Egri Vízilabda Klub () 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.

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

Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary) Winners (4): 1972, 2007, 2008, 2015

European competitions LEN Champions League Fourth place (1): 2016–17

LEN Euro Cup Runners-up (1): 2007–08

Current squad Season 2020–21 №Nat.Player Birth DatePositionL/R4 Dominik Kürti 6 Bálint Lőrincz 7 Ádám Decker GuardR8 Gergő Kovács 11 Krisztián Bedő Centre forward13 Barnabás Biros 14 Boldizsár Csiszár Goalkeeper Márton Magyar

Staff Technical StaffChairman Attila BárányExecutive Director dr. Gábor SeressPresident of Society dr. Ulrich DillerHead coach Norbert DabrowskiAssistant 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

SeasonTierLeagueDomestic 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 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 2004–05 1 OB I 4th Runner-up 2005–06 1 OB I 3rd Runner-up 2 LEN Cup 2006–07 1 OB I 3rd 1 Euroleague 2007–08 1 OB I 2nd Champion 1 Euroleague 2 LEN Cup 2008–09 1 OB I 2nd Champion 1 Euroleague 2009–10 1 OB I 2nd Runner-up 1 Euroleague 2010–11 1 OB I 1st Runner-up 1 Euroleague 2011–12 1 OB I 2nd Semifinalist 1 Champions League 2012–13 1 OB I 1st Quarterfinalist 1 Champions League 2013–14 1 OB I 1st Quarterfinalist 1 Champions League 2014–15 1 OB I 3rd Semifinalist 1 Champions League 2015–16 1 OB I 2nd Champion 1 Champions League 2016–17 1 OB I 2nd Runner-up 1 Champions League 2017–18 1 OB I 3rd Semifinalist 1 Champions League 2018–19 1 OB I 4th Quarterfinalist 1 Champions League 2019–20 1 OB I Quarterfinalist 2 Euro Cup 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

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 AwayAggregate1999-00LEN Cup Quarter-finals Vasas 6-7 4-8 10–152005-06LEN Cup Round of 16 Spartak Volgograd 12-8 8-9 20–17 Quarter-finals Leonessa 10-8 7-10 17–182006-07EuroleaguePreliminary round(Group C) Pro Recco 10-10 5-10 3rd place Šturm 2002 14-13 11-11 Vasas 8-7 6-122007-08Euroleagueelimination in Second qualifying round2007-08LEN 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 13–202008-09EuroleaguePreliminary round(Group D) Partizan 7-7 9-11 3rd place Vasas 7-9 10-11 Marseille 9-9 9-92009-10EuroleaguePreliminary 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 9–222010-11EuroleaguePreliminary round(Group D) Jug Dubrovnik 9-10 10-15 4th place Barceloneta 8-10 9-10 Primorje Rijeka 6-11 4-72011-12Champions LeaguePreliminary round(Group C) Partizan 12-8 6-9 4th place Vasas 5-8 9-13 Szeged 9-10 3-62012-13Champions LeaguePreliminary 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 14–212013-14Champions LeaguePreliminary 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 9-142014-15Champions LeagueFifth placePreliminary 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 Dubrovnik8–10 5th-6th placement (F6) Szolnok8–72015-16Champions LeagueSixth placePreliminary 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 Dubrovnik6–8 5th-6th placement (F6) Barceloneta6–102016-17Champions LeagueFourth placePreliminary 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) Brescia6–4 Semi-final (F6) Szolnok5–7 Bronze match (F6) Pro Recco6–152017-18Champions LeagueSixth placePreliminary 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) Barceloneta4–9 5th-8th semifinal (F8) Spandau 0410–6 5th-6th placement (F6) Szolnok6–102018-19Champions LeaguePreliminary 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 6-112019-20 Euro Cup Quarter-finals Strasbourg 12-8 6-10 18–18 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)

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