Egri VK

Egri Vizilabda Klub

Founded	24 September 1910
League	OB I
Based in	Eger, Hungary
Arena	Aladár Bistkey Swimming Pool Capacity: 3,000
Colors
President	Attila Bárány
Head coach	György Gerendás
Website	egrivizilabda.hu

Egri Vízilabda Klub (English: Water Polo Club of Eger) is a Hungarian water polo club based in Eger. One of the dominant teams in the country since the late 2000s, Eger won the national championship in 2011 and came in second in 2012. They also collected the gold medal in the Hungarian cup in 1972 and 2007. Beside the domestic successes they also finished runners-up in the LEN Cup in 2008.

Starting from summer 2010 the club is known as ZF Eger after its main sponsor ZF Friedrichshafen.^[1]

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Országos Bajnokság I

Winners (3) : 2010-11, 2012-13, 2013-14

Runners-up (4) : 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12

• Magyar Kupa

Winners (3) : 1972, 2007, 2008

Runners-up (5) : 1970, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010

European competitions

• LEN Euro Cup / LEN Cup

Runners-up (1) : 2007-08

Team

Squad for the 2015–16 season[2] # Name Position Date of birth 1 Branislav Mitrović Goalkeeper 30 January 1985 2 Dániel Angyal 29 March 1992 3 Gergő Zalánki 26 February 1995 4 Uroš Čučković 25 April 1990 5 Norbert Hosnyánszky 4 March 1984 6 Bálint Lőrincz 10 March 1994 7 Miloš Ćuk 21 December 1990 8 Márton Szívós 19 August 1981 9 Balázs Erdélyi 16 February 1990 10 Boris Vapenski 9 October 1990 11 Krisztián Bedő 4 May 1993 12 Balázs Hárai 5 April 1987 13 Péter Biros 5 April 1976 14 Kristóf Csoma Goalkeeper 26 January 1992 Coach : Norbert Dabrowski Administrative staff Club president: Attila Bárány Managing Director: Gábor Seress Team Leader: Zoltán Kávai Technical staff Head Coach: György Gerendás Coach: Kálmán Tóth Physiotherapist: Gergely Eszlári

Squad changes for the 2015-16 season[3] In Out

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	16
1																											1		1	1
2																								2	2	2		2
3																						3	3								3
4																					4
5	5	5
6															6
7			7				7						7			7	7			7
8								8		8									8
9					9	9			9		9			9				9
10												10
11				11

In European competition

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2005-06	LEN Cup	Last 16	Spartak Volgograd	12-8	8-9	20–17
		Quarter-final	Leonessa	10-8	7-10	17–18
2006-07	LEN Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group C)	Pro Recco	10–10	5–10	3rd
			Šturm 2002	14–13	11–11
			Vasas	8–7	6–12
2007-08	LEN Euroleague
2007-08	LEN Cup Runners-up	Last 16	Oradea	14-9	12-14	26–23
		Quarter-final	Szeged	5-1	8-11	13–12
		Semi-final	Budva	11-9	9-9	20–18
		Final	Šturm 2002	6-8	7-12	13–20
2008-09	LEN Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group D)	Partizan	7–7	9–11	3rd
			Vasas	7–9	10–11
			Marseille	9–9	9–9
2009-10	LEN Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group D)	Pro Recco	7–11	8–8	2nd
			Šturm 2002	10–7	5–5
			Sintez Kazan	11–8	6–8
		Quarter Final	Partizan	4-12	5-10	9–22
2010-11	LEN Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group D)	Jug Dubrovnik	9–10	10–15	4th
			Barceloneta	8–10	9–10
			Primorje	6–11	4–7
2011-12	LEN Champions League	Preliminary round (Group C)	Partizan	12–8	6–9	4th
			Vasas	5–8	9–13
			Szeged	9–10	3–6
2012-13	LEN Champions League	Preliminary round (Group A)	Schuurman BZC	13–4	17–6	3rd
			Vouliagmeni	10–9	8–11
			Spartak Volgograd	8–6	7–10
			Waspo Hannover	16–5	13–4
			Ligamus Tbilisi	27–5	12–4
		Last 16	Crvena zvezda	8-8	6-13	14–21
2013-14	LEN Champions League	Preliminary round (Group A)	Barceloneta	5–11	5–9	6th
			Jug Dubrovnik	8–10	11–16
			Olympiacos	12–11	5–13
			Primorje	6–11	7–20
			Pro Recco	7–8	9–14
2014-15	LEN Champions League	Preliminary round (Group A)	Barceloneta	11–6	7–7	2nd
			AN Brescia	10–5	7–3
			Olympiacos	10–9	6–8
			Pro Recco	4–12	9–11
			Radnički	7–6	11–12
		Quarter Final (F6)	Jug Dubrovnik	8–10
		5th-6th place (F6)	Szolnok	8–7
2015-16	LEN Champions League	Preliminary round (Group A)	Barceloneta	6–5	–
			Olympiacos	8–8	–
			Spandau 04	10–7	–
			Primorje	–	7–8
			Jadran Herceg Novi	–	11–11

Notable former players

István Hevesi ( 1956 Melbourne ) 45-51 Miklós Ambrus ( 1964 Tokyo ) 50-52 András Bodnár ( 1964 Tokyo ) 52-61 Dénes Pócsik ( 1964 Tokyo ) 54-78 Norbert Madaras ( 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing ) -

Zoltán Szécsi ( 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing ) 04-05, 07-13 Tamás Märcz ( 2000 Sydney ) 06-07 Péter Biros ( 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing ) 07- Gábor Kis ( 2008 Beijing ) 04-08 Norbert Hosnyánszky ( 2008 Beijing ) 10-12, 14-

Coaches

• György Gerendás (2004 – 2014)
• Norbert Dabrowski (2014 – present)

References

1. "ZF-Eger: Itt a 2010-2011-es játékoskeret" (in Hungarian). Egri VK official website. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
2. "Férfi Ob I: Nincs változás az egri csapatban – hivatalos". vizipolo.hu.
3. "Átigazolási körkép 3. rész". vizipolo.hu.

External links

• Official website (Hungarian)
• Egri VK on Facebook