2012–13 Eintracht Braunschweig season

Eintracht Braunschweig

2012–13 season
Chairman	Sebastian Ebel
Manager	Torsten Lieberknecht
Stadium	Eintracht-Stadion
2. Bundesliga	2nd (promoted)
DFB-Pokal	Lost in 2nd round
Top goalscorer	Dominick Kumbela (19 goals)
Highest home attendance	21,820 (vs. Köln)
Lowest home attendance	18,900 (vs. Sandhausen)
Average home league attendance	20,454
Home colours Away colours
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Eintracht Braunschweig season is the 118th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13 the club plays in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. It is the club's second consecutive season in this league, having played at this level since 2011–12, after it was promoted from the 3. Liga in 2011.

The club also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where it reached the second round and subsequently lost to Bundesliga side SC Freiburg.^[1]

Review and events

Due to the ongoing rebuilding of the Eintracht-Stadion, the stadium's capacity is reduced during the season.^[2]

Eintracht Braunschweig started the season by winning five games in a row and taking over first place in the league on the second matchday. The club never left the direct promotion spots for the rest of the season. After having spent the last two decades mostly between the second and third division of German football, Eintracht's resurgence became noted by the German media.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]} On the 31st matchday the club secured its return to the Bundesliga after a 28 years absence with a 1–0 away win over FC Ingolstadt 04.^[9] Damir Vrančić scored the decisive goal from a free-kick in injury time.

With 19 goals, Dominick Kumbela also became topscorer of the 2. Bundesliga.^[10]

Matches and results

Legend

      Win       Tie       Loss

Friendly matches

MTV Vater Jahn Peine v Eintracht Braunschweig

23 June 2012	MTV Vater Jahn Peine	0–15	Eintracht Braunschweig	Peine
16:00		Report	Merkel  3', 17' Kessel  5', 24' Kruppke  19' Doğan  30' (pen.) Erwig-Drüppel  50' Own goal  53' (o.g.) Ademi  55', 61', 64', 82' R. Korte  58' Boland  81', 89'	Stadium: Vater-Jahn-Platz Attendance: 1,300

Germania Wolfenbüttel v Eintracht Braunschweig

24 June 2012	Germania Wolfenbüttel	0–14	Eintracht Braunschweig	Wolfenbüttel
15:00		Report	Bičakčić  7' Reichel  11' Boland  28', 37' R. Korte  37' Ademi  43' Kruppke  50', 76', 83' Merkel  57', 66' Own goal  68' (o.g.) G. Korte  73' Erwig-Drüppel  81'	Stadium: MKN-Sport-Park Attendance: 2,000

Arminia Bielefeld v Eintracht Braunschweig

6 July 2012	Arminia Bielefeld	1–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Bielefeld
19:00	Klos  76'	Report		Stadium: Schüco Arena Attendance: 1,470

Eintracht Braunschweig v Borussia Mönchengladbach II

7 July 2012	Eintracht Braunschweig	3–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach II	Salzgitter-Gebhardshagen
15:30	Reichel  33' Kessel  75' Janeczek  85' (o.g.)	Report	Balci  58' Stang  78'	Stadium: Glück-Auf-Stadion Attendance: 1,000

Eintracht Braunschweig v Panathinaikos

11 July 2012	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–1	Panathinaikos	Wörgl, Austria
18:00	G. Korte  67'	Report	Petropoulos  75'	Stadium: Sportpark Wörgl Attendance: 300

Eintracht Braunschweig v Valencia CF

20 July 2012 Summer of Champions	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–1	Valencia CF	Braunschweig
18:30	Doğan  9'	Report	Jonas  27'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 13,500

Eintracht Braunschweig v Carl Zeiss Jena

27 July 2012	Eintracht Braunschweig	3–0	Carl Zeiss Jena	Salzgitter
19:45	Edwini-Bonsu  28' Kumbela  51' Erwig-Drüppel  68'	Report		Stadium: Stadion am Salzgittersee Attendance: 800

Eintracht Braunschweig v FSV Zwickau

28 July 2012	Eintracht Braunschweig	5–1	FSV Zwickau	Braunschweig
15:30	Ademi  31', 38', 61' R. Korte  58' Kessel  90'	Report	Trehkopf  69'	Stadium: Konrad-Koch-Stadion Attendance: 1,100

