# Mitteldeutscher BC

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.
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).
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.

## Honours

* ProA:
    Champions: 2008–09, 2011–12, 2016–17
* FIBA Europe Cup:
    Champions: 2003–04
* BBL-Pokal:
    Champions: 2024–25

## Team
### Individual awards
#### ProA MVP

* 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.
* Criteria
* To appear in this section a player must have either:
* Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
* Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
* Played at least one official NBA match at any time.
* Mithat Demirel
* Misan Nikagbatse
* Antti Nikkilä
* Manuchar Markoishvili
* Giorgi Gamqrelidze
* Martynas Andriuškevičius
* Marijonas Petravičius
* Mindaugas Timinskas
* Wendell Alexis

## Season by season

| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | W–L | German Cup | European competitions | European competitions | European competitions |
| 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 | | | | | |
| 2002–03 | 1 | Bundesliga | 11th | | | | | |
| 2003–04 | 1 | Bundesliga | 12th | | | 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 | | | | |
| 2010–11 | 1 | Bundesliga | 17th | 8–26 | | | | |
| 2011–12 | 2 | ProA | 1st | | | | | |
| 2012–13 | 1 | Bundesliga | 16th | 13–21 | | | | |
| 2013–14 | 1 | Bundesliga | 9th | 16–18 | | | | |
| 2014–15 | 1 | Bundesliga | 12th | 14–20 | | | | |
| 2015–16 | 1 | Bundesliga | 17th | 9–25 | | | | |
| 2016–17 | 2 | ProA | 1st | 35–3 | | | | |
| 2017–18 | 1 | Bundesliga | 15th | 10–24 | | | | |
| 2018–19 | 1 | Bundesliga | 15th | 10–24 | | | | |
| 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 | | | Champions | | | |
* ↑ Relegated due to its financial trouble.