Piešťanské Čajky

Piešťanské Čajky
Nickname	Čajky (Seagulls)
League	Slovak League
Founded	2012
Arena	Diplomat Arena
Capacity	1,000
Location	Piešťany, Slovakia
Team colors	Blue, Yellow and White
President	Miroslav Nerád
Head coach	Peter Jankovič
Championships	2 CEWL 2 National League 2 National Cup
Website	piestanskecajky.sk

Piešťanské Čajky (officially Spoločné basketbalové združenie Piešťanské Čajky) is a Slovak women's basketball club that was founded in 2012 in the city of Piešťany. Piešťanské Čajky plays in the Slovak League, the highest competition in the Slovak Republic.^[1] It is a 2-time national champion and current champion as of 2023. On the international scene, the greatest success was the runner-up of the EWBL the 2021/22 season and the win of the CEWL in the 2018/19 and 2024–25 seasons.

Since 2015, its home is Diplomat Arena.^[2] Before, the team inhabited the hall of Gymnázium Pierra de Coubertina High School in Piešťany.^[2]

Honours

Home arena of Čajky, Diplomat Arena

Čajky celebrate the first Slovak Extraliga title in April 2022

Domestic

National Championships – 1

• Slovak Women's Basketball Extraliga:
  • Winners (1) : 2022, 2023
  • Runner up (6) : 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021

National Cups – 2

• Slovak Women's Basketball Cup:
  • Winners (1) : 2017, 2023
  • Runner up (7) : 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

International

• EWBL:
  • Runner up (1) : 2022^[3]
• CEWL:
  • Winners (2) : 2019, 2024–25

Current squad

Piešťanské Čajky roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G 1 Mujović, Božica 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 29 – (1996-01-07)7 January 1996 F 2 James, Ke'Shunan 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 29 – (1995-08-14)14 August 1995 F 3 Rusiňáková, Dominika 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 31 – (1994-03-28)28 March 1994 PG 4 Andělová, Gabriela 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 29 – (1996-03-21)21 March 1996 G 9 Kraislová, Terézia 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 21 – (2003-12-28)28 December 2003 PF 11 Taušová, Nataša 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 18 – (2006-05-08)8 May 2006 C 12 Jurčenková, Anna (C) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 39 – (1985-07-26)26 July 1985 SG 14 Chovaníková, Alexandra 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 18 – (2006-06-25)25 June 2006 C 16 Moravčíková, Alica 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 30 – (1994-12-05)5 December 1994 SF 18 Vandlíková, Tereza 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 21 – (2003-07-23)23 July 2003 F 21 Mandić, Ana 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 24 – (2001-01-09)9 January 2001 G 24 Valová, Magdaléna 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 20 – (2005-01-04)4 January 2005 SG 88 Martišková, Natália 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) 25 – (1999-06-24)24 June 1999	Head coach Peter Jankovič Assistant coach(es) Tomáš Kačmarik Legend (C) Team captain (DC) Dual citizenship Injured Roster Updated: 19 October 2022

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Gabriela Andělová
• Lenka Bartáková
• Kateřina Bartoňová
• Nikola Dudášová
• Mária Felixová
• Danielle Hamilton-Carter
• Evita Herminjard
• Ke'Shunan James
• Anna Jurčenková
• Lucia Krč-Turbová
• Ana Mandić
• Natália Martišková
• Andzelika Mitrasinović
• Alica Moravčíková
• Božica Mujović
• Sabína Oroszová
• Terézia Páleníková
• Angelika Slamová
• Radka Stašová
• Matea Tadić
• Tamara Tatham
• Nataša Taušová
• Kateřina Zohnová

References

1. DANNAX, spol. s r.o. "Ženský titul obhajujú Piešťany, extraliga bez Slovana, nováčik z Košíc". exz.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 14 October 2022.
2. "KLUB Diplomat arena". Piešťanské čajky (in Slovak). 26 April 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
3. "Basketbal: Historický úspech v EWBL docenia Čajky neskôr, Final Four ideálnou previerkou pred ligovým semifinále".

External links

• Official website
• Profile at eurobasket.com