Bałtyk Gdynia

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.

Bałtyk played 7 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.[1]

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.

As of 2 March 2023.

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 Michał Bartkowiak — GK  POL Paweł Bochiński — GK  POL Paweł Rabin — DF  POL Aleksander Drozdowicz — DF  POL Fabian Lengiewicz — DF  POL Maciej Kaźmierczak — DF  POL Jan Klimek — DF  POL Arkadiusz Korpalski — DF  POL Miłosz Waszczuk — MF  POL Jakub Bach — MF  POL Oskar Bohm — MF  POL Jan Bożym — MF  POL Marcel Brodnicki

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  POL Mateusz Długołęcki — MF  POL Karol Fietz — MF  POL Adam Gołuński — MF  POL Mikołaj Kośnik — MF  POL Filip Łukasik — MF  POL Bartosz Ossowski — MF  POL Oktawian Skrzecz — MF  POL Dominik Wołowski — MF  POL Łukasz Kowalczyk — FW  POL Igor Jankowski — FW  POL Marcel Sluga — FW  ERI Ezana Kahsay — FW  POL Hubert Żuber

• Lawrence Papaleo

• (in Polish) Official website
• (in Polish) Unofficial website