Eintracht Braunschweig

Full name

Braunschweiger Turn- und
Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V.

Nickname(s)

Die Löwen (The Lions)

Founded

15 December 1895

Ground

Eintracht-Stadion,
Braunschweig

Capacity

23,325

Chairman

Sebastian Ebel

Sporting director

Coach

League

6th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig (German pronunciation: [ˈʔaɪ̯ntʁaxt ˈbʁaʊ̯nