Trefl Sopot is a Polish professional

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team, based in

Sopot Sopot is a seaside resort city in Pomerelia on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000. It is located in Pomeranian Voivodeship, and has the status of the county, being the smallest city ...

, Poland. The team plays in the Polish Tauron Basket Liga. The club was founded as the replacement of Prokom Asseco Sopot that left the city of Sopot for

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in 2009.

History

The team was founded as a

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with a new corporate identity after Asseco Prokom Sopot decided to relocate to

. In its inaugural season, the club played in the Hali 100-lecia. At the beginning of the 2010–11 season, Trefl moved to the

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, with a capacity of 15,000 people the largest arena in the PLK. In the 2011–12 season, Sopot reached the PLK Finals where the team faced its predecessor Asseco Prokom Gdynia. In a thrilling best-of-seven series, Sopot lost 4–3. In 2011–12, Sopot won its first trophy when it won the

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. In the following season, Sopot repeated as Cup champions. Alongside these victories, the team also won the

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in 2012 and 2013. In the

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, Sopot finished 5th overall, a result that exceeded expectations.Łukasz Kolenda opuści Polskę? Koszykarz mówi, co może się wydarzyć [WYWIAD]
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Trophies

* Polish League **Runners-up (1): 2011–12 ***Third place (1): 2013–14 * Polish Cups **Winners (2): 2011–12, 2012–13 * Polish Supercups (2): **Winners (2): 2012, 2013

Season by season

Players

Current roster

Notable players

Head coaches

Kārlis Muižnieks Kārlis Muižnieks (born March 17, 1964 in Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union) is a former basketball player and currently is the head coach of Prometey Kamianske of the UA SuperLeague. Career in basketball Muižnieks had solid career as player ...

Žan Tabak Žan Tabak (born 15 June 1970) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player who last served as the head coach for San Pablo Burgos of the Liga ACB. His basketball career, spanning twenty years, was marked by several notable achie ...

* Darius Maskoliūnas

References

External links

Official Trefl Sopot Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Trefl Sopot (Basketball) Basketball teams established in 1995 Basketball teams in Poland Sport in Sopot Phoenix clubs (association football)