Wasserfreunde Spandau 04
| Wasserfreunde Spandau 04 | |
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| Club information | |
| Full name | Wasserfreunde Spandau 04 |
| City | Berlin |
| Founded | 1904 |
| Water Polo | |
| Name | Wasserfreunde Spandau 04 |
| Founded | 1922 |
| Head coach | Hagen Stamm Athanasios Kechagias |
| League | Deutsche Wasserball-Liga |
| 2021/22 | 2nd |
The Wasserfreunde Spandau 04 is a swimming club in Spandau, Berlin, Germany.[1]
The club is known for the professional water polo team, which has won a record number of German championships with 39, as well as German Cups (33) and Super Cups (17). In European tournaments the team has won 4 LEN Champions Leagues and 2 LEN Super Cup titles.[2] The club has over 3,500 members.
The word Wasserfreunde is German for "Water Friends".
Arena
[edit]The team plays its home games in the Sportzentrum Schöneberg. For 2027, the team plans to move to the then newly constructed arena in Spandau.[3]
Honours
[edit]European competitions
[edit]- Winners (4): 1982–83, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89
- Runners–up (4): 1980–81, 1981–82, 1987–88, 1989–90
- Winners (2): 1986, 1987
- Runners–up (1): 1983
Domestic competitions
[edit]- Winners (39): 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023, 2024
- German Cup
- Winners (33): 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2024
- German Supercup
- Winners (17): 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2022
Notable former members
[edit]Yusra Mardini, trained with Wasserfreunde Spandau 04 after moving to Berlin from Syria; she went on to represent the Refugee Olympic Team at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ spandau04.de
- ^ "Wasserball: Spandau zum 20. Mal Meister". SPIEGEL ONLINE. 31 July 1999.
- ^ ANDRÉ GÖRKE (14 January 2021). "Millionen-Baustelle rückt näher – der Antrag ist da". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ Philip Oltermann (18 March 2016). "From Syria to Rio: refugee Yusra Mardini targets Olympic swimming spot". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "After Surviving Aegean Sea, Syrian Swimmer Hopes For Spot In Olympics". NPR. 20 March 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
External links
[edit]| European Cup (1963–1996) |
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| Champions League (1996–2003) | |
| Euroleague (2003–2011) | |
| Champions League (2011–present) | |
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