The Vasas SC

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team is a department of the

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-based sports association Vasas SC. One of the most successful teams in the country, they have won the Hungarian Championship 17 times and the Hungarian Cup 15 times. The club also had major successes on continental level as they won the

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(formerly European Champions Cup), Europe's premier water polo competition two times and took the

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title on three occasions as well. Starting from the 2010–11 season, the club is officially known as TEVA-Vasas-UNIQA due to sponsorship reasons.

Naming history

* Vasas Sport Club (Vasas SC): (1945 – 1949) * Budapesti Vasas ''(Bp. Vasas)'': (1950 – 1956) * Vasas SC: (1957 – 1990/91) * Vasas SC-Plaket: (1991/92 – 2001/02) - the first naming sponsor of Vasas * Vasas-Plaket- Euroleasing: (2002/03 – 2003/04) * TEVA-VasasPlaket: (2004/05 – 2009/10) * TEVA-Vasas- UNIQA: (2010/11 – 2011/12) * TEVA-Vasas: (2012/13) * LACTIV-VasasPlaket: (2013/14) * VasasPlaket: (2014/15 – 2019/20) * A-Híd VasasPlaket: (2020/21 – ... )

Honours

Domestic competitions

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

Champions (18):

1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...

1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025 * January 2 – Luis ...

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ...

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...

1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral ...

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

, 1988–89, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12 : : *

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

Winners (15): 1947, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1997, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2004, 2005, 2009 : *

Szuperkupa The Hungarian Super Cup is an annual association football match between the League (Nemzeti Bajnokság I) champions and the Cup (Magyar Kupa) winners. Winners (*) due to violent incidents during the recent 1997–98 Magyar Kupa Final between ...

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

Winners (): 2001, 2006

European competitions

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(Champions Cup) :Winners (2): 1979–80, 1984–85 *

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:Winners (1): 2022–23 *

:Winners (3): 1985–86, 1994–95, 2001–02 *

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:Winners (1): 1985

Current squad

Season 2022–23

Staff

;Technical staff * Head Coach:

Slobodan Nikić Slobodan Nikić (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Никић; born 25 January 1983) is a Serbian professional water polo player. He is currently free agent and he is a long-standing member of the Serbia men's national water polo team. His most ...

* Assistant and Goalkeeping Coach: Csaba Mátéfalvy * Club Doctor: Dr. Attila Szűcs * Masseur: Ákos Horváth * Fitness Coach: Marcell Fridvalszki * Video Analyst: Balázs Búza * Team Manager: Szabolcs Tóth ;Management * Department Leader: Zoltán Apáthy

Transfers

Recent seasons

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

In European competition

*Participations in Champions League ''(Champions Cup, Euroleague)'': 19x *Participations in

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''(LEN Cup)'': 3x *Participations in ''

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'': 7x

Notable former players

Olympic champions

* Jenő Brandi (1945–1949) * Antal Bolvári (1962–1963) * Mihály Bozsi (1948) * Gábor Csapó (1973–1984) * Tamás Faragó (1969–1984) * Norbert Hosnyánszky (2006–2007, 2008–2010) *

László Jeney László Jeney (30 May 1923 – 24 April 2006) was a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, 1952 Summer Olympics, 1956 Summer Olympics, and 1960 Summer Olympics. He is one of eight male athletes who won four ...

(1945–1955) * Tamás Kásás (2003–2004) *

György Kenéz György Kenéz (born 23 June 1956) is a Hungarian former water polo player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics. See also * Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of Olympic champions in men's water polo * List ...

(1974–1985) * Gábor Kis (2008–2010) *

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 ...

(2010–2012) * Zoltán Kósz (1976–1997, 2001–2004) *

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 ...

(2001–2004) * Kálmán Markovits (1950–1962) * István Molnár (1945–1947) *

Péter Rusorán Péter Rusorán (11 April 1940 – 14 February 2012) was a Hungarian swimmer, water polo player and later water polo coach. As a player, he won the Olympic Games gold medal in 1964 and the bronze in 1960 and also obtained the Universiade title ...

(1969–1972) * Ádám Steinmetz (2000–2008, 2011–2018) *

Barnabás Steinmetz Barnabás Steinmetz (born 6 October 1975 in Budapest) 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 ''Barney'' and ''Sema'', and made his debut for the n ...

(2003–2009, 2010–2012) * Bulcsú Székely (2001–2002) * István Szívós (1945–1946, 1949–1956) *

Attila Vári Attila Vári (born 26 February 1976 in Budapest), nicknamed ''Doki'', is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. Vári began his athletic career with modern pentath ...

(1994–2002) * Dániel Varga (2001–2010) *

Dénes Varga Dénes Andor Varga (born 29 March 1987) is a Hungarian professional water polo player, currently playing for Ferencváros. He was a member of the gold medal winning Hungary men's national water polo team at the Water polo at the 2008 Summer Ol ...

(2005–2010) * Tamás Varga (1994–1996, 2000–2004) * Miho Bošković (2010–2012) *

Branislav Mitrović Branislav Mitrović ( sr-cyr, Бранислав Митровић; born 30 January 1985) is a Serbian water polo goalkeeper for Vasas and the Serbia men's national water polo team. He won the European title in 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018, the world ...

(2020–) *

(2019–2020) *

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, ...

(2020–)

Former coaches

* Mihály Bozsi (1947–1956) * István Szívós (1957–1959) * * Mihály Bozsi (1962–1965) * *

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", ...

(1971–1972) *

(1973–1976) * *

(1979–1981) * *

(1983–1986) *

(1988) *

(1988–1990) * Gábor Csapó (1992–1993) * * Tamás Faragó (1995–2000) * József Somossy (2000–2003) *

Zoltán Kásás Zoltán Kásás (born 15 September 1946 in Alpár) is a Hungarian former water polo player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. See also * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) * List of world champions in men's water polo * Lis ...

(2003–2004) * László Földi (2004– ''present'')

References

External links

* {{2001–02 LEN Cup Winners' Cup champions roster

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