VK Crvena zvezda

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Full name	Ватерполо клуб Црвена звезда Vaterpolo klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star Water Polo Club)
Nickname	Звезда / Zvezda (The Star) Црвено-бели / Crveno-beli (The Red-Whites)
Founded	4 March 1945; 79 years ago (1945-03-04)
League	Serbian League Regional League A1 LEN Champions League
Based in	Belgrade, Serbia
Arena	Sports Center 25 May
Colors	Red and white
President	Viktor Jelenić
Head coach	Aleksandar Filipović
Website	vkcrvenazvezda.com

Active sport clubs of SD Crvena zvezda
Football Basketball Volleyball Water polo Judo Handball Athletics Tennis Rowing Basketball (Women's) Shooting Fencing Table tennis Ice hockey Swimming Chess Water polo (Women's) Boxing MMA Kickboxing Karate Cycling Bowling Auto racing Bridge Taekwondo Rugby league Rugby union Weightlifting Wrestling Handball (Women's) Futsal Football (Women's) Skiing Golf Esports

VK Crvena zvezda (full name: Vaterpolo klub Crvena zvezda) is a professional water polo club based in Belgrade, Serbia. It is part of the SD Crvena Zvezda sports society. As of 2023–24 season, it competes in the Serbian League and Regional League A1.

History

VK Crvena zvezda won the 2012–13 LEN Champions League^[1] after beating Jug Dubrovnik 8–7 in the final. That was the first time that VK Crvena zvezda triumphed in the LEN Champions League. They finished the season in a brilliant way, after having won the Serbian League and the Serbian Cup. In the 2013–14 season, VK Crvena zvezda won the LEN Super Cup and successfully defended domestic double.

In 2016, due to financial troubles, VK Crvena zvezda decided to play its home matches at Zrenjanin City Pool.^[2]

Honours

Season by season

In European competition

• Participations in Champions League: 7x
• Participations in Euro Cup (LEN Cup): 5x

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2006-07	LEN Cup	elimination in Second qualifying round
2011-12	Euro Cup	Round of 16	CSM Oradea	8-6	9-9	17–15
		Quarter-finals	Posillipo	9-9	3-6	12–15
2012-13	Champions League Champion	Preliminary round (Group B)	Jug Dubrovnik	6-10	5-10	2nd place
			Olympiacos	11-9	8-9
			Montpellier	10-8	16-8
			Kreuzlingen	26-7	24-12
		Round of 16	Eger	13-6	8-8	21–14
		Quarter-finals	Szeged	10-11	7-5	17–16
		Semi-final (F4)	Barceloneta	9–5
		Final (F4)	Jug Dubrovnik	8–7
2014-15	Champions League	elimination in Third qualifying round
2016-17	Champions League	elimination in Second qualifying round
2017-18	Champions League	elimination in Third qualifying round
2017-18	Euro Cup	Quarter-finals	Sport Management	5-10	8-15	13–25
2018-19	Champions League	Preliminary round (Group A)	Pro Recco	4-17	6-21	8th place
			Barceloneta	3-14	3-14
			Eger	12-13	11-17
			Dynamo Moscow	8-17	4-14
			Steaua București	7-9	3-8
			Ferencváros	6-15	9-17
			Brescia	9-13	2-7
2019-20	Champions League	elimination in Second qualifying round
2020-21	Euro Cup	Round of 16	Tourcoing	7-6	12-9	19–15
		Quarter-finals	Dynamo Moscow	9-9	11-8	20–17
		Semi-finals	Szolnok	12-20	8-15	20–35
2021-22	Champions League	Preliminary round (Group B)	Pro Recco	12-14	7-13	7th place
			Jug Dubrovnik	13-19	11-17
			Waspo Hannover	12-15	11-14
			Marseille	8-11	0-10w/o
			Spandau 04	12-9	11-12
			Steaua București	10-10	11-8
			Orvosegyetem SC	8-11	9-13
2022-23	Euro Cup	Round of 16	Vasas	11-7	10-15	21–22

Current team

Νο	Player
1	Vladimir Mišović
2	Nikola Bursać
3	Rodoljub Gajić
4	Dušan Marković
5	Gavril Subotić
6	Dušan Vasić
7	Draško Gogov
8	Ivan Basara
9	Miloš Vukićević
10	Lukáš Seman
11	Vuk Milojević
12	Marko Radović
13	Mihajlo Ivanović
	Relja Danković
	Aleksa Popović
	Viktor Savić
	Đorđe Živković
Coach: Aleksandar Filipović

Notable squads

1991–92 squad

• Dragan Dobrić, Pino Dragojević, Viktor Jelenić, Igor Milanović, Dragoljub Milošević, Ratko Pejović, Dejan Perišić, Todor Prlainović, Nikola Ribić, Dragan Strugar, Vaso Subotić, Milan Tadić, Aleksandar Tičić, Jugoslav Vasović, Vladimir Vujasinović; Coach: Nikola Stamenić

1992–93 squad

• Aleksandar Ćirić, Dragan Dobrić, Čedomir Drašković, Viktor Jelenić, Dragan Kožul, Vladimir Mitrović, Dejan Perišić, Nikola Ribić, Vaso Subotić, Aleksandar Šapić, Milan Tadić, Aleksandar Tičić, Jugoslav Vasović, Vladimir Vujasinović; Coach: Milorad Krivokapić

2012–13 squad

• Denis Šefik, Strahinja Rašović, Nikola Rađen, Petar Ivošević, Mihajlo Milićević, Duško Pijetlović, Marko Avramović, Viktor Rašović, Sava Ranđelović, Boris Vapenski, Andrija Prlainović, Nenad Stojčić, Marko Draksimović, Nikola Eškert; Coach: Dejan Savić

2013–14 squad

• Denis Šefik, Strahinja Rašović, Nikola Rađen, Petar Ivošević, Filip Kljajević, Nikola Vukčević, Marko Avramović, Viktor Rašović, Sava Ranđelović, Boris Vapenski, Andrija Prlainović, John Mann, Marko Draksimović, Mihajlo Milićević; Coach: Dejan Savić

Notable players