KK Włocławek

Anwil Włocławek
Nickname	Rottweilers
Leagues	PLK Champions League
Founded	1991 (1991)
History	Provide Włocławek 1991–1992 Nobiles Włocławek 1992–1999 Anwil Włocławek 1999–present
Arena	Hala Mistrzów
Capacity	4,200
Location	Włocławek, Poland
President	Arkadiusz Lewandowski
Head coach	Igor Miličić
Championships	3 Polish League 3 Polish Cups 3 Polish Supercups
Retired numbers	2 (10, 12)
Website	Link
Home Away

Klub Koszykówki Włocławek (in English: Basketball Club Włocławek), or known for sponsorship reasons as Anwil Włocławek, is a Polish professional basketball club, based in Włocławek, Poland. The team plays in the Polish Basketball League (PLK). Their home arena is Hala Mistrzów.

The club has won the PLK championship three times - in 2003, 2018 and 2019. The club has also won three Polish Cup titles and three Polish Supercup titles.

History

In the 2017–18 season, Anwil finished first in the regular season with a 24–8 record. In the following playoffs, Anwil beat Turów Zgorzelec in the quarterfinals and defending champions Zielona Góra in the semifinals. On 4 June 2018, Włocławek won its second PLK title after defeating Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 65–73 in Game 6 of the finals. Anwil's Kamil Łączyński, who averaged 10.8 points and 4.8 assists in the series, was named PLK Finals MVP.

In the 2018–19 season, Anwil made its debut in the Basketball Champions League. In Group A, Anwil had a 4–10 record and did not advance past the regular season. In the playoffs, it eliminated first-seeded Arka Gdynia in the semifinals, 3–2. In the finals, the team beat Polski Cukier Toruń in seven games to repeat as Polish champions. The deciding Game 7 was won 77–89 despite the game being in Toruń.

Evolution of the logo

The logo of the club features a rottweiler dog. The logo features a star in its logo for every PLK championship won.

Honours

Domestic competitions

Polish Basketball League

• Winners (3): 2003, 2018, 2019
• Runners-up (8): 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2010
• 3rd place (2): 1995, 2009
• Semifinals (6): 1996, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2016

Polish Basketball Cup

• Winners (3): 1995, 1996, 2007
• Runners-up (3): 2004, 2011, 2017

Polish Basketball Supercup

• Winners (3): 2007, 2017, 2019
• Runners-up (1): 2018

European competitions

Saporta Cup:

• Semifinals (1): 2002
• Quarterfinals (1): 2001

Korać Cup:

• Quarterfinals (1): 2000

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos	Polish Cup	Polish Supercup	European competitions
1990–91	3	III Liga	1st	not held	not held	did not participate
1991–92	2	II Liga	2nd	did not qualify	not held	did not participate
1992–93	1	I Liga	2nd	not held	not held	did not participate
1993–94	1	I Liga	2nd	not held	not held	2 FIBA European Cup	3R	3–1
1994–95	1	I Liga	3rd	Champion	not held	2 FIBA European Cup	QGS	7–9
1995–96	1	I Liga	4th	Champion	not held	2 FIBA European Cup	QGS	5–9
1996–97	1	I Liga	5th	Semifinal	not held	2 FIBA EuroCup	R16	8–6
1997–98	1	PLK	7th	did not qualify	not held	3 FIBA Korać Cup	R2	0–6
1998–99	1	PLK	2nd	Semifinal	not held	did not participate
1999–00	1	PLK	2nd		did not qualify	3 FIBA Korać Cup	QF	8–4
2000–01	1	PLK	2nd		did not qualify	2 FIBA Saporta Cup	QF	11–3
2001–02	1	PLK	4th	not held	did not qualify	2 FIBA Saporta Cup	SF	7–9
2002–03	1	PLK	1st	not held	not held	3 FIBA Europe Champions Cup	GS2	10–4
2003–04	1	PLK	4th	Runner-up	not held	3 FIBA Europe League	R16	9–5
2004–05	1	PLK	2nd		not held	3 FIBA Europe League	QR	5–7
2005–06	1	PLK	2nd	Semifinal	not held	2 ULEB Cup	RS	3–7
2006–07	1	PLK	4th	Champion	not held	2 ULEB Cup	RS	3–7
2007–08	1	PLK	5th	Semifinal	Champion	2 ULEB Cup	RS	4–6
2008–09	1	PLK	3rd	Semifinal	not held	did not participate
2009–10	1	PLK	2nd	Semifinal	not held	did not participate
2010–11	1	PLK	6th	Runner-up	did not qualify	2 Eurocup Basketball	RS	1–5
2011–12	1	PLK	5th	Quarterfinal	did not qualify	did not participate
2012–13	1	PLK	4th	Quarterfinal	did not qualify	did not participate
2013–14	1	PLK	5th	Semifinal	did not qualify	did not participate
2014–15	1	PLK	12th	did not qualify	did not qualify	did not participate
2015–16	1	PLK	4th	Semifinal	did not qualify	did not participate
2016–17	1	PLK	5th	Runner-up	did not qualify	did not participate
2017–18	1	PLK	1st	Semifinal	Champion	did not participate
2018–19	1	PLK	1st	Quarterfinal	Runner-up	3 Basketball Champions League	RS	4–10
2019–20	1	PLK			Champion	3 Basketball Champions League

