FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a
German football club based in
Jena
Jena () is a German city and the second largest city in Thuringia. Together with the nearby cities of Erfurt and Weimar, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 inhabitants, while the city itself has a popu ...
,
Thuringia
Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million.
Erfurt is the capital and larg ...
. Formed in 1903 and initially associated with the
Carl Zeiss AG
Carl Zeiss AG (), branded as ZEISS, is a German manufacturer of optical systems and optoelectronics, founded in Jena, Germany in 1846 by optician Carl Zeiss. Together with Ernst Abbe (joined 1866) and Otto Schott (joined 1884) he laid the f ...
factory, they were one of the strongest clubs in East Germany from the 1960s to the 1980s, winning the
DDR-Oberliga
The DDR-Oberliga (English: ''East German Premier League'' or ''GDR Premier League'') was the top-level association football league in East Germany.
Overview
Following World War II, separate sports competitions emerged in the occupied eastern ...
and the
FDGB-Pokal
The FDGB-Pokal (Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund Pokal or Free German Trade Union Federation Cup) was an elimination football tournament held annually in East Germany. It was the second most important national title in East German football aft ...
three times each and reaching the
1981 European Cup Winners' Cup Final
The 1981 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match contested on 13 May 1981 between Dinamo Tbilisi of the Soviet Union and Carl Zeiss Jena of East Germany. It was the final game of the 1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup, and the 21st ...
. Since
German reunification
German reunification (german: link=no, Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process of re-establishing Germany as a united and fully sovereign state, which took place between 2 May 1989 and 15 March 1991. The day of 3 October 1990 when the Ge ...
in 1990, the club have competed no higher than the second tier. In the 2021–22 season, Jena played in the
Regionalliga Nordost
The Regionalliga Nordost is the fourth tier of German football in the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia. These comprise the states of former East Germany as well as West Berlin.
It i ...
.
History
The club was founded in May 1903 by workers at the
Carl Zeiss AG
Carl Zeiss AG (), branded as ZEISS, is a German manufacturer of optical systems and optoelectronics, founded in Jena, Germany in 1846 by optician Carl Zeiss. Together with Ernst Abbe (joined 1866) and Otto Schott (joined 1884) he laid the f ...
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 in March 1917 to ''1. Sportverein Jena e.V.''
The 1930s and World War II
In 1933, ''1. SV Jena'' joined the
Gauliga Mitte
The Gauliga Mitte was the highest football league in the Prussian province of Saxony and the German states of Thuringia and Anhalt from 1933 to 1945, all located in the center (German:''Mitte'') of Germany. Shortly after the formation of the leagu ...
, one of 16 top-flight divisions formed in the reorganization of German football under the
Third Reich
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
. The team captured division titles 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 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 reconstituted in June 1946 as ''SG Ernst Abbe Jena'' and, like many other clubs in
East Germany
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...
, underwent a number of name changes: ''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 the aftermath of World War II, East German authorities tagged sports teams with the names of socialist heroes:
Ernst Abbe
Ernst Karl Abbe HonFRMS (23 January 1840 – 14 January 1905) was a German physicist, optical scientist, entrepreneur, and social reformer. Together with Otto Schott and Carl Zeiss, he developed numerous optical instruments. He was also a co-ow ...
was a local son and physicist associated with the Zeiss optical factory. He made an early contribution to easing the plight of workers by introducing the
8-hour work day
The eight-hour day movement (also known as the 40-hour week movement or the short-time movement) was a social movement to regulate the length of a working day, preventing excesses and abuses.
An eight-hour work day has its origins in the 1 ...
at the Zeiss plant, a milestone for labour during the late 19th century.
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. Renamed ''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
FDGB-Pokal
The FDGB-Pokal (Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund Pokal or Free German Trade Union Federation Cup) was an elimination football tournament held annually in East Germany. It was the second most important national title in East German football aft ...
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 "focus centres" for the development of players for the national side and a dominant side in the DDR-Oberliga. They took two more national titles in 1968 and 1970, but finished in second place another half-dozen times to sides such as
Vorwärts Berlin
1. FC Frankfurt is a German football club based in Frankfurt (Oder), Brandenburg. The club was founded as the army club SV VP Vorwärts Leipzig in Leipzig in East Germany in 1951. The club won six East German championships as ASK Vorwärts Be ...
