Founded | 1913 |
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League | Serie A1 |
Based in | Recco, Italy |
Arena | Piscina Comunale, Sori |
Colors | |
Owner | Behring and Hammarskjold families [1] Gabriele Volpi (former) |
President | Maurizio Felugo |
Head coach | Sandro Sukno |
Championships | 11 LEN Champions League 9 European Super Cups 1 Adriatic League 36 Italian Leagues 17 Italian Cups |
Website | prorecco.com |
A.S.D. Pro Recco (Official name: Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Pro Recco) is an Italian professional water polo club from Recco, in Liguria. It currently plays in Serie A1.
Pro Recco is the most successful club in men's water polo. In men's domestic water polo, the club has won a record 53 trophies: a record 36 Serie A1 titles, [2] a record 17 Coppa Italia. In men's LEN European competitions, Pro Recco have won a record 20 trophies: a record 11 LEN Champions League titles, a record 9 LEN Super Cups. The club has also won 1 Adriatic League title.
In women's water polo, the women's team won 1 women's Serie A1 titles, 1 LEN Euro League Women title, 1 Women's LEN Super Cup, making Pro Recco the first sports club in history to have been crowned European Champions with both its men's and women's teams.
Pro Recco was founded in 1913 as Rari Nantes Enotria. It has played in the A1 league, the Italian top division, since 1935.
The club is owned by Behring and Hammarskjold families. [3]
It has won a total of 35 national titles, the first in 1959 and the latest in 2023; and the Coppa Italia in 1974, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023. [4] [5] They have won the LEN Champions League in 1964, 1983, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2021, 2022 and 2023; the LEN Super Cup in 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2023.
Pro Recco has had a women's team since the 2011–12 season.
As of 1 November 2024 [update] [6]
Head coach: Sandro Sukno
Players:
Recco is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, region of Liguria, Italy.
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