Wacker Braunschweig v Eintracht Braunschweig

28 August 2012	Wacker Braunschweig	0–11	Eintracht Braunschweig	Braunschweig
18:30		Report	Zhang  9' Kumbela  19' Own goal  20' (o.g.) Pfitzner  49' Turan  52' Boland  57' R. Korte  64', 66' Edwini-Bonsu  67' Kratz  68' Merkel  73'	Stadium: Jahnplatz Attendance: 700

Ehra-Lessien XI v Eintracht Braunschweig

4 September 2012	Ehra-Lessien XI	1–10	Eintracht Braunschweig	Ehra-Lessien
18:30	Ivan  23'	Report	Ademi  18', 38', 41' Edwini-Bonsu  30' Kumbela  43' Bohl  57' G. Korte  67', 89' Zhang  80', 87'	Stadium: Sportplatz Ehra-Lessien Attendance: 925

Eintracht Braunschweig v SV Darmstadt 98

8 September 2012	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–1	SV Darmstadt 98	Salzgitter
14:00		Report	Karli  63'	Stadium: Stadion am Salzgittersee Attendance: 500

FSV Adenbüttel Rethen v Eintracht Braunschweig

9 October 2012	FSV Adenbüttel Rethen	0–23	Eintracht Braunschweig	Vordorf-Rethen
18:30		Report	Kumbela  4', 18', 36' Erwig-Drüppel  9' Pfitzner  12' Zhang  14', 22' Boland  20' Own goal  30' (o.g.) Vrančić  33', 38' Own goal  51' (o.g.) G. Korte  52', 54', 66' R. Korte  53', 64', 78' J. Kierdorf  69' Kessel  74' Edwini-Bonsu  79', 86' L. Kierdorf  83'	Stadium: Sportplatz Rethen Attendance: 800

SV Gifhorn v Eintracht Braunschweig

12 October 2012	SV Gifhorn	0–14	Eintracht Braunschweig	Gifhorn
16:30		Report	R. Korte  17' Kruppke  19', 45' Correia  28', 32' Edwini-Bonsu  29' Kratz  31' Doğan  42' Pfitzner  51' Turan  59' Merkel  60', 87' Boland  77', 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Sportplatz Eyßelheide Attendance: 300

FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt v Eintracht Braunschweig

8 January 2013	FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt	2–3	Eintracht Braunschweig	Erfurt
18:00	Oumari  72' Nietfeld  79'	Report	Boland  32' Kessel  51' Petersch  84'	Stadium: Steigerwaldstadion Attendance: 1,052

Eintracht Braunschweig v Kickers Offenbach

11 January 2013	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–0	Kickers Offenbach	Braunschweig
13:00	Theuerkauf  32'	Report		Stadium: Konrad-Koch-Stadion Attendance: 567

Eintracht Braunschweig v FC Ingolstadt 04

16 January 2013	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–3	FC Ingolstadt 04	Belek, Turkey
14:00	Edwini-Bonsu  118'	Report	Quaner  76' Knasmüllner  103' Uludağ  108' (pen.)	Stadium: Gloria Golf

Eintracht Braunschweig v FC Thun

21 January 2013	Eintracht Braunschweig	2–0	FC Thun	Belek, Turkey
15:00	Kumbela  49' Vrančić  89' (pen.)	[www.eintracht.com/profis/neues/loewen-mit-20-erfolg-im-test-gegen-den-fc-thun/ Report]		Stadium: Calista Football Center

Eintracht Braunschweig v 1. FC Union Berlin

26 January 2013	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–0	1. FC Union Berlin	Braunschweig
13:00		Report		Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 1,850

Werder Bremen v Eintracht Braunschweig

19 February 2013	Werder Bremen	2–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Bremen
15:00	Wegner  22' Akpala  59'	Report		Stadium: Weserstadion, Platz 11 Attendance: 350

Göttingen XI v Eintracht Braunschweig

23 May 2013	Göttingen XI	0–2	Eintracht Braunschweig	Göttingen
18:30		Report Report	Vrančić  36' Boland  55'	Stadium: Stadion am Rehbach Attendance: 550

SV Viktoria Königslutter v Eintracht Braunschweig

24 May 2013	SV Viktoria Königslutter	0–15	Eintracht Braunschweig	Königslutter
18:30		Report	Kessel  5' Bär  9', 15', 24' Boland  16', 33', 41' Kluft  20', 63' R. Korte  43' Albrecht  53', 55' Bohl  70', 86' Turan  75'	Stadium: Stadion am Lutterspring Attendance: 1,500

