BVSC (men's water polo)

Budapesti Vasutas Sport Club

Nickname	Vasutasok (The Railwaymen)
Founded	1949
League	OB I
Based in	Budapest, Hungary
Arena	Szőnyi út
Colors	blue and      yellow
President	Ágnes Zsoldos
Head coach	Tamás Märcz
Website	www.bvscvizilabda.hu

Budapesti Vasutas Sport Club is a water polo club from Budapest, Hungary. The team competes in the Országos Bajnokság I.

Naming history

• Budapesti Lokomotív (Bp. Lokomotív): (1949–1954)
• Bp. Törekvés: (1955–1956)
• BVSC: (1957–1991/92) -
• BVSC-Schiller Opel: (1991/92–1992/93) - the first naming sponsor of BVSC
• BVSC-Westel: (1992/93–1997/98)
• BVSC-Brendon: (1997/98–2003/04)
• BVSC-Turbo: (2003/04–2004/05)
• BVSC: 2004/05–2007/08
• BVSC-Atlantis Casino: (2007/08–2008/09)
• BVSC-Zugló: (2008/09–2013/14)
• BVSC-Wáberer Hungária-Zugló: (2013/14– present)

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Országos Bajnokság I (National Championship of Hungary)

Champions (7): 1966, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99

Runners-up (9): 1962, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985–86, 1992–93, 1999–00, 2000–01

Third place (6): 1958, 1980, 1993–94, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04

• Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)

Winners (5): 1982, 1986–87, 1994–95, 1999–00, 2002–03

Finalist (4): 1958, 1959, 1983, 1984

• Szuperkupa (Super Cup of Hungary); Championship vs. Cup winner

Winners (): 2003 (C.)

European competitions

• European Cup / LEN Champions League

Runners-up (1): 1985–86

• LEN Cup / LEN Euro Cup

Semi-finalist (1): 2001–02

• LEN Cup Winners' Cup

Runners-up (2): 1983–84, 1995–96

Team

Squad for the 2015–16 season[1][2] # Name Position Date of birth 1 Zsolt Györke Goalkeeper 12 March 1986 2 Miklós Csapó 21 January 1993 3 Károly Czigány 31 October 1984 4 Bence Szabó 29 February 1996 5 Sándor Nagy 2 November 1986 6 Béla Török 23 March 1990 7 Krisztián Létay 9 February 1983 8 Ferenc Ambrus 9 December 1986 9 Péter Kovács 16 May 1991 10 Mátyás Pásztor 20 February 1987 11 Norbert Mátyók 15 June 1996 12 Álmos Dániel Nagy 16 May 1996 13 Bendegúz Szabó 12 May 1994 14 Dániel Szakonyi Goalkeeper 1 March 1994 Coach : Tamás Märcz

Squad changes for the 2015-16 season[3] In Károly Czigány ( from Horgen ) Miklós Csapó ( from Ferencváros ) Out Csaba Mészáros ( to Vasas ) Endre Borsós ( to Honvéd ) Nikolaos Kotsidis Roland Tatár ( to Tatabánya )

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	17
1	1		1									1	1	1	1
2		2							2							2	2
3										3								3	3	3
4
5											5																					5
6								6
7																										7			7	7
8							8														8		8		8
9				9																				9			9				9
10						10																10
11																												11
12					12

In European competition

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1996-97	LEN Champions League	Preliminary round Blue Group	Barcelona	7–9	8–9	3rd
			HAVK Mladost	9–12	6–8
			NCHZ Nováky	11–10	10–9
1997-98	LEN Champions League	Preliminary round Blue Group	Bečej	13–14	4–8	4th
			HAVK Mladost	8–7	8–9
			Spartak Volgograd	8–8	5–8
1998-99	LEN Champions League	Preliminary round Blue Group	Bečej	7–7	6–9	3rd
			Posillipo	7–6	8–9
			Vouliagmeni	11–5	7–9
1999-00	LEN Champions League Third place	Preliminary round Blue Group	POŠK	6–5	6–6	1st
			Olympiacos	6–6	9–9
			Olympic Nice	9–4	5–4
		Semi Final (F4)	HAVK Mladost	4–6
		Bronze match (F4)	POŠK	13–7
2000-01	LEN Cup Winners' Cup
		Quarter-final	POŠK	8-6	10-4	18–10
		Semi-final	Barceloneta	10-7	8-12	18–19
2001-02	LEN Cup
		Quarter-final	Real Canoe	11-9	7-8	18–17
		Semi-final	Leonessa	10-10	6-9	16–19
2003-04	LEN Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group C)	HAVK Mladost	8–7	11–13	3rd
			Olympic Nice	11–8	8–8
			Primorac Kotor	8–9	1–8
2016-17	LEN Euro Cup	Quarter-final	SM Verona	-	-	–

Notable former players

• János Konrád 1964 Tokyo (1956–1963) - 7 year
• Ferenc Konrád 1976 Montreal (1956–1965) - 9 year
• Tamás Faragó 1976 Montreal (1965–1968) - 3 year
• György Horkai 1976 Montreal (1970–1985) - 15 year
• György Gerendás 1976 Montreal (1983–1987) - 4 year
• Gergely Kiss 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing (1986–1990) - 4 year
• Zsolt Varga 2000 Sydney (1990–1997) - 7 year
• Tamás Märcz 2000 Sydney (1993–2000) - 7 year
• Norbert Hosnyánszky 2008 Beijing (1994) - half year
• Zoltán Szécsi 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing (1995–2004) - 9 year
• Norbert Madaras 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing ( –2001) - junior years
• Gábor Kis 2008 Beijing (1997–2004) - 7 year

Coaches

• Károly Laky
• Dezső Gyarmati (1981 – 1988)
• Tamás Faragó (1990 – 1992)
• György Gerendás (1992 – 2004)
• Dr. Balázs Vincze ( – 2010)
• Norbert Dabrowski (2010 – 2013)
• Tamás Märcz (2013 – present)

References

1. "Új OB.I. igazolás, itt a végleges keret!". bvscvizilabda.hu.
2. "Csapó Miklós aláírt a BVSC-hez – végleges a keret". vizipolo.hu.
3. "Átigazolási körkép 3. rész". vizipolo.hu.

External links

• Official website (Hungarian)
• BVSC on Facebook