,
Dynamo Dresden
Sportgemeinschaft Dynamo Dresden e.V., commonly known as SG Dynamo Dresden or Dynamo Dresden, are a German association football club based in Dresden, Saxony.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Kasse ...
and
1. FC Magdeburg. They also captured East German Cups in 1972, 1974 and 1980, and appeared in the
1981 European Cup Winners' Cup Final
The 1981 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match contested on 13 May 1981 between Dinamo Tbilisi of the Soviet Union and Carl Zeiss Jena of East Germany. It was the final game of the 1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup, and the 21st ...
, losing 2–1 to
Dinamo Tbilisi
Dinamo Tbilisi is a sports club from Tbilisi, Georgia. It was founded in 1925.
Among its highest honors, is the European trophy earned by its football team which won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1981, beating FC Carl Zeiss Jena of East Germany 2–1 i ...
.
German reunification
After
German reunification
German reunification (german: link=no, Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process of re-establishing Germany as a united and fully sovereign state, which took place between 2 May 1989 and 15 March 1991. The day of 3 October 1990 when the Ge ...
in 1990, Jena entered the
2. Bundesliga
The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below ...
. Their second-place finish in 1992 deteriorated into a 17th-place finish in 1994 and relegation to
Regionalliga Nordost
The Regionalliga Nordost is the fourth tier of German football in the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia. These comprise the states of former East Germany as well as West Berlin.
It i ...
(III). They won immediate promotion, and played for three more years at tier-II level. Since 1999 the team has primarily played tier III and IV football, but a second place-finish in the
Regionalliga Nord
The Regionalliga Nord ( en, Regional League North) is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Hamburg. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with the Regional ...
secured Jena promotion to the 2. Bundesliga for the
2006–07 season. Jena remained in the 2. Bundesliga by winning 2–1 away against
FC Augsburg
Fußball-Club Augsburg 1907 e. V., commonly known as FC Augsburg () or Augsburg, is a German football club based in Augsburg, Bavaria. FC Augsburg play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. The team was founded as ...
in their final match of the season. They finished last in the 2. Bundesliga in
2007–08, returning to the third tier. However, this would not be one of the Regionalligen; the
German Football Association
The German Football Association (german: Deutscher Fußball-Bund ; DFB ) is the governing body of football in Germany. A founding member of both FIFA and UEFA, the DFB has jurisdiction for the German football league system and is in charge of t ...
(DFB) launched the new
3. Liga for 2008–09, of which Jena was a charter member.
On 9 November 2009 chairman Peter Schreiber announced his retirement; on 13 November the executive board accepted his resignation, and on 25 November Hartmut Bayer became the new chairman. The second team was involved in the
2009 European football betting scandal
The 2009 European football betting scandal was an attempt to influence the outcome of professional association football matches in Europe, and to defraud the gambling industry by betting on the results. The investigation centres on around 200 fix ...
, accused of match-fixing in the game against
ZFC Meuselwitz
Zipsendorfer Fußballclub Meuselwitz is a German association football club from Meuselwitz, Thuringia.
History
The origins of the club go back to the establishment of ''Aktivist Zipsendorf'' in 1919. After World War II the club played as ''BSG ...
. On 10 December 2009 the club announced that it was in financial distress, owing over €1 million. In January 2010 the players agreed to accept a lower salary.
Carl Zeiss Jena were relegated from the 3. Liga in 2012 and finished second in the tier four Regionalliga Nordost in 2013, and third in 2014. In the
2016–17 season they won the Regionalliga Nordost and were promoted to 3. Liga after a play-off win against
Viktoria Köln
Viktoria usually refers to Viktoria, a name which is the same as Victoria (name), but may also refer to:
Places
* FK Viktoria Stadion, stadium of Viktoria Žižkov
* Viktoria-Luise-Platz, building in Berlin
* Viktoriastadt, now known as Victoria ...
