Science City Jena

Science City Jena
Science City Jena
Leagues	ProA
Founded	1994; 30 years ago
History	TuS Jena; 1994–2002; Baskets Jena; 2002–2007; Science City Jena; 2007–2021; Medipolis SC Jena; 2021-2024; Science City Jena; 2024-present
Arena	Sparkassen Arena
Capacity	3,000
Location	Jena, Germany
President	Dietmar Bendix
Head coach	Björn Harmsen
Championships	1 ProA
Website	www.baskets-jena.de
Home	Away

Science City Jena^[1] is a basketball club based in Jena, Germany that plays in the ProA. 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.^[2] After being renamed to Medipolis SC Jena in 2021^[3] due to sponsoring reasons, the name Science City Jena was again used from the 2024/25 season on.^[4] 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.^[5]

In 2021, the team changed its name from Science City Jena to Medipolis SC Jena.^[6]

For the 2024/25, the team changed its name back to Science City Jena.^[7]

Honours

ProA

Champions: 2015–16

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Cup
2013–14	2	ProA	5th
2014–15	2	ProA	5th
2015–16	2	ProA	1st
2016–17	1	Bundesliga	13th
2017–18	1	Bundesliga	13th
2018–19	1	Bundesliga	18th	Quarterfinals
2019–20	2	ProA	4th
2020-21	2	ProA	4th
2021–22	2	ProA	3rd
2022–23	2	ProA	15th
2023–24	2	ProA	5th
2024–25	2	ProA	5th	First round

Players

Current roster

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

Medipolis SC Jena roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
C	1	Morgan, Raymar	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	36 – (1988-08-08)8 August 1988
G	2	Falkental, Raphael	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	19 – (2005-06-17)17 June 2005
G	3	Cooks, Zach	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	71 kg (157 lb)	25 – (1999-04-03)3 April 1999
G	5	Carter, Christopher John	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	32 – (1992-05-07)7 May 1992
F	8	Christen, Robin	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	33 – (1991-04-19)19 April 1991
C	11	Lodders, Robin	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	107 kg (236 lb)	29 – (1994-11-30)30 November 1994
F	23	Moore, Rasheed	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	107 kg (236 lb)	29 – (1995-05-13)13 May 1995
F	25	Bank, Lorenz	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	23 – (2001-04-06)6 April 2001
PF	35	Haukohl, Stephan	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	101 kg (223 lb)	31 – (1993-06-27)27 June 1993
G	36	Krause, Kristofer	190 m (623 ft 4 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	24 – (2000-03-06)6 March 2000
C	41	Herrera, Alex	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	112 kg (247 lb)	32 – (1992-08-15)15 August 1992

Head coach

Björn Harmsen

Assistant coach(es)

Kendall Chones

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: September 17, 2024

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.