Out:

Kristóf Várnai (to BVSC)
(to Bp. Honvéd)
Jovan Sarić (to )
Adrià Delgado (to )

Recent seasons[]

As of 20 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
1					1																		1	1	1	1		1
2	2					2		2		2	2	2	2	2				2	2	2	2	2					2
3		3							3								3
4															4	4													4
5				5			5																							5
6			6
7																																7
8																															8		8
9
10
11
12																																		12

In European competition[]

Participations in Champions League (Champions Cup, Euroleague): 19x
Participations in Euro Cup (LEN Cup): 3x
Participations in Cup Winners' Cup: 7x

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
	Champions Cup Runners-up	Semi-final round	Partizan	7–7		2nd
				9–2
			Galatasaray	14–4
		Final round	Canottieri Napoli	11–10		2nd
			Partizan	5–6
			De Robben	10–6

	Champions Cup	Semi-final round	CSKA Moscow	5–7		3rd
			Partizan	7–6
			Florentia	5–5

	Champions Cup	Semi-final round	CSKA Moscow	5–5		3rd
			Canottieri Napoli	4–5
			Alphen	8–3

	Champions Cup Winner	Semi-final round	Montjuïc	10–5		1st
				5–4
			Ethnikos	7–4
		Final round	Spandau 04	4–4		1st
			Montjuïc	8–6
			Partizan	9–7

	Champions Cup Third place	Semi-final round	Jug Dubrovnik	6–7		2nd
			Barcelona	7–5
			Marseille	7–2
		Final round	Jug Dubrovnik	2–8		3rd
			Spandau 04	8–2
			Ethnikos	4–4

	Champions Cup Third place	Semi-final round	Alphen	10–10		1st
			Jug Dubrovnik	12–6
			Ethnikos	11–8
		Final round	Spandau 04	11–11		3rd
			Barcelona	12–15
			Alphen	11–7

	Champions Cup	Quarter-final round	Pro Recco	8–12		2nd
			De Robben	9–7
			Marseille	14–11
		Semi Final	Spandau 04	10-11	10-12	20–23

	Champions Cup	Quarter-final round	Spandau 04	11–14		3rd
			Pro Recco	9–10
			Istanbul YiK	19–8

1984-85	Champions Cup Winner	Quarter-final round	Partizan	8–12		2nd
		Quarter-final round	Istanbul YiK	17–8		2nd
		Semi Final	Spandau 04	10-9	8-8	18–17
		Final	CSKA Moscow	10-5	11-11	21–16

	Champions Cup	Quarter Final	Catalunya	6-6	6-5	12–11
	Champions Cup	Semi Final	HAVK Mladost	7-9	4-10	11–19

	LEN Cup	Quarter-final	Eger	8-4	7-6	15–10
	LEN Cup	Semi-final	Pescara	-	3-9	–

	LEN Cup	Quarter-final	Barcelona	6-5	7-7	13–12
	LEN Cup	Semi-final	HAVK Mladost	7-12	4-11	11–23

2001-02	Cup Winners' Cup Winner	Quarter-final		9-7	11-10	20–17
		Semi-final	Vouliagmeni	10-8	7-7	17–15
		Final	HAVK Mladost	6-3	5-7	11–10

2002-03	Cup Winners' Cup Finalist	Quarter-final	Jadran Herceg Novi	5-5	5-4	10–9
		Semi-final	Sabadell	9-6	4-6	13–12
		Final	Posillipo	10-10	3-4	13–14

2003-04	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group B)	Olympiacos	8–8	8–4	1st
			Barceloneta	7–6	4–7
			Partizan	9–7	8–5
		Quarter Final	Bp. Honvéd	6-7	8-8	14–15

2004-05	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group A)	Jug Dubrovnik	8–8	10–12	2nd
			Olympic Nice	10–9	6–5
				11–6	7–6
		Quarter Final	Pro Recco	6-10	8-9	14–19

2005-06	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group B)	Jug Dubrovnik	10–6	9–13	2nd
			Marseille	12–10	9–13
			Olympiacos	9–9	8–7
		Quarter Final	Savona	6-5	16-18	22–23

2006-07	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group C)	Pro Recco	8–9	10–11	2nd
			Šturm 2002	13–9	11–10
			Eger	12–6	7–8
		Quarter Final	Jug Dubrovnik	11-10	7-9	18–19

2007-08	Euroleague Third place	Preliminary round (Group C)	Jug Dubrovnik	11–8	7–8	1st
			Bp. Honvéd	8–8	6–5
			Panionios	13–8	10–8
		Quarter Final	Primorac Kotor	6-7	8-6	14–13
		Semi Final (F4)	Jug Dubrovnik	6–11
		Bronze match (F4)	HAVK Mladost	8–6

2008-09	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group D)	Partizan	7–8	7–9	2nd
			Eger	11–10	9–7
			Marseille	16–6	10–6
		Quarter Final	Pro Recco	8-11	10-9	18–20

