Budapesti Honvéd SE (men's water polo)

Racionat Honvéd
Founded	1950
League	OB I
Based in	Budapest, Hungary
Arena	Kőér Street Swimming Pool; Capacity: 700
Colors
President	Lajos Fodor
Head coach	Lajos Vad
Championships	6
Website	honved-vizilabda.hu

Budapesti Honvéd Sport Egyesület is a Hungarian water polo club, that is part of the Budapest-based multi-sports club with the same name. Founded in 1950, they won six Hungarian championships and eight Hungarian cup titles.^[1]

In 2004, beside the domestic league success the team also collected the most prestigious continental cup, the LEN Euroleague, and later triumphed over LEN Cup winners CN Barcelona with a scoreline of 10–9 to win the LEN European Supercup.^[2]

Since 1 July 2010 the club is officially known as Groupama Honvéd, following the club has agreed on a sponsorship deal with international insurance company Groupama.^[3]

Honours

Domestic competitions

Országos Bajnokság I (National Championship of Hungary)

Champions (6): 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06

Runners-up (2): 1967, 2006–07

Third place (11): 1950, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1965, 1968, 1982, 1998–99*, 1999–00, 2007–08, 2008–09

Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)

Winners (8): 1953, 1954, 1958, 1959, 1979, 1998–99, 2006, 2010

Finalist (8): 1955, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 2011

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

Winners (): 2005

European competitions

LEN Champions League (Euroleague)

Winners (1): 2003–04

LEN Euro Cup

Semi-finalist (1): 2010–11

LEN Cup Winners' Cup

Runners-up (1): 1980–81

LEN Super Cup

Winners (1): 2004

Current squad

Season 2016–2017

№	Nat.	Player	Birth Date	Position	L/R
1		Attila Decker	(1987-08-25) August 25, 1987	Goalkeeper
2		Bálint Kiss	(1996-04-12) April 12, 1996
3		Tamás Gyárfás	(1994-08-24) August 24, 1994
4		Tibor Fazekas	(1992-07-22) July 22, 1992	Wing	R
5		Bendegúz Tóth	(1993-02-06) February 6, 1993
6		Róbert Fejős	(1994-03-22) March 22, 1994
7		dr. Gergely Kiss (c)	(1977-09-21) September 21, 1977	Right Wing	L
8		Márton Szívós	(1981-08-19) August 19, 1981	Wing	R
9		Roland Zsolt Simon	(1992-09-01) September 1, 1992
10		Balázs Kalanovics	(1995-06-01) June 1, 1995
11		Pál Irmes	(1997-01-01) January 1, 1997
12		Adrián Simon	(1986-08-24) August 24, 1986
13		Yusuke Shimizu	(1988-09-07) September 7, 1988	Centre Forward
14		Borna Duvnjak-Starčević	(1996-01-21) January 21, 1996	Goalkeeper

Technical staff

Technical Director: István Vincze
Head Coach: Lajos Vad
Youth Coach: Imre Tóth
Team Doctor: Antal Gábor, MD
Physiotherapist: Tamás Klenyán

Recent seasons

As of 18 May 2018.

Rankings in OB I

P.	85	86	87	88	89	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
1								1	1	1	1	1	1
2														2
3						3	3								3	3
4																		4	4		4
5																	5
6																				6		6
7																									7
8	8																						8
9		9																						9
10
11
12			12	12
13					13

In European competition

Participations in Champions League (Champions Cup, Euroleague): 9x
Participations in Euro Cup (LEN Cup): 3x
Participations in Cup Winners' Cup: 2x

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2001-02	Champions League Finalist	Preliminary round Red Group	Bečej	12–7	11–8	2nd
			Dynamo Moscow	13–4	9–10
			Jug Dubrovnik	10–7	6–9
		Semi Final (F4)	Posillipo	9–8
		Final (F4)	Olympiacos	7–9

2002-03	Champions League Finalist	Preliminary round Red Group	HAVK Mladost	11–11	11–10	1st
			Olympiacos	6–4	12–7
			Olympic Nice	8–5	10–7
		Semi Final (F4)	Spandau 04	11–6
		Final (F4)	Pro Recco	4–9

2003-04	Euroleague Winner	Preliminary round (Group D)	Jadran Herceg Novi	6–6	5–6	2nd
			Jug Dubrovnik	8–5	11–12
			Spartak Volgograd	13–11	4–4
		Quarter Final	Vasas	8-8	7-6	15–14
		Semi Final (F4)	Primorje Rijeka	7–6
		Final (F4)	Jadran Herceg Novi	7–6

2004-05	Euroleague Finalist	Preliminary round (Group D)	Olympiacos	11–4	7–4	2nd
			Šturm 2002	12–8	15–11
			Leonessa	12–8	3–7
		Quarter Final	Spartak Volgograd	13-6	12-8	25–14
		Semi Final (F4)	Jug Dubrovnik	10–9 (aet)
		Final (F4)	Posillipo	8–9 (aet)

2005-06	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group A)	Spandau 04	16–8	13–7	2nd
			Posillipo	14–9	8–9
			HAVK Mladost	12–10	10–13
		Quarter Final	Pro Recco	7-12	8-11	15–23