. CZ Jena won the first match in Köln 3–2 and lost the second leg 1–0 at home, but were promoted on the away goals rule. After three seasons in the 3. Liga, the club experienced an underwhelming season and was relegated to the Regionalliga Nordost in June 2020.
Supporters
Carl Zeiss Jena supporters have a friendship with the Welsh side
Newport County, after the two sides played against each other in the European Cup Winners' Cup in the early 1980s. As with Carl Zeiss Jena, Newport County have seen similar struggles off and on the pitch, and the teams regularly play each other during pre-season.
The club compete in a Thuringia derby with
Rot-Weiß Erfurt, which often features violence between the two sets of supporters and use of pyrotechnics. The rivalry is exacerbated by a mutual antipathy between the cities of
Jena
Jena () is a German city and the second largest city in Thuringia. Together with the nearby cities of Erfurt and Weimar, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 inhabitants, while the city itself has a popu ...
and
Erfurt
Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits i ...
.
Honours
League
;Top tier
*
DDR-Oberliga
The DDR-Oberliga (English: ''East German Premier League'' or ''GDR Premier League'') was the top-level association football league in East Germany.
Overview
Following World War II, separate sports competitions emerged in the occupied eastern ...
(East German Championship)
**Winners: 1963, 1968, 1970
**Runner-up: 1958, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1981
**Third placed: 1977, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986
;Lower tiers
*
Regionalliga Nordost
The Regionalliga Nordost is the fourth tier of German football in the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia. These comprise the states of former East Germany as well as West Berlin.
It i ...
**Winners: 1995, 2017
*
Regionalliga Nord
The Regionalliga Nord ( en, Regional League North) is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Hamburg. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with the Regional ...
**Runner-up: 2006
*
NOFV-Oberliga Süd
The NOFV-Oberliga Süd is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the southern states of the former East Germany. It covers the German states of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Saxony and southern Brandenburg. It is one of fourteen Oberl ...
**Winner: 2005
**Runner-up: 2003, 2004
**Third place: 2002
Cup
*
FDGB Cup
The FDGB-Pokal (Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund Pokal or Free German Trade Union Federation Cup) was an elimination football tournament held annually in East Germany. It was the second most important national title in East German football aft ...
(East German Cup)
**Winners: 1960, 1972, 1974, 1980
*Olympia-Pokal (
de)
**Winners: 1964
Regional
*
Gauliga Mitte
The Gauliga Mitte was the highest football league in the Prussian province of Saxony and the German states of Thuringia and Anhalt from 1933 to 1945, all located in the center (German:''Mitte'') of Germany. Shortly after the formation of the leagu ...
**Winners: 1935, 1936, 1940, 1941
**Runners-up: 1939, 1942
*
Thuringian Cup (Tiers III-VII)
**Winners: 1993, 1995, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2012,
2014
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,
2015
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,
2016
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2018
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2020
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,
2021
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,
2022
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**Runner-up: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2009
Continental
*
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...
**Runners-up:
1981
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* January 1
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** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
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Youth
*
German U-17 Championship
**Runner-up: 1993
Players
Current squad
Out on loan
Notable players
FCC sent 33 players to the
DDR (East German) national side.
Before the end of World War II, Jena sent three players to the German national side:
Willy Krauß (1911–12), Heinz Werner (1935) and
Ludwig Gärtner (1939–41).
American defender,
Brian Bliss
Brian Boyer Bliss (born September 28, 1965) is a retired American soccer defender and front office executive. He also serves as an assistant coach for the United States U-20 national team.
Bliss played professionally in Europe and the United S ...
, played at the club from 1992 to 1996 and received regular calls to the
United States men's national soccer team
The United States men's national soccer team (USMNT) represents the United States in men's international soccer competitions. The team is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation and is a member of FIFA and CONCACAF.
The U.S. team ha ...
. He went on to play for
MLS
Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States. The league comprises 29 teams—26 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada ...
side
Columbus Crew SC
The Columbus Crew, formerly known as Columbus Crew SC, is an Soccer in the United States, American professional soccer club based in Columbus, Ohio. The Crew competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference ( ...
and would later serve as technical director in the club's front office.
