Arka Gdynia (basketball)

Arka Gdynia
Leagues	PLK
Founded	1995; 27 years ago (1995)
History	Trefl 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)
Arena	Gdynia Sports Arena
Capacity	5,500
Location	Gdynia, Poland
Team colors	Yellow and Blue
President	Przemysław Sęczkowski
Head coach	Milos Mitrović
Team captain	Bartłomiej Wołoszyn
Championships	9 Polish Championships 4 Polish Cups 2 Polish SuperCups
Website	www.assecoarkagdynia.pl
Home Away

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.

History[]

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 EuroCup Challenge, 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. 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.

Arena[]

Since 2009, Arka Gdynia has played its home games at the 5,500 seat Gdynia Sports Arena.

Honours and titles[]

• Polish Championships (9):

2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

• Polish Cups (4):

2000, 2001, 2006, 2008

• Polish SuperCups (2):

2001, 2010

Season by season[]

Players[]

Current roster[]

Arka Gdynia roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G 0 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 27 – (1994-08-06)6 August 1994 G/F 1 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 25 – (1996-08-04)4 August 1996 G/F 5 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 20 – (2002-02-20)20 February 2002 F/C 7 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 18 – (2003-05-13)13 May 2003 PF 8 Dylewicz, Filip 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 42 – (1980-01-25)25 January 1980 G/F 9 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 22 – (1999-07-16)16 July 1999 PG 10 Musić, Novak 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 23 – (1998-05-27)27 May 1998 SF 11  (C) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 35 – (1986-08-09)9 August 1986 SG 13 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 20 – (2002-02-04)4 February 2002 SG 23 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 19 – (2002-05-28)28 May 2002 C 32 Bogucki, Adrian 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) 22 – (1999-11-18)18 November 1999 C 34 Hrycaniuk, Adam 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 37 – (1984-05-14)14 May 1984 SG 89 Boykins, Jacobi 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 27 – (1995-02-11)11 February 1995	Head coach Milos Mitrović Assistant coach(es) Kamil Sadowski Roman Tymański Krzysztof Szubarga Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: October 22, 2021

Notable players[]

Head coaches[]

• Adam Ziemiński
• Tadeusz Aleksandrowicz
• Tomasz Służałek
• Krzysztof Koziorowicz
• Arkadiusz Koniecki
• Ryszard Szczechowiak
• Eugeniusz Kijewski
• Mariusz Karol
• Tomas Pačėsas
• Kęstutis Kemzūra
• Andrzej Adamek
• David Dedek
• Tane Spasev
• 

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Polish)
• Eurobasket.com Team Page