FC Carl Zeiss Jena (women)

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FC Carl Zeiss Jena
Logo FC Carl Zeiss Jena.svg
Ground Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld
ChairmanRalf Schmidt-Röh
ManagerChristopher Heck
League 2. Bundesliga
2022–23 8th of 14

FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German women's football club from Jena, Thuringia. The club currently plays in the Bundesliga, the highest level of women's football in Germany.

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Carl Zeiss Jena played regional women's football since 2016/17 but became more prominent, when it merged with FF USV Jena in 2020.

History

HSG Uni Jena, USV Jena, FF USV Jena

Former logo of FF USV Jena FF USV Jena logo.svg
Former logo of FF USV Jena

After becoming the last East German women's football champion in 1991, Uni Jena was admitted to the Bundesliga after the reunification of Germany. They were relegated after one season and have remained in the 2nd tier league (then Regionalliga, later 2nd Bundesliga) since then. In 2003 Jena became champions of the northeastern Regionalliga but failed to achieve promotion to the Bundesliga. The decisive match was lost at home against Hamburger SV. A year later they qualified for the newly founded 2nd Bundesliga and were grouped into the southern division.

In 2004 a new women's club was founded, so the USV Jena became the FF USV Jena (FF for Frauenfußball, women's football) [1]

In 2005 and 2006 they came in third, in 2007 even in second place. In the 2007–08 season, Jena finished first in the 2nd Bundesliga Süd and got promoted to the Bundesliga. In 2008–09 the managed a 9th place and improved to an 8th place the next season. The team's biggest success was reaching the final of the 2009–10 Frauen DFB-Pokal, where they lost 0–1 to FCR 2001 Duisburg.[ citation needed ]

From 1 July 2020 on, the club will play under a new name, after agreeing to a merger with the men's football club FC Carl Zeiss Jena. [2]

Carl Zeiss's women's section

Carl Zeiss entered a women's team in the Thüringenliga, the 4th level, for the first time in the 2017/18 season. It remained in that league for three years, finishing first eventually. [3] The team was created by transferring over USV Jena III. USV Jena kept their first two teams.

Merger with Carl Zeiss

After the 2019/20 season FF USV Jena, transferred all their teams to FC Carl Zeiss Jena, in order to combine forces and benefit of the larger club with its image. [4]

Current squad

As of 20 September 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Mailin Wichmann
4 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Denise Landmann
6 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Sophie Walter
7 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Samira Sahraoui
8 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Annkathrin Büchner
9 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Josephine Bonsu
11 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Hannah Mesch
13 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Julia Arnold
14 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Anja Heuschkel
15 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Svenja Paulsen
No.Pos.NationPlayer
16 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Lisa Gora
17 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Nicole Woldmann
18 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Annika Graser
20 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Luca Birkholz
21 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Anna Weiß
22 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Any Adam
23 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Jolie Huhn
24 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Laura Kiontke
25 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Karla Görlitz
26 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Tina Kremlichka
29 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Annalena Breitenbach
30 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Sarah Hornschurch

Staff

Former notable players

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References

  1. ↑ "Interview mit Heidi Vater vom FF USV Jena".
  2. ↑ "FF USV schließt sich FC Carl Zeiss Jena an". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "Chronik – FC Carl Zeiss Jena – Frauen-Thüringenliga 19/20 – FuPa".
  4. ↑ "USV Jena: Abstieg und Aufbruch | MDR.DE". www.mdr.de. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020.


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