Astoria Bydgoszcz

Astoria
Astoria
Nickname	Asta
Leagues	PLK
Founded	8 April 1924; 98 years ago
Arena	Sisu Arena
Capacity	1,470
Location	Bydgoszcz, Poland
President	Bartłomiej Dzedzej
Head coach	Thanasis Skourtopoulos
Team captain	Ben Simons
Championships	3 I Liga
Website	www.astoria.bydgoszcz.pl
Home	Away

Astoria Bydgoszcz, also known as simply Astoria, is a Polish multi-sports club most known for the professional men's basketball team, based in Bydgoszcz. Playing in the Polish Basketball League and in the past in the FIBA Korać Cup.

HistoryEdit

In the 2018–19 season, Astoria defeated Śląsk Wrocław in the finals of the play-offs, thus crowning itself I Liga champions.^[1] The accomplishment gained the club promotion to the Polish Basketball League (PLK), for the first time in 13 years. Astoria Bydgoszcz also has a reserve team 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.

HonoursEdit

I Liga

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

Current rosterEdit

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

Astoria Bydgoszcz roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
PG	2	Stupnicki, Jakub	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	18 – (2004-07-23)23 July 2004
SF	8	Simons, Ben (C)	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	32 – (1991-02-16)16 February 1991
SG	10	Wadowski, Igor	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	27 – (1996-01-18)18 January 1996
C	14	Petrilevičius, Paulius	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	32 – (1991-03-23)23 March 1991
SF	15	Henry, Myke	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	30 – (1992-12-23)23 December 1992
PG	21	Smith, Mike	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	25 – (1997-10-13)13 October 1997
SF	22	Ulczyński, Jakub	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	21 – (2002-01-02)2 January 2002
C	23	Wińkowski, Piotr	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	19 – (2003-08-04)4 August 2003
PF	27	Cayo, Nathan	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	25 – (1997-10-27)27 October 1997
SF	41	Lewandowski, Aleksander	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	22 – (2000-09-30)30 September 2000
F	45	Frąckiewicz, Łukasz	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	26 – (1996-12-27)27 December 1996
PG	55	Pluta, Michał	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	20 – (2002-06-18)18 June 2002