2016–17 Eintracht Braunschweig season

The 2016–17 Eintracht Braunschweig season is the 123rd season in the club's football history. In 2016–17 the club plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football.

Eintracht Braunschweig
2016–17 season
ChairmanSebastian Ebel
ManagerTorsten Lieberknecht
StadiumEintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony
2. Bundesliga3rd
DFB-PokalLost in 1st round
Top goalscorerLeague: Domi Kumbela (13 goals)
All: Domi Kumbela (13 goals)
Highest home attendance23,325
Lowest home attendance19,630
Average home league attendance21,430

Review and events

The 2016–17 season of Eintracht Braunschweig began on 27 June 2016 with their first training session.[1] For this season, the club wore a special anniversary crest, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the club's 1966–67 Bundesliga title.[2]

The draw for the first round of the 2016–17 DFB-Pokal happened on 18 June and paired Braunschweig with fellow 2. Bundesliga team Würzburger Kickers.[3]

On 20 July 2016, the team headed for a nine-day-long pre-season training camp in Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate.[4]

On 15 January 2017, the team headed for a week-long winter training camp in Mijas, Province of Málaga, Spain.[5]

Matches and results

Legend

  Win   Tie   Loss

Friendly matches
3 July 2016 Braunschweiger Zeitung Select XI1–9Eintracht BraunschweigBraunschweig
15:00 Gehde  23' Report Tietz  30'
Moll  32'
Omladič  39'
Khelifi  45'
Abdullahi  59'
Zuck  60', 65'
Hochscheidt  66'
Kumbela  81'		 Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 4,000
8 July 2016 Eintracht Northeim0–3Eintracht BraunschweigNortheim
18:30 Report Zuck  28'
Kumbela  66'
Abdullahi  71'		 Stadium: Gustav-Wegner-Stadion
Attendance: 1,280
9 July 2016 Eintracht Braunschweig3–3 OBSalzgitter
16:00 Abdullahi  39', 57'
Biada  85'		 Report Festersen  35'
Jönsson  49'
Dieudonne  71'		 Stadium: Stadion am Salzgittersee
Attendance: 1,000
15 July 2016 KSV Hessen Kassel0–0Eintracht BraunschweigKassel
18:30 Report Stadium: Auestadion
Attendance: 824
17 July 2016 Eintracht Braunschweig2–1 Bohemians 1905Schöningen
15:30 Hochscheidt  12'
Abdullahi  45'		 Report Čížek  65' Stadium: Elmstadion
Attendance: 1,802
23 July 2016 SV Waldhof Mannheim2–7Eintracht BraunschweigMannheim
18:00 Koep  30'
Sommer  45' (pen.)		 Report Abdullahi  1'
Hernández  11'
Omladič  49', 54', 76'
Tietz  68', 81'		 Stadium: Carl-Benz-Stadion
Attendance: 1,367
29 July 2016 Eintracht Braunschweig4–1 SC BastiaBraunschweig
18:00 Abdullahi  4'
Biada  61'
Kumbela  72', 89'		 Report Acheampong  71' Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 2,300
30 July 2016 Eintracht Braunschweig1–2Hertha BSCSalzgitter
14:30 Ademi  17' Report Haraguchi  10'
Allagui  81' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stadion am Salzgittersee
Attendance: 1,148
2 September 2016 Eintracht Braunschweig3–1FC Viktoria 1889 BerlinBraunschweig
18:00 Kumbela  2', 18'
Biada  70'		 Report Benyamina  15' (pen.) Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion, B-Platz
Attendance: 236
10 November 2016 Eintracht Braunschweig1–1SV Babelsberg 03Braunschweig
13:00 Hochscheidt  43' Report Steinborn  53' Stadium: Konrad-Koch-Stadion
Attendance: 250
7 January 2017 Eintracht Braunschweig2–0SC Paderborn 07Braunschweig
14:00 Nyman  5', 26' Report Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion, F-Platz
Attendance: 270
14 January 2017 Eintracht Braunschweig2–1SV Werder BremenBraunschweig
15:30 Decarli  17'
Hernández  64'		 Report Gnabry  29' Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 4,550
17 January 2017 Eintracht Braunschweig2–0 FC LuzernMijas, Spain
15:00 Tietz  78'
Hochscheidt  87'		 Report Stadium: La Cala Resort
Attendance: 150
20 January 2017 Dinamo București 1–0Eintracht BraunschweigMarbella, Spain
15:00 Palić  88' (pen.) Report Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella
22 March 2017 VfL Oythe0–2Eintracht BraunschweigVechta
18:00 Report Khelifi  25'
Schönfeld  38' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stadion An der Hasenweide
Attendance: 850
24 March 2017 Eintracht Braunschweig6–0Berliner AK 07Braunschweig
15:00 Reichel  18'
Hernández  35'
Zuck  37'
Abdullahi  40', 45'
Kumbela  55'		 Report Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion, B-Platz
Attendance: 140

