2017–18 Eintracht Braunschweig season

Eintracht Braunschweig
2017–18 season
ChairmanSebastian Ebel
ManagerTorsten Lieberknecht
StadiumEintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony
2. Bundesliga17th (relegated)
DFB-PokalFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Suleiman Abdullahi (7)
All: Suleiman Abdullahi (7)
Highest home attendance20,300
Lowest home attendance18,550
Average home league attendance19,578

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.

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 14'
Kumbela 39'
Hernández 41' (pen.)
Stettin 51'
Biada 58', 70'
Breitkreuz 67'
Baffo 75', 80'
Khelifi 87'		 Stadium: Konrad-Koch-Stadion
Attendance: 1,500
2 July 2017 FT Braunschweig 0–11 Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweig
17:00 Report Breitkreuz 9'
Biada 23', 26'
Dacaj 42'
Zuck 55'
Kumbela 58', 75', 88'
Moll 65'
Boland 80'
Canbaz 90'		 Stadium: Prinzenparkstadion
Attendance: 700
5 July 2017 Eintracht Braunschweig 6–1 1. FC Magdeburg Schöningen
18:30 Hochscheidt 37'
Zuck 48', 85'
Dacaj 75', 79'
Breitkreuz 83'		 Report Niemeyer 7' Stadium: Elmstadion
Attendance: 4,000
8 July 2017 SV Viktoria Herxheim 0–2 Eintracht Braunschweig Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz
18:00 Report Biada 11'
Khelifi 87'		 Stadium: Stadion "Am Krönungsbusch"
11 July 2017 SV Waldhof Mannheim 1–1 Eintracht Braunschweig Mannheim
18:30 R. Korte 85' Report
Report		 Kumbela 87' Stadium: Carl-Benz-Stadion
Attendance: 1,270
15 July 2017 Karlsruher SC 2–1 Eintracht Braunschweig Karlsruhe
17:00 Stroh-Engel 47'
Baffo 53' (o.g.)		 Report Zuck 4' Stadium: Wildparkstadion
Attendance: 1,147
23 July 2017 Eintracht Braunschweig 2–2 1. FC Köln Braunschweig
15:30 Zuck 60'
Kumbela 70'		 Report Rudņevs 28' (pen.), 30' Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 7,900
1 August 2017 Eintracht Braunschweig 2–3 Italy Fiorentina Salzgitter
18:30 Hernández 26', 67' Report Chiesa 10', 12'
Milenković 76'		 Stadium: Stadion am Salzgittersee
Attendance: 1,932
1 September 2017 Eintracht Braunschweig 0–3 SV Wehen Wiesbaden Braunschweig
11:30 Report Diawusie 7', 10', 20' Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion, B-Platz

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2017–18 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
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
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results summary

Overall Home Away
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

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultDWDDDDWLLDWDDDLWDLLWLDWLWDWLDDDLLL
Position8479910101212129111313139151515141515151616171717171717171717
Source: kicker.de
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

