VK Primorac Kotor

VPK Primorac

Founded	1922; 104 years ago (1922)
League	Montenegrin League VRL Premier League Champions League
Based in	Kotor, Montenegro
Arena	"Zoran Džimi Gopčević" Indoor Swimming Pool
President	Dragan Samardžić
Website	www.primorac.me

VPK Primorac is a professional water polo club based in Kotor, Montenegro. As of 2025–26 season, it competes in the Montenegrin League, VRL Premier League, and Champions League.

History

The club was founded in 1922 by Leopold Netović. Its first water polo match was played in 1926. Until the 1960's team competed in amateur divisions but in 1961 they reached the Yugoslavian first division. After a brief succession of promotions and relegations it remained in the top flight of Yugoslavian water polo until the breakup of that competition. The teams first major international success was in 1977 when they reached the European cup finals. In 1984 the club opened a winter facility. In 1986 they won the Yugoslav becoming the league champion and winner of the SFR Yugoslavia cup, achieving a domestic double. ^[1]

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

Swimming Pool

The club plays its home games in city's indoor swimming pool "Zoran Džimi Gopčević", named after Montenegrin water polo player Zoran Gopčević. The move to change the swimming pool in 2021 in his name was deemed controversial and protested by Croatia, as Gopčević served as guard at 1991 Morinj camp where Croatian prisoners of war and civilians were kept by Montenegrin authorities.^[2]

Personnel

Current roster

^[3]

• 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

Season	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

References

1. "V.K. Primorac Kotor | Clubs and associations | Swimming Pool "Zoran Džimi Gopčević"". Swimming Pool. Retrieved 2025-11-07.
2. "(Not) dealing with the past: The name of the swimming pool in Kotor is an insult to Croatian water polo players". vreme.com. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
3. "VK Primorac - Vaterpolo i plivački Savez Crne Gore".

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