Vaterpolski klub Jug ( en, Jug Water Polo Club) is a professional

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 based in

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, Croatia. The club was established in 1923 as part of sports society "JUG". As of the 2021–22 season, VK Jug competes in the Croatian League, Regional League A1 and

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 nam ...

History

1923–1941

Since establishment in 1923, Jug was one of the most successful water polo clubs in Yugoslavia. It won fourteen

Yugoslav Water Polo Championship The Yugoslav Water Polo Championship was the premier league competition for men's water polo clubs in Yugoslavia. Originally established in 1921 in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, it ran for almost 20 years before being suspended due to the Second World ...

titles in Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

1945–1991

During the existence of SFR Yugoslavia, Jug was among the elite Yugoslav water polo clubs, winning a total of eights Yugoslav Water Polo Championship titles; three in a row from 1949 to 1951, four in a row from 1980 to 1983, and their last one in 1985. Jug also won its first European title, the Champions Cup, in 1981. It also won the National Cup of Yugoslavia in 1981 and 1983.

1991–2008

After the

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in 1991, Jug won six

Croatian First League of Water Polo The Croatian First League of Water Polo ( hr, Prva hrvatska vaterpolo liga) is the top water polo league in Croatia. The league was formed in 1991 with the dissolution of the Yugoslav First League of Water Polo and its first season started in 1 ...

championships and eight

Croatian Water Polo Cup The Croatian Water Polo Cup is a national cup of water polo in Croatia. It is organized by the Croatian Water Polo Federation. Title holders * 1992–93 Mladost * 1993–94 Mladost * 1994–95 Jug * 1995–96 Primorje * 1996–97 Jug * ...

titles until the 2007–08 season. It cemented its dominance in Croatia by winning the top-tier continental 2000–01 LEN Champions League and 2005–06 LEN Euroleague titles.

2008–present

In the 2008–09 season, Jug won the inaugural season of the

Regional 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 ...

. From 2009–10 to 2014–15, Jug was five-time runner-up in the competition and finished in third place once. In Croatia, it won five consecutive championship titles from 2008–09 to 2012–13 and Croatian Cup in the 2008–09 season. In the 2015–16 season, Jug set a record by winning all competitions it played in. After taking the Croatian League championship and Croatian Cup title, Jug won the Regional Water Polo League for the second time in club's history and was crowned the 2015–16 LEN Champions League champion for fourth time in club's history. Starting the 2016–17 season, Jug won the 2016

LEN Super Cup The LEN Super Cup is an annual water polo match organized by LEN and contested by the reigning champions of the two European club competitions, the LEN Champions League and the LEN Euro Cup. From 1976 to 2002, the LEN Super Cup was contested betwe ...

. Jug defended the Regional Water Polo League title in 2016–17, but was stopped in the final of the 2016–17 LEN Champions League by Hungarian team Szolnoki. In the 2017–18 season, Jug won third Regional League title in a row and lost in third-place game of the 2017–18 LEN Champions League. In the 2018–19 season, Jug failed to defend the

title for fourth season in a row, losing to

HAVK Mladost Hrvatski akademski vaterpolo klub Mladost ( en, Croatian Academic Water Polo Club Mladost) or simply HAVK Mladost is a professional water polo club based in Zagreb, Croatia. The club was formed in 1946 and it is part of the Mladost sports societ ...

. Also, in the 2018–19 LEN Champions League, it lost in the quarterfinals to Hungarian team Ferencvárosi with 10–9.

Honours

Current squad

Season 2021–22

Staff

Recent seasons

: Cancelled due to the

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References

External links

* {{Regional Water Polo League Sports clubs established in 1923 Water polo clubs in Croatia Water polo clubs in Yugoslavia LEN Euroleague clubs Sport in Dubrovnik