Ferencvárosi Torna Club is a professional

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. The team competes in the Országos Bajnokság I.

Naming history

* Ferencvárosi Torna Club (FTC): (1899 – 1949) * ÉDOSZ SE: (1950 – 1956) * Budapesti Kinizsi ''(Bp. Kinizsi)'': (1951 – 1956) * Ferencvárosi TC: (1957–1988/89) * FTC-

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: (1989/90 – 1992/93) - the first naming sponsor of FTC * Ferencvárosi TC: (1993/94) * FTC-Vitasport: (1994/95 – 1995/96) * FTC-Vitalin: (1996/97 – 1998/99) * FTC-Thomas Jeans: (1999/00) * FTC-Mirato: (2000/01) * FTC-VMAX: (2001/02 – 2002/03) * Jégcsillag-FTC: (2003/04) * Betonút-FTC: (2004/05 – 2005/06) * FTC-

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: (2006/07 – 2008/09) * FTC-Fisher Klíma: (2008/09 – 2011/12) * Széchenyi Bank-FTC: (2012/13 – 2013/14) * Ferencvárosi TC: (2014/15) * FTC-PQS Waterpolo: (2015/16 – 2019/20) * FTC-Telekom (2020/21 – ... )

Honours

Domestic competitions

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

Champions (26):

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1912 This year is notable for Sinking of the Titanic, the sinking of the ''Titanic'', which occurred on April 15. In Albania, this leap year runs with only 353 days as the country achieved switching from the Julian to Gregorian Calendar by skippin ...

1913 Events January * January – Joseph Stalin travels to Vienna to research his ''Marxism and the National Question''. This means that, during this month, Stalin, Hitler, Trotsky and Tito are all living in the city. * January 3 &ndash ...

1918 The ceasefire that effectively ended the World War I, First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year. Also in this year, the Spanish flu pandemic killed 50–100 million people wor ...

1919 Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (later Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off th ...

1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen in Finland, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its ow ...

1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish lin ...

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1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, E ...

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1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1999–00, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 : : *

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

Winners (23): 1923, 1924, 1926, 1949, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1996, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 :

European competitions

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:Winners (3): 2018–19, 2023–24, 2024–25 :''Runners-up (1):'' 2020–21'' :''Semi-finalist (2):'' 1988–89, 2021–22 * LEN Euro Cup :Winners (2): 2016–17, 2017–18 *

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:Winners (4) – record: 1974–75, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1997–98 *

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:Winners (4): 1978, 1980,

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International record

Current squad

Season 2023-24

Staff

Recent seasons

: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary.

In European competition

*Participations in Champions League ''(Champions Cup, Euroleague)'': 9x *Participations in

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''(LEN Cup)'': 11x *Participations in ''

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'': 5x

Notable former players

Olympic champions

* György Kárpáti – 24 years (1945-1969) Gold medal

1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne, 1964 Tokyo * László Felkai – 19 years (1950-1969) Gold medal

1964 Tokyo * György Gerendás – 18 years (1959-1977) Gold medal

1976 Montreal * István Molnár – 12 years (1932-1944) Gold medal

1936 Berlin * Miklós Ambrus – 12 years (1953-1956, 1959-1968) Gold medal

1964 Tokyo * Norbert Hosnyánszky – 9 years (1994-2003) Gold medal

2008 Beijing * Alajos Keserű – 8 years (1920-1928) Gold medal

1932 Los Angeles * József Vértesy – 8 years (1920-1928) Gold medal

1932 Los Angeles * Bulcsú Székely – 8 years (1996-2001, 2002-2004, 2011–2012) Gold medal

2000 Sydney * Dr. István Szívós – 7 years (1960-1967) Gold medal

1976 Montreal * Barnabás Steinmetz – 7 years (1993-1995, 1996-2000, 2009–2010) Gold medal

'' 2000 Sydney'', 2004 Athens *

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– 6 years (1960-1966) Gold medal

1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne, 1964 Tokyo *

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– 5 years (1949-1954) Gold medal

1952 Helsinki * Antal Bolvári – 5 years (1964-1969) Gold medal

1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne * János Németh – 4 years (1941-1945) Gold medal

1932 Los Angeles * Dezső Fábián – 4 years (1948-1952) Gold medal

1952 Helsinki * Ádám Steinmetz – 4 years (1996-2000) Gold medal

2004 Sydney * Zoltán Kósz – 3 years (1998-2001) Gold medal

2000 Sydney * Stefan Mitrović – 3 years (2016–2019) Gold medal

'' 2016 Rio de Janeiro'' *

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– 2 years (1956-1958)

1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne *

Rajmund Fodor Rajmund Fodor (born 21 February 1976 in Szeged) 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 ''Rajmi'', and made his debut for the national team in 199 ...

– 2 years (1996-1997, 1998-1999) Gold medal

2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens * Zsolt Varga – 2 years (2010-2012) Gold medal

2000 Sydney * Norbert Madaras – 2 years (2016–2018) Gold medal

2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing * Dániel Varga – 2 years (2016–2018) Gold medal

2008 Beijing * Slobodan Nikić – 2 years (2017–2019) Gold medal

2016 Rio de Janeiro * Nikola Jakšić – ''2 years'' (2017–____) Gold medal

2016 Rio de Janeiro * Dénes Varga – ''2 years'' (2017–____) Gold medal

2008 Beijing * Tamás Kásás – 1 year (1994-1995) Gold medal

2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing * Gergely Kiss – 1 year (1996-1997) Gold medal

2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing * Zoltán Szécsi – 1 year (2005-2006) Gold medal

2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing * Branislav Mitrović – 1 year (2010-2011) Gold medal

2016 Rio de Janeiro * Tamás Varga – 1 year (2010-2011) Gold medal

2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing * Gojko Pijetlović – 1 year (2012-2013) Gold medal

2016 Rio de Janeiro * Kálmán Markovits – ''junior years'' Gold medal

1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne

Former coaches

* Dezső Fábián (1960–66) *

(1967–69) * Mihály Mayer (1975–80) * László Felkai (1981–82) * István Szívós (1983–90) * Mihály Mayer (1990–92) * Zoltán Kásás (1992–94) * Péter Wolf (1994–95) * Zoltán Kásás (1995) * Gábor Godova * Lajos Vad ( –2001) * András Gyöngyösi (2001–03) * Gábor Csapó (2003–04) * Attila Bíró * József Somossy (2006–09) * Gábor Godova (2009–10) * Tamás Ambrus (2010–13) * Zsolt Varga (2013– ''present'')

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferencvarosi TC (men's water polo)

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