The Vasas SC

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-based sports association Vasas SC. One of the most successful teams in the country, they have won the Hungarian Championship 17 times and the Hungarian Cup 15 times. The club also had major successes on continental level as they won the

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(formerly European Champions Cup), Europe's premier water polo competition two times and took the

LEN Cup Winners' Cup The LEN Cup Winners' Cup was a European water polo club competition organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation. National cup winners qualified for the tournament. After 2003, the nationalcup winners qualified for the LEN Euroleague, and the cu ...

title on three occasions as well. Starting from the 2010–11 season, the club is officially known as TEVA-Vasas-UNIQA due to sponsorship reasons.

Naming history

* Vasas Sport Club (Vasas SC): (1945 – 1949) * Budapesti Vasas ''(Bp. Vasas)'': (1950 – 1956) * Vasas SC: (1957 – 1990/91) * Vasas SC-Plaket: (1991/92 – 2001/02) - the first naming sponsor of Vasas * Vasas-Plaket- Euroleasing: (2002/03 – 2003/04) * TEVA-VasasPlaket: (2004/05 – 2009/10) * TEVA-Vasas- UNIQA: (2010/11 – 2011/12) * TEVA-Vasas: (2012/13) * LACTIV-VasasPlaket: (2013/14) * VasasPlaket: (2014/15 – 2019/20) * A-Híd VasasPlaket: (2020/21 – ... )

Honours

Domestic competitions

* Országos Bajnokság I (''National Championship of Hungary'') : Gold medal blank

Champions (18):

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, 1977, 1979, 1980,

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, 1988–89, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12 : : *

Magyar Kupa The Hungarian Cup ( hu, Magyar Kupa) is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association, the ''Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség,'' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of the Hungarian ...

(''National Cup of Hungary'') : Gold medal with cup

Winners (15): 1947, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1997, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2004, 2005, 2009 : * Szuperkupa (''Super Cup of Hungary''); : Gold medal with cup

Winners (): 2001, 2006

European competitions

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(Champions Cup) :Winners (2): 1979–80, 1984–85 *

:Winners (3): 1985–86, 1994–95, 2001–02 *

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 ...

:Winners (1): 1985

Current squad

Season 2020–2021

Staff

* Coach: György Kenéz * Youth Coach: Lajos Pecz * Youth Coach: Ákos Váradi * Youth Coach: György Kenéz, Jr. * Team Doctor: Attila Szűcs, MD

Transfers (2016-17)

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Recent seasons

Rankings in OB I

In European competition

*Participations in Champions League ''(Champions Cup, Euroleague)'': 19x *Participations in

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''(LEN Cup)'': 3x *Participations in ''

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Notable former players

Olympic champions

* Jenő Brandi - 4 year Gold medal

1936 Berlin * István Molnár - 2 year Gold medal

1936 Berlin * István Szívós - 8 year Gold medal

1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne * László Jeney - 10 year Gold medal

1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne * Mihály Bozsi - 1 year Gold medal

1936 Berlin *

Kálmán Markovits Kálmán Markovits (August 26, 1931 – December 5, 2009) was a Hungary, Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1956 Summer Olympics, and 1960 Summer Olympics. He was born in Budapest. Markovits was part o ...

- 12 year

1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne * Antal Bolvári - 1 year

1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne *

Péter Rusorán Péter Rusorán (11 April 1940 – 14 February 2012) was a Hungarian swimmer, water polo player and later water polo coach. As a player, he won the Olympic Games gold medal in 1964 and the bronze in 1960 and also obtained the Universiade title ...

- 3 year

1964 Tokyo *

Tamás Faragó Tamás Faragó (born 5 August 1952) is a former Hungarian water polo player. He competed in all major international tournaments between 1970 and 1980 and won three medals at the Summer Olympics and five at the world and European championships. ...

- 15 year

1976 Montreal *

Gábor Csapó Gábor Csapó (20 September 1950 – 27 November 2022) was a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. He died from respiratory failure on 27 November 2022, at the age of 72.

- 11 year

1976 Montreal *

György Kenéz György Kenéz (born 23 June 1956) is a Hungarian former water polo player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics. See also * Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of Olympic champions in men's water polo * L ...

- 11 year

1976 Montreal *

Zoltán Kósz Zoltán Kósz (born 26 November 1967 in Budapest) is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Kosz also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where the Hungarian team placed 4th. He is nickna ...

- 24 year

2000 Sydney * Attila Vári - 8 year Gold medal

2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens * Tamás Varga - 6 year Gold medal

2004 Athens,

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* Ádám Steinmetz -

2004 Athens * Bulcsú Székely - 1 year

2000 Sydney *

Norbert Madaras Norbert Madaras (born 1 December 1979 in Eger) is a Hungarian water polo player, who won the gold medal with the men's national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics. He also was on the squad that claimed the title at the ...

- 3 year

2004 Athens,

Dániel Varga Dániel Rudolf Varga (born 25 September 1983) is a Hungarian water polo coach. He was a member of the gold medal winning Hungary men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He is the older brother of Dénes Varga; they are curr ...

- 9 year

Barnabás Steinmetz Barnabás Steinmetz (born 6 October 1975 in Budapest) is a Hungarian water polo player who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. He is nicknamed ''Barney'' and ''Sema'', and made his debut for the n ...

- 8 year

2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens *

Tamás Kásás Tamás Kásás (; born 20 July 1976) is a retired Hungarian water polo player. Kásás is often described as the best defensive player of his era, if not the best overall. He is known for his ability to spring out of the water and block shots, ...

- 1 year

2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens,

Dénes Varga Dénes Andor Varga (born 29 March 1987) is a Hungarian water polo player, currently playing for Ferencváros. He was a member of the gold medal winning Hungary men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, together with his olde ...

- 5 year

Norbert Hosnyánszky Norbert Hosnyánszky (born 4 March 1984) is a Hungarian water polo player. He competed at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics and won a gold medal in 2008. Personal life Hosnyánszky is married to Jazmin and has a son Zalan (2013) and a daughter S ...

- 3 year

Gábor Kis Gábor Kis (born 27 September 1982 in Budapest) is a Hungarian water polo player. He was a member of the Gold medal winning Hungary men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Honours National * Olympic Games: Gold medal - 2 ...

- 2 year

Gergely Kiss Dr. Gergely "Gergő" Kiss (born 21 September 1977) is a Hungarian former water polo player. He was considered to be one of the best left-handed water polo players of his time. Kiss is one of ten male athletes who won three Olympic gold meda ...

- 2 year

2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens,

Miho Bošković Miho Bošković (born 11 January 1983) is a Croatian professional water polo player. He was part of the Croatia national team, that won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, as well as gold medals at the 2007 World Championship and 2010 ...

- 2 year

2012 London

Former coaches

* Mihály Bozsi (1947–1956) * István Szívós (1957–1959) * * Mihály Bozsi (1962–1965) * *

Dezső Gyarmati Dezső Gyarmati (23 October 1927 – 18 August 2013) was a Hungarian water polo player and three-time Olympic champion; he later became the coach of the Hungarian national water polo team. Widely regarded as a "legendary player", Gyarmati was t ...

(1971–1972) *

(1973–1976) * *

(1979–1981) * *

(1983–1986) *

(1988) *

(1988–1990) *

(1992–1993) * *

(1995–2000) * József Somossy (2000–2003) * Zoltán Kásás (2003–2004) * László Földi (2004– ''present'')

References

External links

* {{2001–02 LEN Cup Winners' Cup champions roster

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