FF USV Jena
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The Universitätssportverein (University Sports Club, short: USV) Jena is a German sports club from Jena
. Its women's football section has been an extra club since 2004
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 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 a 8th place the next season. The teams biggest success was reaching the final of the 2009–10 Frauen DFB-Pokal, where they lost 0–1 to FCR 2001 Duisburg
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Cameroon
Equatorial Guinea
Germany
Jena
Jena is a university city in central Germany on the river Saale. It has a population of approx. 103,000 and is the second largest city in the federal state of Thuringia, after Erfurt.-History:Jena was first mentioned in an 1182 document...
. Its women's football section has been an extra club since 2004
History
After becoming the last East German women's football champion in 1991, USV Jena was admitted to the BundesligaFußball-Bundesliga (women)
The Women's Football Bundesliga is the main league competition for women's football in Germany. In 1990 the German Football Association created the German Women's Bundesliga, based on the model of the men's Bundesliga. It was first played with north and south divisions, but in 1997 the groups...
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
Hamburger SV
Hamburger Sport-Verein, usually referred to as HSV in Germany and Hamburg in international parlance, is a German multi-sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch being its football department...
. A year later they qualified for the newly founded 2nd Bundesliga and were grouped into the southern division. 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 a 8th place the next season. The teams biggest success was reaching the final of the 2009–10 Frauen DFB-Pokal, where they lost 0–1 to FCR 2001 Duisburg
FCR 2001 Duisburg
FCR 2001 Duisburg is a German women's football club from Duisburg. The first team plays in the Fußball-Bundesliga . They originate from a women's team formed in 1977 under the umbrella of FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen and have existed as an independent club since 8th. June 2001...
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Current squad
As of 16 August 2010, according to official website.Staff
- Head coach: Daniel KrausDaniel KrausDaniel Kraus is a former German footballer and current Head and Goalkeeper coach of FF USV Jena.-Coaching career:Kraus hold the coaching licence C and began as Goalkeeper coach for FF USV Jena in July 2010.-References:...
- Assistant coach: Dr. Michael Zahn
- Goalkeeper coach: Birgit Gärtner
- Fitness coach: Sebastian Ullrich
- Team chef: Bernd Lindrath
Notable players
Cameroon
- Chrystelle-Ida Ngnipoho-Pokam
Equatorial Guinea
- Carol
Germany
- Anna Blässe
- Christiane Gotte
- Sindy Groß
- Ivonne Hartmann
- Sandra Höhn
- Tina Kopplin
- Theresa Müller
- Anne Pochert
- Anja Pioch
- Stephanie Pompl
- Tessa Rinkes
- Steffi Scheitler
- Sandra Schlarp