2017–18 Eintracht Braunschweig season

The 2017–18 Eintracht Braunschweig season is the 124th season in the club's football history. In 2017–18 the club plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football.

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

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
2	Union Berlin	2	2	0	5	3	+2	6	Promotion to Bundesliga
3	Arminia Bielefeld	2	2	0	4	2	+2	6	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
4	Eintracht Braunschweig	2	1	1	4	2	+2	4
5	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2	1	1	4	2	+2	4
6	Dynamo Dresden	2	1	1	3	2	+1	4

Updated to match(es) played on 9 August 2017. Source: Kicker
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

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
2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4	1	0	0	2	0	+2	0	1	0	2	2	0

Source: kicker.de

Results by round

Round	1	2
Ground	A	H
Result	D	W
Position	8	4

Source: kicker.de
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

31 July 2017 (2017-07-31) 1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–2	Eintracht Braunschweig	Düsseldorf
20:30	Sobottka 9' Neuhaus 79'	Report	Baffo 35' Nyman 60' Moll 81'	Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 25,492 Referee: Christian Dingert (Lebecksmühle)

5 August 2017 (2017-08-05) 2	Eintracht Braunschweig	2–0	1. FC Heidenheim	Braunschweig
15:30	Wittek 28' (o.g.) Boland 80'	Report		Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 18,550 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Berlin)

DFB-Pokal

11 August 2017 (2017-08-11) Round 1	Holstein Kiel	v	Eintracht Braunschweig	Kiel
20:45				Stadium: Holstein-Stadion

Squad

Current squad

As of 4 August 2017

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	Saulo Decarli
4	DF	Joseph Baffo
5	DF	Gustav Valsvik
6	MF	Quirin Moll
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
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

Transfers

Summer

In:

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Steve Breitkreuz (from FC Erzgebirge Aue)^[6]
13	MF	Louis Samson (from FC Erzgebirge Aue)^[6]
14	DF	Robin Becker (from Bayer 04 Leverkusen, previously on loan at 1. FC Heidenheim)^[7]
17	DF	Steffen Nkansah (from Borussia Mönchengladbach II)^[6]
33	GK	Eric Verstappen (from De Graafschap)^[8]

Out:

No.	Position	Player
8	MF	Adam Matuszczyk (to Zagłębie Lubin)^[9]
12	MF	Nik Omladič (to SpVgg Greuther Fürth)^[10]
17	DF	Phil Ofosu-Ayeh (to Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.)^[11]
25	DF	Marcel Correia (to 1. FC Kaiserslautern)^[12]
26	DF	Michael Schulze (free agent)
--	FW	Mads Dittmer Hvilsom (to Esbjerg fB, previously on loan)

Player statistics

As of 5 August 2017

No.	Pos	Player	2. Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Total
No.	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Marcel Engelhardt	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Steve Breitkreuz	2	0	0	0	2	0
3	DF	Saulo Decarli	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	Joseph Baffo	2	1	0	0	2	1
5	DF	Gustav Valsvik	2	0	0	0	2	0
6	MF	Quirin Moll	1	0	0	0	1	0
9	FW	Julius Biada	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	Mirko Boland	2	1	0	0	2	1
11	MF	Jan Hochscheidt	2	0	0	0	2	0
12	FW	Domi Kumbela	1	0	0	0	1	0
13	MF	Louis Samson	2	0	0	0	2	0
14	DF	Robin Becker	1	0	0	0	1	0
15	FW	Christoffer Nyman	2	1	0	0	2	1
16	GK	Jasmin Fejzić	2	0	0	0	2	0
17	DF	Steffen Nkansah	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	Ken Reichel	2	0	0	0	2	0
20	FW	Suleiman Abdullahi	1	0	0	0	1	0
21	MF	Patrick Schönfeld	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	Salim Khelifi	2	0	0	0	2	0
23	MF	Onel Hernández	2	0	0	0	2	0
24	DF	Maximilian Sauer	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	Niko Kijewski	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	Hendrick Zuck	2	0	0	0	2	0
33	GK	Eric Verstappen	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	FW	Phillip Tietz	0	0	0	0	0	0

Management and coaching staff

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

↑ "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. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
↑ "Achillessehnenriss bei Torwart-Trainer Alexander Kunze" (in German). eintracht.com. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
1 2 3 "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.
↑ "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.
↑ "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.

External links

Eintracht Braunschweig Official Website

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League competitions

Men

Levels 1–3	Bundesliga 2. Bundesliga 3. Liga
Level 4	Bayern Nord Nordost Südwest West
Level 5	Baden-Württemberg Bayern Bremen Hamburg Hessen Mittelrhein Niederrhein Niedersachsen Nordost Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar Schleswig-Holstein Westfalen

Women

Bundesliga
2. Bundesliga
Regionalliga

Cup competitions

Men	DFB-Pokal (Final) DFL-Supercup Verbandspokal (Baden, Bayern, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hessen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Mittelrhein, Niederrhein, Niedersachsen, Rheinland, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Südbaden, Südwest, Thüringen, Westfalen, Württemberg)
Women	DFB-Pokal Verbandspokal

European competitions

Men	Champions League Europa League
Women	Champions League

Related to national teams

Men	2018 FIFA World Cup (Qualification: Group C) Joachim Löw
Women	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup (Qualification) Steffi Jones

Transfers

Men	Summer 2017 Winter 2017–18
Women	Summer 2017 Winter 2017–18

Men's team seasons
Bundesliga	FC Augsburg Hertha BSC Werder Bremen Borussia Dortmund Eintracht Frankfurt SC Freiburg Hamburger SV Hannover 96 1899 Hoffenheim 1. FC Köln RB Leipzig Bayer Leverkusen Mainz 05 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bayern Munich Schalke 04 VfB Stuttgart VfL Wolfsburg
2. Bundesliga	Erzgebirge Aue Arminia Bielefeld VfL Bochum Eintracht Braunschweig Darmstadt 98 Fortuna Düsseldorf Dynamo Dresden MSV Duisburg SpVgg Fürth 1. FC Heidenheim FC Ingolstadt 1. FC Kaiserslautern Holstein Kiel 1. FC Nürnberg Jahn Regensburg SV Sandhausen FC St. Pauli Union Berlin
3. Liga	VfR Aalen Werder Bremen II Chemnitzer FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt Sonnenhof Großaspach Hallescher FC Carl Zeiss Jena Karlsruher SC Fortuna Köln Sportfreunde Lotte 1. FC Magdeburg SV Meppen Preußen Münster VfL Osnabrück SC Paderborn Hansa Rostock SpVgg Unterhaching Wehen Wiesbaden Würzburger Kickers FSV Zwickau

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