VK Jug Dubrovnik
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VK Jug | |
Founded | 1923 |
Full Name | Vaterpolo Klub Jug Croatia Osiguranje |
Club Colours | White / Red & Blue |
President | Goran Sukno |
Head Coach | Elvis Fatović |
Website | www.jug.hr |
VK Jug Dubrovnik (Vaterpolo Klub Jug) is a water polo
Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
club from Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its total population is 42,641...
, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
. Currently, VK Jug competes in the Croatian First League of Water Polo
Croatian First League of Water Polo
The Croatian First League of Water Polo is the top water polo league in Croatia.The league was formed in 1991 with the dissolution of the Yugoslav First League of Water Polo and its first season started in 1992...
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VK Jug was established in 1923. as part of sports society "JUG".
Accomplishments
- National Championship of CroatiaCroatian First League of Water PoloThe Croatian First League of Water Polo is the top water polo league in Croatia.The league was formed in 1991 with the dissolution of the Yugoslav First League of Water Polo and its first season started in 1992...
: 9- 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011
- National Cup of CroatiaCroatian Water Polo CupThe Croatian Water Polo Cup is a national cup of water polo in Croatia. It is organized by the Croatian Water Polo Federation.- Results :- Results by club :...
: 10- 1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
- National Championship of Communist Yugoslavia: 8
- 1949, 1950, 1951, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985
- National Cup of Communist Yugoslavia: 2
- 1981, 1983
- National Championship of the Kingdom of YugoslaviaKingdom of Yugoslavia Water Polo ChampionshipThe Kingdom of Yugoslavia Water Polo Championship was the highest domestic water polo event in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and later the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. It existed from 1921 to 1940.-Champions by year:...
: 14- 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940
- European ChampionshipLEN EuroleagueThe LEN Euroleague and the Women's Champions' Cup are the premier European water polo club competitions run by the Ligue Européenne de Natation...
: 3- 1980, 2001, 2006
- European Supercup: 1
- 2006
- LEN CupLEN CupThe LEN Cup is a second-tier European water polo club competition run by the Ligue Européenne de Natation for those clubs who did not qualify for the LEN Euroleague. The cup was inaugurated in 1992...
: 1- 2000
- Adriatic Water polo LeagueAdriatic Water polo LeagueThe Adriatic Water polo League is a water polo club competition between Croatians, Montenegrins and Slovenians clubs. From 2011-2012, also Pro Recco, an Italian club, take part in the competition.-Seasons winners:...
: 1- 2009
Famous players
- Lovro Štakula
- Vladimir IvkovićVladimir IvkovicVladimir Ivković is a Croat water polo player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics.He was born in Dubrovnik....
- Hrvoje KačićHrvoje Kacicdr. Hrvoje Kačić is a former Croatian water polo player as well as an academic and politician.At the age of 18, Kačić played for the Yugoslavia national water polo team at the 1950 European Water Polo Championship at which the team won bronze...
- Luka Ciganovic
- Slobodan Trifunović
- Đuro Savinović
- Luko Vezilić
- Boško Lozica
- Božo VuletićBožo VuleticBožo Vuletić won an Olympic gold medal as a member of the Yugoslav water polo team at the 1984 Olympics.-References:...
- Veselin Đuho
- Goran SuknoGoran SuknoGoran Sukno is a Croatian former water polo player. He was Olympic gold medal winner with Yugoslavia at the 1984 Summer Olympics.His son Sandro Sukno is an international water polo player for Croatia....
- Ognjen KržićOgnjen KržićOgnjen Kržić is a water polo player from Croatia, who was a member of the national team that won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:...
- Maro BalićMaro BalićMaro Balić is a water polo player from Croatia, who was a member of the national team that won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:...
- Elvis Fatović
- Alen Bošković
- Tamás MolnárTamas MolnarTamás Molnár is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Olympics. He was named Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year in 1998, and made his debut for the national team in 1997.He won the Malta Waterpolo Summer...
- Ivo Ivaniš
- Mile Smodlaka
- Goran Volarević
- Maro JokovicMaro JokovicMaro Joković is a Croatian water polo player. He is a member of the VK Jug Dubrovnik club, and the Croatian National Water Polo team . He plays the right wing position and is left-handed. Joković is tall and weighs .He won the Euro League in 2006 in Dubrovnik and the World Championship in 2007 in...