VK Novi Beograd


VK Novi Beograd is a professional water polo club based in New Belgrade, Serbia. As of 2025–26 season, the club competes in the Serbian Water Polo Super League, VRL Premier League and Champions League.
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History

The club was founded in 2015, by Serbian politician and former water polo player Aleksandar Šapić. In 2020–21 season, the club made its debut in top-tier Serbian Water Polo League A, where they finished as runners-up. Also, they made the semi-finals of the Serbian Water Polo Cup. In second-tier European competition LEN Euro Cup, Novi Beograd made it to the eight-finals.
In 2021–22 season, the club significantly improved its roster, and made debut in the Regional League and LEN Champions League. Also, Novi Beograd was named as host of LEN Champions League final tournament from 2021 to 2023. After coming up short in the Serbian Water Polo Cup, losing to VK Radnički Kragujevac in the final game, Novi Beograd eventually won the Regional League in 2021–22 by defeating the VK Jadran Split with 14–11 in the final game, securing their first trophy in history. Duško Pijetlović was named the MVP of the final tournament. It was also only the second trophy for the Serbian clubs in the competition's history. Novi Beograd won the 2021–22 Serbian Water Polo League A as well. Novi Beograd finished their most successful season in club's history by losing in the final of 2021–22 LEN Champions League to Pro Recco on penalties.
In 2022–23 season, Novi Beograd managed to defend the national championship, but was eliminated in the Regional League in semifinals, and was a runner-up in the Serbian Cup competiotion and the LEN Champions League. In 2023–24 season, Novi Beograd was triple-champion, having been crowned the Serbian League champion, the Regional League champion and Serbian Cup champion.

Current squad

VK Novi Beograd squad as of 2025–26 season:
PlayerNote
Miloš ĆukCaptain
Pavle GavrilovićGK
Milan GlušacGK
Petar PajkovićGK
Luka Pljevančić
Đuro Radović
Luka Gladović
Filip Janković
Dušan Trtović
Marko Dimitrijević
Miroslav Perković
Vasilije MartinovićVice-captain
Nikola Lukić (water polo)
Goran Grgurević
Petar Vujošević
Filip Ćorić
Vuk Milojević
Mitar Maraš
Petar RadanovićHead coach
Čedomir DraškovićAss. coach

Season by season

In European competition

Note: Updated as of 2022-23 season.

Honours

Domestic competitions

Regional competitions

European competitions