2014–15 Eintracht Braunschweig season

Eintracht Braunschweig
2014–15 season
Chairman Sebastian Ebel
Manager Torsten Lieberknecht
Stadium Eintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony
2. Bundesliga 6th
DFB-Pokal Lost in round of 16
Top goalscorer League: Håvard Nielsen (8 goals)
All: Håvard Nielsen (10 goals)
Highest home attendance 23,100 (vs. St. Pauli)
Lowest home attendance 20,200 (vs. Aue)
Average home league attendance 21,610
Home colours
Away colours
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The 2014–15 Eintracht Braunschweig season is the 121st season in the club's football history. In 2014–15 the club plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. It is the club's first season in this league since having been relegated from the Bundesliga in 2014.

Review and events

The 2014–15 season of Eintracht Braunschweig began on 16 June with their first training session.[1]

The draw for the first round of the 2014–15 DFB-Pokal happened on 1 June and paired Braunschweig with Bremen-Liga team Bremer SV.[2]

On 12 July 2014, the team headed for a week-long pre-season training camp in Leogang, Salzburg, Austria.[3]

The draw for the second round of the DFB-Pokal happened on 23 August and paired Braunschweig with Regionalliga Bayern team Würzburger Kickers.[4]

On 16 January 2015, the team headed for a week-long winter training camp in Jerez de la Frontera, Andalusia, Spain.[5]

Matches and results

Legend

      Win       Tie       Loss

Friendly matches

2. Bundesliga

League fixtures and results

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
4 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 14 14 6 45 31 +14 56
5 RB Leipzig 34 13 11 10 39 31 +8 50
6 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 15 5 14 44 40 +4 50
7 1. FC Union Berlin 34 12 11 11 46 51 −5 47
8 1. FC Heidenheim 34 12 10 12 49 44 +5 46
Source: Kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

DFB-Pokal

Squad

Current squad

As of 28 April 2015[6]

Squad Season 2014–15
No. Player Nat. Birthday at BTSV since previous club League matches League goals Cup matches Cup goals
Goalkeepers
1 Marjan Petković 22 May 1979 2009 FSV Frankfurt 1 0 0 0
33 Rafał Gikiewicz 26 Oct 1987 2014 Śląsk Wrocław 33 0 3 0
Defenders
2 Vegar Eggen Hedenstad 26 Jun 1991 2014 SC Freiburg 28 1 2 0
3 Saulo Decarli 4 Feb 1992 2014 Livorno 17 0 1 0
4 Matthias Henn 28 Apr 1985 2007 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3 0 2 0
5 Benjamin Kessel 1 Oct 1987 2010 FSV Mainz 05 II 28 5 3 0
8 Deniz Doğan 20 Oct 1979 2007 VfB Lübeck 7 0 0 0
19 Ken Reichel 19 Dec 1986 2007 Hamburger SV II 32 4 3 0
21 Jan Washausen 2 Oct 1988 2007 Youth system 3 0 0 0
24 Maximilian Sauer 15 May 1994 2014 Youth system 6 0 1 0
25 Marcel Correia 16 May 1989 2011 1. FC Kaiserslautern II 29 0 3 0
36 Mohammad Baghdadi 30 Oct 1996 2014 Youth system 1 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 Damir Vrančić 4 Oct 1985 2009 Borussia Dortmund II 12 0 0 0
10 Mirko Boland 23 Apr 1987 01/09 MSV Duisburg II 33 3 3 0
11 Jan Hochscheidt 4 Oct 1987 2013 FC Erzgebirge Aue 18 2 0 0
12 Nik Omladič 21 Aug 1989 01/15 Olimpija Ljubljana 15 1 1 0
13 Raffael Korte 29 Aug 1990 2011 TuS Mechtersheim 17 1 2 0
15 Norman Theuerkauf 24 Jan 1987 2009 Eintracht Frankfurt II 24 0 2 0
17 Gerrit Holtmann 25 Mar 1995 04/15 Youth system 1 0 0 0
22 Salim Khelifi 26 Jan 1994 01/14 Lausanne-Sport 9 0 2 0
31 Marc Pfitzner 28 Aug 1984 2007 Youth system 17 1 2 0
Strikers
7 Håvard Nielsen 15 Jul 1993 01/14 RB Salzburg 30 8 2 2
9 Emil Berggreen 10 May 1993 01/15 Hobro IK 13 5 0 0
14 Ryu Seung-woo 17 Dec 1993 2014 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 16 4 2 0
20 Torsten Oehrl 7 Jan 1986 2013 FC Augsburg 0 0 0 0
26 Julius Düker 4 Jan 1996 2014 Youth system 9 0 1 0
30 Hendrick Zuck 21 Jul 1990 2014 SC Freiburg 31 3 3 0
32 Dennis Kruppke (captain) 1 Apr 1980 01/08 SC Freiburg 17 3 2 0
35 Haris Huseni 14 Sep 1992 04/15 Youth system 1 0 0 0
No longer at the club
9 Orhan Ademi 28 Oct 1991 2012 SC Rheindorf Altach 5 0 1 0
17 Björn Kluft 11 Jan 1990 2012 SC Preußen Münster 0 0 0 0
23 Mushaga Bakenga 8 Aug 1992 2014 Club Brugge 17 2 1 0
27 Gianluca Korte 29 Aug 1990 2011 TuS Mechtersheim 0 0 0 0
Last updated: 25 May 2015

