Pro Recco

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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.

Founded1913; 113 years ago (1913)
Based inRecco, Italy
ArenaPiscina Comunale, Sori
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Pro Recco
Founded1913; 113 years ago (1913)
LeagueSerie A1
Based inRecco, Italy
ArenaPiscina Comunale, Sori
Colors   
OwnerBehring family[1] and Hammarskjold family[2]
Gabriele Volpi (former)
PresidentMaurizio Felugo
Head coachSandro Sukno
Championships11 LEN Champions League
9 LEN Super Cup
1 European Aquatics Euro Cup
1 Adriatic League
37 Italian Leagues
19 Italian Cups
Websiteprorecco.com
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Pro Recco is the most successful club in men's water polo. In men's domestic water polo, the club has won a record 56 trophies: a record 37 Serie A1 titles,[3] a record 19 Coppa Italia. In men's LEN European competitions, Pro Recco have won a record 21 trophies: a record 11 European Aquatics Champions League titles, a record 9 European Aquatics Super Cup titles and 1 European Aquatics Euro Cup. 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 Behring and Hammarskjold families. [4]

It has won a total of 37 national titles. This one of the most in Italy. The first in 1959 and the latest in 2025; and the Coppa Italia in 1974, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026.[5][6] They have won the European Aquatics Champions League in 1964, 1983, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2021, 2022 and 2023; the European Aquatics Super Cup in 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2023; The European Aquatics Euro Cup in 2025.

Pro Recco had a women's team for several seasons, most recently 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 (37): 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, 2025
Winners (19): 1974, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026

European competitions

European Aquatics 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
Winners (1): 2025

Other competitions

Winners (1): 2012

Current team

First team

2024–2025 season

As of 1 November 2025[7]

Head coach: Croatia Sandro Sukno

Players:

Famous players

Italian players

Foreign players

Famous coaches

References

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