Medipolis SC Jena

Medipolis SC Jena
Leagues	ProA
Founded	1994 (1994)
History	TuS Jena 1994–2002 Baskets Jena 2002–2007 Science City Jena 2007–2021 Medipolis SC Jena 2021-present
Arena	Sparkassen Arena
Capacity	3,000
Location	Jena, Germany
Main sponsor	Medipolis
President	Dietmar Bendix
Championships	1 ProA
Website	www.baskets-jena.de
Home Away

Medipolis SC Jena 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 Dominik Reinboth.

The team was known as Erdgas Baskets Jena through the 2006 season, then as POM Baskets Jena, then Science City Jena in 2007. 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.

Honours

• ProA

Champions: 2015–16

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	European competitions
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

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. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 1 Lacy, DaVonté 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 31 – (1993-03-21)21 March 1993 G/F 2 Kazadi, Jonathan 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 33 – (1991-06-09)9 June 1991 G 5 Brauner, Nico 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 29 – (1994-11-01)1 November 1994 G 11 Simmons, Rayshawn 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 30 – (1993-09-25)25 September 1993 F/C 13 Chapman, Clint 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 35 – (1989-03-06)6 March 1989 C 21 Alberton Rodrigues, Rafael 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) 117 kg (258 lb) 23 – (2001-02-12)12 February 2001 F 25 Bank, Lorenz 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 23 – (2001-04-06)6 April 2001 SF 33 Thomas, Brandon 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 40 – (1984-08-17)17 August 1984 PF 35 Haukohl, Stephan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 31 – (1993-06-27)27 June 1993 C 41 Herrera, Alex 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 112 kg (247 lb) 32 – (1992-08-15)15 August 1992 PG 44 Radojičić, Vuk 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 23 – (2001-06-29)29 June 2001	Head coach Dominik Reinboth Assistant coach(es) Alexander Osipovitch Felix Hilgart Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: July 11, 2022

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.

• Johannes Voigtmann
• Mark Davis
• Julius Jenkins
• Immanuel McElroy
• Kyle Weaver
• Ike Iroegbu

External links

• Official website