Orvosegyetem Sport Club is a Hungarian professional

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club from

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established in 1957 in the

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. The club's peak was the 1970s. Orvosegyetem won six national championships in a row between 1969 and 1974, and in 1973 it won the

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, beating 4-times champion Partizan Belgrade in the final. In 1974 and 1975 also reached the European Cup's final, but lost to MGU Moscow and Partizan respectively. In 1976 it played its fourth European final, losing the Cup Winners' Cup to Mladost Zagreb. In 1978 and 1979 the team culminated its golden era winning its seventh national championship and its second European Cup. The team declined in subsequent years, but it still played in the Hungarian First Championship. However, with the team moving to XI. district in Budapest, and with the new title sponsor, A-HÍD Zrt. from the 2014–15 season was a very successful one, winning silver medal in both the Hungarian Cup and the Hungarian Championship, whilst also going three rounds in the LEN Champions League qualifiers before falling out against Szolnoki VSC.

Naming history

* Orvosegyetem Sport Club (OSC): (1961 – 1978) * Medicor-OSC: (1979 – 1985/86) * OSC: (1986/87 – 1989/90) * OSC-Boniper (1990/91 – 1991/92) * OSC: (1992/93 – 1999/00) * OSC-British Knights: (2000/01 – 2004/05) * OSC-Kaposvár: (2005/06) - Merged with Kaposvári VK * OSC-Opus Via: (2006/07 – 2008/09) * OSC: (2009/10 – 2013/14) * A-Híd OSC-Újbuda: (2014/15 – 2019/20) * OSC-Újbuda: (2020/21 – 2021/22) * Genesys OSC-Újbuda: (2021/22 – ... )

Honours

Domestic competitions

* Országos Bajnokság I (''National Championship of Hungary'') : Gold medal blank

Champions (7): 1969,

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1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...

, 1974,

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...

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

Winners (2): 1970, 1974 :

European competitions

* LEN Champions League (Champions Cup) :Winners (2): 1972–73, 1978–79 * LEN Cup Winners' Cup :''Runners-up (1):'' 1975–76 * LEN Super Cup :Winners (1): 1979

Current squad

Season 2020–21

Staff

* Sporting director: Péter Becsey * Team Manager: Zoltán Menyhárt * Youth coach: Attila Petik * Masseur: Ákos Horváth * Club doctor: Koppány Kocsis, MD * Video analyst: Buza Balázs

Transfers (2017-18)

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''(to Szolnoki Dózsa)''

Recent seasons

: Cancelled due to the

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In European competition

*Participations in Champions League ''(European Cup, Euroleague)'': 11x *Participations in Euro Cup: 1x *Participations in '' Cup Winners' Cup'': 1x

Notable former players

Olympic champions

* András Bodnár – 17 years (1962-1979) 1964 Tokyo * Ferenc Konrád – 13 years (1966-1979) 1976 Montreal * István Szívós – 12 years (1968-1980) 1976 Montreal * Attila Sudár – 11 years (1972-1981, 1983–1984, 1992–1993) 1976 Montreal * János Konrád – 1 year (1975-1976) 1964 Tokyo * Slobodan Nikić – 1 year (2016-2017) '' 2016 Rio de Janeiro'' * Sava Ranđelović – ''1 year'' (2017-____) 2016 Rio de Janeiro * Bulcsú Székely – ''junior years'' 2000 Sydney

References

External links

* * * {{1978–79 European Cup (water polo) champions roster Water polo clubs in Hungary Sport in Budapest Sports clubs and teams established in 1957 1957 establishments in Hungary