Egri Vízilabda Klub () is a Hungary, Hungarian water polo club based in Eger. One of the dominant teams in the country since the late 2000s, Eger won the national championship in 2011,2013,2014 and came in second in 2012. They also collected the gold medal in the Hungarian cup in 1972 and 2007. Beside the domestic successes they also finished runners-up in the LEN Cup in 2008. Starting from summer 2010 the club is known as ZF Eger after its main sponsor ZF Friedrichshafen.

Naming history

* Egri TE: (1910 – 1943) ** MOVE Egri SE: (1920 – 1945) * Egri Barátság SE: (1945 – 1947) * Egri SZTK: (1948 – 1949) * Egri ÁVESZ: (1950) * Egri Fáklya SK: (1951 – 1954) * Egri Bástya SE: (1955 – 1956) * Eger SE: (1957) * Egri SC: (1958 – 1959) * Egri Vasas SK: (1960) * Egri Dózsa SC: (1961 – 1976) * Eger SE: (1977 – 1992/93) * ÚVK-Eger: (1993/94) * ÚVMK Eger: (1993/94 – 1995/96) * ÚVMK Eger-Egervin: (1996/97 – 1998/99) * ÚVMK BauSystem-Eger: (1999/00) * UPC-Egri VK: (2000/01) * Egri VK: (2001/02 – 2002/03) * ZF Hungária Egri VK: (2002/03 – 2003/04) * Brendon-ZF-Eger: (2004/05) * Brendon-Fenstherm-ZF-Eger: (2005/06 – 2007/08) * Brendon-UPC-ZF-Egri VK: (2007/08) * ZF-Eger: (2008/09 – 2019/20) * Tigra-ZF-Eger: (2020/21 – ... )

Honours

Domestic competitions

*Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo), Országos Bajnokság I (''National Championship of Hungary'') : Gold medal blank

Champions (3): 2010–11 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo), 2010–11, 2012–13 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo), 2012–13, 2013–14 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo), 2013–14 : : *Magyar Kupa (men's water polo), Magyar Kupa (''National Cup of Hungary'') : Gold medal with cup

Winners (4): 1972, 2007 Magyar Kupa (men's water polo), 2007, 2008 Magyar Kupa (men's water polo), 2008, 2015 Magyar Kupa (men's water polo), 2015 :

European competitions

*LEN Champions League :''Fourth place (1):'' 2016–17 LEN Champions League, 2016–17 *LEN Euro Cup :''Runners-up (1):'' 2007–08

Current squad

Season 2020–21

Staff

Transfers (2017-18)

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Recent seasons

: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In European competition

*Participations in LEN Champions League, Champions League ''(Champions Cup, Euroleague)'': 13x *Participations in LEN Euro Cup, Euro Cup ''(LEN Cup)'': 3x

Notable former players

Olympic champions

*Dénes Pócsik – 24 years (1954-1978) Gold medal

Water polo at the 1964 Summer Olympics, 1964 Tokyo *András Bodnár – 9 years (1952-1961) Gold medal

Water polo at the 1964 Summer Olympics, 1964 Tokyo *Péter Biros – 9 years (2007-2016) Gold medal

Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 Sydney, Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2004 Athens, Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 Beijing *Zoltán Szécsi - 7 years (2004-2005, 2007-2013) Gold medal

Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 Sydney, ''Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2004 Athens'', Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 Beijing *István Hevesi – 6 years (1945-1951) Gold medal

Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics, 1956 Melbourne *Norbert Hosnyánszky – ''6 years'' (2010-2012, 2014- ____) Gold medal

Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 Beijing *Gábor Kis – 5 years (2004-2008, 2010-2011) Gold medal

''Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 Beijing'' * Branislav Mitrović – ''4 years'' (2014-____) Gold medal

Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Rio de Janeiro * Miloš Ćuk – 3 years (2014-2017) Gold medal

Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Rio de Janeiro *Miklós Ambrus – 2 years (1950-1952) Gold medal

Water polo at the 1964 Summer Olympics, 1964 Tokyo *Tamás Märcz – 1 year (2006-2007) Gold medal

Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 Sydney *Norbert Madaras – ''junior years'' Gold medal

Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2004 Athens, Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 Beijing

Former coaches

* * György Gerendás (2004–2014) * Norbert Dabrowski (2014– ''present'')

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Egri VK Eger Sports clubs and teams established in 1910 Water polo clubs in Hungary