VK Bečej

Vaterpolo klub Bečej (English: Water polo club Bečej) was a waterpolo club from Bečej, Serbia. Founded in 1947, the club disbanded in 2002 due to the bad financial situation. The former club president was Đorđe Predin -"Badža".

Achievements

The biggest success in club's history was winning the 1999-2000 Euroleague trophy. VK Bečej became the second Serbian team after VK Partizan to win the top European water polo club competition. Aleksandar Šapić led the team to the 1999/00 title, scoring 5 goals in the final versus Zagreb's HAVK Mladost on 27 May 2000. He was also that year's Euroleague best scorer with 39 goals in the season.[1] VK Bečej reached the Euroleague's Final Four tournament 3 more times.

Euroleague winning squad

• Aleksandar Šoštar
• Slobodan Soro
• Predrag Zimonjić
• Goran Krstonošić
• Nenad Vukanić
• Nedeljko Rodić
• Branko Peković
• Aleksandar Ćirić
• Veljko Uskoković
• László Tóth
• István Mészáros
• Aleksandar Šapić
• Jugoslav Vasović
• Balázs Vincze
• Nebojša Milić
• Srbislav Čiplić

Honours

• National Championship
  • Winners (6) : 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001
• National Cup
  • Winners (6) : 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001
• Euroleague
  • Winners (1) : 1999/00
  • Final Four (3) : 1997, 1998, 2001

Notable former players

• Goran Rađenović

Notable former coaches

• Vlaho Orlić
• Nikola Stamenić
• Zoltán Kásás
• Mirko Blažević

External links

• Celebration - 10 years ago Bečej won European title becejski-mozaik.co.rs (article in Serbian language