Players

Current roster

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

Anwil Włocławek roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. CG 0 Dowe, Chris 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 33 – (1991-08-26)26 August 1991 G/F 1 Ledo, Ricky 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 32 – (1992-09-10)10 September 1992 G/F 3 Simon, Chase 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 35 – (1989-03-11)11 March 1989 PG 4 Piątek, Adam 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 24 – (2000-10-14)14 October 2000 CG 5 Wroten, Tony 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 31 – (1993-04-13)13 April 1993 PF/C 7 Sulima, Krzysztof 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 34 – (1990-01-05)5 January 1990 PG 8 Wadowski, Igor 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 28 – (1996-01-18)18 January 1996 G/F 9 Karolak, Jakub 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 31 – (1993-09-26)26 September 1993 PF 23 Freimanis, Rolands 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 36 – (1988-01-21)21 January 1988 F 24 Sokołowski, Michał 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 32 – (1992-12-11)11 December 1992 C 31 Milovanović, Milan 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 33 – (1991-09-07)7 September 1991 PF/C 33 Szewczyk, Szymon  (C) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 41 – (1982-12-21)21 December 1982 PF 35 Bednarek, Oliwier 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 21 – (2003-03-17)17 March 2003	Head coach / Igor Miličić Assistant coach(es) Marcin Woźniak Grzegorz Kożan Athletic trainer(s) Hubert Śledziński Physiotherapist(s) Wojciech Krawczak Team manager Filip Brylski Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2 October 2019

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Milan Milovanović	Szymon Szewczyk
PF	Rolands Freimanis	Krzysztof Sulima	Oliwier Bednarek
SF	Ricky Ledo	Michał Sokołowski
SG	Chase Simon	Jakub Karolak	Adam Piątek
PG	Tony Wroten	Chris Dowe	Igor Wadowski

Squad changes for the 2019-20 season

In

Note: Flags indicate national team, as has been defined under FIBA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIBA nationality.

No. Pos. Nat. Player 9 SG POL Jakub Karolak (from Legia Warszawa) 0 PG USA Chris Dowe (from Ironi Nes Ziona B.C.) 24 SF POL Michał Sokołowski (from Stelmet Enea BC Zielona Góra) 31 C SRB Milan Milovanović (from Trefl Sopot) 7 PF POL Krzysztof Sulima (from Polski Cukier Toruń) 1 SF USA Ricky Ledo (from Beijing Ducks) 5 PG USA Tony Wroten (from BC Kalev/Cramo) 23 PF LVA Rolands Freimanis (from Ifaistos Limnou B.C.)

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team, as has been defined under FIBA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIBA nationality.

No. Pos. Nat. Player 2 PF POL Olek Czyż (to Gries Oberhoffen BC) 5 PG USA Aaron Broussard (to CSM Oradea) 6 SF CPV Ivan Almeida (no club) 9 PG POL Kamil Łączyński (to Śląsk Wrocław) 11 PF RUS Valery Likhodey (to BC UNICS) 13 C CRO Josip Sobin (to Vanoli Cremona) 15 SF POL Jarosław Zyskowski Jr. (to Stelmet Enea BC Zielona Góra) 21 C POL Michał Ignerski (no club) 23 SG POL Michał Michalak (no club)

Retired numbers

KK Włocławek retired numbers
No.	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure
10		Andrzej Pluta	G	2002–03, 2006–2011
12	/	Igor Griszczuk	G	1991–2001

Notable players

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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.

