Associazione Nuotatori Brescia (Swimmers Association Brescia) is an Italian sports club based in Brescia, that is interested exclusively in water sports like swimming and water polo.
History The club founded in 1973 under the name "AN Brescia" and in 1995 took the name "Leonessa Nuoto Pallanuoto". In 2007 the name changed again becoming "Brixia Leonessa Nuoto". Finally in 2011, following a corporate crisis, summarizes the old name of "AN Brescia".
The swimming area had made well-known swimmers famous, such as Giorgio Lamberti, who won the title in the 100, 200 and 400m freestyle at the Italian and European championships. He was best remembered for the world title in Perth and held the world record in Berlin in the 200 with a time of 1 min. 46 sec. and 69, remained unbeaten for ten years.
In the water polo department, the successes of the club have a recent history, came following the entry of the group System as the main sponsor. In 2001, arrives for the first time in its history in LEN Cup final, but was defeated by the Croatian Mladost. A trophy that is put on the bulletin board in later because in five years, between 2002 and 2006, Systema Leonessa manages to win three LEN Cups (beating in the final Pro Recco and Florentia in two derby all Italians and the Russians of Sintez Kazan). Brescia gets its first Italian champions title in 2003, beating Pro Recco. Since 2006 the team, alongside the usual sponsor "Systema", had a new sponsor, "Pompea". Since 2008, the team is called Brixia Leonessa Brescia or Pompea Brixia Leonessa. In 2008 reaches for the second time the championship final, but lost against Pro Recco. In 2009, the team returns to be sponsored by "Systema".
In 2011 for the first time, Brescia reached the Italian Cup final, but lost to the defending champions of the Pro Recco; takes his revenge in 2012, winning the trophy. In the same year it received the third championship final, again versus the "Ligurians", but was defeated.
Honours
Domestic competitions Serie A1 Winners (2): 2002–03, 2020–21 Coppa Italia Winners (2): 2011–12, 2023–24
European competitions LEN Euro Cup Winners (4): 2001–02, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2015–16 Runners-up (1): 2000–01
Recent seasons
SeasonTierLeagueDomestic cup European competitions 2000–01 1 Serie A1 6th 2001–02 1 Serie A1 3rd 3 LEN Cup 2002–03 1 Serie A1 1st 3 LEN Cup 2003–04 1 Serie A1 3rd 2004–05 1 Serie A1 4th 1 Euroleague 2005–06 1 Serie A1 3rd 2 LEN Cup 2006–07 1 Serie A1 3rd LEN Super Cup F 1 Euroleague 2007–08 1 Serie A1 2nd 1 Euroleague 2008–09 1 Serie A1 4th Third place 1 Euroleague 2009–10 1 Serie A1 3rd Third place 2 LEN Cup 2010–11 1 Serie A1 5th Runner-up 1 Euroleague 2011–12 1 Serie A1 2nd Champion 2012–13 1 Serie A1 2nd Third place 1 Champions League 2013–14 1 Serie A1 2nd Runner-up 1 Champions League 2014–15 1 Serie A1 2nd Runner-up 1 Champions League 2015–16 1 Serie A1 2nd Runner-up 1 Champions League 2 Euro Cup 2016–17 1 Serie A1 2nd Runner-up LEN Super Cup F 1 Champions League 2017–18 1 Serie A1 2nd Runner-up 1 Champions League 2018–19 1 Serie A1 2nd Runner-up 1 Champions League 2019–20 1 Serie A1 1 Champions League 2020–21 1 Serie A1 1st Runner-up 1 Champions League 2021–22 1 Serie A1 2nd Runner-up 1 Champions League 2022–23 1 Serie A1 2nd Third place 1 Champions League 2023–24 1 Serie A1 3rd Champion 1 Champions League 2024–251 Serie A1 2nd Third place 1 Champions League 2 Euro Cup
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Famous players Goran Volarević Francesco Di Fulvio Aleksandar Ćirić Guillermo Molina Sava Ranđelović Nemanja Ubović Maro Joković Angelos Vlachopoulos
Famous coaches Mirko Blažević
External links Official website L'articolo della Gazzetta sulla vittoria dello scudetto
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