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 | 17th (relegated) | ||
DFB-Pokal | First round | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Suleiman Abdullahi (7) All: Suleiman Abdullahi (7) | ||
Highest home attendance | 20,300 | ||
Lowest home attendance | 18,550 | ||
Average home league attendance | 19,578 | ||
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Review and events
editThe 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
editLegend
editWin Tie Loss
Friendly matches
edit30 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 | 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
editLeague table
editPos | 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 winners; (R) Relegated
Results summary
editOverall | 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
editMatches
edit31 July 2017 1 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2–2 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Düsseldorf |
20:30 CEST | Sobottka 9' Nielsen 63' Neuhaus 79' Gießelmann 90' |
Report | Baffo 35' Nyman 60' Moll 81' Hochscheidt 85' Zuck 88' |
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 28' (o.g.) Boland 80' |
Report | Strauß 18' Griesbeck 82' |
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 26' Nyman 35' Zuck 50' |
Report | Nazarov 24' Tiffert 37' Kalig 43' Riese 70' Rizzuto 83' |
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 11' Albæk 35' Reichel 80' (o.g.) Correia 90+2' |
Report | Hernández 27' Samson 56' Zuck 71' Reichel 84' Fejzić 85' |
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 8' Boland 48' Kumbela 89' |
Report | Roßbach 74' Klingmann 83' |
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 19,885 Referee: Sven Jablonski |
15 September 2017 6 | Union Berlin | 1–1 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Berlin |
19:00 CEST | Gogia 19' Hedlund 52' 82' |
Report | Hernández 32' Nyman 62' Valsvik 89' |
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 23' Baffo 28' Boland 32' Kumbela 79' |
Report | Wittek 90+1' | Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 18,785 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck |
23 September 2017 8 | Jahn Regensburg | 2–1 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Regensburg |
13:00 CEST | Saller 41' Adamyan 43' Geipl 45' Grüttner 47' Stolze 62' Nietfeld 77' |
Report | Khelifi 26' Baffo 42' 83' Sauer 64' Boland 67' Reichel 90+3' |
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 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 69' Hajri 73' |
Report | Becker 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 48' Bastians 72' Celozzi 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 30' |
Report | Valsvik 11' 60' Sauer 48' Reichel 86' Samson 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 27' Yıldırım 88' Schönfeld 90+2' |
Report | Marvin Mehlem 30' Kamavuaka 52' Sobiech 57' Stark 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 26' Voglsammer 74' Putaro 90' |
Report | Khelifi 33' Breitkreuz 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 16' Khelifi 38' Hochscheidt 54' Abdullahi 64' |
Report | Behrens 36' Kammerbauer 61' Ishak 63' 68' 83' Margreitter 79' Valentini 86' Sepsi 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 54' Träsch 83' |
Report | Breitkreuz 10' Reichel 26' Zuck 32' 76' Fejzić 52' Abdullahi 65' |
Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 8,714 Referee: Robert Kampka |
8 December 2017 17 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 0–0 | Holstein Kiel | Braunschweig |
18:30 CET | Fejzić 65' | Report | Schmidt 62' Drexler 86' Czichos 87' |
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 21,075 Referee: Benedikt Kempkes |
15 December 2017 18 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 0–1 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Braunschweig |
18:30 CET | Reichel 58' Yıldırım 74' |
Report | Lovern 9' 9' Hoffmann 48' Raman 74' Ayhan 90+4' |
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 25' Thomalla 48' Pusch 51' 83' |
Report | Teigl 37' Valsvik 68' Reichel 76' Fejzić 83' Zuck 90+1' |
Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Daniel Schlager |
28 January 2018 20 | Erzgebirge Aue | 1–3 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Aue |
13:30 CET | Köpke 12' Strauß 58' Wydra 81' Rapp 90' |
Report | Abdullahi 13', 71' 73' Kumbela 35' Schönfeld 67' Hofmann 69' |
Stadium: Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Christof Günsch |
4 February 2018 21 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 1–2 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Braunschweig |
13:30 CET | Nkansah 32' Teigl 34' Abdullahi 72' |
Report | Spalvis 4' 35' Seufert 37' Jenssen 42' |
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 20,550 Referee: Patrick Alt |
11 February 2018 22 | Sandhausen | 0–0 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Sandhausen |
13:30 CET | Derstroff 43' | Report | Breitkreuz 17' Hochscheidt 42' Teigl 51' Bulut 84' |
Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Attendance: 4,381 Referee: Christian Dingert |
18 February 2018 23 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 1–0 | Union Berlin | Braunschweig |
13:30 CET | Reichel 16' | Report | Parensen 60' Gogia 90' |
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 21,150 Referee: Benedikt Kempkes |
24 February 2018 24 | Greuther Fürth | 2–1 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Fürth |
13:00 CET | Narey 21' Ernst 79' Gugganig 83' Green 86' |
Report | Bulut 37' Kumbela 45' Zuck 45+2' Hochscheidt 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
edit11 August 2017 First round | Holstein Kiel | 2–1 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Kiel |
20:45 | Drexler 71' (pen.) Ducksch 77' |
Report | Nyman 48' Baffo 70' |
Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 10,052 Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken) |
Squad
editCurrent squad
edit- 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.
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Transfers
editSummer
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Player statistics
edit- 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 | Marcel Engelhardt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | DF | Steve Breitkreuz | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
4 | DF | Joseph Baffo | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
5 | DF | Gustav Valsvik | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
6 | MF | Quirin Moll | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
7 | MF | Özkan Yıldırım | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
9 | FW | Julius Biada | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
10 | MF | Mirko Boland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
11 | MF | Jan Hochscheidt | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
12 | FW | Domi Kumbela | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
13 | MF | Louis Samson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
14 | DF | Robin Becker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
15 | FW | Christoffer Nyman | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
16 | GK | Jasmin Fejzić | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
17 | DF | Steffen Nkansah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
19 | DF | Ken Reichel | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
20 | FW | Suleiman Abdullahi | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
21 | MF | Patrick Schönfeld | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | MF | Salim Khelifi | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
23 | MF | Onel Hernández | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
24 | DF | Maximilian Sauer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
27 | DF | Niko Kijewski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | MF | Hendrick Zuck | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
33 | GK | Eric Verstappen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
34 | FW | Phillip Tietz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
37 | MF | Eros Dacaj | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Management and coaching staff
editSince 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
edit- ^ "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. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ "Achillessehnenriss bei Torwart-Trainer Alexander Kunze" (in German). eintracht.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
- ^ a b c "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. Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. 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.