Pro Recco

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
Founded1913 (1913)
LeagueSerie A1
Based inRecco, Italy
ArenaPiscina Punta Sant'Anna, Recco
Colors   
OwnerGabriele Volpi
PresidentMaurizio Felugo
Head coachSandro Sukno
Championships11 LEN Champions League
9 European Super Cups
1 Adriatic League
35 Italian Leagues
17 Italian Cups
Websiteprorecco.it

Pro Recco is the most successful club in men's water polo. In men's domestic water polo, the club has won a record 52 trophies: a record 35 Serie A1 titles,[1] 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

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 Genovese businessman Gabriele Volpi, who also owns football club Spezia, competing in Serie A, the first tier of Italian football leagues.

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.[2][3] 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
The team of Pro Recco in 1957: Eraldo Pizzo, Repetto, Zanone, Andreani, Guidotti, Cevasco, Maraschi, Piero Pizzo, Giorgio Odaglia

Domestic competitions
Champions (35): 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
  • Coppa Italia
Winners (17): 1974, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023

LEN competitions
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
Winners (1): 2012

Current team

First team

As of 15 February 2024[4]

Head coach: Croatia Sandro Sukno

Players:

  • Italy Matteo Aicardi
  • Italy Marco Del Lungo (GK)
  • Italy Francesco Di Fulvio
  • Italy Matteo Iocchi Gratta
  • Greece Konstantinos Kakkaris
  • Italy Gonzalo Echenique
  • Italy Pietro Figlioli
  • United States Ben Hallock[5][6]
  • Montenegro Aleksandar Ivović (C)
  • Australia Aaron Younger
  • Hungary Gergő Zalánki
  • Italy Tommaso Negri (GK)
  • Croatia Nikolay Bonev
  • Italy Alessandro Velotto
  • Italy Andrea Fondelli

Famous players

Italian players
  • Italy Simona Abbate
  • Italy Marco Del Lungo
  • Italy Matteo Aicardi
  • Italy Alberto Angelini
  • Italy Fabio Bencivenga
  • Italy Roberta Bianconi
  • France Italy Michaël Bodegas
  • Italy Gonzalo Echenique
  • Italy Maurizio Felugo
  • Australia Italy Pietro Figlioli
  • Croatia Italy Deni Fiorentini
  • Croatia Italy Goran Fiorentini
  • Italy Stefano Luongo
  • Italy Alessandro Calcaterra
  • Italy Luigi Castagnola
  • Italy Aleksandra Cotti
  • Italy Marco D'Altrui
  • Italy Arnaldo Deserti
  • Italy Luigi Di Costanzo
  • Italy Francesco Di Fulvio
  • Italy Massimiliano Ferretti
  • Italy Niccolò Figari
  • Italy Andrea Fondelli
  • Italy Teresa Frassinetti
  • Italy Alberto Ghibellini
  • Italy Massimo Giacoppo
  • Italy Elena Gigli
  • Italy Alex Giorgetti
  • Italy Niccolò Gitto
  • Italy Luca Giustolisi
  • Italy Luca Gualco
  • Italy Giancarlo Guerrini
  • Italy Franco Lavoratori
  • Italy Gianni Lonzi
  • Italy Mario Majoni
  • Italy Andrea Mangiante
  • Italy Federico Mistrangelo
  • Italy Giacomo Pastorino
  • Italy Eraldo Pizzo
  • Croatia Italy Danijel Premuš
  • Italy Christian Presciutti
  • Italy Nicholas Presciutti
  • Italy Elisa Queirolo
  • Italy Paolo Ragosa
  • Italy Giulia Rambaldi
  • Italy Roldano Simeoni
  • Italy Leonardo Sottani
  • Italy Stefano Tempesti
  • Italy Alessandro Velotto
  • Croatia Italy Goran Volarević

Foreign players

Famous coaches

References
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  2. "Coppa Italia, la Pro Recco non si stanca mai: decima di fila". gazzetta.it. gazzetta.it. 26 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  3. "Pro Recco alla decima Coppa Italia consecutiva, la macchina perfetta". ilsecoloxix.it. ilsecoloxix.it. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  4. "Prima Squadra". prorecco.it (in Italian). Pro Recco. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  5. "USA star will join European giant". total-waterpolo.com. Total Waterpolo. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  6. "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.
  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. "Ratko Rudic: I finished my coaching career". total-waterpolo.com. Total Waterpolo. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  11. "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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