VK Novi Beograd (), or Novi Beograd Tehnomanija (for sponsorship reasons), is a professional water polo club based in New Belgrade, Serbia. As of 2025–26 season, the club competes in the Serbian Water Polo Super League, VRL Premier League and Champions League.
History The club was founded in 2015, by Serbian politician and former water polo player Aleksandar Šapić. In 2020–21 season, the club made its debut in top-tier Serbian Water Polo League A, where they finished as runners-up. Also, they made the semi-finals of the Serbian Water Polo Cup. In second-tier European competition LEN Euro Cup, Novi Beograd made it to the eight-finals.
In 2021–22 season, the club significantly improved its roster, and made debut in the Regional League and LEN Champions League. Also, Novi Beograd was named as host of LEN Champions League final tournament from 2021 to 2023. After coming up short in the Serbian Water Polo Cup, losing to VK Radnički Kragujevac in the final game, Novi Beograd eventually won the Regional League in 2021–22 by defeating the VK Jadran Split with 14–11 in the final game, securing their first trophy in history. Duško Pijetlović was named the MVP of the final tournament. It was also only the second trophy for the Serbian clubs in the competition's history. Novi Beograd won the 2021–22 Serbian Water Polo League A as well. Novi Beograd finished their most successful season in club's history by losing in the final of 2021–22 LEN Champions League to Pro Recco on penalties.
In 2022–23 season, Novi Beograd managed to defend the national championship, but was eliminated in the Regional League in semifinals, and was a runner-up in the Serbian Cup competiotion and the LEN Champions League. In 2023–24 season, Novi Beograd was triple-champion, having been crowned the Serbian League champion, the Regional League champion (for the second time) and Serbian Cup champion.
Current squad VK Novi Beograd squad as of 2025–26 season: Player Note Miloš Ćuk Captain Pavle Gavrilović GK Milan Glušac GK Petar Pajković GK Luka Pljevančić Đuro Radović Luka Gladović Filip Janković Dušan Trtović Marko Dimitrijević Miroslav Perković Vasilije Martinović Vice-captain Nikola Lukić (water polo) Goran Grgurević Petar Vujošević Filip Ćorić Vuk Milojević Mitar Maraš Petar Radanović Head coachČedomir Drašković Ass. coach
Season by season SeasonTierLeagueVRL RegionalRWP RegionalDomestic cupEuropean competitions 2025–261Runners-up5th place Champions 1 Champions League 2024–251Runners-up Semi-finalistChampions 1 LEN Champions League Runners-up 2023–241Champions ChampionsChampions 1 LEN Champions League 4th place 2022–231Champions Semi-finalistRunners-up 1 LEN Champions League Runners-up 2021–221Champions ChampionsRunners-up 1 LEN Champions League Runners-up 2020–211Runners-up - 2 LEN Euro Cup Eight–finals 2019–202 -- 2018–1922nd place --- 2017–18210th place --- 2016–1726th place ---
In European competition Note: Updated as of 2022-23 season. Participations in Champions League: 3x Participations in Euro Cup: 1x
Season Competition Round Club Home AwayAggregate2020-21Euro Cup Round of 16 Vouliagmeni 7-7 8-9 15–162021-22Champions League FinalistPreliminary round(Group A) Ferencváros 11-14 10-11 3rd place Olympiacos 9-12 12-12 Barceloneta 11-9 12-12 Radnički Kragujevac 16-10 13-11 Dinamo Tbilisi 19-7 17-8 Brescia 11-11 16-13 Jadran Split 14-7 17-12 Quarter-final (F8) Marseille16–10 Semi-final (F8) Brescia14–13 Final (F8) Pro Recco13–13 2022-23Champions League FinalistPreliminary round(Group B) Ferencváros 14-13 12-14 2nd place Marseille 11-4 17-13 Jug Dubrovnik 12-12 11-11 Sabadell 16-11 8-6 Spandau 04 13-8 16-5 Orvosegyetem SC 17-9 11-9 Brescia 11-9 9-12 Quarter-final (F8) Olympiacos13–11 Semi-final (F8) Barceloneta8–8 Final (F8) Pro Recco11–14
Honours Domestic competitions National Championship Winners (3): 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 Runners-up (3) : 2020–21, 2024–25, 2025–26 National Cup Winners (3): 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26 Runners-up (2) : 2021–22, 2022–23
Regional competitions Regional League Winners (2): 2021–22, 2023–24
European competitions LEN Champions League Runners-up (3) : 2021–22, 2022–23, 2024–25
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