Rari Nantes Florentia is an Italian

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club from

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. From the 2011-2012 season the men's team plays in the Serie A1, the top division of the Italian league.

History

The sport activities of Rari Nantes Florentia began in 1904. From 1904 to 2009, the swimmers of the club have amassed eighty victories in the national championships. In water polo, introduced by the Genoese Pine Valley, the club has never relegated from the first division from 1929 to today and has won 9 championships, especially during the years 1930 and 1940. In 2000 and 2001, the men's team was ranked second behind the Posillipo. This position allows him to participate and win the

LEN Cup Winners' Cup The LEN Cup Winners' Cup was a European water polo club competition organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation. National cup winners qualified for the tournament. After 2003, the nationalcup winners qualified for the LEN Euroleague, and the cu ...

in 2001.

Titles & achievements

Domestic competitions

Italian League The Italic League or Most Holy League was an international agreement concluded in Venice on 30 August 1454, between the Papal States, the Republic of Venice, the Duchy of Milan, the Republic of Florence, and the Kingdom of Naples, following the T ...

* Winners (9): 1932-33, 1933–34, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1939–40, 1947–48, 1975–76, 1979–80 Italian Cup * Winners (1): 1975-76

European competitions

* Winners (1): 2000-01

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 competiti ...

* ''Runners-up (2)'': 2002-03, 2012–13

Famous players

* Guglielmo "Mino" Marsili * Leonardo Sottani

External links

Official website

Notes

Water polo clubs in Italy {{Italy-waterpolo-team-stub