VK Partizan

Vaterpolo klub Partizan Raiffeisen
Founded	1946
League	Serbian Water polo League A Euroleague
Based in	Belgrade,  Serbia
Arena	Sport Center Banjica
Colors
President	Aleksandar Šoštar
Head coach	Vladimir Vujasinović
Website	waterpolopartizan.rs

Vaterpolo klub Partizan (Serbian Cyrillic: Ватерполо клуб Партизан) is a water polo club from Belgrade, Serbia. VK Partizan is one of the sport clubs in Serbia that are part of sport society Partizan. Partizan's home terrain is the pool which is part of the Sportski centar Voždovac na Banjici complex. The club is supported by Grobari, fans of all sport clubs competing under the name of Partizan Belgrade.

With 7 European champion titles (the last in 2011 against Pro Recco), VK Partizan is the best European team in waterpolo history along with Mladost and Pro Recco.

History

It was founded in 1946 and from 1952 is a member of the First League. Partizan has been the best Serbian water polo club for years and one of the best in Europe. 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.

Honours

Domestic titles

Yugoslav League/Serbian League

• Winners (25): 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1995, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

Yugoslav Cup/Serbian Cup

• Winners (23): 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

European titles

LEN Champions League

• Winners (7): 1964, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1976, 2011
• Runners-up (3): 1965, 1973, 1980

LEN Trophy

• Winners (1): 1998
• Runners-up (1): 2005

LEN Cup Winners' Cup

• Winners (1): 1991
• Runners-up (0): none

LEN Super Cup

• Winners (2): 1991, 2011
• Runners-up (1): 1976

Other titles

COMEN Cup

• Winners (1): 1989
• Runners-up (0): none

EuroInter League

• Winners (2) : 2010,^[1] 2011.^[2]
• Runners-up (0): none

Tom Hoad Cup

• Winners (2): 2006, 2011
• Runners-up (0): none

First team for 2013/2014 season

colspan="1" text-align:center" | Νο	Player	Position
1	Slobodan Soro	Goalkeeper
2	Luuk Gielen
3	Dušan Mandić	Left side
4	Nemanja Vico	Center
5	Gavril Subotić	Right side
6	Nikola Tomašević
7	Miloš Ćuk	Right side
8	Nikola Dedović	Right side
9	Uroš Čučković	Guard
10	Đorđe Tanasković
11	Ognjen Stojanović
12	Nikola Jakšić
13	Strajo Rističević	Goalkeeper
Coach Vladimir Vujasinović Assistant coach Uroš Stevanović

Notable former players

Božo Grkinić Dušan Antunović Ozren Bonačić Siniša Belamarić Miroslav Sofijanić Živko Gocić Igor Gočanin Danilo Ikodinović Milorad Krivokapić Nikola Kuljača Predrag Manojlović Slobodan Nikić Dejan Savić Zoran Petrović Branislav Mitrović Gojko Pijetlović Andrija Prlainović Theodoros Chatzitheodorou Milan Aleksić

Vlaho Orlić Dušan Popović Marinko Roje Nikola Stamenić Aleksandar Šoštar Aleksandar Šapić Petar Trbojević Vanja Udovičić Dejan Udovičić Filip Filipović Jugoslav Vasović Vladimir Vujasinović Igor Milanović Miloš Korolija Predrag Zimonjić Zoran Janković Mirko Sandić Ryan Bailey Vito Padovan Milan Trickovic

Notable former coaches

• Ivan Aranicki
• Božo Grkinić
• Boris Čukvas
• Vlaho Orlić
• Dušan Antunović
• Mirko Sandić
• Siniša Belamarić
• Nikola Stamenić
• Ratko Rudić
• Ljubiša Mečkić
• Nenad Manojlović
• Dejan Jovović
• Dejan Udovičić
• Nenad Vasilevski
• Igor Milanović

References

External links

• Official website (Serbian) (English)

Fans and supporters:

• juznifront.com
• grobari1970.org
• izaberipartizan.com
• partizan.net
• partizanbeograd.com
• volimpartizan.com

Vaterpolo klub Partizan Home arena Sport Center Banjica Supporters Grobari Other teams FK Partizan KK Partizan RK Partizan OK Partizan HK Partizan ŽVK Partizan Parent club: JSD Partizan

VK Partizan current squad 1 Soro 2 Chatzitheodorou 3 Rađen 4 Korolija 5 Aleksić 6 Pijetlović 7 Prlainović 8 Radović 9 Dedović 10 Mitrović 11 Vujasinović (C) 12 Ćuk 13 Živojinović 14 Mandić Coach: Milanović

Serbian Water polo League A Banjica Beograd Crvena zvezda Dunav Partizan Radnički Singidunum Vojvodina ŽAK

European Cup, Euroleague and LEN Champions League winners European Cup 1964–65: Partizan 1964–65: Pro Recco 1965–66: Partizan 1966–67: Partizan 1967–68: Mladost 1968–69: Mladost 1969–70: Mladost 1970–71: Partizan 1971–72: Mladost 1972–73: Orvosegyetem 1973–74: MGU Moscow 1974–75: Partizan 1975–76: Partizan 1976–77: CSKA Moscow 1977–78: Canottieri Napoli 1978–79: Orvosegyetem 1979–80: Vasas 1980–81: Jug Dubrovnik 1981–82: Barcelona 1982–83: Spandau 04 1983–84: Pro Recco 1984–85: Vasas 1985–86: Spandau 04 1986–87: Spandau 04 1987–88: Pescara 1988–89: Spandau 04 1989–90: Mladost 1990–91: Mladost 1991–92: Jadran Split 1992–93: Jadran Split 1993–94: Újpest 1994–95: Catalunya 1995–96: Mladost Champions League 1996–97: Posillipo 1997–98: Posillipo 1998–99: POŠK 1999–2000: Bečej 2000–01: Jug Dubrovnik 2001–02: Olympiacos 2002–03: Pro Recco LEN Euroleague 2003–04: Honvéd 2004–05: Posillipo 2005–06: Jug Dubrovnik 2006–07: Pro Recco 2007–08: Pro Recco 2008–09: Primorac Kotor 2009–10: Pro Recco 2010–11: Partizan LEN Champions League 2011–12: Pro Recco 2012–13: Crvena zvezda 2013–14: Atlètic-Barceloneta 2014–15:

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