Vasas SC (men's water polo)

A-Híd VasasPlaket
Full name	Vasas Sport Club
Short name	Vasas
Founded	1945;79 years ago; (parent club in 1911)
League	Országos Bajnokság I
Based in	Budapest, Hungary
Arena	Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda
Colors	Red and blue ;
President	László Markovits
Head coach	Slobodan Nikić
Championships	2 European Cup ; 3 Cup Winners' Cup ; 1 LEN Super Cup ; 18 Hungarian Championships ; 15 Hungarian Cups ; 2 Hungarian Super Cups
2021–22	Országos Bajnokság I,; 3rd of 14
Website	vasassc.hu

Last updated April 25, 2024

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]

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)

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

Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)

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

LEN Champions League (Champions Cup)

Winners (2): 1979–80, 1984–85

LEN Euro Cup

Winners (1): 2022–23

LEN Cup Winners' Cup

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

LEN Super Cup

Winners (1): 1985

Current squad

Season 2022–23^[3]

№	Player	Birth Date	Position	L/R
1	Branislav Mitrović	(1985-01-30) January 30, 1985 (age 39)	Goalkeeper
2	Draško Brguljan	(1984-12-27) December 27, 1984 (age 39)	Guard / Wing
3	Lóránd Zerinváry	(1998-08-17) August 17, 1998 (age 25)
4	Sava Ranđelović	(1993-07-17) July 17, 1993 (age 30)	Guard	R
5	Ákos Konarik	(2001-03-29) March 29, 2001 (age 23)
6	Tamás Mezei	(1990-09-24) September 24, 1990 (age 33)	Centre Forward	L
7	Domonkos Sélley-Rauscher	(1997-06-17) June 17, 1997 (age 26)	Wing / Centre Back
8	Ivan Nagaev	(1993-11-30) November 30, 1993 (age 30)		L
9	Balázs Erdélyi	(1990-02-16) February 16, 1990 (age 34)	Wing
10	Bence Bátori (c)	(1991-12-28) December 28, 1991 (age 32)	Wing	R
11	Krisztián Bedő	(1993-05-04) May 4, 1993 (age 30)	Centre Forward	R
12	Tamás Sedlmayer	(1995-01-06) January 6, 1995 (age 29)
13	Roland Simon	(1992-09-01) September 1, 1992 (age 31)
14	Márton Mizsei	(1999-11-01) November 1, 1999 (age 24)	Goalkeeper
	Lőrinc Gábor	(2002-01-25) January 25, 2002 (age 22)	Centre Forward
	Gergő Herczeg	(2004-07-06) July 6, 2004 (age 19)

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

Transfers for the 2022–23 season

Joining

Ákos Konarik from Szolnok ^[4]
Ivan Nagaev from Waspo Hannover ^[5]
Domonkos Sélley-Rauscher from Miskolc ^[6]
Lőrinc Gábor from Ferencváros ^[7]

Leaving

Kristóf Szatmári to Kaposvár
Viktor Vadovics to Ferencváros
Bence Magyar to Cegléd
Balázs Sipos to

Recent seasons

As of 5 January 2023.