Another notable player is former Germany goalkeeper
Robert Enke
Robert Enke (24 August 1977 – 10 November 2009) was a German professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
He played for Mönchengladbach, Benfica, and Barcelona, but made the majority of his appearances for Bundesliga side Hannover 96 ...
, who started his career at the club and then went on to play for clubs such as
Hannover 96
Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96 (), Hannover, HSV or simply 96, is a German professional football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony. They played in the Bundesliga for a total of 30 years betwe ...
,
FC Barcelona
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Founded ...
and
S.L. Benfica
Sport Lisboa e Benfica (), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional association football, football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football league system, Portuguese footba ...
.
Staff
*
Lukas Kwasniok
Lukas Kwasniok (born 12 June 1981) is a Polish former footballer and manager of SC Paderborn.
Career
On 4 December 2016, Kwasniok was announced as the interim replacement for Tomas Oral at Karlsruher SC, as the club were struggling in the 2. Bu ...
– Head Coach
* Andreas Trautmann – Chief Executive
* Klaus Berka – President
Former head coaches
*
René Klingbeil (2020)
*
Rico Schmitt (2019–2020)
*
Christian Fröhlich (2019)
*
Lukas Kwasniok
Lukas Kwasniok (born 12 June 1981) is a Polish former footballer and manager of SC Paderborn.
Career
On 4 December 2016, Kwasniok was announced as the interim replacement for Tomas Oral at Karlsruher SC, as the club were struggling in the 2. Bu ...
(2018–2019)
*
Mark Zimmermann
Mark Zimmermann (born 1 March 1974 in Bad Salzungen) is a former German footballer.
Career
From 19 to 25 September 2008, he was interim head coach in two matches (one win, one loss). The win was in the second round of the DFB-Pokal.
Managerial ...
(2016–2018)
*
Volkan Uluc (2014–2016)
*
Lothar Kurbjuweit
Lothar Kurbjuweit (born 6 November 1950 in Riesa) is a former German footballer and football manager.
Career
Kurbjuweit played for Stahl Riesa (1965–1970) and FC Carl Zeiss Jena (1970–1983).
International career
On the national level he p ...
(2014)
*
Andreas Zimmermann
Andreas Zimmermann (born 28 December 1969) is a German football manager and a former player who played as a defender. He is the manager of Rot Weiss Ahlen. He began his career in his hometown of Berlin, before spending seven years playing for LR ...
(2013–2014)
*
Petrik Sander
Petrik Sander (born 17 November 1960 in Quedlinburg) is a German former footballer and currently the manager of FSV Budissa Bautzen.
Player career
He played over 150 games in the DDR-Oberliga for FC Energie Cottbus and Motor Nordhausen.
Coac ...
(2011–2013)
*
Heiko Weber
Heiko Weber (born 26 June 1965 in Thale) is a German former footballer who is now manager of ZFC Meuselwitz.
Career
As player he played for FC Carl Zeiss Jena and Preußen Münster.
Coaching career
In 2007, he was caretaker manager in FC Energ ...
(2011)
*
Wolfgang Frank
Wolfgang Frank (21 February 1951 – 7 September 2013) was a German football manager and player.
Frank was born in Reichenbach an der Fils, and made a total of 215 appearances in the Bundesliga during his playing career, scoring 89 goals. For ...
(2010–2011)
*
René van Eck
René van Eck (born 18 February 1966) is a Dutch former professional footballer who works as Ludovic Magnin's assistant at Swiss Super League side FC Zürich.
Playing career Club
Van Eck started his professional career at local side Excels ...
(2009–2010)
*
Marc Fascher
Marc Fascher (born 4 August 1968 in) is a German football manager and former player, who last managed Sportfreunde Lotte.
Coaching career
Fascher began his coaching career with Harburger SC, before being named head coach at SC Concordia in 2000 ...
(2009)
*
René van Eck
René van Eck (born 18 February 1966) is a Dutch former professional footballer who works as Ludovic Magnin's assistant at Swiss Super League side FC Zürich.
Playing career Club
Van Eck started his professional career at local side Excels ...