31 July 2017 (2017-07-31) 1 Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–2 Eintracht Braunschweig Düsseldorf
20:30 CEST Sobottka 9'
Nielsen Yellow card 63'
Neuhaus 79'
Gießelmann Yellow card 90'		 Report Baffo 35'
Nyman 60'
Moll Red card 81'
Hochscheidt Yellow card 85'
Zuck Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Esprit Arena
Attendance: 25,492
Referee: Christian Dingert
5 August 2017 (2017-08-05) 2 Eintracht Braunschweig 2–0 1. FC Heidenheim Braunschweig
15:30 CEST Wittek 28' (o.g.)
Boland 80'		 Report Strauß Yellow card 18'
Griesbeck Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 18,550
Referee: Daniel Siebert
18 August 2017 (2017-08-18) 3 Eintracht Braunschweig 1–1 FC Erzgebirge Aue Braunschweig
18:30 CEST Khelifi 26'
Nyman Yellow card 35'
Zuck Yellow card 50'		 Report Nazarov 24'
Tiffert Yellow card 37'
Kalig Yellow card 43'
Riese Yellow card 70'
Rizzuto Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 20,300
Referee: René Rohde
28 August 2017 (2017-08-28) 4 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–1 Eintracht Braunschweig Kaiserslautern
20:30 CEST Kessel Yellow card 11'
Albæk Yellow card 35'
Reichel 80' (o.g.)
Correia Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Hernández 27'
Samson Yellow card 56'
Zuck Yellow card 71'
Reichel Yellow card 84'
Fejzić Yellow card 85'		 Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 20,100
Referee: Robert Kampka
10 September 2017 (2017-09-10) 5 Eintracht Braunschweig 1–1 SV Sandhausen Braunschweig
13:30 CEST Samson Yellow card 8'
Boland 48'
Kumbela Yellow card 89'		 Report Roßbach Yellow card 74'
Klingmann 83'		 Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 19,885
Referee: Sven Jablonski
15 September 2017 (2017-09-15) 6 Union Berlin 1–1 Eintracht Braunschweig Berlin
19:00 CEST Gogia Yellow card 19'
Hedlund 52' Yellow card 82'		 Report Hernández Yellow card 32'
Nyman 62'
Valsvik Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei
Attendance: 21,114
Referee: Sören Storks
20 September 2017 (2017-09-20) 7 Eintracht Braunschweig 3–0 Greuther Fürth Braunschweig
18:30 CEST Nyman 23'
Baffo 28'
Boland Yellow card 32'
Kumbela 79'		 Report Wittek Yellow card 90+1' Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 18,785
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck
23 September 2017 (2017-09-23) 8 Jahn Regensburg 2–1 Eintracht Braunschweig Regensburg
13:00 CEST Saller Yellow card 41'
Adamyan Yellow card 43'
Geipl Yellow card 45'
Grüttner 47'
Stolze Yellow card 62'
Nietfeld 77'		 Report Khelifi Red card 26'
Baffo 42' Yellow card 83'
Sauer Red card 64'
Boland Yellow card 67' Yellow-red card
Reichel Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Continental Arena
Attendance: 8,432
Referee: Tobias Reichel
1 October 2017 (2017-10-01) 9 Eintracht Braunschweig 0–2 FC St Pauli Braunschweig
13:30 CEST Hernández soccer ball with red X 12' Report Buchtmann 76'
Şahin 80'		 Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 22,695
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
13 October 2017 10 MSV Duisburg 0–0 Eintracht Braunschweig Duisburg
18:30 Schnellhardt Yellow card 69'
Hajri Yellow card 73'		 Report Becker Yellow card 85' Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
Attendance: 13,855
Referee: Lasse Koslowski
21 October 2017 11 Eintracht Braunschweig 1–0 Bochum Braunschweig
13:00 Yıldırım 7' Report Gündüz Yellow card 48'
Bastians Yellow card 72'
Celozzi Yellow card 77'		 Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 19,790
Referee: Martin Thomsen
29 October 2017 12 Dynamo Dresden 1–1 Eintracht Braunschweig Dresden
16:00 Möschl 12'
Jannik Müller Yellow card 30'		 Report Valsvik Yellow card 11' 60'
Sauer Yellow card 48'
Reichel Yellow card 86'
Samson Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: DDV-Stadion
Attendance: 29,312
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck
4 November 2017 13 Eintracht Braunschweig 2–2 Darmstadt 98 Braunschweig
13:00 Sulu 8' (o.g.)
Biada Yellow card 27'
Yıldırım Yellow card 88'
Schönfeld 90+2'		 Report Marvin Mehlem 30'
Kamavuaka 52'
Sobiech Yellow card 57'
Stark Yellow card 69'		 Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 20,190
Referee: Patrick Alt
17 November 2017 14 Arminia Bielefeld 2–2 Eintracht Braunschweig Bielefeld
18:30 Schütz 7'
Prietl Yellow card 26'
Voglsammer Yellow card 74'
Putaro 90'		 Report Khelifi Yellow card 33'
Breitkreuz Yellow card 52'
Abdullahi 56'
Hochscheidt 64'		 Stadium: SchücoArena
Attendance: 16,367
Referee: Sven Waschitzki
25 November 2017 15 Eintracht Braunschweig 2–3 1. FC Nürnberg Braunschweig
13:00 Reichel Yellow card 16'
Khelifi 38'
Hochscheidt Yellow card 54'
Abdullahi 64'		 Report Behrens 36'
Kammerbauer Yellow card 61'
Ishak Yellow card 63' 68' 83'
Margreitter Yellow card 79'
Valentini Yellow card 86'
Sepsi Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 21,605
Referee: Sören Storks
4 December 2017 16 FC Ingolstadt 04 0–2 Eintracht Braunschweig Ingolstadt
20:30 Cohen Yellow card 54'
Träsch Yellow card 83'		 Report Breitkreuz Yellow card 10'
Reichel Yellow card 26'
Zuck Yellow card 32' 76'
Fejzić Yellow card 52'
Abdullahi 65'		 Stadium: Audi Sportpark
Attendance: 8,714
Referee: Robert Kampka
8 December 2017 (2017-12-08) 17 Eintracht Braunschweig 0–0 Holstein Kiel Braunschweig
18:30 CET Fejzić Yellow card 65' Report Schmidt Yellow card 62'
Drexler Yellow card 86'
Czichos Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 21,075
Referee: Benedikt Kempkes
15 December 2017 (2017-12-15) 18 Eintracht Braunschweig 0–1 Fortuna Düsseldorf Braunschweig
18:30 CET Reichel Yellow card 58'
Yıldırım Yellow card 74'		 Report Lovern 9' Yellow card 9'
Hoffmann Yellow card 48'
Raman Yellow card 74'
Ayhan Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 19,725
Referee: Patrick Alt
24 January 2018 (2018-01-24) 19 1. FC Heidenheim 2–0 Eintracht Braunschweig Heidenheim an der Brenz
20:30 CET Wittek Yellow card 25'
Thomalla 48'
Pusch Yellow card 51' 83'		 Report Teigl Yellow card 37'
Valsvik Yellow card 68'
Reichel Yellow card 76'
Fejzić Yellow card 83'
Zuck Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Voith-Arena
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Daniel Schlager
28 January 2018 (2018-01-28) 20 Erzgebirge Aue 1–3 Eintracht Braunschweig Aue
13:30 CET Köpke 12'
Strauß Yellow card 58'
Wydra Yellow card 81'
Rapp Yellow card 90'		 Report Abdullahi 13', 71' Yellow card 73'
Kumbela 35'
Schönfeld Yellow card 67'
Hofmann Yellow card 69'		 Stadium: Erzgebirgsstadion
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Christof Günsch
4 February 2018 (2018-02-04) 21 Eintracht Braunschweig 1–2 1. FC Kaiserslautern Braunschweig
13:30 CET Nkansah Yellow card 32'
Teigl Yellow card 34'
Abdullahi 72'		 Report Spalvis 4' 35'
Seufert Yellow card 37'
Jenssen Yellow card 42'		 Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 20,550
Referee: Patrick Alt
11 February 2018 (2018-02-11) 22 Sandhausen 0–0 Eintracht Braunschweig Sandhausen
13:30 CET Derstroff Yellow card 43' Report Breitkreuz Yellow card 17'
Hochscheidt Yellow card 42'
Teigl Yellow card 51'
Bulut Yellow card 84'		 Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald
Attendance: 4,381
Referee: Christian Dingert
18 February 2018 (2018-02-18) 23 Eintracht Braunschweig 1–0 Union Berlin Braunschweig
13:30 CET Reichel 16' Report Parensen Yellow card 60'
Gogia Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 21,150
Referee: Benedikt Kempkes
24 February 2018 (2018-02-24) 24 Greuther Fürth 2–1 Eintracht Braunschweig Fürth
13:00 CET Narey 21'
Ernst 79'
Gugganig Yellow card 83'
Green Yellow card 86'		 Report Bulut Yellow card 37'
Kumbela 45'
Zuck Yellow card 45+2'
Hochscheidt Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer
Attendance: 7,845
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck
 () 25 Eintracht Braunschweig v Jahn Regensburg Braunschweig
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
 () 26 FC St Pauli v Eintracht Braunschweig St. Pauli
Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
 () 27 Eintracht Braunschweig v MSV Duisburg Braunschweig
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
 () 28 Bochum v Eintracht Braunschweig Bochum
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
 () 29 Eintracht Braunschweig v Dynamo Dresden Braunschweig
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
 () 30 Darmstadt 98 v Eintracht Braunschweig Darmstadt
Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
 () 31 Eintracht Braunschweig v Arminia Bielefeld Braunschweig
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
 () 32 1. FC Nürnberg v Eintracht Braunschweig Nuremberg
Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion
 () 33 Eintracht Braunschweig v FC Ingolstadt 04 Braunschweig
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
 () 34 Holstein Kiel v Eintracht Braunschweig Kiel
Stadium: Holstein-Stadion

