Science City Jena

Science City Jena 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 Björn Harmsen.

Science City Jena
Leagues	ProA
Founded	1994
History	TuS Jena 1994–2002 Baskets Jena 2002–2007 Science City Jena 2007–present
Arena	Sparkassen Arena
Capacity	3,000
Location	Jena, Germany
Championships	1 ProA
Website	www.baskets-jena.de
Home Away

The team was known as erdgas baskets Jena through the 2006 season, then as POM baskets Jena, and took their current name in 2007[1] 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.[2]

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 nationality not displayed.

Science City Jena roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G 0 Holland, Demarcus 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 26 – 2 March 1994 SG 2 Nawrocki, Dennis 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 28 – 18 December 1992 PF 10 Wolf, Julius 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 28 – 26 January 1993 F/C 11 Lodders, Robin 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 26 – 30 November 1994 PF 12 Jostmann, Melvin 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 20 – 12 July 2000 SF 17 Ferner, Joschka 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 25 – 5 January 1996 C 20 Smith, Andrew 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 28 – 14 December 1992 G/F 24 Vest, Matt 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 28 – 17 September 1992 F 25 Bank, Lorenz 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 19 – 6 April 2001 PG 33 Heber, Jan 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 22 – 14 November 1998 PF 35 Haukohl, Stephan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 27 – 27 June 1993 PG 44 Radojičić, Vuk 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 19 – 29 June 2001	Head coach Frank Menz Assistant coach(es) Steven Clauss Felix Hilgart Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: October 13, 2020

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.

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

References

1. SCIENCE CITY JENA (GER-1.BUNDESLIGA) MEN
2. "ProA Meister 2015/16: Science City Jena". Schoenen-dunk.de. 8 May 2016.

External links

• Official website