2023–24 Eintracht Braunschweig season

Eintracht Braunschweig
2023–24 season
Head coach	Daniel Scherning
Stadium	Eintracht-Stadion
2. Bundesliga	15th
DFB-Pokal	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Rayan Philippe (8); All: ; Rayan Philippe (8)
Highest home attendance	21,290 vs Schalke 04
Lowest home attendance	19,003 vs SC Paderborn 07
Biggest win	Eintracht Braunschweig 3–2 VfL Osnabrück
Biggest defeat	Hertha BSC 3–0 Eintracht Braunschweig; SV Elversberg 3–0 Eintracht Braunschweig
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season was Eintracht Braunschweig's 129th season in existence and fourth consecutive in the 2. Bundesliga. They also competed in the DFB-Pokal.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 February 2024^[1]

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	Ron-Thorben Hoffmann
3	DF	SUI	Saulo Decarli
4	MF	GER	Jannis Nikolaou (captain)
5	DF	FIN	Robert Ivanov
6	DF	BIH	Ermin Bičakčić
7	MF	GER	Maurice Multhaup
8	MF	GER	Niklas Tauer
9	FW	FRA	Rayan Philippe
10	FW	GER	Florian Krüger (on loan from Groningen)
11	FW	GER	Luc Ihorst
12	MF	SWE	Hampus Finndell
13	GK	AUT	Tino Casali
14	FW	NGA	Anthony Ujah
17	FW	IRQ	Youssef Amyn
18	DF	GER	Marvin Rittmüller


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	GER	Anton Donkor
20	MF	ISL	Þórir Jóhann Helgason (on loan from Lecce)
21	GK	GER	Yannik Bangsow
22	MF	TUN	Rami Zouaoui
23	MF	GER	Danilo Wiebe
24	FW	GER	Sidi Sané
25	MF	GER	Emil Kischka
26	DF	GER	Jan-Hendrik Marx
27	DF	GER	Niko Kijewski
29	DF	TUR	Hasan Kuruçay
33	DF	GER	Sebastian Griesbeck
34	GK	GER	Justin Duda
37	MF	GER	Fabio Kaufmann
39	MF	GER	Robin Krauße
44	MF	USA	Johan Gomez

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

11 July 2023 Friendly

Preußen Münster

3–1

Eintracht Braunschweig

15 July 2023 Friendly	Eintracht Braunschweig	3–1	Real Betis	Braunschweig, Germany
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Endo 20' Donkor 34' Gomez 35' Griesbeck 38'		Luiz Felipe 45+1' Sierra 57' Willian José 68' (pen.) Fernández 75'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion

19 July 2023 Friendly

Eintracht Braunschweig

0–0

Hapoel Tel Aviv

22 July 2023 Friendly

Eintracht Braunschweig

1–0

Rot-Weiss Essen

12 October 2023 Friendly

1. FC Magdeburg

4–2

Eintracht Braunschweig

17 November 2023 Friendly

Eintracht Braunschweig

2–1

FC St. Pauli

7 January 2024 Friendly	Eintracht Braunschweig	3–1	Werder Bremen	Braunschweig
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kaufmann 10' Philippe 41' Helgason 47'		Woltemade 83'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion

13 January 2024 Friendly

Eintracht Braunschweig

1–0

Jahn Regensburg

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga	28 July 2023	19 May 2024	Matchday 1	15th	34	11	5	18	37	53	−16	032.35
DFB-Pokal	11 August 2023		First round	First round	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Total					35	11	5	19	38	56	−18	031.43

Source: Soccerway

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
13	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	11	6	17	59	64	−5	39
14	1. FC Magdeburg	34	9	11	14	46	54	−8	38
15	Eintracht Braunschweig	34	11	5	18	37	53	−16	38
16	Wehen Wiesbaden (R)	34	8	8	18	36	50	−14	32	Qualification for relegation play-offs
17	Hansa Rostock (R)	34	9	4	21	30	57	−27	31	Relegation to 3. Liga

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[2]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)
(R) Relegated

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	11	5	18	37	53	−16	38	7	4	6	21	21	0	4	1	12	16	32	−16

Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	W
Position	14	16	14	16	14	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	16

Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.^[3]^[4]

30 July 2023 1	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–1	Holstein Kiel	Braunschweig
13:30 UTC+2		Report	Friðjónsson 90+2'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 20,002 Referee: Arne Aarnink

6 August 2023 2	1. FC Magdeburg	2–1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Magdeburg
13:30 UTC+2	Schuler 22' Conde 32'	Report	Ujah 90+4'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 28,350 Referee: Daniel Siebert

20 August 2023 3	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–0	Schalke 04	Braunschweig
13:30 UTC+2	Kaufmann 21'	Report		Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 21,800 Referee: Bastian Dankert

27 August 2023 4	Karlsruher SC	2–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Karlsruhe
13:30 UTC+2	Jensen 25' Schleusener 67'	Report		Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 23,590 Referee: Robert Kampka

1 September 2023 5	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–1	FC St. Pauli	Braunschweig
18:30 UTC+2	Helgason 80'	Report	Saad 59'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 21,290 Referee: Florian Lechner

