2016–17 Eintracht Braunschweig season

Eintracht Braunschweig
2016–17 season
Chairman Sebastian Ebel
Manager Torsten Lieberknecht
Stadium Eintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony
2. Bundesliga TBD
DFB-Pokal Lost in 1st round
Top goalscorer League: Domi Kumbela (9 goals)
All: Domi Kumbela (9 goals)
Highest home attendance 23,000
Lowest home attendance 19,967
Average home league attendance 21,037
Home colours
Away colours
← 2015–16

The 2016–17 Eintracht Braunschweig season is the 123rd season in the club's football history. In 2016–17 the club plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football.

Review and events

The 2016–17 season of Eintracht Braunschweig will begin on 27 June 2016 with their first training session.[1] For this season, the club wore a special anniversary crest, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the club's 1966–67 Bundesliga title.[2]

The draw for the first round of the 2016–17 DFB-Pokal happened on 18 June and paired Braunschweig with fellow 2. Bundesliga team Würzburger Kickers.[3]

On 20 July 2016, the team headed for a nine-day-long pre-season training camp in Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate.[4]

Matches and results

Legend

  Win   Tie   Loss

Friendly matches

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 VfB Stuttgart 15 10 2 3 29 16 +13 32 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 Eintracht Braunschweig 15 9 3 3 26 16 +10 30
3 Hannover 96 15 8 4 3 29 18 +11 28 Qualification to Promotion play-offs
4 Union Berlin 15 8 3 4 25 16 +9 27
5 1. FC Heidenheim 15 7 4 4 21 13 +8 25
Updated to match(es) played on 5 December 2016. Source: DFB and 2. Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
14 9 3 2 26 14  +12 30 7 1 0 18 7  +11 2 2 2 8 7  +1

Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAHHAHAH                    
Result W W W W W L W D W W L D D W                                        
Position 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1                                        

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

Matches

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2016–17 DFB-Pokal

Squad

Current squad

As of 31 August 2016[5]

Squad Season 2016–17
No. Player Nat. Birthday at BTSV since previous club League matches League goals Cup matches Cup goals
Goalkeepers
1 Marcel Engelhardt 5 Apr 1993 2015 Youth system 0 0 0 0
16 Jasmin Fejzić 15 May 1986 2015 VfR Aalen 14 0 1 0
Defenders
3 Saulo Decarli 4 Feb 1992 2014 Livorno 12 2 0 0
4 Joseph Baffo 7 Nov 1992 2015 Halmstads BK 7 0 1 0
5 Gustav Valsvik 26 May 1993 2016 Strømsgodset 12 0 1 0
17 Phil Ofosu-Ayeh 15 Sep 1991 2015 VfR Aalen 6 0 1 0
19 Ken Reichel 19 Dec 1986 2007 Hamburger SV II 13 2 1 0
24 Maximilian Sauer 15 May 1994 2014 Youth system 4 0 0 0
25 Marcel Correia (captain) 16 May 1989 2011 1. FC Kaiserslautern II 7 0 0 0
27 Niko Kijewski 28 Mar 1996 2015 Youth system 1 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 Quirin Moll 21 Jan 1991 2016 Dynamo Dresden 13 0 1 0
8 Adam Matuszczyk 14 Feb 1989 2015 1. FC Köln 0 0 0 0
9 Julius Biada 3 Nov 1992 2016 Fortuna Köln 9 2 1 0
10 Mirko Boland 23 Apr 1987 01/09 MSV Duisburg II 10 0 1 0
11 Jan Hochscheidt 4 Oct 1987 2013 FC Erzgebirge Aue 5 0 1 0
12 Nik Omladič 21 Aug 1989 01/15 Olimpija Ljubljana 14 2 1 0
21 Patrick Schönfeld 21 Jun 1989 2015 FC Erzgebirge Aue 12 0 1 0
22 Salim Khelifi 26 Jan 1994 01/14 Lausanne-Sport 9 1 1 0
23 Onel Hernández 1 Feb 1993 2016 VfL Wolfsburg II 14 4 0 0
30 Hendrick Zuck 21 Jul 1990 2014 SC Freiburg 7 0 1 0
Strikers
7 Domi Kumbela 20 Apr 1984 01/16 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 14 9 1 0
15 Christoffer Nyman 5 Oct 1992 2016 IFK Norrköping 11 3 0 0
20 Suleiman Abdullahi 10 Dec 1996 2016 Viking 0 0 0 0
34 Phillip Tietz 9 Jul 1997 01/16 Youth system 0 0 0 0
No longer at the club
18 Orhan Ademi 28 Oct 1991 2012 SC Rheindorf Altach 1 0 0 0
Last updated: 27 November 2016

Transfers

Summer

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

Reserve team

Eintracht Braunschweig II plays in the fourth-tier Regionalliga Nord for the 2016–17 season.

