Śląsk Wrocław (basketball)

WKS Śląsk Wrocław
Polish Cups 2 Polish Supercups
Website	wks-slask.eu
Home Away Third

Active departments of Śląsk Wrocław
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WKS Śląsk Wrocław is a Polish professional basketball club based in Wrocław. Founded in 1948, Śląsk is the most decorated Polish basketball club, with 18 Polish League and 14 Polish cup championships. The club plays in the Polish Basketball League (PLK), the highest-tier level in Polish men's basketball. The home court is Hala Orbita, but many games are played in Centennial Hall.

History

Since the basketball section was founded in 1948, Śląsk Wrocław has been the most decorated and most recognizable club in Polish basketball. The team has won the Polish league championships 18 times so far. Most recognized period of Śląsk's history is the "Great Śląsk Era" when the team won five championship titles in a row (1998-2002).

Most of those successes where achieved with coach

In 2008 the club has gone into serious financial difficulties, which resulted in withdrawing the team from Polish Basketball League. After years of rebuilding attempts, the club is now back playing in the Polish Basketball League top division.[1]^[2]

In the

The following season the club returned to the top of the domestic competition becoming Polish champions, twenty years after the last championship won in 2002. Travis Trice won MVP awards for both the regular season and the finals.

Season by season (since 1990)

Players

Current roster

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

Śląsk Wrocław roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name SF 1 Núñez, Ángel 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 31 – (1992-12-29)29 December 1992 G 2 Wiśniewski, Aleksander 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 21 – (2003-01-13)13 January 2003 PG 3 Gravett, Hassani 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 27 – (1996-07-16)16 July 1996 PG 4 Klassen, Marek 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 31 – (1992-06-11)11 June 1992 G/F 5 Zębski, Mateusz 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 31 – (1992-05-13)13 May 1992 G/F 6 Gołębiowski, Daniel 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 26 – (1998-02-06)6 February 1998 C 7 Parakhouski, Artsiom (C) 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 36 – (1987-10-06)6 October 1987 F 8 Nowicki, Szymon 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 18 – (2005-06-02)2 June 2005 PG 10 Kolenda, Łukasz 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 24 – (1999-07-28)28 July 1999 C 11 Miletić, Dušan 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 25 – (1998-07-30)30 July 1998 PF 12 Kulvietis, Saulius 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 33 – (1991-02-14)14 February 1991 PF 16 Voinalovych, Andrii 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 24 – (1999-12-11)11 December 1999 PF 19 Adamczak, Mikołaj 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 21 – (2002-12-18)18 December 2002 SG 30 Piśla, Kuba 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 19 – (2004-09-11)11 September 2004 F 22 Sitnik, Michał 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 23 – (2000-09-15)15 September 2000 F 35 Nizioł, Jakub 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 27 – (1996-05-08)8 May 1996	Head coach Miodrag Rajković Assistant coach(es) Wojciech Walich Adrian Mroczek-Truskowski Maksym Papacz Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: April 1, 2024

Retired numbers

Śląsk Wrocław retired numbers
N°	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure
9		Maciej Zieliński	F	1987–1992, 1995–2006

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality 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.

• Mieczysław Łopatka
• Dariusz Zelig
• Maciej Zieliński
• Dominik Tomczyk
• Adam Wójcik
• Alan Gregov
• Raimonds Miglinieks
• Roberts Štelmahers
• Dainius Adomaitis
• Gintaras Einikis
• Tomas Pačėsas
• Andrius Giedraitis
• Andrey Fetisov
• Sean Marks
• Keith Williams
• / Joe McNaull
• LaBradford Smith
• Harold Jamison
• Charles O'Bannon
• Michael Hawkins
• Michael Wright
• Lynn Greer
• Dean Oliver
• Travis Trice

Achievements

• Polish League (18):
  • Winner (18): 1965, 1970, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2022
  • Runners-up (7): 1963, 1964, 1972, 1978, 1989, 2004, 2023
  • Third place (15): 1960, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1990, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2021
• 1 Liga
  (1):
  • Winner (1): 2012–13
• Polish Cup
  (14):
  • 1957, 1959, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2014
• Polish Supercup (2):
  • 1999, 2000

See also

• Śląsk Wrocław
• Śląsk Wrocław (handball)

References

1. ^ "Jak to było?" (in Polish). WKS Śląsk Wrocław. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
2. ^ "Slask Wroclaw". 7DAYS EuroCup. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
3. ^ EBL: Aleksander Dziewa: To nieopisana radość. Nikt w Polsce na nas nie stawiał Mariusz Hawryszczuk (Polsat Sport), 25 April 2021. Accessed 20 May 2021.(in Polish)

External links

• Official site