VK Partizan

Vaterpolo klub Partizan (Serbian Cyrillic: Ватерполо клуб Партизан) is a professional water polo club based in Belgrade, Serbia. VK Partizan is one of the sports clubs in Serbia that is part of sport society Partizan. As of 2021–22 season, the club competes in the Serbian League.

Vaterpolo klub Partizan Raiffeisen
Official logo
NicknameParni valjak (Steamroller)
Crno-beli
(The Black-Whites)
Founded1946 (1946)
LeagueSerbian League
Based inBelgrade,  Serbia
ArenaSport Center Banjica
Colors   
PresidentJovan Lazarević
Head coachMiloš Korolija
Websitewaterpolopartizan.rs

Partizan's home terrain is the pool which is part of the Sportski centar Voždovac on Banjica complex. The club is supported by Grobari, fans of all sport clubs competing under the name of Partizan Belgrade.

With seven European champion titles (the last in 2011 against Pro Recco), VK Partizan is the second most successful European team in water polo history along with Mladost, and behind Pro Recco with nine titles.

History

VK Partizan in 2011
Game between VK Partizan and VK Šabac in October 2019

The club was founded in 1946 and from 1952 is a member of the First League. VK Partizan players had a big influence in Yugoslav and Serbian national water polo teams. They helped Serbia and Yugoslavia win many medals at the Olympics, European and World championships.

Alternate logo of VK Partizan

Honours

Domestic titles

National League titles
  • Yugoslav League Winners (17): 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1987, 1988
  • Yugoslav Winter Championship (6): 1963, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972
  • FR Yugoslav League (2): 1995, 2002
  • Serbian League Winners (10): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
National Cup titles
  • Yugoslav Cup Winners (12): 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992
  • FR Yugoslav Cup Winners (4): 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002
  • Serbian Cup Winners (9): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018

European titles

First team for 2021/22 season

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ΝοPlayerBοrn
ANDRIN Mihajlo1999
BANOVIĆ Marko2001
BARAĆ Andrej2000
BELOPAVLOVIĆ Milutin1998
BULAJIĆ Milan2000
BUĆAN Nikola2002
ALEKSIĆ Milan1986
DIMITRIJEVIĆ Marko2002
GAK Stefan2002
VICO Nemanja1996
JAKŠIĆ Petar2001
RISTIČEVIĆ Dimitrije1995
Stefan Mitrović1988
VELKIĆ Petar1997
Alex Bowen1991
VICKOVIC Lazar2000
ŠOFRANAC Luka2000
RADOJEVIĆ FIlip1998
Coach: Miloš Korolija1981

Season by season

Season Tier League Regional League Domestic cup European competitions
2021–22 1 Ongoing 7th Semi–finals -
2020–21 1 QF 10th Semi–finals -
2019–20 1 CX 9th Semi–finals 2 LEN Euro CupQ1
2018–19 1 4th 9th Semi–finals 2 LEN Euro CupQ1
2017–18 1 Champions 6th Champions 1 LEN Champions LeaguePR, 15th overall
2016–17 1 Champions Semi–finals Champions 1 LEN Champions LeaguePR, 10th overall

Rankings in Prva A liga

Since 2006–07 season, Partizan has been the champion a record 10 times of Prva A liga.

Notable former players

Notable former coaches

See also

References

  1. "Momci koji će nositi crno-bele kapice ove sezone". @jsdp1945. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
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