FF USV Jena

FF USV Jena
Full name Frauenfußball Universitätssportverein Jena e. V.
Founded 2004
Ground Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld
Chairman Ralf Schmidt-Röh
Manager Daniel Kraus
League Bundesliga
2014–15 8th

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

History

After becoming the last East German women's football champion in 1991, USV 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 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 teams biggest success was reaching the final of the 2009–10 Frauen DFB-Pokal, where they lost 0–1 to FCR 2001 Duisburg.

Current squad

As of 5 September 2015, according to official website.

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

No. Position Player
1 Germany GK Julia Gornowitz
2 New Zealand DF Ria Percival
3 Canada DF Rachel Melhado
4 Germany MF Lina Hausicke
5 Germany DF Annalena Breitenbach
6 Germany MF Susanne Utes
8 Germany MF Anja Heuschkel
9 United States MF Jennifer Martin
10 New Zealand FW Amber Hearn
11 Czech Republic FW Lucie Voňková
12 Czech Republic DF Jana Sedláčková
13 Germany MF Karoline Heinze
No. Position Player
14 Portugal MF Dolores Silva
15 Germany MF Vannesa Müller
16 Germany FW Anna Krafczyk
18 Germany FW Felicitas Mauersberger
19 Croatia MF Iva Landeka
20 Germany MF Anna Weiß
22 Netherlands FW Claudia van den Heiligenberg
23 Puerto Rico DF Jacqueline Cruz
25 Germany FW Ivana Rudelic
29 Germany GK Vanessa Fischer
30 Switzerland GK Stenia Michel
31 Germany DF Julia Arnold

Staff

  • Head coach: Daniel Kraus
  • Assistant coach: Steffen Beck
  • Goalkeeper coach: Bernd Lindrath
  • Fitness coach: Oliver Heck

Former notable players

External links

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