The Cercle des nageurs de Marseille (Circle of Marseille's swimmers) is an elite swim club based in

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

, founded in 1921. It is best known for its

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

team which is the most decorated in France, and also for training many of the French

Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896 ** Summer Olympic Games ** Winter Olympic Games * Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece b ...

swimmers, including

Frédérick Bousquet Frédérick Bousquet (, born 8 April 1981 in Perpignan) is a retired freestyle and butterfly swimmer from France. He was the holder of the world record in the 50 m freestyle in a time of 20.94 in long course, set on 26 April 2009 at the ...

Fabien Gilot Fabien Pierre Aurélien Dominique Gilot (born 27 April 1984) is a French Olympic and world champion swimmer. Early life Gilot was born in Denain, France, to Michel and Yveline Gilot. He started by playing water polo, before switching to swimmi ...

Camille Lacourt Camille Lacourt (; born 22 April 1985) is a retired French competitive swimmer and backstroke specialist. He won the 50 metre backstroke at three consecutive world championships ( 2013 Barcelona, 2015 Kazan, and 2017 Budapest). He competed at ...

Florent Manaudou ] Florent Manaudou (; born 12 November 1990) is a French competitive swimming (sport), swimmer, an Olympic champion of the 50-meter freestyle at the 2012 London Olympics, and the younger brother of Laure Manaudou, a 2004 Olympic gold medalist i ...

Laure Manaudou Laure Manaudou (; born 9 October 1986) is a retired French Olympic, world and European champion swimmer. She has held the world record in freestyle events between 200 and 1500 meter. She is the daughter of a French father and a Dutch mother, and s ...

and others.

Facilities

Located at the east of the city, next to the sea, the club has 3 pool, 2 covered (one long course, one short course) and one outside short course.

Waterpolo

Honours

Domestic competitions

*National Championship (38): 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021 *National Cup (11): 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. *League Cup (2): 2015, 2018.

European competitions

LEN Euro Cup The LEN Euro Cup is the second-tier European water polo club competition run by the Ligue Européenne de Natation for those clubs who did not qualify for the LEN Champions League. The cup was inaugurated in 1992. History Names of the competitio ...

:Winners (1): 2019

Notable players

Michaël Bodegas Michaël Alexandre Bodegas (born 3 May 1987) is a water polo player from Italy. He was part of the Italian team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where the team won the bronze medal. See also * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) * List of ...

Ugo Crousillat Ugo Crousillat ( cnr, Igo Kruzija (born 27 October 1990) is a water polo player from France. He was part of the French team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where the team was eliminated in the group stage. Before French, he was a member of Montenegro ...

Ante Vukičević Ante Vukičević (born 24 February 1993) is a Croatian water polo player for CN Marseille and the Croatian national team. He participated at the 2019 World Championships. See also * List of world champions in men's water polo * List of World A ...

Uroš Čučković Uroš Čučković ( sr-cyrl, Урош Чучковић; born 25 April 1990) is a Montenegrin professional water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The gam ...

Mlađan Janović Mlađan Janović ( sr-cyrl, Млађан Јановић; born 12 June 1984 in Kotor, SR Montenegro, Yugoslavia) is a Montenegrin water polo player. He currently plays for AN Brescia and he is a long-standing member of the Montenegrin national w ...

Dejan Lazović Dejan Lazović ( sr-cyrl, Дејан Лазовић; born 8 February 1990) is a Montenegrin professional water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The gam ...

Miloš Šćepanović Miloš Šćepanović ( sr-cyrl, Милош Шћепановић; born October 9, 1982) is a Montenegrin water polo player. He was a member of the Montenegro men's national water polo team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. There the team reached the se ...

Vladan Spaić Vladan Spaić ( sr-cyrl, Владан Спаић; born 18 June 1997) is a Montenegrin water polo player. He is currently playing for the CN Marseille The Cercle des nageurs de Marseille (Circle of Marseille's swimmers) is an elite swim club base ...

Andrija Prlainović Andrija Prlainović ( sr-Cyrl, Андрија Прлаиновић; born 28 April 1987) is a Serbian water polo player widely regarded as one of the greatest players ever. He was a member of the Serbia men's national water polo teams that won br ...

External links

Official Website in french
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