Astoria Bydgoszcz

Astoria
Astoria
Nickname	Asta
Leagues	I Liga
Founded	8 April 1924; 100 years ago
Arena	Sisu Arena
Capacity	1,470
Location	Bydgoszcz, Poland
President	Bartłomiej Dzedzej
Head coach	Krzysztof Szubarga
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. Currently playing in the I Liga and in the past in the FIBA Korać Cup.

History

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.

Honours

I Liga

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

Current roster

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

Astoria Bydgoszcz roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
PG	2	Stupnicki, Jakub	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	20 – (2004-07-23)23 July 2004
SF	8	Simons, Ben (C)	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	33 – (1991-02-16)16 February 1991
SG	10	Wadowski, Igor	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	28 – (1996-01-18)18 January 1996
C	14	Petrilevičius, Paulius	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	33 – (1991-03-23)23 March 1991
SF	15	Henry, Myke	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	31 – (1992-12-23)23 December 1992
PG	21	Smith, Mike	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	27 – (1997-10-13)13 October 1997
SF	22	Ulczyński, Jakub	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	22 – (2002-01-02)2 January 2002
C	23	Wińkowski, Piotr	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	21 – (2003-08-04)4 August 2003
PF	27	Cayo, Nathan	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	27 – (1997-10-27)27 October 1997
SF	41	Lewandowski, Aleksander	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	24 – (2000-09-30)30 September 2000
PG	55	Pluta, Michał	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	22 – (2002-06-18)18 June 2002