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.

Eintracht Braunschweig
2017–18 season
ChairmanSebastian Ebel
ManagerTorsten Lieberknecht
StadiumEintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony
2. BundesligaTBD
DFB-PokalLost in 1st round
Top goalscorerLeague: Mirko Boland (2 goals)
All: Mirko Boland / Christoffer Nyman (2 goals)
Highest home attendance20,300
Lowest home attendance18,550
Average home league attendance19,578

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 Acosta0–10Eintracht BraunschweigBraunschweig
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 Braunschweig0–11Eintracht BraunschweigBraunschweig
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 Braunschweig6–11. FC MagdeburgSchöningen
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 Herxheim0–2Eintracht BraunschweigHerxheim bei Landau/Pfalz
18:00 Report Biada  11'
Khelifi  87'
Stadium: Stadion "Am Krönungsbusch"
11 July 2017 SV Waldhof Mannheim1–1Eintracht BraunschweigMannheim
18:30 R. Korte  85' Report
Report
Kumbela  87' Stadium: Carl-Benz-Stadion
Attendance: 1,270
15 July 2017 Karlsruher SC2–1Eintracht BraunschweigKarlsruhe
17:00 Stroh-Engel  47'
Baffo  53' (o.g.)
Report Zuck  4' Stadium: Wildparkstadion
Attendance: 1,147
23 July 2017 Eintracht Braunschweig2–21. FC KölnBraunschweig
15:30 Zuck  60'
Kumbela  70'
Report Rudņevs  28' (pen.), 30' Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 7,900
1 August 2017 Eintracht Braunschweig2–3 FiorentinaSalzgitter
18:30 Hernández  26', 67' Report Chiesa  10', 12'
Milenković  76'
Stadium: Stadion am Salzgittersee
Attendance: 1,932
1 September 2017 Eintracht Braunschweig0–3SV Wehen WiesbadenBraunschweig
11:30 Report Diawusie  7', 10', 20' Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion, B-Platz

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 winner; (R) Relegated.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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) 1Fortuna Düsseldorf2–2Eintracht BraunschweigDüsseldorf
20:30 CEST Sobottka  9'
Nielsen  63'
Neuhaus  79'
Gießelmann  90'
Report Baffo  35'
Nyman  60'
Moll
Hochscheidt  85'
Zuck  88'
Stadium: Esprit Arena
Attendance: 25,492
Referee: Christian Dingert
5 August 2017 (2017-08-05) 2Eintracht Braunschweig2–01. FC HeidenheimBraunschweig
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 (2017-08-18) 3Eintracht Braunschweig1–1FC Erzgebirge AueBraunschweig
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 (2017-08-28) 41. FC Kaiserslautern1–1Eintracht BraunschweigKaiserslautern
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 (2017-09-10) 5Eintracht Braunschweig1–1SV SandhausenBraunschweig
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 (2017-09-15) 6Union Berlin1–1Eintracht BraunschweigBerlin
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 (2017-09-20) 7Eintracht Braunschweig3–0Greuther FürthBraunschweig
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 (2017-09-23) 8Jahn Regensburg2–1Eintracht BraunschweigRegensburg
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 (2017-10-01) 9Eintracht Braunschweig0–2FC St PauliBraunschweig
13:30 CEST Hernández 12' Report Buchtmann  76'
Şahin  80'
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 22,695
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
13 October 2017 10MSV Duisburg0–0Eintracht BraunschweigDuisburg
18:30 Schnellhardt  69'
Hajri  73'
Report Becker  85' Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
Attendance: 13,855
Referee: Lasse Koslowski
21 October 2017 11Eintracht Braunschweig1–0BochumBraunschweig
13:00 Yıldırım  7' Report Gündüz  48'
Bastians  72'
Celozzi  77'
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 19,790
Referee: Martin Thomsen
29 October 2017 12Dynamo Dresden1–1Eintracht BraunschweigDresden
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 13Eintracht Braunschweig2–2Darmstadt 98Braunschweig
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 14Arminia Bielefeld2–2Eintracht BraunschweigBielefeld
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 15Eintracht Braunschweig2–31. FC NürnbergBraunschweig
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 16FC Ingolstadt 040–2Eintracht BraunschweigIngolstadt
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 (2017-12-08) 17Eintracht Braunschweig0–0Holstein KielBraunschweig
18:30 CET Fejzić  65' Report Schmidt  62'
Drexler  86'
Czichos  87'
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 21,075
Referee: Benedikt Kempkes
15 December 2017 (2017-12-15) 18Eintracht Braunschweig0–1Fortuna DüsseldorfBraunschweig
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 (2018-01-24) 191. FC Heidenheim2–0Eintracht BraunschweigHeidenheim 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 (2018-01-28) 20Erzgebirge Aue1–3Eintracht BraunschweigAue
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 (2018-02-04) 21Eintracht Braunschweig1–21. FC KaiserslauternBraunschweig
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 (2018-02-11) 22Sandhausen0–0Eintracht BraunschweigSandhausen
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 2012 (2012-02-18) 23Eintracht Braunschweig1–0Union BerlinBraunschweig
13:30 CET Reichel  16' Report Parensen  60'
Gogia  90'
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 21,150
Referee: Benedikt Kempkes
24 February 2018 (2018-02-24) 24Greuther Fürth2–1Eintracht BraunschweigFürth
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

DFB-Pokal

11 August 2017 (2017-08-11) First roundHolstein Kiel2–1Eintracht BraunschweigKiel
20:45 Drexler  71' (pen.)
Ducksch  77'
Report Nyman  48'
Baffo  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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
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. Position Player
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

Player statistics

As of 14 September 2017
No.PosPlayer2. BundesligaDFB-Pokal Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1GK Marcel Engelhardt 0000 00
2DF Steve Breitkreuz 2010 30
4DF Joseph Baffo 5110 61
5DF Gustav Valsvik 5010 60
6MF Quirin Moll 1010 20
7MF Özkan Yıldırım 1000 10
9FW Julius Biada 2000 20
10MF Mirko Boland 5210 62
11MF Jan Hochscheidt 4010 50
12FW Domi Kumbela 2000 20
13MF Louis Samson 4010 50
14DF Robin Becker 3000 30
15FW Christoffer Nyman 4111 52
16GK Jasmin Fejzić 5010 60
17DF Steffen Nkansah 1000 10
19DF Ken Reichel 5010 60
20FW Suleiman Abdullahi 4010 50
21MF Patrick Schönfeld 0000 00
22MF Salim Khelifi 5100 51
23MF Onel Hernández 5110 61
24DF Maximilian Sauer 1010 20
27DF Niko Kijewski 0000 00
30MF Hendrick Zuck 4010 50
33GK Eric Verstappen 0000 00
34FW Phillip Tietz 0000 00
37MF Eros Dacaj 2000 20

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
Goalkeeping coachDaniel Ischdonat
Sporting directorMarc 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. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  5. "Achillessehnenriss bei Torwart-Trainer Alexander Kunze" (in German). eintracht.com. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  6. "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.
  7. "Braunschweig angelt sich Yildirim" [Braunschweig lands Yildirim] (in German). kicker. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  8. "Eintracht lotst Becker nach Braunschweig" [Eintracht steers Becker to Braunschweig] (in German). kicker. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  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. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  12. "Matuschyk wechselt von Braunschweig nach Lubin" [Matuschyk transfers from Braunschweig to Lubin] (in German). kicker. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  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.
  16. "Lotte verpflichtet Schulze und Piossek" [Lotte signs Schulze and Piossek] (in German). kicker.de. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
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