Budapesti Honvéd SE (men's water polo)

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Founded 1950 Based in Budapest, Hungary Head coach Lajos Vad		League OB I President Lajos Fodor
Arena Kőér Street Swimming Pool Capacity: 700

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.

Domestic competitions

Országos Bajnokság I (National Championship of Hungary)

Champions (6): 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06 Runners-up (2): 1967, 2006–07 Third place (11): 1950, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1965, 1968, 1982, 1998–99*, 1999–00, 2007–08, 2008–09

Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)

Winners (8): 1953, 1954, 1958, 1959, 1979, 1998–99, 2006, 2010 Finalist (8): 1955, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 2011

Szuperkupa (Super Cup of Hungary); Championship vs. Cup winner

Winners (): 2005 (Ch.)

European competitions

Euroleague / LEN Champions League

Winners (1): 2003–04 Runners-up (3): 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05

LEN Cup / LEN Euro Cup

Semi-finalist (1): 2010–11

European Super Cup / LEN Super Cup

Winners (1): 2004

Current squad

Season 2016–2017

Technical staff

Technical Director: István Vincze

Head Coach: Lajos Vad

Youth Coach: Imre Tóth

Team Doctor: Antal Gábor, MD

Physiotherapist: Tamás Klenyán

Coaches

Jenő Brandi (1950 – 1975)

Kálmán Markovits (1976 – 1978)

Antal Bolvári (1979 – 1988)

István Kovács (1998 – 2008)

Lajos Vad (2008 – present)

References

Budapesti Honvéd SE (men's water polo) Wikipedia

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