FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German football club based in Jena, Thuringia.

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History

The club was founded in May 1903 by workers at the Carl Zeiss AG optics factory as the company-sponsored Fussball-Club der Firma Carl Zeiss . The club underwent name changes in 1911 to Fussball Club Carl Zeiss Jena e.V. and then again in March 1917 to 1. Sportverein Jena e.V.

The 1930s and World War II

In 1933, 1. SV Jena joined the Gauliga Mitte, one of sixteen top flight divisions formed in the re-organization of German football under the Third Reich. The team captured the division title in 1935, 1936, 1940, and 1941. This earned Jena entry to the national finals, but they performed poorly and were never able to advance out of preliminary round group play. After the 1943-44 season the Gauliga Mitte broke up into a collection of city-based leagues as World War II overtook the area.

Postwar play in East Germany

In the immediate aftermath of the war, associations of all types including sports and football clubs, were banned in Germany by the occupying Allied authorities. Jena was re-constituted in June 1946 as SG Ernst Abbe Jena and like many other clubs in East Germany would undergo a number of name changes and was known variously as SG Stadion Jena (October 1948), SG Carl Zeiss Jena (March 1949), BSG Mechanik Jena (January 1951), BSG Motor Jena (May 1951), and SC Motor Jena (November 1954).

In 1950, the club became a founding member of the DDR Liga (II) and in their second season captured a divisional title to win promotion to the top flight DDR Oberliga for a single season appearance. Re-named SC Motor Jena in 1954, they played their way back to the upper league by 1957. Jena won its first honours with the capture of the East German Cup in 1960 and followed up with the East German national title in 1963. The club was "re-founded" as FC Carl Zeiss Jena in January 1966 and became one of East Germany's football clubs, football's "focus centres" for the development of talented players for the national side. Jena would go on to become a dominant side in the DDR-Oberliga between then and 1975. They took two more national titles in 1968 and 1970, but finished in second place another half dozen times to sides like Vorwärts Berlin , Dynamo Dresden , and 1. FC Magdeburg . In addition to their national titles, FCC captured East German Cups in 1972, 1974, and 1980. The club also appeared in the 1981 European Cup Winners' Cup final, losing 1:2 to Dinamo Tbilisi. This was arguably the clubs greatest ever achievement.

German reunification

After German reunification in 1990, Jena was seeded into the 2. Bundesliga. Their second place finish in 1992 deteriorated into a seventeenth place finish in 1994 and relegation to Regionalliga Nordost (III). They won immediate re-promotion and played three more years at the tier II level. For most of the time since 1999 the team has played tier III and IV football, but a second place finish in the Regionalliga Nord secured Jena promotion to the 2. Bundesliga for the 2006-07 season. Jena remained in the 2. Bundesliga in 2007-08, having been saved from relegation by winning 2-1 away against FC Augsburg in their final match of the season. They would finish last in the 2. Bundesliga in 2007-08 and return to the third tier. However, this will not be one of the Regionalligen; the German Football Association (DFB) will launch the new 3. Liga for 2008-09, of which Jena will be a charter member.

Recent seasons

Year	Division	Position
1999-2000	Regionalliga Nordost (III)	4th
2000-01	Regionalliga Süd (III)	18th (relegated)
2001-02	NOFV-Oberliga Süd (IV)	3rd
2002-03	NOFV-Oberliga Süd	2nd
2003-04	NOFV-Oberliga Süd	2nd
2004-05	NOFV-Oberliga Süd	1st (promoted)
2005-06	Regionalliga Nord (III)	2nd (promoted)
2006-07	2. Bundesliga (II)	13th
2007-08	2. Bundesliga	18th (relegated)
2008-09	3. Liga (III)	16th
2009-10	3. Liga

Current squad

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No. Position Player 1 {{flagicon Carsten Nulle 2 {{flagicon Tim Petersen 3 {{flagicon Stefan Beckert 4 {{flagicon Quido Lanzaat 5 {{flagicon Assani Lukimya-Mulongoti 6 {{flagicon Carsten Sträßer 7 {{flagicon Torsten Ziegner (Captain (association football)) 8 {{flagicon Ralf Schmidt 9 {{flagicon Salvatore Amirante 10 {{flagicon Orlando Smeekes 11 {{flagicon Sebastian Hähnge 12 {{flagicon Patrick Siefkes 13 {{flagicon Jan-André Sievers 14 {{flagicon Marco Riemer

No. Position Player 16 {{flagicon Denis Osadchenko 17 {{flagicon Timo Nagy 18 {{flagicon Tim Wuttke 19 {{flagicon Melvin Holwijn 20 {{flagicon Exaucé Mayombo 21 {{flagicon Jens Truckenbrod 22 {{flagicon Felix Holzner 23 {{flagicon Martin Ullmann 24 {{flagicon Soufian Benyamina 25 {{flagicon Martin Dwars 26 {{flagicon Patrick Amrhein 27 {{flagicon Sören Eismann 28 {{flagicon Christoph Grabinski 30 {{flagicon René Eckardt 33 {{flagicon Philip Röppnack

