Vasas SC (men's water polo)

VasasPlaket

Founded	1945
League	OB I
Based in	Budapest, Hungary
Arena	Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda
Colors	red and blue
President	László Szabó
Head coach	László Földi
Championships	18
Website	www.vasassc.hu/szakosztalyok/vizilabda/vizilabda_hirek

Active departments of Vasas


Football	Handball (Women's)	Basketball (Men's)

Basketball (Women's)	Water polo	Ice hockey

Volleyball (Women's)	Athletics	Swimming

Fencing	Canoeing	Gymnastic

Boxing	Wrestling	Tennis

Aerobic	Ski	Chess

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.^[1]

Starting from the 2010–11 season, the club is officially known as TEVA-Vasas-UNIQA due to sponsorship reasons.^[2]

Naming history

1945–1949: Vasas SC
1950–1956: Budapesti Vasas (Bp. Vasas)
1957–1991: Vasas SC
1991–2002: Vasas-Plaket
2002–2004: Vasas-Plaket-Euroleasing
2004–2010: TEVA-VasasPlaket
2010–2012: TEVA-Vasas-UNIQA
2012–2013: TEVA-Vasas
2013–2014: LACTIV-VasasPlaket
2014–present: VasasPlaket

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

Runners-up (18): 1945, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1984–85, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2010–11

Third place (6): 1946, 1956, 1974, 1985–86, 1992–93, 2000–01

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

Finalist (9): 1975, 1985, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1996, 1999–00, 2002–03, 2006, 2008

Szuperkupa (Super Cup of Hungary); Championship vs. Cup winner

Winners (): 2001 (C.), 2006 (C.)

European competitions

European Cup / LEN Champions League

Winners (2): 1979–80, 1984–85

European Super Cup / LEN Super Cup

Winners (1): 1985

LEN Cup Winners' Cup

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

Runners-up (1): 2002–03

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2014–15 season

№	Player	Pos.
01 !1	Botond Barabás	GK
	Máté Bóbis
	Gergely Burián
	Antun Goreta
	Tamás Gyárfás, Jr.
	Dávid Hőna
	Norbert Juhász-Szelei
	Kristóf Szeif Kiss
	Toni Németh
	Tamás Sedlmayer
	Ádám Steinmetz
	Bálint Takács
	Kristóf Várnai
	Zoltán Vereczkey
14	Bernát Tihanyi	GK
	Nikolas Lajkó	GK
Coach: László Földi

Technical staff

Head Coach: László Földi
Coach: Csaba Mátéfalvi
Coach: György Kenéz
Youth Coach: Lajos Pecz
Youth Coach: Ákos Váradi
Youth Coach: György Kenéz, Jr.
Team Doctor: Attila Szűcs, MD

Squad changes for the 2014–15 season

In

Tamás Gyárfás, Jr. (from OSC)
Máté Bóbis (from Ferencváros)
Bernát Tihanyi (from Pécsi VSK)
Antun Goreta (from VK Jug)
Norbert Juhász-Szelei (from Kaposvár)
Nikolas Lajkó (from Kaposvár)
Zoltán Vereczkey (from KSI SE)
Kristóf Szeif Kiss (from UVSE)

Out

Draško Brguljan (to OSC)
Miklós Csapó (to Ferencváros)
Gergely Katonás (to Ferencváros)
Dániel Angyal (to Eger)
Ádám Manhercz (to Szeged)
Krisztián Manhercz (to Szeged)
Viktor Bendes (to )
Tibor Fazekas (to )

Recent seasons

Rankings in OB I

P.	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
1					1																		1	1	1	1		1
2	2					2		2		2	2	2	2	2				2	2	2	2	2					2
3		3							3								3
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6			6
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8																															8

In European competition

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate

1999-00	LEN Cup	Quarter Final	ÚVMK-Bau System Eger	8-4	7-6	15–10
1999-00	LEN Cup	Semi Final	Conad Pescara	-	3-9	–