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Domestic cup	European competitions
1984–85	1	OB I	2nd	Champion	1 European Cup	C
1985–86	1	OB I	3rd	Runner-up	LEN Super Cup	C
1985–86	1	OB I	3rd	Runner-up	2 Cup Winners' Cup	C
1986–87	1	OB I	6th	Round of 16	LEN Super Cup	F
1987–88	1	OB I	5th	Third place
1988–89	1	OB I	1st	Quarterfinalist
1989–90	1	OB I	2nd	Quarterfinalist	1 European Cup	SF
1990–91	1	OB I	5th	Round of 16
1991–92	1	OB I	2nd	Champion
1992–93	1	OB I	3rd	Runner-up	2 Cup Winners' Cup
1993–94	1	OB I	2nd	Champion
1994–95	1	OB I	2nd	Runner-up	2 Cup Winners' Cup	C
1995–96	1	OB I	2nd	Champion	LEN Super Cup	F
1996–97	1	OB I	2nd	Runner-up	2 Cup Winners' Cup
1997–98	1	OB I	2nd	Champion	3 LEN Cup	SF
1998–99	1	OB I	4th		2 Cup Winners' Cup
1999–00	1	OB I	4th	Runner-up	3 LEN Cup	SF
2000–01	1	OB I	3rd	Champion	3 LEN Cup	SF
2001–02	1	OB I	2nd	Champion	2 Cup Winners' Cup	C
2002–03	1	OB I	2nd	Runner-up	2 Cup Winners' Cup	F
2003–04	1	OB I	2nd	did not held	1 Euroleague	QF
2004–05	1	OB I	2nd	Champion	1 Euroleague	QF
2005–06	1	OB I	2nd	Champion	1 Euroleague	QF
2006–07	1	OB I	1st	Runner-up	1 Euroleague	QF
2007–08	1	OB I	1st	Quarterfinalist	1 Euroleague	3rd
2008–09	1	OB I	1st	Runner-up	1 Euroleague	QF
2009–10	1	OB I	1st	Champion	1 Euroleague	PR
2010–11	1	OB I	2nd	Quarterfinalist	1 Euroleague	MR
2011–12	1	OB I	1st	Quarterfinalist	1 Champions League	4th
2012–13	1	OB I	4th	Semifinalist
2013–14	1	OB I	5th	Semifinalist
2014–15	1	OB I	8th	Quarterfinalist
2015–16	1	OB I	7th	Preliminary round
2016–17	1	OB I	8th	Preliminary round
2017–18	1	OB I	12th	Quarterfinalist
2018–19	1	OB I	15th	Preliminary round
2019–20	1	OB I	11th¹	Preliminary round
2020–21	1	OB I	5th	Third place
2021–22	1	OB I	3rd	Semifinalist	2 Euro Cup	QR2
2022–23	1	OB I		Semifinalist	1 Champions League	QR3
2022–23	1	OB I		Semifinalist	2 Euro Cup

^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary.

In European competition

Participations in Champions League (Champions Cup, Euroleague): 19x
Participations in Euro Cup (LEN Cup): 3x
Participations in Cup Winners' Cup : 7x

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1975-76	European Cup Finalist	Semi-final round	Partizan	7-7	2nd place
			Košice	9-2
			Galatasaray	14-4
		Final round	Canottieri Napoli	11-10	2nd place
			Partizan	5–6
			De Robben	10-6

1976-77	European Cup	Semi-final round	CSKA Moscow	5-7	3rd place
			Partizan	7-6
			Florentia	5-5

1977-78	European Cup	Semi-final round	CSKA Moscow	5-5	3rd place
			Canottieri Napoli	4-5
			Alphen	8-3

1979-80	European Cup Champion	Semi-final round	Montjuïc	10-5	1st place
			Košice	5-4
			Ethnikos	7-4
		Final round	Spandau 04	4-4	1st place
			Montjuïc	8-6
			Partizan	9-7

1980-81	European Cup Third place	Semi-final round	Jug Dubrovnik	6-7	2nd place
			Barcelona	7-5
			Marseille	7-2
		Final round	Jug Dubrovnik	2-8	3rd place
			Spandau 04	8-2
			Ethnikos	4-4

1981-82	European Cup Third place	Semi-final round	Alphen	10-10	1st place
			Jug Dubrovnik	12-6
			Ethnikos	11-8
		Final round	Spandau 04	11-11	3rd place
			Barcelona	12-15
			Alphen	11-7

1982-83	European Cup	Quarter-final round	Pro Recco	8-12	2nd place
			De Robben	9-7
			Marseille	14-11
		Semi-finals	Spandau 04	10-11	10-12	20–23

1983-84	European Cup	Quarter-final round	Spandau 04	11-14	3rd place
			Pro Recco	9-10
			Istanbul YiK	19-8

1984-85	European Cup Champion	Quarter-final round	Partizan	8-12	2nd place
		Quarter-final round	Istanbul YiK	17-8	2nd place
		Semi-finals	Spandau 04	10-9	8-8	18–17
		Finals	CSKA Moscow	10-5	11-11	21–16