17 September 2023 6	Hertha BSC	3–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Berlin
13:30 UTC+2	Tabakovic 38', 45+2' (pen.), 71'	Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 43,528 Referee: Marco Fritz

23 September 2023 7	Eintracht Braunschweig	2–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Braunschweig
13:00 UTC+2	Ujah 29', 65'	Report	Okunuki 38' Goller 40'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 19,798 Referee: Florian Heft

30 September 2023 8	Hansa Rostock	1–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Rostock
13:00 UTC+2	van der Werff 87'	Report		Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 26,500 Referee: Daniel Siebert

8 October 2023 9	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–3	SC Paderborn 07	Braunschweig
13:30 UTC+2	Ivanov 39'	Report	Hansen 11' (o.g.) Obermair 27' Bilbija 90+6'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 19,003 Referee: Florian Badstübner

20 October 2023 10	SV Elversberg	3–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Spiesen-Elversberg
18:30 UTC+2	Stock 20' Wanner 43' Boyamba 90+6'	Report		Stadium: Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde Attendance: 8,713 Referee: Robert Hartmann

27 October 2023 11	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–4	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Braunschweig
18:30 UTC+2	Krüger 59'	Report	Tzolis 12' Vermeij 15' Siebert 63' Tanaka 90+8'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 19,333 Referee: Patrick Alt

5 November 2023 12	Hannover 96	2–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Hannover
13:30 UTC+1	Kunze 12' Halstenberg 42' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Heinz von Heiden-Arena Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

11 November 2023 13	Eintracht Braunschweig	3–2	VfL Osnabrück	Braunschweig
13:00 UTC+2	Gómez 11' Donkor 71' Bičakčić 90+8'	Report	Cuisance 45+4' (pen.) Engelhardt 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 20,327 Referee: Florian Lechner

24 November 2023 14	Hamburger SV	2–1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Hamburg
18:30 UTC+1	Ramos 25' Pherai 26'	Report	Kaufmann 62'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Max Burda

2 December 2023 15	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–1	Greuther Fürth	Braunschweig
13:00 UTC+2		Report	Green 31' (pen.)	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 17,570 Referee: Daniel Schlager

8 December 2023 16	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	1–3	Eintracht Braunschweig	Wiesbaden
18:30 UTC+1	Vukotić 18'	Report	Kaufmann 48', 76' Philippe 56'	Stadium: Brita-Arena Attendance: 7,726 Referee: Max Burda

17 December 2023 17	Eintracht Braunschweig	2–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Braunschweig
13:3 UTC+2	Philippe 36' Gómez 62'	Report	Bičakčić 14' (o.g.)	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Referee: Arne Aarnink

19 January 2024 18	Holstein Kiel	1–2	Eintracht Braunschweig	Kiel
18:30 UTC+1	Skrzybski 11'	Report	Kaufmann 43' Philippe 56'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 15,034 Referee: Tobias Stieler

28 January 2024 19	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–0	1. FC Magdeburg	Braunschweig
13:30 UTC+1	Bičakčić 16'	Report		Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 22,582 Referee: Bastian Dankert

3 February 2024 20	Schalke 04	1–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Gelsenkirchen
13:00 UTC+1	Karaman 61'	Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,219 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

10 February 2024 21	Eintracht Braunschweig	2–0	Karlsruher SC	Braunschweig
13:00 UTC+1	Kurucay 13' (pen.) Bičakčić 75'	Report		Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 19,595 Referee: Tobias Welz

18 February 2024 22	FC St. Pauli	1–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Hamburg
13:30 UTC+1	Afolayan 32'	Report		Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Florian Heft

24 February 2024 23	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–1	Hertha BSC	Braunschweig
13:00 UTC+1	Kaufmann 14'	Report	Maza 52'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 22,636 Referee: Patrick Alt

2 March 2024 24	1. FC Nürnberg	v	Eintracht Braunschweig	Nuremberg
13:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion

8 March 2024 25	Eintracht Braunschweig	v	FC Hansa Rostock	Braunschweig
18:30 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion

15 March 2024 26	SC Paderborn 07	v	Eintracht Braunschweig	Paderborn
18:30 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Home Deluxe Arena

DFB-Pokal

11 August 2023 First round	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–3	Schalke 04	Braunschweig
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Ujah 12'	Report	Karaman 19' Seguin 42' Latza 90+4'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Referee: Patrick Ittrich

References

^ "Kader – Eintracht Braunschweig" [Squad – Eintracht Braunschweig]. eintracht.com (in German). Eintracht Braunschweig. Archived from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
^ "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 4 March 2023. p. 3.
^ "Spielpläne 2023/24: DFL kündigt Veröffentlichung für Ende Juni an". kicker.
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External links

Official website

[1] "Kader – Eintracht Braunschweig" [Squad – Eintracht Braunschweig]. eintracht.com (in German). Eintracht Braunschweig. Archived from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

[2] "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 4 March 2023. p. 3.

[3] "Spielpläne 2023/24: DFL kündigt Veröffentlichung für Ende Juni an". kicker.

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