Wasserfreunde Spandau 04 | |
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Club information | |
Full name | Wasserfreunde Spandau 04 |
City | Berlin |
Founded | 1904 |
Water Polo | |
Name | Wasserfreunde Spandau 04 |
Founded | 1922 |
Head coach | Hagen Stamm Athanasios Kechagias |
League | Deutsche Wasserball-Liga |
2021/22 | 2nd |
The Wasserfreunde Spandau 04 is a swimming club in Spandau, Berlin, Germany. [1]
The club is known for the professional water polo team, which has won a record number of German championships with 39, as well as German Cups (33) and Super Cups (17). In European tournaments the team has won 4 LEN Champions Leagues and 2 LEN Super Cup titles. [2] The club has over 3,500 members.
The word Wasserfreunde is German for "Water Friends".
The team plays its home games in the Sportzentrum Schöneberg. For 2027, the team plans to move to the then newly constructed arena in Spandau. [3]
Yusra Mardini, trained with Wasserfreunde Spandau 04 after moving to Berlin from Syria; she went on to represent the Refugee Olympic Team at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. [4] [5]
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