1985-86	Cup Winners' Cup Champion	Finals	Dinamo București

1989-90	European Cup	Quarter-finals	Catalunya	6-6	6-5	12–11
1989-90	European Cup	Semi-finals	HAVK Mladost	7-9	4-10	11–19

1994-95	Cup Winners' Cup Champion	Finals	Pescara

1997-98	LEN Cup	Semi-finals	Jadran Split

1999-00	LEN Cup	Quarter-finals	Eger	8-4	7-6	15–10
1999-00	LEN Cup	Semi-finals	Pescara		3-9	–

2000-01	LEN Cup	Quarter-finals	Barcelona	6-5	7-7	13–12
2000-01	LEN Cup	Semi-finals	HAVK Mladost	7-12	4-11	11–23

2001-02	Cup Winners' Cup Champion	Quarter-finals	Cannstatt	9-7	11-10	20–17
		Semi-finals	Vouliagmeni	10-8	7-7	17–15
		Finals	HAVK Mladost	6-3	5-7	11–10

2002-03	Cup Winners' Cup Finalist	Quarter-finals	Jadran Herceg Novi	5-5	5-4	10–9
		Semi-finals	Sabadell	9-6	4-6	13–12
		Finals	Posillipo	10-10	3-4	13–14

2003-04	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group B)	Olympiacos	8-8	8-4	1st place
			Barceloneta	7-6	4-7
			Partizan	9-7	8-5
		Quarter-finals	Bp. Honvéd	6-7	8-8	14–15

2004-05	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group A)	Jug Dubrovnik	8-8	10-12	2nd place
			Olympic Nice	10-9	6-5
			Niš	11-6	7-6
		Quarter-finals	Pro Recco	6-10	8-9	14–19

2005-06	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group B)	Jug Dubrovnik	10-6	9-13	2nd place
			Marseille	12-10	9-13
			Olympiacos	9-9	8-7
		Quarter-finals	Savona	6-5	16-18	22–23

2006-07	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group C)	Pro Recco	8-9	10-11	2nd place
			Šturm 2002	13-9	11-10
			Eger	12-6	7-8
		Quarter-finals	Jug Dubrovnik	11-10	7-9	18–19

2007-08	Euroleague Third place	Preliminary round (Group C)	Jug Dubrovnik	11-8	7-8	1st place
			Bp. Honvéd	8-8	6-5
			Panionios	13-8	10-8
		Quarter-finals	Primorac Kotor	6-7	8-6	14–13
		Semi-final (F4)	Jug Dubrovnik	6–11
		Bronze match (F4)	HAVK Mladost	8–6

2008-09	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group D)	Partizan	7-8	7-9	2nd place
			Eger	11-10	9-7
			Marseille	16-6	10-6
		Quarter-finals	Pro Recco	8-11	10-9	18–20

2009-10	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group B)	Jug Dubrovnik	11-8	11-11	3rd place
			Panionios	14-7	10-11
			Primorac Kotor	5-8	7-9

2010-11	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group A)	Jadran Herceg Novi	8-12	10-11	2nd place
			Primorac Kotor	7-6	9-8
			Szeged	11-10	9-9
		Main round (Group B)	Pro Recco	7-9	6-12	4th place
			HAVK Mladost	8-9	7-8
			Primorje Rijeka	12-12	6-13

2011-12	Champions League Fourth place	Preliminary round (Group C)	Partizan	10-10	5-9	2nd place
			Eger	13-9	8-5
			Szeged	12-9	12-12
		Quarter-finals	Jug Dubrovnik	16-9	8-12	24–21
		Semi Final (F4)	Pro Recco	5–12
		Bronze match (F4)	HAVK Mladost	7–11

2021-22	Euro Cup	elimination in Second qualifying round

2022-23	Champions League	elimination in Third qualifying round
2022-23	Euro Cup	Round of 16	Crvena zvezda	15-10	11-7	18–17
2022-23	Euro Cup	Quarter-finals	Šabac	-	-	–

