PVK Bečej (full name: Plivački i Vaterpolo klub Bečej; lit. Swimming and Water polo club Bečej) is a swimming and

water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, 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 water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...

club from

Bečej Bečej (, ; , ) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 19,492, while the municipality has 30,681 inhabitants. History Bečej was mentioned f ...

, Serbia.

History

The club was established in 1947. Its golden years came in the mid-1990s, when the club won the National Championships and National Cups of FR Yugoslavia for six consecutive seasons, from 1995–96 to 2000–01 season. VK Bečej also made

LEN Champions League The European Aquatics 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 ...

Final Four appearances in 1997 and 1998. The biggest success in club's history was winning the 1999–2000 LEN Champions League trophy, becoming only the second Serbian team after VK Partizan to win the top-tier European water polo club competition. Aleksandar Šapić led the team to the 1999–00 title, scoring 5 goals in the final versus Zagreb-based HAVK Mladost on 27 May 2000. He was also that year's Euroleague best scorer with 39 goals in the season. In 2001, VK Bečej made its last Champions League Final Four appearance. The club's president during this golden era was Đorđe "Badža" Predin. The prominent Serbian company Sojaprotein sponsored the club in this period. The club was dissolved in 2002 due to financial issues. In the following years, PVK Bečej 2005 (founded in 2005) and water polo academy Bečejac (founded in 2007) were founded in the city and were later merged into VK Bečejac in 2010. Since the 2013–14 season, the club plays under name Bečej again. The club is playing in the national leagues of Serbia, without appearances in the European leagues.

Rosters

Champions League winning squad

* Aleksandar Šoštar * Slobodan Soro *

Predrag Zimonjić Predrag Zimonjić (born 15 October 1970) is a Serbian water polo player who played for FR Yugoslavia at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. See also * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) * List of World Aquatics Champio ...

* Goran Krstonošić * Nenad Vukanić * Nedeljko Rodić * Branko Peković * Aleksandar Ćirić *

Veljko Uskoković Veljko Uskoković (; born 29 March 1971 in Cetinje, Montenegro) is a retired Montenegrin water polo player. His club achievements are: European Champion 2000 (Becej team), 4 times Yugoslav Champion (Budvanska rivijera an ...

* László Tóth * István Mészáros * Aleksandar Šapić *

Jugoslav Vasović Jugoslav Vasović (born 31 May 1974 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian retired water polo player who played for FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He retired from the sport in 2012 after playing the last season with R ...

* Balázs Vincze * Nebojša Milić * Nenad Kačar

Notable former players

* Milan Tričković

Notable former coaches

* Vlaho Orlić * Nikola Stamenić * Zoltán Kásás * Mirko Blažević

Honours

*National Championship **Winners (6) : 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001 *National Cup **Winners (6) : 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001 * Champions League **Winners (1) : 1999/00 **Final Four (3) : 1997, 1998, 2001

References

External links

* {{1999–2000 LEN Champions League champions roster