2. Bundesliga
Main article: 2016–17 2. Bundesliga

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 VfB Stuttgart (C, P) 34 21 6 7 63 37 +26 69 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 Hannover 96 (P) 34 19 10 5 51 32 +19 67
3 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 19 9 6 50 36 +14 66 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 Union Berlin 34 18 6 10 51 39 +12 60
5 Dynamo Dresden 34 13 11 10 53 46 +7 50
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 19 9 6 50 36  +14 66 13 3 1 35 17  +18 6 6 5 15 19  −4

Source: Bundesliga

Results by round
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH
ResultWWWWWLWDWWLDDWLWDDLDDWDWWWDWLWWWLW
Position2211111111111121123344443232422233
Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches
7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 1Eintracht Braunschweig2–1Würzburger KickersBraunschweig
15:30 Khelifi  43'
Biada  54'		 Report Soriano  61'
Taffertshofer  68'		 Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 20,390
Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Niederkassel)
13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 2FC St. Pauli0–2Eintracht BraunschweigHamburg
15:30 Report Kumbela  40'
Biada  67'		 Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
Attendance: 29,546
Referee: Bastian Dankert (Rostock)
28 August 2016 (2016-08-28) 3Eintracht Braunschweig6–11. FC NürnbergBraunschweig
13:30 Kumbela  43'
Decarli  45+1', 55'
Bulthuis  64' (o.g.)
Omladič  87'
Nyman  88'		 Report Burgstaller  8' Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 20,840
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)
9 September 2016 (2016-09-09) 4Erzgebirge Aue0–2Eintracht BraunschweigAue
18:30 Report Kumbela  10', 89' Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion
Attendance: 8,050
Referee: Daniel Schlager (Rastatt)
17 September 2016 (2016-09-17) 5Eintracht Braunschweig2–1SV SandhausenBraunschweig
13:00 Nyman  62'
Hernández  74'		 Report Sukuta-Pasu  90+2' Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 19,967
Referee: Benjamin Cortus (Röthenbach an der Pegnitz)
20 September 2016 (2016-09-20) 6VfB Stuttgart2–0Eintracht BraunschweigStuttgart
17:30 Šunjić  18'
Großkreutz  64'		 Report Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 36,800
Referee: Christian Dingert (Lebecksmühle)
23 September 2016 (2016-09-23) 7Eintracht Braunschweig2–1Fortuna DüsseldorfBraunschweig
18:30 Kumbela  29'
Reichel  33'		 Report Kiesewetter  78' Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 21,555
Referee: Sven Jablonski (Bremen)
2 October 2016 (2016-10-02) 81. FC Heidenheim1–1Eintracht BraunschweigHeidenheim an der Brenz
13:30 Kleindienst  27' Report Kumbela  76' Stadium: Voith-Arena
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Thorben Siewer (Drolshagen)
17 October 2016 (2016-10-17) 9Eintracht Braunschweig1–01. FC KaiserslauternBraunschweig
20:15 Omladič  18' Report Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 20,790
Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)
23 October 2016 (2016-10-23) 10Eintracht Braunschweig1–0SpVgg Greuther FürthBraunschweig
13:30 Hernández  59' Report Sararer Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 20,900
Referee: Patrick Ittrich (Hamburg)
28 October 2016 (2016-10-28) 11Dynamo Dresden3–2Eintracht BraunschweigDresden
18:45 Kutschke  69', 74', 81' Report Hernández  10'
Kumbela  52'		 Stadium: DDV-Stadion
Attendance: 29,097
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Berlin)
6 November 2016 (2016-11-06) 12Eintracht Braunschweig2–2Hannover 96Braunschweig
13:30 Reichel  17'
Hernández  36'		 Report Harnik  38'
Karaman  66'		 Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)
18 November 2016 (2016-11-18) 13VfL Bochum1–1Eintracht BraunschweigBochum
18:30 Quaschner  84' Report Kumbela  68' Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 17,488
Referee: Christian Dietz (Kronach)
27 November 2016 (2016-11-27) 14Eintracht Braunschweig2–11860 MunichBraunschweig
13:30 Nyman  16'
Kumbela  65'		 Report Olić  72' Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 20,850
Referee: Patrick Alt (Heusweiler)
5 December 2016 (2016-12-05) 15Union Berlin2–0Eintracht BraunschweigBerlin
20:15 Hedlund  56'