2000-01	LEN Cup	Quarter Final	Barcelona	6-5	7-7	13–12
2000-01	LEN Cup	Semi Final	HAVK Mladost	7-12	4-11	11–23

2001-02	LEN Cup Winners' Cup Winner	Quarter Final	SV Cannstatt	9-7	11-10	20–17
		Semi Final	Vouliagmeni	10-8	7-7	17–15
		Final	HAVK Mladost	6-3	5-7	11–10

2002-03	LEN Cup Winners' Cup Finalist	Quarter Final	Jadran Herceg Novi	5-5	5-4	10–9
		Semi Final	Sabadell	9-6	4-6	13–12
		Final	Posillipo	10-10	3-4	13–14

2003-04	LEN Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group B)	Olympiacos	8–8	8–4	1st
			Barceloneta	7–6	4–7
			Partizan	9–7	8–5
		Quarter Final	Bp. Honvéd	6-7	8-8	14–15

2004-05	LEN Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group A)	Jug Dubrovnik	8–8	10–12	2nd
			Olympic Nice	10–9	6–5
			Niš	11–6	7–6
		Quarter Final	Pro Recco	6-10	8-9	14–19

2005-06	LEN Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group B)	Jug Dubrovnik	10–6	9–13	2nd
			Marseille	12–10	9–13
			Olympiacos	9–9	8–7
		Quarter Final	Savona	6-5	16-18	22–23

2006-07	LEN Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group C)	Pro Recco	8–9	10–11	2nd
			Šturm 2002	13–9	11–10
			Eger	12–6	7–8
		Quarter Final	Jug Dubrovnik	11-10	7-9	18–19

2007-08	LEN Euroleague Third place	Preliminary round (Group C)	Jug Dubrovnik	11–8	7–8	1st
			Bp. Honvéd	8–8	6–5
			Panionios	13–8	10–8
		Quarter Final	Primorac Kotor	6-7	8-6	14–13
		Semi Final (F4)	Jug Dubrovnik	6–11
		Bronze match (F4)	HAVK Mladost	8–6

2008-09	LEN Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group D)	Partizan	7–8	7–9	2nd
			Eger	11–10	9–7
			Marseille	16–6	10–6
		Quarter Final	Pro Recco	8-11	10-9	18–20

2009-10	LEN Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group B)	Jug Dubrovnik	11–8	11–11	3rd
			Panionios	14–7	10–11
			Primorac Kotor	5–8	7–9

2010-11	LEN Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group A)	Jadran Herceg Novi	8–12	10–11	2nd
			Primorac Kotor	7–6	9–8
			Szeged	11–10	9–9
		Main round (Group B)	Pro Recco	7–9	6–12	4th
			HAVK Mladost	8–9	7–8
			Primorje Rijeka	12–12	6–13

2011-12	LEN Champions League Fourth place	Preliminary round (Group C)	Partizan	10–10	5–9	2nd
			Eger	13–9	8–5
			Szeged	12–9	12–12
		Quarter Final	Jug Dubrovnik	16-9	8-12	24–21
		Semi Final (F4)	Pro Recco	5–12
		Bronze match (F4)	HAVK Mladost	7–11

