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{{Short description|Professional basketball team in Weißenfels, Germany}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
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| name            = SYNTAINICS MBC
| color1          = white
| color2          = #FD6400
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| logo            = MBC logo 2019.png
| image_size      =  
| nickname        = MBC
| leagues         = [[Basketball Bundesliga]]
| founded         = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1958}}
| dissolved       = 
| history         = '''SSV Einheit Weißenfels'''<br>1958–1999<br>'''Mitteldeutscher BC'''<br>1999–present
| arena           = Stadthalle Weißenfels
| capacity        = 3,000
| location        = [[Weißenfels]], [[Saxony-Anhalt]], [[Germany]]
| colors          = Orange and Blue<br>{{color box|#FD6400}} {{color box|#005395}}
| current         = 
| sponsor         = 
| president       = Jörg Hexel
| vice-presidents = 
| manager         = Martin Geissler 
| coach           = [[Jānis Gailītis]]
| ownership       = 
| championships   = '''1''' [[FIBA EuroCup Challenge]]<br>'''1''' [[BBL-Pokal|German Cup]]<br>'''3''' [[ProA]]
| website         =  [http://www.syntainics-mbc.de syntainics-mbc.de]
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'''Mitteldeutscher Basketball Club''' ({{langx|en|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.

MBC has won the [[BBL-Pokal]] in 2025, its first national trophy, as well as the [[FIBA EuroCup Challenge]] in 2004.

==History==
[[File:Mitteldeutscher BC logo.png|200px|thumb|right|MBC logo used until 2019]]
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).<ref>[http://www.sportgericht.de/sportrecht-newstext-3452-.html MBC nur noch Regionalligist {{in lang|de}}] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120911070915/http://www.sportgericht.de/sportrecht-newstext-3452-.html |date=11 September 2012 }} (16 July 2004)</ref>

MBC won promotion to the [[2. Basketball Bundesliga|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 [[FC Bayern Munich (basketball)|Bayern Munich]] and [[Brose Bamberg|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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-16 |title=Pokal-Sensation! Historischer Coup sorgt für Tränen |url=https://www.sport1.de/news/basketball/bbl-pokal/2025/02/heimsieg-in-weissenfels-gastgeber-mbc-erstmals-bbl-pokalsieger |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=SPORT1 |language=de}}</ref>

==Honours==
*'''[[ProA]] (German 2nd Division)''':
:'''Champions:''' 2008–09, 2011–12, [[2016–17 ProA|2016–17]]
*'''[[FIBA EuroCup Challenge|FIBA Europe Cup / FIBA EuroCup Challenge]]''':
:'''Champions:''' [[2003–04 FIBA Europe Cup|2003–04]]
*'''[[BBL-Pokal]]''':
:'''Champions:''' [[2024–25 BBL-Pokal|2024–25]]

==Team==
{{See also|Category:Mitteldeutscher BC players}}

===Current roster===
{{Basketball roster header|team=Mitteldeutscher BC
| age = n
| wt = n }}
<!-- list of players -->
{{player3 | num = 4 | nat = GER |first = Ilias     | last = Amin         | pos = PG| m = 1.92 | year = 2006 | month = 06 | date = 25 }}
{{player3 | num = 11| nat = GER |first = Akeem     | last = Vargas       | pos = GF| m = 1.92 | year = 1990 | month = 04 | date = 29 }}
{{player3 | num = 54| nat = GER |first = John      | last = Bryant       | pos = C | m = 2.11 | year = 1987 | month = 06 | date = 13 | dab = basketball}}
{{player3 | num =   | nat = USA |first = R.J.      | last = Gunn         | pos = GF| m = 2.01 | year = 1999 | month = 08 | date = 24 }}
{{player3 | num =   | nat = CRO |first = Krešimir  | last = Nikić        | pos = C | m = 2.13 | year = 1999 | month = 04 | date = 16 }}
{{player3 | num =   | nat = USA |first = Marcus    | last = Foster       | pos = G | m = 1.93 | year = 2002 | month = 01 | date = 06 | dab = basketball, born 2002}}
{{player3 | num =   | nat = GER |first = Collin    | last = Welp         | pos = PF| m = 2.05 | year = 1998 | month = 12 | date = 15 }}
<!-- end list of players -->
{{Basketball roster footer
| head_coach =
*{{flagicon|ITA|size=20px}} Marco Ramondino
| asst_coach = 
*{{flagicon|CRO|size=20px}} Aleksandar Šćepanović
*{{flagicon|GER|size=20px}} Christopher Schreiber
| roster_url = https://syntainics-mbc.de/team/
| accessdate = June 23, 2025
}}

===Individual awards===
;[[ProA#Awards|ProA MVP]]
*Wayne Bernard: 2008
*[[Arizona Reid]]: 2012

===Notable players===
{{Basketball notable players criteria}}

[[File:2021-04-13 Basketball, easyCredit Basketball-Bundesliga, Syntainics MBC - BG Göttingen 1DX 2061 by Stepro.jpg|thumb|240px|[[Quinton Hooker]]]]
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Mithat Demirel]]
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Misan Nikagbatse]]
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Antti Nikkilä]]
*{{flagicon|GEO}} [[Manuchar Markoishvili]]
*{{flagicon|GEO}} [[Giorgi Gamqrelidze]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Martynas Andriuškevičius]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Marijonas Petravičius]]
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Mindaugas Timinskas]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Wendell Alexis]]

==Season by season==
{|  class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%"
!Season
!Tier
!League
!{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position after regular season}}
!{{Tooltip|W–L|Wins–Losses}}
![[BBL-Pokal|German Cup]]
!colspan=3|European competitions
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|1997–98
| align="center"|2
| [[ProA|2. BBL]]
| align="center"| {{Tooltip|6th|Group North}}
| 
| 
| colspan=3 |
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|1998–99
| align="center"|2
| 2. BBL
| style="background:#BBF3BB" align="center"|2nd
|
| 
| colspan=3 |
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|1999–00
| align="center"|1
| [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
| align="center"| 6th
|
| 
| colspan=3 |
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|2000–01
| align="center"|1
| Bundesliga
| align="center"| 7th
|
| 
| <small>'''3'''</small> [[2000–01 FIBA Korać Cup|Korać Cup]] || {{center|{{Tooltip|ER2|Elimination round 2}}}} || {{center|1–1}}
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|2001–02
| align="center"|1
| Bundesliga
| align="center" bgcolor=#fcc| 13th
|
| 
| colspan=3 |
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|2002–03
| align="center"|1
| Bundesliga
| align="center"| 11th
|
| 
| colspan=3 |
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|2003–04
| align="center"|1
| Bundesliga
| align="center"| 12th{{efn|Relegated due to its financial trouble.}}
|
| 
| <small>'''4''' </small> [[2003–04 FIBA Europe Cup|FIBA Europe Cup]] || bgcolor=gold | {{center|{{Tooltip|C|Champion}}}} || {{center|10–0}}
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|2004–05
| align="center"|3
| Oberliga
| style="background:#BBF3BB" align="center"|1st
|
| 
| colspan=3|
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|2005–06
| align="center"|2
| 2. BBL
| align="center"| {{Tooltip|2nd|Group North}}
|  
| 
| colspan=3|
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|2006–07
| align="center"|2
| 2. BBL
|   align="center"| {{Tooltip|2nd|Group North}}
|  
| 
| colspan=3|
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|2007–08
| align="center"|2
| [[ProA]]
| align="center"| 5th
| 
| 
| colspan=3|
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|2008–09
| align="center"|2
| ProA
| style="background:#BBF3BB" align="center"|1st
|
| 
| colspan=3|
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[Basketball Bundesliga 2009–10|2009–10]]
| align="center"|1
| Bundesliga
| align="center"| 10th
|{{center|18–16}}
| 
| colspan=3|
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[Basketball Bundesliga 2010–11|2010–11]]
| align="center"|1
| Bundesliga
| align="center" bgcolor=#fcc| 17th
|{{center|8–26}}
| 
| colspan=3|
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|2011–12
| align="center"|2
| ProA
| style="background:#BBF3BB" align="center"|1st
|
| 
| colspan=3|
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[Basketball Bundesliga 2012–13|2012–13]]
| align="center"|1
| Bundesliga
| align="center"| 16th
|{{center|13–21}}
| 
| colspan=3|
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[Basketball Bundesliga 2013–14|2013–14]]
| align="center"|1
| Bundesliga
| align="center"| 9th
|{{center|16–18}}
| 
| colspan=3|
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2014–15 Basketball Bundesliga|2014–15]]
| align="center"|1
| Bundesliga
| align="center"| 12th
| {{center|14–20}}
| 
| colspan=3|
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2015–16 Basketball Bundesliga|2015–16]]
| align="center"|1
| Bundesliga
| align="center" bgcolor=#fcc| 17th
|{{center|9–25}}
| 
| colspan=3|
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2016–17 ProA|2016–17]]
| align="center"  |2
| ProA
| style="background:#BBF3BB" align="center"|1st
|{{center|35–3}}
| 
| colspan=3|
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2017–18 Basketball Bundesliga|2017–18]]
| align="center"|1
| Bundesliga
| align="center"| 15th
|{{center|10–24}}
| 
| colspan=3|
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2018–19 Basketball Bundesliga|2018–19]]
| align="center"|1
| Bundesliga
| align="center"| 15th
|{{center|10–24}}
| 
| colspan=3|
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2019–20 Basketball Bundesliga|2019–20]]
| align="center"|1
| Bundesliga
| align="center"|16th
| {{center|3–17}}
| [[2019–20 BBL-Pokal|Quarterfinals]]
| colspan=3|
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2020–21 Basketball Bundesliga|2020–21]]
| align="center"|1
| Bundesliga
| align="center"|15th
| {{center|9–25}}
| [[2020 BBL-Pokal|Group stage]]
| colspan=3|
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2021–22 Basketball Bundesliga|2021–22]]
| align="center"|1
| Bundesliga
| align="center"|16th
| {{center|11–23}}
| [[2021–22 BBL-Pokal|Round of 16]]
| colspan=3|
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2022–23 Basketball Bundesliga|2022–23]]
| align="center"|1
| Bundesliga
| align="center"|16th
| align="center"|11–23
| [[2022–23 BBL-Pokal|Round of 16]]
| colspan=3|
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2023–24 Basketball Bundesliga|2023–24]]
| align="center"|1
| Bundesliga
| align="center"|13th
| align="center"|11–23
| [[2023–24 BBL-Pokal|Quarterfinals]]
| colspan=3|
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2024–25 Basketball Bundesliga|2024–25]]
| align="center"|1
| Bundesliga
| align="center"|8th
| align="center"|17–15
| bgcolor=gold|[[2024–25 BBL-Pokal|Champions]]
| colspan=3|
|}
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
*{{Official website}}

{{Basketball Bundesliga}}
{{Mitteldeutscher BC current roster}}
{{Mitteldeutscher BC 2003–04 FIBA Europe Cup champions}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mitteldeutscher BC}}
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