Budapesti Vasutas Sport Club is a

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club from

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croa ...

. The team competes in the Országos Bajnokság I.

Naming history

* Budapesti Lokomotív ''(Bp. Lokomotív)'': (1949 –1954) * Bp. Törekvés: (1955 – 1956) * Budapesti Vasutas Sport Club (BVSC): (1957 – 1991/92) * BVSC-Schiller Opel: (1991/92 – 1992/93) - the first naming sponsor * BVSC- Westel: (1992/93 – 1997/98) * BVSC-Brendon: (1997/98 – 2003/04) * BVSC-Turbo: (2003/04 – 2004/05) * BVSC: (2004/05 – 2007/08) * BVSC-Atlantis Casino: (2007/08 – 2008/09) * BVSC-Zugló: (2008/09 – 2013/14) * BVSC-Wáberer Hungária-Zugló: (2013/14 – 2015/16) * BVSC-Zugló: (2015/16) * MKB-Euroleasing-BVSC-Zugló: (2016/17 – 2017/18) * BVSC-Zugló: (2018/19 – ... )

Honours

Domestic competitions

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

Champions (7):

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, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99 : : *

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 (5): 1982, 1986–87, 1994–95, 1999–00, 2002–03 : * Szuperkupa (''Super Cup of Hungary''); : Gold medal with cup

Winners (): 2003

European competitions

LEN Champions League 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 ...

(Champions Cup) :''Runners-up (1):'' 1985–86 *

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 ...

:''Semi-finalist (1):'' 2001–02 * LEN Cup Winners' Cup :''Runners-up (2):'' 1983–84, 1995–96

Current squad

Season 2017–18

Staff

Recent seasons

: Cancelled due to the

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In European competition

*Participations in Champions League ''(European Cup, Euroleague)'': 8x *Participations in Euro Cup ''(LEN Cup)'': 5x *Participations in ''

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'': 1x

Notable former players

Olympic champions

György Horkai György Horkai (born 1 July 1954) is a Hungarian former water polo player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, ...

– 15 years (1970-1985)

1976 Montreal * Ferenc Konrád – 9 years (1956-1965)

1976 Montreal *

Zoltán Szécsi Zoltán Szécsi (born 22 December 1977) is a Hungarian former water polo goalkeeper, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics. He is one of ten male athletes who won three ...

– 9 years (1995-2004) Gold medal

2000 Sydney The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...

, '' 2004 Athens'', 2008 Beijing * János Konrád – 7 years (1956-1963) Gold medal

1964 Tokyo * Zsolt Varga – 7 years (1990-1997) Gold medal

Tamás Märcz Tamás Märcz (born 17 July 1974) is a Hungarian water polo player who played on the gold medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He was the head coach of Hungary men's national water polo team between 1 January 2017 and 18 July 2022. He has ...

– 7 years (1993-2000) Gold medal

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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 - 20 ...

– 7 years (1997-2004) Gold medal

2008 Beijing * György Gerendás – 4 years (1983-1987) Gold medal

1976 Montreal *

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 ...

– 4 years (1986-1990) Gold medal

, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing *

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 ...

– 3 years (1965-1968) Gold medal

1976 Montreal * Norbert Madaras – ? years ( -2001) Gold medal

2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing * Norbert Hosnyánszky – half year (1994) Gold medal

2008 Beijing

Former coaches

Károly Laky Károly is a very common Hungarian male given name. It is also sometimes found as a Hungarian surname. The origin of this name is the Turkic Karul, which means hawk. Nowadays Károly is considered the equivalent of English Karl or Charles (becaus ...

* Dezső Gyarmati (1981–1988) *

(1990–1992) * György Gerendás (1992–2004) * * Balázs Vincze ( –2010) *

Norbert Dabrowski Norbert is a Germanic given name, from ''nord'' "north" and '' berht'' "bright". Norbert is also occasionally found as a surname. People with the given name Academia * Norbert Angermann (born 1936), German historian * Norbert A’Campo (born 1941 ...

(2010–2013) *

(2013–2016) * Levente Szűcs (2017– ''present'')

References

External links

* * {{Hungarian Water polo OBI

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Sport in Budapest Water polo clubs in Hungary