Start Lublin

Start Lublin, for sponsorship reasons Wikana Start S.A. Lublin, is a Polish basketball team, based in Lublin, playing in the Polish PLK since the 2014–15 season.[1] Home arena is the Globus, which has places for 5,000 people. The basketball team is a part of MKS Start Lublin, which also holds chess and athletics sections.

Start Lublin
LeaguesPLK
Founded1953 (1953)
ArenaGlobus
Capacity5,000
LocationLublin, Poland
Team colorsRed & Black
         
Head coachDavid Dedek
Websitewww.startlublin.pl

History

MKS Start Lublin was founded in 1953, along with the basketball team. In the summer of 2014, Start Lublin received a wild card from the PLK because of the expansion from 12 to 16 teams.

Names

Due to sponsorship reasons, the club has been known by several names:

  • Start Jadar (1992-93)
  • Start Instal (1993-96)
  • Start Faelbud (1996-98)
  • Gala Start (1998-99)
  • AICE Start (2000-01)
  • Start Lublin (2002-2005)
  • Start AZS Lublin (2005-2008)
  • Start Lublin (2008-2009)
  • Olimp Start Lublin (2009-2011)
  • Start Lublin (2011-2012)
  • Wikana Start S.A. Lublin (2012–present)

Season by season
Season Tier League Pos. Polish Cup
2006–07 2 I liga 10th
2007–08 2 I liga 16th
2008–09 3 2 Liga 1st
2009–10 2 I liga 9th
2010–11 2 I liga 12th
2011–12 2 I liga 12th
2012–13 2 I liga 8th
2013–14 2 I liga 4th[lower-alpha 1]
2014–15 1 PLK 14th
2015–16 1 PLK 17th
2016–17 1 PLK 15th
2017–18 1 PLK 9th Quarterfinalist
2018–19 1 PLK 10th
2019–20[lower-alpha 2] 1 PLK 2nd
  1. Lublin received a wild card to play in the PLK, due to the expansion of the league.
  2. The 2019–20 season was cancelled prematurely because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Players

Current roster

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

Start Lublin roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.
SG 0 Lemar, Brynton 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (1994-05-02)2 May 1994
F 2 Jeszke, Damian 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 25 – (1995-02-06)6 February 1995
G/F 3 Dziemba, Mateusz 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 28 – (1992-04-25)25 April 1992
G/F 6 Jarecki, Jacek 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 30 – (1990-01-05)5 January 1990
G 7 Pelczar, Bartłomiej 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 20 – (2000-02-05)5 February 2000
G/F 10 Obarek, Karol 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (1993-12-31)31 December 1993
PG 11 Gospodarek, Michael 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 28 – (1991-11-30)30 November 1991
PF 13 Borowski, Kacper 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – (1994-05-02)2 May 1994
PG 16 Grochowski, Grzegorz 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 27 – (1993-03-15)15 March 1993
C 19 Szymański, Roman 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 29 – (1991-04-09)9 April 1991
PF 22 Szymański, Tymoteusz 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 17 – (2003-05-31)31 May 2003
SF 25 Laksa, Martins 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 29 – (1990-12-11)11 December 1990
PG 29 Carter, Tweety 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 34 – (1986-06-26)26 June 1986
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Przemysław Łuszczewski
  • Michał Sikora
Athletic trainer(s)
  • Hubert Śledziński
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: June 29, 2020

References
  1. Eurobasket.com profile


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