USC Heidelberg

MLP Academics Heidelberg
League	Basketball Bundesliga
Founded	1952 (1952)
History	TB Heidelberg (1947–1953) USC Heidelberg (1953–2012) MLP Academics Heidelberg (2012–present)
Arena	SNP Dome
Capacity	5,000
Location	Heidelberg, Germany
Team colors	Navy, White, Gold
Head coach	Joonas Iisalo
Championships	13 German Championships 2 German Cups 1 ProA
Website	mlp-academics-heidelberg.de
Home Away

USC Heidelberg, for sponsorship reasons named MLP Academics Heidelberg, is a professional basketball club from Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The club's men's senior team currently plays in the German first division Basketball Bundesliga since its promotion in 2021. The team has won thirteen German championships in its history, the last being in 1977.

History

The team was dominant in the 1950s and 1960s, as well as in the West German Basketball League, winning a total of 13 German championships (1948, 1951–1953, 1957–1962, 1966, 1973, 1977).

In the 2020–21 season, Heidelberg won its first-ever ProA championship and gained promotion to the first level Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).

Logos and names

• The original USC Heidelberg logo
  The original USC Heidelberg logo

• TB Heidelberg (1947–1953)
• USC Heidelberg (1953–present)
• MLP Academics Heidelberg (2012–present)

Arenas

Outside view of the SNP Dome

During the majority of the club's existence, Heidelberg played at the Olympiastützpunkt Rhein-Neckar, where it was based from 1972. In 2021, the club entered the newly built SNP Dome, which has a capacity of 5,000 spectators. On 25 March 2021, the inaugural game in the arena was played against the Eisbären Bremerhaven.

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

MLP Academics Heidelberg roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 1 Herzog, Lukas 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 31 – (1993-02-10)10 February 1993 PG 2 Wuerzner, Niklas 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 30 – (1994-02-02)2 February 1994 SF 3 Coleman, Tim 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 29 – (1995-01-04)4 January 1995 SG 5 Ely, Shy 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 37 – (1987-07-06)6 July 1987 SG 6 Lasisi, Elias 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 32 – (1992-01-09)9 January 1992 F/C 7 Griffin, Bryan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 26 – (1998-04-30)30 April 1998 PF 8 Ugrai, Maximilian 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 29 – (1995-07-28)28 July 1995 SF 10 Kesteloot, Vincent 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 29 – (1995-03-23)23 March 1995 SG 11 Vargas, Akeem 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 34 – (1990-04-29)29 April 1990 F/C 22 Edwardsson, Felix 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 25 – (1999-02-22)22 February 1999 PG 30 Friederici, Leon 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 29 – (1995-03-19)19 March 1995 PG 33 Washington, Eric 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 31 – (1993-06-23)23 June 1993 PF 35 Davis, De’Jon 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 26 – (1998-08-08)8 August 1998	Head coach Joonas Iisalo Assistant coach(es) Hylke van der Zweep Serena Benavente Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: November 13, 2022

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

– Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
– Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.

• Danilo Barthel
• Paul Zipser
• Jaleen Smith

Trophies

• German Champion (13):

Champions (13): 1948, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1965–66, 1972–73, 1976–77

• German Cup

Champions (2): 1977, 1978

• ProA

Champions (1): 2020–21

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	German Cup	European competitions
2021–22	1	Bundesliga	15th
2022–23	1	Bundesliga

External links

• Official website (in German)
• Presentation at eurobasket.com