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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.

Anwil Włocławek

Nickname

Rottweilery (The Rottweilers)

Leagues

Polish Basketball League

Founded

1990; 34 years ago

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

Selçuk Ernak

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

3 (10, 12, 33)

Website

kkwloclawek.pl

Home

Away

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 a 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 2023, Anwil won the 2022–23 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]

KK Anwil Włocławek celebrates 1st championship title in 2003

Evolution of the logo

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The logo of the club features a rottweiler dog. The logo features a star in its logo for every PLK championship won.

Domestic competitions

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Polish Basketball League

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

Polish Basketball Cup

Winners (4): 1995, 1996, 2007, 2020
Runners-up (3): 2004, 2011, 2017

Polish Basketball Supercup

Winners (3): 2007, 2017, 2019
Runners-up (2): 2018, 2020

European competitions

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FIBA Europe Cup

Champions (1): 2022–23

Saporta Cup:

Semifinals (1): 2002
Quarterfinals (1): 2001

Korać Cup:

Quarterfinals (1): 2000

European North Basketball League:

Winners (1): 2022

Season	Tier	League	Pos	Polish Cup	Polish Supercup	European competitions
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		3–1
1994–95	1	I Liga	3rd	Champion	not held	2 FIBA European Cup		7–9
1995–96	1	I Liga	4th	Champion	not held	2 FIBA European Cup		5–9
1996–97	1	I Liga	5th	Semifinal	not held	2 FIBA EuroCup		8–6
1997–98	1	PLK	7th	Quarterfinal	not held	3 FIBA Korać Cup		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		8–4
2000–01	1	PLK	2nd		did not qualify	2 FIBA Saporta Cup		11–3
2001–02	1	PLK	4th	not held	did not qualify	2 FIBA Saporta Cup		7–9
2002–03	1	PLK	1st	not held	not held	3 FIBA Europe Champions Cup		10–4
2003–04	1	PLK	4th	Runner-up	not held	3 FIBA Europe League		9–5
2004–05	1	PLK	2nd		not held	3 FIBA Europe League		5–7
2005–06	1	PLK	2nd	Semifinal	not held	2 ULEB Cup		3–7
2006–07	1	PLK	4th	Champion	not held	2 ULEB Cup		3–7
2007–08	1	PLK	5th	Semifinal	Champion	2 ULEB Cup		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		1–5
2011–12	1	PLK	5th	Quarterfinal	did not qualify	VTB United League		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	Runner-up	did not qualify	did not participate
2017–18	1	PLK	1st	Semifinal	Champion	did not participate
2018–19	1	PLK	1st	Quarterfinal	Runner-up	3 Basketball Champions League		4–10
2019–20	1	PLK	3rd^[a]	Champion	Champion	3 Basketball Champions League		5–9
2020–21	1	PLK	13th	did not qualify	Runner-up	3 Basketball Champions League		0–1
2020–21	1	PLK	13th	did not qualify	Runner-up	4 FIBA Europe Cup		1–2
2021–22	1	PLK	3rd	Quarterfinal	did not qualify	European North Basketball League	C	7–0
2022–23	1	PLK	7th	Semifinal	did not qualify	4 FIBA Europe Cup	C	13–5
2023–24	1	PLK	5th	Semifinal	did not qualify	4 FIBA Europe Cup		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)

Anwil Włocławek retired numbers
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

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

Anwil Włocławek roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.
PF	0	Funderburk, D. J.	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	27 – 12 April 1997
CG	1	Turner, Justin	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	26 – 12 March 1998
PG	6	Nelson, Luke	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	29 – 29 June 1995
PF	7	Sulima, Krzysztof	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	34 – 5 January 1990
F	8	Akot, Emmanuel	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	25 – 17 March 1999
PG	9	Łączyński, Kamil (C)	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	35 – 17 April 1989
PG	11	Łazarski, Bartosz	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	17 – 25 July 2007
SF	14	Taylor, Ryan	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	32 – 18 June 1992
PF	18	Petrasek, Luke	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	29 – 17 August 1995
C	21	Ongenda, Nick	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	24 – 29 September 2000
SG	23	Michalak, Michał	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	30 – 2 November 1993
SF	34	Gruszecki, Karol	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	34 – 4 November 1989

Head coach

Selçuk Ernak

Assistant coach(es)

Marcin Woźniak
Grzegorz Kożan

Athletic trainer(s)

Hubert Śledziński

Physiotherapist(s)

Wojciech Krawczak

Team manager

Filip Brylski

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: September 13, 2024

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	D. J. Funderburk	Nick Ongenda	Krzysztof Sulima
PF	Luke Petrasek	Emmanuel Akot
SF	Ryan Taylor	Karol Gruszecki
SG	Michał Michalak	Justin Turner
PG	Luke Nelson	Kamil Łączyński	Bartosz Łazarski

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

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Award	Titles	Players
PLK Most Valuable Player	3	Igor Griszczuk (1993) Ivan Almeida (2018) Victor Sanders (2024)
PLK Finals MVP	3	Damir Krupalija (2003) Kamil Łączyński (2018) Ivan Almeida (2019)
PLK Top Scorer	3	Igor Griszczuk (1993) Deividas Dulkys (2014) Jonah Mathews (2022)
All-PLK Team	24	Igor Griszczuk (1993), (1995), (1996), (1999) Roman Olszewski (1993), (1994) Jerzy Binkowski (1994) Tomasz Jankowski (1997), (2000¹) Raimonds Miglinieks (2000¹) Dainius Adomaitis (2000¹) Roman Prawica (2001¹) Ed O'Bannon (2002¹) Andrzej Pluta (2003¹) Jeff Nordgaard (2003¹) Kris Lang (2003¹) Michał Ignerski (2006) Otis Hill (2007) Krzysztof Szubarga (2010) David Jelínek (2016) Nemanja Jaramaz (2017) Ivan Almeida (2018) Jonah Mathews (2022) Victor Sanders (2024)
PLK Best Defender	2	Krzysztof Szubarga (2013) Amir Bell (2024)
PLK Most Improved Player	1	Michał Sokołowski (2014)
PLK Best Polish Player	1	Krzysztof Szubarga (2010)
PLK Best Coach	2	Igor Miličić (2017) Przemysław Frasunkiewicz (2024)
Polish Basketball Cup MVP	2	Andrzej Pluta (2007) Shawn Jones (2020)
Polish Basketball Supercup MVP	2	Ivan Almeida (2017) Szymon Szewczyk (2019)
FIBA Europe Cup Final MVP	1	Phil Greene IV (2023)

^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 (2021–2024)
Selçuk Ernak (2024–present)

^ "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.

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