VK Primorac Kotor
Professional water polo club based in Montenegro
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VPK Primorac is a professional water polo club based in Kotor, Montenegro. As of 2025–26 season, it competes in the Montenegrin League, VRL Premier League, and Champions League.
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| Founded | 1922 |
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| League | Montenegrin League VRL Premier League Champions League |
| Based in | Kotor, Montenegro |
| Arena | "Zoran Džimi Gopčević" Indoor Swimming Pool |
| President | Dragan Samardžić |
| Website | www |
History
The club was founded in 1922 by Leopold Netović. Its first water polo match was played in 1926. Until the 1960's team competed in amateur divisions but in 1961 they reached the Yugoslavian first division. After a brief succession of promotions and relegations it remained in the top flight of Yugoslavian water polo until the breakup of that competition. The teams first major international success was in 1977 when they reached the European cup finals. In 1984 the club opened a winter facility. In 1986 they won the Yugoslav becoming the league champion and winner of the SFR Yugoslavia cup, achieving a domestic double. [1]
In 2009, Primorac won the EuroLeague after defeating Pro Recco. In 2010, they finished as runner-ups against Pro Recco.
Swimming Pool
The club plays its home games in city's indoor swimming pool "Zoran Džimi Gopčević", named after Montenegrin water polo player Zoran Gopčević. The move to change the swimming pool in 2021 in his name was deemed controversial and protested by Croatia, as Gopčević served as guard at 1991 Morinj camp where Croatian prisoners of war and civilians were kept by Montenegrin authorities.[2]
Personnel
Current roster
Aleksandro Kralj- Vuk Drašković
- Aljoša Mačić
- Djordjije Stanojević
- Alen Isljamović
- Dušan Matković
- Marko Gopćević
- Draško Šekarić
- Nedjo Baštrica
- Dragoljub Ćetković
- Balša Nikolić
- Balša Vučković
- Jakov Bulajić
- Miloš Vukšić
- Mlađan Janović
- Pavle Krivokapić
Coach
- Vido Lompar
Sandro Sukno- Miodrag Matković
Famous players
- Veljko Uskoković
- Nikola Janović
- Mlađan Janović
- Zvonimir Milošević (Zvonko Milošević)
- Draško Brguljan
Gergely Kiss- Darko Brguljan
- Ranko Perović
- Zdravko Radić
Tony Azevedo- Zoran Gopčević
- Vjekoslav Pasković
- Mirko Vičević
- Ádám Steinmetz
- Srđan Barba
- Filip Trajković
- Nebojša Milić
- Anđelo Šetka
- Nenad Vukanić
- Trifun Miro Ćirković
Notable former coaches
Recent seasons
Rankings in Montenegrin First League
| P. | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| 4 |
In European competition
- Participations in Champions League (Euroleague): 11x
- Participations in Euro Cup (LEN Cup): 10x
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-04 | Euroleague | Preliminary round (Group C) |
 HAVK Mladost |
9-6 | 6-9 | 2nd place |  |
 Olympic Nice |
5-6 | 7-7 | |||||
 BVSC |
8-1 | 9-8 | |||||
| Quarter-finals |  Shturm Ruza |
7-6 | 6-8 | 13–14 |  | ||
| 2004-05 | Euroleague | elimination in Second qualifying round | | ||||
| 2004-05 | LEN Cup | Round of 16 |  Patras |
12-6 | 8-7 | 20–13 | |
| Quarter-finals | Sintez Kazan |
7-6 | 11-10 | 18–16 | | ||
| Semi-finals |  Savona |
7-7 | 3-9 | 10–16 | | ||
| 2005-06 | Euroleague | elimination in Second qualifying round | | ||||
| 2005-06 | LEN Cup | Round of 16 | Panionios |
11-8 | 7-13 | 18–21 | |
| 2006-07 | Euroleague | elimination in Second qualifying round | | ||||
| 2007-08 | Euroleague | Preliminary round (Group C) |
Pro Recco |
10-9 | 6-14 | 2nd place | |
| Marseille |
12-9 | 5-9 | |||||
| Spartak Volgograd |
13-8 | 6-6 | |||||
| Quarter-finals | Vasas |
6-8 | 7-6 | 13–14 | | ||
| 2008-09 | Euroleague Champion |
Preliminary round (Group C) |
Olympiacos |
7-9 | 8-9 | 2nd place | |
| Brixia Leonessa |
15-7 | 13-9 | |||||
| Šibenik |
13-6 | 17-7 | |||||
| Quarter-finals |  Jadran Herceg Novi |
12-12 | 9-8 | 21–20 | | ||
| Semi Final (F4) | HAVK Mladost |
11–9 | | ||||
| Final (F4) | Pro Recco |
8–7 (aet) | | ||||
| 2009-10 | Euroleague Finalist |
Preliminary round (Group B) |
Jug Dubrovnik |
14-10 | 9-9 | 1st place | |
| Vasas |
9-7 | 8-5 | |||||
| Panionios |
10-6 | 12-11 | |||||
| Quarter-finals | Jadran Herceg Novi |
10-6 | 14-9 | 24–15 | | ||
| Semi Final (F4) | Jug Dubrovnik |
11–10 | | ||||
| Final (F4) | Pro Recco |
3–9 | | ||||
| 2010-11 | Euroleague | Preliminary round (Group A) |
Vasas |
8-9 | 6-7 | 3rd place | |
| Jadran Herceg Novi |
12-7 | 13-7 | |||||
| Szeged |
9-9 | 13-7 | |||||
| 2011-12 | Champions League | elimination in First qualifying round | | ||||
| 2011-12 | Euro Cup | elimination in Second qualifying round | | ||||
| 2013-14 | Euro Cup | Quarter-finals | HAVK Mladost |
3-10 | 4-14 | 7–24 | |
| 2014-15 | Euro Cup | elimination in Second qualifying round | | ||||
| 2015-16 | Euro Cup | elimination in First qualifying round | | ||||
| 2016-17 | Euro Cup | elimination in First qualifying round | | ||||
| 2017-18 | Euro Cup | elimination in Second qualifying round | | ||||
| 2018-19 | Euro Cup | Quarter-finals | Jadran Herceg Novi |
9-11 | 6-15 | 15–26 | |
| 2020-21 | Champions League | elimination in Qualifying round | | ||||
| 2020-21 | Euro Cup | Round of 16 | Szolnok |
8-18 | 16-17 | 24–35 | |
| 2021-22 | Champions League | elimination in Second qualifying round | | ||||
