Arka Gdynia (basketball)

Template:Short description Template:Infobox basketball club 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. Template:Arka Gdynia sections

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.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>

File:Asseco Gdynia logo.png

The logo of Asseco Gdynia, used from 2013, until 2018

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.

Home match with Zastal Zielona Góra in the 2013–14 PLK season

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

Season	Tier	League	Template:Tooltip	Polish Cup	European competitions		Other competitions
1995–96	3	II Liga	1st
1996–97	2	I Liga	1st
1997–98	1	PLK	9th
1998–99	1	PLK	11th
1999–00	1	PLK	9th	Champion
2000–01	1	PLK	3rd	Champion	3 Korać Cup	Template:Tooltip
2001–02	1	PLK	2nd		3 Korać Cup	Template:Tooltip
2002–03	1	PLK	2nd		4 Champions Cup	Template:Tooltip
2003–04	1	PLK	1st		2 ULEB Cup	Template:Tooltip
2004–05	1	PLK	1st		1 Euroleague	Template:Tooltip
2005–06	1	PLK	1st	Champion	1 Euroleague	Template:Tooltip
2006–07	1	PLK	1st		1 Euroleague	Template:Tooltip
2007–08	1	PLK	1st	Champion	1 Euroleague	Template:Tooltip
2008–09	1	PLK	1st		1 Euroleague	Template:Tooltip	United League	8th
2009–10	1	PLK	1st		1 Euroleague	Template:Tooltip
2010–11	1	PLK	1st	Semifinalist	1 Euroleague	Template:Tooltip	United League	Template:Tooltip
2011–12	1	PLK	1st	Quarterfinalist	1 Euroleague	Template:Tooltip	United League	Template:Tooltip
2012–13	1	PLK	6th	Semifinalist	1 Euroleague	Template:Tooltip
2013–14	1	PLK	7th
2014–15	1	PLK	7th	Quarterfinalist
2015–16	1	PLK	8th	Quarterfinalist
2016–17	1	PLK	13th
2017–18	1	PLK	11th	Quarterfinalist
2018–19	1	PLK	3rd	Runners–up	Template:Small EuroCup	Template:Tooltip
2019–20	1	PLK	4th	Quarterfinalist	Template:Small EuroCup	Template:Tooltip{{#if:1|1|[1]}}
2020–21	1	PLK	15th	Quarterfinalist
2021–22	1	PLK	13th
2022–23	1	PLK	10th
2023–24	1	PLK	13th
2024–25	1	PLK	15th

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External links

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