Science City Jena

Science City Jena
Leagues	Basketball Bundesliga
Founded	1994; 32 years ago (1994)
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
Team colors	Blue, orange, yellow, white
President	Dietmar Bendix
Head coach	Steven Esterkamp
Affiliation	Culture City Weimar
Championships	1 2. Basketball Bundesliga South (2007) 1 ProA (2016)
Website	www.baskets-jena.de
Home Away Third

Science City Jena is a 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. 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

Players

Current roster

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

Science City Jena roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G 0 Bader, Maxim 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 18 – (2008-04-24)24 April 2008 SF 1 Brooks II, Pierre 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 23 – (2002-12-20)20 December 2002 G 2 Falkenthal, Raphael 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 21 – (2005-06-17)17 June 2005 SG 3 Baker Jr., Jemarl 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 28 – (1998-06-12)12 June 1998 G/F 5 Edwards Jr., Terrence 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 24 – (2002-02-20)20 February 2002 F 8 Christen, Robin 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 35 – (1991-04-19)19 April 1991 F 10 Skladanowski, Christian 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 22 – (2004-04-19)19 April 2004 PG 11 Moses, Isaiah 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 24 – (2001-11-19)19 November 2001 G/F 15 Anim, Sacar 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 29 – (1997-09-19)19 September 1997 PF 24 Stuckman, Tanner 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 28 – (1997-12-05)5 December 1997 SF 25 Bank, Lorenz 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 25 – (2001-04-06)6 April 2001 G 36 Krause, Kristofer 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 26 – (2000-03-06)6 March 2000 C 41 Herrera, Alex 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 112 kg (247 lb) 34 – (1992-08-15)15 August 1992 F/C 44 Lee, Ira 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 28 – (1998-03-19)19 March 1998 SF 77 Biel, Daniel 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 19 – (2007-09-14)14 September 2007	Head coach Steven Esterkamp Assistant coach(es) Patrick Carney Dominik Günthner Physiotherapist(s) Detlef Stanek Matthias Passarge Sara Dulle Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: September 30, 2026

References

External links

• Official website