PVK Jadran is a professional

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club based in

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, Montenegro. As of 2021–22 season, the club competes in the Montenegrin League and Regional League A1. PVK Jadran is a 16-time winner of the National league (10

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), 13-time winner of the National cup (10 Montenegro, 3 SFR Yugoslavia), 2-time winner of the Regional Water Polo League, and 1-time runner-up of the

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History

PVK Jadran was founded in the summer of 1922 as a merger between two water polo clubs, Bijela Vila and Spjaža. It was then registered at the Swimming Federation of Yugoslavia. It was the only water club in the

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region and played against teams from

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. PVK Jadran's first win was when they had beaten VK Građani, the best clubs in

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at the time after

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and

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. After

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in 1945, the national championship was held in

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and Jadran went, representing Montenegro, and won fourth place. Jadran also played final game in the Euroleague in 2004 where was defeated by Honved. In 2018–19 season, PVK Jadran was a runner-up in

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, after losing on aggregate with 16–15 to the French team

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Notable former players

* Boris Zloković *

Božidar Stanišić Božidar "Cikota" Stanišić (21 October 1936 – 3 January 2014) was a water polo player from Montenegro. He was part of the Yugoslav teams that won a silver medal at the 1964 Olympics and placed fourth in 1960. He won another silver medal at t ...

* Petar Prlainović * Rajko Prlainović * Petar Prlainović * *

Aleksandar Ivović Aleksandar Ivović, (born 24 February 1986) is a Montenegrin professional water polo player. He started his career at PVK Jadran, which is his first senior team to compete for. He was a member of the Montenegro men's national water polo team at ...

* Vladimir Gojković *

Andrija Prlainović Andrija Prlainović ( sr-Cyrl, Андрија Прлаиновић; born 28 April 1987) is a Serbian water polo player widely regarded as one of the greatest players ever. He was a member of the Serbia men's national water polo teams that won br ...

Nikola Janović Nikola Janović ( sr-cyrl, Никола Јановић; born 22 March 1980, in Kotor) is a Montenegrin water polo player and the former Minister of Sports and Youth of Montenegro. He was one of the best water polo player in the wo ...

Vanja Udovičić Vanja Udovičić ( sr-Cyrl, Вања Удовичић, ; born 12 September 1982) is a Serbian politician and former professional water polo player who served as minister of youth and sports from 2013 to 2022. An independent politician, he is a ...

* Aleksandar Radović *

Miloš Šćepanović Miloš Šćepanović ( sr-cyrl, Милош Шћепановић; born October 9, 1982) is a Montenegrin water polo player. He was a member of the Montenegro men's national water polo team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. There the team reached the se ...

Denis Šefik Denis Šefik ( sr-cyr, Денис Шефик; born 20 September 1976) is Serbian water polo player who plays for VK Radnički. He represented the Serbia and Montenegro national team until 2006, Serbian national team until 2008 and since 2010, r ...

* Danijel Premuš * Marko Jelača * Marko Elez * Nikola Vukčević

Notable former coaches

* Petar Porobić

Former squads

;2007–08 squad *

Višeslav Sarić Višeslav Sarić (born 3 February 1977) is a Croatian water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( ...

(Feb 2, 1977) *

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(May 28, 1980) * Marko Elez (Sep 9, 1980) * Danijel Premuš (Apr 15, 1981) *

(Oct 9, 1982) (Goalkeeper) * Richard van Eck (Mar 8, 1983) * Nikola Vukčević (Nov 14, 1985) * Ljubomir Vrbica (Sep 8, 1985) *

(Feb 24, 1986) *

Kevin Graham Kevin Graham (born April 21, 1986 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian water polo player. He was a member of the Canada men's national water polo team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The team finished 11th out of the 12 teams in the tourna ...

(Apr 21, 1986) * Novak Jelić (Jan 14, 1986) (Goalkeeper) * Luka Sekulić (Jul 1, 1987) * Aleksandar Radović (Feb 24, 1987) * Filip Klikovac (Feb 7, 1989) ;2008–2009 squad *

(Goalkeeper) * Luka Sekulić *

* Marko Elez * Nikola Vukčević * Aleksandar Radović * Marko Jelača * Vladimir Gojković *

* Danijel Premuš * Jesse Smith * Dalibor Perčinić (Goalkeeper) ;2009–10 squad *

(Goalkeeper) * Luka Sekulić * Ivan Bebić * Marko Elez * Nikola Vukčević * Aleksandar Radović *

* Vladimir Gojković *

* Boris Zloković * Filip Klikovac * Dalibor Perčinić (Goalkeeper) * Đorđe Tešanović *Head Coach : Ivica Tucak *2nd Coach : Vaso Ćuković *3rd Coach : Lazar Vuksanović ;2010–2011 squad *

(Goalkeeper) * Luka Sekulić *

Damir Crepulja Damir Crepulja (''Damir Tsrepulia'') (born January 16, 1984) is a Georgian professional water polo player. He is currently playing for Georgia men's national water polo team. He is 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) tall and weighs 245 lb (111 ...

