Budapesti Vasutas Sport Club is a

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club from

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. 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 : : *

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

Winners (5): 1982, 1986–87, 1994–95, 1999–00, 2002–03 : *

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(''Super Cup of Hungary''); : Gold medal with cup

Winners (): 2003

European competitions

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

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:''Semi-finalist (1):'' 2001–02 *

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 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

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''(LEN Cup)'': 5x *Participations in ''

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'': 1x

Notable former players

Olympic champions

* György Horkai – 15 years (1970-1985) Gold medal

1976 Montreal *

Ferenc Konrád Ferenc Konrád (17 April 1945 – 21 April 2015)Ferenc Konrád's obitua ...

– 9 years (1956-1965) Gold medal

1976 Montreal * Zoltán Szécsi – 9 years (1995-2004) Gold medal

2000 Sydney, ''

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'', 2008 Beijing * János Konrád – 7 years (1956-1963)

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

2000 Sydney *

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 p ...

– 7 years (1993-2000) Gold medal

'' 2000 Sydney'' * Gábor Kis – 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 six male athletes who won three Olympic gold meda ...

– 4 years (1986-1990) Gold medal

2000 Sydney,

, 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)

1976 Montreal *

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 2 ...

– ? years ( -2001) Gold medal

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

2008 Beijing

Former coaches

* Károly Laky *

Dezső Gyarmati Dezső Gyarmati (23 October 1927 – 18 August 2013) was a Hungarian professional 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", ...

(1981–1988) *

(1990–1992) * György Gerendás (1992–2004) * * Balázs Vincze ( –2010) * Norbert Dabrowski (2010–2013) *

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

References

External links

* * {{Hungarian Water polo OBI

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