VK Solaris
# VK Solaris

Vaterpolski klub Solaris (English: Solaris Water Polo Club), commonly referred to as VK Solaris or simply Solaris, is a men's professional water polo club based in Šibenik, Croatia. As of 2022–22 season, it competes in the Croatian First League and Regional League A1.

## History

The club was founded in the summer 2015 by merging former clubs VK Šibenik and VK Adriatic for the need to become a strong water polo club in Šibenik. After some problems, the merge finally came in August 2015, and the newly formed VK Solaris takes over Adriatic's place and organization, and relies on the Šibenik's tradition.

In May 2019, the club came fifth in the Croatian First League championship, defeating POŠK by a scoreline of 20–14 on aggregate (14–5, 6–9). Winning the fifth place, Solaris secured its place in the following season of LEN Europa Cup.

## Players

### Current squad

Season 2020/21

| № | Player | Pos. |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Marin Šparada | GK, C |
| 2 | Ivan Malenica | |
| 3 | Vice Erak | |
| 4 | Nikola Štrkalj | |
| 5 | Domagoj Bulat | |
| 6 | Branimir Herceg | |
| 8 | Roko Pelicarić | |
| 9 | Nino Mudražija | |
| 11 | Eugen Koprčina | |
| 13 | Ivan Jukić | |
| — | Toni Šparada | |
| — | Mateo Sabioni | |
| — | Roko Golubović | |
| — | Lucian Štrkalj | |
| — | Paško Brajković | |
| — | Ante Ljubičić | |
| — | Ivan Ibrahimpašić | |

## Personnel

Source:

| Staff | Job title |
| - | - |
| Slaven Bogut | President |
| Tomislav Ninić | Executive vice president |
| Tomislav Perak | Vice president |
| Tomislav Jukić | Vice president |
| Katarina Šupe | Secretary |
| Jakša Knežević | Director |
| Jure Marelja | Head coach |
| Edi Brkić | Assistant coach |
| Denis Šupe | Coordinator for children |

## Honours

### Domestic

* Croatian First League fifth place: 2018–19
* Croatian First League fourth place: 2019–20

### Regional

* Regional League A2 runner-up: 2018–19, 2019–20 (Promotion to Regional League)

## Notable players

* Andrija Komadina
* Andrija Vlahović

## Notable coaches

* Joško Kreković
* Renato Vrbičić
