Pro Recco

A.S.D. Pro Recco (Official name: Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Pro Recco) is an Italian water polo club from Recco, in Liguria. It currently plays in Serie A1.

Pro Recco
Founded1913 (1913)
LeagueSerie A1
Based inRecco, Italy
ArenaPiscine di Albaro (capacity: 1,600)
Colors   
OwnerGabriele Volpi
PresidentMaurizio Felugo
Head coachGabriel Hernández
ManagerAmedeo Pomilio
Championships9 European Champions Leagues
7 European Super Cups
1 Adriatic League
33 Italian Leagues
16 Italian Cups
WebsiteOfficial website

Pro Recco is the most successful club in men's water polo. In men's domestic water polo, the club has won a record 48 trophies: a record 33 Serie A1 titles, a record 16 Coppa Italia. In men's LEN European competitions, Pro Recco have won a record 16 trophies: a record 9 LEN Champions League titles, a record 7 LEN Super Cups. The club has also won 1 Adriatic League title.

In women's water polo, the women's team won 1 women's Serie A1 titles, 1 LEN Euro League Women title, 1 Women's LEN Super Cup, making Pro Recco the first sports club in history to have been crowned European Champions with both its men's and women's teams.

History

Pro Recco was founded in 1913 as Rari Nantes Enotria. It has played in the A1 league, the Italian top division, since 1935.

The club is owned by Genovese businessman Gabriele Volpi, who also owns football club Spezia, competing in Serie B, the second tier of Italian football leagues.

It has won a total of 33 national titles, the first in 1959 and the latest in 2019; and the Coppa Italia in 1974, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021. They have won the LEN Champions League in 1964, 1983, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015 and 2021; the LEN Super Cup in 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015 and 2021.

Pro Recco has had a women's team since the 2011–12 season.

Honours

Domestic competitions
Champions (33): 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1984, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Winners (16): 1974, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022

LEN competitions
Winners (9): 1965, 1984, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2021
Winners (7): 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2021

Other competitions
Winners (1): 2012

Current team

First team

As of 24 October 2020[1]

Head coach: Gabriel Hernández

Players:

Famous players

Italian players

Foreign players

Famous coaches

References
  1. "Prima Squadra". prorecco.it (in Italian). Pro Recco. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  2. "USA star will join European giant". total-waterpolo.com. Total Waterpolo. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  3. "12 USA Men's National Team Athletes Set To Compete Professionally In Europe". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  4. "Intercontinental Transfer — Joseph Kayes Joins Pro Recco All The Way From Australia". total-waterpolo.com. Total Waterpolo. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  5. "Aaron Younger leaves European champion and joins Pro Recco". total-waterpolo.com. Total Waterpolo. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  6. "Younger, Power and Edwards sign to new European clubs". waterpoloaustralia.com.au. Water Polo Australia. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  7. "Ratko Rudic: I finished my coaching career". total-waterpolo.com. Total Waterpolo. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
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