2. Bundesliga

Eintracht Braunschweig v 1. FC Köln

5 August 2012 1	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–0	1. FC Köln	Braunschweig
15:30	Kruppke  61' Ademi  68'	Summary		Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 21,820 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

1. FC Union Berlin v Eintracht Braunschweig

12 August 2012 2	1. FC Union Berlin	0–1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Berlin
13:30	Pfertzel  38'	Summary	Pfitzner  33'  40' (pen.) Kumbela  81'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 16,750 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

Eintracht Braunschweig v SC Paderborn 07

24 August 2012 3	Eintracht Braunschweig	2–1	SC Paderborn 07	Braunschweig
18:00	Kumbela  47' Doğan  62' Kruppke  66'  67' Bičakčić  90'	Summary	Yilmaz  34' Strohdiek  55' Meha  58' Krösche  90'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Robert Hartmann (Krugzell)

VfR Aalen v Eintracht Braunschweig

1 September 2012 4	VfR Aalen	0–3	Eintracht Braunschweig	Aalen
13:00	Lechleiter  60' Traut  68'	Summary	Boland  27', 56'  52' Theuerkauf  50'	Stadium: Scholz-Arena Attendance: 6,604 Referee: Florian Steuer (Menden)

Eintracht Braunschweig v Jahn Regensburg

15 September 2012 5	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–0	Jahn Regensburg	Braunschweig
13:00	Kruppke  67'	Summary	Kotzke  30' Sembolo  33' Kamavuaka  86' Erfen  88'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 19,670 Referee: Christian Fischer (Hemer)

1860 München v Eintracht Braunschweig

23 September 2012 6	1860 München	1–1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Munich
13:30	Tomasov  29' Volz  36' Vallori  48' Wojtkowiak  56' Aygün  59' Lauth  71'	Summary	Kumbela  19' Kratz  81'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 31,600 Referee: Tobias Christ (Münchweiler an der Rodalb)

Eintracht Braunschweig v MSV Duisburg

26 September 2012 7	Eintracht Braunschweig	3–0	MSV Duisburg	Braunschweig
17:30	Reichel  57' Pfitzner  80' Merkel  83' Kruppke  87'	Summary	Šukalo  26'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 19,115 Referee: Benjamin Cortus (Röthenbach an der Pegnitz)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Eintracht Braunschweig

30 September 2012 8	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Kaiserslautern
13:30	Dick  25' Borysiuk  72' Heintz  77' Riedel  90'	Summary	Doğan  66' Ademi  75'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 33,025 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Berlin)

Eintracht Braunschweig v VfL Bochum

6 October 2012 9	Eintracht Braunschweig	3–0	VfL Bochum	Braunschweig
13:00	Bičakčić  21' Theuerkauf  48' Ademi  63' Kruppke  85'	Summary	Luthe  22' Iashvili  25' Freier  38' Delura  66' Sinkiewicz  83'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 19,875 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Landshut)

Dynamo Dresden v Eintracht Braunschweig

20 October 2012 10	Dynamo Dresden	0–2	Eintracht Braunschweig	Dresden
13:00	Brégerie  51' Koch  53'	Summary	Pfitzner  33' Kruppke  37' Boland  76' Kumbela  79'	Stadium: Glücksgas Stadium Attendance: 27,513 Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)

Eintracht Braunschweig v Hertha BSC

27 October 2012 11	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–1	Hertha BSC	Braunschweig
13:00	Pfitzner  89' Kruppke  25'	Summary	Niemeyer  13' Ronny  30' Ramos  78'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 21,645 Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)

Eintracht Braunschweig v SV Sandhausen

2 November 2012 12	Eintracht Braunschweig	2–1	SV Sandhausen	Braunschweig
18:00	Kumbela  45', 50'	Summary	Ischdonat  33' Löning  62'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 18,900 Referee: Bastian Dankert (Rostock)

FC Erzgebirge Aue v Eintracht Braunschweig

9 November 2012 13	FC Erzgebirge Aue	1–1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Aue
18:00	Savran  4' König  24' Schröder  69'	Summary	Boland  32' Kruppke  40'	Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 7,600 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

Eintracht Braunschweig v FC Ingolstadt 04

17 November 2012 14	Eintracht Braunschweig	3–0	FC Ingolstadt 04	Braunschweig
13:00	Kumbela  38', 75' Erwig-Drüppel  68' G. Korte  81'	Summary	Groß  57' Schäfer  78'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 19,430 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Obertshausen)

