2011–12 Eintracht Braunschweig season

Eintracht Braunschweig
2011–12 season
ChairmanSebastian Ebel
ManagerTorsten Lieberknecht
2. Bundesliga8th
DFB-PokalLost in 1st round
Top goalscorerDennis Kruppke/Dominick Kumbela (10 goals)
Highest home attendance23,510 (vs. St. Pauli)
Lowest home attendance18,000 (vs. Karlsruhe)
Average home league attendance21,278

The 2011–12 season of Eintracht Braunschweig began on 5 June with a first training session. It is the club's first season in the 2. Bundesliga after being promoted from the 3. Liga. Eintracht started the season successfully with wins over 1860 Munich and Alemannia Aachen, leading the league on the first and second matchday. In the end the club finished the season as 8th, never being in serious danger of relegation.

2. Bundesliga

1st Half of Season Matches

  Win   Tie   Loss

30 September 2011 Eintracht Braunschweig 1–1 Fortuna Düsseldorf Eintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig
19:15 Pfitzner 7' (pen.)
Washausen Yellow card 21'
Boland Yellow card 41'
Reichel Yellow card 65'
Theuerkauf Yellow card 90'
Summary Rösler Yellow card 6'
Lambertz Yellow card 13'
Dum Yellow card 34'
Levels Yellow card 66'
Langeneke 85' (pen.)
Attendance: 23,050
Referee: Markus Wingenbach (Diez)
14 October 2011 SC Paderborn 07 1–0 Eintracht Braunschweig Energieteam Arena, Paderborn
18:00 Strohdiek 7'
Brandy Yellow card 54'
Bertels Yellow card 76'
Summary Pfitzner Yellow card 37' Attendance: 12,298
Referee: Thomas Metzen (Mechernich)
21 October 2011 Eintracht Braunschweig 0–2 Dynamo Dresden Eintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig
13:00 Pfitzner Yellow card 37'
Theuerkauf Yellow card 78'
Boland Yellow card 87'
Summary Koch 15' (53)
Gueye Yellow card 24'
Poté Yellow card 35'
Attendance: 22,625
Referee: Christian Leicher (Weihmichl)
28 October 2011 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1–3 Eintracht Braunschweig Trolli Arena, Fürth
20:15 Peković Yellow card 30'
Occean 84'
Schahin Yellow card 86'
Schröck Yellow card 87'
Summary Kumbela 25'
Kruppke 52'
Marcel Correia Yellow card 75'
Theuerkauf Yellow card 82'
Vrančić 85'
Reichel Yellow card 87'
Attendance: 10,240
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)
4 November 2011 Eintracht Braunschweig 1–2 1. FC Union Berlin Eintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig
18:15 Kruppke 50' Summary Ede 5'
Parensen Yellow card 22'
Silvio Yellow card 37'
Stuff Yellow card 72'
Zoundi 80'
Polenz Yellow card 90+1'
Attendance: 22,355
Referee: Bastian Dankert (Rostock)
18 November 2011 MSV Duisburg 3–0 Eintracht Braunschweig Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena, Duisburg
18:00 Brosinski 11' (32)
Wolze Yellow card 15'
Berberović Yellow card 23'
Šukalo Yellow card 31'
Jula Yellow card 81'
Bajić Yellow card 83'
Pamić 85'
Summary Kruppke Yellow card 45'
Dogan Yellow card 50'
Kessel Red card 71'
Attendance: 11,237
Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)
27 November 2011 Eintracht Braunschweig 4–0 VfL Bochum Eintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig
13:30 Kumbela 4'
Kruppke 18' (89)
Boland 60'
Summary Inui Yellow card 73' Attendance: 20,280
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Obertshausen)
2 December 2011 FC Ingolstadt 04 0–1 Eintracht Braunschweig Audi Sportpark, Ingolstadt
18:00 Bambara Yellow card 29'
Quaner Yellow card 63'
Görlitz Yellow card 78'
Akaïchi Yellow card 83'
Summary Kumbela 44' Attendance: 4,650
Referee: Florian Steuer (Menden)

