KK Włocławek

Anwil Włocławek
Anwil Włocławek
Nickname	Rottweilery (The Rottweilers)
Leagues	Polish Basketball League; FIBA Europe Cup
Founded	1990
History	Provide Włocławek ; 1990–1992; Nobiles Włocławek ; 1992–1999; Anwil Włocławek; 1999–present
Arena	Hala Mistrzów
Capacity	4,200
Location	Włocławek, Poland
Team colors	Blue, White, Green;
Main sponsor	Anwil S.A.
President	Łukasz Pszczółkowski
Head coach	Przemysław Frasunkiewicz
Team captain	Kamil Łączyński
Ownership	Włocławek (67%); TKM Włocławek (33%)
Championships	3 Polish League; 4 Polish Cups; 3 Polish Supercups; 1 FIBA Europe Cup; 1 ENBL
Retired numbers	2 (10, 12)
Website	kkwloclawek.pl
Home	Away

Klub Koszykówki Włocławek (English: Basketball Club Włocławek), or known for sponsorship reasons as Anwil Włocławek, is a Polish professional basketball club, based in Włocławek, Poland. The team plays in the Polish Basketball League (PLK) and internationally in the FIBA Europe Cup. Their home arena is Hala Mistrzów.

The club has won the PLK championship three times – in 2003, 2018 and 2019. The club has also won four Polish Cup titles and three Polish Supercup titles.

History

In the 2017–18 season, Anwil finished first in the regular season with a 24–8 record. In the following playoffs, Anwil beat Turów Zgorzelec in the quarterfinals and defending champions Zielona Góra in the semifinals. On 4 June 2018, Włocławek won its second PLK title after defeating Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 65–73 in Game 6 of the finals.[1] Anwil's Kamil Łączyński, who averaged 10.8 points and 4.8 assists in the series, was named PLK Finals MVP.[2]

In the 2018–19 season, Anwil made its debut in the Basketball Champions League. In Group A, Anwil had a 4–10 record and did not advance past the regular season. In the playoffs, it eliminated first-seeded Arka Gdynia in the semifinals, 3–2. In the finals, the team beat Polski Cukier Toruń in seven games to repeat as Polish champions. The deciding Game 7 was won 77–89 despite the game being in Toruń.[3]

KK Anwil Włocławek celebrates 1st championship title in 2003

Evolution of the logo

The logo of the club features a rottweiler dog. The logo features a star in its logo for every PLK championship won.

Honours

Domestic competitions

Polish Basketball League

Winners (3): 2003, 2018, 2019
Runners-up (8): 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2010
3rd place (4): 1995, 2009, 2020, 2022
Semifinals (6): 1996, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2016

Polish Basketball Cup

Winners (4): 1995, 1996, 2007, 2020
Runners-up (3): 2004, 2011, 2017

Polish Basketball Supercup

Winners (3): 2007, 2017, 2019
Runners-up (2): 2018, 2020

European competitions

FIBA Europe Cup

Champions (1): 2022–23

Saporta Cup:

Semifinals (1): 2002
Quarterfinals (1): 2001

Korać Cup:

Quarterfinals (1): 2000

European North Basketball League:

