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water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...
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Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
-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 The LEN Cup Winners' Cup was a European water polo club competition organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation. National cup winners qualified for the tournament. After 2003, the nationalcup winners qualified for the LEN Euroleague, and the cu ...
title on three occasions as well. Starting from the 2010–11 season, the club is officially known as TEVA-Vasas-UNIQA due to sponsorship reasons.


Naming history

* Vasas Sport Club (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 – 2019/20) * A-Híd VasasPlaket: (2020/21 – ... )


Honours


Domestic competitions

* Országos Bajnokság I (''National Championship of Hungary'') : Champions (18): 1947, 1949, 1953,
1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
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1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 ...
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1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrat ...
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1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...
, 1980,
1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...
, 1982,
1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning ...
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1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...
, 1988–89, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12 : : *
Magyar Kupa The Hungarian Cup ( hu, Magyar Kupa) is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association, the ''Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség,'' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of the Hungarian ...
(''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 : * Szuperkupa (''Super Cup of Hungary''); : Winners (): 2001, 2006


European competitions

*
LEN Champions League The LEN Champions League is the top-tier European professional water polo club competition with teams from up to 18 countries. It is organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The competition started in 1963 as European Cup. A change of na ...
(Champions Cup) :Winners (2): 1979–80, 1984–85 *
LEN Cup Winners' Cup The LEN Cup Winners' Cup was a European water polo club competition organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation. National cup winners qualified for the tournament. After 2003, the nationalcup winners qualified for the LEN Euroleague, and the cu ...
:Winners (3): 1985–86, 1994–95, 2001–02 * LEN Super Cup :Winners (1): 1985


Current squad

Season 2020–2021


Staff

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


Transfers (2016-17)

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)'' * Gergő Marnitz ''(from
Ferencváros Ferencváros () is the 9th district of Budapest ( hu, Budapest IX. kerülete), Hungary. Name The southern suburb of Pest was named after King Francis I on 4 December 1792 when he was crowned king of Hungary. History The development of Fe ...
)'' * Aleksandar Njegovan ''(from Miskolci VLC)'' * Jesse Koopman ''(from Sabadell)'' * Robin Lindhout ''(from Panathinaikos)'' Out: * Kristóf Várnai ''(to BVSC)'' * Tamás Gyárfás ''(to Bp. Honvéd)'' * Jovan Sarić ''(to )'' * Adrià Delgado ''(to )''


Recent seasons


Rankings in OB I


In European competition

*Participations in Champions League ''(Champions Cup, Euroleague)'': 19x *Participations in Euro Cup ''(LEN Cup)'': 3x *Participations in ''
Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...
'': 7x


Notable former players


Olympic champions

* Jenő Brandi - 4 year 1936 Berlin * István Molnár - 2 year 1936 Berlin * István Szívós - 8 year 1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne * László Jeney - 10 year 1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne * Mihály Bozsi - 1 year 1936 Berlin *
Kálmán Markovits Kálmán Markovits (August 26, 1931 – December 5, 2009) was a Hungary, Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1956 Summer Olympics, and 1960 Summer Olympics. He was born in Budapest. Markovits was part o ...
- 12 year 1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne * Antal Bolvári - 1 year 1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne *
Péter Rusorán Péter Rusorán (11 April 1940 – 14 February 2012) was a Hungarian swimmer, water polo player and later water polo coach. As a player, he won the Olympic Games gold medal in 1964 and the bronze in 1960 and also obtained the Universiade title ...
- 3 year 1964 Tokyo * Tamás Faragó - 15 year 1976 Montreal * Gábor Csapó - 11 year 1976 Montreal * György Kenéz - 11 year 1976 Montreal * Zoltán Kósz - 24 year 2000 Sydney * Attila Vári - 8 year 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens * Tamás Varga - 6 year 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing * Ádám Steinmetz - 2004 Athens * Bulcsú Székely - 1 year 2000 Sydney * Norbert Madaras - 3 year 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing *
Dániel Varga Dániel Rudolf Varga (born 25 September 1983) is a Hungarian water polo coach. He was a member of the gold medal winning Hungary men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He is the older brother of Dénes Varga; they are curr ...
- 9 year 2008 Beijing * Barnabás Steinmetz - 8 year 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens * Tamás Kásás - 1 year 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing *
Dénes Varga Dénes Andor Varga (born 29 March 1987) is a Hungarian water polo player, currently playing for Ferencváros. He was a member of the gold medal winning Hungary men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, together with his olde ...
- 5 year 2008 Beijing *
Norbert Hosnyánszky Norbert Hosnyánszky (born 4 March 1984) is a Hungarian water polo player. He competed at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics and won a gold medal in 2008. Personal life Hosnyánszky is married to Jazmin and has a son Zalan (2013) and a daughter S ...
- 3 year 2008 Beijing * Gábor Kis - 2 year 2008 Beijing *
Gergely Kiss Dr. Gergely "Gergő" Kiss (born 21 September 1977) is a Hungarian former water polo player. He was considered to be one of the best left-handed water polo players of his time. Kiss is one of ten male athletes who won three Olympic gold meda ...
- 2 year 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing * Miho Bošković - 2 year 2012 London


Former coaches

* Mihály Bozsi (1947–1956) * István Szívós (1957–1959) * * Mihály Bozsi (1962–1965) * *
Dezső Gyarmati Dezső Gyarmati (23 October 1927 – 18 August 2013) was a Hungarian water polo player and three-time Olympic champion; he later became the coach of the Hungarian national water polo team. Widely regarded as a "legendary player", Gyarmati was t ...
(1971–1972) *
Péter Rusorán Péter Rusorán (11 April 1940 – 14 February 2012) was a Hungarian swimmer, water polo player and later water polo coach. As a player, he won the Olympic Games gold medal in 1964 and the bronze in 1960 and also obtained the Universiade title ...
(1973–1976) * *
Péter Rusorán Péter Rusorán (11 April 1940 – 14 February 2012) was a Hungarian swimmer, water polo player and later water polo coach. As a player, he won the Olympic Games gold medal in 1964 and the bronze in 1960 and also obtained the Universiade title ...
(1979–1981) * *
Péter Rusorán Péter Rusorán (11 April 1940 – 14 February 2012) was a Hungarian swimmer, water polo player and later water polo coach. As a player, he won the Olympic Games gold medal in 1964 and the bronze in 1960 and also obtained the Universiade title ...
(1983–1986) *
Dezső Gyarmati Dezső Gyarmati (23 October 1927 – 18 August 2013) was a Hungarian water polo player and three-time Olympic champion; he later became the coach of the Hungarian national water polo team. Widely regarded as a "legendary player", Gyarmati was t ...
(1988) * György Kenéz (1988–1990) * Gábor Csapó (1992–1993) * * Tamás Faragó (1995–2000) * József Somossy (2000–2003) * Zoltán Kásás (2003–2004) * László Földi (2004– ''present'')


References


External links

* {{2001–02 LEN Cup Winners' Cup champions roster
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