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Polish basketball club
Klub Koszykówki Włocławek (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) and internationally in the FIBA Europe Cup. Their home arena is Hala Mistrzów.
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| Nickname | Rottweilery (The Rottweilers) | ||
| Leagues | Polish Basketball League | ||
| Founded | 1990; 34 years ago (1990) | ||
| History | Provide Włocławek 1990–1992 Nobiles Włocławek 1992–1999 Anwil Włocławek 1999–present | ||
| Arena | Hala Mistrzów | ||
| Capacity | 4,200 | ||
| Location | Włocławek, Poland | ||
| Team colors | Blue, White, Green | ||
| Main sponsor | Anwil S.A. | ||
| President | Łukasz Pszczółkowski | ||
| Head coach | Przemysław Frasunkiewicz | ||
| Team captain | Kamil Łączyński | ||
| Ownership | Włocławek (67%) TKM Włocławek (33%) | ||
| Championships | 3 Polish League 4 Polish Cups 3 Polish Supercups 1 FIBA Europe Cup 1 ENBL | ||
| Retired numbers | 2 (10, 12) | ||
| Website | kkwloclawek | ||
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The club has won the PLK championship three times, in 2003, 2018 and 2019. The club has also won four Polish Cup titles and three Polish Supercup titles. Anwil is the only Polish club in history to have won an European club competition, as they won the FIBA Europe Cup in 2023.
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.[1] Anwil's Kamil Łączyński, who averaged 10.8 points and 4.8 assists in the series, was named PLK Finals MVP.[2]
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.[3]
On 26 April 2024, Anwil won the 2023–24 FIBA Europe Cup championship after defeating Cholet from France in the two-legged finals. They became the first Polish team to win a European club competition.[4]
The logo of the club features a rottweiler dog. The logo features a star in its logo for every PLK championship won.
Domestic competitions
- Winners (3): 2003, 2018, 2019
- Runners-up (8): 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2010
- 3rd place (4): 1995, 2009, 2020, 2022
- Semifinals (6): 1996, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2016
- Winners (4): 1995, 1996, 2007, 2020
- Runners-up (3): 2004, 2011, 2017
- Winners (3): 2007, 2017, 2019
- Runners-up (2): 2018, 2020
European competitions
- Champions (1): 2022–23
- Semifinals (1): 2002
- Quarterfinals (1): 2001
- Quarterfinals (1): 2000
European North Basketball League:
- Winners (1): 2022
| Season | Tier | League | Pos | Polish Cup | Polish Supercup | European competitions | ||
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| 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 |
Quarterfinal |
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 | R VTB United League | QR | 1–3 |
| 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 |
did not qualify | did not participate | |||
| 2017–18 | 1 | PLK | 1st |
Champion |
did not participate | |||
| 2018–19 | 1 | PLK | 1st |
Runner-up |
3 Basketball Champions League | RS | 4–10 | |
| 2019–20 | 1 | PLK | Champion |
3 Basketball Champions League | RS | 5–9 | ||
| 2020–21 | 1 | PLK | 13th | did not qualify | Runner-up | 3 Basketball Champions League | QR1 | 0–1 |
| 4 FIBA Europe Cup | R16 | 1–2 | ||||||
| 2021–22 | 1 | PLK | 3rd |
did not qualify | R European North Basketball League | C | 7–0 | |
| 2022–23 | 1 | PLK | 7th |
did not qualify | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | C | 13–5 | |
| 2023–24 | 1 | PLK | did not qualify | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | RS | 3–3 | ||
- Season curtailed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
- Provide Włocławek (1991–1992)
- Nobiles Włocławek (1992–1996)
- Nobiles/Azoty Włocławek (1996–1997)
- Azoty/Nobiles Włocławek (1997)
- Anwil/Nobiles Włocławek (1997–1998)
- Nobiles/Anwil Włocławek (1998–1999)
