Arka Gdynia (basketball)

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.

Active departments of Arka Gdynia
Football
(men's)		Basketball
(men's)		Basketball
(women's)
Rugby union
(men's)		Rugby union
(women's)		Handball
(women's)
SailingTennisEsports
Arka Gdynia
Arka Gdynia logo
LeaguesPLK
Founded1995 (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 Arena
Capacity5,500
LocationGdynia, Poland
Team colorsYellow and Blue
   
PresidentPrzemysław Sęczkowski
Head coachWojciech Bychawski
Team captainAdam Hrycaniuk
Championships9 Polish Championships
4 Polish Cups
2 Polish SuperCups
Websitewww.arkagdyniakosz.pl

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 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.

Home match with Zastal Zielona Góra in the 2013–14 PLK season

Names
  • 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

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

Honours and titles

Domestic competitions
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
2000, 2001, 2006, 2008
2001, 2010

European competitions
Runners-up (1): 2002-03

Season by season
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 CupQF
2001–02 1 PLK 2nd 3 Korać CupQF
2002–03 1 PLK 2nd 4 Champions CupRU
2003–04 1 PLK 1st 2 ULEB CupEF
2004–05 1 PLK 1st 1 EuroleagueT16
2005–06 1 PLK 1st Champion 1 EuroleagueRS
2006–07 1 PLK 1st 1 EuroleagueT16
2007–08 1 PLK 1st Champion 1 EuroleagueRS
2008–09 1 PLK 1st 1 EuroleagueT16 United League8th
2009–10 1 PLK 1st 1 EuroleagueQF
2010–11 1 PLK 1st Semifinalist 1 EuroleagueRS United LeagueRS
2011–12 1 PLK 1st Quarterfinalist 1 EuroleagueRS United LeagueRS
2012–13 1 PLK 6th Semifinalist 1 EuroleagueRS
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 EuroCupRS
2019–20 1 PLK 4th Quarterfinalist 2 EuroCupRS1
2020–21 1 PLK 15th Quarterfinalist
2021–22 1 PLK 13th
2022–23 1 PLK 10th
^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Arka Gdynia roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
G 0 Poland Pluta Jr., Andrzej 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 23 – (2000-06-03)3 June 2000
G 1 Poland Kołakowski, Szymon 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 19 – (2003-11-03)3 November 2003
SG 2 Poland Marchewka, Kacper 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 21 – (2002-07-24)24 July 2002
PF 3 Poland Wilczek, Maksymilian 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 19 – (2004-06-13)13 June 2004
PG 7 Poland Gordon, Kacper 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 21 – (2002-05-06)6 May 2002
SF 8 Poland Czoska, Nikodem 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 21 – (2002-04-22)22 April 2002
SF 11 Poland Kamiński, Grzegorz 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 23 – (2000-05-14)14 May 2000
C 21 Poland Nagel, Maciej 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 18 – (2005-09-14)14 September 2005
G/F 28 Poland Żołnierewicz, Przemysław 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 28 – (1995-07-03)3 July 1995
C 32 Poland Bogucki, Adrian 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) 23 – (1999-11-18)18 November 1999
PF 33 Serbia Kenić, Stefan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – (1997-04-27)27 April 1997
C 34 Poland Hrycaniuk, Adam (C) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 39 – (1984-03-15)15 March 1984
PF 77 Poland Szumert, Jakub 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 17 – (2005-12-04)4 December 2005
Head coach
  • Poland Wojciech Bychawski
Assistant coach(es)
  • Poland Krzysztof Roszyk
  • Poland Bartosz Sarzało
  • Poland Roman Tymański
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: September 22, 2023

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

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.

Head coaches

References
  1. "Euroleague assembly meets before 2011-12 draw" (Press release). Euroleague Basketball. 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
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