VK Budva (full name: Vaterpolo klub Budva) is a professional

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club based in

Budva Budva ( cnr, Будва, or ) is a Montenegrin town on the Adriatic Sea. It has 19,218 inhabitants, and it is the centre of Budva Municipality. The coastal area around Budva, called the Budva riviera, is the center of Montenegrin tourism, kno ...

, Montenegro. As of 2021–22 season, it competes in the Montenegrin League and Regional League A1.

Names

It was formerly known as SD VK Mogren between 1947 and 1992, and as PVK Budvanska Rivijera between 1992 and 2008. In 2008, it changed its name to VK Budva.

History

It was established in 1946. In 2008 VK Budva started to participate in the

Adriatic Water Polo League The Regional Water Polo League (abbr. RWP), commonly known as the Regional League or Adriatic League, is a regional water polo league in Southeast Europe. Originally, the league featured clubs from Croatia, Montenegro, and Slovenia. In later years ...

. It played in the Final four of Water Polo Euroleague in 2011 and finished 4th.

Rosters

Current squad

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 ...

2.00 m * Marko Vukmirović 1.86 m * Savo Ćetković 1.94 m *

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1.84 m * Branko Franeta 1.88 m * Sergej Lobov 1.92 m *

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1.93 m *

Danilo Dragović Danilo is a given name found in Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Serbian. Notable people with the name Danilo include: Athletes Footballers * Danilo (footballer, born 1979), Brazilian footballer Danilo de Andrade * Danilo (footballer, born 19 ...

1.74 m * Dimitrije Rašković 1.87m *

Petar Ćetković Petar ( sr, Петар, bg, Петър) is a South Slavic masculine given name, their variant of the Biblical name Petros cognate to Peter. Derivative forms include Pero, Pejo, Pera, Perica, Petrica, Periša. Feminine equivalent is Petra. ...

* Nikola Milardović Head coach:

Drago Pejaković Drago may refer to: People * Drago (given name) * Drago (surname) * Drago (wrestler), Mexican professional wrestler Víctor Soto * Drago Dumbovic, Croatian footballer known simply as Drago * Drago, nickname of Alexander Volkov * Prince del Drag ...

Notable players

Veljko Uskoković Veljko Uskoković ( cnr, Вељко Ускоковић; 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 Yugosl ...

Aleksandar Ćirić Aleksandar Ćirić ( sr-cyrl, Александар Ћирић, born 30 December 1977 in Belgrade) is a Serbian retired water polo player and current head coach of European powerhouse Olympiacos Women's Water Polo Team, who played for two Olymp ...

Darko Brguljan Darko Brguljan ( cnr, Дарко Бргуљан; born 5 November 1990) is a water polo player from Montenegro. He was part of the Montenegrin team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where the team finished in fourth place. See also * List of World Aqua ...

Milan Tičić Milan Tičić ( sr-cyrl, Милан Тичић) born in Cetinje is a Montenegrin water polo player who plays for VK Partizan, NOB Glyfada, Rari Nantes Florentia, NC Vouliagmeni, GSS Panionios and VK Budva. Milan won European Waterpolo Champions ...

Denis Šefik Denis Šefik ( sr-cyr, Денис Шефик; born 20 September 1976) is Serbian water polo player who plays for VK Radnički. He represented the Serbia and Montenegro national team until 2006, Serbian national team until 2008 and since 2010, r ...

* Nikola Vukčević *

Dragan Drašković Dragan (, sr-Cyrl, Драган) is a popular Serbo-Croatian masculine given name derived from the common Slavic element '' drag'' meaning "dear, beloved". The feminine form is Dragana. People named Dragan include: Politicians and office holde ...

Filip Trajković Filip () is a masculine given name and a surname, cognate to Philip. In Croatia, the name Filip was among the most common masculine given names in the 2000s. Notable people with the name include: ; Given name * Filip Barović (born 1990), Monte ...

Predrag Jokić Predrag Jokić ( sr-cyrl, Предраг Јокић; born 3 February 1983 in Kotor) is a Montenegrin 1.88 m tall water polo player. He is a member of the Montenegro men's national water polo team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 201 ...

Damjan Danilović Damjan may refer to: People * Damjan (given name) * Jernej Damjan (born 1983), Slovenian ski jumper Places * Damjan-Fortuz, a village in Albania * Damjan, Iran Damanjan ( fa, دامن جان, also Romanized as Dāmanjān and Dāmenjān; also ...

Petar Ivošević Petar ( sr, Петар, bg, Петър) is a South Slavic masculine given name, their variant of the Biblical name Petros cognate to Peter. Derivative forms include Pero, Pejo, Pera, Perica, Petrica, Periša. Feminine equivalent is Petra. ...

Slavko Gak Slavko () is a Slavic masculine given name. Notable holders of the name include: Arts * Slavko Avsenik, Slovenian musician * Slavko Avsenik, Jr., Slovenian musician * Slavko Brankov, Croatian actor * Slavko Brill, Croatian Jewish sculptor * Slavk ...

Igor Milanović Igor Milanović ( sr-Cyrl, Игор Милановић; born 18 December 1965) is a Serbian professional water polo head coach and former player. He is considered one of the best water polo players of all time. Milanović had an illustrious profe ...

Aleksandar Šoštar Aleksandar Šoštar ( sr-cyrl, Александар Шоштар; born 21 January 1964) is a Serbian water polo goalkeeper who played on the bronze medal squad of FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Olympics and on the gold medal squad for SFR Yugos ...

Goran Rađenović Goran Rađenović ( sr-Cyrl, Горан Рађеновић; born 4 November 1966 in Niš) is a former Serbian water polo player and now he is water polo coach. During his career he played in Partizan, Roma and Budva and won numerous national and ...

Damir Crepulja Damir Crepulja (''Damir Tsrepulia'') (born January 16, 1984) is a Georgian professional water polo player. He is currently playing for Georgia men's national water polo team. He is 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) tall and weighs 245 lb (111 ...

* Marino Franičević *

Petar Trbojević Petar Trbojević (born 9 September 1973 in Niš, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Serbian water polo player who played on the bronze medal squad of FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the silver medal squad of Serbia and Montenegr ...

* Srđan Antonijević *

Fran Paškvalin Fran may refer to: People and fictional characters * Fran (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Fran (footballer, born 1969) or Francisco Javier González Pérez * Fran (footballer, born 1972), Spanish retired football ...

* Aleksandar Radanović *

Miloš Krivokapić Miloš Androv Krivokapić ( sr-cyr, Милош Кривокапић; 1819–1907), also known as Serdar Miloš, was a tribal leader and military commander of Cuce, who served the Principality of Montenegro and participated in battles against the O ...

* Dragan Vujević *

Josh Samuels Joshua Martin Kugler Samuels (born 8 July 1991) is a water polo player from the United States. He played for the United States men's national water polo team that won a gold medal in water polo at the 2015 Pan American Games, and competed for th ...

Names

History

Rosters

Current squad

Notable players

Recent seasons

Rankings in Montenegrin First League

In European competition

References

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