Bałtyk Gdynia

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Bałtyk Gdynia

Full name	Stowarzyszenie Klub Sportowy Bałtyk Gdynia
Nickname(s)	Kadłuby (The Hulls)
Founded	1930; 94 years ago (1930)
Ground	National Rugby Stadium
Capacity	2,425
Chairman	Andrzej Adamczyk
Manager	Michał Połomski
League	IV liga Pomerania
2023–24	IV liga Pomerania, 4th of 18
Website	http://baltykgdynia.pl
Home colours Away colours

Bałtyk Gdynia is a Polish football club from Gdynia. The club is named after the Baltic Sea. They currently compete in the IV liga Pomerania, the fifth tier of Polish league competition.^[1]

The club was established in 1930 by football enthusiasts from the developing city. Bałtyk is the oldest football club from Gdynia, which still plays with its original name.^[2]

Bałtyk played seven seasons in the Polish first league and 19 in Polish second league. They also appeared once in the Intertoto Cup, in 1983. In 1977, Baltyk's U-19 team won bronze in the Polish Championship, and in 1982, Baltyk won silver in the U-19 championship of Poland.

In 2019 and 2020, the club fell victim to a career fraudster causing the club to sign player contracts promising money that did not exist. The perpetrator was never caught however the club managed to negotiate a recovery plan and by 2021 the club was solvent again.^[3]

The fans are known as "Kadłuby" (The Hulls). Once one of the strongest fan groups in the 80's, as the team started to fall down the leagues only a handful of loyal supporters now remain in Gdynia and several smaller towns in the region.

In the past the fast used to have short-lived friendly relations with fans of Lech Poznań, Pogoń Lębork and Ferencváros at various points in their history. Currently they have good relations with fans of Kotwica Kołobrzeg and Cartusia Kartuzy.

The two Tricity derby rivals Lechia Gdańsk and Arka Gdynia are considered the most fierce. The games against Arka, also known as the Gdynia derby have a long history and the fans often contend for dominance in the city. The controversy surrounding the two club's stadium use is also a serious cause of tension between the two.

Due to Bałtyk languishing in the lower leagues for several years, the club has developed rivalries with other clubs, mainly Gryf Słupsk.

Season	Competition	Round		Club	Score
1983	Intertoto Cup	GR		Boldklubben 1903	1–1, 2–1
				IFK Göteborg	0–3, 0–0
				Admira Wacker Mödling	3–1, 2–3

As of 5 August 2024.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  POL Filip Kondracik — GK  POL Mateusz Ponichtera — GK  POL Szymon Stanik — GK  POL Dawid Szymański — DF  UKR Maksym Demyanchuk — DF  POL Aleksander Drozdowicz — DF  POL Maciej Kaźmierczak — DF  POL Dominik Pluta — DF  POL Kamil Witkowski — DF  POL Dawid Zabielski — MF  POL Marcel Brodnicki — MF  POL Mateusz Długołęcki — MF  POL Kamil Formella — MF  POL Oliwier Hewelt

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  POL Piotr Kaliszewski — MF  POL Mikołaj Kośnik — MF  POL Bartłomiej Kurzyński — MF  POL Bartosz Lupa — MF  POL Igor Michalski — MF  POL Bartosz Ossowski — MF  POL Dominik Pikiel — MF  POL Michał Sadowski — MF  POL Rafał Szybajło — MF  POL Dawid Werner — FW  POL Igor Jankowski — FW  POL Hubert Klamrowski — FW  POL Artur Radomski — FW  POL Hubert Żuber

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