Winners (1): 2022

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos	Polish Cup	Polish Supercup	European competitions
1990–91	3	III Liga	1st	not held	not held	did not participate
1991–92	2	II Liga	2nd	did not qualify	not held	did not participate
1992–93	1	I Liga	2nd	not held	not held	did not participate
1993–94	1	I Liga	2nd	not held	not held	2 FIBA European Cup	3R	3–1
1994–95	1	I Liga	3rd	Champion	not held	2 FIBA European Cup	QGS	7–9
1995–96	1	I Liga	4th	Champion	not held	2 FIBA European Cup	QGS	5–9
1996–97	1	I Liga	5th	Semifinal	not held	2 FIBA EuroCup	R16	8–6
1997–98	1	PLK	7th	Quarterfinal	not held	3 FIBA Korać Cup	R2	0–6
1998–99	1	PLK	2nd	Semifinal	not held	did not participate
1999–00	1	PLK	2nd		did not qualify	3 FIBA Korać Cup	QF	8–4
2000–01	1	PLK	2nd		did not qualify	2 FIBA Saporta Cup	QF	11–3
2001–02	1	PLK	4th	not held	did not qualify	2 FIBA Saporta Cup	SF	7–9
2002–03	1	PLK	1st	not held	not held	3 FIBA Europe Champions Cup	GS2	10–4
2003–04	1	PLK	4th	Runner-up	not held	3 FIBA Europe League	R16	9–5
2004–05	1	PLK	2nd		not held	3 FIBA Europe League	QR	5–7
2005–06	1	PLK	2nd	Semifinal	not held	2 ULEB Cup	RS	3–7
2006–07	1	PLK	4th	Champion	not held	2 ULEB Cup	RS	3–7
2007–08	1	PLK	5th	Semifinal	Champion	2 ULEB Cup	RS	4–6
2008–09	1	PLK	3rd	Semifinal	not held	did not participate
2009–10	1	PLK	2nd	Semifinal	not held	did not participate
2010–11	1	PLK	6th	Runner-up	did not qualify	2 Eurocup Basketball	RS	1–5
2011–12	1	PLK	5th	Quarterfinal	did not qualify	R VTB United League	QR	1–3
2012–13	1	PLK	4th	Quarterfinal	did not qualify	did not participate
2013–14	1	PLK	5th	Semifinal	did not qualify	did not participate
2014–15	1	PLK	12th	did not qualify	did not qualify	did not participate
2015–16	1	PLK	4th	Semifinal	did not qualify	did not participate
2016–17	1	PLK	5th	Runner-up	did not qualify	did not participate
2017–18	1	PLK	1st	Semifinal	Champion	did not participate
2018–19	1	PLK	1st	Quarterfinal	Runner-up	3 Basketball Champions League	RS	4–10
2019–20	1	PLK	3rd[lower-alpha 1]	Champion	Champion	3 Basketball Champions League	RS	5–9
2020–21	1	PLK	13th	did not qualify	Runner-up	3 Basketball Champions League	QR1	0–1
2020–21	1	PLK	13th	did not qualify	Runner-up	4 FIBA Europe Cup	R16	1–2
2021–22	1	PLK	3rd	Quarterfinal	did not qualify	R European North Basketball League	C	7–0
2022–23	1	PLK	7th	Semifinal	did not qualify	4 FIBA Europe Cup	C	13–5

Season curtailed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Sponsorship naming

Provide Włocławek (1991–1992)
Nobiles Włocławek (1992–1996)
Nobiles/Azoty Włocławek (1996–1997)
Azoty/Nobiles Włocławek (1997)
Anwil/Nobiles Włocławek (1997–1998)
Nobiles/Anwil Włocławek (1998–1999)
Anwil Włocławek (1999–present)

Home arenas

Hala OSiR (1991–2001)
Hala Mistrzów (2001–present)

Players

Retired numbers

Anwil Włocławek retired numbers
No.	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure	Ceremony Date
10		Andrzej Pluta	SG	2002–03, 2006–2011	20 September 2011
12		Igor Griszczuk	G	1991–2002	16 September 2002
33		Szymon Szewczyk	C	2017–2020, 2021-2022	24 September 2023

Current roster

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

Anwil Włocławek roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.
G	5	Bell, Amir	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	27 – (1996-05-21)21 May 1996
SF	6	Sanders, Victor	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	28 – (1995-02-16)16 February 1995
PG	8	Wadowski, Igor	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	27 – (1996-01-18)18 January 1996
PG	9	Łączyński, Kamil (C)	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	34 – (1989-04-17)17 April 1989
PG	11	Łazarski, Bartosz	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	16 – (2007-07-25)25 July 2007
C	13	Young, Kalif	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	26 – (1997-04-05)5 April 1997
PF	14	Siewruk, Filip	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	21 – (2002-02-06)6 February 2002
PF	18	Petrasek, Luke	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	28 – (1995-08-17)17 August 1995
SF	21	Bojanowski, Maciej	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	27 – (1996-05-20)20 May 1996
C	22	Groves, Tanner	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	24 – (1999-05-22)22 May 1999
SF	23	Jõesaar, Janari	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	29 – (1993-12-08)8 December 1993
SG	30	Garbacz, Jakub	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	29 – (1994-03-17)17 March 1994
PF	31	Kostrzewski, Mateusz	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	34 – (1989-09-18)18 September 1989
PG	55	Schenk, Jakub	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	29 – (1994-07-29)29 July 1994

Head coach

Przemysław Frasunkiewicz

Assistant coach(es)

Piotr Blechacz
Grzegorz Kożan

Athletic trainer(s)

Hubert Śledziński

Physiotherapist(s)

Dominik Taczkowski

Team manager

Filip Brylski

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: October 9, 2023

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Kalif Young	Tanner Groves
PF	Luke Petrasek	Filip Siewruk
SF	Jakub Garbacz	Mateusz Kostrzewski	Maciej Bojanowski
SG	Victor Sanders	Janari Jõesaar	Igor Wadowski
PG	Amir Bell	Jakub Schenk	Kamil Łączyński	Bartosz Łazarski

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.

