Arka Gdynia

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Arka Gdynia

Full name	Morski Związkowy Klub Sportowy Arka Gdynia
Nickname(s)	Żółto-niebiescy, Arka, Śledzie
Founded	1929, as Klub Sportowy Gdynia
Ground	Stadion GOSiR Gdynia, Poland (Capacity: 15,139[1])
Chairman	Jan Justka
Manager	Petr Němec
League	1 Liga
2010–11 Ekstraklasa	15th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Stadion GOSiR

Stadion GOSiR

Morski Związkowy Klub Sportowy Arka Gdynia (Polish pronunciation: [ˈarka ˈɡdɨɲa]) is a Polish professional football club, based in Gdynia, Poland, that plays in the Polish 1 Liga. The club was founded as Klub Sportowy Gdynia in 1929.^[2] Its activities were interrupted between 1939–1945 due to the German occupation of Poland. They are allied with Cracovia Krakow

Achievements

• Ekstraklasa (First division):
  • 7th place (1): 1978
• Polish Cup:
  • Winner (1): 1979

League Participations ^[3]

First Level: 1974-75, 1976-82, 2005-07, 2008-2011

Second Level: 1961-62 (2 seasons), 1964-68, 1969-74, 1975-76, 1982-84, 1985-87, 1988-89, 1992-95, 2001-05, 2007-08, 2011-

Third Level: 1954-60 (7 seasons), 1962-64, 1968-69, 1984-85, 1987-88, 1989-92, 1995-01

Fourth Level: 1953

Current squad

As of 23 March, 2012^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Krzysztof Żukowski 2 FW Fabian Słowiński 3 DF Marcin Bochenek 4 DF Wallace 6 DF Omar Jarun 7 DF Piotr Tomasik 9 FW Charles Nwaogu 11 MF Piotr Kuklis 13 MF Jakub Kowalski 14 MF Mateusz Szwoch 15 FW Bartosz Flis 16 MF Piotr Kasperkiewicz 17 DF Mateusz Siebert 18 MF Petr Benát

No. Position Player 19 MF Radosław Pruchnik 20 MF Marcin Radzewicz 21 MF Patryk Jędrzejowski 22 DF Damian Krajanowski 23 MF Bartłomiej Niedziela 25 DF Slawomir Mazurkiewicz 26 GK Maciej Szlaga 27 FW Mirko Ivanovski 28 DF Krystian Żołnierewicz 29 FW Janusz Surdykowski 30 GK Michał Szromnik 31 DF Bartosz Brodziński 32 MF Miloš Radosavljević 33 MF Tomasz Jarzebowski

Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Marcin Juszczyk GK Hieronim Zoch GK Patryk Kamola DF Piotr Robakowski DF Michał Kowol DF Paweł Wojowski DF Damian Matys DF Kamil Haberka DF Michał Marcjanik DF Radosław Robakowski MF Marek Paprocki

No. Position Player MF Tomasz Mokwa MF Wojciech Barnik MF Paweł Brzuzy MF Adam Bębenek MF Adrian Seweryn MF Karol Róg FW Kamil Patelczyk FW Mikołaj Danielowski FW Przemysław Kazimierczak FW Sebastian Orczyk

On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 3 DF Radosław Strzelecki (to Nielba Wągrowiec) 7 DF Wojciech Wilczyński (to Polonia Bytom) 9 MF Paweł Czoska (to Olimpia Elbląg) 19 MF Krzysztof Bułka (to Baltyk Gdynia)

No. Position Player 24 MF Damian Rysiewski (to Nielba Wągrowiec) 27 MF Marcin Budziński (to KS Cracovia) 32 MF Adrian Sulima (to Olimpia Elbląg)

Notable former players

• Janusz Kupcewicz
• Andrzej Szarmach
• Adam Musiał
• Bartosz Ława
• Grzegorz Niciński
• Dariusz Zuraw
• Andrzej Dybicz

Arka in Europe

Season	Competition	Round		Club	Score
1979/80	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R		Beroe Stara Zagora	3–2, 0–2

References

See also

• Football in Poland
• List of football teams
• Champions' Cup/League
• UEFA Cup

External links

• Official website
• unofficial Arka Gdynia
• Statistic history Arka polish first league

Coordinates: 54°29′35.29″N 18°31′52.37″E / 54.4931361°N 18.5312139°E / 54.4931361; 18.5312139

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