(2008–2009)
*
Mark Zimmermann
Mark Zimmermann (born 1 March 1974 in Bad Salzungen) is a former German footballer.
Career
From 19 to 25 September 2008, he was interim head coach in two matches (one win, one loss). The win was in the second round of the DFB-Pokal.
Managerial ...
(interim) (2008)
*
Henning Bürger
Henning Bürger (born 16 December 1969) is a German professional football coach and a former player. He is the caretaker 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 f ...
(2007–2008)
*
Valdas Ivanauskas
Valdas Ivanauskas (born 31 July 1966) is a Lithuanian football coach and a former striker.
He is best known in Europe for his time at Austria Vienna as well as Hamburger SV where he acted between 1993 and 97. Beyond that he stood on the sideli ...
(2007)
*
Frank Neubarth
Frank Neubarth (born 29 July 1962) 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.
Playing career
Neubarth was born in ...
(2007)
*
Mario Röser (interim) (2006)
*
Marco Lohmann
Marco may refer to:
People
* Marco (given name), people with the given name Marco
* Marco (actor) (born 1977), South Korean model and actor
* Georg Marco (1863–1923), Romanian chess player of German origin
* Tomás Marco (born 1942), Spanish co ...
(interim) (2005)
*
Heiko Weber
Heiko Weber (born 26 June 1965 in Thale) is a German former footballer who is now manager of ZFC Meuselwitz.
Career
As player he played for FC Carl Zeiss Jena and Preußen Münster.
Coaching career
In 2007, he was caretaker manager in FC Energ ...
(2004–2007)
*
Thomas Vogel (2004)
*
Uwe Dern
Uwe or UWE may refer to
* Uwe (given name)
* University of the West of England, Bristol
* UML-based web engineering
* University Würzburg's Experimental miniaturized satellites for space research UWE-1 and UWE-2
* Uwe - Wreck in Blankenese
{{disam ...
(interim) (2003)
*
Joachim Steffens
Joachim (; ''Yəhōyāqīm'', "he whom Yahweh has set up"; ; ) was, according to Christian tradition, the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Biblical apocryphal ...
(2003–2004)
*
Thomas Vogel (2002–2003)
*
Frank Eulberg
Frank or Franks may refer to:
People
* Frank (given name)
* Frank (surname)
* Franks (surname)
* Franks, a medieval Germanic people
* Frank, a term in the Muslim world for all western Europeans, particularly during the Crusades - see Farang
Curre ...
(2002)
*
Wolfgang Sandhowe
Wolfgang Sandhowe (born 14 December 1953) is a German professional football manager and former player who is the manager of NOFV-Oberliga Nord club TuS Makkabi Berlin. As a player, he spent three seasons in the 2. Bundesliga with KSV Baunatal, ...
(2001–2002)
*
Thomas Vogel (1999–2000)
*
Thomas Gerstner
Thomas Gerstner (born 6 November 1966) is a German football manager and former player. He is the manager of the German club SV Straelen.
Playing career
Gerstner was born in Worms, West Germany. He predominantly played in the 2. Bundesliga. In th ...
(1998–1999)
*
Reiner Hollmann
Reiner Hollmann (born 30 September 1949) is a German former football player and now manager.
Footballer
Before coming to Duisburg, Hollmann was in the youth section of Eintracht Duisburg. He played from 1970 to 1984 for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen an ...
(1997–1998)
*
Frank Engel (1997)
*
Eberhard Vogel
Eberhard "Ebse" Vogel (born 8 April 1943) is a former German footballer.
Career
Vogel played for FC Karl-Marx-Stadt (1961–1970) and FC Carl Zeiss Jena (1970–1982). His 440 appearances for both clubs combined was the record for East German ...
(1994–1997)
*
Hans Meyer (1993–1994)
*
Uwe Erkenbrecher
Uwe Erkenbrecher (born 14 November 1954) is a German football manager and a former player who is the current manager of MTV Gifhorn.
References
External links
*
1954 births
Living people
People from Delmenhorst
Footballers from Lowe ...
(1993)
*
Reiner Hollmann
Reiner Hollmann (born 30 September 1949) is a German former football player and now manager.