• Zbigniew Białek
• Jerzy Binkowski
• Kamil Chanas
• Michał Chyliński
• Olek Czyż
• Bartosz Diduszko
• Przemysław Frasunkiewicz
• Michał Gabiński
• Wiktor Grudziński
• Michał Ignerski
• Tomasz Jankowski
• Łukasz Koszarek
• Robert Kościuk
• Paweł Leończyk
• Adam Łapeta
• Kamil Łączyński
• Łukasz Majewski
• Michał Michalak
• Jeff Nordgaard
• Michał Nowakowski
• Roman Olszewski
• Piotr Pamuła
• Roman Prawica
• Hubert Radke
• Łukasz Seweryn
• Grzegorz Skiba
• Robert Skibniewski
• Mariusz Sobacki
• Michał Sokołowski
• Piotr Stelmach
• Krzysztof Sulima
• Paweł Szcześniak
• Piotr Szczotka
• Szymon Szewczyk
• Krzysztof Szubarga
• Robert Tomaszek
• Bartłomiej Tomaszewski
• Henryk Wardach
• Robert Witka
• Mikołaj Witliński
• Jakub Wojciechowski
• Bartłomiej Wołoszyn
• Jarosław Zyskowski Jr.
• Aleksander Kul
• Seid Hajrić
• Damir Krupalija
• Mujo Tuljković
• Ivan Almeida
• Ante Delaš
• Alan Gregov
• Ivan Grgat
• Vladimir Krstić
• Davor Marcelić
• Igor Miličić
• Josip Sobin
• David Jelínek
• Konrad Wysocki
• Kervin Bristol
• Andrea Crosariol
• Dardan Berisha
• Jānis Blūms
• Rolands Freimanis
• Gatis Jahovičs
• Raimonds Miglinieks
• Armands Šķēle
• Edgars Šneps
• Dainius Adomaitis
• Deividas Dulkys
• Gintaras Kadžiulis
• Tomas Pačėsas
• Dušan Bocevski
• Vladimir Mihailović
• Mark Dickel
• Chamberlain Oguchi
• Fedor Dmitriev
• Evgeni Kisurin
• Valery Likhodey
• Danilo Anđušić
• Nemanja Jaramaz
• Nikola Jovanović
• Nikola Marković
• Boris Bojanovský
• Mário Ihring
• Goran Jagodnik
• Brandon Brown
• Corsley Edwards
• Lorinza Harrington
• Otis Hill
• Kris Lang
• Ricky Ledo
• Ed O'Bannon
• Chase Simon
• Keith Williams
• Sharone Wright
• Tony Wroten

Individual awards

Award	Titles	Players
PLK Most Valuable Player	2	Igor Griszczuk (1993) Ivan Almeida (2018)
PLK Finals MVP	3	Damir Krupalija (2003) Kamil Łączyński (2018) Ivan Almeida (2019)
PLK Best Polish Player	1	Krzysztof Szubarga (2010)
PLK Most Improved Player	1	Michał Sokołowski (2013)

Head coaches

• Mirosław Noculak (1991/92)
• Szczepan Waczyński (1991/92–1993/94)
• Wojciech Krajewski (1993/94–1995/96)
• Jacek Gembal (1996/97)
• Wojciech Kobielski (1996/97)
• Rajko Toroman (1997/98)
• Wojciech Kobielski (1997/98)
• Eugeniusz Kijewski (1997/98–1999/00)
• Danijel Jusup (1999/00–2000/01)
• Wojciech Kobielski (2000/01)
• Stevan Tot (2000/01–2001/02)
• Aleksandar Petrović (2001/02)
• Andrej Urlep (2002/03–2005/06)
• David Dedek (2006/07)
• Aleš Pipan (2006/07–2007/08)
• Zmago Sagadin (2008/09)
• / Igor Griszczuk (2008/09–2010/11)
• Krzysztof Szablowski (2010/11)
• Emir Mutapčić (2010/11–2011/12)
• Krzysztof Szablowski (2011/12)
• Dainius Adomaitis (2012/13)
• Milija Bogićević (2012/13–2013/14)
• Mariusz Niedbalski (2014/15)
• Predrag Krunić (2014/15)
• Marcin Woźniak (2014/15)
• / Igor Miličić (2015/16–present)

External links

• Official website (English)
• Official Twitter