Szolnoki Vízilabda Sport Club is a professional

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team based in

Szolnok Szolnok (; also known by #Name and etymology, alternative names) is the county seat of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county in central Hungary. A city with county rights, it is located on the banks of the Tisza river, in the heart of the Great Hungarian ...

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

. Founded in 1921, it plays in OB I, the top division championship in the country, which they won on nine occasions. The club produced several of the most successful Hungarian water polo players, including Olympic champions Ottó Boros, István Hasznos, Tivadar Kanizsa and European champion István Pintér.

Naming history

* Szolnoki MÁV: (1921 – 1950) * Szolnoki Dózsa: (1950 – 1973) * Vízügy-Dózsa: (1973 – 1976) * Szolnoki Vízügy SE: (1977 – 1990/91) * Szolnoki Vízügy-RC Cola: (1991/92) - the first naming sponsor * Elektrosoft SE Szolnok: (1992/93 – 1993/94) * Szolnoki VSE: (1994/95 – 1995/96) * Szolnoki MTE: (1996/97 – 1997/98) * Szolnoki VSC: (1998/99 – 2005/06) * Szolnoki Főiskola VSC: (2006/07 – 2007/08) * Szolnoki Főiskola-KÖZGÉP: (2008/09 – 2010/11) * Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP: (2011/12 – 2016/17) * Szolnoki Dózsa: (2017/18 – ... )

Honours

Domestic competitions

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

Champions (10):

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, 1961, 1964, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2020–21 : : * Magyar Kupa (''National Cup of Hungary'') : Gold medal with cup

Winners (6): 1966, 1968, 1985,

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

: * Szuperkupa (''Super Cup of Hungary'') : Gold medal with cup

Winners (2): 2016,

European competitions

* LEN Champions League :Winners (1): 2016–17 * LEN Euro Cup :Winners (1): 2020–21 :''Quarter-finalist (1):'' 2012–13 * LEN Super Cup :Winners (1):

Current squad

Season 2022–23

Staff

;Technical staff * Head Coach: Zoltán Hangay * Assistant Coach: Róbert Hangay * Fitness Coach: Gergő Vincze ;Management * Technical Director: István Kovács * Club Director: Beáta Ujszászi

Transfers (2017-18)

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''(from Orvosegyetem)'' Out: * Ugo Crousillat ''(to Pays d'Aix)'' * Dénes Varga ''(to Ferencváros)'' * Márton Vámos ''(to Ferencváros)''

Recent seasons

: Remained in the league due to the resignation of other teams to play in the league. : Cancelled due to the

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In European competition

*Participations in Champions League ''(European Cup, Euroleague)'': 8x *Participations in Euro Cup ''(LEN Cup)'': 3x *Participations in '' Cup Winners' Cup: 1x''

Notable former players

Olympic champions

* Ottó Boros (1948–1950, 1952–1964) * Tibor Cservenyák (1958–1972) * István Hasznos (1934–1943, 1947–1961) * Norbert Hosnyánszky (2014–2016) * Tivadar Kanizsa (1954–1964) * Gábor Kis (2011–2019) * Norbert Madaras (2014–2016) * Dániel Varga (2014–2016) * Dénes Varga (2014–2017) * Tamás Varga (''junior years'') * Milan Aleksić (2012–2019) * Miloš Ćuk (2017–2018) * Filip Filipović (2020–2021) * Živko Gocić (2011–2018) * Stefan Mitrović (2013–2016) *

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(2019–2021) * Andrija Prlainović (2016–2019)

Former coaches

* József Vértesy * Miklós Czapkó ( –1965) * Tivadar Kanizsa (1966–75) * * Mihály Mayer (1987–90) * Péter Wolf (1993–94) * Zoltán Mohi (1999–00) * Lajos Urbán (2001–03) * Dénes Lukács (2003– ) * * Sándor Cseh ( –2012) * István Kovács (2012–14) * Sándor Cseh (2014–18) * Živko Gocić (2018– ''present'')

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Szolnoki Vizilabda SC Szolnok Water polo clubs in Hungary Sports clubs and teams established in 1921 1921 establishments in Hungary