VK Primorac Kotor

VK Primorac Kotor

Founded	1922 (1922)
League	Montenegrin League Regional League A1
Based in	Kotor, Montenegro
Arena	"Nikša Bućin" Indoor Swimming Pool
President	Dragan Samardžić
Website	www.primorac.me

VK Primorac Kotor is a professional water polo club based in Kotor, Montenegro. As of 2021–22 season, it competes in the Montenegrin League and Regional League A1.

History

In 2009, Primorac won the EuroLeague after defeating Pro Recco. In 2010, they finished as runner-ups against Pro Recco.

Current squad

• 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

• Ranko Perović

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

showSeason	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