2017–18 FC Carl Zeiss Jena season

Carl Zeiss Jena
2017–18 season
Chairman	Klaus Berka
Manager	Mark Zimmermann
Stadium	Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld
3. Liga	11th
Thuringian Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Timmy Thiele; (8 goals); All: ; Timmy Thiele; (9 goals)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →
	All statistics correct as of 10 February 2018.

The 2017–18 FC Carl Zeiss Jena season is the 115th season in the football club's history 5th overall season in the 3. Liga, the third tier of German football, having been promoted from the Regionalliga Nordost in 2017. In addition to the domestic league, Carl Zeiss Jena also participated in this season's edition of the Thuringian Cup, the regional cup for teams in Thuringia. Jena play their matches at the Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, located in Jena, Thuringia, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Players

Squad information

As of 29 April 2018^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	POL	Raphael Koczor
2	DF	GER	Florian Brügmann
3	DF	FRA	Guillaume Cros
4	DF	GER	Justin Gerlach
5	DF	GER	Matthias Kühne
6	MF	GER	Jan Löhmannsröben
7	FW	GER	Timmy Thiele
8	MF	GER	Maximilian Wolfram
9	MF	GER	René Eckardt (Captain)
10	MF	GER	Maximilian Schlegel
11	FW	NAM	Manfred Starke
12	GK	GER	Stefan Schmidt
14	MF	GER	Dominik Bock


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	GER	Marius Grösch
16	FW	GER	Timo Mauer (on loan from SC Paderborn)
17	MF	GER	Niclas Erlbeck
18	DF	GER	Davud Tuma
19	FW	GER	Florian Dietz
20	DF	TUR	Firat Sucsuz
21	DF	GER	Dennis Slamar
22	GK	BEL	Jo Coppens
23	DF	GER	Sören Eismann
25	MF	GER	Justin Schau
26	MF	GER	Kevin Pannewitz
27	FW	GER	Julian Günther-Schmidt (on loan from FC Augsburg)
28	DF	GER	Valentin Reitstetter

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
3. Liga	22 July 2017	12 May 2018	Matchday 1	24	7	7	10	27	33	−6	029.17
Thuringian Cup	12 August 2017		First round	4	4	0	0	13	2	+11	100.00
Total				28	11	7	10	40	35	+5	039.29

Last updated: 10 February 2018
Source: Competitions

3. Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	SpVgg Unterhaching	38	16	6	16	54	55	−1	54
10	Preußen Münster	38	14	10	14	50	49	+1	52
11	Carl Zeiss Jena	38	14	10	14	49	59	−10	52
12	VfR Aalen	38	13	11	14	48	57	−9	50
13	Hallescher FC	38	13	10	15	52	54	−2	49

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
24	7	7	10	27	33	−6	28	6	6	1	19	13	+6	1	1	9	8	20	−12

Last updated: 10 February 2018.
Source: kicker

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	L	L	W	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	D
Position	15	20	10	10	14	15	20	20	19	15	18	15	17	13	14	12	12	13	13	12	14	12	15

Updated to match(es) played on 10 February 2018. Source: kicker
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

22 July 2017 (2017-07-22) 1	Wehen Wiesbaden	1–0	Carl Zeiss Jena	Wiesbaden
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Reddemann 45+1'	Report		Stadium: Brita-Arena Attendance: 2,753 Referee: Marco Fritz

29 July 2017 (2017-07-29) 2	Carl Zeiss Jena	0–2	Fortuna Köln	Jena
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Dahmani 46', 55'	Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 5,103 Referee: Martin Petersen

1 August 2017 (2017-08-01) 3	Hallescher FC	0–2	Carl Zeiss Jena	Halle
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Thiele 36' Tuma 60'	Stadium: Erdgas Sportpark Attendance: 10,019 Referee: Lasse Koslowski

5 August 2017 (2017-08-05) 4	Carl Zeiss Jena	1–1	Chemnitzer FC	Jena
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Löhmannsröben 72'	Report	Frahn 80'	Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 7,017 Referee: Sven Jablonski