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 (1945–1955)
Tamás Kásás (2003–2004)
György Kenéz (1974–1985)
Gábor Kis (2008–2010)
Gergely Kiss (2010–2012)
Zoltán Kósz (1976–1997, 2001–2004)
Norbert Madaras (2001–2004)
Kálmán Markovits (1950–1962)
István Molnár (1945–1947)
Péter Rusorán (1969–1972)
Ádám Steinmetz (2000–2008, 2011–2018)
Barnabás Steinmetz (2003–2009, 2010–2012)
Bulcsú Székely (2001–2002)
István Szívós (1945–1946, 1949–1956)
Attila Vári (1994–2002)
Dániel Varga (2001–2010)
Dénes Varga (2005–2010)
Tamás Varga (1994–1996, 2000–2004)
Miho Bošković (2010–2012)
Branislav Mitrović (2020–)
Slobodan Nikić (2019–2020)
Sava Ranđelović (2020–)

Former coaches

Mihály Bozsi (1947–1956)
István Szívós (1957–1959)
Mihály Bozsi (1962–1965) 2x
Dezső Gyarmati (1971–1972)
Péter Rusorán (1973–1976)
Péter Rusorán (1979–1981) 2x
Péter Rusorán (1983–1986) 3x
Dezső Gyarmati (1988) 2x
György Kenéz (1988–1990)
Gábor Csapó (1992–1993)
Tamás Faragó (1995–2000)
József Somossy (2000–2003)
Zoltán Kásás (2003–2004)
László Földi (2004– present)

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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.

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[1] "Történet" [History] (in Hungarian). Vasas SC official website. Retrieved 27 January 2012.

[2] "Az új név: TEVA-Vasas-UNIQA" [The new name:TEVA-Vasas-UNIQA] (in Hungarian). vlv.hu. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2012.

[3] "A-Híd VasasPlaket 2022/2023". vasas.hu.

[4] "Konarik Ákos újra a Vasasban!". vasassc.hu. Retrieved 27 May 2022.

[5] "Ivan Nagajev a Vasasban". vasassc.hu. Retrieved 10 June 2022.

[6] "Sélley-Rauscher Domonkos visszatér". vasassc.hu. Retrieved 14 June 2022.

[7] "Gábor Lőrinc is a Vasasban folytatja". vasassc.hu. Retrieved 12 July 2022.

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v t e Vasas Sport Club
History	History Seasons Europe Managers
Home stadium	Illovszky Rudolf Stadion (1960) (1960–2016) Illovszky Rudolf Stadion (2018–present)
Rivalries	Budapest derby
Other sports	Handball (women) Basketball (men) Water polo Fencing
Category Commons

v t e European Cup, Euroleague and LEN Champions League winners
European Cup (1963–1996)	1963–64: Partizan 1964–65: Pro Recco 1965–66: Partizan 1966–67: Partizan 1967–68: Mladost 1968–69: Mladost 1969–70: Mladost 1970–71: Partizan 1971–72: Mladost 1972–73: OSC 1973–74: MGU 1974–75: Partizan 1975–76: Partizan 1976–77: CSK Moscow 1977–78: Napoli 1978–79: OSC 1979–80: Vasas 1980–81: Jug 1981–82: Barcelona 1982–83: Spandau 04 1983–84: Pro Recco 1984–85: Vasas 1985–86: Spandau 04 1986–87: Spandau 04 1987–88: Pescara 1988–89: Spandau 04 1989–90: Mladost 1990–91: Mladost 1991–92: Jadran Split 1992–93: Jadran Split 1993–94: Újpest 1994–95: Catalunya 1995–96: Mladost
Champions League (1996–2003)	1996–97: Posillipo 1997–98: Posillipo 1998–99: POŠK 1999–00: Bečej 2000–01: Jug 2001–02: Olympiacos 2002–03: Pro Recco
Euroleague (2003–2011)	2003–04: Honvéd 2004–05: Posillipo 2005–06: Jug 2006–07: Pro Recco 2007–08: Pro Recco 2008–09: Primorac Kotor 2009–10: Pro Recco 2010–11: Partizan
Champions League (2011–present)	2011–12: Pro Recco 2012–13: Crvena Zvezda 2013–14: Atlètic-Barceloneta 2014–15: Pro Recco 2015–16: Jug 2016–17: Szolnok 2017–18: Olympiacos 2018–19: Ferencváros 2020–21: Pro Recco 2021–22: Pro Recco 2022–23: Pro Recco