Eintracht Braunschweig

Eintracht Braunschweig
Full nameBraunschweiger Turn- und
Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V.
Nickname(s)Die Löwen (The Lions)[citation needed]
Founded15 December 1895; 128 years ago (1895-12-15)
GroundEintracht-Stadion,
Braunschweig
Capacity23,325[contradictory][citation needed]
PresidentNicole Kumpis[citation needed]
Head coachDaniel Scherning
League2. Bundesliga
2023–242. Bundesliga, 15th of 18
Websiteeintracht.com
Current season

Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig (German pronunciation: [ˈaɪntʁaxt ˈbʁaʊnʃvaɪk]) or BTSV (IPA: [ˌbeː teː ʔɛs ˈfaʊ]), is a German football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.

History

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Foundation and early years

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Eintracht Braunschweig was founded as the football and cricket club FuCC Eintracht 1895 in 1895, became FC Eintracht von 1895 in 1906, then SV Eintracht in 1920.[1]

The team has a colourful history[according to whom?] and it quickly became one of northern Germany's favourite sides.[according to whom?] In 1900, Eintracht Braunschweig was among the founding members of the German Football Association (DFB).[1] It enjoyed[tone] success early on, playing in the upper-tier league, winning the Northern German championship in 1908 and 1913, and placing three players on the Germany national team by 1914. Under the Third Reich, the team played in the Gauliga Niedersachsen and managed two appearances in the national final rounds. According to a book about the Massaker von Prerau, the mass murderer Karol Pazúr played for Eintracht Braunschweig in 1940.[2] In 1942–43, Eintracht Braunschweig went into the national championship play-offs as one of the main favourites.[vague][3] The team under manager Georg "Schorsch" Knöpfle had just won the newly formed Gauliga Südhannover-Braunschweig with a record of 17 wins and 1 draw in 18 games, scoring 146 goals in the process. After a convincing[according to whom?] 5–1 win over Victoria Hamburg in the first round, the draw saw the club paired with the other big favourites for the title, Helmut Schön's Dresdner SC.[vague] Dresden won the game held in Dresden with 4–0, and subsequently won the German championship, with an undefeated season.[4]

Post-war football

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Walter Schmidt, one of the team's key players during the 1960s, pictured in the Eintracht-Stadion in 2009
Historical chart of Eintracht Braunschweig league performance

As part of the denazification of Germany after World War II, the British authorities dissolved all previously existing sports clubs in Braunschweig and demanded the creation of a single, united sports club for the city. As such, Eintracht Braunschweig was merged into the new club TSV Braunschweig on 2 November 1945.[1] TSV Braunschweig finally took on the club's current name, Braunschweiger TSV Eintracht von 1895, on 1 April 1949.

The club continued to play in the top division – now the Oberliga Nord – after the war, with the exception of a single season (1952–53) spent in tier II. The side was touched by tragedy[tone] in 1949 when goalkeeper Gustav Fähland died of internal bleeding a few days after being injured during a game in a collision with a Werder Bremen striker.[5] Another appearance in the final round of the national championship came in 1958.

Bundesliga football 1963 to 1985

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Paul Breitner, Eintracht Braunschweig's most prominent signing during the 1970s

Eintracht Braunschweig's consistently high standard of play and financial stability helped it to become one of the 16 teams selected out of a group of 46 applicants for play in the Bundesliga, the new federal professional league formed in 1963. Once again the side enjoyed[tone] early success, winning the national title in the 1966–67 season under manager Helmuth Johannsen with solid defensive play. That championship team gave up only 27 goals against, which stood as a Bundesliga record until bettered by Werder Bremen in 1988.[6] Another ten players joined the national side from the team, mostly through the 1960s and 1970s.

The club was hit by tragedy[tone] again during the winter break of the 1968–69 season when forward Jürgen Moll, aged 29 at the time, and his wife died in a car accident. Two charity matches were played for the benefit of the Molls' children, the first featured West Germany's 1954 FIFA World Cup-winning squad in the line-up of the tournament's final, and the second saw a combined squad of Eintracht Braunschweig and rivals Hannover 96 take on a Bundesliga all-star team.[7]

The club found itself embroiled[tone] in the Bundesliga scandal of 1971, but with a somewhat unusual twist.[according to whom?] A number of[quantify] players accepted payments totalling 40,000 DM – not to underperform and so lose or tie a game, but rather to put out an extra effort to win.[8] Ultimately, two players were suspended and another ten were fined.

