2017–18 Eintracht Braunschweig season
The 2017–18 Eintracht Braunschweig season was the 124th season in the club's football history. In 2017–18 the club competed the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football.
2017–18 season | |||
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Chairman | Sebastian Ebel | ||
Manager | Torsten Lieberknecht | ||
Stadium | Eintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony | ||
2. Bundesliga | TBD | ||
DFB-Pokal | Lost in 1st round | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Mirko Boland (2 goals) All: Mirko Boland / Christoffer Nyman (2 goals) | ||
Highest home attendance | 20,300 | ||
Lowest home attendance | 18,550 | ||
Average home league attendance | 19,578 | ||
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Review and events
The 2017–18 season of Eintracht Braunschweig began on 26 June 2017 with their first training session.[1]
The draw for the first round of the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal happened on 11 June and paired Braunschweig with fellow 2. Bundesliga team Holstein Kiel.[2]
On 7 July 2017, the team headed for a ten-day-long pre-season training camp in Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate.[3]
On 25 July 2017, Ken Reichel was named captain of the team.[4]
On 4 August 2017, the club announced that Daniel Ischdonat would temporarily replace the injured Alexander Kunze as goalkeeping coach.[5]
Matches and results
Legend
Win Tie Loss
Friendly matches
30 June 2017 | Braunschweiger SC Acosta | 0–10 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Braunschweig |
18:30 | Report | Dacaj Kumbela Hernández Stettin Biada Breitkreuz Baffo Khelifi |
Stadium: Konrad-Koch-Stadion Attendance: 1,500 |
2 July 2017 | FT Braunschweig | 0–11 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Braunschweig |
17:00 | Report | Breitkreuz Biada Dacaj Zuck Kumbela Moll Boland Canbaz |
Stadium: Prinzenparkstadion Attendance: 700 |
5 July 2017 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 6–1 | 1. FC Magdeburg | Schöningen |
18:30 | Hochscheidt Zuck Dacaj Breitkreuz |
Report | Niemeyer |
Stadium: Elmstadion Attendance: 4,000 |
8 July 2017 | SV Viktoria Herxheim | 0–2 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz |
18:00 | Report | Biada Khelifi |
Stadium: Stadion "Am Krönungsbusch" |
11 July 2017 | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 1–1 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Mannheim |
18:30 | R. Korte |
Report Report |
Kumbela |
Stadium: Carl-Benz-Stadion Attendance: 1,270 |
15 July 2017 | Karlsruher SC | 2–1 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Karlsruhe |
17:00 | Stroh-Engel Baffo |
Report | Zuck |
Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 1,147 |
23 July 2017 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 2–2 | 1. FC Köln | Braunschweig |
15:30 | Zuck Kumbela |
Report | Rudņevs |
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 7,900 |
1 August 2017 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 2–3 | Salzgitter | |
18:30 | Hernández |
Report | Chiesa Milenković |
Stadium: Stadion am Salzgittersee Attendance: 1,932 |
1 September 2017 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 0–3 | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | Braunschweig |
11:30 | Report | Diawusie |
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion, B-Platz |
2. Bundesliga
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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14 | Dynamo Dresden | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 42 | 52 | −10 | 41 | |
15 | Greuther Fürth | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 40 | |
16 | Erzgebirge Aue (O) | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 40 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
17 | Eintracht Braunschweig (R) | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 39 | Relegation to 3. Liga |
18 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern (R) | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 42 | 55 | −13 | 35 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 25 | −8 |
Source: kicker.de
Results by round
Matches
31 July 2017 1 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2–2 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Düsseldorf |
20:30 CEST | Sobottka Nielsen Neuhaus Gießelmann |
Report | Baffo Nyman Moll Hochscheidt Zuck |
Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 25,492 Referee: Christian Dingert |
5 August 2017 2 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 2–0 | 1. FC Heidenheim | Braunschweig |
15:30 CEST | Wittek Boland |
Report | Strauß Griesbeck |
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 18,550 Referee: Daniel Siebert |
18 August 2017 3 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 1–1 | FC Erzgebirge Aue | Braunschweig |
18:30 CEST | Khelifi Nyman Zuck |
Report | Nazarov Tiffert Kalig Riese Rizzuto |
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 20,300 Referee: René Rohde |
28 August 2017 4 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1–1 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Kaiserslautern |
20:30 CEST | Kessel Albæk Reichel Correia |
Report | Hernández Samson Zuck Reichel Fejzić |
Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 20,100 Referee: Robert Kampka |
10 September 2017 5 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 1–1 | SV Sandhausen | Braunschweig |
13:30 CEST | Samson Boland Kumbela |
Report | Roßbach Klingmann |
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 19,885 Referee: Sven Jablonski |