Daube  82'		 Report Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei
Attendance: 20,312
Referee: Christian Dingert (Lebecksmühle)
11 December 2016 (2016-12-11) 16Eintracht Braunschweig3–2Arminia BielefeldBraunschweig
13:30 Nyman  30'
Kumbela  55', 76'		 Report Voglsammer  4'
Klos  75'		 Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 20,760
Referee: Robert Kampka (Mainz)
17 December 2016 (2016-12-17) 17Karlsruher SC0–0Eintracht BraunschweigKarlsruhe
13:00 Report Stadium: Wildparkstadion
Attendance: 12,096
Referee: Florian Badstübner (Windsbach)
28 January 2017 (2017-01-28) 18Würzburger Kickers1–1Eintracht BraunschweigWürzburg
13:00 Rama  34' Report Nyman  90+1' Stadium: flyeralarm Arena
Attendance: 10,152
Referee: Daniel Schlager (Rastatt)
5 February 2017 (2017-02-05) 19Eintracht Braunschweig1–2FC St. PauliBraunschweig
13:30 Abdullahi  90+6' Report Sobiech  7'
Şahin  72'		 Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 22,775
Referee: Christian Dietz (Kronach)
10 February 2017 (2017-02-10) 201. FC Nürnberg1–1Eintracht BraunschweigNuremberg
18:30 Sabiri  53' Report Nyman  23' Stadium: Stadion Nürnberg
Attendance: 23,152
Referee: Marco Fritz (Korb)
17 February 2017 (2017-02-17) 21Eintracht Braunschweig1–1Erzgebirge AueBraunschweig
18:30 Ofosu-Ayeh  10' Report Nazarov  57' (pen.) Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 19,630
Referee: Lasse Koslowski (Berlin)
24 February 2017 (2017-02-24) 22SV Sandhausen0–1Eintracht BraunschweigSandhausen
18:30 Report Boland  71' Stadium: Hardtwaldstadion
Attendance: 4,721
Referee: Sören Storks (Velen)
6 March 2017 (2017-03-06) 23Eintracht Braunschweig1–1VfB StuttgartBraunschweig
20:15 Reichel  42' (pen.) Report Carlos Mané  3'
Kamiński 		Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Benjamin Brand (Bamberg)
13 March 2017 (2017-03-13) 24Fortuna Düsseldorf1–2Eintracht BraunschweigDüsseldorf
20:15 Bormuth  37' Report Nyman  60'
Hernández  89'		 Stadium: Esprit Arena
Attendance: 20,168
Referee: Marco Fritz (Korb)
17 March 2017 (2017-03-17) 25Eintracht Braunschweig3–21. FC HeidenheimBraunschweig
18:30 Boland  33'
Nyman  78'
Reichel  90+2'		 Report Schnatterer  3'
Feick  73' (pen.)		 Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Thorben Siewer (Drolshagen)
2 April 2017 (2017-04-02) 261. FC Kaiserslautern0–1Eintracht BraunschweigKaiserslautern
13:30 Report Boland  79' Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 23,756
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck (Freiburg im Breisgau)
5 April 2017 (2017-04-05) 27SpVgg Greuther Fürth0–0Eintracht BraunschweigFürth
17:30 Report Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer
Attendance: 8,035
Referee: Robert Kampka (Mainz)
10 April 2017 (2017-04-10) 28Eintracht Braunschweig1–0Dynamo DresdenBraunschweig
20:15 Reichel  90+2' Report Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 22,880
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Berlin)
15 April 2017 (2017-04-15) 29Hannover 961–0Eintracht BraunschweigHanover
13:00 Füllkrug  32' Report Stadium: HDI Arena
Attendance: 42,700
Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Niederkassel)
23 April 2017 (2017-04-23) 30Eintracht Braunschweig2–0VfL BochumBraunschweig
13:30 Nyman  46', 87' Report Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 21,650
Referee: Florian Badstübner (Windsbach)
30 April 2017 (2017-04-30) 311860 Munich0–1Eintracht BraunschweigMunich
13:30 Report Nyman  55' Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 39,500
Referee: Sören Storks (Velen)
8 May 2017 (2017-05-08) 32Eintracht Braunschweig3–1Union BerlinBraunschweig
20:15 Reichel  6', 64'
Kumbela  75'		 Report Punčec
Thiel  65'		 Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 23,325
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Hamburg)
14 May 2017 (2017-05-14) 33Arminia Bielefeld6–0Eintracht BraunschweigBielefeld
15:30 Hochscheidt  13' (o.g.)
Börner  24'
Yabo  65', 67', 76'
Staude  71'		 Report Stadium: Schüco-Arena
Attendance: 24,138
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)
21 May 2017 (2017-05-21) 34Eintracht Braunschweig2–1Karlsruher SCBraunschweig
15:30 Kumbela  2'
Biada  34'		 Report Thoelke  15' Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Robert Kampka (Mainz)

