LEN Champions League records and statistics

This page details statistics of the European Cup, Euroleague and Champions League.

General performances

By club

Performance in the European Cup/Euroleague/LEN Champions League by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Pro Recco	10	7	1965, 1984, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2021, , 2022	1967, 1970, 1972, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2018
HAVK Mladost	7	4	1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1990, 1991, 1996	1971, 1993, 1997, 2000
Partizan	7	3	1964, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1976, 2011	1965, 1973, 1980
Spandau 04	4	4	1983, 1986, 1987, 1989	1981, 1982, 1988, 1990
Jug Dubrovnik	4	4	1981, 2001, 2006, 2016	2007, 2008, 2013, 2017
Posillipo	3	0	1997, 1998, 2005	—
Olympiacos	2	3	2002, 2018	2001, 2016, 2019
Orvosegyetem	2	2	1973, 1979	1974, 1975
Vasas	2	1	1980, 1985	1976
Jadran Split	2	0	1992, 1993	—
Honvéd	1	3	2004	2002, 2003, 2005
CSKA Moscow	1	2	1977	1978, 1985
Újpest	1	2	1994	1995, 1996
Catalunya	1	2	1995	1989, 1994
Canottieri Napoli	1	1	1978	1991
Pescara	1	1	1988	1998
Bečej	1	1	2000	1999
Primorac Kotor	1	1	2009	2010
FTC Telekom Budapest	1	1	2019	2021
MGU Moscow	1	0	1974	—
Barcelona	1	0	1982	—
POŠK	1	0	1999	—
Crvena zvezda	1	0	2013	—
Atlètic-Barceloneta	1	0	2014	—
Szolnok	1	0	2017	—
Dynamo Moscow	0	3	—	1964, 1969, 1987
Primorje Rijeka	0	2	—	2012, 2015
Magdeburg	0	1	—	1966
Dinamo Bucureşti	0	1	—	1968
Zian	0	1	—	1977
Montjuïc	0	1	—	1979
Dynamo Alma-Ata	0	1	—	1983
Alphen ZC	0	1	—	1984
BVSC	0	1	—	1986
Savona	0	1	—	1992
Jadran Herceg Novi	0	1	—	2004
Radnički Kragujevac	0	1	—	2014
Novi Beograd	0	1	—	2022

By nation

Country	Winners	Runners-up	Winning clubs	Runners-up
Italy	15	10	Pro Recco (10), Posillipo (3), Canottieri Napoli (1), Pescara (1)	Pro Recco (7), Canottieri Napoli (1), Savona (1), Pescara (1)
Yugoslavia [A]	14	6	Partizan (6), HAVK Mladost (6), Jug Dubrovnik (1), Bečej (1)	Partizan (3), HAVK Mladost (1), Bečej (1), Jadran Herceg Novi (1)
Hungary	8	9	Orvosegyetem (2), Vasas (2), Újpest (1), Honvéd (1), Szolnok (1), FTC (1)	Honvéd (3), Orvosegyetem (2), Újpest (2), Vasas (1), Budapesti VSC (1)
Croatia	7	9	Jadran Split (2), Jug Dubrovnik (3), HAVK Mladost (1), POŠK Split (1)	Jug Dubrovnik (4), HAVK Mladost (3), Primorje Rijeka (2)
Germany	4	4	Spandau 04 (4)	Spandau 04 (4)
Serbia	2	2	Partizan (1), Crvena zvezda (1)	Radnički Kragujevac (1), Novi Beograd (1)
Spain	3	3	Barcelona (1), Catalunya (1), Atlètic-Barceloneta (1)	Catalunya (2), Montjuïc (1)
Soviet Union [B]	2	6	MGU Moscow (1), CSKA Moscow (1)	Dynamo Moscow (3), CSKA Moscow (2), Dynamo Alma-Ata (1)
Greece	2	3	Olympiacos (2)	Olympiacos (3)
Montenegro	1	1	Primorac Kotor (1)	Primorac Kotor (1)
Netherlands	0	2	—	Zian (1), Alphen (1)
East Germany	0	1	—	Magdeburg (1)
Romania	0	1	—	Dinamo București (1)

Notes

• ^A Results until the Breakup of Yugoslavia in early 1990s. Clubs from present day Serbia won the title six times and were runners-up additional three times, clubs from present day Croatia won the title seventh and were runners-up once times.
• ^B Results until the Dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Clubs from present day Russia won the title two times and were runners-up additional five times, clubs from present day Kazakhstan were runners-up once times.

