Vaterpolski klub Šibenik ( en, Šibenik Water Polo Club), commonly known as VK Šibenik or simply Šibenik, was a men's professional

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club from the town on the Croatian coast called

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 ...

. Club offices were on address Prilaz tvornici BB.

History

The club was part of 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 ...

for many years. Until 2002 the club played their home matches on the pool in Solaris (10 km from

) but then the pool was closed and there was a big break which took a part on the club. Finally, in fall 2006 the new pool in Crnica was built and the club started to advance. With the arrival of new sponsor
Nautical Center Prgin
the club changed its name to Šibenik NCP. Club was dissolved in August 2015 and by merging VK Adriatic and VK Šibenik, a new water polo club VK Solaris was founded.

Honours

Although it never won a championship, the club was a very tough rival to all other clubs. Also, many players from Šibenik were in national teams or they were in state champions; but the best of them are:

Perica Bukić Perica Bukić (born 20 February 1966) is a Croatian former professional water polo player and politician. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics. Bukić was given the honour to carry the national flag of Croatia at the ...

, Renato Vrbičić,

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, Denis Šupe and

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 ...

. The best success accomplished in the 2006–07 season when it secured second place in the

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 competitio ...

and third one in the Croatian Championship, leading by coach Ivica Tucak, present-day

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head coach. Also, one of the biggest successes include winning the second place in the 1986–87

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 ...

season while in the 2008–09 season the club played

LEN Euroleague 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 ...

, the strongest water polo competition under the auspices of

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Notable players

Merrill Moses Merrill M. Moses (born August 13, 1977) is a United States Olympic silver medalist, three-time Olympian, and three-time Pan American Games gold medalist water polo goalkeeper. He played college water polo for Pepperdine University, where he ...

Mile Nakić Ante "Mile" Nakić (born 8 January 1942) is a Croatian former professional renowned water polo coach and water polo player. He worked as the head coach of the Yugoslavia national team from 1982 to 1983, while from 1992 to 1995 he coached the Gr ...

Antonio Petković Antonio Petković (born 11 January 1986) is a Croatian water polo player who won silver medals at the 2015 World Championships and the 2016 Olympics. Orders * Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar - 2016 Ivica Tucak * Renato Vrbičić

Notable coaches

* Danko Jerković *

* Toni Petrić * Ivica Tucak * Renato Vrbičić

External links

Kazan - Šibenik: So close...
Article about LEN Euro Cup finals
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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 ...

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