Counting since their first Frauen-Bundesliga game, September 7, 2008, as the FF USV Jena. Lost 3–2 to Hamburg in FF USV Jena's 2008 Bundesliga debut; the lineage won the last-ever East German championship in 1991 — a title no one can win again — and went back down in 2026.
IN THE MEANTIME…
The Zeissianerinnen have never won it all. This clock has been running since their first Frauen-Bundesliga game.
They did win 1 East German championship title (1991). The Frauen-Bundesliga doesn't count those. Neither does the pain.
That's 18 Frauen-Bundesliga seasons of waiting.
Since then: Bitcoin mined its first block, TikTok went global, and ChatGPT launched.
4 U.S. presidencies have started.
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East German championship titles in 1991 don't hang in this rafter — the Frauen-Bundesliga doesn't count them.