- Anwil Włocławek (1999–present)
- Hala OSiR (1991–2001)
- Hala Mistrzów (2001–present)
Retired numbers
| Anwil Włocławek retired numbers | |||||
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| No. | Nat. | Player | Position | Tenure | Ceremony Date |
| 10 |  | Andrzej Pluta | SG | 2002–03, 2006–2011 | 20 September 2011 |
| 12 |  | Igor Griszczuk | G | 1991–2002 | 16 September 2002 |
| 33 | | Szymon Szewczyk | C | 2017–2020, 2021-2022 | 24 September 2023 |
Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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Depth chart
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | ||
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| C | Žiga Dimec | Kalif Young | |||
| PF | Luke Petrasek | Mateusz Kostrzewski | |||
| SF | Jakub Garbacz | Janari Jõesaar | Maciej Bojanowski | ||
| SG | Victor Sanders | Tomáš Kyzlink | Igor Wadowski | ||
| PG | Kamil Łączyński | Amir Bell | Bartosz Łazarski |
Notable players
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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Zbigniew Białek- Jerzy Binkowski
- Kamil Chanas
- Michał Chyliński
- Olek Czyż
- Michał Gabiński
- Jakub Garbacz
- Michał Ignerski
- Łukasz Koszarek
- Adam Łapeta
- Kamil Łączyński
- Michał Michalak
- Jeff Nordgaard
- Andrzej Pluta
- Hubert Radke
- Jakub Schenk
- Łukasz Seweryn
- Robert Skibniewski
- Michał Sokołowski
- Piotr Szczotka
- Szymon Szewczyk
- Krzysztof Szubarga
Igor Griszczuk
Damir Krupalija
Ivan Almeida
Ante Delaš- Alan Gregov
- Vladimir Krstić
- Davor Marcelić
- Igor Miličić
- Josip Sobin
David Jelínek- Tomáš Kyzlink
Janari Jõesaar
Quinton Hosley
Konrad Wysocki
Kavell Bigby-Williams
Kervin Bristol
D'or Fischer
Andrea Crosariol
Dardan Berisha- Shawn Jones
Jānis Blūms- Rolands Freimanis
- Gatis Jahovičs
- Raimonds Miglinieks
- Armands Šķēle
Dainius Adomaitis- Deividas Dulkys
- Gintaras Kadžiulis
- Tomas Pačėsas
- Donatas Zavackas
Dušan Bocevski
Vladimir Mihailović
Mark Dickel
Chamberlain Oguchi
Kyndall Dykes
Fedor Dmitriev- Evgeni Kisurin
- Valery Likhodey
Danilo Anđušić- Nikola Jovanović
- Nikola Marković
Žiga Dimec- Goran Jagodnik
Joe Crispin- Corsley Edwards
- Alton Ford
- Phil Greene IV
- Lorinza Harrington
- Otis Hill
- Kris Lang
- Ricky Ledo
- Malcolm Mackey
- Jonah Mathews
- Ed O'Bannon
- Luke Petrasek
- Brent Scott
- Casey Shaw
- Chase Simon
- Sharone Wright
- Tony Wroten
Individual awards
- ^1 In the seasons 1999/2000 – 2002/2003, the best squads of Poles and foreigners were selected.
- Mirosław Noculak (1991–1992)
- Szczepan Waczyński (1992–1993)
- Wojciech Krajewski (1993–1996)
- Jacek Gembal (1996)
- Wojciech Kobielski (1996–1997)
- Rajko Toroman (1997)
- Wojciech Kobielski (1997)
- Eugeniusz Kijewski (1997–1999)
- Danijel Jusup (2000–2001)
- Wojciech Kobielski (2001)
- Stevan Tot (2001)
- Aleksandar Petrović (2001–2002)
- Andrej Urlep (2002–2006)
- David Dedek (2006)
- Aleš Pipan (2006–2008)
- Zmago Sagadin (2008)
- Igor Griszczuk (2008–2010)
- Krzysztof Szablowski (2010)
- Emir Mutapčić (2010–2012)
- Krzysztof Szablowski (2012)
- Dainius Adomaitis (2012)
- Milija Bogićević (2012–2014)
- Mariusz Niedbalski (2014)
- Predrag Krunić (2014–2015)
- Marcin Woźniak (2015)
- Igor Miličić (2015–2020)
- Dejan Mihevc (2020)
- Marcin Woźniak (2020–2021)
- Przemysław Frasunkiewicz (2021–)
- "Anwil Włocławek mistrzem Polski koszykarzy 2017/2018" (in Polish). Eurosport.interia.pl. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- "KAMIL ŁĄCZYŃSKI MVP FINAŁÓW EBL". 4 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- "Anwil Włocławek mistrzem Energa Basket Ligi!". Polska Liga Koszykówki. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- "Anwil Wloclawek claim FIBA Europe Cup title after exciting Finals battle". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 20 April 2024.