By city

City	Winners	Runners-up	Winning clubs	Runners-up
Recco	10	7	Pro Recco (10)	Pro Recco (7)
Belgrade	8	4	Partizan (7), Crvena zvezda (1)	Partizan (3), Novi Beograd (1)
Budapest	7	9	Orvosegyetem (2), Vasas (2), Újpest (1), Honvéd (1), FTC (1)	Honvéd (3), Orvosegyetem (2), Újpest (2), Vasas (1), Budapesti VSC (1)
Zagreb	7	4	HAVK Mladost (7)	HAVK Mladost (4)
Berlin	4	4	Spandau 04 (4)	Spandau 04 (4)
Dubrovnik	4	4	Jug Dubrovnik (4)	Jug Dubrovnik (4)
Naples	4	1	Posillipo (3), Canottieri Napoli (1)	Canottieri Napoli (1)
Barcelona	3	3	Barcelona (1), Catalunya (1), Atlètic-Barceloneta (1)	Catalunya (2), Montjuïc (1)
Split	3	0	Jadran Split (2), POŠK Split (1)	—
Moscow	2	5	MGU Moscow (1), CSKA Moscow (1)	Dynamo Moscow (3), CSKA Moscow (2)
Piraeus	2	3	Olympiacos (2)	Olympiacos (3)
Pescara	1	1	Pescara (1)	Pescara (1)
Bečej	1	1	Bečej (1)	Bečej (1)
Kotor	1	1	Primorac Kotor (1)	Primorac Kotor (1)
Szolnok	1	0	Szolnok (1)	—
Magdeburg	0	1	—	Magdeburg (1)
București	0	1	—	Dinamo București (1)
The Hague	0	1	—	Zian (1)
Almaty	0	1	—	Dynamo Alma-Ata (1)
Alphen aan den Rijn	0	1	—	Alphen (1)
Savona	0	1	—	Savona (1)
Herceg Novi	0	1	—	Jadran Herceg Novi (1)
Kragujevac	0	1	—	Radnički Kragujevac (1)

Clubs

By semi-final appearances (European Cup, Euroleague and LEN Champions League)

Team	No. of Appearances	Years in Semi-finals
Pro Recco	23	1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1983, 1984, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Partizan	21	1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1985, 1988, 1989, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014
HAVK Mladost	18	1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012
Jug Dubrovnik	16	1981, 1984, 1986, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Spandau 04	15	1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2003
CSKA Moscow	10	1965, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1985, 1990, 1991
Vasas	9	1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1990, 2008, 2012
Posillipo	9	1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006
Olympiacos	6	2001, 2002, 2007, 2016, 2018, 2019
Dynamo Moscow	5	1964, 1969, 1971, 1987, 1999
Magdeburg	5	1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969
Dinamo București	5	1967, 1968, 1973, 1975, 1988
Orvosegyetem	5	1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979
Barceloneta	5	2013, 2014 , 2015, 2018, 2019
Barcelona	4	1970, 1982, 1996, 1997
Canottieri Napoli	4	1974, 1976, 1978, 1991
Újpest	4	1987, 1994, 1995, 1996
Bečej	4	1997, 1999, 2000, 2001
Honvéd	4	2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Primorje Rijeka	4	2004, 2012, 2014, 2015
De Robben	3	1972, 1975, 1976
Würzburg 05	3	1977, 1978, 1979
Montjuïc	3	1979, 1980, 1986
Primorac Kotor	3	1987, 2009, 2010
Catalunya	3	1989, 1994, 1995
Jadran Split	3	1992, 1993, 1994
Alphen	2	1982, 1984
Budapesti VSC	2	1986, 2000
Pescara	2	1988, 1998
Savona	2	1992, 2006
Polar Bears Ede	2	1992, 1993
POŠK Split	2	1999, 2000
Szolnok	2	2016, 2017
Duisburg	1	1964
SKK Stockholm	1	1971
MGU Moscow	1	1974
Zian	1	1977
Ethnikos	1	1981
Dynamo Alma-Ata	1	1983
Ferencváros	1	1989
Olympic Nice	1	1993
Spartak Volgograd	1	1998
Jadran Herceg Novi	1	2004
Shturm Chekhov	1	2004
Budva	1	2011
Crvena zvezda	1	2013
Radnički Kragujevac	1	2014
Eger	1	2017
FTC	1	2019
Team in Bold:		Finalist team in season

All-time table for semi-finalists and clubs with at least 10 participations

As of the end of 2022/23 season

Qualifications for the main tournament are NOT included, except in 'total participations' and 'qualifications' columns.

