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, and in the EuroCup. 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 Andrej Urlep. The notable players playing for Śląsk Wrocław over the years were: Mieczysław Łopatka (1960s), Edward Jurkiewicz (1970s and 1980s), Jerzy Binkowski (1980s, 1990s), Dariusz Zelig (1980s, 1990s), Maciej Zieliński (1980s, 1990s, 2000s), Adam Wójcik and Dominik Tomczyk.
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.
In the 2020–21 PLK season, the team finished third. Śląsk defeated Legia Warszawa 86:85 in overtime of the decisive game 3 of the bronze medal series. The result exceeded expectations as it was the club's first league podium finish in 11 years. Key players of that team included Aleksander Dziewa, Kyle Gibson, Elijah Stewart and Strahinja Jovanović.EBL: Aleksander Dziewa: To nieopisana radość. Nikt w Polsce na nas nie stawiał Mariusz Hawryszczuk (Polsat Sport), 25 April 2021. Accessed 20 May 2021.
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) SeasonTierLeaguePolish Cup European competitions1990–911 PLK Champion 2 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup 1991–921 PLK Champion Winner 1 FIBA European League / 2 European Cup 1992–931 PLK Champion 1 FIBA EuroLeague 1993–941 PLK Champion 1 FIBA EuroLeague 1994–951 PLK 5th 1 FIBA EuroLeague 1995–961 PLK Champion 3 FIBA Korać Cup 1996–971 PLK 4th Winner 2 FIBA EuroCup 1997–981 PLK Champion 2 FIBA EuroCup 1998–991 PLK Champion 2 FIBA Saporta Cup 1999–001 PLK Champion 2 FIBA Saporta Cup 2000–011 PLK Champion 1 FIBA SuproLeague 2001–021 PLK Champion 1 Euroleague 2002–031 PLK 3nd 1 Euroleague 2003–041 PLK 2nd Winner 1 Euroleague 2004–051 PLK 5th Winner 2 ULEB Cup 2005–061 PLK 5th 3 FIBA EuroCup 2006–071 PLK 3rd 2007–081 PLK 3rd Runner-up 2 ULEB Cup 2008–093 II Liga 2009–103 II Liga 2010–113 II Liga 2011–123 II Liga 1st 2012–132 I Liga 1st 2013–141 PLK 9th Winner2014–151 PLK 5th Quarterfinalist2015–161 PLK 14th 3 FIBA Europe Cup 2016–173 II Liga 2017–182 I Liga 9th 2018–192 I Liga 2nd 2019–201 PLK 7th 2020–211 PLK 3rd Quarterfinalist2021–221 PLK Champion Semifinalist 2 EuroCup 2022–231 PLK 2nd Quarterfinalist 2 EuroCup 2023–241 PLK 3rd 2 EuroCup 2024–251 PLK 8th Quarterfinalist 3 Basketball Champions League 2025–261 PLK 6th Semifinalist 2 EuroCup
Players
Current roster
Retired numbers Śląsk Wrocław retired numbers N° PlayerPositionTenure 9 Maciej Zieliński F 1987–1992, 1995–2006
Notable players
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 (16): 1960, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1990, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2021, 2024 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 (3): 1999, 2000, 2024
See also Śląsk Wrocław Śląsk Wrocław (handball)
References
External links Official site