Szegedi VE

Szegedi Vízilabda Egyesület is a water polo club from Szeged, Hungary. The team competes in the Országos Bajnokság I.

Szegedi VE

Full name	Szegedi Vízilabda Egyesület
Founded	1925; 100 years ago (1925)
League	Országos Bajnokság I
Based in	Szeged, Hungary
Arena	Tiszavirág Sportuszoda (Capacity: 1,169)
Colors	Blue, black and white
President	Dr. Tamás Molnár
Head coach	Csaba Kiss
Championships	1 Euro Cup 3 Hungarian Cups
2021–22	Országos Bajnokság I, 7th of 14
Website	szve.hu

Naming history

• Szegedi EOL AK: (... – 1984/85)
• Szegedi EOL-DÉLÉP SE: (1985/86) - Merged with DÉLÉP SC
• Szeged SC: (1986/87 – 1992/93)
• Szegedi VE: (1993/94 – 1995/96)
• Heliomed-Szegedi VE: (1996/97)
• Tabán Trafik-Szegedi VE (1997/98 – 2002/03)
• Szeged-Beton VE: (2002/03 – 2010/11)
• A-Híd Szeged Beton: (2011/12)
• A-Híd Szeged: (2012/13)
• Diapolo Szeged: (2013/14)
• Tiszavirág Szeged Diapolo: (2014/15)
• ContiTech-Szeged Diapolo: (2015/16 – 2016/17)
• ContiTech-Szeged: (2017/18)
• Szegedi VE: (2018/19 – ... )

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Országos Bajnokság I (National Championship of Hungary)

Third place (7): 1989–90*, 2004–05, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14

• Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)

Winners (3): 2011, 2012, 2013

Finalist (2): 1980, 2000–01

European competitions

• LEN Champions League

Quarter-finalist (2): 2011–12, 2012–13

• LEN Euro Cup

Winners (1): 2008–09

Current squad

Season 2020–2021

No.	Nat.	Player	Birth Date	Position	L/R
1		Marcell Meixner	(1991-05-24) May 24, 1991 (age 34)	Goalkeeper
2		Dániel Sánta	(1994-03-20) March 20, 1994 (age 31)	Centre forward
3		Frank Pellei	(1996-03-21) March 21, 1996 (age 29)
		Bence Zsigri	(1995-03-04) March 4, 1995 (age 30)
4		Tamás Sedlmayer	(1995-01-06) January 6, 1995 (age 30)
5		Gergely Palotás	(1993-02-17) February 17, 1993 (age 32)	Left side	R
6		Csaba Kiss (c)	(1978-06-06) June 6, 1978 (age 47)	Wing
7		Miloš Vukićević	(1988-04-15) April 15, 1988 (age 37)	Centre forward
8		Ivan Basara	(1988-10-25) October 25, 1988 (age 36)
10		Ádám Manhercz	(1993-11-17) November 17, 1993 (age 31)	Left wing	R
11		Márton Chilkó	(1990-07-18) July 18, 1990 (age 35)	Right sing
12		Sándor Illés	(1992-01-22) January 22, 1992 (age 33)
13		Márton Nagy	(1992-12-22) December 22, 1992 (age 32)
14		Dávid Molnár	(1993-03-16) March 16, 1993 (age 32)	Goalkeeper
		Zoltán Berkó	(1997-04-26) April 26, 1997 (age 28)
		Bence Mikházi	(1996-10-06) October 6, 1996 (age 28)

Staff

Technical Staff
Chairman	dr. Tamás Molnár
Head Coach	Péter Varga
Coach	dr. Ferenc Bóka

Transfers (2016-17)

Source: vizipolo.hu

In: Sándor Illés (from Bp. Honvéd) Ivan Basara (from Pécsi VSK) Miloš Vukićević (from Partizan)

Out: Aljoša Kunac (to POŠK Split) Zsolt Varga (to Kaposvár) Lukáš Seman (to OSC)

Recent seasons

As of 11 August 2022.

