Asseco Gdynia

Asseco Gdynia
Leagues	PLK
Founded	1995 (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) Asseco Arka Gdynia (2018–????)
Arena	Gdynia Sports Arena
Capacity	5,500
Location	Gdynia, Poland
Team colors	Yellow and Blue
President	Przemysław Sęczkowski
Head coach	David Dedek
Championships	9 Polish Championships 4 Polish Cups 2 Polish SuperCup
Website	www.assecogdynia.pl
Uniforms
Home Away

Asseco 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 till 2012.

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 second division. In the 1996-97 season after winning Group B of the 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 EuroCup Challenge against Aris. Since 2004, the team has played in the Euroleague, in its first season becoming the first Polish team to reach the Euroleague Top 16 stage. Through the 2012–13 season, it was one of 14 clubs across Europe that held Euroleague Basketball A Licenses, which (normally) give their holders an automatic place in the Regular Season phase of the EuroLeague.^[1]

Honours

• Polish Championships (9):

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

• Polish Cups (4):

2000, 2001, 2006, 2008

• Polish SuperCup (2):

2001, 2010

Home arena

• Gdynia Sports Arena, Gdynia (2009–present)

Season by season

Players

Current roster

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

Asseco Gdynia roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SG 7000300000000000000♠3 Bostic, Josh 7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 31 – (1987-05-12)12 May 1987 SF 7001440000000000000♠44 Dulkys, Deividas 7000195000000000000♠1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 30 – (1988-03-21)21 March 1988 PF 7000800000000000000♠8 Dylewicz, Filip 7000202000000000000♠2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 38 – (1980-01-25)25 January 1980 PG 5000000000000000000♠0 Florence, James 7000185000000000000♠1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 30 – (1988-05-31)31 May 1988 SG 7001300000000000000♠30 Garbacz, Jakub 7000197000000000000♠1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 24 – (1994-03-17)17 March 1994 C 7001160000000000000♠16 Łapeta, Adam 7000217000000000000♠2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) 30 – (1987-11-09)9 November 1987 PG 7000200000000000000♠2 Ponitka, Marcel 7000187000000000000♠1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 21 – (1997-08-28)28 August 1997 PG 7000700000000000000♠7 Szubarga, Krzysztof 7000178000000000000♠1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 34 – (1984-07-05)5 July 1984 C 7001550000000000000♠55 Upshaw, Robert 7000213000000000000♠2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 24 – (1994-01-05)5 January 1994 PF 7001120000000000000♠12 Witliński, Mikołaj 7000206999999999999♠2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 22 – (1995-12-02)2 December 1995 C 7001990000000000000♠99 Wyka, Dariusz 7000209000000000000♠2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 26 – (1991-12-03)3 December 1991	Head coach Przemysław Frasunkiewicz Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: August 5, 2018

References

External links

• Official Site
• Eurobasket.com Team Page