Squad

As of 30 September 2016[21] 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 Björn Rührer
2 Germany DF Erik Henschel
3 Germany DF Mohammad Baghdadi
4 Germany DF Edwin Stramiello
5 Germany DF Gunnar Niemann
6 Finland MF Armend Kabashi
7 Germany MF Sulhattin Capli
8 Turkey DF Deniz Doğan
9 Albania MF Engjell Hoti
10 Germany MF Eros Dacaj
11 Belgium FW Gyamfi Kyeremeh
12 Germany GK Daniel Reck
No. Position Player
13 Germany MF Lukas Kierdorf
16 Germany FW Luca Sasso-Sant
17 Luxembourg MF Eric Veiga
18 Germany MF Luka Szagun
19 United States MF Omar Castro
20 Romania FW Andrei Blejdea
21 Australia FW Stefan Valentini
22 Germany MF Morten Rüdiger
23 Germany DF Braydon Manu
27 Austria DF Florian Neuhold
38 Poland FW Maik Łukowicz

Staff

Position Staff
ManagerHenning Bürger
Assistant managerMarkus Unger
Assistant managerDeniz Doğan

References

  1. ↑ "Planungen für die Sommerpause" (in German). eintracht.com. 6 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Eintracht startet in die Jubiläumssaison" (in German). eintracht.com. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "1. Runde: Jena gegen Bayern, Trier vs. BVB". kicker (in German). 19 June 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Start ins Sommer-Trainingslager" (in German). eintracht.com. 20 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Eintracht Braunschweig" (in German). kicker.de. 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "Eintracht verpflichtet Gustav Valsvik" [Eintracht signs Gustav Valsvik] (in German). eintracht.com. 30 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "Braunschweig: Moll kommt an die Hamburger Straße" [Braunschweig: Moll comes to the Hamburger Straße] (in German). kicker. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  8. ↑ "Fix! Biada unterschreibt in Braunschweig" [Done! Biada signs in Braunschweig] (in German). kicker. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  9. ↑ "Löwen verpflichten Christoffer Nyman" [Lions sign Christoffer Nyman] (in German). eintracht.com. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Eintracht Braunschweig verpflichtet Abdullahi" [Eintracht Braunschweig signs Abdullahi]. eintracht.com (in German). Eintracht Braunschweig. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  11. ↑ "Eintracht verpflichtet Onel Hernández" [Eintracht signs Onel Hernández]. eintracht.com (in German). 2 June 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  12. ↑ "Vrancic wechselt zum Halleschen FC" [Vrancic transfers to Hallescher FC]. kicker.de (in German). 2 June 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  13. ↑ "Ademi geht nach Österreich" [Ademi moves to Austria]. eintracht.com (in German). 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  14. ↑ "Julius Düker wechselt zum 1. FC Magdeburg" [Julius Düker transfers to 1. FC Magdeburg]. eintracht.com. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  15. ↑ "Carl Zeiss Jena verstärkt sich mit Slamar" [Carl Zeiss Jena adds Slamar]. kicker.de. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  16. ↑ "Pfitzner verlässt Komfortzone Braunschweig" [Pfitzner leaves comfort zone Braunschweig]. Kicker Online (in German). 23 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  17. ↑ "SC verpflichtet Braunschweigs Gikiewicz" [SC signs Braunschweig's Gikiewicz] (in German). kicker. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  18. ↑ "Vertrag mit Markus Unger verlängert" [Contract with Markus Unger extended] (in German). eintracht.com. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  19. ↑ ""Ideal für Mainz": 05 holt Braunschweigs Holtmann" ["Ideal for Mainz": 05 gets Braunschweig's Holtmann] (in German). kicker. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  20. ↑ "Mads Hvilsom wechselt zu Esbjerg fB" [Mads Hvilsom moves to Esbjerg fB] (in German). eintracht.com. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  21. ↑ "Eintracht Braunschweig II" (in German). kicker.de. 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.

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