Vasas SC (men's water polo)

The Vasas SC water polo team is a department of the Budapest-based sports association Vasas SC. One of the most successful teams in the country, they have won the Hungarian Championship 17 times and the Hungarian Cup 15 times. The club also had major successes on continental level as they won the LEN Euroleague (formerly European Champions Cup), Europe's premier water polo competition two times and took the LEN Cup Winners' Cup title on three occasions as well.

Starting from the 2010–11 season, the club is officially known as TEVA-Vasas-UNIQA due to sponsorship reasons.

Naming history

• Vasas Sport Club (Vasas SC): (1945 – 1949)
• Budapesti Vasas (Bp. Vasas): (1950 – 1956)
• Vasas SC: (1957 – 1990/91)
• Vasas SC-Plaket: (1991/92 – 2001/02) - the first naming sponsor of Vasas
• Vasas-Plaket-Euroleasing: (2002/03 – 2003/04)
• TEVA-VasasPlaket: (2004/05 – 2009/10)
• TEVA-Vasas-UNIQA: (2010/11 – 2011/12)
• TEVA-Vasas: (2012/13)
• LACTIV-VasasPlaket: (2013/14)
• VasasPlaket: (2014/15 – 2019/20)
• A-Híd VasasPlaket: (2020/21 – ... )

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Országos Bajnokság I (National Championship of Hungary)

Champions (18): 1947, 1949, 1953, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988–89, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12

• Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)

Winners (15): 1947, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1997, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2004, 2005, 2009

• Szuperkupa (Super Cup of Hungary);

Winners (): 2001, 2006

European competitions

• LEN Champions League (Champions Cup)

Winners (2): 1979–80, 1984–85

• LEN Euro Cup

Winners (1): 2022–23

• LEN Cup Winners' Cup

Winners (3): 1985–86, 1994–95, 2001–02

• LEN Super Cup

Winners (1): 1985

Current squad

Season 2022–23

Staff

Technical staff

• Head Coach: Slobodan Nikić
• Assistant and Goalkeeping Coach: Csaba Mátéfalvy
• Club Doctor: Dr. Attila Szűcs
• Masseur: Ákos Horváth
• Fitness Coach: Marcell Fridvalszki
• Video Analyst: Balázs Búza
• Team Manager: Szabolcs Tóth

Management

• Department Leader: Zoltán Apáthy

Transfers

Recent seasons

Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary.

In European competition

• Participations in Champions League (Champions Cup, Euroleague): 19x
• Participations in Euro Cup (LEN Cup): 3x
• Participations in Cup Winners' Cup: 7x

Notable former players

Olympic champions

• Jenő Brandi (1945–1949)
• Antal Bolvári (1962–1963)
• Mihály Bozsi (1948)
• Gábor Csapó (1973–1984)
• Tamás Faragó (1969–1984)
• Norbert Hosnyánszky (2006–2007, 2008–2010)
• László Jeney (1945–1955)
• Tamás Kásás (2003–2004)
• György Kenéz (1974–1985)
• Gábor Kis (2008–2010)
• Gergely Kiss (2010–2012)
• Zoltán Kósz (1976–1997, 2001–2004)
• Norbert Madaras (2001–2004)
• Kálmán Markovits (1950–1962)
• István Molnár (1945–1947)
• Péter Rusorán (1969–1972)
• Ádám Steinmetz (2000–2008, 2011–2018)
• Barnabás Steinmetz (2003–2009, 2010–2012)
• Bulcsú Székely (2001–2002)
• István Szívós (1945–1946, 1949–1956)
• Attila Vári (1994–2002)
• Dániel Varga (2001–2010)
• Dénes Varga (2005–2010)
• Tamás Varga (1994–1996, 2000–2004)
• Miho BoÅ¡ković (2010–2012)
• Branislav Mitrović (2020–)
• Slobodan Nikić (2019–2020)
• Sava Ranđelović (2020–)

Former coaches

• Mihály Bozsi (1947–1956)
• István Szívós (1957–1959)
• Mihály Bozsi (1962–1965)
• Dezső Gyarmati (1971–1972)
• Péter Rusorán (1973–1976)
• Péter Rusorán (1979–1981)
• Péter Rusorán (1983–1986)
• Dezső Gyarmati (1988)
• György Kenéz (1988–1990)
• Gábor Csapó (1992–1993)
• Tamás Faragó (1995–2000)
• József Somossy (2000–2003)
• Zoltán Kásás (2003–2004)
• László Földi (2004– present)

References

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