Transfers

Summer

In:

No. Position Player
2 Norway DF Vegar Eggen Hedenstad (on loan from SC Freiburg)[7]
3 Switzerland DF Saulo Decarli (from Livorno, previously on loan at Avellino)[8]
13 Germany MF Raffael Korte (loan return from 1. FC Saarbrücken)[9]
14 South Korea FW Ryu Seung-woo (on loan from Bayer 04 Leverkusen)[10]
17 Germany MF Björn Kluft (loan return from SV Sandhausen)
23 Norway FW Mushaga Bakenga (on loan from Club Brugge, previously on loan at Esbjerg)[11]
24 Germany DF Maximilian Sauer (from Eintracht Braunschweig II)
26 Germany FW Julius Düker (from Eintracht Braunschweig U19)
30 Germany FW Hendrick Zuck (on loan from SC Freiburg)[12]
33 Poland GK Rafał Gikiewicz (from Śląsk Wrocław)[13]
36 Germany DF Mohammad Baghdadi (from Eintracht Braunschweig U19)[14]

Out:

No. Position Player
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina DF Ermin Bičakčić (to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim)[15]
12 Democratic Republic of the Congo FW Domi Kumbela (to Karabükspor)[16]
14 Norway MF Omar Elabdellaoui (to Olympiacos F.C.)[17]
17 Germany MF Kevin Kratz (to SV Sandhausen)[18]
22 Germany FW Jonas Erwig-Drüppel (to SSV Jahn Regensburg)[19]
24 Germany MF Timo Perthel (to VfL Bochum)[20]
26 Iran GK Daniel Davari (to Grasshopper Club Zürich)[21]
33 Germany MF Marco Caligiuri (to SpVgg Greuther Fürth)[22]
35 Germany GK Benjamin Later (released)
38 Germany MF Karim Bellarabi (loan return to Bayer 04 Leverkusen)[23]

Winter

In:

No. Position Player
9 Denmark FW Emil Berggreen (from Hobro IK)[24]
12 Slovenia MF Nik Omladič (from Olimpija Ljubljana)[25]
17 Germany MF Gerrit Holtmann (from Eintracht Braunschweig II)
35 Germany FW Haris Huseni (from Eintracht Braunschweig II)

Out:

No. Position Player
9 Switzerland FW Orhan Ademi (on loan to VfR Aalen)[26]
17 Germany MF Björn Kluft (to Rot-Weiss Essen)[27]
23 Norway FW Mushaga Bakenga (to Molde FK, on loan from Club Brugge)[28]
27 Germany FW Gianluca Korte (on loan to VfR Aalen)[26]

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
Sporting directorMarc Arnold
Chief physiotherapistPatrick Bick

Reserve team

Eintracht Braunschweig II plays in the fourth-tier Regionalliga Nord for the 2014–15 season.

