# Start Lublin > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Start_Lublin > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Start_Lublin.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Start_Lublin > Source revision: 1353206443 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Start Lublin**, officially **PGE Start Lublin** for sponsporship reasons, is a Polish [basketball](/source/Basketball) club based in [Lublin](/source/Lublin). The team plays in the [Polish Basketball League](/source/Polish_Basketball_League) (PLK) since [2014](/source/2014%E2%80%9315_PLK_season).[1] Its home arena is the Globus, which has places for 5,000 people. The basketball team is a part of MKS Start Lublin, which also holds [chess](/source/Chess) and [athletics](/source/Sport_of_athletics) sections. ## History MKS Start Lublin was founded in 1953, along with the basketball team. After seven years of existence, Start promoted to the [Polish Basketball League](/source/Polish_Basketball_League) (PLK), the national highest league. In the 1964–65 season, Start captured its first bronze medal. In 1978, Start was the first Polish club to sign an African-American played in [Kent Washington](/source/Kent_Washington). Washington was named [PLK Most Valuable Player](/source/PLK_Most_Valuable_Player) in 1980. In the 2002–03 season, Start returned to the PLK after winning the First Division. After two years, the team relegated once again. In the summer of 2014, Start Lublin received a [wild card](/source/Wild_card_(sports)) from the [PLK](/source/Polish_Basketball_League) because of the expansion from 12 to 16 teams. Lublin had its most successful season in the [2019–20 PLK season](/source/2019%E2%80%9320_PLK_season), which was curtailed due to the [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic). When the season was ended, the team was in second place with a 17–5 record. As such, it qualified for a European competition for the first time in the [2020–21 Basketball Champions League](/source/2020%E2%80%9321_Basketball_Champions_League).[2] ## Honours **[Polish Basketball League](/source/Polish_Basketball_League)** - Runners-up (2): [2019–20](/source/2019%E2%80%9320_PLK_season), [2024–25](/source/2024%E2%80%9325_PLK_season) - Bronze medal (3): 1964–65, 1978–79, 1979–80 **[Polish Basketball Cup](/source/Polish_Basketball_Cup)** - Runners-up (2): [2022](/source/2022_Polish_Basketball_Cup), [2023](/source/2023_Polish_Basketball_Cup) **[Polish Basketball Supercup](/source/Polish_Basketball_Supercup)** - **Winners (1)**: [2025](/source/2025_Polish_Basketball_Supercup) ## Sponsorship names Due to sponsorship reasons, the club has been known by several names: - Start Jadar (1992–93) - Start Instal (1993–96) - Start Faelbud (1996–98) - Gala Start (1998–99) - AICE Start (2000–01) - Start Lublin (2002–2005) - Start AZS Lublin (2005–2008) - Start Lublin (2008–2009) - Olimp Start Lublin (2009–2011) - Start Lublin (2011–2012) - Wikana Start S.A. Lublin (2012–2015) - TBV Start Lublin (2015–2019) - Pszczółka Start Lublin (2020) - Polski Cukier Pszczółka Start Lublin (2021–2025) - PGE Start Lublin (2025–present) ## Season by season Season Tier League Pos. Polish Cup European competitions 2006–07 2 I liga 10th 2007–08 2 I liga 16th 2008–09 3 2 Liga 1st 2009–10 2 I liga 9th 2010–11 2 I liga 12th 2011–12 2 I liga 12th 2012–13 2 I liga 8th 2013–14 2 I liga 4th[a] 2014–15 1 PLK 14th 2015–16 1 PLK 17th 2016–17 1 PLK 15th 2017–18 1 PLK 9th Quarterfinalist 2018–19 1 PLK 10th 2019–20 1 PLK 2nd[b] 2020–21 1 PLK 6th 2 Champions League RS 2021–22 1 PLK 12th Runners–up 2022–23 1 PLK 13th Runners–up R ENBL SF3rd 2023–24 1 PLK 9th Quarterfinalist R ENBL RS 2024–25 1 PLK 2nd Quarterfinalist 2025–26 1 PLK 13th 3 Champions League QR 4 FIBA Europe Cup RS 1. Lublin received a [wild card](/source/Wild_card_(sports)) to play in the PLK, due to the expansion of the league. 1. The [2019–20 PLK season](/source/2019%E2%80%9320_PLK_season) was cancelled prematurely because of the [COVID-19 pandemic in Poland](/source/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Poland). ## Players ### Individual awards **[PLK Most Valuable Player](/source/PLK_Most_Valuable_Player)** - [Kent Washington](/source/Kent_Washington) – 1980 ### Notable players See also: Category:Start Lublin players - [Brynton Lemar](/source/Brynton_Lemar), basketball player in the [Israeli Basketball Premier League](/source/Israeli_Basketball_Premier_League) - [Chavaughn Lewis](/source/Chavaughn_Lewis) (born 1993), basketball player for [Hapoel Galil Elyon](/source/Hapoel_Galil_Elyon) of the [Israeli Basketball Premier League](/source/Israeli_Basketball_Premier_League) - [Devonte Upson](/source/Devonte_Upson) (born 1993), basketball player in the [Israeli Basketball Premier League](/source/Israeli_Basketball_Premier_League) - [Kent Washington](/source/Kent_Washington) (born 1956), basketball player ## References 1. [Eurobasket.com profile](http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Poland/Wikana_Start_SA_Lublin/971) 1. ["Strongest BCL lineup to date ahead of season 5"](http://www.championsleague.basketball/19-20/news/strongest-bcl-lineup-to-date-ahead-of-season-5). *[Basketball Champions League](/source/Basketball_Champions_League)*. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Start Lublin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Start_Lublin) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Start_Lublin?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.