2009-10	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group B)	Jug Dubrovnik	11–8	11–11	3rd
			Panionios	14–7	10–11
			Primorac Kotor	5–8	7–9

2010-11	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group A)	Jadran Herceg Novi	8–12	10–11	2nd
			Primorac Kotor	7–6	9–8
			Szeged	11–10	9–9
		Main round (Group B)	Pro Recco	7–9	6–12	4th
			HAVK Mladost	8–9	7–8
			Primorje Rijeka	12–12	6–13

2011-12	Champions League Fourth place	Preliminary round (Group C)	Partizan	10–10	5–9	2nd
			Eger	13–9	8–5
			Szeged	12–9	12–12
		Quarter Final	Jug Dubrovnik	16-9	8-12	24–21
		Semi Final (F4)	Pro Recco	5–12
		Bronze match (F4)	HAVK Mladost	7–11

Notable former players[]

Olympic champions[]

Jenő Brandi (1945–1949) - 4 year 1936 Berlin
István Molnár (1945–1947) - 2 year 1936 Berlin
István Szívós (1945–1946, 1949–1956) - 8 year 1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne
László Jeney (1945–1955) - 10 year 1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne
Mihály Bozsi (1948) - 1 year 1936 Berlin
Kálmán Markovits (1950–1962) - 12 year 1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne
Antal Bolvári (1962–1963) - 1 year 1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne
Péter Rusorán (1969–1972) - 3 year 1964 Tokyo
Tamás Faragó (1969–1984) - 15 year 1976 Montreal
Gábor Csapó (1973–1984) - 11 year 1976 Montreal
György Kenéz (1974–1985) - 11 year 1976 Montreal
Zoltán Kósz (1976–1997, 2001–2004) - 24 year 2000 Sydney
Attila Vári (1994–2002) - 8 year 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens
Tamás Varga (1994–1996, 2000–2004) - 6 year 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
Ádám Steinmetz (2000–08, 2011–____) - 2004 Athens
Bulcsú Székely (2001–2002) - 1 year 2000 Sydney
Norbert Madaras (2001–2004) - 3 year 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
Dániel Varga (2001–2010) - 9 year 2008 Beijing
Barnabás Steinmetz (2003–2009, 2010–2012) - 8 year 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens
Tamás Kásás (2003–2004) - 1 year 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
Dénes Varga (2005–2010) - 5 year 2008 Beijing
Norbert Hosnyánszky (2006-2007, 2008–2010) - 3 year 2008 Beijing
Gábor Kis (2008–2010) - 2 year 2008 Beijing
Gergely Kiss (2010–2012) - 2 year 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
Miho Bošković (2010–2012) - 2 year 2012 London

Former coaches[]

Mihály Bozsi (1947–1956)
István Szívós (1957–1959)
Mihály Bozsi (1962–1965) 2x
Dezső Gyarmati (1971–1972)
Péter Rusorán (1973–1976)
Péter Rusorán (1979–1981) 2x
Péter Rusorán (1983–1986) 3x
Dezső Gyarmati (1988) 2x
György Kenéz (1988–1990)
Gábor Csapó (1992–1993)
Tamás Faragó (1995–2000)
(2000–2003)
Zoltán Kásás (2003–2004)
(2004– present)

References[]

^ "Történet" [History] (in Hungarian). Vasas SC official website. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
^ "Az új név: TEVA-Vasas-UNIQA" [The new name:TEVA-Vasas-UNIQA] (in Hungarian). vlv.hu. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2012.

External links[]

Official website (in Hungarian)

[1] "Történet" [History] (in Hungarian). Vasas SC official website. Retrieved 27 January 2012.

[2] "Az új név: TEVA-Vasas-UNIQA" [The new name:TEVA-Vasas-UNIQA] (in Hungarian). vlv.hu. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2012.

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v t Vasas Sport Club
History	History Seasons Europe Managers
Home stadium	Illovszky Rudolf Stadion (1960) (1960–2016) Illovszky Rudolf Stadion (2018–present)
Rivalries	Budapest derby
Other sports	Handball (women) Basketball (men) Water polo Fencing
Category Commons

v t European Cup, Euroleague and LEN Champions League winners
European Cup (1963–1996)	1963–64: Partizan 1964–65: Pro Recco : Partizan : Partizan : Mladost : Mladost : Mladost : Partizan : Mladost : OSC : MGU : Partizan : Partizan : CSK Moscow : Napoli : OSC : Vasas : Jug : Barcelona : Spandau 04 : Pro Recco 1984–85: Vasas : Spandau 04 : Spandau 04 : Pescara : Spandau 04 : Mladost 1990–91: Mladost : Jadran Split : Jadran Split 1993–94: Újpest 1994–95: Catalunya : 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