Baltyk Gdynia

Baltyk Gdynia is a Polish football club from Gdynia. The club is named after the Baltic Sea.

History

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

Baltyk 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.

This page also has a version in other languages :  Балтык (Гдыня) (russian)