Current squad

As of 3 November 2014[29] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Germany GK Marcel Engelhardt
2 Germany DF Marcel Schreyer
3 Germany DF Dennis Slamar
4 Germany DF Maurice Fiolka
7 Azerbaijan MF Ilter Tashkin
8 Germany FW Morten Rüdiger
9 Germany MF Gerrit Holtmann
10 Germany MF Sven Hartwig
11 Germany FW Haris Huseni
12 Germany GK Hendrik Hilpert
No. Position Player
13 Germany MF Lukas Kierdorf
14 Iraq DF Umed Zandi
15 Germany MF Jenni Marquardt
16 Germany FW Brian Behrens
17 Germany MF Niclas Erlbeck
18 Germany MF Felix Drinkuth
19 Germany MF Marcel Bär
20 Germany MF Nils Göwecke
22 Germany DF Maximilian Sauer

Staff

Position Staff
ManagerHenning Bürger
Assistant managerMarkus Unger

References

  1. ↑ "Die Löwen starten in die Saisonvorbereitung" (in German). eintracht.com. 16 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Preußen vs. Bayern - Viktoria Berlin holt das letzte Ticket". kicker (in German). 5 June 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Die Löwen in Österreich" (in German). eintracht.com. 11 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Zwei Bundesliga-Duelle - HSV vs Bayern". kicker (in German). 23 August 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Eintrachts Winterfahrplan" (in German). eintracht.com. 20 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Eintracht Braunschweig squad" (in German). kicker.de. 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "Vegar Eggen Hedenstad wird ausgeliehen" [Vegar Eggen Hedenstad will be loaned] (in German). eintracht.com. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "Eintracht Braunschweig verpflichtet Saulo Decarli" [Eintracht Braunschweig signs Saulo Decarli] (in German). eintracht.com. 29 June 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  9. ↑ "Ein Jahr, in dem viel passiert ist" [A year in which much has happened] (in German). eintracht.com. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  10. ↑ "Ryu soll die Hochscheidt-Lücke füllen" [Ryu to fill the gap left by Hochscheidt] (in German). kicker.de. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "Mushaga Bakenga fünfter Neuzugang der Löwen" [Mushaga Bakenga is the Lions' fifth new arrival] (in German). eintracht.com. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  12. ↑ "Braunschweig verpflichtet Freiburgs Zuck" [Braunschweig signs Freiburg's Zuck] (in German). DFL. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  13. ↑ "Gikiewicz vergrößert das Löwenrudel" [Gikiewicz expands the pride] (in German). kicker. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  14. ↑ "Plan: Eigene Talente öfter einbauen" [The plan: integrating their own youth players more often] (in German). waz-online.de. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  15. ↑ "1899 Hoffenheim verpflichet Ermin Bicakcic" [1899 Hoffenheim signs Ermin Bicakcic] (in German). DFL. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  16. ↑ "Önemli bir transfer daha tamamlandı" (in Turkish). Kardemir Karabükspor. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  17. ↑ "Elabdellaoui wechselt zu Olympiakos Piräus" [Elabdellaoui transfers to Olympiakos Piraeus] (in German). DFL. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  18. ↑ "Kratz von Braunschweig nach Sandhausen" [Kratz from Braunschweig to Sandhausen] (in German). DFL. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  19. ↑ "Neuer Mann für die rechte Seite" [New man for the right side] (in German). ssv-jahn.de. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  20. ↑ "Perthel wechselt von Braunschweig nach Bochum" [Perthel transfers from Braunschweig to Bochum] (in German). DFL. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  21. ↑ "Skibbes Grasshopper holen Davari aus Braunschweig" [Skibbe's Grasshopper get Davari from Braunschweig] (in German). DFL. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  22. ↑ "Caligiuri kommt zurück" [Caligiuri returns] (in German). greuther-fuerth.de. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  23. ↑ "Mannschaftsessen zum Saisonabschluss" [End of Season Team Dinner] (in German). eintracht.com. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  24. ↑ "Eintracht verpflichtet Emil Berggreen" [Eintracht signs Emil Berggreen] (in German). eintracht.com. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  25. ↑ "Eintracht verpflichtet Nik Omladic" [Eintracht signs Nik Omladic] (in German). eintracht.com. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  26. 1 2 "Eintracht Braunschweig leiht Gianluca Korte und Orhan Ademi aus" [Eintracht Braunschweig loans out Gianluca Korte and Orhan Ademi] (in German). eintracht.com. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  27. ↑ "Kluft verstärkt Rot-Weiss Essen" [Kluft strengthens Rot-Weiss Essen] (in German). rot-weiss-essen.de. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  28. ↑ "Mushaga Bakenga on loan to Molde". clubbrugge.be. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  29. ↑ "Eintracht Braunschweig II squad" (in German). kicker.de. 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.

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