KKS Polonia Warsaw - is a Polish professional men's
basketball
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club based in
Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...
, currently playing in the basketball
1 Men's Basketball League.
[Eurobasket.com - Team profile]
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History
The team was founded in 1911.[ In 1959, the team won the national Polish championship. In the 1959–60 season, Polonia was a semi-finalist in the FIBA European Champions Cup. In 2003, 2004 and 2005 the team reached the PLK Semifinals.][ The 2010–11 season was the last one for Polonia in the PLK.
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Honours and titles
* Polish Championship:
:Winners (1): 1959
:''Runners-up (10)'': 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1939, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1975–76
:''3nd place (4)'': 1933, 1971–72, 2003–04, 2004–05
*Polish Cup
The Polish Cup in football ( pl, Puchar Polski w piłce nożnej ) is an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs, held continuously from 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title. ...
:
:Winners (3): 1934, 1969, 1975
Notable players
* Bohdan Bartosiewicz
* Dardan Berisha
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* Darnell Hinson
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* Henryk Jaźnicki
Henryk Jaźnicki (6 September 1917 – 25 February 2004) was a Polish football player, forward representing Polonia Warsaw and Poland national team. Jaźnicki played in only one international friendly, without scoring a goal. His only match occ ...
* Łukasz Koszarek
* Kamil Łączyński
* Arkadiusz Miłoszewski
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* Jeff Nordgaard
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Early life
Nordgaard's father, John Nordgaard, was a biology teacher and guidance counselor at Dawson-Boyd High Schoo ...
* Andrzej Pasiorowski
* Krzysztof Szubarga
* Witold Zagórski
See also
* Polonia Warsaw
Polonia Warsaw ( pl, Polonia Warszawa, ), founded on 19 November 1911, is the oldest existing Varsovian sports club, best known for its football and basketball teams. It also has track and field, swimming, chess, mountain biking, and contract ...
* Polonia Warsaw (women's basketball)
SKK (Women's Basketball Section) Polonia Warsaw - is a Polish professional women's basketball club based in Warsaw, currently playing in the basketball premier league - Basket Liga Kobiet.
History
The female sports games section of the Poloni ...
References
External links
Official website
(in Polish)
Eurobasket.com - Team profile
Polonia Warsaw
Basketball teams established in 1925
Basketball teams in Poland
1925 establishments in Poland
Sport in Warsaw
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