2006-07	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group D)	Barceloneta	12–8	13–14	1st
			Posillipo	15–7	13–10
			Panionios	13–11	15–3
		Quarter Final	Olympiacos	9-11	9-11	18–22

2007-08	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group C)	Jug Dubrovnik	11–10	5–10	3rd
			Vasas	5–6	8–8
			Panionios	9–4	12–8

2008-09	Euroleague	elimination in Second qualifying round
2008-09	LEN Cup	Last 16	Vouliagmeni	12-3	12-8	24–11
2008-09	LEN Cup	Quarter-final	Sintez Kazan	7-7	8-9	15–16

2009-10	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group C)	Olympiacos	12–10	6–10	4th
			Partizan	6–9	7–12
			Budva	6–10	6–14

2010-11	LEN Cup	Last 16	Hornets Košice	14-8	2-5	16–13
		Quarter-final	CSM Oradea	12-9	11-12	23–21
		Semi-final	Panionios	12-9	6-11	18–20

2011-12	Euro Cup	Last 16	Savona	12-10	10-14	22–24

Notable former players

Olympic champions

Gergely Kiss – 13 years (2001-2008, 2012-____) 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
István Gergely – 12 years (2002-2014) 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
István Hevesi – 8 years (1952-1960) 1956 Melbourne
Tamás Molnár – 8 years (2001-2009) 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
Attila Vári – 7 years (2002-2009) 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens
Péter Biros – 6 years (2001-2007) 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
Rajmund Fodor – 6 years (2002-2008) 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens
János Konrád – 5 years (1964-1969) 1964 Tokyo
Bulcsú Székely – 5 years (2006-2011) 2000 Sydney
Antal Bolvári – 4 years (1952-1956) 1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne
György Gerendás – 4 years (1978-1982) 1976 Montreal
Barnabás Steinmetz – 4 years (2012-2016) 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens
Tibor Benedek – 3 years (2004-2007) 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
Dezső Lemhényi – 2 years (1950-1951) 1952 Helsinki
László Jeney – 2 years (1959–1960) 1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne
Attila Sudár – 1 year (1982) 1976 Montreal

Former coaches

Jenő Brandi (1950–1975)
Kálmán Markovits (1976–1978)
Antal Bolvári (1979–1988)
István Kovács (1998–2008)
Lajos Vad (2008– present)

References

↑ "Szakosztály" (in Hungarian). Honvéd Water Polo. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
↑ "Szuperkupa-győztes a Domino-Honvéd" (in Hungarian). Origo. 6 November 2004. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
↑ "Szponzorok – Groupama" (in Hungarian). Honvéd Water Polo. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.

External links

Official website (in Hungarian)
Budapesti Honvéd SE on Facebook

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] "Szakosztály" (in Hungarian). Honvéd Water Polo. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.

[2] "Szuperkupa-győztes a Domino-Honvéd" (in Hungarian). Origo. 6 November 2004. Retrieved 26 January 2012.

[3] "Szponzorok – Groupama" (in Hungarian). Honvéd Water Polo. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.

Budapesti Honvéd Sportegyesület
Football	Budapest Honvéd FC Hegyvidék SE (women) Budapest Honvéd FC II
Home facilities	Bozsik Stadion (1913–present)
Rivalries	South Pest derby Budapest derby
Other sports	Handball Basketball Water polo Athletics Swimming Fencing Canoeing Gymnastics Judo

European Cup, Euroleague and LEN Champions League winners
European Cup	1964–65: Partizan 1964–65: Pro Recco 1965–66: Partizan 1966–67: Partizan 1967–68: Mladost 1968–69: Mladost 1969–70: Mladost 1970–71: Partizan 1971–72: Mladost 1972–73: OSC 1973–74: MGU 1974–75: Partizan 1975–76: Partizan 1976–77: CSKA Moscow 1977–78: Napoli 1978–79: OSC 1979–80: Vasas 1980–81: Jug 1981–82: Barcelona 1982–83: Spandau 04 1983–84: Pro Recco 1984–85: Vasas 1985–86: Spandau 04 1986–87: Spandau 04 1987–88: Pescara 1988–89: Spandau 04 1989–90: Mladost 1990–91: Mladost 1991–92: Jadran Split 1992–93: Jadran Split 1993–94: Újpest 1994–95: Catalunya 1995–96: Mladost
Champions League	1996–97: Posillipo 1997–98: Posillipo 1998–99: POŠK 1999–00: Bečej 2000–01: Jug 2001–02: Olympiacos 2002–03: Pro Recco
Euroleague	2003–04: Honvéd 2004–05: Posillipo 2005–06: Jug 2006–07: Pro Recco 2007–08: Pro Recco 2008–09: Primorac Kotor 2009–10: Pro Recco 2010–11: Partizan
Champions League	2011–12: Pro Recco 2012–13: Crvena Zvezda 2013–14: Atlètic-Barceloneta 2014–15: Pro Recco 2015–16: Jug 2016–17: Szolnok 2017–18: Olympiacos