Orvosegyetem Sport Club is a Hungarian professional water polo club from Budapest established in 1957 in the Semmelweis University.
The club's peak was the 1970s. Orvosegyetem won six national championships in a row between 1969 and 1974, and in 1973 it won the European Cup, beating 4-times champion Partizan Belgrade in the final. In 1974 and 1975 also reached the European Cup's final, but lost to MGU Moscow and Partizan respectively. In 1976 it played its fourth European final, losing the Cup Winners' Cup to Mladost Zagreb. In 1978 and 1979 the team culminated its golden era winning its seventh national championship and its second European Cup.List of champions in allcompetitions.com The team declined in subsequent years, but it still played in the Hungarian First Championship.
However, with the team moving to XI. district in Budapest, and with the new title sponsor, A-HÍD Zrt. from the 2014–15 season was a very successful one, winning silver medal in both the Hungarian Cup and the Hungarian Championship, whilst also going three rounds in the LEN Champions League qualifiers before falling out against Szolnoki VSC.
Naming history Orvosegyetem Sport Club (OSC): (1961 – 1978) Medicor-OSC: (1979 – 1985/86) OSC: (1986/87 – 1989/90) OSC-Boniper (1990/91 – 1991/92) OSC: (1992/93 – 1999/00) OSC-British Knights: (2000/01 – 2004/05) OSC-Kaposvár: (2005/06) - Merged with Kaposvári VK OSC-Opus Via: (2006/07 – 2008/09) OSC: (2009/10 – 2013/14) A-Híd OSC-Újbuda: (2014/15 – 2019/20) OSC-Újbuda: (2020/21 – 2021/22) Genesys OSC-Újbuda: (2021/22 – ... )
Honours
Domestic competitions Országos Bajnokság I (National Championship of Hungary) Champions (7): 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978
Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary) Winners (2): 1970, 1974
European competitions LEN Champions League (Champions Cup) Winners (2): 1972–73, 1978–79
LEN Cup Winners' Cup Runners-up (1): 1975–76
LEN Super Cup Winners (1): 1979
Current squad Season 2020–21 No.Nat.Player Birth DatePositionL/R1 Dávid Bisztritsányi GoalkeeperR3 Miklós Gór-Nagy (c) Centre backR5 Ferenc Salamon Centre back / wing6 Gábor Kovács Wing7 Gábor Hegedüs Wing8 Lukáš Seman Centre forwardR9 Balázs Erdélyi DefenderR10 Zsolt Juhász Wing11 Erik Bundschuch Guard12 Balázs Hárai Centre forwardR13 Márton Tóth Centre forward / wing14 Botond Barabás Goalkeeper Balázs Szabó Krisztián Manhercz Left sideR
Staff Technical StaffHead coach Dániel Varga
Sporting director: Péter Becsey Team Manager: Zoltán Menyhárt Youth coach: Attila Petik Masseur: Ákos Horváth Club doctor: Koppány Kocsis, MD Video analyst: Buza Balázs
Transfers (2017-18) Source: vizipolo.hu
In: Balázs Erdélyi (from Eger) Marcell Kolozsi (from Pécsi VSK) Sava Ranđelović (from AN Brescia) Márton Tóth (from Ferencváros) Nemanja Ubović (from AN Brescia)
Out: Bence Bátori (to Szolnoki Dózsa) Ádám Nagy (to Miskolci VLC) Toni Német (to Ferencváros) Slobodan Nikić (to Ferencváros) Gergő Zalánki (to Szolnoki Dózsa)
Recent seasons
SeasonTierLeagueDomestic cup European competitions 1984–85 1 OB I 12th Quarterfinalist 1985–86 1 OB I 10th Round of 16 1986–87 1 OB I 13th Round of 16 1987–88 1 OB I 13th Round of 16 1988–89 1 OB I 10th Round of 16 1989–90 1 OB I 11th Quarterfinalist 1990–91 1 OB I 10th Round of 16 1991–92 1 OB I 10th Round of 16 1992–93 1 OB I 11th 1993–94 1 OB I 12th 1994–95 2 OB I/B 1st 1995–96 1 OB I 11th 1996–97 1 OB I 10th 1997–98 1 OB I 11th 1998–99 1 OB I 11th 1999–00 2 OB I/B 2000–01 1 OB I 10th Round of 16 2001–02 1 OB I 7th Semifinalist 2002–03 1 OB I 7th Round of 16 2003–04 1 OB I 8th 2004–05 1 OB I 10th 2005–06 1 OB I 11th 2006–07 1 OB I 10th 2007–08 1 OB I 11th 2008–09 1 OB I 9th 2009–10 1 OB I 10th Preliminary round 2010–11 1 OB I 10th Preliminary round 2011–12 1 OB I 10th Preliminary round 2012–13 1 OB I 9th Preliminary round 2013–14 1 OB I 11th Preliminary round 2014–15 1 OB I 2nd Runner-up 1 Champions League 2015–16 1 OB I 3rd Semifinalist 1 Champions League 2016–17 1 OB I 3rd Semifinalist 1 Champions League 2017–18 1 OB I 4th Runner-up 1 Champions League 2018–19 1 OB I 2nd Semifinalist 2 Euro Cup 2019–20 1 OB I Runner-up 1 Champions League 2020–21 1 OB I 2nd did not start 1 Champions League 2 Euro Cup 2021–22 1 OB I 2nd Semifinalist 1 Champions League 2022–23 1 OB I 2nd Runner-up 1 Champions League 2023–24 1 OB I Semifinalist 1 Champions League