Notable former players

Jenő Brandi 1936 Berlin (1945–1949) - 4 year
István Molnár 1936 Berlin (1945–1947) - 2 year
István Szívós 1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne (1945–1946, 1949–1956) - 8 year
László Jeney 1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne (1945–1955) - 10 year
Mihály Bozsi 1936 Berlin (1948) - 1 year
Kálmán Markovits 1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne (1950–1962) - 12 year
Antal Bolvári 1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne (1962–1963) - 1 year
Péter Rusorán 1964 Tokyo (1969–1972) - 3 year
Tamás Faragó 1976 Montreal (1969–1984) - 15 year
Gábor Csapó 1976 Montreal (1973–1984) - 11 year
György Kenéz 1976 Montreal (1974–1985) - 11 year
Zoltán Kósz 2000 Sydney (1976–1997, 2001–2004) - 24 year
Attila Vári 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens (1994–2002) - 8 year
Tamás Varga 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing (1994–1996, 2000–2004) - 6 year
Ádám Steinmetz 2004 Athens (2000–08, 2011–____) -
Bulcsú Székely 2000 Sydney (2001–2002) - 1 year
Norbert Madaras 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing (2001–2004) - 3 year
Dániel Varga 2008 Beijing (2001–2010) - 9 year
Barnabás Steinmetz 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens (2003–2009, 2010–2012) - 8 year
Tamás Kásás 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing (2003–2004) - 1 year
Dénes Varga 2008 Beijing (2005–2010) - 5 year
Norbert Hosnyánszky 2008 Beijing (2006-2007, 2008–2010) - 3 year
Gábor Kis 2008 Beijing (2008–2010) - 2 year
Gergely Kiss 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing (2010–2012) - 2 year
Miho Bošković 2012 London (2010–2012) - 2 year

Coaches

Mihály Bozsi (1947 – 1956, 1962 – 1965)
István Szívós (1957 – 1959)
Dezső Gyarmati (1971 – 1972, 1988)
Péter Rusorán (1973 – 1976, 1979 – 1981, 1983 – 1986)
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

↑ "Történet" [History] (in Hungarian). Vasas SC official website. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
↑ "Az új név: TEVA-Vasas-UNIQA" [The new name:TEVA-Vasas-UNIQA] (in Hungarian). vlv.hu. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2012.

External links

Official website (Hungarian)
Vasas SC on Facebook

Vasas Sport Club

Football	Vasas FC Vasas FC II

Home stadium	Stadion Rudolf Illovszky (1961–present)

Rivalries	North Pest derby Budapest derby

Other sports	Handball (women) Basketball (men) - Basketball (women) Water polo Ice hockey Volleyball (women) Athletics Swimming Fencing Canoeing Gymnastics Boxing Wrestling

Országos Bajnokság (OB I)

BVSC-Zugló Debrecen Eger Ferencváros Honvéd Kaposvár KSI Orvosegyetem PVSK Szeged Szentes Szolnok Vasas YBL

European Cup, Euroleague and LEN Champions League winners

European Cup	1964–65: Partizan 1964–65: Pro Recco 1965–66: Partizan 1966–67: Partizan 1967–68: Mladost 1968–69: Mladost 1969–70: Mladost 1970–71: Partizan 1971–72: Mladost 1972–73: OSC 1973–74: MGU 1974–75: Partizan 1975–76: Partizan 1976–77: CSKA Moscow 1977–78: Napoli 1978–79: OSC 1979–80: Vasas 1980–81: Jug 1981–82: Barcelona 1982–83: Spandau 04 1983–84: Pro Recco 1984–85: Vasas 1985–86: Spandau 04 1986–87: Spandau 04 1987–88: Pescara 1988–89: Spandau 04 1989–90: Mladost 1990–91: Mladost 1991–92: Jadran Split 1992–93: Jadran Split 1993–94: Újpest 1994–95: Catalunya 1995–96: Mladost

Champions League	1996–97: Posillipo 1997–98: Posillipo 1998–99: POŠK 1999–00: Bečej 2000–01: Jug 2001–02: Olympiacos 2002–03: Pro Recco

LEN Euroleague	2003–04: Honvéd 2004–05: Posillipo 2005–06: Jug 2006–07: Pro Recco 2007–08: Pro Recco 2008–09: Primorac Kotor 2009–10: Pro Recco 2010–11: Partizan

LEN Champions League	2011–12: Pro Recco 2012–13: Crvena Zvezda 2013–14: Atlètic-Barceloneta 2014–15: Pro Recco 2015–16: Jug

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