Individual awards

Award	Titles	Players
PLK Most Valuable Player	2	Igor Griszczuk (1993) Ivan Almeida (2018)
PLK Finals MVP	3	Damir Krupalija (2003) Kamil Łączyński (2018) Ivan Almeida (2019)
PLK Top Scorer	3	Igor Griszczuk (1993) Deividas Dulkys (2014) Jonah Mathews (2022)
All-PLK Team	23	Igor Griszczuk (1993), (1995), (1996), (1999) Roman Olszewski (1993), (1994) Jerzy Binkowski (1994) Tomasz Jankowski (1997), (2000¹) Raimonds Miglinieks (2000¹) Dainius Adomaitis (2000¹) Roman Prawica (2001¹) Ed O'Bannon (2002¹) Andrzej Pluta (2003¹) Jeff Nordgaard (2003¹) Kris Lang (2003¹) Michał Ignerski (2006) Otis Hill (2007) Krzysztof Szubarga (2010) David Jelínek (2016) Nemanja Jaramaz (2017) Ivan Almeida (2018) Jonah Mathews (2022)
PLK Best Defender	1	Krzysztof Szubarga (2013)
PLK Most Improved Player	1	Michał Sokołowski (2014)
PLK Best Polish Player	1	Krzysztof Szubarga (2010)
PLK Best Coach	1	Igor Miličić (2017)
Polish Basketball Cup MVP	2	Andrzej Pluta (2007) Shawn Jones (2020)
Polish Basketball Supercup MVP	2	Ivan Almeida (2017) Szymon Szewczyk (2019)
FIBA Europe Cup Final MVP	1	Phil Greene IV (2023)

^1 In the seasons 1999/2000 – 2002/2003, the best squads of Poles and foreigners were selected.

Head coaches

Mirosław Noculak (1991–1992)
Szczepan Waczyński (1992–1993)
Wojciech Krajewski (1993–1996)
Jacek Gembal (1996)
Wojciech Kobielski (1996–1997)
Rajko Toroman (1997)
Wojciech Kobielski (1997)
Eugeniusz Kijewski (1997–1999)
Danijel Jusup (2000–2001)
Wojciech Kobielski (2001)
Stevan Tot (2001)
Aleksandar Petrović (2001–2002)
Andrej Urlep (2002–2006)
David Dedek (2006)
Aleš Pipan (2006–2008)
Zmago Sagadin (2008)
Igor Griszczuk (2008–2010)
Krzysztof Szablowski (2010)
Emir Mutapčić (2010–2012)
Krzysztof Szablowski (2012)
Dainius Adomaitis (2012)
Milija Bogićević (2012–2014)
Mariusz Niedbalski (2014)
Predrag Krunić (2014–2015)
Marcin Woźniak (2015)
Igor Miličić (2015–2020)
Dejan Mihevc (2020)
Marcin Woźniak (2020–2021)
Przemysław Frasunkiewicz (2021–)

References

"Anwil Włocławek mistrzem Polski koszykarzy 2017/2018" (in Polish). Eurosport.interia.pl. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
"KAMIL ŁĄCZYŃSKI MVP FINAŁÓW EBL". 4 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
"Anwil Włocławek mistrzem Energa Basket Ligi!". Polska Liga Koszykówki. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019.

External links

Official website

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[4] Season curtailed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

[1] "Anwil Włocławek mistrzem Polski koszykarzy 2017/2018" (in Polish). Eurosport.interia.pl. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.

[2] "KAMIL ŁĄCZYŃSKI MVP FINAŁÓW EBL". 4 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.

[3] "Anwil Włocławek mistrzem Energa Basket Ligi!". Polska Liga Koszykówki. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019.

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