Promotion play-offs

First leg
25 May 2017 VfL Wolfsburg1–0Eintracht BraunschweigWolfsburg
20:30 CEST Gómez  35' (pen.) Report Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 29,100
Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Niederkassel)

Second leg
29 May 2017 Eintracht Braunschweig0–1VfL WolfsburgBraunschweig
20:30 CEST Report Vieirinha  49' Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Hamburg)

DFB-Pokal
Main article: 2016–17 DFB-Pokal
20 August 2016 (2016-08-20) First roundWürzburger Kickers1–0 (a.e.t.)Eintracht BraunschweigWürzburg
15:30 Soriano  103' Report Stadium: flyeralarm Arena
Attendance: 6,384
Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)

Squad

Current squad

As of 31 January 2017[6]

Squad Season 2016–17
No.PlayerNat.Birthdayat BTSV sinceprevious clubLeague matchesLeague goalsCup matchesCup goalsPlay-off matchesPlay-off goals
Goalkeepers
1Marcel Engelhardt5 Apr 19932015Youth system000000
16Jasmin Fejzić15 May 19862015VfR Aalen3401020
Defenders
3Saulo Decarli4 Feb 19922014Livorno2820020
4Joseph Baffo7 Nov 19922015Halmstads BK1501000
5Gustav Valsvik26 May 19932016Strømsgodset2901020
17Phil Ofosu-Ayeh15 Sep 19912015VfR Aalen1611000
19Ken Reichel19 Dec 19862007Hamburger SV II3271020
24Maximilian Sauer15 May 19942014Youth system1500020
25Marcel Correia (captain)16 May 198920111. FC Kaiserslautern II1500000
26Michael Schulze13 Jan 198901/17Youth system100000
27Niko Kijewski28 Mar 19962015Youth system700000
Midfielders
6Quirin Moll21 Jan 19912016Dynamo Dresden2901010
8Adam Matuszczyk14 Feb 198920151. FC Köln100000
9Julius Biada3 Nov 19922016Fortuna Köln2131000
10Mirko Boland23 Apr 198701/09MSV Duisburg II2731020
11Jan Hochscheidt4 Oct 19872013FC Erzgebirge Aue1301020
12Nik Omladič21 Aug 198901/15Olimpija Ljubljana2521020
21Patrick Schönfeld21 Jun 19892015FC Erzgebirge Aue1701020
22Salim Khelifi26 Jan 199401/14Lausanne-Sport1811010
23Onel Hernández1 Feb 19932016VfL Wolfsburg II3450020
30Hendrick Zuck21 Jul 19902014SC Freiburg1701010
Strikers
7Domi Kumbela20 Apr 198401/16SpVgg Greuther Fürth33131010
15Christoffer Nyman5 Oct 19922016IFK Norrköping31110020
20Suleiman Abdullahi10 Dec 19962016Viking1310010
34Phillip Tietz9 Jul 199701/16Youth system200010
No longer at the club
18Orhan Ademi28 Oct 19912012SC Rheindorf Altach100000
Last updated: 31 May 2017

Transfers

Summer

Winter

Management and coaching staff

Since 12 May 2008 Torsten Lieberknecht is the manager of Eintracht Braunschweig.

Position Staff
ManagerTorsten Lieberknecht
Assistant managerDarius Scholtysik
Assistant manager/athletic trainerJürgen Rische
Goalkeeping coachAlexander Kunze
Sporting directorMarc Arnold

References
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  2. "Eintracht startet in die Jubiläumssaison" (in German). eintracht.com. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  3. "1. Runde: Jena gegen Bayern, Trier vs. BVB". kicker (in German). 19 June 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
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  5. "Eine Woche Mijas Costa" (in German). eintracht.com. 15 January 2017.
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  7. "Eintracht verpflichtet Gustav Valsvik" [Eintracht signs Gustav Valsvik] (in German). eintracht.com. 30 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  8. "Braunschweig: Moll kommt an die Hamburger Straße" [Braunschweig: Moll comes to the Hamburger Straße] (in German). kicker. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
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  10. "Löwen verpflichten Christoffer Nyman" [Lions sign Christoffer Nyman] (in German). eintracht.com. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
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  15. "Julius Düker wechselt zum 1. FC Magdeburg" [Julius Düker transfers to 1. FC Magdeburg]. eintracht.com. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
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