Science City Jena

Science City Jena
Leagues	Basketball Bundesliga
Founded	1994
Arena	Sparkassen Arena
Arena Capacity	3,000
Location	Jena, Germany
Team colors	Blue, White
Championships	1 ProA
Website	www.baskets-jena.de
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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.

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 (1): 2015–16

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Postseason	European competitions
2013–14	2	ProA	5	Promotion playoffs	–
2014–15	2	ProA	4	Promotion playoffs	–
2015–16	1	ProA	2	Promoted	–

Notable players

• Johannes Voigtmann
• Mark Davis

References