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.
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Founded | 1913 |
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League | Serie A1 |
Based in | Recco, Italy |
Arena | Piscine di Albaro |
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Owner | Gabriele Volpi |
President | Maurizio Felugo |
Head coach | Gabriel Hernández |
Manager | Amedeo Pomilio |
Championships | 8 European Champions Leagues 6 European Super Cups 1 Adriatic League 33 Italian Leagues 14 Italian Cups |
Website | http://www.prorecco.it/ |
Pro Recco is the most successful club in men's water polo. In men's domestic water polo, the club has won a record 47 trophies: a record 33 Serie A1 titles, a record 14 Coppa Italia. In men's LEN European competitions, Pro Recco have won a record 14 trophies: a record 8 LEN Champions League titles, a record 6 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 and 2019. They have won the LEN Champions League in 1964, 1983, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2015; the LEN Super Cup in 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2015.
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 (14): 1974, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
LEN competitions
- LEN Champions League (Champions Cup)
- Winners (6): 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015
Current team
First team
As of 24 October 2020[1]
Head coach: Gabriel Hernández
Players:
Matteo Aicardi
Marko Bijač (GK)
Francesco Di Fulvio
Nikša Dobud
Gonzalo Echenique
Niccolò Figari
Ben Hallock[2][3]
Aleksandar Ivović (C)
Stefano Luongo
Dušan Mandić
Tommaso Negri (GK)
Nicholas Presciutti
Alessandro Velotto
Andro Bušlje
Andrea Fondelli
Famous players
Italian players
Simona Abbate
Matteo Aicardi
Alberto Angelini
Fabio Bencivenga
Daniele Bettini
Roberta Bianconi
Michaël Bodegas
Gonzalo Echenique
Maurizio Felugo
Pietro Figlioli
Deni Fiorentini
Goran Fiorentini
Federico Lapenna
Stefano Luongo
Alessandro Calcaterra
Alessandro Caliogna
Luigi Castagnola
Aleksandra Cotti
Marco D'Altrui
Arnaldo Deserti
Luigi Di Costanzo
Francesco Di Fulvio
Francesco Ferrari
Massimiliano Ferretti
Niccolò Figari
Andrea Fondelli
Teresa Frassinetti
Alberto Ghibellini
Massimo Giacoppo
Elena Gigli
Alex Giorgetti
Niccolò Gitto
Luca Giustolisi
Luca Gualco
Giancarlo Guerrini
Franco Lavoratori
Gianni Lonzi
Daniele Magalotti
Mario Majoni
Andrea Mangiante
Federico Mistrangelo
Tommaso Negri
Paolo Oliva
Giacomo Pastorino
Paolo Petronelli
Eraldo Pizzo
Danijel Premuš
Christian Presciutti
Nicholas Presciutti
Elisa Queirolo
Paolo Ragosa
Giulia Rambaldi
Olexandr Sadovyy
Roldano Simeoni
Leonardo Sottani
Stefano Tempesti
Alessandro Velotto
Goran Volarević
Christopher Washburn
Foreign players
Joe Kayes[4]
Aaron Younger[5][6]
Felipe Perrone
Marko Bijač
Damir Burić
Andro Bušlje
Nikša Dobud
Maro Joković
Tomislav Paškvalin
Sandro Sukno
Guillermo Molina
Jesús Rollán
Giorgi Mshvenieradze
Revaz Chomakhidze
Tibor Benedek
György Horkai
Tamás Kásás
Norbert Madaras
Tamás Märcz
István Szívós
Márton Szívós
Aleksandar Ivović
Mlađan Janović
Predrag Jokić
Mirko Vičević
Boris Zloković
Dušan Damjanović
Filip Filipović
Danilo Ikodinović
Dušan Mandić
Slobodan Nikić
Duško Pijetlović
Andrija Prlainović
Nikola Rađen
Dejan Savić
Vanja Udovičić
Vladimir Vujasinović
Ben Hallock[2][3]
Famous coaches
References
- "Prima Squadra". prorecco.it (in Italian). Pro Recco. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- "USA star will join European giant". total-waterpolo.com. Total Waterpolo. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- "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.
- "Intercontinental Transfer — Joseph Kayes Joins Pro Recco All The Way From Australia". total-waterpolo.com. Total Waterpolo. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- "Aaron Younger leaves European champion and joins Pro Recco". total-waterpolo.com. Total Waterpolo. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- "Younger, Power and Edwards sign to new European clubs". waterpoloaustralia.com.au. Water Polo Australia. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- "Ratko Rudic: I finished my coaching career". total-waterpolo.com. Total Waterpolo. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- "Rudic saluta la Pro Recco 'Orgoglioso di chiudere qui la mia carriera'". prorecco.it (in Italian). Pro Recco. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
External links
- Official website (in Italian)