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Domestic cup	European competitions
1984–85	1	OB I	13th	Round of 16
1985–86	1	OB I	12th	Round of 16
1986–87	1	OB I	5th	Quarterfinalist
1987–88	1	OB I	6th	Round of 16
1988–89	1	OB I	7th	Quarterfinalist
1989–90	1	OB I	3rd	Round of 16
1990–91	1	OB I	6th	Quarterfinalist
1991–92	1	OB I	9th	Round of 16
1992–93	1	OB I	5th
1993–94	1	OB I	6th
1994–95	1	OB I	4th
1995–96	1	OB I	6th		3 LEN Cup	F
1996–97	1	OB I	5th
1997–98	1	OB I	5th
1998–99	1	OB I	10th
1999–00	2	OB I/B		Quarterfinalist
2000–01	1	OB I	6th	Runner-up
2001–02	1	OB I	6th
2002–03	1	OB I	6th	Semifinalist	3 LEN Cup
2003–04	1	OB I	6th	did not held	2 LEN Cup	R16
2004–05	1	OB I	3rd
2005–06	1	OB I	4th		1 Euroleague	QR2
					2 LEN Cup	R16
2006–07	1	OB I	4th		2 LEN Cup	R16
2007–08	1	OB I	4th		2 LEN Cup	QF
2008–09	1	OB I	5th	Quarterfinalist	2 LEN Cup	C
2009–10	1	OB I	3rd	Semifinalist	LEN Super Cup	F
					2 LEN Cup	R16
2010–11	1	OB I	3rd	Semifinalist	1 Euroleague	PR
2011–12	1	OB I	3rd	Champion	1 Champions League	QF
2012–13	1	OB I	3rd	Champion	1 Champions League	QF
2013–14	1	OB I	3rd	Champion
2014–15	1	OB I	5th	Quarterfinalist
2015–16	1	OB I	6th	Semifinalist	2 Euro Cup	SF
2016–17	1	OB I	7th	Quarterfinalist
2017–18	1	OB I	16th	Preliminary round
2018–19	2	OB I/B	1st	Preliminary round
2019–20	1	OB I	13th1	Preliminary round
2020–21	1	OB I	13th	Preliminary round
2021–22	1	OB I	7th	Quarterfinalist
2022–23	1	OB I

^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary.

In European competition

• Participations in Champions League (Euroleague): 4x
• Participations in Euro Cup (LEN Cup): 9x

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1995-96	LEN Cup Finalist	Finals	Pescara			20–28
2002-03	LEN Cup
2003-04	LEN Cup	Round of 16	Ferencváros	6-10	10-7	16–17
2005-06	Euroleague	elimination in Second qualifying round
2005-06	LEN Cup	Round of 16	Dynamo Moscow	4-8	3-10	7–18
2006-07	LEN Cup	Round of 16	Nervi	8-6	4-9	12–15
2007-08	LEN Cup	Round of 16	Catania	12-9	7-8	19–17
		Quarter-finals	Eger	11-8	1-5	12–13
2008-09	LEN Cup Champion	Round of 16	Akademija Cattaro	8-5	4-5	12–10
		Quarter-finals	Vojvodina	9-8	10-10	19–18
		Semi-finals	Sintez Kazan	8-5	10-10	18–15
		Finals	Panionios	12-10	6-8	18–18 (5–3 p)
2009-10	LEN Cup	Round of 16	Ferencváros	7-7	9-10	16–17
2010-11	Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group A)	Jadran Herceg Novi	7–9	10–13	4th place
			Vasas	9–9	10–11
			Primorac Kotor	7–13	9–9
2011-12	Champions League	Preliminary round (Group C)	Partizan	9–8	9–8	1st place
			Eger	6–3	10–9
			Vasas	12–12	9–12
		Quarter-finals	HAVK Mladost	7-10	6-8	13–18
2012-13	Champions League	Preliminary round (Group D)	Partizan	8–7	6–8	1st place
			Spandau 04	8–5	11–7
			CSM Oradea	17–8	14–9
			Galatasaray	11–8	6–4
		Round of 16	Montpellier	18-7	9-6	27–13
		Quarter-finals	Crvena zvezda	5-7	11-10	16–17
2015-16	Euro Cup
		Quarter-finals	Waspo Hannover	9-3	8-13	17–16
		Semi-finals	AN Brescia	10-15	8-9	18–24

Notable former players

Olympic champions

• Rajmund Fodor (1986–1996) - 8 year 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens
• Tamás Molnár ( –1998, 2009–2014) - 12 year 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
• Barnabás Steinmetz (1995–96) - 1 year 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens
• Norbert Hosnyánszky (2005–2006) - 1 year 2008 Beijing
• Tamás Varga (2007–2009) - 2 year 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing