Mitteldeutscher BC
Professional basketball team in Weißenfels, Germany
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Mitteldeutscher Basketball Club (English: Central German Basketball Club), for sponsorship reasons named SYNTAINICS MBC, and commonly known as simply MBC, is a professional basketball club based in Weißenfels, Germany. The club currently plays in the Basketball Bundesliga, the first tier league in Germany.
1958–1999
Mitteldeutscher BC
1999–present
| SYNTAINICS MBC | |||
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| Nickname | MBC | ||
| Leagues | Basketball Bundesliga | ||
| Founded | 1958 | ||
| History | SSV Einheit Weißenfels 1958–1999 Mitteldeutscher BC 1999–present | ||
| Arena | Stadthalle Weißenfels | ||
| Capacity | 3,000 | ||
| Location | Weißenfels, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany | ||
| Team colors | Orange and Blue | ||
| President | Jörg Hexel | ||
| Team manager | Martin Geissler | ||
| Head coach | Milenko Bogićević | ||
| Championships | 1 FIBA EuroCup Challenge 1 German Cup 3 ProA | ||
| Website | syntainics-mbc.de | ||
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MBC has won the BBL-Pokal in 2025, its first national trophy, as well as the FIBA EuroCup Challenge in 2004.
History
The club was founded as SSV Einheit Weißenfels in 1958 and has played in the Basketball Bundesliga since the 1999–2000 season. In 2003-04, Mitteldeutscher won the FIBA EuroCup Challenge, defeating JDA Dijon Basket in the Final. Later that season, however, the team filed for bankruptcy and the league relegated the team to the Regionalliga (third division).[1]
MBC won promotion to the second division after the 2004–05 season and earned promotion back to the Basketball Bundesliga after the 2008–09 season. In 2010 and 2016 the team relegated again, but promoted back the next season both times.
In the 2024–25 season, MBC won its first national trophy when they captured the BBL-Pokal, after defeating favored Bayern Munich and Bamberg in the final four, which was hosted in Weißenfels. Michael Devoe scored 27 points in the final and was named the tournament MVP. MBC became the first team from the new states of Germany to win the Cup title.[2]
Honours
Team
Current roster
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Individual awards
- Wayne Bernard: 2008
- Arizona Reid: 2012
Notable players
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Mithat Demirel- Misan Nikagbatse
- Akeem Vargas
Vassil Evtimov
Kaza Kajami-Keane- Adika Peter-McNeilly
Bazoumana Koné
Filip Bundović
Kevin Larsen
Antti Nikkilä- Perttu Blomgren
Manuchar Markoishvili- Giorgi Gamqrelidze
Behnam Yakhchali
Hörður Axel Vilhjálmsson
Martynas Andriuškevičius- Marijonas Petravičius
- Mindaugas Timinskas
Mārtiņš Meiers
Ade Dagunduro- Michael Gbinije
Christian Standhardinger
Jakub Garbacz
Patrick Richard
Stefan Birčević- Jovan Novak
- Nikola Rebić
Martin Breunig
Wendell Alexis- Cat Barber
- Michael Devoe
- Vince Edwards
- Jordan Sibert
- Khyri Thomas
Season by season
| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | W–L | German Cup | European competitions | ||||
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| 1997–98 | 2 | 2. BBL | 6th | |||||||
| 1998–99 | 2 | 2. BBL | 2nd | |||||||
| 1999–00 | 1 | Bundesliga | 6th | |||||||
| 2000–01 | 1 | Bundesliga | 7th | 3 Korać Cup | ER2 | 1–1 | ||||
| 2001–02 | 1 | Bundesliga | 13th | North European Basketball League | Regular season | |||||
| 2002–03 | 1 | Bundesliga | 11th | |||||||
| 2003–04 | 1 | Bundesliga | 12th[a] | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | C | 10–0 | ||||
| 2004–05 | 3 | Oberliga | 1st | |||||||
| 2005–06 | 2 | 2. BBL | 2nd | |||||||
| 2006–07 | 2 | 2. BBL | 2nd | |||||||
| 2007–08 | 2 | ProA | 5th | |||||||
| 2008–09 | 2 | ProA | 1st | |||||||
| 2009–10 | 1 | Bundesliga | 10th | 18–16 |
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| 2010–11 | 1 | Bundesliga | 17th | 8–26 |
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| 2011–12 | 2 | ProA | 1st | |||||||
| 2012–13 | 1 | Bundesliga | 16th | 13–21 |
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| 2013–14 | 1 | Bundesliga | 9th | 16–18 |
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| 2014–15 | 1 | Bundesliga | 12th | 14–20 |
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| 2015–16 | 1 | Bundesliga | 17th | 9–25 |
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| 2016–17 | 2 | ProA | 1st | 35–3 |
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| 2017–18 | 1 | Bundesliga | 15th | 10–24 |
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| 2018–19 | 1 | Bundesliga | 15th | 10–24 |
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| 2019–20 | 1 | Bundesliga | 16th | 3–17 |
Quarterfinals | |||||
| 2020–21 | 1 | Bundesliga | 15th | 9–25 |
Group stage | |||||
| 2021–22 | 1 | Bundesliga | 16th | 11–23 |
Round of 16 | |||||
| 2022–23 | 1 | Bundesliga | 16th | 11–23 | Round of 16 | |||||
| 2023–24 | 1 | Bundesliga | 13th | 11–23 | Quarterfinals | |||||
| 2024–25 | 1 | Bundesliga | 8th | 17–15 | Champions | |||||
| 2025–26 | 1 | Bundesliga | Round of 16 | R Europeaon North Basketball League | R16 | 7-1 | ||||
- Relegated due to its financial trouble.
