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FC Carl Zeiss Jena is setting the course for the upcoming Regionalliga season by appointing Marco Grote as the new head coach. The former interim coach of the Bundesliga club 1. FC Union Berlin succeeds Volkan Uluc at the Kernbergen.
The mudslinging between the Regionalliga side FC Carl Zeiss Jena and its former coach Volkan Uluc reaches a new peak. Following recent public statements by the former coach, the management of the traditional Thuringian club has now reacted with unusual clarity.
Jena, May 24, 2026 – Coach Volkan Uluc has bid an emotional farewell to FC Carl Zeiss Jena by winning the Thüringenpokal. This sporting success also secures the club’s important entry into the first main round of the DFB-Pokal for the upcoming season.
FC Carl Zeiss Jena faces ZFC Meuselwitz in the Thuringian Cup final. The match marks the final game for head coach Volkan Uluç and offers a chance for DFB-Pokal qualification.
Following the missed promotion to the 3. Liga, FC Carl Zeiss Jena is preparing for a personnel realignment. Head coach Volkan Uluc will leave the club after the Thüringenpokal final, while Sporting Director Miroslav Jovic searches for a successor.
On Saturday, May 23, 2026, FC Carl Zeiss Jena will face ZFC Meuselwitz in the Thüringenpokal final at the ad hoc Arena. The match marks the final game for head coach Volkan Uluc and offers a chance to qualify for the DFB-Pokal.
Jena, May 17, 2026. Following the emotional derby victory against FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt, there is now certainty on the sidelines at FC Carl Zeiss Jena. Head coach Volkan Uluc is leaving the club at his own request, despite the team explicitly speaking out in favor of him staying.
The contractual future of coach Volkan Uluc at FC Carl Zeiss Jena has been clarified. If the targeted promotion to the 3. Liga is missed this season, the club and the coach will part ways in the summer.
The championship race in the Regionalliga Nordost is intensifying in the final stages of the season. While league leaders Lokomotive Leipzig stumbled in the city derby, FC Carl Zeiss Jena moved closer to their direct rivals with their fifth consecutive competitive victory.
Jena, 08.04.2026. At Regionalliga club FC Carl Zeiss Jena, a surprising coaching change appears to be on the horizon. According to media reports, the club and head coach Volkan Uluc could part ways prematurely after the upcoming cup final.