Science City Jena | |||
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Leagues | ProA | ||
Founded | 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 | ||
President | Dietmar Bendix | ||
Head coach | Björn Harmsen | ||
Championships | 1 ProA | ||
Website | www | ||
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Science City Jena[1] 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 Björn Harmsen.
The team was known as Erdgas Baskets Jena through the 2006 season, then as POM Baskets Jena, then Science City Jena in 2007.[2] After being renamed to Medipolis SC Jena in 2021[3] due to sponsoring reasons, the name Science City Jena was again used from the 2024/25 season on.[4] In the 2015–16 season, they won their first ProA title and promoted to the Bundesliga.