Energie Cottbus v Eintracht Braunschweig

24 November 2012 15	Energie Cottbus	3–1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Cottbus
13:00	Sanogo  5'  79' Rippert  38' Börner  44' Bittroff  72' Brinkmann  81' Kruska  90'	Summary	Kumbela  13'  25' Kruppke  80' Reichel  82' Theuerkauf  82' Doğan  85'	Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 11,740 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)

Eintracht Braunschweig v FC St. Pauli

28 November 2012 16	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–0	FC St. Pauli	Braunschweig
17:30	Kumbela  17' Kessel  81'	Summary	Bartels  22' Schachten  54' Avevor  65'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 21,400 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

FSV Frankfurt v Eintracht Braunschweig

2 December 2012 17	FSV Frankfurt	1–2	Eintracht Braunschweig	Frankfurt
13:30	Konrad  87'  68'	Summary	Kruppke  12' Theuerkauf  26' Ademi  33' Bičakčić  37' Pfitzner  89'	Stadium: Frankfurter Volksbank Stadion Attendance: 4,748 Referee: Robert Hartmann (Krugzell)

1. FC Köln v Eintracht Braunschweig

10 December 2012 18	1. FC Köln	2–2	Eintracht Braunschweig	Cologne
20:15	Jajalo  19' Clemens  47' Ujah  88'  89'	Summary	Doğan  2' Kumbela  23'  54' Bičakčić  90'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

Eintracht Braunschweig v 1. FC Union Berlin

17 December 2012 19	Eintracht Braunschweig	4–3	1. FC Union Berlin	Braunschweig
20:15	Kumbela  10', 43' (pen.), 57' Boland  75'	Summary	Nemec  4', 32' Pfertzel  54' Terodde  65' Parensen  75' Quiring  90'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 21,200 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

SC Paderborn 07 v Eintracht Braunschweig

2 February 2013 20	SC Paderborn 07	1–2	Eintracht Braunschweig	Paderborn
13:00	Sağlık  25' Naki  62' Bertels  90' Kachunga  90'	Summary	Petersch  9' Kumbela  26' Theuerkauf  70' Doğan  74' Davari  90'	Stadium: Benteler Arena Attendance: 10,709 Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)

Eintracht Braunschweig v VfR Aalen

8 February 2013 21	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–1	VfR Aalen	Braunschweig
18:00	Doğan  37' Boland  66' Merkel  86'	Summary	Valentini  45' (pen.)  75' Barth  61' Leandro  82'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 19,850 Referee: Florian Steuer (Menden)

Jahn Regensburg v Eintracht Braunschweig

15 February 2013 22	Jahn Regensburg	0–1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Regensburg
18:00	Nachreiner  20'	Summary	Kumbela  15' Reichel  33' Ademi  50' Bohl  54' Theuerkauf  80'	Stadium: Jahnstadion Attendance: 6,289 Referee: Robert Kampka (Mainz)

Eintracht Braunschweig v 1860 München

24 February 2013 23	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–2	1860 München	Braunschweig
13:30	Kratz  19' Kumbela  56'	Summary	Friend  77' Lauth  85'  39'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 20,455 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

MSV Duisburg v Eintracht Braunschweig

4 March 2013 24	MSV Duisburg	1–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Duisburg
20:15	Bajić  21' Koch  37' Šukalo  42' Exslager  62' Jovanović  64' Wolze  66' Wiedwald  86'	Summary Report	Elabdellaoui  50'	Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Attendance: 11,770 Referee: Robert Hartmann (Krugzell)

Eintracht Braunschweig v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

11 March 2013 25	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Braunschweig
20:15	Pfitzner  21' Kumbela  78'	Summary Report	Šimůnek  13' Weiser  44' Hoffer  88'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 20,630 Referee: Marco Fritz (Korb)

VfL Bochum v Eintracht Braunschweig

16 March 2013 26	VfL Bochum	0–1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Bochum
13:00	Scheidhauer  67' Tasaka  79' Rzatkowski  90'	Summary	Bičakčić  49' Kumbela  85'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 12,371 Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Niederkassel)

Eintracht Braunschweig v Dynamo Dresden

28 March 2013 27	Eintracht Braunschweig	2–1	Dynamo Dresden	Braunschweig
20:30	Bičakčić  31'  22' Vrančić  39' Kumbela  53'	Summary	Ouali  8' Streker  22'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 21,175 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg am Neckar)

