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VK Novi Beograd

Official logo
Nicknames	Wolves
Sport	Water polo
Founded	2015; 9 years ago (2015)
League	Serbian League Regional League A1 LEN Champions League
Based in	New Belgrade, Serbia
Stadium	SC 11. april
Colors
Managing director	Goran Mandić
Head coach	Živko Gocić
Website	novibeogradklub.rs

VK Novi Beograd (Serbian Cyrillic: ВК Нови Београд) is a professional water polo club based in New Belgrade, Serbia. As of 2023–24 season, the club competes in the Serbian League, Regional League A1 and LEN Champions League.

History

The club was founded in 2015, by Serbian politician and former water polo player Aleksandar Šapić. In 2020–21 season, the club made its debut in top-tier Serbian Water Polo League A, where they finished as runners-up. Also, they made the semi-finals of the Serbian Water Polo Cup. In second-tier European competition LEN Euro Cup, Novi Beograd made it to the eight-finals.

In 2021–22 season, the club significantly improved its roster, and made debut in the Regional League and LEN Champions League. Also, Novi Beograd was named as host of LEN Champions League final tournament from 2021 to 2023. After coming up short in the Serbian Water Polo Cup, losing to VK Radnički Kragujevac in the final game, Novi Beograd eventually won the Regional League in 2021–22 by defeating the VK Jadran Split with 14–11 in the final game, securing their first trophy in history. Duško Pijetlović was named the MVP of the final tournament. It was also only the second trophy for the Serbian clubs in the competition's history. Novi Beograd won the 2021–22 Serbian Water Polo League A as well. Novi Beograd finished their most successful season in club's history by losing in the final of 2021–22 LEN Champions League to Pro Recco on penalties.

In 2022–23 season, Novi Beograd managed to defent the national championship, but was eliminated in the Regional League in semifinals, and was a runner-up in the Serbian Cup competiotion and the LEN Champions League. In 2023–24 season, Novi Beograd was triple-champion, having been crowned the Serbian League champion, the Regional League champion (for the second time) and Serbian Cup champion.

Season by season

In European competition

• Participations in Champions League: 3x
• Participations in Euro Cup: 1x

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2020-21	Euro Cup	Round of 16	Vouliagmeni	7-7	8-9	15–16
2021-22	Champions League Finalist	Preliminary round (Group A)	Ferencváros	11-14	10-11	3rd place
			Olympiacos	9-12	12-12
			Barceloneta	11-9	12-12
			Radnički Kragujevac	16-10	13-11
			Dinamo Tbilisi	19-7	17-8
			Brescia	11-11	16-13
			Jadran Split	14-7	17-12
		Quarter-final (F8)	Marseille	16–10
		Semi-final (F8)	Brescia	14–13
		Final (F8)	Pro Recco	13–13 (3–4 p)
2022-23	Champions League Finalist	Preliminary round (Group B)	Ferencváros	14-13	12-14	2nd place
			Marseille	11-4	17-13
			Jug Dubrovnik	12-12	11-11
			Sabadell	16-11	8-6
			Spandau 04	13-8	16-5
			Orvosegyetem SC	17-9	11-9
			Brescia	11-9	9-12
		Quarter-final (F8)	Olympiacos	13–11
		Semi-final (F8)	Barceloneta	8–8 (4–2 p)
		Final (F8)	Pro Recco	11–14

Honours

Domestic competitions

• National Championship
  • Winners (3): 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
  • Runners-up (1) : 2020–21
• National Cup
  • Winners (1): 2023–24
  • Runners-up (2) : 2021–22, 2022–23

Regional competitions

• Regional League
  • Winners (2): 2021–22, 2023–24

European competitions

• LEN Champions League
  • Runners-up (2) : 2021–22, 2022–23

References

1. "VK Novi Beograd: Šapić je deo nas". n1info.rs (in Serbian). 11 April 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
2. Nikolić, O. (17 June 2021). "Šapić i(li) država daju šakom i kapom". danas.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 13 August 2021.
3. "BELGRADE TO HOST LEN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL EIGHT IN 2021-2023". swimswam.com. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
4. ^ "Novi Beograd šampion Regionalne lige, prvi trofej u klupskoj istoriji!". regionalnavaterpololiga.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 5 April 2022.
5. "Novi Beograd skinuo krunu Radničkom – prvi put šampioni Srbije!". b92.net (in Serbian). 22 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
6. "Novi Beograd pao u finalu – Pro Reko je šampion Evrope". b92.net (in Serbian). 4 June 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
7. "Novi Beograd šampion Regionalne lige". uvts.rs (in Serbian). 13 April 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
8. "Novi Beograd odbranio titulu prvaka Srbije, treći trofej u sezoni". vaterpolosavezbeograda.org (in Serbian). 25 May 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.

External links

• Official website
• VK Novi Beograd on Instagram

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