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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FC Carl Zeiss Jena

Ground	Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld
Chairman	Ralf Schmidt-Röh
Manager	Christopher Heck
League	Frauen-Bundesliga
2021–22	12th of 12 (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

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

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. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Mailin Wichmann 3 DF  NED Chantal Schouwstra 4 DF  GER Denise Landmann 5 MF  BLR Anna Sas 6 MF  GER Sophie Walter 7 FW  GER Samira Sahraoui 8 MF  GER Annkathrin Büchner 9 FW  GER Josephine Bonsu 11 FW  GER Hannah Mesch 13 MF  GER Julia Arnold 14 MF  GER Anja Heuschkel 15 DF  GER Svenja Paulsen

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  GER Lisa Gora 17 FW  GER Nicole Woldmann 18 MF  GER Annika Graser 20 DF  GER Luca Birkholz 21 MF  GER Anna Weiß 22 MF  GER Any Adam 23 MF  GER Jolie Huhn 24 GK  GER Laura Kiontke 25 DF  GER Karla Görlitz 26 DF  GER Tina Kremlichka 29 DF  GER Annalena Breitenbach 30 GK  GER Sarah Hornschurch

Staff

• Head coach: Christopher Heck
• Assistant coach: Thilo Osterbrink, Susann Utes
• Goalkeeper coach: Stephan Fleischhauer
• Fitness coach: Martin Buder

Former notable players

References

External links

• Official website
• Official website

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