Ferencvárosi TC (men's water polo) explained

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Fullname:Ferencvárosi Torna Club
Short Name:FTC
Founded:
(parent club in 1899)
League:Országos Bajnokság I
Season:2023–24
Position:Országos Bajnokság I,
1st of 14 (champions)
Arena:Népliget
Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda
City:Budapest, Hungary
Colors:Green and white
President:József Farkas
Coach:Balázs Nyéki
Championships:2 Champions League
2 Euro Cup
4 Cup Winners' Cup
4 LEN Super Cup
26 Hungarian Championships
23 Hungarian Cups
1 Hungarian Super Cups
Website:fradi.hu

Ferencvárosi Torna Club is a professional water polo club from Budapest, Hungary. The team competes in the Országos Bajnokság I.

Naming history

Honours

Domestic competitions

Champions (26): 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1944, 1956, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1999–00, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24

Winners (23): 1923, 1924, 1926, 1949, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1996, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

European competitions

Winners (2): 2018–19, 2023–24

Runners-up (1): 2020–21

Semi-finalist (2): 1988–89, 2021–22

Winners (2): 2016–17, 2017–18

Winners (4) – record: 1974–75, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1997–98

Winners (4): 1978, 1980, 2018, 2019

International record

Current squad

Season 2023-24[1]

Nat.width=145; align=centerPlayer Birth Date
1 Dániel Szakonyi1 March 1994Goalkeeper
2 Dusan Mandic16 June 1994
3 Zoltán Pohl27 March 1995
4 Daniil Merkulov3 March 1997
5 Stylianos Argyropoulos2 August 1996
6 Edoardo di Somma30 September 1996
7 Gergő Fekete24 June 2000
8 10 September 2001
9 Toni Német14 January 1994
10 Dénes Varga 29 March 1987
11 Szilárd Jansik6 April 1994
12 Luca Damonte3 April 1992
13 Ádám Nagy19 May 1998
14 Soma Vogel7 July 1997Goalkeeper

Staff

Technical Staff
Section Chairman Tamás Ambrus
Section leader Viktor Paján
Technical Manager Norbert Katona
Head Coach Balázs Nyéki
Technical Director György Gerendás

Recent seasons

SeasonTierLeagueDomestic cupEuropean competitions
1984–851 OB I7thFourth place
1985–861 OB I6thThird place
1986–871 OB I9thRound of 16
1987–881 OB I1st
1988–891 OB I3rd
1989–901 OB I1stChampion
1990–911 OB I4thRunner-up
1991–921 OB I4thSemifinalist
1992–931 OB I6th
1993–941 OB I4th
1994–951 OB I3rd
1995–961 OB I5th
1996–971 OB I3rdChampion
1997–981 OB I3rdRunner-upbgcolor=gold
1998–991 OB I2ndRunner-up
1999–001 OB I1st
2000–011 OB I4th
2001–021 OB I4thRunner-up
2002–031 OB I4th
2003–041 OB I4th
2004–051 OB I5th
2005–061 OB I6th
2006–071 OB I6th
2007–081 OB I6thSemifinalist
2008–091 OB I4thQuarterfinalist
2009–101 OB I4thPreliminary round
2010–111 OB I6thSemifinalist
2011–121 OB I7thQuarterfinalist
2012–131 OB I12thQuarterfinalist
2013–141 OB I9thPreliminary round
2014–151 OB I4thQuarterfinalist
2015–161 OB I4thQuarterfinalist
2016–171 OB I4thQuarterfinalistbgcolor=gold
2017–181 OB I1stSemifinalistbgcolor=silverF
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2018–191 OB I1stChampionbgcolor=goldC
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2019–201 OB IChampionbgcolor=goldC
2020–211 OB I3rdChampionbgcolor=silver
2021–221 OB I1stChampion
2022–231 OB IChampion

Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary.

In European competition

Notable former players

Olympic champions

Former coaches

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Játékosok. fradi.hu.