Arka Gdynia is a Polish professional basketball team, based in Gdynia. The team plays in the Polish PLK. The club's sponsorship name comes from the company Asseco. Historically the team is one of the most successful in Poland, mainly because of the nine championships in a row the team won from 2004 to 2012.
The team was founded in 1995, as STK Trefl Sopot. In its first season, the team won the Polish third division and promotion to the Polish second division. In the 1996–97 season, after winning Group B of the Polish second division, the team was promoted to the top Polish Basketball League, the Dominet Bank Ekstraliga.
In 2003, Prokom Trefl played in the final of the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, against Aris. Starting in 2004, the team began to play in the EuroLeague. In its first EuroLeague season, the club became the first Polish team to reach the EuroLeague's Top 16 stage. In 2009, the club relocated from Sopot to its neighbouring city of Gdynia within the Tricity. Through the 2012–13 season, it was one of 14 clubs across Europe that held Euroleague Basketball A Licenses, which (normally) gave their holders an automatic place in the Regular Season phase of the EuroLeague.[1]
The logo of Asseco Gdynia, used from 2013, until 2018
In 2018, the club changed its name to Arka Gdynia. It also made a return to European-wide competitions for the first time in 6 years, by playing in the 2018–19 EuroCup.
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Arka Gdynia is a Polish professional basketball team based in Gdynia The team plays in the Polish PLK The club s sponsorship name comes from the company Asseco Historically the team is one of the most successful in Poland mainly because of the nine championships in a row the team won from 2004 to 2012 Arka GdyniaLeaguesPLKFounded1995 28 years ago 1995 HistoryTrefl Sopot 1995 1998 Prokom Trefl Sopot 1998 2008 Asseco Prokom Sopot 2008 2009 Asseco Prokom Gdynia 2009 2013 Asseco Gdynia 2013 2018 Arka Gdynia 2018 present ArenaGdynia Sports ArenaCapacity5 500LocationGdynia PolandTeam colorsYellow and Blue PresidentPrzemyslaw SeczkowskiHead coachWojciech BychawskiTeam captainAdam HrycaniukChampionships9 Polish Championships 4 Polish Cups 2 Polish SuperCupsWebsitewww wbr arkagdyniakosz wbr plHomeAway Contents 1 History 2 Names 3 Arena 4 Honours and titles 4 1 Domestic competitions 4 2 European competitions 5 Season by season 6 Players 6 1 Current roster 6 2 Notable players 7 Head coaches 8 References 9 External linksHistory editThe team was founded in 1995 as STK Trefl Sopot In its first season the team won the Polish third division and promotion to the Polish second division In the 1996 97 season after winning Group B of the Polish second division the team was promoted to the top Polish Basketball League the Dominet Bank Ekstraliga In 2003 Prokom Trefl played in the final of the FIBA Europe Champions Cup against Aris Starting in 2004 the team began to play in the EuroLeague In its first EuroLeague season the club became the first Polish team to reach the EuroLeague s Top 16 stage In 2009 the club relocated from Sopot to its neighbouring city of Gdynia within the Tricity Through the 2012 13 season it was one of 14 clubs across Europe that held Euroleague Basketball A Licenses which normally gave their holders an automatic place in the Regular Season phase of the EuroLeague 1 nbsp The logo of Asseco Gdynia used from 2013 until 2018In 2018 the club changed its name to Arka Gdynia It also made a return to European wide competitions for the first time in 6 years by playing in the 2018 19 EuroCup nbsp Home match with Zastal Zielona Gora in the 2013 14 PLK seasonNames editTrefl Sopot 1995 1998 Prokom Trefl Sopot 1998 2008 Asseco Prokom Sopot 2008 2009 Asseco Prokom Gdynia 2009 2013 Asseco Gdynia 2013 2018 Arka Gdynia 2018 2019 Asseco Arka Gdynia 2019 2022 Suzuki Arka Gdynia 2022 Arena editSince 2009 Arka Gdynia has played its home games at the 5 500 seat Gdynia Sports Arena Honours and titles editDomestic competitions edit Polish Championships 9 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012Polish Cups 4 2000 2001 2006 2008Polish SuperCups 2 2001 2010European competitions edit FIBA Europe Champions CupRunners up 1 2002 03Season by season editSeason Tier League Pos Polish Cup European competitions Other competitions1995 96 3 II Liga 1st1996 97 2 I Liga 1st1997 98 1 PLK 9th1998 99 1 PLK 11th1999 00 1 PLK 