* Đorđe Filipović * Radovan Latinović *

Uroš Kalinić __NOTOC__ Uroš ( sr-Cyrl, Урош) is a South Slavic given or last name primarily spread amongst Serbs, and Slovenians (mostly of Serbian descent). This noun has been interpreted as "lords", because it usually appears in conjunction with ''velmõ ...

* Vladimir Gojković * Danijel Premuš *

Gavril Subotić Gavril is a variant of the name Gabriel, may refer to: *Gavril Atanasov, Macedonian icon painter from Berovo in the 19th century *Gavril Bănulescu-Bodoni (1746–1821), Romanian clergyman who served as Metropolitan of Moldavia *Gavril Balint (born ...

* Petar Filipović * Željko Kovačić * Đorđe Tešanović * Stefan Vidović *Head Coach : Ivica Tucak *2nd Coach : Vaso Ćuković *3rd Coach : Lazar Vuksanović ;2011–12 squad *

(Goalkeeper) * Luka Sekulić * Jovan Sarić * Ivan Krizman * Martin Beltrame * Radovan Latinović * Stefan Vidović * Vladimir Gojković * Danijel Premuš *

* Nikola Tomašević * Bojan Banićević * Đorđe Tešanović * Petar Vuksanović * Slaven Kandić (Goalkeeper) *Head Coach : Ivica Tucak *2nd Coach : Vaso Ćuković *3rd Coach : Lazar Vuksanović 2012–13 squad *

(Goalkeeper) * Clayton Snyder * Aleksa Brkić * Đorđe Tešanović * Stefan Vidović * Aleksandar Radović * Bojan Banićević * Jovan Sarić * Radovan Latinović * Igor Porobić * Lazar Pasuljević * Nikola Tomašević * Ivan Krizman * Nikola Giga * Vlado Popadić * Slaven Kandić (Goalkeeper) *Head Coach : Vladimir Gojković *2nd Coach : Petar Radanović *3rd Coach : Lazar Vuksanović 2013–14 squad * Slaven Kandić (Goalkeeper) * Nikola Moskov * Vlado Popadić * Željko Kovačić * Stefan Vidović * Marko Brajović * Bojan Banićević * Jovan Sarić * Radovan Latinović * Luka Sekulić * Stefan Pješivac * Aleksa Ukropina * Nikola Giga * Marko Porobić * Stefan Porobić * Vladan Spaić * Miloš Popović (Goalkeeper) *Head Coach : Vladimir Gojković *2nd Coach : Petar Radanović *3rd Coach : Lazar Vuksanović ;2014–15 squad * Slaven Kandić (Goalkeeper) * Nikola Moskov * Vlado Popadić *

Andria Bitadze Andria Bitadze ( Georgian: ანდრია ბითაძე; born 17 May 1997) is a Georgian professional water polo player for CC Ortigia and the Georgian national team. Previously he has played for Jadran Herceg Novi, CN Barcelona, VK Cr ...

* Stefan Vidović * Bojan Banićević * Jovan Sarić *

Dragan Drašković Dragan (, sr-Cyrl, Драган) is a popular Serbo-Croatian masculine given name derived from the common Slavic element '' drag'' meaning "dear, beloved". The feminine form is Dragana. People named Dragan include: Politicians and office hold ...

* Radovan Latinović * Luka Sekulić * Stefan Pješivac * Aleksa Ukropina * Nikola Giga * Stefan Porobić * Vladan Spaić * Filip Gardašević * Nikola Brkić *

Đuro Radović Đuro Radović ( sr-cyrl, Ђуро Радовић; born 20 February 1999) is a water polo player for Montenegro. Đuro started playing water polo at PVK Jadran, and he is a member of a first squad since 2014.Considered one of the top left-handed ...

* Petar Mijušković * Petar Tešanović (Goalkeeper) * Miloš Popović (Goalkeeper) *Head Coach : Vladimir Gojković *2nd Coach : Petar Radanović *3rd Coach : Lazar Vuksanović ;2015–16 squad * Slaven Kandić (Goalkeeper) * Aleksa Petrovski * Vlado Popadić *

* Stefan Vidović * Bojan Banićević *

* Miroslav Ranđić * Vladan Spaić * Željko Kovačić * Stefan Pješivac * Aleksa Ukropina * Nikola Moskov * Nikola Brkić * Petar Mijušković * Filip Gardašević * Miloš Popović (Goalkeeper) * Dragan Kolesko (Goalkeeper) * Petar Tešanović (Goalkeeper) 2016–17 squad *

(Goalkeeper) * Slaven Kandić (Goalkeeper) * Marko Petković * Vlado Popadić *

* Stefan Vidović * Bojan Banićević *

* Danil Merkulov * Vladan Spaić * Željko Kovačić * Stefan Pješivac * Aleksa Ukropina * Nikola Moskov * Nikola Brkić * Stefan Porobić * Petar Mijušković * Filip Gardašević * Luka Murišić * Danilo Radović * Martin Gardašević * Dragan Kolesko (Goalkeeper) * Petar Tešanović (Goalkeeper) *Head Coach : Vladimir Gojković *2nd Coach : Petar Radanović *3rd Coach : Lazar Vuksanović

Recent seasons

Rankings in Montenegrin First League

In European competition

References

External links

* {{Regional Water Polo League Water polo clubs in Montenegro Water polo clubs in Serbia and Montenegro