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Pro Recco
Founded1913; 111 years ago (1913)
LeagueSerie A1
Based inRecco, Italy
ArenaPiscina Comunale, Sori
Colors   
OwnerBehring and Hammarskjold families[1]
Gabriele Volpi (former)
PresidentMaurizio Felugo
Head coachSandro Sukno
Championships11 LEN Champions League
9 European Super Cups
1 Adriatic League
36 Italian Leagues
17 Italian Cups
Websiteprorecco.com

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,[2] 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

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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 Behring and Hammarskjold families. [3]

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.[4][5] 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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The team of Pro Recco in 1957: Eraldo Pizzo, Repetto, Zanone, Andreani, Guidotti, Cevasco, Maraschi, Piero Pizzo, Giorgio Odaglia

Domestic competitions

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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
Winners (17): 1974, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023

European competitions

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LEN competitions

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Winners (11): 1965, 1984, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2023
Winners (9): 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2023

Other competitions

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Winners (1): 2012

Current team

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First team

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2024–2025 season

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As of 1 November 2024[6]

Head coach: Croatia Sandro Sukno

Players:


Famous players

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Italian players

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Foreign players

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Famous coaches

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References

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  1. ^ "Pallanuoto, Pro Recco: famiglia Hammarskjold diventa co-proprietaria del club". sport.sky.it. sport.sky.it. 21 November 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Pro Recco alla Pogacar: 12-3 sul Savona e 36° scudetto". gazzetta.it. gazzetta.it. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Press release 21 November 2024". prorecco.it. Pro Recco. 21 November 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Coppa Italia, la Pro Recco non si stanca mai: decima di fila". gazzetta.it. gazzetta.it. 26 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Pro Recco alla decima Coppa Italia consecutiva, la macchina perfetta". ilsecoloxix.it. ilsecoloxix.it. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Prima Squadra". prorecco.com (in Italian). Pro Recco. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Intercontinental Transfer — Joseph Kayes Joins Pro Recco All The Way From Australia". total-waterpolo.com. Total Waterpolo. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Aaron Younger leaves European champion and joins Pro Recco". total-waterpolo.com. Total Waterpolo. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Younger, Power and Edwards sign to new European clubs". waterpoloaustralia.com.au. Water Polo Australia. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  10. ^ "USA star will join European giant". total-waterpolo.com. Total Waterpolo. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "Ratko Rudic: I finished my coaching career". total-waterpolo.com. Total Waterpolo. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  13. ^ "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.
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