Arka Gdynia (basketball)

Polish basketball team

AMW Arka Gdynia

Leagues| PLK
Founded| 1995; 30 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| Nikola Vasilev
Team captain| Adam Hrycaniuk
Championships| 9 Polish Championships
4 Polish Cups
2 Polish SuperCups
Website| www.arkagdyniakosz.pl

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Arka Gdynia, also known as AMW Arka Gdynia for sponsorship reasons, is a Polish professional basketball team, based in Gdynia. The team plays in the Polish PLK. The club's sponsorship name comes from Akademią Marynarki Wojennej. 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

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Football
(men's)| Basketball
(men's)| Basketball
(women's)
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Rugby union
(men's)| Rugby union
(women's)| Handball
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Sailing| Tennis| Esports

## History

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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

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* 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 (2022–2024)
* AMW Arka Gdynia (2024–present)

## Arena

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

## Honours and titles

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### Domestic competitions

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* 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

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* FIBA Europe Champions Cup

Runners-up (1): 2002-03

## Season by season

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Season  | Tier  | League  | Pos. | Polish Cup | European competitions  | Other competitions

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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

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### Current roster

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

AMW Arka Gdynia roster

Players | Coaches
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G/F | 1 |  | Durham, Jabril | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)  |  |  31 – (1994-01-23)23 January 1994  |
G | 2 |  | Watson, Jordan | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)  |  |  29 – (1995-08-14)14 August 1995  |
F | 3 |  | Tolbert, Sage | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)  |  |  25 – (1999-07-16)16 July 1999  |
F | 6 |  | Sewioł, Wiktor | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)  |  |  28 – (1997-01-24)24 January 1997  |
SF | 7 |  | Pačėsas Jr., Tomas | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)  |  |  24 – (2000-05-26)26 May 2000  |
PG | 10 |  | Kolenda, Łukasz | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)  |  |  25 – (1999-07-28)28 July 1999  |
SG | 14 |  | Kowalczyk, Filip | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)  |  |  18 – (2006-04-16)16 April 2006  |
C | 17 |  | Zabłocki, Jakub | 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)  |  |  17 – (2007-10-03)3 October 2007  |
G | 20 |  | Nenadić, Nemanja | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)  |  |  31 – (1994-01-02)2 January 1994  |
SG | 22 |  | Szymkiewicz, Daniel  | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)  |  |  30 – (1994-11-02)2 November 1994  |
SG | 30 |  | Garbacz, Jakub | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)  |  |  30 – (1994-03-17)17 March 1994  |
C | 34 |  | Hrycaniuk, Adam (C) | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)  |  |  40 – (1984-03-15)15 March 1984  |
F/C | 45 |  | Đorđević, Stefan | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)  |  |  26 – (1998-12-04)4 December 1998  |
PF | 77 |  | Szumert, Jakub | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)  |  |  19 – (2005-12-04)4 December 2005  |
F |  |  | Douvier, Bryce | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)  |  |  33 – (1991-12-01)1 December 1991  |

Head coach

* Nikola Vasilev

Assistant coach(es)

* Krzysztof Szubarga
* Bartosz Sarzało
* Roman Tymański

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* Injured

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* Roster

Updated: December 28, 2024

### Notable players

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Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities 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.

* Andrzej Adamek
* Łukasz Koszarek
* David Logan
* Paweł Mróz
* Jeff Nordgaard
* Piotr Szczotka
* Aleksandar Radojević
* Aleksej Nešović
* Ali Bouziane
* Rubén Wolkowyski
* Julian Khazzouh
* Rašid Mahalbašić
* Thomas Van Den Spiegel
* Ratko Varda
* Filip Videnov
* Alan Gregov
* Goran Kalamiza
* Josip Vranković
* Jiří Zídek
* Michael Andersen
* Jan-Hendrik Jagla
* Christos Charissis
* István Németh
* Pat Burke
* Dardan Berisha
* Tomas Pačėsas
* Tomas Masiulis
* Darius Maskoliūnas
* Gintaras Einikis
* Donatas Motiejūnas
* Donatas Slanina
* Christian Dalmau
* Pape Sow
* Milan Gurović
* Jovo Stanojević
* Goran Jagodnik
* Hüseyin Beşok
* Alex Acker
* Gary Alexander
* Koko Archibong
* Michael Ansley
* Rashid Atkins
* Drew Barry
* Travis Best
* Jerel Blassingame
* Bobby Brown
* Duane Cooper
* Daniel Ewing
* Todd Fuller
* Alonzo Gee
* J.R. Giddens
* Lorinza Harrington
* Byron Houston
* Harold Jamison
* Oliver Lafayette
* Jerrod Mustaf
* Mustafa Shakur
* Dajuan Wagner
* Mike Wilks
* Qyntel Woods

## Head coaches

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* 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
* Przemysław Frasunkiewicz
* Krzysztof Szubarga

## References

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

## External links

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

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AMW Arka Gdynia current roster

* 1 Durham
* 3 Tolbert
* 6 Sewioł
* 7 Pačėsas
* 10 Kolenda
* 14 Kowalczyk
* 16 Watson
* 17 Zabłocki
* 20 Nenadić
* 22 Szymkiewicz
* 30 Garbacz
* 34 Hrycaniuk
* 45 Đorđević
* 77 Szumert
* Douvier

* Head coach: Vasilev
* Assistant coaches: Szubarga
* Sarzało
* Tymański

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Seasons|

* 1997–98
* 1998–99
* 1999–00
* 2000–01
* 2001–02
* 2002–03
* 2003–04
* 2004–05
* 2005–06
* 2006–07
* 2007–08
* 2008–09
* 2009–10
* 2010–11
* 2011–12
* 2012–13
* 2013–14
* 2014–15
* 2015–16
* 2016–17
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* 2020–21
* 2021–22
* 2022–23
* 2023–24
* 2024–25

Awards|

* Most Valuable Player
* Finals MVP
* Top Scorer
* All-PLK Team
* Best Defender
* Most Improved Player
* Best Polish Player
* Rookie of the Year
* Best Young Player
* Best Coach

Associated competitions|

* Polish Cup
* Polish Supercup

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