# 2017–18 Eintracht Braunschweig season

The 2017–18 Eintracht Braunschweig season was the 124th season in the club's football history. In 2017–18 the club competed 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.
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.
On 7 July 2017, the team headed for a ten-day-long pre-season training camp in Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate.
On 25 July 2017, Ken Reichel was named captain of the team.
On 4 August 2017, the club announced that Daniel Ischdonat would temporarily replace the injured Alexander Kunze as goalkeeping coach.

## Matches and results
### Legend

Win  Tie  Loss

### 2. Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Dynamo Dresden | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 42 | 52 | −10 | 41 | |
| 15 | Greuther Fürth | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 40 | |
| 16 | Erzgebirge Aue (O) | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 40 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Eintracht Braunschweig (R) | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 39 | Relegation to 3. Liga |
| 18 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern (R) | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 42 | 55 | −13 | 35 | Relegation to 3. Liga |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: kicker.de

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | D | D | D | D | W | L | L | D | W | D | D | D | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | D | D | L | L | L |
| Position | 8 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |

#### Matches
### DFB-Pokal
## Squad
### Current squad

    As of 3 January 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Marcel Engelhardt |
| 2 | DF | GER | Steve Breitkreuz |
| 3 | DF | DEN | Frederik Tingager |
| 4 | DF | SWE | Joseph Baffo |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Gustav Valsvik |
| 6 | MF | GER | Quirin Moll |
| 7 | MF | GER | Özkan Yıldırım |
| 9 | FW | GER | Julius Biada |
| 10 | MF | GER | Mirko Boland |
| 11 | MF | GER | Jan Hochscheidt |
| 12 | FW | COD | Domi Kumbela |
| 13 | MF | GER | Louis Samson |
| 14 | DF | GER | Robin Becker |
| 15 | FW | SWE | Christoffer Nyman |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | BIH | Jasmin Fejzić |
| 17 | DF | GER | Steffen Nkansah |
| 18 | DF | AUT | Georg Teigl (on loan from FC Augsburg) |
| 19 | DF | GER | Ken Reichel (captain) |
| 20 | FW | NGA | Suleiman Abdullahi |
| 21 | MF | GER | Patrick Schönfeld |
| 22 | MF | SUI | Salim Khelifi |
| 23 | MF | GER | Onel Hernández |
| 24 | DF | GER | Maximilian Sauer |
| 27 | DF | GER | Niko Kijewski |
| 30 | MF | GER | Hendrick Zuck |
| 33 | GK | NED | Eric Verstappen |
| 34 | FW | GER | Phillip Tietz |
| 37 | MF | GER | Eros Dacaj |

### Transfers
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | GER | Steve Breitkreuz (from FC Erzgebirge Aue) |
| 7 | MF | GER | Özkan Yıldırım (from Fortuna Düsseldorf) |
| 13 | MF | GER | Louis Samson (from FC Erzgebirge Aue) |
| 14 | DF | GER | Robin Becker (from Bayer 04 Leverkusen, previously on loan at 1. FC Heidenheim) |
| 17 | DF | GER | Steffen Nkansah (from Borussia Mönchengladbach II) |
| 33 | GK | NED | Eric Verstappen (from De Graafschap) |
| 37 | MF | GER | Eros Dacaj (from Eintracht Braunschweig II) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | SUI | Saulo Decarli (to Club Brugge) |
| 8 | MF | POL | Adam Matuszczyk (to Zagłębie Lubin) |
| 12 | MF | SVN | Nik Omladič (to SpVgg Greuther Fürth) |
| 17 | DF | GHA | Phil Ofosu-Ayeh (to Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.) |
| 25 | DF | POR | Marcel Correia (to 1. FC Kaiserslautern) |
| 26 | DF | GER | Michael Schulze (to Sportfreunde Lotte) |
| -- | FW | DEN | Mads Dittmer Hvilsom (to Esbjerg fB, previously on loan) |

### Player statistics

    As of 14 September 2017
| No. | Pos | Player | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Total | 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 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Joseph Baffo | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Gustav Valsvik | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Quirin Moll | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Özkan Yıldırım | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Julius Biada | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Mirko Boland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | Jan Hochscheidt | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Domi Kumbela | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Louis Samson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Robin Becker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Christoffer Nyman | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 16 | GK | Jasmin Fejzić | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Steffen Nkansah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Ken Reichel | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Suleiman Abdullahi | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Patrick Schönfeld | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Salim Khelifi | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | Onel Hernández | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | Maximilian Sauer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Niko Kijewski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Hendrick Zuck | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Eric Verstappen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | Phillip Tietz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Eros Dacaj | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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 |