Start Lublin

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PGE Start Lublin
Start Lublin logo.png
Leagues PLK
Founded1953;73 years ago (1953)
ArenaGlobus
Capacity5,000
Location Lublin, Poland
PresidentArkadiusz Pelczar
Head coach Wojciech Kamiński
Team captainFilip Put
Website www.startlublin.pl

Start Lublin, officially PGE Start Lublin for sponsporship reasons, is a Polish basketball club based in Lublin. The team plays in the Polish Basketball League (PLK) since 2014. [1] Its 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.

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History

MKS Start Lublin was founded in 1953, along with the basketball team. After seven years of existence, Start promoted to the Polish Basketball League (PLK), the national highest league. In the 1964–65 season, Start captured its first bronze medal. In 1978, Start was the first Polish club to sign an African-American played in Kent Washington. Washington was named PLK Most Valuable Player in 1980.

In the 2002–03 season, Start returned to the PLK after winning the First Division. After two years, the team relegated once again.

In the summer of 2014, Start Lublin received a wild card from the PLK because of the expansion from 12 to 16 teams.

Lublin had its most successful season in the 2019–20 PLK season, which was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. When the season was ended, the team was in second place with a 17–5 record. As such, it qualified for a European competition for the first time in the 2020–21 Basketball Champions League. [2]

Honours

Polish Basketball League

Polish Basketball Cup
Polish Basketball Supercup

Sponsorship names

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

Season by season

The Globus, home arena of Start Lublin Hala sportowo widowiskowa globus, lublin.jpg
The Globus, home arena of Start Lublin
SeasonTierLeaguePos. Polish Cup European competitions
2006–072 I liga 10th
2007–082 I liga 16th
2008–0932 Liga1st
2009–102 I liga 9th
2010–112 I liga 12th
2011–122 I liga 12th
2012–132 I liga 8th
2013–142 I liga 4th [a]
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 1 PLK 2nd [b]
2020–21 1 PLK 6th2 Champions League RS
2021–22 1 PLK 12th Runners–up
2022–23 1 PLK 13th Runners–up R ENBL SF3rd
2023–24 1 PLK 9th Quarterfinalist R ENBL RS
2024–25 1 PLK 2nd Quarterfinalist
  1. ↑ Lublin received a wild card to play in the PLK, due to the expansion of the league.
  2. ↑ The 2019–20 PLK season was cancelled prematurely because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland.

Players

Current roster

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

PGE Start Lublin roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.
SF 0 Flag of Poland.svg Krasuski, Michał 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)25 – (2000-05-21)21 May 2000
F 1 Flag of the United States.svg Flag of Cameroon.svg Tokoto, JP 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)32 – (1993-09-15)15 September 1993
G 2 Flag of the United States.svg O'Reilly, Liam 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)29 – (1996-03-19)19 March 1996
PG 3 Flag of the United States.svg Hawkins, Elijah 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)23 – (2002-07-09)9 July 2002
F 5 Flag of Poland.svg Turewicz, Michał 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)19 – (2006-08-10)10 August 2006
SG 6 Flag of the United States.svg Wright, Jordan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)25 – (2000-09-21)21 September 2000
PG 7 Flag of Poland.svg Pelczar, Bartłomiej 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)25 – (2000-02-05)5 February 2000
SG 8 Flag of Poland.svg Kępka, Wiktor 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)22 – (2003-04-05)5 April 2003
PF 12 Flag of the United States.svg Ford, Quincy 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)33 – (1993-01-20)20 January 1993
C 19 Flag of Poland.svg Szymański, Roman 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)34 – (1991-04-09)9 April 1991
PF 21 Flag of Poland.svg Put, Filip  (C)2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)32 – (1993-04-08)8 April 1993
F/C 25 Flag of the United States.svg Griffin, Bryan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)27 – (1998-04-30)30 April 1998
PG 33 Flag of the United States.svg Frankamp, Conner 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)30 – (1995-07-16)16 July 1995
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Flag of Poland.svg Michał Sikora
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
Updated: December 15, 2025

Individual awards

PLK Most Valuable Player

Notable players

References

  1. ↑ Eurobasket.com profile
  2. ↑ "Strongest BCL lineup to date ahead of season 5". Basketball Champions League . 3 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
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