Total participations - includes unsuccessful participations in qualifications for the main tournament in addition to participations in the main tournament.

  Defunct clubs

Wins/Defeats after penalty shootout counted as draws.

SF/F4 appearances in brackets denote finishes in the top 4 (out of total) when group stage was played to determine the winner.

Season 2019/20 is ONLY included in participations column, because teams didn't play equal amount of games in the group stage.

Country	Team	Tot. Part.	Part.	T	SF/F4	Pld	W	D	L	Wins		Defeats		1st Ssn	Qualifications
										BGD	MGS	BGD	MGC		Ent.	Q
NED	Alphen		9	0	2(1)	44	10	3	31					1977/78
ESP	Barcelona		19	1	4(1)	81	25	8	48					1964/65
ESP	Barceloneta		22	1	7	202	104	26	72					1970/71
SRB	Bečej		6	1	4	56	35	4	17					1996/97
ITA	Brescia		14	0	2	144	69	16	59					2004/05
MNE	Budva		4	0	1	36	14	2	20					2008/09
HUN	BVSC		8	0	2	53	25	8	20					1966/67
ITA	Canottieri Napoli		5	1	4(3)	31	15	2	14					1963/64
ESP	Catalunya		6	1	3	31	13	7	11					1988/89
SRB	Crvena zvezda		3	1	1	42	11	2	29					2012/13
RUS	CSK VMF Moscow		13	1	10(5)	62	29	14	19					1964/65
NED	De Robben		8	0	3(3)	35	10	1	24					1967/68
ROM	Dinamo București		11	0	5(2)	46	19	3	24					1964/65
GER	Duisburg		2	0	1(1)	8	2	0	6					1963/64
KAZ	Dynamo Alma-Ata		1	0	1(1)	3	2	0	1					1982/83
GER	Dynamo Magdeburg		5	0	5(2)	29	13	4	12					1963/64
RUS	Dynamo Moscow		11	0	5(2)	83	43	7	33					1963/64
HUN	Eger		12	0	1	122	47	14	61					2006/07
GRE	Ethnikos		14	0	1(1)	54	8	6	40					1966/67
HUN	Ferencváros		7	1	4	74	45	6	23					1988/89
HUN	Honved		8	1	4	70	42	5	23					2001/02
MNE	Jadran Herceg Novi		12	0	1	101	35	15	51					2003/04
CRO	Jadran Split		7	2	3	58	23	4	31					1991/92
CRO	Jug		27	4	16(1)	271	164	30	77					1980/81
SVK	Košice		11	0	0	33	5	2	26					1971/72
FRA	Marseille		18	0	0	105	31	4	70					1968/69
RUS	MGU Moscow		2	1	1(1)	10	7	2	1					1973/74
CRO	Mladost		26	7	18(2)	195	110	22	63					1967/68
ESP	Montjuïc		3	0	3(2)	17	6	4	7					1978/79
SRB	Novi Beograd		2	0	2	34	22	6	6					2021/22
GRE	Olympiakos		29	2	6	246	123	29	94					1969/70
FRA	Olympic Nice		11	0	1	76	17	6	53					1992/93
HUN	OSC		12	2	5(4)	94	41	10	43					1969/70
SRB	Partizan		34	7	21(10)	259	142	29	88					1963/64
ITA	Pescara		4	1	2	18	10	2	6					1987/88
NED	Polar Bears Ede		3	0	2	10	5	1	4					1990/91
ITA	Posillipo		16	3	9	102	62	7	33					1985/86
CRO	POŠK		2	1	2	25	20	1	4					1998/99
MNE	Primorac		6	1	3	47	30	5	12					1986/87
CRO	Primorje		7	0	4	72	41	9	22					2003/04
ITA	Pro Recco		31	11	26(3)	283	223	17	43					1964/65
SRB	Radnički Kragujevac		4	0	1	50	22	4	24					2013/14
ITA	Savona		3	0	2	18	10	0	8					1991/92
GER	Spandau 04		36	4	15(3)	270	91	31	148					1979/80
RUS	Shturm		5	0	1	34	8	6	20					2003/04
SWE	SKK Stockholm		6	0	1(1)	23	4	1	18					1969/70
RUS	Spartak Volgograd		9	0	1	62	27	7	28					1997/98
HUN	Szolnok		7	1	2	71	47	6	18					1964/65
HUN	Újpest		4	1	3	23	11	5	7					1986/87
HUN	Vasas		19	2	9(4)	126	61	20	45					1975/76
GRE	Vouliagmeni		6	0	1	54	23	3	28					1991/92
GER	Würzburg 05		4	0	3(3)	21	10	0	11					1974/75
NED	Zian		1	0	1(1)	6	3	1	2					1976/77

Euroleague and LEN Champions League Final4, Final6, Final8

The history of the LEN Champions League (Euroleague) Final Four system, which was permanently introduced in the 1996–97 season.

