Asseco Gdynia

Asseco Gdynia
Leagues	PLK
Founded	1995
History	Trefl Sopot (1995–1998) Prokom Trefl Sopot (1998–2008) Asseco Prokom Sopot (2008–2009) Asseco Prokom Gdynia (2009–2013) Asseco Gdynia (2013–present)
Arena	Gdynia Sports Arena
Arena Capacity	5,500
Location	Gdynia, Poland
Team colors	Yellow and Blue
President	Przemysław Sęczkowski
Head coach	David Dedek
Championships	8 Polish Championships 4 Polish Cups 2 Polish SuperCup
Website	www.assecogdynia.pl
Uniforms
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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 eight championships in a row the team won from 2004 till 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 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.

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.

Honours

• Polish Championships (9):

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

• Polish Cups (4):

2000, 2001, 2006, 2008

• Polish SuperCup (2):

2001, 2010

Home arena

• Gdynia Sports Arena, Gdynia (2009–present)

PLK seasons

Season	Level	Final Place	Regular Season	Coach
1995-96	3rd	1st	1st	Adam Ziemiński
1996-97	2nd	1st	1st	Adam Ziemiński
1997-98	1st	9th	12th	Tadeusz Aleksandrowicz / Tomasz Służałek
1998-99	1st	11th	11th	Arkadiusz Koniecki / Krzysztof Koziorowicz
1999-00	1st	9th	9th	Ryszard Szczechowiak / Eugeniusz Kijewski
2000-01	1st	3rd	4th	Eugeniusz Kijewski
2001-02	1st	2nd	2nd	Eugeniusz Kijewski
2002-03	1st	2nd	1st	Eugeniusz Kijewski
2003-04	1st	1st	2nd	Eugeniusz Kijewski
2004-05	1st	1st	1st	Eugeniusz Kijewski
2005-06	1st	1st	1st	Eugeniusz Kijewski
2006-07	1st	1st	1st	Eugeniusz Kijewski
2007-08	1st	1st	2nd	Eugeniusz Kijewski / Tomas Pacesas
2008-09	1st	1st	1st	Tomas Pacesas
2009-10	1st	1st	1st	Tomas Pacesas
2010-11	1st	1st	1st	Tomas Pacesas
2011-12	1st	1st	1st	Tomas Pacesas / Andrzej Adamek
2012-13	1st	6th	4th	Kestutis Kemzura / Andrzej Adamek
2013-14	1st	7th	7th	David Dedek
2014-15	1st			David Dedek

The first three seasons in the Polish first division were difficult for the newcomers. Despite many roster and coaching changes the team failed to advance to the league playoffs. The team's greatest success during that time span was winning the Polish Cup in the year 2000 under newly hired coach Eugeniusz Kijewski.

The 2000-01 season was another step ahead for the team, as they again won the Polish Cup and finished third in the league in their first playoff appearance. In the next two seasons the team played in league's finals, losing both times, in 2002 to Śląsk Wrocław 4 games to 1 and in 2003 to Anwil Włocławek 4 games to 2.

Since 2004 the team has been unbeaten in Poland, winning five straight finals. In 2004 they defeated Śląsk Wrocław 4 games to 1 in the finals. In 2005 and 2006 they defeated Anwil Włocławek in the finals, winning 4 games to 2 in 2005 and 4 games to 1 in 2006. Since 2007 they defeated Turów Zgorzelec in the finals 3 times, winning 4 games to 1 in 2007, 4 games to 3 in 2008 and again 4 games to 1 in 2009. In 2010 they defeated Anwil Włocławek in a 4-0 sweep to retain the title.

European competitions

Euroleague Basketball / FIBA Europe competition Season Competition Finish 2000-01 Korać Cup 1/4 Final 2001-02 Korać Cup 1/4 Final 2002-03 FIBA Champions' Cup 2nd Place 2003-04 ULEB Cup 1/8 Final 2004-05 Euroleague Top 16 2005-06 Euroleague Regular Season 2006-07 Euroleague Top 16 2007-08 Euroleague Regular Season 2008-09 Euroleague Top 16 2009-10 Euroleague Quarterfinals 2010-11 Euroleague Regular Season 2011-12 Euroleague Regular Season 2012-13 Euroleague Regular Season

VTB United League Season Finish 2008-09 8th Place 2010-11 Regular Season 2011-12 Regular Season

Players

Current roster

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

Asseco Prokom Gdynia roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name PG 7 Kowalczyk, Sebastian SG 8 Matczak, Filip SG 10 Zolnierewicz, Przemyslaw SF 11 Radosavljevic, Lazar SF 15 Frasunkiewicz, Przemyslaw PF 19 Szymanski, Roman F 20 Szczotka, Piotr C 41 Parzenski, Jakub	Head coach David Dedek Assistant coach(es) Roman Tymanski Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: April 28, 2015

Notable players

Andrzej Adamek Mariusz Bacik Iwo Kitzinger Łukasz Koszarek David Logan Paweł Mróz Jeff Nordgaard Aleksandar Radojević Aleksej Nešović Andrija Ćirić

Ali Bouziane Rubén Wolkowyski Julian Khazzouh Rašid Mahalbašić Thomas Van Den Spiegel Ratko Varda 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

External links

• Official Site (Polish) and (English)
• Eurobasket.com Team Page