Szolnoki Vízilabda SC

Szolnoki Vízilabda Sport Club

Founded	1921
League	OB I
Based in	Szolnok, Hungary
Arena	Tiszaligeti Swimming Pool
Colors
President	Zoltán Mohi
Head coach	Sándor Cseh
Manager	István Kovács
Website	vizilabda-szolnok.hu

Szolnoki Vízilabda Sport Club is a professional water polo team based Szolnok, Hungary. Founded in 1921, it plays in OB I, the top division championship in the country, which they won on six occasions.

The club produced several of the most successful Hungarian water polo players, including Olympic champions Ottó Boros, István Hasznos, Tivadar Kanizsa and European champion István Pintér.^[1]

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Országos Bajnokság I (National Championship of Hungary)

Champions (8): 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 2014–15, 2015–16

Runners-up (5): 1963, 1970, 1986–87, 2012–13, 2013–14

Third place (5): 1960, 1962, 1983, 1984–85, 1987–88

• Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)

Winners (3): 1966, 1968, 2014

Finalist (4): 1954, 2012, 2013, 2015

European competitions

• LEN Champions League

Third place (1): 2015–16

• LEN Euro Cup

Semi-finalist (1): 2012–13

Current team

Season 2016–2017

№	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Birth
1		Viktor Nagy	GK	24 July 1984
14		Gergely Kardos	GK	1 September 1995

Bold: senior national team possess

Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP
No.	Nat.	Name	Position	L/R	Date of birth (age)
1			Goalkeeper	R
2		Živko Gocić	Driver	R	22 August 1982
3
4		Márton Vámos	Back player, Wing	L	24 June 1992
5
6		Tamás Mezei	Centre Forward	L	24 September 1990

Current squad Squad for the 2014–15 season № Player Pos. 3 [[]] Offense 4 [[]] Offense 5 Zoltan Hangay Offense 6 [[]] Center 7 Milan Aleksić Guard 8 Márton Tóth Offense 9 [[]] Offense 10 Dénes Varga Offense 11 Gábor Kis Center 12 [[]] Offense 13 Dávid Jansik Guard 14 [[]] Goalkeeper Coach: Sándor Cseh Technical staff Head Coach: ifj. Cseh Sándor Technical Director: István Kovács Youth Coach: Tamás Kiss Fitness Coach: Tibor Baranyi

Transfers (2016-17)

Source: vizipolo.hu

In: Ugo Crousillat (from CN Marseille) Gergely Kardos (from Bp. Honvéd) Andrija Prlainović (from Pro Recco) Kristóf Szatmári (from UVSE)

Out: Attila Decker (to Bp. Honvéd) Stefan Mitrović (to Ferencváros) Norbert Madaras (to Ferencváros) Dániel Varga (to Ferencváros)

Recent seasons

Starting with the 2015-2016 season a few notable players will be leaving the club, among those are Dániel Varga, Norbert Madaras and Stefan Mitrović.

Rankings in OB I

P.	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
1																															1	1
2			2																										2	2
3	3			3
4		4			4
5								5		5																	5
6																										6		6
7						7								7								7
8									8						8
9							9					9	9			9					9		9
10											10							10		10					10
11																	11		11
12																								12

In European competition

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2011-12	LEN Euro Cup	Last 16	Shturm 2002	13-13	5-7	18–20
		Quarter-final	Sintez Kazan	11-7	6-5	17–12
		Semi-final	Sabadell	10-10	8-9	18–19
2012-13	LEN Euro Cup	Quarter-final	Florentia	10-9	6-8	16–17
2013-14	LEN Champions League	elemination in Third qualifying round
2014-15	LEN Champions League Sixth place	Preliminary round (Group B)	Jug Dubrovnik	8–7	9–11	2nd
			Partizan	12–7	13–7
			Galatasaray	15–11	17–12
			Spandau 04	11–7	17–7
			Primorje Rijeka	13–12	7–9
		Quarter Final (F6)	Barceloneta	9–10 (pen.)
		5th-6th place (F6)	Eger	7–8
2015-16	LEN Champions League Third place	Preliminary round (Group B)	Pro Recco	12–11	11–14	2nd
			Partizan	12–9	14–9
			Jug Dubrovnik	13–10	9–10
			Galatasaray	16–7	14–7
			Orvosegyetem	8–7	12–6
		Quarter Final (F6)	Barceloneta	7–5
		Semi Final (F6)	Olympiacos	7–8
		Bronze match (F6)	Pro Recco	11–7
2016-17	LEN Champions League	Preliminary round (Group A)	Olympiacos	–	–
			Spandau 04	–	–
			Olympic Nice	–	–
			Orvosegyetem	–	–
			AN Brescia	–	–

Notable former players

• István Hasznos 1952 Helsinki (1934–1943, 1947–1961) - 25 year
• Ottó Boros 1956 Melbourne, 1964 Tokyo (1948–1950, 1952–1964) - 14 year
• Tivadar Kanizsa 1956 Melbourne, 1964 Tokyo (1954–1964) - 10 year
• Tibor Cservenyák 1976 Montreal (1958–1972) - 14 year
• Tamás Varga 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing ( –1994) - junior years
• Gábor Kis 2008 Beijing (2011–____) -
• Živko Gocić 2016 Rio de Janeiro (2011–____) -
• Norbert Hosnyánszky 2008 Beijing (2012–2014) - 2 year
• Milan Aleksić 2016 Rio de Janeiro (2012–____) -
• Stefan Mitrović 2016 Rio de Janeiro (2013–2016) - 3 year
• Norbert Madaras 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing (2014–2016) - 2 year
• Dániel Varga 2008 Beijing (2014–2016) - 2 year
• Dénes Varga 2008 Beijing (2014–____) -
• Andrija Prlainović 2016 Rio de Janeiro (2016–____) -

Coaches

• József Vértesy
• Miklós Czapkó ( – 1965)
• Tivadar Kanizsa (1966 – 1975)
• Mihály Mayer (1987 – 1990)
• Péter Wolf (1993 – 1994)
• Zoltán Mohi (1999 – 2000)
• Lajos Urbán (2001 – 2003)
• Dénes Lukács (2003 – )
• Sándor Cseh ( – 2012, 2014 – present)
• István Kovács (2012 – 2014)

References

1. "Dicsőségfal" (in Hungarian). Szolnoki Vízilabda SC official website. Retrieved 29 January 2012.

External links

• Official website (Hungarian)
• Szolnoki Vízilabda SC on Facebook