The Wasserfreunde Spandau 04 is a swimming club in Spandau, Berlin, Germany.[1]
| 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 club is known for the professional water polo team, which has won a record number of German championships with 37, as well as German Cups (31) 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 (37): 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
- German Cup
- Winners (31): 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, 2020
- 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.
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