Arka Gdynia (basketball)

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

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.^[1]

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.

• 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)

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

• Polish Championships (9):

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

• Polish Cups (4):

2000, 2001, 2006, 2008

• Polish SuperCups (2):

2001, 2010

• FIBA Europe Champions Cup

Runners-up (1): 2002-03

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

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