Szegedi Vízilabda Egyesület is a

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 ...

club from

Szeged Szeged ( , ; see also #Etymology, other alternative names) is List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat ...

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

. The team competes in the Országos Bajnokság I.

Naming history

* Szegedi EOL AK: (... – 1984/85) * Szegedi EOL-DÉLÉP SE: (1985/86) - Merged with DÉLÉP SC * Szeged SC: (1986/87 – 1992/93) * Szegedi VE: (1993/94 – 1995/96) * Heliomed-Szegedi VE: (1996/97) * Tabán Trafik-Szegedi VE (1997/98 – 2002/03) * Szeged-Beton VE: (2002/03 – 2010/11) * A-Híd Szeged Beton: (2011/12) * A-Híd Szeged: (2012/13) * Diapolo Szeged: (2013/14) * Tiszavirág Szeged Diapolo: (2014/15) * ContiTech-Szeged Diapolo: (2015/16 – 2016/17) * ContiTech-Szeged: (2017/18) * Szegedi VE: (2018/19 – ... )

Honours

Domestic competitions

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

''Third place (7): 1989–90*, 2004–05, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14'' *

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 (3): 2011, 2012, 2013 : Silver medal with cup

''Finalist (2): 1980, 2000–01''

European competitions

LEN Champions League The LEN Champions League is the top-tier European professional water polo club competition with teams from up to 18 countries. It is organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The competition started in 1963 as European Cup. A change of na ...

:''Quarter-finalist (2):'' 2011–12, 2012–13 *

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 ...

:Winners (1): 2008–09

Current squad

Season 2020–2021

Staff

Transfers

In: * Sándor Illés ''(from Bp. Honvéd)'' * Ivan Basara ''(from

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)'' * Miloš Vukićević ''(from

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)'' Out: * Aljoša Kunac ''(to POŠK Split)'' * Zsolt Varga ''(to

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)'' *

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''(to OSC)''

Recent seasons

: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary.

In European competition

*Participations in Champions League ''(Euroleague)'': 4x *Participations in

Euro Cup The UEFA European Football Championship, less formally the European Championship and informally the Euro, is the primary association football tournament organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The competition is contes ...

''(LEN Cup)'': 9x

Notable former players

Olympic champions

Rajmund Fodor Rajmund Fodor (born 21 February 1976 in Szeged) is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. He is nicknamed ''Rajmi'', and made his debut for the national team in 1 ...

(1986–1996) - 8 year 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens *

Tamás Molnár Tamás Molnár (born August 2, 1975) is a Hungarian former water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics. He is one of ten male athletes who won three Olympi ...

( –1998, 2009–2014) - 12 year 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens,

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Barnabás Steinmetz Barnabás Steinmetz (born 6 October 1975 in Budapest) is a Hungarian water polo player who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. He is nicknamed ''Barney'' and ''Sema'', and made his debut for the n ...

(1995–96) - 1 year 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens *

Norbert Hosnyánszky Norbert Hosnyánszky (born 4 March 1984) is a Hungarian water polo player. He competed at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics and won a gold medal in 2008. Personal life Hosnyánszky is married to Jazmin and has a son Zalan (2013) and a daughter S ...

(2005–2006) - 1 year

* Tamás Varga (2007–2009) - 2 year 2004 Athens,

References

External links

* * {{2008–09 LEN Trophy champions roster Water polo clubs in Hungary Sport in Szeged