VK Bečej

Vaterpolo klub Bečej (English: Water polo club Bečej) was a waterpolo club from Bečej, Serbia. Founded in 1947, the club disbanded in 2002 due to the bad financial situation. The former club president was Đorđe Predin -"Badža".

Achievements

The biggest success in club's history was winning the 1999-2000 Euroleague trophy. VK Bečej became the second Serbian team after VK Partizan to win the top European water polo club competition. Aleksandar Šapić led the team to the 1999/00 title, scoring 5 goals in the final versus Zagreb's HAVK Mladost on 27 May 2000. He was also that year's Euroleague best scorer with 39 goals in the season. VK Bečej reached the Euroleague's Final Four tournament 3 more times.

Euroleague winning squad

• Aleksandar Šoštar
• Slobodan Soro
• Predrag Zimonjić
• Goran Krstonošić
• Nenad Vukanić
• Nedeljko Rodić
• Branko Peković
• Aleksandar Ćirić
• Veljko Uskoković
• László Tóth
• István Mészáros
• Aleksandar Šapić
• Jugoslav Vasović
• Balázs Vincze
• Nebojša Milić
• Srbislav Čiplić

Honours

• National Championship
  • Winners (6) : 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001
• National Cup
  • Winners (6) : 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001
• Euroleague
  • Winners (1) : 1999/00
  • Final Four (3) : 1997, 1998, 2001

Notable former players

• Goran Rađenović

Notable former coaches

• Vlaho Orlić
• Nikola Stamenić
• Zoltán Kásás
• Mirko Blažević

References

External links

• Celebration - 10 years ago Bečej won European title becejski-mozaik.co.rs (article in Serbian language