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 (National Championship of Hungary)

Champions (3): 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14

Runners-up (5): 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2015–16

Third place (5): 1964, 1969, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2014–15

• Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)

Winners (4): 1972, 2007, 2008, 2015

Finalist (5): 1970, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010

European competitions

• LEN Champions League

Fifth place (1): 2014–15

• LEN Cup / LEN Euro Cup

Runners-up (1): 2007–08

Current team

Season 2016–2017^[2]

№	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Birth
1		Branislav Mitrović	GK	30 January 1985
2		Dániel Angyal	D	29 March 1992
14		Boldizsár Csiszár	GK	3 March 1997

Bold: senior national team possess

ZF-Eger
No.	Nat.	Name	Position	L/R	Date of birth (age)
3
4		Uroš Čučković			25 April 1990
5
6		Tamás Mezei	Centre Forward	L	14 September 1990

Squad for the 2015–16 season[3] # Name Position Date of birth 1 [[]] Goalkeeper 2 [[]] 3 [[]] 26 February 1995 4 [[]] 5 Norbert Hosnyánszky 4 March 1984 6 Bálint Lőrincz 10 March 1994 7 Miloš Ćuk 21 December 1990 8 [[]] 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 [[]] 5 April 1976 14 [[]] 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 Transfers (2016-17) In: Ádám Decker (from OSC) Gergő Kovács (from Honvéd) Barnabás Biros (from youth team) Gábor Szalai (from youth team) Boldizsár Csiszár (from youth team) Out: Márton Szívós (to Honvéd) Gergő Zalánki (to OSC) Kristóf Csoma (to MVLC) Péter Biros (Finished his career) 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 2 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 Finalist Last 16 CSM 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 Rijeka 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 Rijeka 6–11 7–20 Pro Recco 7–8 9–14 2014-15 LEN Champions League Fifth place 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) Szolnoki Dózsa 8–7 2015-16 LEN Champions League Sixth place Preliminary round (Group A) Barceloneta 6–5 6–6 2nd Olympiacos 8–8 7–8 Spandau 04 10–7 15–8 Primorje Rijeka 12–12 7–8 Jadran Herceg Novi 8–7 11–11 Quarter Final (F6) Jug Dubrovnik 6–8 5th-6th place (F6) Barceloneta 6–10 2016-17 LEN Champions League Preliminary round (Group A) Jug Dubrovnik – – Pro Recco – – Barceloneta – – Partizan – – Waspo Hannover – – Notable former players István Hevesi 1956 Melbourne (1945–1951) - 6 year Miklós Ambrus 1964 Tokyo (1950–1952) - 2 year András Bodnár 1964 Tokyo (1952–1961) - 9 year Dénes Pócsik 1964 Tokyo (1954–1978) - 24 year Norbert Madaras 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing ( – ) - junior years Zoltán Szécsi 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing (2004–2005, 2007–2013) - 7 year Tamás Märcz 2000 Sydney (2006–2007) - 1 year Péter Biros 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing (2007–2016) - 9 year Gábor Kis 2008 Beijing (2004–2008, 2010–2011) - 5 year Norbert Hosnyánszky 2008 Beijing (2010–2012, 2014– ____) - Branislav Mitrović 2016 Rio de Janeiro (2014–____) - Miloš Ćuk 2016 Rio de Janeiro (2014–____) - Coaches György Gerendás (2004 – 2014) Norbert Dabrowski (2014 – present) References "ZF-Eger: Itt a 2010-2011-es játékoskeret" (in Hungarian). Egri VK official website. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2012. "Biros helyett, Biros – itt a ZF-Eger végleges kerete". egrivizilabda.hu. "Férfi Ob I: Nincs változás az egri csapatban – hivatalos". vizipolo.hu. External links Official website (Hungarian) Egri VK on Facebook