Egri VK

PresidentZoltán SzécsiManagerPéter BirosChampionships3 Hungarian Championships
4 Hungarian Cups2021–22Országos Bajnokság I,
10th of 14Websiteegrivizilabda.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 2011,2013,2014 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]

Naming history

Egri TE: (1910 – 1943)
- MOVE Egri SE: (1920 – 1945)
Egri Barátság SE: (1945 – 1947)
Egri SZTK: (1948 – 1949)
Egri ÁVESZ: (1950)
Egri Fáklya SK: (1951 – 1954)
Egri Bástya SE: (1955 – 1956)
Eger SE: (1957)
Egri SC: (1958 – 1959)
Egri Vasas SK: (1960)
Egri Dózsa SC: (1961 – 1976)
Eger SE: (1977 – 1992/93)
ÚVK-Eger: (1993/94)
ÚVMK Eger: (1993/94 – 1995/96)
ÚVMK Eger-Egervin: (1996/97 – 1998/99)
ÚVMK BauSystem-Eger: (1999/00)
UPC-Egri VK: (2000/01)
Egri VK: (2001/02 – 2002/03)
ZF Hungária Egri VK: (2002/03 – 2003/04)
Brendon-ZF-Eger: (2004/05)
Brendon-Fenstherm-ZF-Eger: (2005/06 – 2007/08)
Brendon-UPC-ZF-Egri VK: (2007/08)
ZF-Eger: (2008/09 – 2019/20)
Tigra-ZF-Eger: (2020/21 – ... )

Honours

Domestic competitions

Országos Bajnokság I (National Championship of Hungary)

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

Runners-up (6): 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2015–16, 2016–17

Third place (6): 1964, 1969, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2014–15, 2017–18

Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)

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

Finalist (6): 1970, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2016

European competitions

LEN Champions League

Fourth place (1): 2016–17

LEN Euro Cup

Runners-up (1): 2007–08

Current squad

Season 2020–21^[2]

№	Nat.	Player	Birth Date	Position	L/R
4		Dominik Kürti	(1999-02-10) February 10, 1999 (age 25)
6		Bálint Lőrincz	(1994-03-10) March 10, 1994 (age 30)
7		Ádám Decker	(1984-02-29) February 29, 1984 (age 40)	Guard	R
8		Gergő Kovács	(1995-09-02) September 2, 1995 (age 28)
11		Krisztián Bedő	(1993-05-04) May 4, 1993 (age 30)	Centre forward
13		Barnabás Biros	(1997-06-05) June 5, 1997 (age 26)
14		Boldizsár Csiszár	(1997-03-03) March 3, 1997 (age 27)	Goalkeeper
		Márton Magyar	(1999-09-09) September 9, 1999 (age 24)

Staff

Technical Staff
Chairman	Attila Bárány
Executive Director	dr. Gábor Seress
President of Society	dr. Ulrich Diller

Head coach	Norbert Dabrowski
Assistant coach	Márton Petrovai

Transfers (2017-18)

Source: vizipolo.hu

In:

Marko Avramović (from Ferencváros)
Strahinja Rašović (from Barceloneta)
Angelos Vlachopoulos (from Posillipo)

Out:

Miloš Ćuk (from Szolnoki Dózsa)
Balázs Erdélyi (to Orvosegyetem)
Boris Vapenski (to Ortigia)

Recent seasons

As of 6 January 2023.

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Domestic cup	European competitions
1984–85	1	OB I	5th	Round of 16
1985–86	1	OB I	5th	Quarterfinalist
1986–87	1	OB I	7th	Round of 16
1987–88	1	OB I	11th	Round of 16
1988–89	1	OB I	9th	Round of 16
1989–90	1	OB I	9th	Quarterfinalist
1990–91	1	OB I	7th	Round of 16
1991–92	1	OB I	8th	Semifinalist
1992–93	1	OB I	9th
1993–94	1	OB I	8th
1994–95	1	OB I	9th
1995–96	1	OB I	10th
1996–97	1	OB I	7th
1997–98	1	OB I	9th
1998–99	1	OB I	6th
1999–00	1	OB I	7th		3 LEN Cup	QF
2000–01	1	OB I	7th	Round of 16
2001–02	1	OB I	9th	Quarterfinalist
2002–03	1	OB I	8th	Round of 16
2003–04	1	OB I	7th	did not held
2004–05	1	OB I	4th	Runner-up
2005–06	1	OB I	3rd	Runner-up	2 LEN Cup	QF
2006–07	1	OB I	3rd		1 Euroleague	PR
2007–08	1	OB I	2nd	Champion	1 Euroleague	QR2
2007–08	1	OB I	2nd	Champion	2 LEN Cup	F
2008–09	1	OB I	2nd	Champion	1 Euroleague	PR
2009–10	1	OB I	2nd	Runner-up	1 Euroleague	QF
2010–11	1	OB I	1st	Runner-up	1 Euroleague	PR
2011–12	1	OB I	2nd	Semifinalist	1 Champions League	PR
2012–13	1	OB I	1st	Quarterfinalist	1 Champions League	R16
2013–14	1	OB I	1st	Quarterfinalist	1 Champions League	PR
2014–15	1	OB I	3rd	Semifinalist	1 Champions League	5th
2015–16	1	OB I	2nd	Champion	1 Champions League	6th
2016–17	1	OB I	2nd	Runner-up	1 Champions League	4th
2017–18	1	OB I	3rd	Semifinalist	1 Champions League	6th
2018–19	1	OB I	4th	Quarterfinalist	1 Champions League	PR
2019–20	1	OB I	4th¹	Quarterfinalist	2 Euro Cup	SF¹
2020–21	1	OB I	8th	Preliminary round
2021–22	1	OB I	10th	Quarterfinalist
2022–23	1	OB I	7th	Quarterfinalist
2023–24	1	OB I		Quarterfinalist

