PVK Jadran is a professional water polo club based in Herceg Novi, Montenegro. As of 2021–22 season, the club competes in the Montenegrin League and Regional League A1.
PVK Jadran is a 16-time winner of the National league (10 Montenegro, 2 SFR Yugoslavia, 4 Serbia & Montenegro), 13-time winner of the National cup (10 Montenegro, 3 SFR Yugoslavia), 2-time winner of the Regional Water Polo League, and 1-time runner-up of the LEN Champions League.
History
PVK Jadran was founded in the summer of 1922 as a merger between two water polo clubs, Bijela Vila and Spjaža. It was then registered at the Swimming Federation of Yugoslavia. It was the only water club in the Bay of Kotor region and played against teams from Dubrovnik. PVK Jadran's first win was when they had beaten VK Građani, the best clubs in Yugoslavia at the time after VK Jug and VK Jadran.
After World War II in 1945, the national championship was held in Ljubljana and Jadran went, representing Montenegro, and won fourth place. Jadran also played final game in the Euroleague in 2004 where was defeated by Honved.
In 2018–19 season, PVK Jadran was a runner-up in 2018–19 LEN Euro Cup, after losing on aggregate with 16–15 to the French team Marseille.
Notable former players
Boris Zloković
Božidar Stanišić
Petar Prlainović
Rajko Prlainović
Petar Prlainović
Aleksandar Ivović
Vladimir Gojković
Andrija Prlainović
Nikola Janović
Vanja Udovičić
Aleksandar Radović
Miloš Šćepanović
Denis Šefik
Danijel Premuš
Marko Jelača
Marko Elez
Nikola Vukčević
Notable former coaches
Petar Porobić
Former squads
2007–08 squad
Višeslav Sarić (Feb 2, 1977) Drago Pejaković (May 28, 1980) Marko Elez (Sep 9, 1980) Danijel Premuš (Apr 15, 1981) Miloš Šćepanović (Oct 9, 1982) (Goalkeeper) Richard van Eck (Mar 8, 1983) Nikola Vukčević (Nov 14, 1985) Ljubomir Vrbica (Sep 8, 1985) Aleksandar Ivović (Feb 24, 1986) Kevin Graham (Apr 21, 1986) Novak Jelić (Jan 14, 1986) (Goalkeeper) Luka Sekulić (Jul 1, 1987) Aleksandar Radović (Feb 24, 1987) Filip Klikovac (Feb 7, 1989)
2008–2009 squad
Miloš Šćepanović (Goalkeeper) Luka Sekulić Kevin Graham Marko Elez Nikola Vukčević Aleksandar Radović Marko Jelača Vladimir Gojković Aleksandar Ivović Drago Pejaković Danijel Premuš Jesse Smith Dalibor Perčinić (Goalkeeper)
2009–10 squad
Miloš Šćepanović (Goalkeeper) Luka Sekulić Ivan Bebić Marko Elez Nikola Vukčević Aleksandar Radović Nikola Janović Vladimir Gojković Aleksandar Ivović Boris Zloković Filip Klikovac Dalibor Perčinić (Goalkeeper) Đorđe Tešanović Head Coach : Ivica Tucak 2nd Coach : Vaso Ćuković 3rd Coach : Lazar Vuksanović
2010–2011 squad
Miloš Šćepanović (Goalkeeper) Luka Sekulić Damir Crepulja Nikola Janović Đorđe Filipović Radovan Latinović Uroš Kalinić Vladimir Gojković Danijel Premuš Gavril Subotić Petar Filipović Željko Kovačić Đorđe Tešanović Stefan Vidović Head Coach : Ivica Tucak 2nd Coach : Vaso Ćuković 3rd Coach : Lazar Vuksanović
2011–12 squad
Miloš Šćepanović (Goalkeeper) Luka Sekulić Jovan Sarić Ivan Krizman Martin Beltrame Radovan Latinović Stefan Vidović Vladimir Gojković Danijel Premuš Gavril Subotić Nikola Tomašević Bojan Banićević Đorđe Tešanović Petar Vuksanović Slaven Kandić (Goalkeeper) Head Coach : Ivica Tucak 2nd Coach : Vaso Ćuković 3rd Coach : Lazar Vuksanović
2012–13 squad
Miloš Šćepanović (Goalkeeper) Clayton Snyder Aleksa Brkić Đorđe Tešanović Stefan Vidović Aleksandar Radović Bojan Banićević Jovan Sarić Radovan Latinović Igor Porobić Lazar Pasuljević Nikola Tomašević Ivan Krizman Nikola Giga Vlado Popadić Slaven Kandić (Goalkeeper) Head Coach : Vladimir Gojković 2nd Coach : Petar Radanović 3rd Coach : Lazar Vuksanović
2013–14 squad
Slaven Kandić (Goalkeeper) Nikola Moskov Vlado Popadić Željko Kovačić Stefan Vidović Marko Brajović Bojan Banićević Jovan Sarić Radovan Latinović Luka Sekulić Stefan Pješivac Aleksa Ukropina Nikola Giga Marko Porobić Stefan Porobić Vladan Spaić Miloš Popović (Goalkeeper)