In 1973, in the face of some opposition[tone] from the league, Braunschweig became the first Bundesliga side to sport a sponsor logo on its jerseys – that of Wolfenbüttel-based liquor producer Jägermeister. The move paid the team 100,000 DM and introduced a new way of doing business[tone] to football that is worth millions today.[tone][according to whom?][original research?] Other clubs quickly followed suit. Braunschweig's game against Schalke 04 on 24 March 1973 became the first Bundesliga match to feature a club having sponsorship on its jersey.[9] Jägermeister continued to sponsor the club until 1987, although a later attempt to rename the team "Jägermeister Braunschweig" was finally refused by the DFB in 1983.[10]

Eintracht Braunschweig just missed a second title in 1977 when it finished third, one point back of champion Borussia Mönchengladbach and just behind second-place finisher Schalke 04 on goal difference. The club made news[tone] after the season by signing 1974 World Cup winner Paul Breitner from Real Madrid for a transfer fee of 1.6 million DM. Breitner, however, did not fit into the team at all and was sold to Bayern Munich after just one season.[11]

Lutz Eigendorf

The side counted a casualty[tone] in the Cold War in the death of Lutz Eigendorf, who fled East Germany in 1979, where he played for Dynamo Berlin, to come to the west to play for 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Shortly after his transfer to Braunschweig in 1983, he died in a motor vehicle accident which was revealed in 2000 as the assassination of a "traitor" arranged by the Stasi, East Germany's secret police.[contradictory][contradictory][12][13]

The club played in the Bundesliga through to the mid-1980s having been relegated just twice, playing in the second division in 1973–74 and again in 1980–81. During the club's run of 322 games in the Bundesliga from 1963 to 1973, it set a record that still stands by not seeing a single player red-carded.[14] In 1984–85, Eintracht Braunschweig was relegated from the Bundesliga for the third time.

Decline

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Regionalliga home game against VfB Lübeck in 1998

Since the 1985–86 season, the side has played at the tier II and III levels, with the exception of the 2013–14 season. In 1987, Braunschweig set a mark even as they were demoted; it became[vague] the only team ever to have been relegated with a positive goal differential, with 52 goals for and 47 against. After having been stuck in the Regionalliga for most of the 1990s, Eintracht Braunschweig moved constantly between the 2. Bundesliga and the Regionalliga during the 2000s. At the end of the 2007–08 Regionalliga season, the club was facing a severe crisis,[according to whom?] both financially and on the field: Eintracht was in serious danger[according to whom?] of missing out on qualification for Germany's new nationwide third-tier league 3. Liga, which would have meant Braunschweig's first ever relegation to the fourth level of the German football league system.

Recent history

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With new manager Torsten Lieberknecht, however, who had only taken over the job a few weeks before,[15] Eintracht Braunschweig qualified for the 3. Liga on the last matchday of the season. Moreover, under Lieberknecht and also newly appointed director of football Marc Arnold, the club continued to steadily improve throughout the next few seasons; a resurgence[tone] on and off the field that was widely recognized by the German media.[16][17][18][19][20][21] In 2010–11, the team won promotion back to the 2. Bundesliga as champions of the 3. Liga. There, Eintracht Braunschweig re-established itself quickly, finishing the 2011–12 season comfortably[according to whom?] mid-table. The 2012–13 season should prove even more successful:[vague][according to whom?] on the second matchday, Braunschweig took over a direct promotion spot and kept it for the rest of the season. On the 31st matchday, the club secured its return to the Bundesliga after 28 years in the second and third divisions with a 1–0 away win over FC Ingolstadt 04.

The team finished the 2013–14 Bundesliga season in 18th place and was therefore relegated again after one season in the top-flight. Eintracht Braunschweig had spent most of the season on a relegation spot, but had a chance to stay in the league until the last matchday. However, the club was officially relegated on 10 May 2014 after a 3–1 loss at 1899 Hoffenheim. Eintracht came close to a return to the Bundesliga in 2016–17: the club finished third in the 2. Bundesliga and qualified for the promotion play-off to the Bundesliga, but lost 2–0 on aggregate to VfL Wolfsburg to remain in the 2. Bundesliga.

