Astoria Bydgoszcz

Astoria
Nickname	Asta
Leagues	I Liga
Founded	8 April 1924; 99 years ago (1924-04-08)
Arena	Sisu Arena
Capacity	1,470
Location	Bydgoszcz, Poland
President	Bartłomiej Dzedzej
Head coach	Krzysztof Szubarga
Team captain	Ben Simons
Championships	3 I Liga
Website	www.astoria.bydgoszcz.pl
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Astoria Bydgoszcz, also known as simply Astoria, is a Polish multi-sports club most known for the professional men's basketball team, based in Bydgoszcz. Currently playing in the I Liga and in the past in the FIBA Korać Cup.

History

In the 2018–19 season, Astoria defeated Śląsk Wrocław in the finals of the play-offs, thus crowning itself I Liga champions.^[1] The accomplishment gained the club promotion to the Polish Basketball League (PLK), for the first time in 13 years. Astoria Bydgoszcz also has a reserve team that plays in Polish third-tier level II Liga. The Astoria U-18 team won the Polish Championship in 1987 and became 2nd in 1988. The U-16 team won the Polish Championship in 1985 and became 2nd also in 1988.

Honours

I Liga

• Winners (3): 1988–89, 2002–03, 2018–19

Current roster

Astoria Bydgoszcz roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 2 Stupnicki, Jakub 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 19 – (2004-07-23)23 July 2004 SF 8 Simons, Ben (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 32 – (1991-02-16)16 February 1991 SG 10 Wadowski, Igor 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 27 – (1996-01-18)18 January 1996 C 14 Petrilevičius, Paulius 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 32 – (1991-03-23)23 March 1991 SF 15 Henry, Myke 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 30 – (1992-12-23)23 December 1992 PG 21 Smith, Mike 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 26 – (1997-10-13)13 October 1997 SF 22 Ulczyński, Jakub 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 21 – (2002-01-02)2 January 2002 C 23 Wińkowski, Piotr 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 20 – (2003-08-04)4 August 2003 PF 27 Cayo, Nathan 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 26 – (1997-10-27)27 October 1997 SF 41 Lewandowski, Aleksander 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 23 – (2000-09-30)30 September 2000 PG 55 Pluta, Michał 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 21 – (2002-06-18)18 June 2002	Head coach Krzysztof Szubarga Assistant coach(es) Grzegorz Skiba Marcin Woźniak Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: May 18, 2023

Team names

• Weltinex Astoria Bydgoszcz (1990–1991)
• Polfrost Astoria Bydgoszcz (1991–1992)
• Domar Astoria Bydgoszcz (1994)
• Samsung Astoria Bydgoszcz (1994–1995)
• BFM Astoria Bydgoszcz (1995–1996)
• Kujawiak-Astoria Bydgoszcz (1997–2000)
• Astoria Bydgoszcz (2000–2002)
• Wody Mineralne Ostromecko Astoria Bydgoszcz (2002)
• KPSW Astoria Bydgoszcz (2007)
• Enea Astoria Bydgoszcz (2017–2021)
• Enea Abramczyk Astoria Bydgoszcz (2021–present)

Seasons in the Polish Basketball League

• 1989–1990 - 12th place (relegation)
• 1991–1992 - 7th place (withdrawn)
• 2003–2004 - 8th place
• 2004–2005 – 5th place
• 2005–2006 – 9th place (withdrawn)
• 2019–2020 – 11th place
• 2020–2021 – 11th place
• 2021–2022 – 9th place
• 2022–2023 – 16th place (relegation)

Results in European competitions

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	Score
1991–92	FIBA Korać Cup	First round	Bobcat Gent	75–87 (H) 82–95 (A)

Former notable players

Retired numbers

• 4 Dorian Szyttenholm
• 6 Sebastian Laydych
• 7 Przemysław Gierszewski

Former coaches

Other Sections

Boxing

• Jerzy Adamski
• Aleksy Kuziemski

Canoeing

• Dariusz Białkowski
• Zdzisław Szubski
• Sebastian Szubski

Swimming

• Alicja Pęczak
• Zbigniew Januszkiewicz

In past

• Association football
• Athletics
• Disabled sports
• Fencing
• Gymnastics
• Ice skating
• Table tennis
• Tennis
• Volleyball

References

External links

• Official site

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This page was last edited on 26 June 2023, at 08:43