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2017–18 DFB-Pokal
11 August 2017 (2017-08-11) First round Holstein Kiel 2–1 Eintracht Braunschweig Kiel
20:45 Drexler 71' (pen.)
Ducksch 77'		 Report Nyman 48'
Baffo Red card 70'		 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Marcel Engelhardt
2 DF Germany GER Steve Breitkreuz
3 DF Denmark DEN Frederik Tingager
4 DF Sweden SWE Joseph Baffo
5 DF Norway NOR Gustav Valsvik
6 MF Germany GER Quirin Moll
7 MF Germany GER Özkan Yıldırım
9 FW Germany GER Julius Biada
10 MF Germany GER Mirko Boland
11 MF Germany GER Jan Hochscheidt
12 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Domi Kumbela
13 MF Germany GER Louis Samson
14 DF Germany GER Robin Becker
15 FW Sweden SWE Christoffer Nyman
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 GK Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Jasmin Fejzić
17 DF Germany GER Steffen Nkansah
18 DF Austria AUT Georg Teigl (on loan from FC Augsburg)
19 DF Germany GER Ken Reichel (captain)
20 FW Nigeria NGA Suleiman Abdullahi
21 MF Germany GER Patrick Schönfeld
22 MF Switzerland SUI Salim Khelifi
23 MF Germany GER Onel Hernández
24 DF Germany GER Maximilian Sauer
27 DF Germany GER Niko Kijewski
30 MF Germany GER Hendrick Zuck
33 GK Netherlands NED Eric Verstappen
34 FW Germany GER Phillip Tietz
37 MF Germany GER Eros Dacaj

