Śląsk Wrocław (basketball)

Śląsk Wrocław is a Polish basketball team, based in Wrocław. The home court is Hala Orbita.

Śląsk Wrocław
Founded1947 (1947)
HistoryŚląsk Wrocław
(1947–present)
ArenaHala Orbita
Capacity3,000
LocationWrocław, Poland
Team colorsGreen, Red, White
              
Championships17 Polish Championships
14 Polish Cups
2 Polish Supercups
Websitewks-slask.eu

History

Since being founded in 1947 Śląsk Wrocław has been the best and most recognizable Polish basketball club. The team has won the Polish league championships 17 times so far. Most recognized period of Śląsk's history is the "Great Śląsk Era" when the team won five championship titles in a row (1998-2002). Most of those successes where achieved with Andrej Urlep, the almost legendary coach of Śląsk. Recently, Śląsk is encountering major financial problems which caused lack of decent results in the last 3 years. Before the 2006–07 season, the club has appointed Urlep again which is believed to be the first step towards regaining the top place in Polish basketball. The famous players of Śląsk Wrocław were: Mieczysław Łopatka (1960s), Edward Jurkiewicz (1970s and 1980s), Jerzy Binkowski (1980s, 1990s), Dariusz Zelig (1980s, 1990s), Adam Wójcik, Maciej Zielinski (retired at the end of season 2005-06) and Dominik Tomczyk. In 2008 the club has gone into big financial difficulties, which resulted in withdrawing the team from Polish Basketball League. In the 2015–16 season, they returned to European competition by playing in the FIBA Europe Cup.

Season by season
Season Tier League Pos. Polish Cup European competitions
2003–04 1 PLK 2nd Winner 1 Euroleague
RS
6–8
2004–05 1 PLK 5th Winner 2 ULEB Cup
EF
6–6
2005–06 1 PLK 5th 3 FIBA EuroCup
T16
6–6
2006–07 1 PLK 3rd
2007–08 1 PLK 3rd[lower-alpha 1] Runner-up
2008–09 3 II Liga 11th
2009–10 3 II Liga 12th
2010–11 3 II Liga 12th
2011–12 1 PLK 7th
2012–13 2 I Liga 1st
2013–14 1 PLK 9th Winner
2014–15 1 PLK 5th Quarterfinalist
2015–16 1 PLK 14th[lower-alpha 2] 3 FIBA Europe Cup
R32
4–8
2016–17 3 II Liga 1st
2017–18 2 I Liga 9th
2018–19 2 I Liga 2nd
2019–20 1 PLK 7th[lower-alpha 3]
  1. Withdrew from the PLK after bankruptcy.
  2. Withdrew from the PLK due to financial problems.
  3. Season shortened due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Players
Hala Orbita

Current roster

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

Śląsk Wrocław roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.Name
G/F 2 Dorn, Torin 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 24 – (1995-11-12)12 November 1995
F 3 Żeleźniak, Tomasz 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 22 – (1998-04-15)15 April 1998
PG 4 Gibson, Danny 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 36 – (1984-01-28)28 January 1984
G 5 Musiał, Jakub 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 21 – (1998-09-22)22 September 1998
SG 6 Joseph, Devoe 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 31 – (1989-06-21)21 June 1989
F 8 Zagórski, Maksymilian 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 21 – (1999-05-13)13 May 1999
C 10 Humphrey, Michael 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 24 – (1996-01-25)25 January 1996
F/C 11 Dziewa, Aleksander 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 22 – (1997-11-06)6 November 1997
F/C 14 Chrabascz, Andrew 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 26 – (1994-06-14)14 June 1994
PF 15 Gabiński, Michał 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 33 – (1987-02-11)11 February 1987
SG 16  Malesa, Jan 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 20 – (1999-10-27)27 October 1999
PG 17 Łączyński, Kamil 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 31 – (1989-04-17)17 April 1989
C 18 Tomczak, Szymon 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 22 – (1998-01-17)17 January 1998
G/F 20 Leńczuk, Aleksander 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (1993-11-18)18 November 1993
SG 22 Czempiel, Mateusz 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 19 – (2001-06-20)20 June 2001
Head coach
  • Oliver Vidin
Assistant coach(es)
  • Marcin Grygowicz
  • Maciej Maciejewski
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: February 6, 2020

Retired numbers
Śląsk Wrocław retired numbers
N° Nat. Player Position Tenure
9Maciej ZielińskiF1987–1992, 1995–2006

Notable players

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

Achievements
  • Polish League (17):
    • Winner (17): 1965, 1970, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
    • Runners-up (6): 1963, 1964, 1972, 1978, 1989, 2004
    • Third place (14): 1960, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1990, 2003, 2007, 2008
  • 1 Liga (1):
    • Winner (1): 2012–13
  • Polish Cup (14):
    • 1957, 1959, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2014
  • Polish Supercup (2):
    • 1999, 2000

See also
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