Arka Gdynia (women's basketball)

Arka Gdynia is a Polish professional women's basketball club. It was founded in 1946 in the city of Gdańsk as Spójnia Gdańsk. In 1992 the club moved from Gdańsk to Gdynia and changed the name to Bałtyk Gdynia. Then it changed its name several times. From 2001 till 2010 the name of the club was Lotos Gdynia after its titular sponsor Grupa Lotos S.A. Since 2014 the name was Basket 90 Gdynia and from 2018 the club is called Arka Gdynia. It plays in the Energa Basket Liga Kobiet, the highest competition in Poland.[1]

Arka Gdynia
LeagueEnerga Basket Liga Kobiet
Founded1946
ArenaGdynia Arena
(capacity: 4,010)
LocationGdynia, Poland
Team colorsYellow and Blue
   
President Bogusław Witkowski
Head coach Gundars Vētra

Titles
  • EuroLeague Women:
    • 2nd place (2): 2002, 2004
  • Polish Championship (13): 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2020, 2021
  • Polish Cup (9): 1970, 1980, 1997, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2020

Current roster
Arka Gdynia roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
SF 1 Kunek, Alice 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 31 – (1991-01-06)6 January 1991
PG 3 Slamová, Angelika 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 27 – (1994-06-19)19 June 1994
PG 7 Szymkiewicz, Magdalena 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 19 – (2002-08-10)10 August 2002
SG 9 Podgórna, Kamila 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 25 – (1996-09-19)19 September 1996
SF 11 Morawiec, Aldona 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 29 – (1992-05-29)29 May 1992
PF 15 Spanou, Artemis 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 29 – (1993-01-01)1 January 1993
C 21 Miškinienė, Laura 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 29 – (1992-10-28)28 October 1992
PF/C 22 Rembiszewska, Amalia 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (1996-03-02)2 March 1996
SG 23 Kastanek, Marissa Lee 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 31 – (1990-05-31)31 May 1990
C 26 Greinacher, Sonja 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 29 – (1992-07-01)1 July 1992
PG 41 Bálintová, Barbora 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 27 – (1994-12-15)15 December 1994
C 55 Grymek, Joanna 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 25 – (1996-07-24)24 July 1996
Head coach
  • Gundars Vētra
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: 2020-10-25

Notable former players

References
  1. Profile in eurobasket.com


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