Footballer
Before coming to Duisburg, Hollmann was in the youth section of Eintracht Duisburg. He played from 1970 to 1984 for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen an ...
(1992–1993)
*
Bernd Stange
Bernd Walter Stange (born 14 March 1948) is a German football manager who last managed the Syria national team.
During his playing career, he played for Chemie Gnaschwitz, Vorwärts Bautzen, and HSG DHfK Leipzig as a defender.
Playing caree ...
(1989–1991)
*
Lutz Lindemann
Lutz Lindemann (born 13 July 1949) 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 ...
(1991–1992)
*
Hans Meyer (1971–1983)
*
Georg Buschner
Georg Buschner (26 December 1925 – 12 February 2007) was an East Germany, East German Association football, football player and manager.
Buschner played in the DDR-Oberliga, East German top-flight for BSG Wismut Gera, Motor Gera and FC Carl ...
(1958–1971)
* Heinz Pönert (1958)
* Rolf Hüfner (1958)
* Hans Warg (1955–1957)
* Helmut Petzold (1954–1955)
* Max Hofsommer (1953–1954)
* Bernhard Schipphorst (''player-manager'') (1953)
* Kurt Findeisen (1951–1953)
* Hans Carl (1949–1951)
* Hermann Malter (1948–1949)
* Adolph Prokoph (1940)
* Josef Pöttinger (1934–1938)
* Hermann Peter (1903–????)
Recent seasons
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:
FC Carl Zeiss Jena at Fussball.de
Tables and results of all German football leagues
* With the introduction of the Regionalliga
The Regionalliga () is the fourth tier in the German football league system. Until 1974, it was the second tier in Germany. In 1994, it was introduced as the third tier. Upon the creation of the new nationwide 3. Liga in 2008, it became the four ...
s in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga
The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below ...
, all leagues below dropped one tier.
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Former personnel
* Carsten Linke
Carsten Linke (born 19 September 1965 in Bad Zwischenahn, Lower Saxony) is a German former professional football player. He spent one season in the Bundesliga with Hannover 96.
Career
During the 1990s, Linke played in the 2. Bundesliga for cl ...
: Athletic Director (2008–2009)
* Stephan Lehmann
Stephan Lehmann (born 15 August 1963) is a Swiss former professional football goalkeeper who works as goalkeeper coach for FC Sion.
International career
Lehmann was capped 18 times for the Switzerland national team between 1989 and 1997. He wa ...
: Team psychologist (2009)
* Roland Weissbarth: Marketing chief (2009)
* Peter Voß: Vice-president
* Peter Schreiber: President (1998–2009)
* Michael Meier
Reserve team
The club's reserve team, FC Carl Zeiss Jena II, currently plays in the tier five NOFV-Oberliga Süd
The NOFV-Oberliga Süd is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the southern states of the former East Germany. It covers the German states of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Saxony and southern Brandenburg. It is one of fourteen Oberl ...
. It first played at this level from 1994 to 1999, and again since 2006 with a third place in 1996 and 2010 as its best results.[Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv]
Historical German domestic league tables[FC Carl Zeiss Jena II at Fussball.de]
Tables and results of all German football leagues
The team also won the Thuringia Cup
The Thuringia Cup (German: Thüringenpokal) is an annual football competition in Thuringia, Germany. The Thuringia Football Association (German: Thüringer Fußball-Verband, TFV) is its governing body. The cup winner qualifies for next season's DFB ...
in 1993. The latter allowed the club qualification to the 1993–94 DFB-Pokal
The 1993–94 DFB-Pokal was the 51st season of the annual German football cup competition. 76 teams competed in the tournament of seven rounds which began on 1 August 1993 and ended on 14 May 1994. In the final Werder Bremen defeated Rot-Weiß Ess ...
where it lost 2–0 to Bayern Munich
Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...
.
See also
*Works team
A works team (sometimes factory team, company team) is a sports team that is financed and run by a manufacturer or other business. Sometimes, works teams contain or are entirely made up of employees of the supporting company.
Association footb ...
Notes
References
External links
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