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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. 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

Review and events edit

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 edit

Legend edit

  Win   Tie   Loss

Friendly matches edit

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 edit

Main article: 2017–18 2. Bundesliga

League table edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Matches edit

31 July 2017 (2017-07-31) 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 (2017-08-05) 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 (2017-08-18) 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 (2017-08-28) 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 (2017-09-10) 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 (2017-09-15) 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 (2017-09-20) 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 (2017-09-23) 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 (2017-10-01) 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 (2017-12-08) 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 (2017-12-15) 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 (2018-01-24) 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 (2018-01-28) 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 (2018-02-04) 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 (2018-02-11) 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 (2012-02-18) 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 (2018-02-24) 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 edit

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   70'		 Stadium: Holstein-Stadion
Attendance: 10,052
Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)

Squad edit

Current 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.

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

Transfers edit

Summer edit

Player statistics edit

As of 14 September 2017
No. Pos Player 2. Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total
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 edit

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 edit

  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.
  6. ^ 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.
  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. Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. 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.

External links edit

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