On 13 May 2018, Eintracht Braunschweig were relegated to the 3. Liga after a 6–2 loss to Holstein Kiel.

In 2018–19, poor performances on the pitch meant that Braunschweig almost got relegated to the fourth tier, Regionalliga Nord, surviving relegation on goal difference. In the following season, the club finished third to be promoted back to the 2. Bundesliga, before being relegated in 2020–21, followed by another promotion after a second-placed finish.

Crest and colours

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Colours

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Traditionally, Eintracht Braunschweig plays its home games in the colours blue and yellow. Those colours are derived from the flag of the Duchy of Brunswick.

1963–1964
1964–1966
1966–1971
1971–1981
1981–1987

Crest

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The club's crest contains a red lion on white ground. This symbol is derived from the coat of arms of the city of Braunschweig, which in turn is based on the insignia of Henry the Lion.[citation needed] The club badge went through various different versions during its history, most of the time however it consisted of a circular badge in blue and yellow, with a red lion on a white shield in the center of the circle.

In 1972–73, Eintracht Braunschweig scrapped[tone] the original crest and replaced it with a new design based on the logo of its sponsor, Jägermeister.[22] This was initially done to circumvent the DFB's ban on shirt sponsors – a loophole in those rules allowed to club to put a very close looking symbol on their shirt as long as it was the club's official crest.[vague] In 1986, after Jägermeister stopped the sponsorship of the club, Eintracht Braunschweig adopted a new, diamond-shaped logo containing the traditional red lion as well as the club's colours blue and yellow.

In 2011, the club members voted to return to the club's more traditional round crest. In March 2012, the club then presented the new version of the crest, which was adopted as the official logo at the start of the 2012–13 season.[23] For the 2016–17 season, the club wore a special anniversary crest to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the club's 1966–67 Bundesliga title.[24]

Stadium

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Eintracht-Stadion

Eintracht Braunschweig plays at the Eintracht-Stadion in Braunschweig, built in 1923. Currently the stadium has a capacity of ca. 25,000, during the 1960s it held up to 38,000 people.[contradictory][25] Before the construction of the Eintracht-Stadion, the club played its home games at Sportplatz an der Helmstedter Straße, which held 3,000 people.[25]

Supporters

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Eintracht Braunschweig supporters in 2013

Despite spending recent years[when?] in the lower divisions, the club's fan support has[vague] remained strong: with 21,396 per game, Eintracht Braunschweig had the 24th-highest average attendance of any sports team in Germany during the 2011–12 season.[26]

While friendly fan relations exist with 1. FC Magdeburg,[27] Waldhof Mannheim,[28] and Swiss club Basel,[29] Eintracht Braunschweig has a strong rivalry with Hannover 96.[30][31][32][33]

Because of Wolfsburg's immediate proximity to Braunschweig, journalists often report a rivalry with VfL Wolfsburg. Also matches between the two are often referred to as a derby. This is denied by the fans of Eintracht Braunschweig as well as the Fans of Hannover 96, who only consider their matches against each other as the only true Lower Saxony derby.[34]

