Egri VK

Egri Vízilabda Klub (Water Polo Club of Eger) is a Hungarian water polo club based in Eger. One of the dominant teams in the country since the late 2000s, Eger won the national championship in 2011,2013,2014 and came in second in 2012. They also collected the gold medal in the Hungarian cup in 1972 and 2007. Beside the domestic successes they also finished runners-up in the LEN Cup in 2008.

Starting from summer 2010 the club is known as ZF Eger after its main sponsor ZF Friedrichshafen.

Naming history

 * Egri TE: (1910 – 1943)
 * MOVE Egri SE: (1920 – 1945)
 * Egri Barátság SE: (1945 – 1947)
 * Egri SZTK: (1948 – 1949)
 * Egri ÁVESZ: (1950)
 * Egri Fáklya SK: (1951 – 1954)
 * Egri Bástya SE: (1955 – 1956)
 * Eger SE: (1957)
 * Egri SC: (1958 – 1959)
 * Egri Vasas SK: (1960)
 * Egri Dózsa SC: (1961 – 1976)
 * Eger SE: (1977 – 1992/93)
 * ÚVK-Eger: (1993/94)
 * ÚVMK Eger: (1993/94 – 1995/96)
 * ÚVMK Eger-Egervin: (1996/97 – 1998/99)
 * ÚVMK BauSystem-Eger: (1999/00)
 * UPC-Egri VK: (2000/01)
 * Egri VK: (2001/02 – 2002/03)
 * ZF Hungária Egri VK: (2002/03 – 2003/04)
 * Brendon-ZF-Eger: (2004/05)
 * Brendon-Fenstherm-ZF-Eger: (2005/06 – 2007/08)
 * Brendon-UPC-ZF-Egri VK: (2007/08)
 * ZF-Eger: (2008/09 – 2019/20)
 * Tigra-ZF-Eger: (2020/21 – ... )

Domestic competitions

 * Országos Bajnokság I (National Championship of Hungary)
 * Gold medal blank.svg Champions (3): 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14
 * Silver medal blank.svg Runners-up (6): 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2015–16, 2016–17
 * Bronze medal blank.svg Third place (6): 1964, 1969, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2014–15, 2017–18


 * Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)
 * Gold medal with cup.svg Winners (4): 1972, 2007, 2008, 2015
 * Silver medal with cup.svg Finalist (6): 1970, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2016

European competitions

 * LEN Champions League
 * Fourth place (1): 2016–17


 * LEN Euro Cup
 * Runners-up (1): 2007–08

Current squad
Season 2020–21

Transfers (2017-18)
Source: vizipolo.hu

In:
 * 🇷🇸 🇭🇺 Marko Avramović (from Ferencváros)
 * 🇷🇸 Strahinja Rašović (from Barceloneta)
 * Angelos Vlachopoulos (from Posillipo)

Out:
 * 🇷🇸 Miloš Ćuk (from Szolnoki Dózsa)
 * 🇭🇺 Balázs Erdélyi (to Orvosegyetem)
 * 🇷🇸 Boris Vapenski (to Ortigia)

Recent seasons

 * Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In European competition

 * Participations in Champions League (Champions Cup, Euroleague): 13x
 * Participations in Euro Cup (LEN Cup): 3x

Olympic champions

 * Dénes Pócsik – 24 years (1954-1978) Gold medal.svg 1964 Tokyo
 * András Bodnár – 9 years (1952-1961) Gold medal.svg 1964 Tokyo
 * Péter Biros – 9 years (2007-2016) Gold medal.svg 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
 * Zoltán Szécsi - 7 years (2004-2005, 2007-2013) Gold medal.svg 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
 * István Hevesi – 6 years (1945-1951) Gold medal.svg 1956 Melbourne
 * Norbert Hosnyánszky – 6 years (2010-2012, 2014- ____) Gold medal.svg 2008 Beijing
 * Gábor Kis – 5 years (2004-2008, 2010-2011) Gold medal.svg 2008 Beijing
 * 🇷🇸 Branislav Mitrović – 4 years (2014-____) Gold medal.svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro
 * 🇷🇸 Miloš Ćuk – 3 years (2014-2017) Gold medal.svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro
 * Miklós Ambrus – 2 years (1950-1952) Gold medal.svg 1964 Tokyo
 * Tamás Märcz – 1 year (2006-2007) Gold medal.svg 2000 Sydney
 * Norbert Madaras – junior years Gold medal.svg 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing

Former coaches

 * 🇭🇺 György Gerendás (2004–2014)
 * 🇭🇺 Norbert Dabrowski (2014– present)
 * 🇭🇺 Norbert Dabrowski (2014– present)