FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German football club based in Jena, Thuringia. Formed in 1903 and initially associated with the Carl Zeiss AG factory, they were one of the strongest clubs in East Germany from the 1960s to the 1980s, winning the DDR-Oberliga and the FDGB-Pokal three times each and reaching the 1981 European Cup Winners' Cup Final. Since German reunification in 1990, the club have competed no higher than the second tier. In the 2021–22 season, Jena played in the Regionalliga Nordost.
The 2008–09 3. Liga was the inaugural season for the newly formed tier III of the German football league system. The inaugural game was played on 25 July 2008 between FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt and Dynamo Dresden, ending with a 1–0 win for Dresden. The last games were played on 23 May 2009. 1. FC Union Berlin were the inaugural champions, securing first place on 10 May 2009. Runners-up Fortuna Düsseldorf were also promoted. Third-placed team SC Paderborn 07 played a relegation/promotion play-off against the 16th-placed team from 2. Bundesliga, VfL Osnabrück, winning both games and earning promotion. Kickers Emden, VfR Aalen, and Stuttgarter Kickers were relegated to the Regionalliga.
André Luge is a German footballer who plays as a winger for DJK Vilzing.
Martin Zurawsky is a German footballer who currently plays for VfB Krieschow.
Sebastian Nachreiner is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender.
The 2012–13 Eintracht Braunschweig season is the 118th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13 the club plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. It is the club's second consecutive season in this league, having played at this level since 2011–12, after it was promoted from the 3. Liga in 2011.
Lukas Fröde is a German professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for 3. Liga club FC Ingolstadt 04.
Anthony Barylla is a German professional footballer who plays as a right-back for 3. Liga club Erzgebirge Aue.
Raphael Obermair is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger for 2. Bundesliga club Paderborn 07.
Tom Nattermann is a German footballer who plays as a centre-forward for SV Babelsberg.
Hayri Sevimli is a German former professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Jens Bodemer is a German former footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and current manager of Fortuna Billigheim-Ingenheim.
The 2019–20 MSV Duisburg season was the 120th season in the club's football history. In 2019–20 the club played in the 3. Liga, the third tier of German football.
Filip Bilbija is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for 2. Bundesliga club SC Paderborn.
Patrick Sussek is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for BFC Dynamo.
Thomas Leon Keller is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club 1. FC Heidenheim.
Robin Ziegele is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for 3. Liga club Jahn Regensburg.
Maximilian Rohr is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for 2. Bundesliga club SC Paderborn.
Bastian Strietzel is a German footballer who plays as a centre-back for Carl Zeiss Jena.
The 2022–23 DFB-Pokal was the 42nd season of the annual German football cup competition. Forty-eight teams participated in the competition, including all teams from the previous year's Frauen-Bundesliga and the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, excluding second teams. The competition began on 21 August 2021 with the first of six rounds and ended on 18 May 2022 with the final at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, a nominally neutral venue, which has hosted the final since 2010.
