# KK Włocławek

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.
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.

## History

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. Anwil's Kamil Łączyński, who averaged 10.8 points and 4.8 assists in the series, was named PLK Finals MVP.
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.
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.

## Evolution of the logo

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

## Honours
### Domestic competitions

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

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 by season

| Season | Tier | League | Pos | Polish Cup | Polish Supercup | European competitions | European competitions | European competitions |
| 1990–91 | 3 | III Liga | 1st | not held | not held | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1991–92 | 2 | II Liga | 2nd | did not qualify | not held | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1992–93 | 1 | I Liga | 2nd | not held | not held | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1993–94 | 1 | I Liga | 2nd | not held | not held | 2 FIBA European Cup | 3R | 3–1 |
| 1994–95 | 1 | I Liga | 3rd | Champion | not held | 2 FIBA European Cup | QGS | 7–9 |
| 1995–96 | 1 | I Liga | 4th | Champion | not held | 2 FIBA European Cup | QGS | 5–9 |
| 1996–97 | 1 | I Liga | 5th | Semifinal | not held | 2 FIBA EuroCup | R16 | 8–6 |
| 1997–98 | 1 | PLK | 7th | Quarterfinal | not held | 3 FIBA Korać Cup | R2 | 0–6 |
| 1998–99 | 1 | PLK | 2nd | Semifinal | not held | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1999–00 | 1 | PLK | 2nd | | did not qualify | 3 FIBA Korać Cup | QF | 8–4 |
| 2000–01 | 1 | PLK | 2nd | | did not qualify | 2 FIBA Saporta Cup | QF | 11–3 |
| 2001–02 | 1 | PLK | 4th | not held | did not qualify | 2 FIBA Saporta Cup | SF | 7–9 |
| 2002–03 | 1 | PLK | 1st | not held | not held | 3 FIBA Europe Champions Cup | GS2 | 10–4 |
| 2003–04 | 1 | PLK | 4th | Runner-up | not held | 3 FIBA Europe League | R16 | 9–5 |
| 2004–05 | 1 | PLK | 2nd | | not held | 3 FIBA Europe League | QR | 5–7 |
| 2005–06 | 1 | PLK | 2nd | Semifinal | not held | 2 ULEB Cup | RS | 3–7 |
| 2006–07 | 1 | PLK | 4th | Champion | not held | 2 ULEB Cup | RS | 3–7 |
| 2007–08 | 1 | PLK | 5th | Semifinal | Champion | 2 ULEB Cup | RS | 4–6 |
| 2008–09 | 1 | PLK | 3rd | Semifinal | not held | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 2009–10 | 1 | PLK | 2nd | Semifinal | not held | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 2010–11 | 1 | PLK | 6th | Runner-up | did not qualify | 2 Eurocup Basketball | RS | 1–5 |
| 2011–12 | 1 | PLK | 5th | Quarterfinal | did not qualify | R VTB United League | QR | 1–3 |
| 2012–13 | 1 | PLK | 4th | Quarterfinal | did not qualify | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 2013–14 | 1 | PLK | 5th | Semifinal | did not qualify | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 2014–15 | 1 | PLK | 12th | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 2015–16 | 1 | PLK | 4th | Semifinal | did not qualify | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 2016–17 | 1 | PLK | 5th | Runner-up | did not qualify | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 2017–18 | 1 | PLK | 1st | Semifinal | Champion | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 2018–19 | 1 | PLK | 1st | Quarterfinal | Runner-up | 3 Basketball Champions League | RS | 4–10 |
| 2019–20 | 1 | PLK | 3rd | Champion | Champion | 3 Basketball Champions League | RS | 5–9 |
| 2020–21 | 1 | PLK | 13th | did not qualify | Runner-up | 3 Basketball Champions League | QR1 | 0–1 |
| 2020–21 | 1 | PLK | 13th | did not qualify | Runner-up | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | R16 | 1–2 |
| 2021–22 | 1 | PLK | 3rd | Quarterfinal | did not qualify | R 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 | RS | 3–3 |
| 2024–25 | 1 | PLK | | Semifinal | did not qualify | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | R2 | 5–7 |
* ↑ Season curtailed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

## Sponsorship naming

* 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)

## Home arenas

* Hala OSiR (1991–2001)
* Hala Mistrzów (2001–present)

## Players
### Retired numbers

Anwil Włocławek retired numbers :
| No. | 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 |

### Current roster

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

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| C | Nick Ongenda | D. J. Funderburk | Krzysztof Sulima |
| PF | Luke Petrasek | Deane Williams | |
| SF | Ryan Taylor | Karol Gruszecki | Antoni Ślufiński |
| SG | Michał Michalak | Justin Turner | Bartosz Łazarski |
| PG | Luke Nelson | Kamil Łączyński | P.J. Pipes |

### 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.
* Zbigniew Białek
* Jerzy Binkowski
* Kamil Chanas
* Michał Chyliński
* Olek Czyż
* Przemysław Frasunkiewicz
* Michał Gabiński
* Jakub Garbacz
* Karol Gruszecki
* Michał Ignerski
* Łukasz Koszarek
* Adam Łapeta
* Kamil Łączyński
* Michał Michalak
* Jeff Nordgaard
* Luke Petrasek
* Andrzej Pluta
* Andrzej Pluta Jr.
* Hubert Radke
* Łukasz Seweryn
* Robert Skibniewski
* Michał Sokołowski
* Piotr Szczotka
* Szymon Szewczyk
* Krzysztof Szubarga
* Przemysław Zamojski
* Jarosław Zyskowski
* Igor Griszczuk
* Damir Krupalija
* Kalif Young
* Ivan Almeida
* Ante Delaš
* Alan Gregov
* Vladimir Krstić
* Davor Marcelić
* Igor Miličić
* Josip Sobin
* David Jelínek
* Tomáš Kyzlink
* Janari Jõesaar
* Quinton Hosley
* Konrad Wysocki
* Kavell Bigby-Williams
* Luke Nelson
* Kervin Bristol
* D'or Fischer
* Andrea Crosariol
* Dardan Berisha
* Shawn Jones
* Jānis Blūms
* Rolands Freimanis
* Gatis Jahovičs
* Raimonds Miglinieks
* Armands Šķēle
* Dainius Adomaitis
* Deividas Dulkys
* Gintaras Kadžiulis
* Tomas Pačėsas
* Donatas Zavackas
* Dušan Bocevski
* Vladimir Mihailović
* Mark Dickel
* Chamberlain Oguchi
* Kyndall Dykes
* Fedor Dmitriev
* Evgeni Kisurin
* Valery Likhodey
* Danilo Anđušić
* Nikola Jovanović
* Nikola Marković
* Žiga Dimec
* Goran Jagodnik
* Emmanuel Akot
* Amir Bell
* Joe Crispin
* Corsley Edwards
* Alton Ford
* Lorinza Harrington
* Otis Hill
* Kris Lang
* Ricky Ledo
* Malcolm Mackey
* Jonah Mathews
* Ed O'Bannon
* Luke Petrasek
* Victor Sanders
* Brent Scott
* Casey Shaw
* Chase Simon
* Malik Williams
* Sharone Wright
* Tony Wroten

### Individual awards

| 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), (2000) Raimonds Miglinieks (2000) Dainius Adomaitis (2000) Roman Prawica (2001) Ed O'Bannon (2002) Andrzej Pluta (2003) Jeff Nordgaard (2003) Kris Lang (2003) 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.

## Head coaches

* 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)