Astoria Bydgoszcz, also known as simply Astoria, is a Polish multi-sports club most known for the professional men's

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team, based in Bydgoszcz. Playing in the

Polish Basketball League Polska Liga Koszykówki (PLK) (English: Polish Basketball League) is a professional men's club basketball league in Poland. It constitutes the first and highest-tier level of the Polish league pyramid. The winning team of the final round are crow ...

and in the past in the

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History

In the 2018–19 season, Astoria defeated

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in the finals of the play-offs, thus crowning itself

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champions. The accomplishment gained the club promotion to the

(PLK), for the first time in 13 years. Astoria Bydgoszcz also has a

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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

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

Current roster

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*1989–1990 - 12th place (relegation) *1991–1992 - 7th place (withdrawn) *2003–2004 - 8th place * 2004–2005 – 5th place * 2005–2006 – 9th place (withdrawn) * 2019–2020 – 11th place * 2020–2021 – 11th place * 2021–2022 – 9th place

Results in European competitions

Former notable players

* Filip Dylewicz * Kęstutis Marčiulionis * Andrius Jurkūnas * Augenijus Vaškys * Dante Swanson *

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* Dennis Mims * Kevin Fletcher * Arvydas Čepulis *

J. P. Prince John Edward "J. P." Prince (born July 14, 1987) is an American professional basketball player who recently played for Astoria Bydgoszcz. He played collegiately for the Arizona Wildcats and Tennessee Volunteers. Professional career Prince started ...

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Retired numbers

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

Former coaches

* Zygmunt Weigt * Henryk Pietrzak * Aureliusz Gościniak * Roman Haber * Hilary Gierszewski * Maciej Mackiewicz * Jerzy Nowakowski * Alexander Krutikov * Ryszard Mogiełka * Adam Ziemiński * Wojciech Krajewski * Tomasz Herkt * Jerzy Chudeusz * Jarosław Zawadka * Maciej Borkowski * Przemysław Gierszewski * Konrad Kaźmierczyk * Artur Gronek

Other Sections

Boxing

* Jerzy Adamski *

Aleksy Kuziemski Aleksy Kuziemski (born 9 May 1977) is a Polish professional boxer and light heavyweight world title challenger. Amateur career As an amateur, Kuziemski for Astoria Bydgoszcz won a bronze medal at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in ...

Canoeing

* Dariusz Białkowski * Zdzisław Szubski * Sebastian Szubski

Swimming

Alicja Pęczak Alicja Pęczak (born 13 January 1970 in Bydgoszcz, Kuyavian-Pomeranian) is a retired breaststroke and medley swimmer from Poland, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country: in 1992 and 1996. A member of Astoria Bydg ...

* Zbigniew Januszkiewicz

In past

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

References

External links

Official site
Basketball teams in Poland Sport in Bydgoszcz Multi-sport clubs in Poland Basketball teams established in 1924 {{Poland-basketball-team-stub