Vaterpolski klub Solaris ( en, Solaris Water Polo Club), commonly referred to as VK Solaris or simply Solaris, is a men's professional

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based in

Šibenik Šibenik () is a historic city in Croatia, located in central Dalmatia, where the river Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea. Šibenik is a political, educational, transport, industrial and tourist center of Šibenik-Knin County, and is also the ...

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. As of 2022–22 season, it competes in the

Croatian First League The Hrvatska nogometna liga () ( en, Croatian football league), also known as HNL or for sponsorship reasons the SuperSport HNL, is the top Croatian professional football league competition, established in 1992. Previously, it was called Prva ...

and Regional League A1.

History

The club was founded in the summer 2015 by merging former clubs

VK Šibenik Vaterpolski klub Šibenik ( en, Šibenik Water Polo Club), commonly known as VK Šibenik or simply Šibenik, was a men's professional water polo club from the town on the Croatian coast called Šibenik. Club offices were on address Prilaz tvornici ...

and VK Adriatic for the need to become a strong water polo club in

. After some problems, the merge finally came in August 2015, and the newly formed VK Solaris takes over Adriatic's place and organization, and relies on the Šibenik's tradition. In May 2019, the club came fifth in the

championship, defeating

POŠK POŠK (POmorski Športski Klub: ''Marine Sports Club''), is a professional water polo club based in Split, Croatia. The club was founded in 1937. As of 2021–22 season, it competes in the Croatian League and Regional League A2. History The club ...

by a scoreline of 20–14 on aggregate (14–5, 6–9). Winning the fifth place, Solaris secured its place in the following season of

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Players

Current squad

Season 2020/21

Personnel

''Source:''

Honours

Domestic

fifth place: 2018–19 * Croatian First League fourth place: 2019–20

Regional

* Regional League A2 runner-up: 2018–19, 2019–20 (Promotion to Regional League)

Notable players

Andrija Komadina Andrija Komadina (born 23 November 1977) is a Croatian former professional water polo player. He was a member of the Croatia men's national water polo team, played as a defender. He was a part of the Croatian team that won the fourth place at the ...

* Andrija Vlahović

Notable coaches

* Joško Kreković * Renato Vrbičić

References

External links

Vaterpolski klub Solaris - Club websiteVaterpolski klub Solaris - Home , Facebook
{{Regional Water Polo League Water polo clubs in Croatia