2nd Half of Season matches

9 December 2011 TSV 1860 München 3–0 Eintracht Braunschweig Allianz Arena, München
18:00 Aigner 32'
Rakić 58'
Lauth 65'
Aygün Yellow card 81'
Summary Fuchs Yellow card 53'
Theuerkauf Yellow card 70'
Attendance: 16,400
Referee: Norbert Grudzinski (Hamburg)
18 December 2011 Eintracht Braunschweig 1–1 Alemannia Aachen Eintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig
13:30 Reichel Yellow card 25'
Theuerkauf Yellow card 55'
Kumbela 86'
Summary Sibum 26'
Auer Yellow card 53'
Waterman Yellow card 88'
Attendance: 19,950
Referee: Christian Leicher (Weihmichl)
11 February 2012 Eintracht Braunschweig 0–0 Karlsruher SC Eintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig
13:00 Washausen Yellow card 24'
Petersch Yellow card 87'
Summary Groß Yellow card 44'
Cuntz Yellow card 90'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Florian Steuer (Menden)
20 February 2012 FC Erzgebirge Aue 1–1 Eintracht Braunschweig Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion, Aue
20:15 Hochscheidt 7'
le Beau Yellow card 62'
Schlitte Yellow card 76'
Koçer Yellow card 86'
Summary Theuerkauf 40' Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Berlin)
26 February 2012 FC St. Pauli 0–0 Eintracht Braunschweig Millerntor-Stadion, Hamburg
13:30 Boll Yellow card 77'
Schachten Yellow card 88'
Summary Vrančić Yellow card 38'
Petersch Yellow card 65'
Attendance: 24,487
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Obertshausen)
24 March 2012 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–1 Eintracht Braunschweig ESPRIT arena, Düsseldorf
13:00 Bröker 47'
Beister Yellow card 56'
Dum Yellow card 86'
Summary Pfitzner Yellow card 17'
Theuerkauf Yellow card 44'
Kumbela 27' Yellow card 88'
Boland Yellow card 65'
Kruppke Yellow card 79'
Attendance: 35,427
Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)
30 March 2012 Eintracht Braunschweig 0–0 SC Paderborn 07 Eintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig
18:00 Pfitzner Yellow card 53'
Washausen Yellow card 78'
Bičakčić Yellow card 90'
Summary Bertels Yellow card 36'
Wemmer Yellow card 72'
Attendance: 20,350
Referee: Peter Sippel (München)
7 April 2012 Dynamo Dresden 2–2 Eintracht Braunschweig Glücksgas Stadion, Dresden
13:00 Poté 22', 74'
Trojan Yellow card 35'
Gueye Yellow card 37'
Savić Yellow card 81'
Summary Zimmermann Yellow card 20'
Vrančić 33'
Kumbela 66'
Attendance: 27,576
Referee: Tobias Christ (Münchweiler)
10 April 2012 Eintracht Braunschweig 0–0 SpVgg Greuther Fürth Eintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig
17:30 Summary Peković Yellow card 56'
Schröck Yellow card 60'
Attendance: 20,450
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Berlin)
13 April 2012 1. FC Union Berlin 1–0 Eintracht Braunschweig Stadion An der Alten Försterei, Berlin
18:00 Terodde 30'
Pfertzel Yellow card 58'
Zoundi Yellow card 83'
Kohlmann Yellow card 88'
Madouni Yellow card 89'
Summary Theuerkauf Yellow card 40'
Doğan Yellow card 90'
Reichel Yellow card 90'
Attendance: 17,028
Referee: Patrick Ittrich (Hamburg)
20 April 2012 Eintracht Braunschweig 0–0 MSV Duisburg Eintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig
18:00 Pfitzner Yellow card 48' Summary Gjasula Yellow card 46'
Hoffmann Yellow card 55'
Brosinski Yellow card 76'
Pamić Yellow card 79'
Attendance: 19,825
Referee: Norbert Grudzinski (Hamburg)
29 April 2012 VfL Bochum 2–0 Eintracht Braunschweig Ruhrstadion, Bochum
13:30 Freier 3'
Kramer Yellow card 5'
Bönig Red card 60'
Ginczek 90'
Summary Pfitzner Yellow card 25'
Boland Yellow card 55'
Attendance: 18,107
Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)

DFB-Pokal

1st round

  Win   Tie   Loss

1 August 2011 Eintracht Braunschweig 0–3 FC Bayern Munich Eintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig
20:30 Gómez 9' (pen.)
Schweinsteiger 39' (pen.)
Müller 83'
Attendance: 23,645
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

Friendlies

  Win   Tie   Loss

11 June 2011 TSV Bienenbüttel 1–12 Eintracht Braunschweig Ilmenaustadion, Bienenbüttel
16:00 Hillmer 32' Boland 62', 78'
Fetsch 20', 22'
Hjelm 37'
Kruppke 45' (pen.)
Kumbela 58', 75'
Merkel 49'
Washausen 43'
Zimmermann 59', 81'
Attendance: 654
12 June 2011 Arminia Vechelde 0–13 Eintracht Braunschweig Auestadion, Vechelde
15:00 Boland 34'
Fetsch 70'
Henn 77'
Kruppke 14'
Kumbela 12' (pen.) 21' 41'
Merkel 52', 66', 67', 74'
Pfitzner 53'
Reichel 58'
Attendance: 2,500
19 June 2011 TSV Hillerse 1–8 Eintracht Braunschweig MBO-Arena, Hillerse
16:00 Ganski 63' G. Korte 31', 35', 69'
Dakouri 6'
Pribyl 15' (o.g.)
Bohl 46'
R. Korte 54'
Washausen 66'
Attendance: 1,800
26 June 2011 FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt 0–4 Eintracht Braunschweig Stadion der Freundschaft, Bad Langensalza
15:00 Fetsch 20', 50'
Petersch 39'
Zimmermann 86'
Attendance: 1,100
30 August 2011 FT Braunschweig 0–7 Eintracht Braunschweig Prinzenparkstadion, Braunschweig
18:15 Zimmermann 11'
Fuchs 15'
Fetsch 20', 83'
Petersch 34'
R. Korte 54'
G. Korte 75'
Attendance: 700
25 October 2011 MTV Gifhorn 1–5 Eintracht Braunschweig GWG-Arena, Gifhorn
19:00 Hernier 20' Edwini-Bonsu 6', 14'
Bohl 26'
Fetsch 32'
Petersch 69'
Attendance: 400
8 May 2012 TSV Schöppenstedt 0–14 Eintracht Braunschweig A-Platz, Schöppenstedt
18:00 Reinhardt 8'
Edwini-Bonsu 12'
Vrančić 15'
Unger 32', 38'
Nika 54', 66', 78'
Kumbela 58'
R. Korte 60'
G. Korte 69', 82', 90'
Fetsch 88'
Attendance: 2,000
11 May 2012 FSV Fuhsetal 1–17 Eintracht Braunschweig A-Platz, Groß Flöthe
18:00 Ozdoev 84' Pfitzner 11'
Merkel 15'
Zimmermann 33', 65', 71', 75'
Edwini-Bonsu 34', 52', 77'
Theuerkauf 36'
Reichel 49', 81'
Bičakčić 51'
R. Korte 59', 62'
Fetsch 82'
Reinhardt 90'
Attendance: 1,350

