# VK Partizan

Vaterpolo klub Partizan (Serbian Cyrillic: Ватерполо клуб Партизан) is a professional water polo club based in Belgrade, Serbia. VK Partizan is one of the sports clubs in Serbia that is part of sport society Partizan. As of 2023–24 season, the club competes in the Serbian League and Regional Water Polo League.
Partizan's home terrain is the pool which is part of the Sportski centar Voždovac on Banjica complex. The club is supported by Grobari, fans of all sport clubs competing under the name of Partizan Belgrade.
With seven European champion titles (the last in 2011 against Pro Recco), VK Partizan is the second most successful European team in water polo history along with Mladost, and behind Pro Recco with ten titles. The club is currently sponsored by Meridianbet.

## History

The club was founded in 1946 and from 1952 is a member of the First League. VK Partizan players had a big influence in Yugoslav and Serbian national water polo teams. They helped Serbia and Yugoslavia win many medals at the Olympics, European and World championships.

## Honours
### Domestic competitions
#### National League

* Serbian League
    Winners (10): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
* Yugoslav League (defunct)
    Winners (17): 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1987, 1988
* Yugoslav Winter Championship (defunct)
    Winners (6): 1963, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972
* FR Yugoslav League (defunct)
    Winners (2): 1995, 2002

#### National Cup

* Serbian Cup
    Winners (9): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
* Yugoslav Cup (defunct)
    Winners (12): 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992
* FR Yugoslav Cup (defunct)
    Winners (4): 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002

### European competitions

* LEN Champions League
    Winners (7): 1963–64, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1975–76, 2010–11
    Runners-up (3): 1964–65, 1972–73, 1979–80
* LEN Cup Winners' Cup (defunct)
    Winners (1): 1990–91
* LEN Euro Cup
    Winners (1): 1997–98
    Runners-up (1): 2004–05
* LEN Super Cup
    Winners (2): 1991, 2011
    Runners-up (1): 1976

### Regional competitions

* Euro Interliga (defunct)
    Winners (2): 2009–10, 2010–11

### Ιntercontinental competitions

* COMEN Cup (defunct)
    Winners (1): 1989

## First team for 2022/23 season

| Νο | Player | Bοrn |
| | Evgeny Kostrov | (1988) |
| | Miloš Milošević | (1996) |
| | Veljko Bodiroga | (2004) |
| | Aleksandar Vuković | (1996) |
| | Marko Dimitrijević | (2004) |
| | Lovre Miloš | (1994) |
| | Stefan Gak | (2002) |
| | Petar Jakšić | (2001) |
| | Dušan Trtović | (2001) |
| | Veljko Krstić | (2003) |
| | Petar Smiljević | (2000) |
| | Lovro Paparić | (1999) |
| | Luka Gladović | (2006) |
| | Nikola V Radulović | (2004) |
| | Andrija Jauković | (2005) |
| | Kosta Bodiroga | (2006) |
| | Pavle Mušikić | (2004) |
| Coach: | Miloš Korolija | 1981 |

## Season by season

| Season | Tier | League | Regional League | Domestic cup | European competitions | European competitions |
| 2023–24 | 1 | 5th place | 12th place | SF | 2 LEN Euro Cup | QR |
| 2022–23 | 1 | 5th place | 9th place | SF | 2 LEN Euro Cup | EF |
| 2021–22 | 1 | SF | 7th place | SF | - | - |
| 2020–21 | 1 | QF | 10th place | SF | - | - |
| 2019–20 | 1 | CX | 9th place | SF | 2 LEN Euro Cup | Q1 |
| 2018–19 | 1 | 4th place | 9th place | SF | 2 LEN Euro Cup | Q1 |
| 2017–18 | 1 | Champions | 6th place | Champions | 1 LEN Champions League | PR, 15th overall |
| 2016–17 | 1 | Champions | SF | Champions | 1 LEN Champions League | PR, 10th overall |

### Rankings in Prva A liga

Since 2006–07 season, Partizan has been the champion a record 10 times of Prva A liga.

## Notable former players

* Dušan Antunović
* Marko Avramović
* Ozren Bonačić
* Živko Gocić
* Igor Gočanin
* Danilo Ikodinović
* Milorad Krivokapić
* Nikola Kuljača
* Slobodan Nikić
* Dejan Savić
* Slobodan Soro
* Zoran Petrović
* Duško Pijetlović
* Gojko Pijetlović
* Theodoros Chatzitheodorou
* Ivan Rackov
* Nikola Rađen
* Goran Rađenović
* Ratko Rudić
* Milan Aleksić
* Andrija Prlainović
* Dušan Mandić
* Lucas Gielen
* Branislav Mitrović
* Stefan Mitrović
* Dušan Popović
* Nikola Stamenić
* Aleksandar Šoštar
* Aleksandar Šapić
* Denis Šefik
* Petar Trbojević
* Vanja Udovičić
* Luka Saponjic
* Aleksa Saponjic
* Dejan Udovičić
* Filip Filipović
* Jugoslav Vasović
* Vladimir Vujasinović
* Igor Milanović
* Miloš Korolija
* Miloš Ćuk
* Nikola Kuljaca
* Predrag Zimonjić
* Nikola Jakšić
* Zoran Janković
* Mirko Sandić
* Ryan Bailey

## Notable former coaches

* Dušan Antunović
* Mirko Sandić
* Nikola Stamenić
* Ratko Rudić
* Nenad Manojlović
* Dejan Udovičić
* Igor Milanović