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
LeaguesProA
Founded1994 (1994)
HistoryTuS Jena
1994–2002
Baskets Jena
2002–2007
Science City Jena
2007–present
ArenaSparkassen Arena
Capacity3,000
LocationJena, Germany
Championships1 ProA
Websitewww.baskets-jena.de

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
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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
G 0 Holland, Demarcus 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 26 – (1994-03-02)2 March 1994
SG 2 Nawrocki, Dennis 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 28 – (1992-12-18)18 December 1992
PF 10 Wolf, Julius 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 28 – (1993-01-26)26 January 1993
F/C 11 Lodders, Robin 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 26 – (1994-11-30)30 November 1994
PF 12 Jostmann, Melvin 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 20 – (2000-07-12)12 July 2000
SF 17 Ferner, Joschka 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 25 – (1996-01-05)5 January 1996
C 20 Smith, Andrew 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 28 – (1992-12-14)14 December 1992
G/F 24 Vest, Matt 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 28 – (1992-09-17)17 September 1992
F 25 Bank, Lorenz 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 19 – (2001-04-06)6 April 2001
PG 33 Heber, Jan 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 22 – (1998-11-14)14 November 1998
PF 35 Haukohl, Stephan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 27 – (1993-06-27)27 June 1993
PG 44 Radojičić, Vuk 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 19 – (2001-06-29)29 June 2001
Head coach
  • Frank Menz
Assistant coach(es)
  • Steven Clauss
  • Felix Hilgart
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
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.

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