Twarde Pierniki Toruń
Leagues	PLK
Founded	2004 (2004)
History	Twarde Pierniki Toruń (2004–present)
Arena	Arena Toruń
Capacity	6,284[1]
Location	Toruń, Poland
Head coach	Cédric Heitz
Team captain	Aaron Cel
Championships	1 Polish Cup
Website	twardepierniki.pl
Home Away

Twarde Pierniki Toruń is a Polish professional basketball team based in Toruń. The team currently plays in the Polish Basketball League (PLK). The club has won Polish Cup and Polish Supercup titles in 2018.

History

Twarde Pierniki was founded in 2004. Toruń was offered a spot in the 2014–15 PLK season as a wild card because of the expansion from 12 to 16 teams. In the 2016–17 season, Toruń had its best season in club history and reached the PLK Finals. Here it lost to Stelmet Zielona Góra which meant the team ended in second place.

Toruń won its first trophy in on 19 February 2018, when it beat Zielona Góra 88–80 in the final of the Polish Cup, behind Karol Gruszecki who was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament.^[2]

Sponsorship names

Due to sponsorship reasons, the club has been known as:

• MMKS VIII LO SIDEn Toruń (2004–2005)
• SIDEn MMKS VIII LO Toruń (2005–2011)
• SIDEn Polski Cukier Toruń (2011–2014)
• Polski Cukier Toruń (2014–2021)
• Arriva Twarde Pierniki Toruń (from 2023)

Honours

• Polish League

Runners-up (2): 2016–17, 2018–19

• Polish League

3rd place (1): 2017–18

• Polish Cup

Winners (1): 2018

• Polish Supercup

Winners (1): 2018

Season by season

Players

Current roster

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

Twarde Pierniki Toruń roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. G 0 Smith, Arik  1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 30 – (1993-12-09)9 December 1993 G/F 2 Tomaszewski, Wojciech  1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 21 – (2002-02-20)20 February 2002 PF 5 Cel, Aaron  (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 36 – (1987-03-04)4 March 1987 PG 6 Sowiński, Paweł  1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 18 – (2005-10-28)28 October 2005 PG 7 Filipović, Goran  1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 27 – (1996-11-26)26 November 1996 G/F 8 Szymański, Wit  1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 20 – (2003-02-16)16 February 2003 F/C 10 Vucić, Mate   2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 26 – (1997-11-11)11 November 1997 G/F 11 Diggs, Trey  1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 24 – (1999-02-27)27 February 1999 PF 12 Kunc, Aljaz  2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 24 – (1999-07-30)30 July 1999 PF 17 Lipiński, Hubert  2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 18 – (2005-12-17)17 December 2005 SF 21 Diduszko, Bartosz  1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 36 – (1987-06-28)28 June 1987 C 23 Rakocević, Gligorije 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 28 – (1995-08-07)7 August 1995 SF 27 Prokopowicz, Hubert  1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 18 – (2005-07-19)19 July 2005 SG 88 Jagodziński, Jakub  1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 23 – (2001-01-12)12 January 2001	Head coach Srđan Subotić Assistant coach(es) Jarosław Zawadka Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: September 23, 2023

Coaches

Individual awards

Polish Cup MVP

• Karol Gruszecki – 2018

Polish Supercup MVP

• Karol Gruszecki – 2018

PLK Most Improved Player

• Krzysztof Sulima – 2017

PLK Best Coach

• Dejan Mihevc – 2018

All-1 Liga Team

• Tomasz Wojdyła – 2014

All-PLK Team

• Danny Gibson – 2016
• Maksym Korniyenko – 2016
• Aaron Cel – 2018, 2019

Notable players

References