20 August 2017 (2017-08-20) 5	Sportfreunde Lotte	4–0	Carl Zeiss Jena	Lotte
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dej 33' (pen.) Al Ghaddioui 34', 74' Piossek 50'	Report		Stadium: Frimo Stadion Attendance: 1,923 Referee: Tim-Julian Skorczyk

26 August 2017 (2017-08-26) 6	Carl Zeiss Jena	0–0	Sonnenhof Großaspach	Jena
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 3,903 Referee: Florian Kornblum

9 September 2017 (2017-09-09) 7	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	1–0	Carl Zeiss Jena	Erfurt
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bieber 68'	Report		Stadium: Steigerwaldstadion Attendance: 12,499 Referee: Bastian Dankert

16 September 2017 (2017-09-16) 8	Carl Zeiss Jena	2–2	SV Meppen	Jena
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Eismann 58', 81'	Report	Kleinsorge 18' Vidović 45+1'	Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 4,229 Referee: Benjamin Bläser

20 September 2017 (2017-09-20) 9	Würzburger Kickers	2–2	Carl Zeiss Jena	Würzburg
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ademi 51' (pen.) Slamar 83' (o.g.)	Report	Eckardt 6' Günther-Schmidt 20'	Stadium: Flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 5,480 Referee: Asmir Osmanagić

23 September 2017 (2017-09-23) 10	Carl Zeiss Jena	2–0	Preußen Münster	Jena
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Günther-Schmidt 29' (pen.) Starke 90'	Report		Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 4,280 Referee: Felix-Benjamin Schwermer

1 October 2017 (2017-10-01) 11	1. FC Magdeburg	2–0	Carl Zeiss Jena	Magdeburg
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Türpitz 36' Hammann 85'	Report		Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 20,778 Referee: Frank Willenborg

14 October 2017 (2017-10-14) 12	Carl Zeiss Jena	1–0	Hansa Rostock	Jena
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Brügmann 85'	Report		Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 8,045 Referee: Martin Thomsen

22 October 2017 (2017-10-22) 13	FSV Zwickau	2–1	Carl Zeiss Jena	Zwickau
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	König 35', 49'	Report	Bock 4'	Stadium: Stadion Zwickau Attendance: 8,126 Referee: Timo Gerach

28 October 2017 (2017-10-28) 14	Carl Zeiss Jena	3–1	SC Paderborn	Jena
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Strohdiek 17' (o.g.) Grösch 22' Wolfram 64'	Report	Ritter 63'	Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 4,219 Referee: Florian Badstübner

4 November 2017 (2017-11-04) 15	VfR Aalen	3–1	Carl Zeiss Jena	Aalen
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Preißinger 47' Vasiliadis 55', 67'	Report	Eismann 45+2'	Stadium: Ostalb Arena Attendance: 3,791 Referee: Eric Müller

18 November 2017 (2017-11-18) 16	Carl Zeiss Jena	2–1	Werder Bremen II	Jena
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bock 16' Erlbeck 86'	Report	Kazior 77'	Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 4,230 Referee: Michael Bacher

25 November 2017 (2017-11-25) 17	Carl Zeiss Jena	0–0	VfL Osnabrück	Jena
13:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 3,885 Referee: Steffen Brütting

3 December 2017 (2017-12-03) 18	SpVgg Unterhaching	3–2	Carl Zeiss Jena	Unterhaching
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Taffertshofer 31' Stahl 49' Hagn 84'	Report	Starke 8' Eismann 90+2'	Stadium: Alpenbauer Sportpark Attendance: 3,250 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

9 December 2017 (2017-12-09) 19	Carl Zeiss Jena	0–0	Karlsruher SC	Jena
12:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 4,478 Referee: Bastian Börner

16 December 2017 (2017-12-16) 20	Carl Zeiss Jena	4–3	Wehen Wiesbaden	Jena
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thiele 43', 51', 55', 64'	Report	Mockenhaupt 35' Andrist 82' Blacha 90'	Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 3,480 Referee: Robert Hartmann

20 January 2018 (2018-01-20) 21	Fortuna Köln	1–0	Carl Zeiss Jena	Cologne
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Brandenburger 60'	Report		Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 1,935 Referee: Eric Müller

