Egri Vízilabda Klub () is a Hungarian water polo club based in

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. 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

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in 2008. Starting from summer 2010 the club is known as ZF Eger after its main sponsor

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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 (''National Championship of Hungary'') : Gold medal blank

Champions (3):

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, 2013–14 : : *

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(''National Cup of Hungary'') : Gold medal with cup

Winners (4): 1972,

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European competitions

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:''Fourth place (1):'' 2016–17 *

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:''Runners-up (1):'' 2007–08

Current squad

Season 2020–21

Staff

Transfers (2017-18)

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Strahinja Rašović Strahinja Rašović ( sr-cyr, Страхиња Рашовић; born 9 March 1992) is a Serbian water polo player for VK Novi Beograd. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics. Honours Club ;Crvena Zvezda *LEN Champions League: 2012–13 LEN Champ ...

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Balázs Erdélyi Balázs Erdélyi (born 16 February 1990) is a water polo player from Hungary. He was part of the Hungarian team at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded a ...

''(to Orvosegyetem)'' * Boris Vapenski ''(to

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Recent seasons

: Cancelled due to the

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In European competition

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

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''(LEN Cup)'': 3x

Notable former players

Olympic champions

Dénes Pócsik Dénes Pócsik (9 March 1940 in Kunágota – 20 November 2004 in Eger) was a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics, in the 1968 Summer Olympics, and in the 1972 Summer Olympics. See also * Hungary men's Olympic w ...

– 24 years (1954-1978) Gold medal

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András Bodnár András Bodnár (born 9 April 1942) is a former Hungarian water polo player and freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics, 1964 Summer Olympics, 1968 Summer Olympics and 1972 Summer Olympics. He is one of eight male athletes ...

– 9 years (1952-1961) Gold medal

Péter Biros Péter Biros (born 5 April 1976) is a Hungarian former water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics, which makes him one of six male athletes who won three O ...

– 9 years (2007-2016) Gold medal

2000 Sydney,

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Zoltán Szécsi Zoltán Szécsi (born 22 December 1977) is a Hungarian former water polo goalkeeper, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics. He is one of ten male athletes who won three O ...

- 7 years (2004-2005, 2007-2013) Gold medal

2000 Sydney, ''

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* István Hevesi – 6 years (1945-1951)

1956 Melbourne *

Norbert Hosnyánszky Norbert Hosnyánszky (born 4 March 1984) is a retired 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 ...

– ''6 years'' (2010-2012, 2014- ____) Gold medal

Gábor Kis Gábor Kis (born 27 September 1982 in Budapest) is a Hungarian water polo player. He was a member of the Gold medal winning Hungary men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Honours National * Olympic Games: Gold medal - 200 ...

– 5 years (2004-2008, 2010-2011) Gold medal

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Branislav Mitrović Branislav Mitrović ( sr-cyr, Бранислав Митровић; born 30 January 1985) is a Serbian water polo goalkeeper for Vasas and the Serbia men's national water polo team. He won the European title in 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018, the world ...

– ''4 years'' (2014-____) Gold medal

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– 3 years (2014-2017) Gold medal

Miklós Ambrus Miklós Ambrus (31 May 1933 – 3 August 2019) was a Hungarian water polo player, born in Eger who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Tamás Märcz Tamás Märcz (born 17 July 1974) is a Hungarian water polo player who played on the gold medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He was the head coach of Hungary men's national water polo team between 1 January 2017 and 18 July 2022. He has p ...

– 1 year (2006-2007)

2000 Sydney *

Norbert Madaras Norbert Madaras (born 1 December 1979 in Eger) is a Hungarian water polo player, who won the gold medal with the men's national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics. He also was on the squad that claimed the title at the 2 ...

– ''junior years'' Gold medal

Former coaches

* *

György Gerendás György László Gerendás (born 23 February 1954) is a Hungarian former water polo player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. See also * Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * Li ...

(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