Szolnoki Vízilabda SC

Szolnoki Vízilabda Sport Club is a professional water polo team based Szolnok, Hungary. Founded in 1921, it plays in OB I, the top division championship in the country, which they won on nine occasions.

The club produced several of the most successful Hungarian water polo players, including Olympic champions Ottó Boros, István Hasznos, Tivadar Kanizsa and European champion István Pintér.

Naming history

 * Szolnoki MÁV: (1921 – 1950)
 * Szolnoki Dózsa: (1950 – 1973)
 * Vízügy-Dózsa: (1973 – 1976)
 * Szolnoki Vízügy SE: (1977 – 1990/91)
 * Szolnoki Vízügy-RC Cola: (1991/92) - the first naming sponsor
 * Elektrosoft SE Szolnok: (1992/93 – 1993/94)
 * Szolnoki VSE: (1994/95 – 1995/96)
 * Szolnoki MTE: (1996/97 – 1997/98)
 * Szolnoki VSC: (1998/99 – 2005/06)
 * Szolnoki Főiskola VSC: (2006/07 – 2007/08)
 * Szolnoki Főiskola-KÖZGÉP: (2008/09 – 2010/11)
 * Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP: (2011/12 – 2016/17)
 * Szolnoki Dózsa: (2017/18 – ... )

Domestic competitions

 * Országos Bajnokság I (National Championship of Hungary)
 * Gold medal blank.svg Champions (10): 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2020–21
 * Silver medal blank.svg Runners-up (6): 1963, 1970, 1986–87, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2017–18
 * Bronze medal blank.svg Third place (6): 1960, 1962, 1983, 1984–85, 1987–88, 2018–19


 * Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)
 * Gold medal with cup.svg Winners (6): 1966, 1968, 1985, 2014, 2016, 2017
 * Silver medal with cup.svg Finalist (4): 1954, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2020


 * Szuperkupa (Super Cup of Hungary)
 * Gold medal with cup.svg Winners (2): 2016, 2017

European competitions

 * LEN Champions League
 * Winners (1): 2016–17


 * LEN Euro Cup
 * Winners (1): 2020–21
 * Quarter-finalist (1): 2012–13


 * LEN Super Cup
 * Winners (1): 2017

Current squad
Season 2022–23

Staff

 * Technical staff
 * Head Coach: 🇭🇺 Zoltán Hangay
 * Assistant Coach: 🇭🇺 Róbert Hangay
 * Fitness Coach: 🇭🇺 Gergő Vincze


 * Management
 * Technical Director: 🇭🇺 István Kovács
 * Club Director: 🇭🇺 Beáta Ujszászi

Transfers (2017-18)
Source: vizipolo.hu

In:
 * 🇭🇺 Bence Bátori (from Orvosegyetem)
 * 🇷🇸 Miloš Ćuk (from Eger)
 * 🇭🇺 Gergő Zalánki (from Orvosegyetem)

Out:
 * 🇫🇷 Ugo Crousillat (to Pays d'Aix)
 * 🇭🇺 Dénes Varga (to Ferencváros)
 * 🇭🇺 Márton Vámos (to Ferencváros)

Recent seasons

 * Remained in the league due to the resignation of other teams to play in the league.
 * Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In European competition

 * Participations in Champions League (European Cup, Euroleague): 8x
 * Participations in Euro Cup (LEN Cup): 3x
 * Participations in Cup Winners' Cup: 1x

Olympic champions

 * 🇭🇺 Ottó Boros (1948–1950, 1952–1964)
 * 🇭🇺 Tibor Cservenyák (1958–1972)
 * 🇭🇺 István Hasznos (1934–1943, 1947–1961)
 * 🇭🇺 Norbert Hosnyánszky (2014–2016)
 * 🇭🇺 Tivadar Kanizsa (1954–1964)
 * 🇭🇺 Gábor Kis (2011–2019)
 * 🇭🇺 Norbert Madaras (2014–2016)
 * 🇭🇺 Dániel Varga (2014–2016)
 * 🇭🇺 Dénes Varga (2014–2017)
 * 🇭🇺 Tamás Varga (junior years)
 * 🇷🇸 Milan Aleksić (2012–2019)
 * 🇷🇸 Miloš Ćuk (2017–2018)
 * 🇷🇸 Filip Filipović (2020–2021)
 * 🇷🇸🇭🇺 Živko Gocić (2011–2018)
 * 🇷🇸 Stefan Mitrović (2013–2016)
 * 🇷🇸 Duško Pijetlović (2019–2021)
 * 🇷🇸 Andrija Prlainović (2016–2019)

Former coaches

 * 🇭🇺 József Vértesy
 * 🇭🇺 Miklós Czapkó ( –1965)
 * 🇭🇺 Tivadar Kanizsa (1966–75)
 * 🇭🇺 Mihály Mayer (1987–90)
 * 🇭🇺 Péter Wolf (1993–94)
 * 🇭🇺 Zoltán Mohi (1999–00)
 * 🇭🇺 Lajos Urbán (2001–03)
 * 🇭🇺 Dénes Lukács (2003– )
 * 🇭🇺 Sándor Cseh ( –2012)
 * 🇭🇺 István Kovács (2012–14)
 * 🇭🇺 Sándor Cseh (2014–18) 2x
 * 🇷🇸 🇭🇺 Živko Gocić (2018– present)
 * 🇭🇺 Sándor Cseh (2014–18) 2x
 * 🇷🇸 🇭🇺 Živko Gocić (2018– present)