Players

Current squad

As of 7 May 2012

Squad Season 2011–12
No. Player Nat. Birthday at BTSV since previous club League matches League goals Cup matches Cup goals
Goalkeepers
1 Marjan Petković German 22 May 1979 2009 FSV Frankfurt 5 0 1 0
26 Daniel Davari German 6 Jan 1988 2009 FSV Mainz 05 II 29 0 0 0
30 Benjamin Later German 30 Aug 1986 2011 Youth system 0 0 0 0
Defenders
3 Ermin Bičakčić German 24 Jan 1990 01/12 VfB Stuttgart 15 1 0 0
4 Matthias Henn German 28 Apr 1985 2007 1. FC Kaiserslautern 13 0 1 0
5 Benjamin Kessel German 1 Oct 1987 2010 FSV Mainz 05 II 14 0 1 0
7 Benjamin Fuchs Austrian 20 Oct 1983 2007 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 12 0 0 0
8 Deniz Doğan Turk 20 Oct 1979 2007 VfB Lübeck 23 0 0 0
15 Norman Theuerkauf German 24 Jan 1987 2009 Eintracht Frankfurt II 28 2 1 0
16 Emre Turan Turk 16 Nov 1990 01/11 Ankaraspor 1 0 0 0
19 Ken Reichel German 19 Dec 1986 2007 Hamburger SV II 33 0 0 0
24 Pascal Gos German 15 Aug 1991 2010 Youth system 0 0 0 0
25 Marcel Correia Portuguese 16 May 1989 2011 1. FC Kaiserslautern II 19 1 1 0
Midfielders
6 Damir Vrančić Bosnian 4 Oct 1985 2009 Borussia Dortmund II 30 3 0 0
10 Mirko Boland German 23 Apr 1987 01/09 MSV Duisburg II 32 2 1 0
11 Steffen Bohl German 28 Dec 1983 01/11 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 4 0 1 0
13 Raffael Korte German 29 Aug 1990 2011 TuS Mechtersheim 11 1 0 0
14 Jan Washausen German 2 Oct 1988 2007 Youth system 17 0 0 0
17 Markus Unger German 18 Nov 1981 2010 Hessen Kassel 4 0 0 0
18 Oliver Petersch German 26 Apr 1989 2011 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 14 0 0 0
20 Nico Zimmermann German 2 Sep 1985 2011 1. FC Saarbrücken 22 2 1 0
23 Julius Reinhardt German 29 Mar 1988 2010 Chemnitzer FC 17 0 0 0
31 Marc Pfitzner German 28 Aug 1984 2007 Youth system 28 2 1 0
Strikers
9 Mathias Fetsch German 30 Sep 1988 2010 TSV 1860 München II 15 0 1 0
12 Dominick Kumbela Congolese 20 Apr 1984 01/10 Rot Weiss Ahlen 32 10 1 0
21 Pierre Merkel German 25 May 1989 2011 SC Idar-Oberstein 10 2 0 0
22 Randy Edwini-Bonsu Canadian 20 Apr 1990 01/12 AC Oulu 8 0 0 0
27 Gianluca Korte German 29 Aug 1990 2011 TuS Mechtersheim 4 0 0 0
32 Dennis Kruppke (captain) German 1 Apr 1980 01/08 SC Freiburg 32 10 1 0
Last updated: 7 May 2012

Transfers

Management and coaching staff

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

Position Staff [1]
Manager Torsten Lieberknecht
Assistant manager Darius Scholtysik
Assistant manager/athletic trainer Jürgen Rische
Goalkeeping coach Alexander Kunze
Sporting director Marc Arnold
Club doctor Dr. Frank Maier
Physiotherapist Sascha Weiß
Physiotherapist Caroline Schweibs
Team manager Holm Stelzer
Kit and equipment manager/Bus driver Christian Skolik

References

  1. ^ "Eintracht Braunschweig" (in German). eintracht.com. 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.