9th Champion2000 01 1 PLK 3rd Champion 3 Korac Cup QF2001 02 1 PLK 2nd 3 Korac Cup QF2002 03 1 PLK 2nd 4 Champions Cup RU2003 04 1 PLK 1st 2 ULEB Cup EF2004 05 1 PLK 1st 1 Euroleague T162005 06 1 PLK 1st Champion 1 Euroleague RS2006 07 1 PLK 1st 1 Euroleague T162007 08 1 PLK 1st Champion 1 Euroleague RS2008 09 1 PLK 1st 1 Euroleague T16 United League 8th2009 10 1 PLK 1st 1 Euroleague QF2010 11 1 PLK 1st Semifinalist 1 Euroleague RS United League RS2011 12 1 PLK 1st Quarterfinalist 1 Euroleague RS United League RS2012 13 1 PLK 6th Semifinalist 1 Euroleague RS2013 14 1 PLK 7th2014 15 1 PLK 7th Quarterfinalist2015 16 1 PLK 8th Quarterfinalist2016 17 1 PLK 13th2017 18 1 PLK 11th Quarterfinalist2018 19 1 PLK 3rd Runners up 2 EuroCup RS2019 20 1 PLK 4th Quarterfinalist 2 EuroCup RS 12020 21 1 PLK 15th Quarterfinalist2021 22 1 PLK 13th2022 23 1 PLK 10th 1 Cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic in Europe Players editCurrent roster edit Note Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events Players may hold other non FIBA nationality not displayed Arka Gdynia rosterPlayers CoachesPos No Nat Name Ht AgeG 0 nbsp Pluta Jr Andrzej 1 90 m 6 ft 3 in 23 2000 06 03 3 June 2000G 1 nbsp Kolakowski Szymon 1 93 m 6 ft 4 in 20 2003 11 03 3 November 2003SG 2 nbsp Marchewka Kacper 1 92 m 6 ft 4 in 21 2002 07 24 24 July 2002PF 3 nbsp Wilczek Maksymilian 1 97 m 6 ft 6 in 19 2004 06 13 13 June 2004PG 7 nbsp Gordon Kacper 1 84 m 6 ft 0 in 21 2002 05 06 6 May 2002SF 8 nbsp Czoska Nikodem 1 92 m 6 ft 4 in 21 2002 04 22 22 April 2002SF 11 nbsp Kaminski Grzegorz 2 00 m 6 ft 7 in 23 2000 05 14 14 May 2000C 21 nbsp Nagel Maciej 2 05 m 6 ft 9 in 18 2005 09 14 14 September 2005G F 28 nbsp Zolnierewicz Przemyslaw 1 96 m 6 ft 5 in 28 1995 07 03 3 July 1995C 32 nbsp Bogucki Adrian 2 15 m 7 ft 1 in 24 1999 11 18 18 November 1999PF 33 nbsp Kenic Stefan 2 06 m 6 ft 9 in 26 1997 04 27 27 April 1997C 34 nbsp Hrycaniuk Adam C 2 06 m 6 ft 9 in 39 1984 03 15 15 March 1984PF 77 nbsp Szumert Jakub 2 03 m 6 ft 8 in 18 2005 12 04 4 December 2005G nbsp Alford Bryce 1 91 m 6 ft 3 in 28 1995 01 18 18 January 1995 Head coach nbsp Wojciech BychawskiAssistant coach es nbsp Krzysztof Roszyk nbsp Bartosz Sarzalo nbsp Roman TymanskiLegend C Team captain nbsp Injured Roster Updated November 21 2023Notable players edit Note Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events Players may hold other non FIBA nationality not displayed CriteriaTo appear in this section a player must have either Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time nbsp Andrzej Adamek nbsp Lukasz Koszarek nbsp David Logan nbsp Pawel Mroz nbsp Jeff Nordgaard nbsp Piotr Szczotka nbsp Aleksandar Radojevic nbsp Aleksej Nesovic nbsp Ali Bouziane nbsp Ruben Wolkowyski nbsp Julian Khazzouh nbsp Rasid Mahalbasic nbsp Thomas Van Den Spiegel nbsp Ratko Varda nbsp Filip Videnov nbsp Alan Gregov nbsp Goran Kalamiza nbsp Josip Vrankovic nbsp Jiri Zidek nbsp Michael Andersen nbsp Jan Hendrik Jagla nbsp Christos Charissis nbsp Istvan Nemeth nbsp Pat Burke nbsp Dardan Berisha nbsp Tomas Pacesas nbsp Tomas Masiulis nbsp Darius Maskoliunas nbsp Gintaras Einikis nbsp Donatas Motiejunas nbsp Donatas Slanina nbsp Christian Dalmau nbsp Pape Sow nbsp Milan Gurovic nbsp Jovo Stanojevic nbsp Goran Jagodnik nbsp Huseyin Besok nbsp Alex Acker nbsp Gary Alexander nbsp Koko Archibong nbsp Michael Ansley nbsp Rashid Atkins nbsp Drew Barry nbsp Travis Best nbsp Jerel Blassingame nbsp Bobby Brown nbsp Duane Cooper nbsp Daniel Ewing nbsp Todd Fuller nbsp Alonzo Gee nbsp J R Giddens nbsp Lorinza Harrington nbsp Byron Houston nbsp Harold Jamison nbsp Oliver Lafayette nbsp Jerrod Mustaf nbsp Mustafa Shakur nbsp Dajuan Wagner nbsp Mike Wilks nbsp Qyntel WoodsHead coaches edit nbsp Adam Zieminski nbsp Tadeusz Aleksandrowicz nbsp Tomasz Sluzalek nbsp Krzysztof Koziorowicz nbsp Arkadiusz Koniecki nbsp Ryszard Szczechowiak nbsp Eugeniusz Kijewski nbsp Mariusz Karol nbsp Tomas Pacesas nbsp Kestutis Kemzura nbsp Andrzej Adamek nbsp David Dedek nbsp Tane Spasev nbsp Przemyslaw Frasunkiewicz nbsp Krzysztof SzubargaReferences edit Euroleague assembly meets before 2011 12 draw Press release Euroleague Basketball 2011 07 07 Retrieved 2011 08 01 External links editOfficial website in Polish Eurobasket com Team Page Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Arka Gdynia basketball amp oldid 1186165230, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
