Egri VK

Egri Vízilabda Klub () is a 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 (National Championship of Hungary)

Champions (3): 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14

• Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)

Winners (4): 1972, 2007, 2008, 2015

European competitions

• LEN Champions League

Fourth place (1): 2016–17

• LEN Euro Cup

Runners-up (1): 2007–08

Current squad

Season 2020–21

Staff

Transfers <small>(2017-18)</small>

<small>Source: vizipolo.hu</small>

In:

• Marko Avramović (from Ferencváros)
• Strahinja RaÅ¡ović (from Barceloneta)
• Angelos Vlachopoulos (from Posillipo)

Out:

• MiloÅ¡ Ćuk (from Szolnoki Dózsa)
• Balázs Erdélyi (to Orvosegyetem)
• Boris Vapenski (to Ortigia)

Recent seasons

Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In European competition

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

Notable former players

Olympic champions

• Dénes Pócsik – 24 years <small>(1954-1978)</small> 1964 Tokyo
• András Bodnár – 9 years <small>(1952-1961)</small> 1964 Tokyo
• Péter Biros – 9 years <small>(2007-2016)</small> 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
• Zoltán Szécsi - 7 years <small>(2004-2005, 2007-2013)</small> 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
• István Hevesi – 6 years <small>(1945-1951)</small> 1956 Melbourne
• Norbert Hosnyánszky – 6 years <small>(2010-2012, 2014- ____)</small> 2008 Beijing
• Gábor Kis – 5 years <small>(2004-2008, 2010-2011)</small> 2008 Beijing
• Branislav Mitrović – 4 years <small>(2014-____)</small> 2016 Rio de Janeiro
• MiloÅ¡ Ćuk – 3 years <small>(2014-2017)</small> 2016 Rio de Janeiro
• Miklós Ambrus – 2 years <small>(1950-1952)</small> 1964 Tokyo
• Tamás Märcz – 1 year <small>(2006-2007)</small> 2000 Sydney
• Norbert Madaras – junior years 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing

Former coaches

• György Gerendás (2004–2014)
• Norbert Dabrowski (2014– present)

References

External links