Hertha BSC v Eintracht Braunschweig

8 April 2013 28	Hertha BSC	3–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Berlin
20:15	Ronny  34', 76' Ramos  55'	Summary	Doğan  7' Pfitzner  15' Elabdellaoui  33'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 51,029 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

SV Sandhausen v Eintracht Braunschweig

12 April 2013 29	SV Sandhausen	1–3	Eintracht Braunschweig	Sandhausen
18:00	Mäkelä  51' Pischorn  73' Beichler  82' Falkenberg  84'	Summary	Kumbela  4', 39' Kruppke  86'	Stadium: Hardtwaldstadion Attendance: 6,300 Referee: Christian Bandurski (Oberhausen)

Eintracht Braunschweig v FC Erzgebirge Aue

21 April 2013 30	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–1	FC Erzgebirge Aue	Braunschweig
13:30	Boland  39'  63' Theuerkauf  90'	Summary	Schröder  80'  76' Koçer  82' Nickenig  84'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Christian Dingert (Thallichtenberg)

FC Ingolstadt 04 v Eintracht Braunschweig

26 April 2013 31	FC Ingolstadt 04	0–1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Ingolstadt
18:00	Caiuby 73' Mijatović  76' Leitl  85'	Summary	Kratz  78' Vrančić  90'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 9,471 Referee: Martin Petersen (Stuttgart)

Eintracht Braunschweig v Energie Cottbus

6 May 2013 32	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–0	Energie Cottbus	Braunschweig
20:15		Summary	Schulze  72'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 20,445 Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)

FC St. Pauli v Eintracht Braunschweig

12 May 2013 33	FC St. Pauli	5–1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Hamburg
13:30	Ginczek  7', 11' Thorandt  52' Bartels  68' Kringe  69' Bruns  70' 40' Ebbers  87'	Summary	G. Korte  89'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,063 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

Eintracht Braunschweig v FSV Frankfurt

19 May 2013 34	Eintracht Braunschweig	2–2	FSV Frankfurt	Braunschweig
13:30	Kruppke  2', 73'	Summary	Görlitz  11'  45' Konrad  38' Kapllani  50'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Christian Dietz (Kronach)

DFB-Pokal

VfB Lübeck v Eintracht Braunschweig

17 August 2012 1st round	VfB Lübeck	0–3	Eintracht Braunschweig	Lübeck
19:00	Samide  25' Steinwarth  29' Theißen  53' Schulz  58' Marheineke  70'	Summary	Kratz  13', 69' Boland  67'	Stadium: PokerStars.de – Stadion an der Lohmühle Attendance: 6,411 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

Eintracht Braunschweig v SC Freiburg

30 October 2012 2nd round	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–2	SC Freiburg	Braunschweig
19:00	Theuerkauf  32' Kruppke  45' Reichel  61'	Summary	Caligiuri  1' Freis  31' Flum  84' Guédé  88'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 20,167 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

