FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German football club based in Jena, Thuringia. Founded in 1903 it was initially associated with the company Carl Zeiss. From the 1960s to the 1980s it was one of the top-ranked clubs in East Germany, won the DDR-Oberliga and the FDGB-Pokal three times each and reached the 1981 European Cup Winners' Cup Final. Since the German reunification in 1990, the club has competed no higher than the second tier. Since the 2021–22 season, Jena is playing in the Regionalliga Nordost.
Jürgen Raab is a German football coach and former player. A midfielder, he spent his entire club career with DDR-Oberliga club Carl Zeiss Jena. At international level, he made 20 appearances or the East Germany scoring twice.
Tino Berbig is a German former football goalkeeper and current coach and official. With VfL Osnabrück he completed in approximately 62 games in the 2. Bundesliga.
Quido Lanzaat is a Dutch former footballer who played as a defender.
Hans Meyer is a German former professional football player and manager.
Alexander Voigt is a German football manager and former player.
Henning Bürger is a German professional football coach and a former player. He is the manager of FC Carl Zeiss Jena. As a player, he spent three seasons in the DDR-Oberliga with FC Carl Zeiss Jena, as well as five seasons in the Bundesliga with FC Schalke 04, 1. FC Saarbrücken, 1. FC Nürnberg, FC St. Pauli, and Eintracht Frankfurt.
Torsten Ziegner is a German former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Salvatore Amirante is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Savona.
René van Eck is a Dutch former professional footballer and current manager of German
Frank Neubarth is a German football manager and former player who spent his whole career with SV Werder Bremen and has since managed FC Schalke 04, Holstein Kiel and FC Carl Zeiss Jena.
Lars Fuchs is a former German footballer who played as a forward. He was most recently the manager of Regionalliga Nordost club Greifswalder FC.
Marc Fascher is a German football manager and former player, who last managed Sportfreunde Lotte.
Soufian Benyamina is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Greifswalder FC.
Michael Gardawski is a German professional footballer who plays as a left midfielder for Regionalliga club Eintracht Hohkeppel.
The 2011–12 3. Liga was the fourth season of the 3. Liga, Germany's third tier of its football league system. The season commenced on 22 July 2011, two weeks earlier than the 2011–12 Bundesliga season and one week after the 2011–12 2. Bundesliga season, and ended with the last games on 5 May 2012. The traditional winter break was held between the weekends around 18 December 2011 and 22 January 2012.
Lutz Lindemann is a German professional football coach and former player. In the top division of East German football, the DDR-Oberliga, he played for FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt and FC Carl Zeiss Jena. After his football career, the former GDR international was, among other things, a coach at FC Erzgebirge Aue and club president at FC Carl Zeiss Jena.
Phillip Tietz is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club FC Augsburg.
Pál "Palkó" Dárdai is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for German 2. Bundesliga club Hertha BSC. Born in Germany, he plays for the Hungary national team.
Jens Bodemer is a German former footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and current manager of Fortuna Billigheim-Ingenheim.
