Budapesti Honvéd SE (men's water polo)

Budapesti Honvéd Sport Egyesület is a Hungarian water polo club that is part of the Budapest-based multi-sports club with the same name. Founded in 1950, they won six Hungarian championships and eight Hungarian cup titles.

In 2004, beside the domestic league success the team also collected the most prestigious continental cup, the LEN Euroleague, and later triumphed over LEN Cup winners CN Barcelona with a scoreline of 10–9 to win the LEN European Supercup.

Since 1 July 2010 the club is officially known as Groupama Honvéd, following the club has agreed on a sponsorship deal with international insurance company Groupama.

Naming history

 * Budapesti Honvéd Sport Egyesület (BHSE): (1949 – 1990)
 * In 1990 the water polo section was defunct.
 * Honvéd-Spartacus VE: (1998/99) - Merged with Budapesti Spartacus SC
 * Bp. Honvéd-Domino: (1999/00 – 2000/01) - the first naming sponsor
 * Domino-BHSE: (2001/02 – 2006/07)
 * Domino Honvéd: (2007/08 – 2009/10)
 * Groupama Honvéd: (2010/11 – 2012/13)
 * RacioNet Honvéd: (2013/14 – 2017/18)
 * Budapesti Honvéd SE: (2018/19 – ... )

Domestic competitions

 * Országos Bajnokság I (National Championship of Hungary)
 * Gold medal blank.svg Champions (6): 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06
 * Silver medal blank.svg Runners-up (2): 1967, 2006–07
 * Bronze medal blank.svg Third place (11): 1950, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1965, 1968, 1982, 1998–99*, 1999–00, 2007–08, 2008–09


 * Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)
 * Gold medal with cup.svg Winners (8): 1953, 1954, 1958, 1959, 1979, 1998–99, 2006, 2010
 * Silver medal with cup.svg Finalist (8): 1955, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 2011


 * Szuperkupa (Super Cup of Hungary); Championship vs. Cup winner
 * Gold medal with cup.svg Winners : 2005

European competitions

 * LEN Champions League (Euroleague)
 * Winners (1): 2003–04


 * LEN Euro Cup
 * Semi-finalist (1): 2010–11


 * LEN Cup Winners' Cup
 * Runners-up (1): 1980–81


 * LEN Super Cup
 * Winners (1): 2004

Current squad
Season 2020–2021

Technical staff

 * 🇭🇺 Technical Director: István Vincze
 * 🇭🇺 Head Coach: Márton Szívós
 * 🇭🇺 Youth Coach: Imre Tóth
 * 🇭🇺 Team Doctor: Antal Gábor, MD
 * 🇭🇺 Physiotherapist: Tamás Klenyán

Recent seasons

 * Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary.

In European competition

 * Participations in Champions League (Champions Cup, Euroleague): 9x
 * Participations in Euro Cup (LEN Cup): 3x
 * Participations in Cup Winners' Cup: 2x

Olympic champions

 * Gergely Kiss – 13 years (2001-2008, 2012-____) Gold medal.svg 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
 * István Gergely – 12 years (2002-2014) Gold medal.svg 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
 * István Hevesi – 8 years (1952-1960) Gold medal.svg 1956 Melbourne
 * Tamás Molnár – 8 years (2001-2009) Gold medal.svg 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
 * Attila Vári – 7 years (2002-2009) Gold medal.svg 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens
 * Péter Biros – 6 years (2001-2007) Gold medal.svg 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
 * Rajmund Fodor – 6 years (2002-2008) Gold medal.svg 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens
 * János Konrád – 5 years (1964-1969) Gold medal.svg 1964 Tokyo
 * Bulcsú Székely – 5 years (2006-2011) Gold medal.svg 2000 Sydney
 * Antal Bolvári – 4 years (1952-1956) Gold medal.svg 1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne
 * György Gerendás – 4 years (1978-1982) Gold medal.svg 1976 Montreal
 * Barnabás Steinmetz – 4 years (2012-2016) Gold medal.svg 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens
 * Tibor Benedek – 3 years (2004-2007) Gold medal.svg 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
 * Dezső Lemhényi – 2 years (1950-1951) Gold medal.svg 1952 Helsinki
 * László Jeney – 2 years (1959–1960) Gold medal.svg 1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne
 * Attila Sudár – 1 year (1982) Gold medal.svg 1976 Montreal

Former coaches

 * 🇭🇺 Jenő Brandi (1950–1975)
 * 🇭🇺 Kálmán Markovits (1976–1978)
 * 🇭🇺 Antal Bolvári (1979–1988)
 * 🇭🇺 István Kovács (1998–2008)
 * 🇭🇺 Lajos Vad (2008– present)
 * 🇭🇺 Lajos Vad (2008– present)