Transfers

Summer

Player statistics

As of 14 September 2017
No. Pos Player 2. Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Germany Marcel Engelhardt 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Germany Steve Breitkreuz 2 0 1 0 3 0
4 DF Sweden Joseph Baffo 5 1 1 0 6 1
5 DF Norway Gustav Valsvik 5 0 1 0 6 0
6 MF Germany Quirin Moll 1 0 1 0 2 0
7 MF Germany Özkan Yıldırım 1 0 0 0 1 0
9 FW Germany Julius Biada 2 0 0 0 2 0
10 MF Germany Mirko Boland 5 2 1 0 6 2
11 MF Germany Jan Hochscheidt 4 0 1 0 5 0
12 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo Domi Kumbela 2 0 0 0 2 0
13 MF Germany Louis Samson 4 0 1 0 5 0
14 DF Germany Robin Becker 3 0 0 0 3 0
15 FW Sweden Christoffer Nyman 4 1 1 1 5 2
16 GK Bosnia and Herzegovina Jasmin Fejzić 5 0 1 0 6 0
17 DF Germany Steffen Nkansah 1 0 0 0 1 0
19 DF Germany Ken Reichel 5 0 1 0 6 0
20 FW Nigeria Suleiman Abdullahi 4 0 1 0 5 0
21 MF Germany Patrick Schönfeld 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 MF Switzerland Salim Khelifi 5 1 0 0 5 1
23 MF Germany Onel Hernández 5 1 1 0 6 1
24 DF Germany Maximilian Sauer 1 0 1 0 2 0
27 DF Germany Niko Kijewski 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 MF Germany Hendrick Zuck 4 0 1 0 5 0
33 GK Netherlands Eric Verstappen 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 FW Germany Phillip Tietz 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 MF Germany Eros Dacaj 2 0 0 0 2 0

Management and coaching staff

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

Position Staff
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

  1. ^ "Trainingsauftakt der Profis" (in German). eintracht.com. 23 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Pokalsieger Dortmund muss in den Süden". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 11 June 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Die Löwen starten ins Trainingslager" (in German). eintracht.com. 7 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Ken Reichel wird Kapitän". eintracht.com (in German). 25 July 2017. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Achillessehnenriss bei Torwart-Trainer Alexander Kunze" (in German). eintracht.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
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  9. ^ "Eintracht verpflichtet Eric Verstappen" [Eintracht signs Eric Verstappen] (in German). eintracht.com. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Ex-Northeimer Dacaj feiert Profi-Debüt" (in German). Hessische/Niedersächsische Allgemeine. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Saulo Decarli wechselt zum FC Brügge" [Saulo Decarli transfers to Club Brugge] (in German). eintracht.com. 21 August 2017. Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
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  13. ^ ""Richtig gutes Gefühl": Omladic landet in Fürth" ["Really good feeling": Omladic lands in Fürth] (in German). kicker. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  14. ^ "Ofosu-Ayeh wechselt zu den "Wölfen"" [Ofosu-Ayeh transfers to the "Wolves"] (in German). kicker. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  15. ^ ""Wieder zu Hause": Correia kehrt zum FCK zurück" ["Back home": Correia returns to FCK] (in German). kicker. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
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