Recent seasons

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Year Division Tier Position
1963–64 Bundesliga I 11th
1964–65 Bundesliga 9th
1965–66 Bundesliga 10th
1966–67 Bundesliga 1st
1967–68 Bundesliga 9th
1968–69 Bundesliga 4th
1969–70 Bundesliga 16th
1970–71 Bundesliga 4th
1971–72 Bundesliga 12th
1972–73 Bundesliga 17th ↓
1973–74 2. Bundesliga II 1st ↑
1974–75 Bundesliga I 9th
1975–76 Bundesliga 5th
1976–77 Bundesliga 3rd
1977–78 Bundesliga 13th
1978–79 Bundesliga 9th
1979–80 Bundesliga 18th ↓
1980–81 2. Bundesliga II 2nd ↑
1981–82 Bundesliga I 11th
1982–83 Bundesliga 15th
1983–84 Bundesliga 9th
1984–85 Bundesliga 18th ↓
1985–86 2. Bundesliga II 12th
1986–87 2. Bundesliga 17th ↓
1987–88 Amateur-Oberliga Nord III 1st ↑
1988–89 2. Bundesliga II 9th
1989–90 2. Bundesliga 7th
1990–91 2. Bundesliga 13th
1991–92 2. Bundesliga 7th
1992–93 2. Bundesliga 19th ↓
1993–94 Amateur-Oberliga Nord III 2nd
1994–95 Regionalliga Nord 6th
1995–96 Regionalliga Nord 2nd
1996–97 Regionalliga Nord 2nd
1997–98 Regionalliga Nord 2nd
1998–99 Regionalliga Nord 3rd
1999–2000 Regionalliga Nord 3rd
2000–01 Regionalliga Nord 8th
2001–02 Regionalliga Nord 2nd ↑
2002–03 2. Bundesliga II 15th ↓
2003–04 Regionalliga Nord III 6th
2004–05 Regionalliga Nord 1st ↑
2005–06 2. Bundesliga II 12th
2006–07 2. Bundesliga 18th ↓
2007–08 Regionalliga Nord III 10th
2008–09 3. Liga 13th
2009–10 3. Liga 4th
2010–11 3. Liga 1st ↑
2011–12 2. Bundesliga II 8th
2012–13 2. Bundesliga 2nd ↑
2013–14 Bundesliga I 18th ↓
2014–15 2. Bundesliga II 6th
2015–16 2. Bundesliga 8th
2016–17 2. Bundesliga 3rd
2017–18 2. Bundesliga 17th ↓
2018–19 3. Liga III 16th
2019–20 3. Liga 3rd ↑
2020–21 2. Bundesliga II 17th ↓
2021–22 3. Liga III 2nd ↑
2022–23 2. Bundesliga II 15th
2023–24 2. Bundesliga 15th
2024–25 2. Bundesliga
Key
Promoted Relegated

League history

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Between 1904 and 1985, Eintracht Braunschweig spent all but three seasons in Germany's top division. Between 1985 and 2013, the club then alternated between the second and third level of the German league pyramid, before returning to the top flight for the first time in 28 years at the end of the 2012–13 season.

Honours

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League

2Includes 2. Bundesliga Nord (1974–81).

Regional

1No championship played in 1914 and 1915.[citation needed]

European record

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1967–68 European Cup quarter-finals 2nd leg versus Juventus in Turin.
Season Competition Round Nation Club Home Away Aggregate Result
1967–68 European Cup 1st round
Albania
Dinamo Tirana
(w/o)
Win
2nd round
Austria
Rapid Wien 2–0 0–1
2–1
Win
Quarter-finals
Italy
Juventus 3–2 0–1
3–31
Loss
1971–72 UEFA Cup 1st round
Northern Ireland
Glentoran 6–1 1–0
7–1
Win
2nd round
Spain
Atlético Bilbao 2–1 2–2
4–3
Win
3rd round
Hungary
Ferencváros 1–1 2–5
3–6
Loss
1976–77 UEFA Cup 1st round
Denmark
Holbæk B&I 7–0 0–1
7–1
Win
2nd round
Spain
Español 2–1 0–2
2–3
Loss
1977–78 UEFA Cup 1st round
Soviet Union
Dinamo Kiev 0–0 1–1
1–12
Win
2nd round
Norway
Start 4–0 0–1
4–1
Win
3rd round
Netherlands
PSV 1–2 0–2
1–4
Loss

1 Juventus beat Eintracht Braunschweig 1–0 in a play-off in Bern to reach the semi-finals.

2 Eintracht Braunschweig progressed to the second round on away goals.

Intertoto Cup record

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Players

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Current squad

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As of 29 August 2024 [35]

