Associazione Nuotatori Brescia (Swimmers Association Brescia) is an Italian sports club based in
Brescia
Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo. ...
, that is interested exclusively in water sports like swimming and
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 ...
.
History
The club founded in 1973 under the name ''"AN Brescia"'' and in 1995 took the name ''"Leonessa Nuoto Pallanuoto"''.
In 2007 the name changed again becoming ''"Brixia Leonessa Nuoto"''.
Finally in 2011, following a corporate crisis, summarizes the old name of ''"AN Brescia"''.
In the swimming area now experienced its greatest splendor between the eighties and the nineties thanks to the extraordinary victories of Giorgio Lamberti, who won the title in the 100, 200 and 400m freestyle at the Italian and European championships. To remember the world title in Perth and conquered the world record in Berlin in the 200 with a time of 1 min. 46 sec. and 69, remained unbeaten for ten years.
In the water polo department, the successes of the club have a recent history, came following the entry of the group System as the main sponsor. In 2001, arrives for the first time in its history in
LEN 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 ...
final, but was defeated by the Croatian
Mladost. A trophy that is put on the bulletin board in later because in five years, between 2002 and 2006, Systema Leonessa manages to win three LEN Cups (beating in the final
Pro Recco
A.S.D. Pro Recco (Official name: Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Pro Recco) is an Italian water polo club from Recco, in Liguria. It currently plays in Serie A1.
Pro Recco is the most successful club in men's water polo. In men's domestic ...
and
Florentia
Florentia () is a former commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the commune of Val-d'Épy.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Jura department
The following ...
in two derby all Italians and the Russians of
Sintez Kazan
Sintez is a Russian professional water polo club from Kazan, Russia. The club was formed in 1974 and plays in Russia's highest division since 1993. Former Russian centar forward Andrey Belofastov is head coach.
Accomplishments
* Russian Water ...
). Brescia gets its first Italian champions title in 2003, beating Pro Recco. Since 2006 the team, alongside the usual sponsor "Systema", had a new sponsor, "Pompea". Since 2008, the team is called Brixia Leonessa Brescia or Pompea Brixia Leonessa. In 2008 reaches for the second time the championship final, but lost against Pro Recco. In 2009, the team returns to be sponsored by "Systema".
In 2011 for the first time, Brescia reached the Italian Cup final, but lost to the defending champions of the Pro Recco; takes his revenge in 2012, winning the trophy. In the same year it received the third championship final, again versus the "Ligurians", but was defeated.
Honours
Domestic competitions
Serie A1
* Winners (2): 2002–03, 2020–21
Coppa Italia
The ("Italy Cup") is an annual knockout cup competition in Italian football organized by the FIGC until the 2009–10 season and the Lega Serie A ever since.
History
The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...
* Winners (1): 2011–12
European competitions
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 ...
* Winners (4): 2001-02, 2002–03, 2005–06,
2015–16
* ''Runners-up (1)'': 2000-01
Recent seasons
: Cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
Famous players
* Goran Volarević
*
Francesco Di Fulvio
Francesco Di Fulvio (born 15 August 1993) is a professional water polo player from Italy. He was part of the Italian team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where the team won the bronze medal.
Honours
Pro Recco
*LEN Champions League: 2014–15, 2020 ...
*
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 Olympic ...
*
Guillermo Molina
Guillermo Molina Ríos (born 16 March 1984 in Ceuta) is a Spanish water polo player who competed for the Spain men's national water polo team in four consecutive Summer Olympics ( 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing, 2012 London and 2016 Rio. He was t ...
*
Sava Ranđelović
Sava Ranđelović ( sr-cyr, Сава Ранђеловић; born 17 July 1993) is a Serbian water polo player for VasasPlaket and the Serbia men's national water polo team.
Representing Serbia, he won European Championship gold medals in 2014, ...
* Nemanja Ubović
*
Maro Joković
Maro Joković (born 1 October 1987) is a Croatian water polo player. He is left-handed and plays in the right wing position. He competed at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics and won a gold medal in 2012 and a silver in 2016. He held the world title ...
*
Angelos Vlachopoulos
Angelos Vlachopoulos ( el, Άγγελος Βλαχόπουλος; born 28 September 1991) is a Greek water polo player. He won a bronze medal at the 2015 World Championships and competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He plays for Serbian club VK ...
Famous coaches
* Mirko Blažević
External links
Official websiteL'articolo della Gazzetta sulla vittoria dello scudetto
Notes
{{2015–16 LEN Euro Cup champions roster
Water polo clubs in Italy