Arka Gdynia (basketball)

Arka 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 to 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 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-)

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

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

 * Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

Notable players
• 🇵🇱 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