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 Germany GER Lennart Grill (on loan from Union Berlin)
3 DF Germany GER Paul Jaeckel (on loan from Union Berlin)
4 MF Germany GER Jannis Nikolaou
5 DF Finland FIN Robert Ivanov
6 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Ermin Bičakčić (captain)
7 MF Germany GER Fabio Kaufmann
8 MF Germany GER Niklas Tauer (on loan from Mainz 05)
9 FW France FRA Rayan Philippe
10 MF Netherlands NED Walid Ould-Chikh
11 FW Hungary HUN Levente Szabó
12 GK Sweden SWE Marko Johansson
13 GK Austria AUT Tino Casali
16 MF Germany GER Max Marie
17 FW Germany GER Sebastian Polter
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF Germany GER Marvin Rittmüller
19 MF Germany GER Leon Bell Bell
21 DF Germany GER Kevin Ehlers
22 DF Germany GER Fabio Di Michele Sanchez
23 DF Angola ANG Anderson Lucoqui
24 FW Germany GER Sidi Sané
25 DF Germany GER Sanoussy Ba
27 MF Germany GER Sven Köhler
29 MF Germany GER Karim Hüneburg
32 FW Germany GER Christian Conteh
34 GK Germany GER Justin Duda
37 MF Germany GER Sidney Raebiger
39 MF Germany GER Robin Krauße
44 MF United States USA Johan Gomez

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Tunisia TUN Rami Zouaoui (at KSV Hessen Kassel until 30 June 2025)

Former players

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The list includes players with at least 250 games or 50 goals for Eintracht Braunschweig's first team, as well as players with at least one cap for their country's national or Olympic football team. However, players who did not receive any of their caps while playing for Eintracht Braunschweig are only included if they made at least ten appearances for the club.

Germany
International

Staff

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Current technical staff

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Position Name
Head coach Daniel Scherning
Athletic trainer Rolf Berghauser
Goalkeeping coach Ronny Teuber
Sporting director Peter Vollmann
Physiotherapist Florian Horn
Physiotherapist Goce Janevski
Physiotherapist Philipp Glawe
Club doctor Florian Brand
Club internist Simon Fitzner
Club internist Andreas Düker
Club chiropractor Dr. Alexander Ruhe
Team manager Holm Stelzer
Kit and equipment manager/Bus driver Christian Skolik

Manager history

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Caretaker managers in italics.

Notable former presidents

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The list includes former presidents and chairmen of Eintracht Braunschweig who have their own Wikipedia article.

Records

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Reserve and youth teams

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Eintracht Braunschweig youth academy.

Reserve team

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Eintracht Braunschweig II, historically also referred to as Eintracht Braunschweig Amateure, currently[when?] plays in the tier six Landesliga Braunschweig. The team's current manager is Arndt Kutschke, the coach is Marcus Danner.

Honours

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Youth

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The club's Under-19 and Under-17 teams play in the Under 19 Bundesliga and the Under 17 Bundesliga, respectively in the 2014–15 season.[vague] The club's youth academy is located at the Sportpark Kennel near Schloss Richmond.

Honours

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Other sports

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As a multi-sports club, Eintracht Braunschweig also has departments for athletics, basketball, chess, darts, field hockey, gymnastics, team handball, swimming and water polo, tennis and winter sports. The club was especially successful in athletics and swimming from the 1940s until the 1960s, with the club's athletes, among them the then-current 800 metres world record holder Rudolf Harbig, winning over 40 national championships during that period.[39]

Field hockey

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Anke Kühne

The field hockey department historically has been one of Eintracht Braunschweig's most successful sections.[according to whom?] Eintracht's women's field hockey team has won numerous titles, mostly during the 1970s.

Honours

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Notable players

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The list includes current or former players of Eintracht Braunschweig who have won medals at major international tournaments, e.g. the Women's Hockey World Cup or the Summer Olympics.

Ice hockey

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Eintracht Braunschweig's ice hockey department was founded in 1981.[citation needed] After years in the lower divisions, the team played its first and only season in Germany's second division, then named 1. Liga, in 1997–1998.[citation needed] In 2000, the ice hockey section became independent as Eintracht Braunschweig Eissport e.V., and eventually dissolved in 2003.

Basketball

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Eintracht Braunschweig's basketball department was founded in 1956. The club's women's team currently[when?] plays in the 2. Damen-Basketball-Bundesliga [de], the second tier of women's basketball in Germany.

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The German 2009 drama film 66/67: Fairplay Is Over (German: 66/67: Fairplay war gestern) tells the story of a group of Eintracht Braunschweig hooligans. The title is a reference to Eintracht's championship winning season 1966–67, as well as the name of the fictional supporters club the characters in the film belong to.[40]

In 2008, the German jazz funk/hip hop band Jazzkantine produced a musical about Eintracht Braunschweig, titled Unser Eintracht, in cooperation with the Staatstheater Braunschweig.[41]

Bibliography

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