Science City Jena is a

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club based in

Jena Jena (; ) is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in Germany and the second largest city in Thuringia. Together with the nearby cities of Erfurt and Weimar, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 in ...

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that plays in the

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. Their home court is the Sparkassen Arena, which seats 3,000. Their current head coach is Björn Harmsen. The team was known as Erdgas Baskets Jena through the 2006 season, then as POM Baskets Jena, then Science City Jena in 2007.SCIENCE CITY JENA (GER-1.BUNDESLIGA) MEN
/ref> After being renamed to Medipolis SC Jena in 2021 due to sponsoring reasons, the name Science City Jena was again used from the 2024/25 season on. In the 2015–16 season, they won their first

title and promoted to the Bundesliga.

History

Although never a big sport in the former

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, basketball was played in Jena since the 1960s. In 1994, a new basketball program was found in the "Turn- und Sportverein (TuS) Jena". Starting in the lower divisions the club gained promotion to the second division (2. Liga Süd) in 2001. Once established in professional sports the club started to become a basketball only organization with the founding of the Baskets Jena GmbH which now holds the license. The biggest success so far has been the promotion to the 1st division ( BBL) in 2007. The stay in the top league lasted only one year with the club finishing last after an eventful year. With the promotion, the team switched to the bigger "JenArena" which allowed attendances up to 3.000 in a temporary construction. Financial difficulties in maintaining the "JenArena" led to a return to the gym "Werner-Seelenbinder-Halle". In the 2015–16 season, Jena won the

championship by beating SC Rasta Vechta in the Finals and was promoted back to the Bundesliga. In 2021, the team changed its name from Science City Jena to Medipolis SC Jena. For the 2024/25, the team changed its name back to Science City Jena.

Honours

:Champions: 2015–16

Season by season

Players

Current roster

Notable players

Johannes Voigtmann Johannes "Jo" Voigtmann (born 30 September 1992) is a German professional basketball player for Bayern Munich of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague. He is also a member of the senior German national team. He is 2.11 m ta ...

* Mark Davis * Julius Jenkins * Immanuel McElroy * Kyle Weaver * Ike Iroegbu

References

External links

* {{Authority control Basketball teams established in 1994 Basketball teams in Germany Sport in Jena