Sport in Gdańsk

There are many popular professional sports team in the Gdańsk and Tricity area. Amateur sports are played by thousands of Gdańsk citizens and also in schools of all levels (elementary, secondary, university).

Sports in Gdańsk[]

Football[]

Current teams

• Lechia Gdańsk — men's football team (Polish Cup winner 1983 & 2019, Polish Supercup winner 1983 & 2019; plays in the Ekstraklasa, formed in 1945)
• Gedania 1922 Gdańsk — men's football team (the reactivated club for Gedania Danzig, formed in 1945)
• SKS Stoczniowiec Gdańsk — men's football team (Polish Cup semi-finalists in 1975–76, formed in 1945)
• Portowiec Gdańsk — men's football team (formed in 1957)
• KP Jaguar Gdańsk — men's football team (formed in 2001)
• AP LOTOS Gdańsk — women's football team (plays in the Ekstraliga, formed in 2014)
• Lechia Gdańsk Ladies — women's football team (formed in 2014)

Former teams

• BuEV Danzig — men's football team (played from 1903–1945)
• Flotylla Gdańsk — men's football team (played from 2001–2003)
• Gedania Danzig — men's football team (became Gedania 1922 Gdańsk in 1945, played from 1922–1939)
• Lechia-Polonia Gdańsk — men's football team (created by a merger between Lechia Gdańsk and SKS Stoczniowiec Gdańsk, then known as "Polonia Gdańsk", played from 1998–2002)
• MOSiR Gdańsk — men's football team (merged with Gedania 1922 Gdańsk, played until 1987)
• Olimpia-Lechia Gdańsk — men's football team (created by a merger between Lechia Gdańsk and Olimpia Poznań, played from 1995–1996)
• Ostmark Danzig — men's football team (played from 1909–1945)
• Post SG Danzig — men's football team (team for the cities postal workers, played until 1945)
• Preußen Danzig — men's football team (played from 1909–1945)
• SG OrPo Danzig — men's football team (played from 1920–1945)

Rugby[]

• RC Lechia Gdańsk — men's Rugby team (13x Polish Champions, 12x Polish Cup winners, formed in 1956)
• AZS-AWFiS Gdańsk — men's Rugby team (1x Polish Cup winners, played in the Ekstrliga from 1998—2005, formed in 1988)
• Biało-Zielone Ladies Gdańsk — women's Rugby (11x Rugby 7's Polish Champions, formed in 2009)

Former teams[]

• — men's Rugby team (Polish Championship runners-up in 1958, played from 1956–1961)

Handball[]

Current teams

• Wybrzeże Gdańsk — men's handball team (10x Polish Superliga champions, formed in 1951)
• SMS ZPRP Gdańsk — men's handball team (plays in the I liga team, formed in 1997)

Former teams

• AZS-AWFiS Gdańsk — men's handball team (played in the Superliga in 2003–06, 2007–10)
• Nata AZS-AWFiS Gdańsk — women's handball (Polish Champions in 2003–04)

Speedway[]

• Wybrzeże Gdańsk — speedway team (formed in 1945)

Volleyball[]

• Energa Gedania Gdańsk — women's volleyball team (3x Polish Champions, now focuses on its youth teams, formed in 1922)
• Trefl Gdańsk — men's volleyball team (2x Polish Cup winners, Polish SuperCup winners, formed in 2005)

Basketball[]

Former teams[]

• — men's basketball team (4x Basket Liga champions, played from 1946—1996)

Ice Hockey[]

Former teams

• Stoczniowiec Gdańsk — men's ice hockey team (3x Polish Champions, played from 1953–2012, 2014–2021)
• Hockey Club Gdańsk — men's ice hockey team (played from 2012–2014)
• Pomeranian Hockey Club 2014 — men's ice hockey team (played in the Ekstraliga between 2016–2020, played from 2014–2020)

American Football[]

• Pomorze Seahawks — American Football team (3x Polish Bowl winners, now based in Gdynia, formed in 2005)

Sports clubs[]

• Lechia Gdańsk — sections in football, rugby, athletics, and cycling
• — sections in football, volleyball, and rowing
• — sections in football, ice hockey, speed skating, curling, and volleyball
• AZS-AWFiS Gdańsk — sections in handball, fencing, gymnastics, judo, athletics, swimming, rugby, table tennis, rowing, and sailing

Sports venues in Gdańsk[]

• Stadion Gdańsk (known as "Polsat Plus Arena Gdańsk" for sponsorship reasons) — football stadium (home stadium for Lechia Gdańsk, hosts selected matches for the Poland national football team, held 4 games during Euro 2012, hosted the 2021 Europa League Final)
• Gdański Stadion Lekkoatletyczny i Rugby (Gdańsk Athletics and Rugby Stadium) — multi-purpose sports and athletics stadium (home stadium for RC Lechia Gdańsk, Biało-Zielone Ladies Gdańsk, AP LOTOS Gdańsk, and KL Lechia Gdańsk)
• Stadion Gdańskiego Ośrodka Sportu (Gdańsk Sports Center Stadium) — football stadium (home stadium for Lechia Gdańsk Ladies, training ground for Lechia Gdańsk)
• — speedway stadium (home stadium for Wybrzeże Gdańsk)
• Ergo Arena — multi-purpose indoor arena, on the boundary between Gdańsk and Sopot (home arena for Trefl Gdańsk, Wybrzeże Gdańsk, and Trefl Sopot)
• Hala Olivia — multi-purpose indoor arena, primarily used for sports on ice

See also[]

• Gdańsk Derby
• Sports in Tricity

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