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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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 |  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
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
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 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 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 2012 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 |
| 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
| 11 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
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.
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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 |  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
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. 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.
- "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.
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