^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In European competition

Participations in Champions League (Champions Cup, Euroleague): 13x
Participations in Euro Cup (LEN Cup): 3x

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1999-00	LEN Cup	Quarter-finals	Vasas	6-7	4-8	10–15

2005-06	LEN Cup	Round of 16	Spartak Volgograd	12-8	8-9	20–17
2005-06	LEN Cup	Quarter-finals	Leonessa	10-8	7-10	17–18

2006-07	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group C)	Pro Recco	10-10	5-10	3rd place
			Šturm 2002	14-13	11-11
			Vasas	8-7	6-12

2007-08	Euroleague	elimination in Second qualifying round
2007-08	LEN Cup Finalist	Round of 16	CSM Oradea	14-9	12-14	26–23
		Quarter-finals	Szeged	5-1	8-11	13–12
		Semi-finals	Budva	11-9	9-9	20–18
		Finals	Šturm 2002	6-8	7-12	13–20

2008-09	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group D)	Partizan	7-7	9-11	3rd place
			Vasas	7-9	10-11
			Marseille	9-9	9-9

2009-10	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group D)	Pro Recco	7-11	8-8	2nd place
			Šturm 2002	10-7	5-5
			Sintez Kazan	11-8	6-8
		Quarter-finals	Partizan	4-12	5-10	9–22

2010-11	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group D)	Jug Dubrovnik	9-10	10-15	4th place
			Barceloneta	8-10	9-10
			Primorje Rijeka	6-11	4-7

2011-12	Champions League	Preliminary round (Group C)	Partizan	12-8	6-9	4th place
			Vasas	5-8	9-13
			Szeged	9-10	3-6

2012-13	Champions League	Preliminary round (Group A)	Schuurman	13-4	17-6	3rd place
			Vouliagmeni	10-9	8-11
			Spartak Volgograd	8-6	7-10
			Waspo Hannover	16-5	13-4
			Ligamus Tbilisi	27-5	12-4
		Round of 16	Crvena zvezda	8-8	6-13	14–21

2013-14	Champions League	Preliminary round (Group A)	Barceloneta	5-11	5-9	6th place
			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	Champions League Fifth place	Preliminary round (Group A)	Barceloneta	11-6	7-7	2nd place
			Brescia	10-5	7-3
			Olympiacos	10-9	6-8
			Pro Recco	4-12	9-11
			Radnički Kragujevac	7-6	11-12
		Quarter-final (F6)	Jug Dubrovnik	8–10
		5th-6th placement (F6)	Szolnok	8–7

2015-16	Champions League Sixth place	Preliminary round (Group A)	Barceloneta	6-5	6-6	2nd place
			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 placement (F6)	Barceloneta	6–10

2016-17	Champions League Fourth place	Preliminary round (Group A)	Jug Dubrovnik	6-5	6-10	2nd place
			Pro Recco	7-11	4-9
			Barceloneta	10-9	6-10
			Partizan	8-4	9-8
			Waspo Hannover	10-7	12-11
		Quarter-final (F6)	Brescia	6–4
		Semi-final (F6)	Szolnok	5–7
		Bronze match (F6)	Pro Recco	6–15

2017-18	Champions League Sixth place	Preliminary round (Group B)	Steaua București	12-9	8-3	2nd place
			Sabadell	14-5	15-7
			Jadran Herceg Novi	8-4	4-4
			Alphen	15-4	14-4
			Pro Recco	4-6	6-14
			Spandau 04	8-4	9-10
			Szolnok	6-3	11-10
		Quarter-final (F8)	Barceloneta	4–9
		5th-8th semifinal (F8)	Spandau 04	10–6
		5th-6th placement (F6)	Szolnok	6–10

2018-19	Champions League	Preliminary round (Group A)	Pro Recco	7-16	7-17	6th place
			Barceloneta	10-16	7-12
			Dynamo Moscow	12-10	13-15
			Steaua București	13-9	13-11
			Crvena zvezda	17-11	13-12
			Ferencváros	9-12	9-16
			Brescia	8-11	6-11

2019-20	Euro Cup	Quarter-finals	Strasbourg	12-8	6-10	18–18 (4–3 p)
2019-20	Euro Cup	Semi-finals	Brescia	(canc.)	3-6	Cancelled

Notable former players

Olympic champions

Dénes Pócsik – 24 years (1954-1978) 1964 Tokyo
András Bodnár – 9 years (1952-1961) 1964 Tokyo
Péter Biros – 9 years (2007-2016) 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
Zoltán Szécsi - 7 years (2004-2005, 2007-2013) 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
István Hevesi – 6 years (1945-1951) 1956 Melbourne
Norbert Hosnyánszky – 6 years (2010-2012, 2014- ____) 2008 Beijing
Gábor Kis – 5 years (2004-2008, 2010-2011) 2008 Beijing
Branislav Mitrović – 4 years (2014-____) 2016 Rio de Janeiro
Miloš Ćuk – 3 years (2014-2017) 2016 Rio de Janeiro
Miklós Ambrus – 2 years (1950-1952) 1964 Tokyo
Tamás Märcz – 1 year (2006-2007) 2000 Sydney
Norbert Madaras – junior years 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing

Former 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.
^ "Férfi csapat". egrivizilabda.hu.