Arka Gdynia is a Polish professional

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team, based in

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. The team plays in the Polish PLK. The club's sponsorship name comes from the company

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. 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.

History

The team was founded in 1995, as STK Trefl Sopot. In its first season, the team won the Polish third division and

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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

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, 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. Through the 2012–13 season, it was one of 14 clubs across Europe that held

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A Licenses, which (normally) gave their holders an automatic place in the Regular Season phase of the EuroLeague. 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.

Arena

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

Honours and titles

* Polish Championships (9): :2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,

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* Polish Cups (4): :2000, 2001, 2006, 2008 * Polish SuperCups (2): :2001, 2010

Season by season

: Cancelled due to the

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Players

Current roster

Notable players

Head coaches

References

External links

Official website
(in Polish)
Eurobasket.com Team Page
{{PLK Arka Gdynia Basketball teams in Poland Basketball teams established in 1995 Sport in Gdynia