Asseco Gdynia

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Asseco Gdynia
Asseco Gdynia logo.png
Leagues PLK
Founded 1995;23 years ago (1995)
HistoryTrefl 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
Championships9 Polish Championships
4 Polish Cups
2 Polish SuperCup
Website www.assecogdynia.pl
Uniforms

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.

Poland republic in Central Europe

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country located in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative subdivisions, covering an area of 312,696 square kilometres (120,733 sq mi), and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With a population of approximately 38.5 million people, Poland is the sixth most populous member state of the European Union. Poland's capital and largest metropolis is Warsaw. Other major cities include Kraków, Łódź, Wrocław, Poznań, Gdańsk, and Szczecin.

Basketball team sport played on a court with baskets on either end

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through the defender's hoop while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one or more one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (overtime) is mandated.

Gdynia Place in Pomeranian, Poland

Gdynia(listen) is a city in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland and a seaport of Gdańsk Bay on the south coast of the Baltic Sea. Located in Kashubia in Eastern Pomerania, Gdynia has a population of 246,232 making it the twelfth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in the voivodeship after Gdańsk. It is part of a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdańsk and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the Tricity (Trójmiasto), with a population of over a million people.

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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.

Polska Liga Koszykówki (PLK) is a professional men's club basketball league in Poland. It constitutes the first and highest-tier level of the Polish league pyramid. The winning team of the final round are crowned the Polish Champions of that season. It began in 1947–48, with the name of I Liga, and was originally organized by the Polish Basketball Association. The league changed to its current form, beginning with the 1997–98 season, after the Polska Liga Koszykówki SA, PLK SA took control over the league. In 2000–01 season the league turned professional.

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]

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Euroleague Basketball is the private company that runs and operates the top two continental men's professional club basketball competitions in Europe, the first-tier EuroLeague, and the second-tier EuroCup. It has been organizing the EuroLeague competition since the year 2000, beginning with the 2000–01 season. Since 2002, it has also organized the EuroLeague Final Four. It also oversees the European national basketball league rankings, and the Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament. It is headquartered in Barcelona.

The EuroLeague, known as the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague for sponsorship reasons, is the top-tier European professional basketball club competition, organized by Euroleague Basketball since 2000.

Honours

2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
2000, 2001, 2006, 2008
2001, 2010

Home arena

Season by season

SeasonTierLeaguePos. Polish Cup European competitionsOther competitions
1995–963II Liga1st
1996–972 I Liga 1st
1997–981 PLK 9th
1998–991 PLK 11th
1999–001 PLK 9thChampion
2000–011 PLK 3rdChampion3 Korać Cup QF
2001–021 PLK 2nd3 Korać Cup QF
2002–031 PLK 2nd4 Champions Cup RU
2003–041 PLK 1st2 ULEB Cup EF
2004–051 PLK 1st1 Euroleague T16
2005–061 PLK 1stChampion1 Euroleague RS
2006–071 PLK 1st1 Euroleague T16
2007–081 PLK 1stChampion1 Euroleague RS
2008–091 PLK 1st1 Euroleague T16 United League 8th
2009–101 PLK 1st1 Euroleague QF
2010–111 PLK 1stSemifinalist1 Euroleague RS United League RS
2011–121 PLK 1stQuarterfinalist1 Euroleague RS United League RS
2012–131 PLK 6thSemifinalist1 Euroleague RS
2013–14 1 PLK 7th
2014–15 1 PLK 7thQuarterfinalist
2015–16 1 PLK 8thQuarterfinalist
2016–17 1 PLK 13th
2017–18 1 PLK 11th Quarterfinalist

Players

Current roster

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

FIBA International basketball governing body

The International Basketball Federation, more commonly known as FIBA, from its French name Fédération internationale de basket-ball, is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. Originally known as the Fédération internationale de basket-ball amateur, in 1989 it dropped the word amateur from its name but retained the acronym; the "BA" now represents the first two letters of basketball.

Asseco Gdynia roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
SG 3 Flag of the United States.svg Bostic, Josh 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)31 – (1987-05-12)12 May 1987
SF 44 Flag of Lithuania.svg Dulkys, Deividas 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)30 – (1988-03-21)21 March 1988
PF 8 Flag of Poland.svg Dylewicz, Filip 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)38 – (1980-01-25)25 January 1980
PG 0 Flag of the United States.svg Florence, James 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)30 – (1988-05-31)31 May 1988
SG 30 Flag of Poland.svg Garbacz, Jakub 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)24 – (1994-03-17)17 March 1994
C 16 Flag of Poland.svg Łapeta, Adam 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in)30 – (1987-11-09)9 November 1987
PG 2 Flag of Poland.svg Ponitka, Marcel 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)21 – (1997-08-28)28 August 1997
PG 7 Flag of Poland.svg Szubarga, Krzysztof 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)34 – (1984-07-05)5 July 1984
C 55 Flag of the United States.svg Upshaw, Robert 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)24 – (1994-01-05)5 January 1994
PF 12 Flag of Poland.svg Witliński, Mikołaj 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)22 – (1995-12-02)2 December 1995
C 99 Flag of Poland.svg Wyka, Dariusz 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)26 – (1991-12-03)3 December 1991
Head coach
  • Flag of Poland.svg Przemysław Frasunkiewicz
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
Updated: August 5, 2018

Depth chart

Pos.Starting 5Bench 1Bench 2
C Adam ŁapetaRobert UpshawDariusz Wyka
PF Filip DylewiczMikołaj Witliński
SF Deividas Dulkys
SG Josh BosticJakub Garbacz
PG James FlorenceKrzysztof SzubargaMarcel Ponitka

Notable players

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

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References

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