Circolo Nautico Posillipo is an Italian

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club from

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established in 1925. It is one of the most laureated Italian clubs, having won three

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,List of champions, 1964-2006
in prowaterpolo.com one

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and eleven Italian Championships between 1985 and 2005.

Titles

Domestic competitions

Serie A1 **Winners: 11 (1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2004) * Coccarda Coppa Italia

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**Winners: 1 (1987)

European competitions

LEN Champions League The European Aquatics 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 ...

**Winners: 3 (1997, 1998, 2005) * Coppa LEN

LEN Euro Cup The European Aquatics Euro Cup is the second-tier European water polo club competition run by the European Aquatics for those clubs who did not qualify for the European Aquatics Champions League. The cup was inaugurated in 1992. From 2024, afte ...

**Winners: 1 (2015) * Supercoppa europea pallanuoto

LEN Super Cup The European Aquatics Super Cup is an annual water polo match organized by European Aquatics and contested by the reigning champions of the two most important European club competitions, the European Aquatics Champions League and the European A ...

**Winners: 1 (2005) *

**Winners: 2 (1988, 2003)

Famous players

Tamás Kásás Tamás Kásás (; born 20 July 1976) is a retired Hungarian water polo player. Kásás is often described as the best defensive player of his era, if not the best overall. He is known for his ability to spring out of the water and block shots, ...

Fabio Bencivenga Fabio Bencivenga (born 20 January 1976) is a retired water polo player from Italy, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 (Atlanta, Georgia). He was a member of the Men's National Team that clai ...

Fabrizio Buonocore Fabrizio Buonocore (born 28 April 1977) is an Italian water polo player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics and in the 2008 Summer Olympics. See also * List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo This is a list of World Aq ...

* Fabio Galasso * Andrea Scotti Galletta * Fabio Galasso * Valentino Gallo * Luigi Di Costanzo * Antracite Lignano * Mino Marsili * Domenico Mattiello * Massimiliano Migliaccio * Franco Pizzabiocca * Francesco Postiglione * Alfredo Riccitiello * Paride Saccoia * Zeno Bertoli * Vincenzo Renzuto Iodice * Nicola Cuccovillo * Lorenzo Briganti * Fabio Baraldi * Gianluigi Foglio *

Giuseppe Porzio Giuseppe "Pino" Porzio (born February 26, 1967) is a coach and a former Italian water polo player. He is one of the most titled European coaches of all time, and, as his list of prizes demonstrates, is one of the most winning sportsmen among Ita ...

* Franco Porzio * Luca Marziali * Tommaso Negri *

Carlo Silipo Carlo Silipo (born 10 September 1971) is a retired water polo player from Italy, who represented his native country at three Summer Olympics: 1992, 1996 and 2004. After having won the gold medal in Barcelona, Spain, he won bronze with the men's n ...

* Dario Vasaturo *

Fabio Violetti Fabio is a given name descended from Latin ''Fabius'' and very popular in Italy and Latin America (due to Italian migration). The name is written without an accent in Italian and Spanish, but is usually accented in Portuguese as ''Fábio'' (with t ...

* Ratko Štritof *

Andro Bušlje Andro Bušlje (born 4 January 1986) is a Croatian water polo player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he was part of the Croatian team that won the gold medal. He ...

Nikola Janović Nikola Janović (; born 22 March 1980) is a Montenegrin water polo player and the former Minister of Sports and Youth of Montenegro. He was one of the best water polo player in the world. He was a captain of the Montenegro men's national water ...

* Darko Brgulian *

Boris Zloković Boris Zloković (Cyrillic script, Montenegrin Cyrillic: Борис Злоковић; born 16 March 1983) is a Montenegrin retired water polo player. He was a member of the Montenegro men's national water polo team, Montenegro national team at the ...

* Filip Klikovac * Aleksander Radovic * Dušan Popović *

Milan Tadić Milan Tadić (born 21 February 1970) is a Serbian water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics. See also * Serbia and Montenegro men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of men's Olympi ...

Vanja Udovičić Vanja Udovičić, (born Franjo Udovičić,, on 12 September 1982) is a Serbian politician and former professional water polo player who served as minister of youth and sports from 2013 to 2022. An independent politician, he is aligned with t ...

* Angelos Vlachopoulos *

* Meldin Hadžić

References

External links

Official website
Water polo clubs in Italy Sport in Naples Sports clubs and teams established in 1925 {{Italy-waterpolo-team-stub