- Source: LEN Champions League
The LEN Champions League is the top-tier European professional water polo club competition with teams from up to 18 countries. It is organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation.
The competition started in 1963 as European Cup. A change of name and format occurred in 1996, with the competition being renamed Champions League and the final four system being established as the format of choice, for the first time during the 1996–97 LEN Champions League. From 2003 to 2011 the competition was named LEN Euroleague (with the change of name being simply a re-branding) and from 2011 and on LEN Champions League, its current name.
LEN Champions League is the most popular water polo league in the European continent. It has been won by 24 clubs, 10 of which have won the title more than once. The most successful club in the competition is Pro Recco, with eleven titles. The current European champion is Ferencváros, who won their second title after defeating Pro Recco in the 2023–24 LEN Champions League Final in Valletta.
History
= Names of the competition
=1963–1996: European Cup
1996–2003: Champions League
2003–2011: LEN Euroleague
2011–present: LEN Champions League
Title holders
Finals
Titles by club
Titles by nation
*A Results until the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991 and the self-determination of all countries unless the union of Serbia and Montenegro, named until 2003 as FR YUgoslavia, and broke up in 2006. Clubs from present day Serbia won the title 7 times and were runners-up additional 4 times, clubs from present day Croatia won the title 7 and were runners-up one time, clubs from present day Montenegro were runners-up one time.
*AB and AB . Note, Croatian record counting since 1991, while Serbian and Montenegrin counting since 2006, only.
*B The results of West Germany counted with those of Germany.
*C Results until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Clubs from present day Russia won the title 2 times and were runners-up additional 5 times, clubs from present day Kazakhstan were runners-up once time.
Records
Pro Recco has been the most successful club, having won the competition a record 11 times.
Mladost (1968, 1969, 1970) and Pro Recco (2021, 2022, 2023) are the only two clubs to have won the competition three times in a row.
Partizan and Pro Recco are the only two clubs to have won the European Championship twice in a row for two times (1966, 1967 & 1975, 1976) and (2007, 2008 & 2021, 2022)
Spandau 04 (1986, 1987), Mladost (1990, 1991), Jadran Split (1992, 1993) and Posillipo (1997, 1998) are the other five teams to have won the European Championship twice in a row, only for one time.
Most finals in a row: 7 Pro Recco (2006-2012), 5 Mladost (1968-1972) & Spandau 04 (1986-1990).
= Most Titles
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Players
bold - active players
* Titles with 3 clubs: Felipe Perrone, Dusan Mandic
Coaches
As Player and Coach combined
* Two players were players and coaches at the same time in the winning teams. Boris Čukvas won three titles in a dual role. He was a player and Partizan's coach during the seasons in which the Belgrade-based club won its first three titles (1963/64, 1965/66 and 1966/67). Eraldo Pizzo was a player and Pro Recco's coach in the season 1964/65.
Titles (2) as a player and a coach: Veselin Đuho, Marco Baldineti, Vjekoslav Kobeščak.
Awards
= Most valuable player Final Tournament
=2010 – Vanja Udovičić
2011 – Tamás Kásás
2012 – Denes Varga
2013 – Andrija Prlainovic
2014 – Albert Español
2015 – Felipe Perrone
2016 – Felipe Perrone
2017 – Andrija Prlainovic
2018 – Josip Pavic
2019 – Denes Varga
2020 Not awarded due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 – Dušan Mandić
2022 – Giacomo Cannella
2023 – Gergő Zalánki
2024 – Dušan Mandić
= Top Scorer by Season
=2012–13 – Felipe Perrone 31 goals
2013–14 – Filip Filipović 51 goals
2014–15 – Sandro Sukno 34 goals
2015–16 – Denes Varga 33 goals
2016–17 – Felipe Perrone 42 goals
2017–18 – Darko Brguljan 42 goals
2018–19 – Kostas Genidounias 42 goals
2019–20 Not awarded due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 – Angelos Vlachopoulos 41 goals
2021–22 – Gergő Zalánki 42 goals
2022–23 – Alvaro Granados 46 goals
2023–24 – Alvaro Granados 39 goals
See also
= Men
=LEN Champions League
LEN Euro Cup
LEN Super Cup
LEN Challenger Cup
= Women
=LEN Women's Champions League
LEN Women's Euro Cup
LEN Women's Super Cup
LEN Women's Challenger Cup
= Defunct
=LEN Cup Winners' Cup
References
External links
Official website
LEN Champions League at LEN
LEN Champions League on Facebook
LEN Champions League on Twitter
LEN Champions League on Instagram
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Liga Champions CAF
- Liga Champions UEFA 2002–2003
- Liga Champions UEFA 1998–1999
- Liga Champions UEFA 2023–2024
- Piala Super
- Dược Nam Hà Nam Định FC
- Babak grup pertama Liga Champions UEFA 2002–2003
- Daftar final Liga Champions CAF
- MPL Indonesia
- Babak grup Liga Champions UEFA 2023–2024
- LEN Champions League
- 2024–25 LEN Champions League
- LEN Women's Champions League
- 2023–24 LEN Champions League
- 2017–18 LEN Champions League
- 2024–25 LEN Women's Champions League
- Champions League
- LEN Challenger Cup
- 2024–25 LEN Challenger Cup
- 2024–25 LEN Women's Challenger Cup
