Water polo club in Budapest, Hungary
The Vasas SC water polo team is a department of the Budapest-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 LEN Euroleague (formerly European Champions Cup), Europe's premier water polo competition two times and took the LEN Cup Winners' Cup title on three occasions as well.[1]
Starting from the 2010–11 season, the club is officially known as TEVA-Vasas-UNIQA due to sponsorship reasons.[2]
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
- Champions (18): 1947, 1949, 1953, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988–89, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12
- Runners-up (18): 1945, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1984–85, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2010–11
- Third place (6): 1946, 1956, 1974, 1985–86, 1992–93, 2000–01
- Winners (15): 1947, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1997, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2004, 2005, 2009
- Finalist (9): 1975, 1985, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1996, 1999–00, 2002–03, 2006, 2008
- Szuperkupa (Super Cup of Hungary); Championship vs. Cup winner
- Winners (): 2001, 2006
European competitions
- Winners (2): 1979–80, 1984–85
- Winners (1): 2022–23
- Winners (3): 1985–86, 1994–95, 2001–02
- Winners (1): 1985
Current squad
Season 2022–23[3]
Staff
- Technical staff
- Head Coach: Slobodan Nikić
- 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
- As of 5 January 2023.
In European competition
Notable former players
Olympic champions
Former coaches
References
- ^ "Történet" [History] (in Hungarian). Vasas SC official website. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
- ^ "Az új név: TEVA-Vasas-UNIQA" [The new name:TEVA-Vasas-UNIQA] (in Hungarian). vlv.hu. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
- ^ "A-Híd VasasPlaket 2022/2023". vasas.hu.
- ^ "Konarik Ákos újra a Vasasban!". vasassc.hu. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ "Ivan Nagajev a Vasasban". vasassc.hu. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
- ^ "Sélley-Rauscher Domonkos visszatér". vasassc.hu. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- ^ "Gábor Lőrinc is a Vasasban folytatja". vasassc.hu. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
External links
- Official website (in Hungarian)