Players

Current squad

As of 11 March 2013

Squad Season 2012–13
No.	Player	Nat.	Birthday	at BTSV since	previous club	League matches	League goals	Cup matches	Cup goals
Goalkeepers
1	Marjan Petković		22 May 1979	2009	FSV Frankfurt	4	0	2	0
26	Daniel Davari		6 Jan 1988	2009	FSV Mainz 05 II	30	0	0	0
Defenders
3	Ermin Bičakčić		24 Jan 1990	01/12	VfB Stuttgart	33	3	2	0
4	Matthias Henn		28 Apr 1985	2007	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3	0	0	0
5	Benjamin Kessel		1 Oct 1987	2010	FSV Mainz 05 II	15	0	0	0
8	Deniz Doğan		20 Oct 1979	2007	VfB Lübeck	29	2	2	0
15	Norman Theuerkauf		24 Jan 1987	2009	Eintracht Frankfurt II	31	1	2	0
16	Emre Turan		16 Nov 1990	01/11	Ankaraspor	1	0	0	0
19	Ken Reichel		19 Dec 1986	2007	Hamburger SV II	25	0	2	0
25	Marcel Correia		16 May 1989	2011	1. FC Kaiserslautern II	17	0	2	0
Midfielders
6	Damir Vrančić		4 Oct 1985	2009	Borussia Dortmund II	24	1	1	0
7	Björn Kluft		11 Jan 1990	2012	SC Preußen Münster	1	0	0	0
10	Mirko Boland		23 Apr 1987	01/09	MSV Duisburg II	30	4	2	1
11	Steffen Bohl		28 Dec 1983	01/11	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	21	0	1	0
13	Raffael Korte		29 Aug 1990	2011	TuS Mechtersheim	10	0	1	0
14	Omar Elabdellaoui		5 Dec 1991	01/13	Manchester City	14	0	0	0
17	Kevin Kratz		21 Jan 1987	2012	Alemannia Aachen	18	0	1	2
18	Oliver Petersch		26 Apr 1989	2011	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	11	1	0	0
31	Marc Pfitzner		28 Aug 1984	2007	Youth system	20	2	1	0
Strikers
9	Orhan Ademi		28 Oct 1991	2012	SC Rheindorf Altach	30	4	2	0
12	Dominick Kumbela		20 Apr 1984	01/10	Rot Weiss Ahlen	30	19	2	0
20	Zhang Chengdong		9 February 1989	2012	C.D. Mafra	12	0	0	0
21	Pierre Merkel		25 May 1989	2011	SC Idar-Oberstein	16	2	0	0
22	Randy Edwini-Bonsu		20 Apr 1990	01/12	AC Oulu	8	0	1	0
23	Jonas Erwig-Drüppel		20 Jul 1991	2012	FC Schalke 04 II	6	0	0	0
27	Gianluca Korte		29 Aug 1990	2011	TuS Mechtersheim	11	2	2	0
32	Dennis Kruppke (captain)		1 Apr 1980	01/08	SC Freiburg	23	11	2	0
No longer at the club
14	Jan Washausen		2 Oct 1988	2007	Youth system	0	0	0	0
Last updated: 19 May 2013

Summer transfers

In: No. Position Player 9 FW Orhan Ademi (from SC Rheindorf Altach) 23 FW Jonas Erwig-Drüppel (from FC Schalke 04 II) 7 MF Björn Kluft (from SC Preußen Münster) 17 MF Kevin Kratz (from Alemannia Aachen) 20 FW Zhang Chengdong (on loan from C.D. Mafra, previously on loan at S.C. Beira-Mar)

Out: No. Position Player 9 FW Mathias Fetsch (to Kickers Offenbach) 7 DF Benjamin Fuchs (to Manisaspor) 24 DF Pascal Gos (to Eintracht Braunschweig II) 30 GK Benjamin Later (to Eintracht Braunschweig II) 23 MF Julius Reinhardt (to Kickers Offenbach) 17 MF Markus Unger (to Eintracht Braunschweig II) 20 MF Nico Zimmermann (to VfR Aalen)

Winter transfers

In: No. Position Player 14 MF Omar Elabdellaoui (on loan from Manchester City, previously on loan at Feyenoord)

Out: No. Position Player 14 MF Jan Washausen (on loan to Kickers Offenbach)

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	Caroline Schweibs
Physiotherapist	Goce Janevski
Physiotherapist	Thorsten Taenzer
Team manager	Holm Stelzer
Kit and equipment manager/Bus driver	Christian Skolik

References

1. DFB-Pokal 2012/2013 .:. Spielplan (German) DFB-Pokal 2012–13, accessed: 5 September 2012
2. "Fan-Infos zum Umbau der Haupttribüne" (in German). www.eintracht-stadion.com. 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
3. Otto, Christian (20 October 2012). "Im Zweifel gegen den Trend" (in German). faz.net. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
4. Herrmann, Boris (23 September 2012). "Auferstanden vom Rande des Untergangs" (in German). sueddeutsche.de. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
5. Jahn, Michael (25 October 2012). "Spagat auf der Baustelle" (in German). fr-online.de. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
6. Schramm, Anja (7 April 2013). "Braunschweigs großer Klimmzug" (in German). welt.de. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
7. Spiller, Christian (18 December 2012). "Kein Geld – und trotzdem erfolgreich" (in German). zeit.de. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
8. Hacke, Detlef (27 April 2013). "Aufstieg von Eintracht Braunschweig: Comeback der Enkel" (in German). spiegel.de. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
9. "Braunschweig nach 28 Jahren zurück in Liga eins". Die Welt (in German). 26 April 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
10. "2. Bundesliga - Torjäger". Kicker Sportmagazin (in German). Retrieved 19 May 2013.

External links

• Eintracht Braunschweig Official Website
• 2012–13 Eintracht Braunschweig season at Weltfussball.de (German)
• 2012–13 Eintracht Braunschweig season at kicker.de (German)
• 2012–13 Eintracht Braunschweig season at Fussballdaten.de (German)