Science City Jena is a German professional basketball club based in Jena, Germany. The team plays in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the highest tier in Germany. Their home court is the Sparkassen Arena, which seats 3,000.
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 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 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.
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 ProA Champions: 2015–16
Season by season SeasonTierLeagueCupEuropean competitions2013–142 ProA 5th 2014–152 ProA 5th 2015–162 ProA 1st 2016–171 Bundesliga13th 2017–181 Bundesliga13th 2018–191 Bundesliga18th Quarterfinals 2019–202 ProA4th 2020–212 ProA4th 2021–222 ProA3rd 2022–232 ProA15th 2023–242 ProA5th 2024–252 ProA 2nd First round 2025–261 Bundesliga 16th Quarterfinals2026–271 Bundesliga First round
Players Current roster
Notable players
Mark Davis Ike Iroegbu Julius Jenkins Immanuel McElroy Adam Pecháček Johannes Voigtmann Kyle Weaver
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