AZS AJP Gorzów Wielkopolski

AZS AJP Gorzów Wielkopolski is a Polish professional women's basketball club that was founded in 2001 in the city of Gorzów Wielkopolski. Club plays in the Basket Liga Kobiet – the highest competition in Poland, and internationally in the EuroCup Women.^[2]

AZS AJP Gorzów Wielkopolski
Nickname	Akademiczki
League	Basket Liga Kobiet EuroCup
Founded	2001; 23 years ago (2001)
History	AZS PWSZ Gorzów Wielkopolski (2001–2015) AZS AJP Gorzów Wielkopolski (2016–present)
Arena	Arena Gorzów
Capacity	5,067
Location	Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland
Team colours	Navy, azure, white[1]
Main sponsor	InvestInTheWest Enea
President	Michał Kugler
Head coach	Dariusz Maciejewski
Retired numbers	1
Website	azsajpgorzow.pl
Home Away

History

Honours

Domestic

• Polish League^[3]

Runner-up (4): 2008–09, 2009–10, 2018–19, 2023–24

Bronze (5): 2007–08, 2010–11, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23

• Polish Basketball Cup

Runner-up (1): 2022–23

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	European competitions
2001–02	2	I Liga	5th
2002–03	2	I Liga	5th
2003–04	2	I Liga	1st
2004–05	1	BLK	8th
2005–06	1	BLK	5th
2006–07	1	BLK	4th
2007–08	1	BLK	3rd	2 EuroCup	R16
2008–09	1	BLK	2nd	2 EuroCup	RS
2009–10	1	BLK	2nd	1 EuroLeague	RS
2010–11	1	BLK	3rd	1 EuroLeague	RS
2011–12	1	BLK	7th
2012–13	1	BLK	6th
2013–14	1	BLK	5th
2014–15	1	BLK	5th
2015–16	1	BLK	10th
2016–17	1	BLK	6th
2017–18	1	BLK	7th	2 EuroCup	RS
2018–19	1	BLK	2nd	2 EuroCup	R16
2019–20	1	BLK	3rd	2 EuroCup	R32
2020–21	1	BLK	3rd	2 EuroCup	R16
2021–22	1	BLK	4th	2 EuroCup	RS
2022–23	1	BLK	3rd	2 EuroCup	R16
2023–24	1	BLK	2nd	2 EuroCup	R16

Players

Current roster

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

PolskaStrefaInwestycji Enea Gorzów Wielkopolski roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age F/C Brown, Kennedy 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 23 – (2000-10-30)30 October 2000 F Gertchen, Klaudia 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 28 – (1996-07-11)11 July 1996 CG Hansen, Lauren 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 23 – (2001-02-25)25 February 2001 SG Kobylińska, Joanna 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 22 – (2002-01-19)19 January 2002 G/F Kośla, Emilia 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 23 – (2001-01-10)10 January 2001 PG Kuczyńska, Wiktoria 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) 23 – (2001-01-24)24 January 2001 SF Lebiecka, Gabriela 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 20 – (2003-09-23)23 September 2003 F/C Mikulášiková, Rebeka 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 25 – (1999-07-31)31 July 1999 C Soares, Stephanie  1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 24 – (2000-04-17)17 April 2000 F/C Steblecka, Weronika 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 19 – (2005-06-17)17 June 2005 F/C Śmiałek, Ewelina 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 22 – (2002-03-29)29 March 2002 PG Tsineke, Elena 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 25 – (1999-07-11)11 July 1999	Head coach Dariusz Maciejewski Assistant coach(es) Robert Pieczyrak Janusz Kopaczewski Athletic trainer(s) Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Transactions Updated: September 11, 2024

Retired numbers

AZS AJP Gorzów Wielkopolski retired numbers
Pos.	No.	Nat.	Name	Tenure	Date of the ceremony
PG	4		Dźwigalska, Katarzyna	2001–22	30 October 2022

Notable players

Extended content

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. European players Małgorzata Babicka Julia Bazan Anne Breitreiner Aleksandra Chomać Aleksandra Drzewińska Katarzyna Dźwigalska Dominika Fiszer Cheridene Green Megan Gustafson Borislawa Hristova Anna Jakubiuk Laura Juškaitė Agnieszka Kaczmarczyk Edyta Koryzna Johannah Leedham Yelena Leuchanka Kyara Linskens Magdalena Losi Anna Makurat Zhosselina Maiga Paulina Misiek Chioma Nnamaka Maryia Papova Aleksandra Pawlak Izabela Piekarska Annamaria Prezelj Katarina Ristić Yuliya Rytsikava Lyudmila Sapova Tilbe Şenyürek Agnieszka Skobel Magdalena Szajtauer Agnieszka Szott-Hejmej Weronika Telenga Zoé Wadoux Nóra Wentzel Kateřina Zohnová Justyna Żurowska-Cegielska Non-European players Lindsay Allen Nicky Anosike Ariel Atkins Chloe Bibby Kahleah Copper Kathleen Doyle Angel Goodrich Natalie Hurst Chloe Jackson Stephanie Jones Stella Johnson Chineze Nwagbo Samantha Richards Alanna Smith Sidney Spencer Carolyn Swords Stephanie Talbot Lindsay Taylor Jasmine Thomas Shatori Walker-Kimbrough Lyndra Weaver Guan Xin Sharnee Zoll-Norman

References

1. "Barwy klubu" (in Polish). azsajpgorzow.pl. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
2. "Team" (in Polish). basketball.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
3. "Statystyki drużyny w poszczególnych sezonach" (in Polish). plkhistory.ugu.pl. Retrieved 9 December 2018.

External links

• Official polish league website (in Polish)