# Twarde Pierniki Toruń

Twarde Pierniki Toruń is a Polish professional basketball team based in Toruń. The team currently plays in the Polish Basketball League (PLK). The club has won Polish Cup and Polish Supercup titles in 2018. Currently the team plays under the name Arriva Polski Cukier Toruń due to sponsorship commitments.

## History

Twarde Pierniki was founded in 2004. Toruń was offered a spot in the 2014–15 PLK season as a wild card because of the expansion from 12 to 16 teams. In the 2016–17 season, Toruń had its best season in club history and reached the PLK Finals. Here it lost to Stelmet Zielona Góra which meant the team ended in second place.
Toruń won its first trophy in on 19 February 2018, when it beat Zielona Góra 88–80 in the final of the Polish Cup, behind Karol Gruszecki who was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament.
Team also starts next season with winning the Polish Basketball Supercup. Another time Karol Gruszecki was named Most Valuable Player of the final match.

## Sponsorship names

Due to sponsorship reasons, the club has been known as:
* MMKS VIII LO SIDEn Toruń (2004–2005)
* SIDEn MMKS VIII LO Toruń (2005–2011)
* SIDEn Polski Cukier Toruń (2011–2014)
* Polski Cukier Toruń (2014–2021)
* Arriva Twarde Pierniki Toruń (2023)
* Arriva Polski Cukier Toruń (2023-present)

## Honours

* Polish League
    Runners-up (2): 2016–17, 2018–19
* Polish League
    3rd place (1): 2017–18
* Polish Cup
    Winners (1): 2018
* Polish Supercup
    Winners (1): 2018

## Season by season

| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | Polish Cup | European competitions | European competitions |
| 2004–05 | 4 | 3 Liga | | | | |
| 2005–06 | 3 | 2 Liga | 4th | | | |
| 2006–07 | 3 | 2 Liga | 4th | | | |
| 2007–08 | 3 | 2 Liga | 3rd | | | |
| 2008–09 | 3 | 2 Liga | 5th | | | |
| 2009–10 | 3 | 2 Liga | 7th | | | |
| 2010–11 | 3 | 2 Liga | 1st | | | |
| 2011–12 | 2 | 1 Liga | 9th | | | |
| 2012–13 | 2 | 1 Liga | 4th | | | |
| 2013–14 | 2 | 1 Liga | 1st | | | |
| 2014–15 | 1 | PLK | 9th | | | |
| 2015–16 | 1 | PLK | 5th | Quarterfinalist | | |
| 2016–17 | 1 | PLK | 2nd | Quarterfinalist | | |
| 2017–18 | 1 | PLK | 3rd | Champion | | |
| 2018–19 | 1 | PLK | 2nd | Quarterfinalist | Champions League | QR3 |
| 2019–20 | 1 | PLK | 5th | Runner-up | Champions League | RS |
| 2020–21 | 1 | PLK | 10th | | | |
| 2021–22 | 1 | PLK | 7th | Quarterfinalist | | |
| 2022–23 | 1 | PLK | 15th | | | |
| 2023–24 | 1 | PLK | 12th | Quarterfinalist | | |

## Players
### Current roster

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## Coaches

* Marek Ziółkowski
* Grzegorz Sowiński: 2008–2011, 2013–2014
* Jarosław Zyskowski: 2011–2012
* Eugeniusz Kijewski: 2012–2013
* Milija Bogicević: 2014–2015
* Jacek Winnicki: 2015–2017
* Dejan Mihevc: 2017–2019
* Sebastian Machowski: 2019–2020
* Jaroslaw Zawadka: 2020–2021
* Ivica Skelin: 2021–2022
* Miloš Mitrović: 2022–2023
* Cédric Heitz: 2023
* Srđan Subotić: 2023-present

## Individual awards

Polish Cup MVP
* Karol Gruszecki – 2018
Polish Supercup MVP
* Karol Gruszecki – 2018
PLK Most Improved Player
* Krzysztof Sulima – 2017
PLK Best Coach
* Dejan Mihevc – 2018
All-1 Liga Team
* Tomasz Wojdyła – 2014
All-PLK Team
* Danny Gibson – 2016
* Maksym Korniyenko – 2016
* Aaron Cel – 2018, 2019

## Notable players

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.
* Alade Aminu
* Aaron Cel
* Sean Denison
* Karol Gruszecki
* Danny Gibson
* Przemek Karnowski
* Maksym Korniyenko
* Damian Kulig
* Cheikh Mbodj
* Obie Trotter
* Kyle Weaver