Budapesti Honvéd SE (men's water polo)

Racionat Honvéd

Founded	1950
League	OB I
Based in	Budapest, Hungary
Arena	Kőér Street Swimming Pool Capacity: 700
Colors
President	Lajos Fodor
Head coach	Lajos Vad
Championships	6
Website	honved-vizilabda.hu

Activ departments of Honvéd
Football	Handball	Basketball
Water Polo	Athletics	Swimming
Canoe/kayak	Boxing	Fencing
Gymnastic	Judo	Modern pentathlon
Shooting

Budapesti Honvéd Sport Egyesület is a Hungarian water polo club, that is part of the Budapest-based multi-sports club with the same name. Founded in 1950, they won six Hungarian championships and eight Hungarian cup titles.^[1]

In 2004, beside the domestic league success the team also collected the most prestigious continental cup, the LEN Euroleague, and later triumphed over LEN Cup winners CN Barcelona with a scoreline of 10–9 to win the LEN European Supercup.^[2]

Since 1 July 2010 the club is officially known as Groupama Honvéd, following the club has agreed on a sponsorship deal with international insurance company Groupama.^[3]

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Országos Bajnokság I

Winners (6) : 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06

Runners-up (2) : 1967, 2006-07

• Magyar Kupa

Winners (8) : 1953, 1954, 1958, 1959, 1979, 1998-99, 2006, 2010

Runners-up (8) : 1955, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 2011

European competitions

• LEN Champions League / Euroleague

Winners (1) : 2003-04

Runners-up (3) : 2001-02, 2002-03, 2004-05

• LEN Super Cup / European Super Cup

Winners (1) : 2004

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2013–14 season

Νο.	Player	Position
1	István Gergely	Goalkeeper
2	Tamás Demeter	Guard
3	Péter Kovács
4	Mátyás Zoltán
5	Erik Csacsovszky
6	Tamás Boros
7	Gergely Kiss
8	Sándor Illés
9	Koji Takei
10	Bence Fülöp
11	Barnabás Steinmetz	Center
12	Roland Zsolt Simon
13	Bendegúz Tóth
14	Dávid György	Goalkeeper
Coach Lajos Vad

Technical staff

• Technical Director: István Vincze
• Head Coach: Lajos Vad
• Youth Coach: Imre Tóth
• Team Doctor: Antal Gábor, MD
• Physiotherapist: Tamás Klenyán

Recent seasons

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
1																	1	1	1	1	1	1
2																							2
3															3	3								3	3
4																											4	4		4
5																										5
6																													6		6
7
8	8
9		9
10
11
12			12	12
13					13

In European competition

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2001-02	LEN Champions League Runners-up	Preliminary round Red Group	Bečej	12–7	11–8	2nd
			Dynamo Moscow	13–4	9–10
			Jug Dubrovnik	10–7	6–9
		Semi Final (F4)	Posillipo	9–8
		Final (F4)	Olympiacos	7–9
2002-03	LEN Champions League Runners-up	Preliminary round Red Group	Mladost	11–11	11–10	1st
			Olympiacos	6–4	12–7
			Olympic Nice	8–5	10–7
		Semi Final (F4)	Spandau 04	11–6
		Final (F4)	Pro Recco	4–9
2003-04	LEN Euroleague Winner	Preliminary round (Group D)	Jadran Herceg Novi	6–6	5–6	2nd
			Jug Dubrovnik	8–5	11–12
			Spartak Volgograd	13–11	4–4
		Quarter Final	Vasas	8-8	7-6	15–14
		Semi Final (F4)	Primorje	7–6
		Final (F4)	Jadran Herceg Novi	7–6
2004-05	LEN Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group D)	Olympiacos	11–4	7–4	2nd
			Šturm 2002	12–8	15–11
			Leonessa	12–8	3–7
		Quarter Final	Spartak Volgograd	13-6	12-8	25–14
		Semi Final (F4)	Jug Dubrovnik	10–9 (aet)
		Final (F4)	Posillipo	8–9 (aet)
2005-06	LEN Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group A)	Spandau 04	16–8	13–7	2nd
			Posillipo	14–9	8–9
			Mladost	12–10	10–13
		Quarter Final	Pro Recco	7-12	8-11	15–23
2006-07	LEN Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group D)	Barceloneta	12–8	13–14	1st
			Posillipo	15–7	13–10
			Panionios	13–11	15–3
		Quarter Final	Olympiacos	9-11	9-11	18–22
2007-08	LEN Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group C)	Jug Dubrovnik	11–10	5–10	3rd
			Vasas	5–6	8–8
			Panionios	9–4	12–8
2008-09	LEN Euroleague
2008-09	LEN Cup	Last 16	Vouliagmeni	12-3	12-8	24–11
		Quarter-final	Sintez Kazan	7-7	8-9	15–16
2009-10	LEN Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group C)	Olympiacos	12–10	6–10	4th
			Partizan	6–9	7–12
			Budva	6–10	6–14
2010-11	LEN Cup	Last 16	ČH Hornets Košice	14-8	2-5	16–13
		Quarter-final	Oradea	12-9	11-12	23–21
		Semi-final	Panionios	12-9	6-11	18–20
2011-12	LEN Euro Cup	Last 16	Savona	12-10	10-14	22–24

Notable former players

Dezső Lemhényi ( 1952 Helsinki ) 50-51 Antal Bolvári ( 1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne ) 52-56 István Hevesi ( 1956 Melbourne ) 52-60 László Jeney ( 1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne ) 59-60 János Konrád ( 1964 Tokyo ) 64-69 György Gerendás ( 1976 Montreal ) 78-82 Attila Sudár ( 1976 Montreal ) 82 Tamás Molnár ( 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing ) 01-09

Gergely Kiss ( 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing ) 01-08, 12- Péter Biros ( 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing ) 01-07 István Gergely ( 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing ) 02-14 Attila Vári ( 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens ) 02-09 Rajmund Fodor ( 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens ) 02-08 Tibor Benedek ( 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing ) 04-07 Bulcsú Székely ( 2000 Sydney ) 06-11 Barnabás Steinmetz ( 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens ) 12-

Coaches

• Jenő Brandi (1950 – 1975)
• Kálmán Markovits (1976 – 1978)
• Antal Bolvári (1979 – 1988)
• István Kovács (1998 – 2008)
• Lajos Vad (2008 – present)

References

1. "Szakosztály" (in Hungarian). Honvéd Water Polo. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
2. "Szuperkupa-győztes a Domino-Honvéd" (in Hungarian). Origo. 6 November 2004. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
3. "Szponzorok – Groupama" (in Hungarian). Honvéd Water Polo. Retrieved 26 January 2012.

External links

• Official website (Hungarian)
• Budapesti Honvéd SE on Facebook