Arka Gdynia (women's basketball)

Arka Gdynia
Arka Gdynia
League	Orlen Basket Liga Kobiet
Founded	1946
Arena	Gdynia Arena; (capacity: 4,010)
Location	Gdynia, Poland
Team colors	Yellow and Blue;
President	Bogusław Witkowski
Head coach	Philip Mestdagh
Website	basketgdynia.pl

Arka Gdynia, currently known as VBW Gdynia for sponsorship reasons, is a Polish professional women's basketball club based in Gdynia. With 13 Polish Championships and 10 Polish Cups won (as of 2022), it is one of the country's most accomplished women's basketball clubs. It plays in the Orlen Basket Liga Kobiet, the highest division in Poland.^[1]

History

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.. Other sponsor names followed before the team was called Basket 90 Gdynia from 2014 to 2018, and Arka Gdynia from 2018 to 2020. Since then, its name is VBW Gdynia after their sponsor VBW Engineering sp. z o.o.

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 (10): 1970, 1980, 1997, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2020, 2021

Current roster

Arka Gdynia roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
PF	0	Davis, Rannia	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	25 – (1999-02-24)24 February 1999
PF	3	Cowling, Mikayla	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	28 – (1996-04-09)9 April 1996
SG	9	Podgórna, Kamila	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	28 – (1996-09-19)19 September 1996
PG	15	Rudzka, Justyna	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	23 – (2000-12-24)24 December 2000
C	21	Miškinienė, Laura	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	31 – (1992-10-28)28 October 1992
SG	23	Kastanek, Marissa Lee	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	34 – (1990-05-31)31 May 1990
PG	41	Wrzesiński, Barbora	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	29 – (1994-12-15)15 December 1994
PF	90	Ułan, Karolina	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	19 – (2005-06-01)1 June 2005
C	91	Borkowska, Kamila	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	22 – (2002-07-26)26 July 2002
PG	92	Bazan, Julia	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	23 – (2001-07-01)1 July 2001
SF	93	Żytkowska, Alicja	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	23 – (2001-08-29)29 August 2001
PF	94	Szulc, Magdalena	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	23 – (2001-03-08)8 March 2001
SF	96	Tomasik, Nikola	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	19 – (2005-08-19)19 August 2005
PG	97	Szymkiewicz, Magdalena	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	22 – (2002-08-10)10 August 2002
SG	98	Gilmajster, Agada	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	19 – (2004-12-12)12 December 2004
SF	98	Sasiak, Wiktoria	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	19 – (2005-03-04)4 March 2005