# 2011–12 Eintracht Braunschweig season

The 2011–12 season of Eintracht Braunschweig began on 5 June with a first training session. It is the club's first season in the 2. Bundesliga after being promoted from the 3. Liga. Eintracht started the season successfully with wins over 1860 Munich and Alemannia Aachen, leading the league on the first and second matchday. In the end the club finished the season as 8th, never being in serious danger of relegation.

## 2. Bundesliga
### 1st Half of Season Matches

Win  Tie  Loss

### 2nd Half of Season matches
## DFB-Pokal
### 1st round

Win  Tie  Loss

## Friendlies

Win  Tie  Loss

## Players
### Current squad

As of 7 May 2012
Squad Season 2011–12 :
| No. | Player | Birthday | at BTSV since | previous club | League matches | League goals | Cup matches | Cup goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Marjan Petković | 22 May 1979 | 2009 | FSV Frankfurt | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Daniel Davari | 6 Jan 1988 | 2009 | FSV Mainz 05 II | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Benjamin Later | 30 Aug 1986 | 2011 | Youth system | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Ermin Bičakčić | 24 Jan 1990 | 01/12 | VfB Stuttgart | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Matthias Henn | 28 Apr 1985 | 2007 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Benjamin Kessel | 1 Oct 1987 | 2010 | FSV Mainz 05 II | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Benjamin Fuchs | 20 Oct 1983 | 2007 | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Deniz Doğan | 20 Oct 1979 | 2007 | VfB Lübeck | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Norman Theuerkauf | 24 Jan 1987 | 2009 | Eintracht Frankfurt II | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Emre Turan | 16 Nov 1990 | 01/11 | Ankaraspor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Ken Reichel | 19 Dec 1986 | 2007 | Hamburger SV II | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Pascal Gos | 15 Aug 1991 | 2010 | Youth system | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Marcel Correia | 16 May 1989 | 2011 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern II | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Damir Vrančić | 4 Oct 1985 | 2009 | Borussia Dortmund II | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Mirko Boland | 23 Apr 1987 | 01/09 | MSV Duisburg II | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Steffen Bohl | 28 Dec 1983 | 01/11 | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Raffael Korte | 29 Aug 1990 | 2011 | TuS Mechtersheim | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Jan Washausen | 2 Oct 1988 | 2007 | Youth system | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Markus Unger | 18 Nov 1981 | 2010 | Hessen Kassel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Oliver Petersch | 26 Apr 1989 | 2011 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Nico Zimmermann | 2 Sep 1985 | 2011 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Julius Reinhardt | 29 Mar 1988 | 2010 | Chemnitzer FC | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Marc Pfitzner | 28 Aug 1984 | 2007 | Youth system | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Strikers ||||||||||
| 9 | Mathias Fetsch | 30 Sep 1988 | 2010 | TSV 1860 München II | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Dominick Kumbela | 20 Apr 1984 | 01/10 | Rot Weiss Ahlen | 32 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Pierre Merkel | 25 May 1989 | 2011 | SC Idar-Oberstein | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Randy Edwini-Bonsu | 20 Apr 1990 | 01/12 | AC Oulu | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Gianluca Korte | 29 Aug 1990 | 2011 | TuS Mechtersheim | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Dennis Kruppke (captain) | 1 Apr 1980 | 01/08 | SC Freiburg | 32 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Last updated: 7 May 2012 ||||||||||

### Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | GER | Ermin Bičakčić (from VfB Stuttgart) |
| 25 | DF | POR | Marcel Correia (from 1. FC Kaiserslautern II) |
| 22 | FW | CAN | Randy Edwini-Bonsu (from AC Oulu) |
| 27 | FW | GER | Gianluca Korte (from TuS Mechtersheim) |
| 13 | MF | GER | Raffael Korte (from TuS Mechtersheim) |
| 36 | GK | GER | Benjamin Later (from Youth system) |
| 21 | FW | GER | Pierre Merkel (from SC Idar-Oberstein) |
| 18 | MF | GER | Oliver Petersch (from Bayer 04 Leverkusen) |
| 20 | MF | GER | Nico Zimmermann (from 1. FC Saarbrücken) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | GER | Patrick Amrhein (to SpVgg Unterhaching) |
| 38 | FW | GER | Karim Bellarabi (to Bayer 04 Leverkusen) |
| 18 | FW | GER | Marco Calamita (to VfR Aalen) |
| 27 | MF | GER | Oliver Kragl (to VfB Germania Halberstadt) |
| 20 | MF | GER | Dennis Lemke (to FC Carl Zeiss Jena) |

## 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 |
| Sporting director | Marc Arnold |
| Club doctor | Dr. Frank Maier |
| Physiotherapist | Sascha Weiß |
| Physiotherapist | Caroline Schweibs |
| Team manager | Holm Stelzer |
| Kit and equipment manager/Bus driver | Christian Skolik |