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In European competition Participations in Champions League (European Cup, Euroleague): 11x Participations in Euro Cup: 1x Participations in Cup Winners' Cup: 1x
Season Competition Round Club Home AwayAggregate1969-70European CupQuarter-final round HAVK Mladost 5-6 2nd place Stockholms KK 6-1 De Robben 12-3 Semi-finals Pro Recco 5-3 6-10 11–131970-71European CupSemi-final round Dynamo Moscow 4-7 3rd place HAVK Mladost 3-6 Barceloneta 6-41972-73European Cup ChampionSemi-final round CSKA Moscow 3-3 1st place Barcelona 8-1 Ethnikos 9-3Final round Partizan 5–4 1st place Dinamo București 5–4 CSKA Moscow 4–51973-74European Cup FinalistSemi-final round Canottieri Napoli 10–8 1st place Rapid București 5-3 Stockholms KK 6-1 Hornets Košice 11-6Final round MGU Moscow 3-4 2nd place Partizan 5-4 Canottieri Napoli 9-21974-75European Cup FinalistSemi-final round Partizan 6-7 2nd place Pro Recco 7-4 Würzburg 05 7-2Final round De Robben 7-3 2nd place Partizan 2-6 Dinamo București 8-61975-76Cup Winners' Cup Finalist Finals HAVK Mladost 1978-79European Cup ChampionSemi-final round Würzburg 05 4-6 2nd place Partizan 8-5 Akademik Sofia 8-2Final round Würzburg 05 5-4 1st place Pro Recco 7-4 Montjuïc 5-22014-15Champions Leagueelimination in Third qualifying round2015-16Champions LeaguePreliminary round(Group B) Pro Recco 7-12 2-7 4th place Partizan 10-8 4-5 Jug Dubrovnik 7-9 7-10 Galatasaray 13-4 12-9 Szolnok 12-6 7-82016-17Champions LeaguePreliminary round(Group A) Olympiacos 7-8 4-7 4th place Szolnok 8-9 8-10 Spandau 04 5-5 10-6 Olympic Nice 11-9 13-7 Brescia 7-7 6-62017-18Champions LeaguePreliminary round(Group A) Dynamo Moscow 5-10 7-7 7th place Jug Dubrovnik 4-7 10-12 Barceloneta 6-8 6-12 Waspo Hannover 8-7 8-13 Partizan 14-6 11-7 Brescia 6-8 5-9 Olympiacos 6-10 7-102018-19 Euro Cup Quarter-finals Terrassa 10-7 9-9 19–16 Semi-finals Jadran Herceg Novi 12-13 10-11 22–242019-20Champions LeaguePreliminary round(Group B) Ferencváros 10-10 11-8 Cancelled HAVK Mladost 13-10 (canc.) Pro Recco 10-14 12-9 Terrassa 21-4 15-10 Waspo Hannover 19-10 (canc.) Marseille 10-13 (canc.) Dinamo Tbilisi (canc.) 14-82020-21Champions Leagueelimination in Qualifying round2020-21Euro Cup Finalist Round of 16 Pays d'Aix 20-9 22-6 42–15 Quarter-finals Sabadell 17-11 10-12 27–23 Semi-finals Vouliagmeni 10-7 11-9 21–16 Finals Szolnok 11-8 11-14 22–22 2021-22Champions LeaguePreliminary round(Group B) Pro Recco 8-14 14-17 5th place Jug Dubrovnik 10-15 12-11 Waspo Hannover 12-17 12-12 Marseille 9-14 9-13 Spandau 04 0-10 12-11 Steaua București 13-9 11-8 Crvena zvezda 14-8 15-92022-23Champions LeaguePreliminary round(Group B) Novi Beograd - 9-17 Ferencváros - - Marseille - 10-10 Jug Dubrovnik - - Sabadell 9-8 - Spandau 04 9-9 - Brescia - -
Notable former players
Olympic champions András Bodnár – 17 years (1962-1979) 1964 Tokyo Ferenc Konrád – 13 years (1966-1979) 1976 Montreal István Szívós – 12 years (1968-1980) 1976 Montreal Attila Sudár – 11 years (1972-1981, 1983–1984, 1992–1993) 1976 Montreal János Konrád – 1 year (1975-1976) 1964 Tokyo Slobodan Nikić – 1 year (2016-2017) 2016 Rio de Janeiro Sava Ranđelović – 1 year (2017-____) 2016 Rio de Janeiro Bulcsú Székely – junior years 2000 Sydney
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