By season

Final4

Season	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place	4th Place
1996–97	Posillipo	HAVK Mladost	Barcelona	Bečej
1997–98	Posillipo	Pescara	HAVK Mladost	Spartak Volgograd
1998–99	POŠK Split	Bečej	Dynamo Moscow	Posillipo
1999–00	Bečej	HAVK Mladost	Budapesti VSC	POŠK Split
2000–01	Jug Dubrovnik	Olympiacos	Posillipo	Bečej
2001–02	Olympiacos	Honvéd	Posillipo	Jug Dubrovnik
2002–03	Pro Recco	Honvéd	HAVK Mladost	Spandau 04
2003–04	Honvéd	Jadran Herceg Novi	Primorje Rijeka	Shturm Chekhov
2004–05	Posillipo	Honvéd	Pro Recco	Jug Dubrovnik
2005–06	Jug Dubrovnik	Pro Recco	Posillipo	Savona
2006–07	Pro Recco	Jug Dubrovnik	Partizan	Olympiacos
2007–08	Pro Recco	Jug Dubrovnik	Vasas	HAVK Mladost
2008–09	Primorac Kotor	Pro Recco	Jug Dubrovnik	HAVK Mladost
2009–10	Pro Recco	Primorac Kotor	Partizan	Jug Dubrovnik
2010–11	Partizan	Pro Recco	HAVK Mladost	Budva
2011–12	Pro Recco	Primorje Rijeka	HAVK Mladost	Vasas
2012–13	Crvena zvezda	Jug Dubrovnik	CNA Barceloneta	Partizan

Final6

Season	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place	4th Place	5th Place	6th Place
2013–14	CNA Barceloneta	Radnički Kragujevac	Primorje Rijeka	Partizan	Brescia	Pro Recco
2014–15	Pro Recco	Primorje Rijeka	CNA Barceloneta	Jug Dubrovnik	Egrer	Szolnok
2015–16	Jug Dubrovnik	Olympiacos	Szolnok	Pro Recco	CNA Barceloneta	Egrer
2016–17	Szolnok	Jug Dubrovnik	Pro Recco	Egrer	Brescia	Olympiacos

Final8

Season	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place	4th Place	5th Place	6th Place	7th Place	8th Place
2017–18	Olympiacos	Pro Recco	CNA Barceloneta	Jug CO	Szolnoki VSC	ZF Eger	AN Brescia	Spandau 04
2018–19	FTC Telekom Budapest	Olympiacos	Pro Recco	CNA Barceloneta	AN Brescia	Jug CO	BPM Sport Management	Waspo 98 Hannover

Countries

• Only on three occasions has the final of the tournament involved two teams from the same country:
  • 1971 Yugoslavia: Partizan vs HAVK Mladost 4–4
  • 1993 Croatia: Jadran Split vs HAVK Mladost 13–12 (7–8, 6–4)
  • 1998 Italy: Posillipo vs Pescara 8–6
• The country providing the highest number of wins is Yugoslavia with 13 victories, shared by two teams, Partizan (6), HAVK Mladost (6) and Jug Dubrovnik (1)

Country representation in the main tournament

Qualifications not included.

Country	Debut	Part.	Clubs
			No.	List
BLR	2012/13
BEL	2002/03
BUL	1967/68
CRO	1967/68
DEN	1979/80
FRA	1968/69
GEO	2012/13
GER	1963/64
GBR	1971/72
GRE	1966/67
HUN	1964/65
ITA	1963/64
KAZ	1982/83
MLT	2001/02
MNE	1986/87
NED	1967/68
POL	1963/64
ROM	1964/65
RUS	1963/64
SRB	1963/64
SVK	1971/72
SLO	1998/99
ESP	1964/65
SWE	1966/67
SUI	1977/78
TUR	1975/76
UKR	1998/99

External links

• http://www.len.eu
• https://web.archive.org/web/20150513034438/http://www.len.eu/Disciplines/water-polo/clubs-pages/champions-league.aspx