Budapesti Honvéd SE (men's water polo)

This article is about the water polo team. For other uses, see Honvéd.

Racionat Honvéd

Founded	1950
League	OB I
Based in	Budapest, Hungary
Arena	Kőér Street Swimming Pool Capacity: 700
Colors
President	Lajos Fodor
Head coach	Lajos Vad
Championships	6
Website	honved-vizilabda.hu

Activ departments of Honvéd
Football	Handball	Basketball
Water Polo	Athletics	Swimming
Canoe/kayak	Boxing	Fencing
Gymnastic	Judo	Modern pentathlon
Shooting

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.

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Országos Bajnokság I

Winners (6) : 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06

Runners-up (2) : 1967, 2006-07

• Magyar Kupa

Winners (8) : 1953, 1954, 1958, 1959, 1979, 1998-99, 2006, 2010

Runners-up (8) : 1955, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 2011

European competitions

• LEN Champions League / Euroleague

Winners (1) : 2003-04

Runners-up (3) : 2001-02, 2002-03, 2004-05

• LEN Super Cup / European Super Cup

Winners (1) : 2004

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2013–14 season

Νο.	Player	Position
1	István Gergely	Goalkeeper
2	Tamás Demeter	Guard
3	Péter Kovács
4	Mátyás Zoltán
5	Erik Csacsovszky
6	Tamás Boros
7	Gergely Kiss
8	Sándor Illés
9	Koji Takei
10	Bence Fülöp
11	Barnabás Steinmetz	Center
12	Roland Zsolt Simon
13	Bendegúz Tóth
14	Dávid György	Goalkeeper
Coach Lajos Vad

Technical staff

• Technical Director: István Vincze
• Head Coach: Lajos Vad
• Youth Coach: Imre Tóth
• Team Doctor: Antal Gábor, MD
• Physiotherapist: Tamás Klenyán

Recent seasons

Rankings in OB I

P.	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15
1																	1	1	1	1	1	1
2																							2
3															3	3								3	3
4																											4	4		4
5																										5
6																													6		6
7
8	8
9		9
10
11
12			12	12
13					13

In European competition

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2001-02	LEN Champions League Runners-up	Preliminary round Red Group	Bečej	12–7	11–8	2nd
			Dynamo Moscow	13–4	9–10
			Jug Dubrovnik	10–7	6–9
		Semi Final (F4)	Posillipo	9–8
		Final (F4)	Olympiacos	7–9
2002-03	LEN Champions League Runners-up	Preliminary round Red Group	Mladost	11–11	11–10	1st
			Olympiacos	6–4	12–7
			Olympic Nice	8–5	10–7
		Semi Final (F4)	Spandau 04	11–6
		Final (F4)	Pro Recco	4–9
2003-04	LEN Euroleague Winner	Preliminary round (Group D)	Jadran Herceg Novi	6–6	5–6	2nd
			Jug Dubrovnik	8–5	11–12
			Spartak Volgograd	13–11	4–4
		Quarter Final	Vasas	8-8	7-6	15–14
		Semi Final (F4)	Primorje	7–6
		Final (F4)	Jadran Herceg Novi	7–6
2004-05	LEN Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group D)	Olympiacos	11–4	7–4	2nd
			Šturm 2002	12–8	15–11
			Leonessa	12–8	3–7
		Quarter Final	Spartak Volgograd	13-6	12-8	25–14
		Semi Final (F4)	Jug Dubrovnik	10–9 (aet)
		Final (F4)	Posillipo	8–9 (aet)
2005-06	LEN Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group A)	Spandau 04	16–8	13–7	2nd
			Posillipo	14–9	8–9
			Mladost	12–10	10–13
		Quarter Final	Pro Recco	7-12	8-11	15–23
2006-07	LEN Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group D)	Barceloneta	12–8	13–14	1st
			Posillipo	15–7	13–10
			Panionios	13–11	15–3
		Quarter Final	Olympiacos	9-11	9-11	18–22
2007-08	LEN Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group C)	Jug Dubrovnik	11–10	5–10	3rd
			Vasas	5–6	8–8
			Panionios	9–4	12–8
2008-09	LEN Euroleague
2008-09	LEN Cup	Last 16	Vouliagmeni	12-3	12-8	24–11
		Quarter-final	Sintez Kazan	7-7	8-9	15–16
2009-10	LEN Euroleague	Preliminary round (Group C)	Olympiacos	12–10	6–10	4th
			Partizan	6–9	7–12
			Budva	6–10	6–14
2010-11	LEN Cup	Last 16	ČH Hornets Košice	14-8	2-5	16–13
		Quarter-final	Oradea	12-9	11-12	23–21
		Semi-final	Panionios	12-9	6-11	18–20
2011-12	LEN Euro Cup	Last 16	Savona	12-10	10-14	22–24

Notable former players

• Dezső Lemhényi ( 1952 Helsinki ) 50-51
• Antal Bolvári ( 1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne ) 52-56
• István Hevesi ( 1956 Melbourne ) 52-60
• László Jeney ( 1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne ) 59-60
• János Konrád ( 1964 Tokyo ) 64-69
• György Gerendás ( 1976 Montreal ) 78-82
• Attila Sudár ( 1976 Montreal ) 82
• Tamás Molnár ( 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing ) 01-09

• Gergely Kiss ( 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing ) 01-08, 12-
• Péter Biros ( 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing ) 01-07
• István Gergely ( 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing ) 02-14
• Attila Vári ( 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens ) 02-09
• Rajmund Fodor ( 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens ) 02-08
• Tibor Benedek ( 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing ) 04-07
• Bulcsú Székely ( 2000 Sydney ) 06-11
• Barnabás Steinmetz ( 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens ) 12-

Coaches

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

External links

• Official website (Hungarian)
• Budapesti Honvéd SE on Facebook