# 2017–18 FC Carl Zeiss Jena season

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
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 | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | 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 | Total | Total | Total | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 039.29 |
Last updated: 10 February 2018 Source: Competitions

### 3. Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |