Medipolis SC Jena

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Medipolis SC Jena
MedipolisSC Jena.png
Leagues ProA
Founded1994;28 years ago (1994)
HistoryTuS Jena
1994–2002
Baskets Jena
2002–2007
Science City Jena
2007–2021
Medipolis SC Jena
2021-present
Arena Sparkassen Arena
Capacity3,000
Location Jena, Germany
Main sponsorMedipolis
PresidentDietmar Bendix
Championships1 ProA
Website www.baskets-jena.de

Medipolis SC Jena [1] is a basketball club based in Jena, Germany that plays in the Basketball Bundesliga. Their home court is the Sparkassen Arena, which seats 3,000. Their current head coach is Dominik Reinboth.

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The team was known as Erdgas Baskets Jena through the 2006 season, then as POM Baskets Jena, then Science City Jena in 2007. [2] In the 2015–16 season, they won their first ProA title and promoted to the Bundesliga.

History

Although never a big sport in the former East Germany, 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 ProA championship by beating SC Rasta Vechta in the Finals and was promoted back to the Bundesliga. [3]

In 2021, the team changed its name from Science City Jena to Medipolis SC Jena. [4]

Honours

Champions: 2015–16

Season by season

SeasonTierLeaguePos.European competitions
2013–14 2 ProA 5th
2014–15 2 ProA 5th
2015–162 ProA 1st
2016–17 1 Bundesliga 13th
2017–18 1 Bundesliga 13th
2018–19 1 Bundesliga 18th

Players

Current roster

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

Medipolis SC Jena roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
SG 1 Flag of the United States.svg Lacy, DaVonté 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)93 kg (205 lb)29 – (1993-03-21)21 March 1993
G/F 2 Flag of Switzerland.svg Kazadi, Jonathan 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)88 kg (194 lb)31 – (1991-06-09)9 June 1991
G 5 Flag of Germany.svg Brauner, Nico 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)70 kg (154 lb)27 – (1994-11-01)1 November 1994
G 11 Flag of the United States.svg Simmons, Rayshawn 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)84 kg (185 lb)28 – (1993-09-25)25 September 1993
F/C 13 Flag of the United States.svg Chapman, Clint 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)111 kg (245 lb)33 – (1989-03-06)6 March 1989
SG 16 Flag of Germany.svg Plescher, Moritz 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)89 kg (196 lb)21 – (2000-10-04)4 October 2000
C 21 Flag of Brazil.svg Alberton Rodrigues, Rafael 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in)117 kg (258 lb)21 – (2001-02-12)12 February 2001
F 25 Flag of Germany.svg Bank, Lorenz 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)91 kg (201 lb)21 – (2001-04-06)6 April 2001
SF 33 Flag of the United States.svg Thomas, Brandon 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)97 kg (214 lb)37 – (1984-08-17)17 August 1984
PF 35 Flag of Germany.svg Haukohl, Stephan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)101 kg (223 lb)29 – (1993-06-27)27 June 1993
C 41 Flag of the United States.svg Herrera, Alex 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)112 kg (247 lb)29 – (1992-08-15)15 August 1992
PG 44 Flag of Serbia.svg Radojičić, Vuk 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)74 kg (163 lb)21 – (2001-06-29)29 June 2001
Head coach
  • Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Reinboth
Assistant coach(es)
  • Flag of Belarus.svg Alexander Osipovitch
  • Flag of Germany.svg Felix Hilgart
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
Updated: July 11, 2022

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality 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.

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References

  1. ↑ "Home: baskets-jena.de". baskets-jena.de. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  2. ↑ SCIENCE CITY JENA (GER-1.BUNDESLIGA) MEN
  3. ↑ "ProA Meister 2015/16: Science City Jena". Schoenen-dunk.de. 8 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Neuer Name, neues Logo: Aus Science City Jena wird Medipolis SC Jena" (in German). Medipolis SC Jena. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
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