15 September 2017 6 | Union Berlin | 1–1 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Berlin |
19:00 CEST | Gogia Hedlund |
Report | Hernández Nyman Valsvik |
Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 21,114 Referee: Sören Storks |
20 September 2017 7 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 3–0 | Greuther Fürth | Braunschweig |
18:30 CEST | Nyman Baffo Boland Kumbela |
Report | Wittek |
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 18,785 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck |
23 September 2017 8 | Jahn Regensburg | 2–1 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Regensburg |
13:00 CEST | Saller Adamyan Geipl Grüttner Stolze Nietfeld |
Report | Khelifi Baffo Sauer Boland Reichel |
Stadium: Continental Arena Attendance: 8,432 Referee: Tobias Reichel |
1 October 2017 9 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 0–2 | FC St Pauli | Braunschweig |
13:30 CEST | Hernández |
Report | Buchtmann Şahin |
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 22,695 Referee: Manuel Gräfe |
13 October 2017 10 | MSV Duisburg | 0–0 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Duisburg |
18:30 | Schnellhardt Hajri |
Report | Becker |
Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Attendance: 13,855 Referee: Lasse Koslowski |
21 October 2017 11 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 1–0 | Bochum | Braunschweig |
13:00 | Yıldırım |
Report | Gündüz Bastians Celozzi |
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 19,790 Referee: Martin Thomsen |
29 October 2017 12 | Dynamo Dresden | 1–1 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Dresden |
16:00 | Möschl Jannik Müller |
Report | Valsvik Sauer Reichel Samson |
Stadium: DDV-Stadion Attendance: 29,312 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck |
4 November 2017 13 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 2–2 | Darmstadt 98 | Braunschweig |
13:00 | Sulu Biada Yıldırım Schönfeld |
Report | Marvin Mehlem Kamavuaka Sobiech Stark |
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 20,190 Referee: Patrick Alt |
17 November 2017 14 | Arminia Bielefeld | 2–2 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Bielefeld |
18:30 | Schütz Prietl Voglsammer Putaro |
Report | Khelifi Breitkreuz Abdullahi Hochscheidt |
Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 16,367 Referee: Sven Waschitzki |
25 November 2017 15 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 2–3 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Braunschweig |
13:00 | Reichel Khelifi Hochscheidt Abdullahi |
Report | Behrens Kammerbauer Ishak Margreitter Valentini Sepsi |
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 21,605 Referee: Sören Storks |
4 December 2017 16 | FC Ingolstadt 04 | 0–2 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Ingolstadt |
20:30 | Cohen Träsch |
Report | Breitkreuz Reichel Zuck Fejzić Abdullahi |
Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 8,714 Referee: Robert Kampka |
8 December 2017 17 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 0–0 | Holstein Kiel | Braunschweig |
18:30 CET | Fejzić |
Report | Schmidt Drexler Czichos |
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 21,075 Referee: Benedikt Kempkes |
15 December 2017 18 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 0–1 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Braunschweig |
18:30 CET | Reichel Yıldırım |
Report | Lovern Hoffmann Raman Ayhan |
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 19,725 Referee: Patrick Alt |
24 January 2018 19 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 2–0 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Heidenheim an der Brenz |
20:30 CET | Wittek Thomalla Pusch |
Report | Teigl Valsvik Reichel Fejzić Zuck |
Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Daniel Schlager |
28 January 2018 20 | Erzgebirge Aue | 1–3 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Aue |
13:30 CET | Köpke Strauß Wydra Rapp |
Report | Abdullahi Kumbela Schönfeld Hofmann |
Stadium: Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Christof Günsch |
4 February 2018 21 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 1–2 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Braunschweig |
13:30 CET | Nkansah Teigl Abdullahi |
Report | Spalvis Seufert Jenssen |
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 20,550 Referee: Patrick Alt |
11 February 2018 22 | Sandhausen | 0–0 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Sandhausen |
13:30 CET | Derstroff |
Report | Breitkreuz Hochscheidt Teigl Bulut |
Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Attendance: 4,381 Referee: Christian Dingert |
18 February 2012 23 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 1–0 | Union Berlin | Braunschweig |
13:30 CET | Reichel |
Report | Parensen Gogia |
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 21,150 Referee: Benedikt Kempkes |
24 February 2018 24 | Greuther Fürth | 2–1 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Fürth |
13:00 CET | Narey Ernst Gugganig Green |
Report | Bulut Kumbela Zuck Hochscheidt |
Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 7,845 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck |
DFB-Pokal
11 August 2017 First round | Holstein Kiel | 2–1 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Kiel |
20:45 | Drexler Ducksch |
Report | Nyman Baffo |
Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 10,052 Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken) |
Squad
Current squad
