Pro Recco
9 European Super Cups
1 Adriatic League
36 Italian Leagues
17 Italian Cups
A.S.D. Pro Recco (Official name: Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Pro Recco) is an Italian professional water polo club from Recco, in Liguria. It currently plays in Serie A1.
Pro Recco is the most successful club in men's water polo. In men's domestic water polo, the club has won a record 53 trophies: a record 36 Serie A1 titles,[1] a record 17 Coppa Italia. In men's LEN European competitions, Pro Recco have won a record 20 trophies: a record 11 LEN Champions League titles, a record 9 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 A, the first tier of Italian football leagues.
It has won a total of 35 national titles, the first in 1959 and the latest in 2023; and the Coppa Italia in 1974, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023.[2][3] They have won the LEN Champions League in 1964, 1983, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2021, 2022 and 2023; the LEN Super Cup in 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2023.
Pro Recco has had a women's team since the 2011–12 season.
Honours
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Domestic competitions
Serie A1
Champions (36): 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, 2022, 2023, 2024
Coppa Italia
Winners (17): 1974, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
European competitions
LEN competitions
- Winners (9): 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2023
Other competitions
- Winners (1): 2012
Current team
First team
As of 15 February 2024[update][4]
Head coach: Sandro Sukno
Players:
Matteo Aicardi
Marco Del Lungo (GK)
Francesco Di Fulvio
Matteo Iocchi Gratta
Konstantinos Kakkaris
Gonzalo Echenique
Pietro Figlioli
Ben Hallock[5][6]
Aleksandar Ivović (C)
Aaron Younger
Gergő Zalánki
Tommaso Negri (GK)
Nikolay Bonev
Alessandro Velotto
Andrea Fondelli
Famous players
Italian players
Simona Abbate
Marco Del Lungo
Matteo Aicardi
Alberto Angelini
Fabio Bencivenga
Roberta Bianconi
Michaël Bodegas
Gonzalo Echenique
Maurizio Felugo
Pietro Figlioli
Deni Fiorentini
Goran Fiorentini
Stefano Luongo
Alessandro Calcaterra
Luigi Castagnola
Aleksandra Cotti
Marco D'Altrui
Arnaldo Deserti
Luigi Di Costanzo
Francesco Di Fulvio
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
Mario Majoni
Andrea Mangiante
Federico Mistrangelo
Giacomo Pastorino
Eraldo Pizzo
Danijel Premuš
Christian Presciutti
Nicholas Presciutti
Elisa Queirolo
Paolo Ragosa
Giulia Rambaldi
Roldano Simeoni
Leonardo Sottani
Stefano Tempesti
Alessandro Velotto
Goran Volarević
Foreign players
Joe Kayes[7]
Aaron Younger[8][9]
Felipe Perrone
Marko Bijač
Luka Lončar
Damir Burić
Andro Bušlje
Nikša Dobud
Maro Joković
Tomislav Paškvalin
Sandro Sukno
Guillermo Molina
Jesús Rollán
Giorgi Mshvenieradze
Revaz Chomakhidze
Tibor Benedek
György Horkai
Gergő Zalánki
Tamás Kásás
Norbert Madaras
Tamás Märcz
István Szívós
Márton Szívós
Aleksandar Ivović
Mlađan Janović
Predrag Jokić
Mirko Vičević
Boris Zloković
Filip Filipović
Danilo Ikodinović
Dušan Mandić
Slobodan Nikić
Duško Pijetlović
Andrija Prlainović
Nikola Rađen
Dejan Savić
Vanja Udovičić
Vladimir Vujasinović
Ben Hallock[5][6]
Famous coaches
Ratko Rudić[10][11]
Giuseppe Porzio
Igor Milanović
References
- ^ "Pro Recco alla Pogacar: 12-3 sul Savona e 36° scudetto". gazzetta.it. gazzetta.it. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ "Coppa Italia, la Pro Recco non si stanca mai: decima di fila". gazzetta.it. gazzetta.it. 26 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "Pro Recco alla decima Coppa Italia consecutiva, la macchina perfetta". ilsecoloxix.it. ilsecoloxix.it. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ "Prima Squadra". prorecco.it (in Italian). Pro Recco. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ a b "USA star will join European giant". total-waterpolo.com. Total Waterpolo. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ a b "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)
- v
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- Pro Recco
- 2002–03 LEN Champions League champions
- 1 Rollán
- 2 Angelini
- 3 Giustolisi
- 4 Ikodinović (Final Four MVP)
- 5 Mina
- 6 Vujasinović
- 7 Bettini
- 8 Benedek
- 9 Petronelli
- 10 Calcaterra
- 11 Ferretti
- 12 Caliogna
- 13 Ghibellini
- Head coach: Baldineti
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