28 January 2018 (2018-01-28) 22	Carl Zeiss Jena	2–1	Hallescher FC	Jena
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thiele 62', 72'	Report	Zenga 74'	Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 7,260 Referee: Tobias Reichel

3 February 2018 (2018-02-03) 23	Chemnitzer FC	1–0	Carl Zeiss Jena	Chemnitz
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Baumgart 79'	Report		Stadium: Community4you Arena Attendance: 7,017 Referee: Felix-Benjamin Schwermer

10 February 2018 (2018-02-10) 24	Carl Zeiss Jena	2–2	Sportfreunde Lotte	Jena
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Günther-Schmidt 10' Thiele 45' (pen.)	Report	Oesterhelweg 26' Pires-Rodrigues 35' (pen.)	Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 3,732 Referee: Jonas Weickenmeier

17 February 2018 (2018-02-17) 25	Sonnenhof Großaspach	v	Carl Zeiss Jena	Aspach
13:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Mechatronik Arena

25 February 2018 (2018-02-25) 26	Carl Zeiss Jena	v	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	Jena
13:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld

3 March 2018 (2018-03-03) 27	SV Meppen	v	Carl Zeiss Jena	Meppen
13:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Hänsch-Arena

6 March 2018 (2018-03-06) 28	Carl Zeiss Jena	v	Würzburger Kickers	Jena
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld

10 March 2018 (2018-03-10) 29	Preußen Münster	v	Carl Zeiss Jena	Münster
13:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Preußenstadion

17 March 2018 (2018-03-17) 30	Carl Zeiss Jena	v	1. FC Magdeburg	Jena
13:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld

24 March 2018 (2018-03-24) 31	Hansa Rostock	v	Carl Zeiss Jena	Rostock
13:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Ostseestadion

32	Carl Zeiss Jena	v	FSV Zwickau	Jena
		Report		Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld

33	SC Paderborn	v	Carl Zeiss Jena	Paderborn
		Report		Stadium: Benteler-Arena

34	Carl Zeiss Jena	v	VfR Aalen	Jena
		Report		Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld

35	Werder Bremen II	v	Carl Zeiss Jena	Bremen
		Report		Stadium: Weserstadion Platz 11

36	VfL Osnabrück	v	Carl Zeiss Jena	Osnabrück
		Report		Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke

5 May 2018 (2018-05-05) 37	Carl Zeiss Jena	v	SpVgg Unterhaching	Jena
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld

12 May 2018 (2018-05-12) 38	Karlsruher SC	v	Carl Zeiss Jena	Karlsruhe
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Wildparkstadion

Thuringian Cup

12 August 2017 (2017-08-12) First round	SC Leinefelde 1912	0–5	Carl Zeiss Jena	Leinefelde-Worbis
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Dietz 13', 23', 84' Thiele 31' Tuma 56'	Stadium: Leine-Sport-Park Attendance: 502 Referee: Marko Gaßmann

2 September 2017 (2017-09-02) Second round	Motor Altenburg	0–3	Carl Zeiss Jena	Altenburg
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Starke 44' (pen.) Dietz 59' Wolfram 75'	Stadium: Skatbank-Arena Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Michael Wilske

8 October 2017 (2017-10-08) Round of 16	Carl Zeiss Jena	2–1	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	Jena
14:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Günther-Schmidt 67' Erlbeck 71'	Report	Menz 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 8,649 Referee: Steven Greif

12 November 2017 (2017-11-12) Quarter-finals	ZFC Meuselwitz	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Carl Zeiss Jena	Meuselwitz
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mäder 79'	Report	Bock 4' Eckardt 112' Dietz 116'	Stadium: Bluechip-Arena Attendance: 1,946 Referee: Michael Wilske

Semi-finals

v

References

^ "Spielerkader" [Player squad]. fc-carlzeiss-jena.de (in German). FC Carl Zeiss Jena Fußball Spielbetriebs GmbH. Retrieved 29 January 2018.

[1] "Spielerkader" [Player squad]. fc-carlzeiss-jena.de (in German). FC Carl Zeiss Jena Fußball Spielbetriebs GmbH. Retrieved 29 January 2018.

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