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

Winners (7) : 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 2014–15

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

• Magyar Kupa

Winners (3) : 1966, 1968, 2014

Runners-up (3) : 1954, 2012, 2013

Team

Current squad Squad for the 2014–15 season № Player Pos. 1 Viktor Nagy Goalkeeper 2 Živko Gocić Offense 3 Norbert Madaras Offense 4 Márton Vámos Offense 5 Zoltán Hangay Offense 6 Tamás Mezei Center 7 Milan Aleksić Guard 8 Márton Tóth Offense 9 Dániel Varga Offense 10 Dénes Varga Offense 11 Gábor Kis Center 12 Stefan Mitrović Offense 13 Dávid Jansik Guard 14 Attila Decker Goalkeeper Coach: Sándor Cseh Technical staff Head Coach: ifj. Cseh Sándor Technical Director: István Kovács Youth Coach: Tamás Kiss Fitness Coach: Tibor Baranyi

Squad changes for the 2014–15 season In Viktor Nagy (from Szeged) Márton Tóth (from Szeged) Norbert Madaras (from Pro Recco) Tamás Mezei (from BVSC) Dániel Varga (from Primorje) Dénes Varga (from Primorje) Out Norbert Hosnyánszky (to Eger) Márton Lévai (to Honvéd) Mátyás Pásztor (to BVSC) Török Béla, Jr. (to BVSC) Péter Tóth (to Debrecen) Viktor Vörös (to BVSC)

European record

European Cup / LEN Euroleague / LEN Champions League

European Cup / LEN Euroleague / LEN Champions League
Season	Round	Rival	Home	Away	Agg.
1964–65	Group Stage (Group A)	Dinamo Bucureşti	5–3		4th
		Magdeburg	5–2
		CSKA Moscow	5–2
2013–14	Second Qualification Round (Group D)	Marseille	17–12		2nd
		ASC Duisburg	8–9
		CSM Oradea	9–8
	Third Qualification Round	Primorje	10–10	8–7	18–17

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
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
2014-15	LEN Champions League	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	13–12	7–9
		Quarter Final (F6)	Barceloneta	9–10 (pen.)
		5th-6th place (F6)	Eger	7–8
2015-16	LEN Champions League	Preliminary round (Group B)	Pro Recco	–	11–14
			Partizan	–	14–9
			Jug Dubrovnik	–	9–10
			Galatasaray	14–7	–
			Orvosegyetem	8–7	–

Notable former players

István Hasznos ( 1952 Helsinki ) 34-43, 47-61 Ottó Boros ( 1956 Melbourne, 1964 Tokyo ) 48-50, 52-64 Tivadar Kanizsa ( 1956 Melbourne, 1964 Tokyo ) 54-64

Tibor Cservenyák ( 1976 Montreal ) 58-72 Tamás Varga ( 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing ) -94 Norbert Hosnyánszky ( 2008 Beijing ) 12-14

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