Spójnia Stargard
Spójnia Stargard logo
LeaguesPLK
FoundedSeptember 1949 (1949-09)
ArenaHala Miejska
Capacity2,500
LocationStargard, Poland
Main sponsorPGE
PresidentBeata Radziszewska
Head coachSebastian Machowski
Team captainKarol Gruszecki
Championships1 Polish Second League
Websitehttps://spojniastargard.com/

Spójnia Stargard, also known as shortly Spójnia, is a professional Polish basketball team based in Stargard, Poland, currently (as of 2022) playing in the Polish Basketball League (PLK), the highest tier in Polish basketball.

Spójnia hosts its games at the Hala Miejska.

History

Silver team from the 1996–97 season

Spójnia Stargard was founded in 1949 as multi-sport club. Its first chairman was Józef Tropaczyński, former member of the Polish resistance movement in World War II and Lieutenant of the Anders' Army.

In the 1996–97 season, Spójnia for the first time in its history reached the finals of the Polish Basketball League, which it lost to Znicz Pruszków.

In May 2018, Spójnia promoted to the PLK after winning the I Liga championship as the team beat Sokół Łańcut 3–0 in the playoff finals.[1] In its debut 2018–19 season, the team finished as 13th with a 9–21 record.

In the 2019 offseason, PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna became main sponsor of the team which was re-named PGE Spójnia.[2] In the 2020–21 season, Spójna reached the final of the 2021 Polish Basketball Cup. The team lost the final 86–73 to Zielona Góra in Lublin.

Honours

Spójnia players lifting the I Liga trophy in May 2018

Polish Basketball League (Polish Championship)

  • Runners-up (1): 1996–97

Polish Basketball Cup

  • Runners-up (1): 2021

I Liga

  • Champions (1): 2017–18
Home game with Start Lublin in the 2018–19 PLK season

Players

Current roster

Spójnia Stargard roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
F 2 United States Simons, Benjamin 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 32 – (1991-02-16)16 February 1991
G/F 3 United States Daniels, Devon 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 25 – (1998-06-18)18 June 1998
G 7 Poland Kowalczyk, Sebastian 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 30 – (1993-03-25)25 March 1993
F/C 8 Poland Mboya Kotieno, Mark 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 23 – (2000-03-23)23 March 2000
F/C 11 Serbia Langović, Aleksandar 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 22 – (2001-02-19)19 February 2001
F 13 Poland Korolczuk, Oliwer 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 21 – (2002-03-11)11 March 2002
G 22 United States Brown, Stephen 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 27 – (1996-03-27)27 March 1996
F/C 24 United States Gordon, Wesley 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 29 – (1994-07-14)14 July 1994
F/C 25 Poland Grudziński, Dominik 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 25 – (1998-02-04)4 February 1998
G 30 Poland Brenk, Adam 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 28 – (1995-05-08)8 May 1995
G/F 33 Poland Gruszecki, Karol (C) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 34 – (1989-11-04)4 November 1989
G 77 Poland Wojdak, Jakub 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 16 – (2007-03-23)23 March 2007
SG 88 Poland Kołodziej, Maksym 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 20 – (2003-12-24)24 December 2003
Head coach
  • Poland Sebastian Machowski
Assistant coach(es)
  • Poland Maciej Raczyński
  • Poland Konrad Koziorowicz
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: September 23, 2023

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

Notable players

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

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.
Anthony Hickey

Notable coaches

  • Poland Tadeusz Aleksandrowicz
  • Poland Grzegorz Chodkiewicz

Crest

The club's crest depicts the medieval Gothic Stargard Mill Gate, one of the most distinctive historic landmarks of Stargard, and also contains the name of the club and the year of its foundation, i.e. 1949.

Arena

This multi-purpose indoor arena was opened in 1989. Basketball games can be watched by 2,500 spectators. Hala Miejska is part of a bigger complex which consists of hotel and restaurant.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Spójnia Stargard.
  1. ↑ "Spójnia Stargard w ekstraklasie! Feta z kibicami w Łańcucie [ZDJĘCIA, WIDEO]" (in Polish). 17 May 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "EBL. PGE sponsorem tytularnym Spójni Stargard - WP SportoweFakty". sportowefakty.wp.pl. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
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