Staff

Sports

Head Coach

• René van Eck

Assistant Coach

• Mark Zimmermann

Goalkeeper Coach

• Stephan Fleischhauer

Team Chef

• Uwe Dern

Advisor

• Stefan Treitl

Medical

Doctor

• Dr. Heribert Zitzmann

Physiotherapist

• Mario Röser
• Marco Lohmann

Kitmanager

• Stefan Andreas

Management

Director of Sport

• Heiko Weber

Chief Executive

• Andreas Trautmann

Vice President

• Michael Meier

Fan Guardian

• Hans-Heinrich Tamme

Leader Juniorcentrum

• Hans-Jürgen Backhaus

President

• Peter Schreiber

Board of Directors

• Reinhardt Töpel
• Bernd Jurke
• Hartmut Beyer
• Gerd Brunner
• Bernd Schneider
• Thomas Vogel

Honor Council

• Udo Gräfe (Board Chairman)
• Helmut Müller
• Winfried Patzer
• Jürgen Werner

Disciplinary Commission

• Klaus Schwarz (Board Chairman)

Caucus

• Ulrike Baier
• Uwe Barth
• Uwe Dern
• Christa Jatho
• Thomas Petzold

Delegation Passive Member

Department „Supporters Club“

• Hans-Heinrich Tamme (Board Chairman)
• Sven Nilson (Acting Board Chairman)
• Andreas Wiese (Acting Board Chairman)
• Andreas Larws (Treasure)

Reserve Squad

No. Position Player 1 {{flagicon Daniel Kraus 2 {{flagicon Christopher Griebsch 3 {{flagicon Robert Häring 6 {{flagicon Davy Frick 7 {{flagicon Lukas Szudra 8 {{flagicon Enis Salkovic

No. Position Player 10 {{flagicon Christian Rödiger 12 {{flagicon Tim Ackermann 13 {{flagicon André Schmidt 35 {{flagicon Christian Hauser

Notable Players

FCC sent 33 players to the DDR (East German) national side.

• Bernd Schneider, 81 caps (1999-2008)
• Konrad Weise, 86 caps (1970-81)
• Eberhard Vogel, 74 caps (1962-76)
• Peter Ducke, 68 caps (1960-75)
• Lothar Kurbjuweit, 66 caps (1970-81)
• Rüdiger Schnuphase, 45 caps (1973-83)
• Harald Irmscher, 41 caps (1966-74)
• Roland Ducke, 37 caps (1958-67)
• Olegs Karavajevs,

Before the end of World War II Jena sent 3 players to the German national side (Willy Krauß 1911/12, Heinz Werner 1935, Ludwig Gärtner 1939-41)

Former Head Coaches

• Marc Fascher (2009)
• René van Eck (2008-2009)
• Mark Zimmermann Interim (2008)
• Henning Bürger (2007-2008)
• Valdas Ivanauskas (2007)
• Frank Neubarth (2007)
• Mario Röser Interim (2006)
• Marco Lohmann Interim (2005)
• Heiko Weber (2004-2007)
• Thomas Vogel (2004)
• Uwe Dern Interim (2003)
• Joachim Steffens (2003-2004)
• Thomas Vogel (2002-2003)
• Frank Eulberg (2002)
• Wolfgang Sandhowe (2001-2002)
• Thomas Vogel (1999-2000)
• Thomas Gerstner (1998-1999)
• Reiner Hollmann (1997-1998)
• Frank Engel (1997)
• Eberhard Vogel (1994-1997)
• Hans Meyer (1993-1994)
• Uwe Erkenbrecher (1993)
• Reiner Hollmann (1992-1993)
• Bernd Stange (1989-1991)
• Lutz Lindemann (1991-1992)
• Hans Meyer (1971-1983)
• Georg Buschner (1958-1971)
• Heinz Pönert (1958)
• Rolf Hüfner (1958)
• Hans Warg (1955-1957)
• Helmut Petzold (1954-1955)
• Max Hofsommer (1953-1954)
• Bernhard Schipphorst Spielertrainer (1953)
• Kurt Findeisen (1951-1953)
• Hans Carl (1949-1951)
• Hermann Malter (1948-1949)
• Adolph Prokoph (1940)
• Josef Pöttinger (1934-1938)
• Hermann Peter (1903- - )

Honours

FC Carl Zeiss Jena hold the first place in the DDR-Oberliga all-time table.

• DDR-Oberliga: Champions 1963, 1968, 1970
• FDGB Cup: Winners 1960, 1972, 1974, 1980
• Thuringia Cup: Winners 1993 ^[1], 1995, 1999, 2004, 2006

1. Title won by the reserve team

Other Notable Achievements

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: Runners-up 1981

Youth

• German Under 17 championship runners-up: 1993

Team trivia

• In the immediate aftermath of World War II, East German authorities had a penchant for tagging sports teams with the names of socialist heroes: Ernst Abbe was a local son and physicist who had an association with the Zeiss optical factory. He made an early contribution to easing the plight of workers by introducing the 8-hour work day at the Zeiss plant, a significant milestone for labour in the late 19th century.

Former Personal

• Carsten Linke Director of Sport (2008-2009)
• Stephan Lehmann Mental Coach (2009)
• Roland Weissbarth Chief Executive Marketing (2009)
• Peter Voß Vice President