- As of 3 January 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
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1 | GK | Marcel Engelhardt | |
2 | DF | Steve Breitkreuz | |
3 | DF | Frederik Tingager | |
4 | DF | Joseph Baffo | |
5 | DF | Gustav Valsvik | |
6 | MF | Quirin Moll | |
7 | MF | Özkan Yıldırım | |
9 | FW | Julius Biada | |
10 | MF | Mirko Boland | |
11 | MF | Jan Hochscheidt | |
12 | FW | Domi Kumbela | |
13 | MF | Louis Samson | |
14 | DF | Robin Becker | |
15 | FW | Christoffer Nyman |
No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
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16 | GK | Jasmin Fejzić | |
17 | DF | Steffen Nkansah | |
18 | DF | Georg Teigl (on loan from FC Augsburg) | |
19 | DF | Ken Reichel (captain) | |
20 | FW | Suleiman Abdullahi | |
21 | MF | Patrick Schönfeld | |
22 | MF | Salim Khelifi | |
23 | MF | Onel Hernández | |
24 | DF | Maximilian Sauer | |
27 | DF | Niko Kijewski | |
30 | MF | Hendrick Zuck | |
33 | GK | Eric Verstappen | |
34 | FW | Phillip Tietz | |
37 | MF | Eros Dacaj |
Transfers
Summer
In:
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Out:
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Player statistics
- As of 14 September 2017
No. | Pos | Player | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
1 | GK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2 | DF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
4 | DF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
5 | DF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
6 | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
7 | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
9 | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
10 | MF | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
11 | MF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
12 | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
13 | MF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
14 | DF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
15 | FW | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
16 | GK | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
17 | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
19 | DF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
20 | FW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
21 | MF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
22 | MF | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
23 | MF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
24 | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
27 | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
30 | MF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
33 | GK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
34 | FW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
37 | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Management and coaching staff
Since 12 May 2008 Torsten Lieberknecht is the manager of Eintracht Braunschweig.
Position | Staff |
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Manager | Torsten Lieberknecht |
Assistant manager | Darius Scholtysik |
Assistant manager/athletic trainer | Jürgen Rische |
Goalkeeping coach | Alexander Kunze |
Goalkeeping coach | Daniel Ischdonat |
Sporting director | Marc Arnold |
References
- "Trainingsauftakt der Profis" (in German). eintracht.com. 23 June 2017.
- "Pokalsieger Dortmund muss in den Süden". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 11 June 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- "Die Löwen starten ins Trainingslager" (in German). eintracht.com. 7 July 2017.
- "Ken Reichel wird Kapitän". eintracht.com (in German). 25 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- "Achillessehnenriss bei Torwart-Trainer Alexander Kunze" (in German). eintracht.com. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
- "Samson und Breitkreuz: Braunschweig bedient sich in Aue" [Samson and Breitkreuz: Braunschweig helps itself in Aue] (in German). kicker. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- "Braunschweig angelt sich Yildirim" [Braunschweig lands Yildirim] (in German). kicker. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- "Eintracht lotst Becker nach Braunschweig" [Eintracht steers Becker to Braunschweig] (in German). kicker. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- "Eintracht verpflichtet Eric Verstappen" [Eintracht signs Eric Verstappen] (in German). eintracht.com. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
- "Ex-Northeimer Dacaj feiert Profi-Debüt" (in German). Hessische/Niedersächsische Allgemeine. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- "Saulo Decarli wechselt zum FC Brügge" [Saulo Decarli transfers to Club Brugge] (in German). eintracht.com. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
- "Matuschyk wechselt von Braunschweig nach Lubin" [Matuschyk transfers from Braunschweig to Lubin] (in German). kicker. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ""Richtig gutes Gefühl": Omladic landet in Fürth" ["Really good feeling": Omladic lands in Fürth] (in German). kicker. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- "Ofosu-Ayeh wechselt zu den "Wölfen"" [Ofosu-Ayeh transfers to the "Wolves"] (in German). kicker. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ""Wieder zu Hause": Correia kehrt zum FCK zurück" ["Back home": Correia returns to FCK] (in German). kicker. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- "Lotte verpflichtet Schulze und Piossek" [Lotte signs Schulze and Piossek] (in German). kicker.de. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.