AP Orlen Gdańsk

Akademia Piłkarska Orlen Gdańsk (English: Football Academy Orlen Gdańsk) is a footballing academy based in Gdańsk, Poland. It focuses on training and developing players in the Pomeranian region and is well known for its development of female players with the women's football team being the academies most successful section, with AP Orlen playing in the Ekstraliga, the highest division of women's football in Poland. The team name includes the name of their title sponsor and main funder of the academy, PKN Orlen, a Polish oil company.

AP Orlen Gdańsk
Full nameAkademia Piłkarska Orlen Gdańsk
Nickname(s)APOG (since 2022)
APLG (2010–2022)
Founded19 August 2010 (2010-08-19) (as Akademia Piłkarska Lechia Gdańsk)
GroundGdańsk Athletics and Rugby Stadium
Capacity924
ManagerTomasz Borkowski
LeagueEkstraliga
2021–22Ekstraliga, 8th of 12
WebsiteClub website

AP Orlen has often been known as APLG during its early years due to these being the initials of the club's first two names, being formerly known as Akademia Piłkarska Lechia Gdańsk from 2010 to 2020 and then Akademia Piłkarska Lotos Gdańsk from 2020 to 2022.

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