Orvosegyetem Sport Club is a Hungarian

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club from

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established in 1957 in the

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. The club's peak was the 1970s. Orvosegyetem won six national championships in a row between 1969 and 1974, and in 1973 it won the

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, beating 4-times champion

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in the final. In 1974 and 1975 also reached the European Cup's final, but lost to MGU Moscow and Partizan respectively. In 1976 it played its fourth European final, losing the

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to Mladost Zagreb. In 1978 and 1979 the team culminated its golden era winning its seventh national championship and its second European Cup. The team declined in subsequent years, but it still played in the Hungarian First Championship. However, with the team moving to XI. district in Budapest, and with the new title sponsor, A-HÍD Zrt. from the 2014-15 season was a very successful one, winning silver medal in both the Hungarian Cup and the Hungarian Championship, whilst also going three rounds in the LEN Champions League qualifiers before falling out against Szolnoki VSC.

Naming history

* Orvosegyetem Sport Club (OSC): (1961 – 1978) * Medicor-OSC: (1979 – 1985/86) * OSC: (1986/87 – 1989/90) * OSC-Boniper (1990/91 – 1991/92) * OSC: (1992/93 – 1999/00) * OSC-British Knights: (2000/01 – 2004/05) * OSC-Kaposvár: (2005/06) - Merged with Kaposvári VK * OSC-Opus Via: (2006/07 – 2008/09) * OSC: (2009/10 – 2013/14) * A-Híd OSC-Újbuda: (2014/15 – 2019/20) * OSC-Újbuda: (2020/21 – 2021/22) * Genesys OSC-Újbuda: (2021/22 – ... )

Honours

Domestic competitions

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

Champions (7): 1969,

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1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...

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Magyar Kupa The Hungarian Cup ( hu, Magyar Kupa) is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association, the ''Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség,'' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of the Hungarian ...

(''National Cup of Hungary'') : Gold medal with cup

Winners (2): 1970, 1974 :

European competitions

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(Champions Cup) :Winners (2): 1972–73, 1978–79 *

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:''Runners-up (1):'' 1975–76 *

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:Winners (1): 1979

Current squad

Season 2020–21

Staff

* Sporting director: Péter Becsey * Team Manager: Zoltán Menyhárt * Youth coach: Attila Petik * Masseur: Ákos Horváth * Club doctor: Koppány Kocsis, MD * Video analyst: Buza Balázs

Transfers (2017-18)

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''(from AN Brescia)'' * Márton Tóth ''(from

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Recent seasons

: Cancelled due to the

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In European competition

*Participations in Champions League ''(European Cup, Euroleague)'': 11x *Participations in

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Notable former players

Olympic champions

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– 17 years (1962-1979) 1964 Tokyo * Ferenc Konrád – 13 years (1966-1979) 1976 Montreal * István Szívós – 12 years (1968-1980) 1976 Montreal * Attila Sudár – 11 years (1972-1981, 1983-1984, 1992-1993) 1976 Montreal * János Konrád – 1 year (1975-1976) 1964 Tokyo *

– 1 year (2016-2017) '' 2016 Rio de Janeiro'' *

– ''1 year'' (2017-____) 2016 Rio de Janeiro * Bulcsú Székely – ''junior years'' 2000 Sydney

References

External links

* * * {{1978–79 European Cup (water polo) champions roster Water polo clubs in Hungary Sport in Budapest Sports clubs established in 1957 1957 establishments in Hungary