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AMW Arka Gdynia
Leagues	PLK
Founded	1995; 29 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
Home Away

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

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 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.

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.

Names

• 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

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

Honours and titles

Domestic competitions

• 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

• FIBA Europe Champions Cup

Runners-up (1): 2002-03

Season by season

^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

Players

Current roster

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
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G/F 1 Durham, Jabril 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 30 – (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 SF 4 Ćwik, Joel 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 18 – (2006-04-10)10 April 2006 F 6 Sewioł, Wiktor 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 27 – (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 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 Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: December 16, 2024

Notable players

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

• 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

• 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

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

External links

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

• Arka Gdynia
• Basketball teams in Poland
• Basketball teams established in 1995
• 1995 establishments in Poland
• Sport in Gdynia