Page 6 - Women's Soccer Scene Issue No.15 2022-23

Brighton & Hove Albion are delighted to announce the appointment of Jens Scheuer as our
new women’s first team head coach on a three-and-a-half-year contract, subject to the granting
of a work permit.
The 44-year-old German coach has agreed a deal with Albion that will keep him on the
south coast until the summer of 2026.
Jens brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in the women’s game having previously
coached FC Bayern Munich Frauen and SC Freiburg Frauen in the women’s Bundesliga.
Scheuer expressed his delight to join Albion as they prepared for the second half of the
WSL season in January.
He told the Brighton & Hove Albion FC official website: “It’s a great feeling, I’m very
excited to work for the team and the club. The facilities are the best I have ever seen.
“I had good talks with [technical director] David Weir. The first time we spoke it was clear
for me that I wanted to come here and build a team which can grow and move up the table. I’m
very excited for the future and can’t wait to get started.”
Women’s chair Michelle Walder said, “I am absolutely thrilled to welcome Jens as our
new head coach of the women’s team.
“He has great experience at the very top level of women’s football in Europe: winning the
Bundesliga in 2021 at Bayern Munich. He consistently finished in the top two during his three
seasons there and guided them to the semi-finals of the Champions League in 2021.
“Jens was our number one target from the start, and the process was similar to the one
we recently undertook when appointing Roberto De Zerbi as men’s head coach.
“The excellent results during Amy Merricks’s time as interim coach and having the winter
break took some of the time pressure off us, and allowed us to go through a thorough process
which reaffirmed Jens as our first choice.”
Technical director David Weir added: “Jens has a brilliant footballing CV and was the
standout candidate. His record at Bayern Munich speaks for itself, but having met with him it’s
clear his ambition and vision matches ours and we are excited to start working with him.
“Amy, Perry [Northeast] and the staff have done an excellent job over the interim period,
and we picked up some important results with a win and a draw from the three games in the
WSL, and a win in the Conti Cup, going into the Christmas break.
“Amy, Perry and all the staff will be key in helping Jens settle in and prepare for his first
game at Leicester City on 15th January.
“We will also have our new women’s and girls’ managing director Zoe Johnson, who is
joining us from Sheffield United, starting with us early in the New Year.
“Both appointments underline our chairman Tony Bloom’s and the club’s commitment
to women’s football. We are looking forward to exciting times ahead.”
Brighton have also been busy bolstering their squad ahead of when the league resumes
on Sunday, having captured the signings of Guro Bergsvand, Dejana Stefanovic, Brianna
Visalli and Zoe Morse.

Arsenal manager Jonas Eidevall has been busily strengthening his squad to boost their WSL
title challenge during the holiday break, but one of the Gunners’ stalwarts has left the club.
After losing Beth Mead and Vivianne Miedema to long term knee injuries, Eidevall acted
swiftly to obtain the signatures of Dutch midfieler Victoria Pelova from Ajax, Jatherine Kuhl
from FC Nordsjælland and Canadian goalkeeper Sabrina D’Angelo from Vittsjo GIK, whilst
Gio Queiroz has returned following a loan spell at Everton.
However, Jordan Nobbs has left the club after a 12-year association, which began with her
being a member of the first WSL title squad in 2011 after joining from Sunderland. She has left
to sign for Aston Villa, who have also signed fellow England international Lucy Staniforth.
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