Arka Gdynia (basketball)

Arka Gdynia
Arka Gdynia
Leagues	PLK
Founded	1995; 29 years ago
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	Wojciech Bychawski
Team captain	Adam Hrycaniuk
Championships	9 Polish Championships ; 4 Polish Cups ; 2 Polish SuperCups
Website	www.arkagdyniakosz.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 edit

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]

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.

Names edit

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 (2018–2019)
Asseco Arka Gdynia (2019–2022)
Suzuki Arka Gdynia (2022-)

Arena edit

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

Honours and titles edit

Domestic competitions edit

Polish Championships (9):

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

Polish Cups (4):

2000, 2001, 2006, 2008

Polish SuperCups (2):

2001, 2010

European competitions edit

FIBA Europe Champions Cup

Runners-up (1): 2002-03

Season by season edit

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Polish Cup	European competitions		Other competitions
1995–96	3	II Liga	1st
1996–97	2	I Liga	1st
1997–98	1	PLK	9th
1998–99	1	PLK	11th
1999–00	1	PLK	9th	Champion
2000–01	1	PLK	3rd	Champion	3 Korać Cup	QF
2001–02	1	PLK	2nd		3 Korać Cup	QF
2002–03	1	PLK	2nd		4 Champions Cup	RU
2003–04	1	PLK	1st		2 ULEB Cup	EF
2004–05	1	PLK	1st		1 Euroleague	T16
2005–06	1	PLK	1st	Champion	1 Euroleague	RS
2006–07	1	PLK	1st		1 Euroleague	T16
2007–08	1	PLK	1st	Champion	1 Euroleague	RS
2008–09	1	PLK	1st		1 Euroleague	T16	United League	8th
2009–10	1	PLK	1st		1 Euroleague	QF
2010–11	1	PLK	1st	Semifinalist	1 Euroleague	RS	United League	RS
2011–12	1	PLK	1st	Quarterfinalist	1 Euroleague	RS	United League	RS
2012–13	1	PLK	6th	Semifinalist	1 Euroleague	RS
2013–14	1	PLK	7th
2014–15	1	PLK	7th	Quarterfinalist
2015–16	1	PLK	8th	Quarterfinalist
2016–17	1	PLK	13th
2017–18	1	PLK	11th	Quarterfinalist
2018–19	1	PLK	3rd	Runners–up	2 EuroCup	RS
2019–20	1	PLK	4th	Quarterfinalist	2 EuroCup	RS¹
2020–21	1	PLK	15th	Quarterfinalist
2021–22	1	PLK	13th
2022–23	1	PLK	10th
2023–24	1	PLK	13th

^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

Players edit

Current roster edit

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Arka Gdynia roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
G	0	Pluta Jr., Andrzej	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	24 – (2000-06-03)3 June 2000
G	1	Kołakowski, Szymon	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	20 – (2003-11-03)3 November 2003
SG	2	Marchewka, Kacper	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	21 – (2002-07-24)24 July 2002
PF	3	Wilczek, Maksymilian	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	19 – (2004-06-13)13 June 2004
SF	8	Czoska, Nikodem	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	22 – (2002-04-22)22 April 2002
SF	11	Kamiński, Grzegorz	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	24 – (2000-05-14)14 May 2000
G	20	Alford, Bryce	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	29 – (1995-01-18)18 January 1995
C	21	Nagel, Maciej	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	18 – (2005-09-14)14 September 2005
F	22	LeDay, Seth	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	27 – (1996-06-20)20 June 1996
C	32	Bogucki, Adrian	2.15 m (7 ft 1 in)	24 – (1999-11-18)18 November 1999
PF	33	Kenić, Stefan	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	27 – (1997-04-27)27 April 1997
C	34	Hrycaniuk, Adam (C)	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	40 – (1984-03-15)15 March 1984
PF	77	Szumert, Jakub	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	18 – (2005-12-04)4 December 2005

Head coach

Wojciech Bychawski

Assistant coach(es)

Krzysztof Roszyk
Bartosz Sarzało
Roman Tymański

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: January 4, 2024

Notable players edit

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Criteria
To 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.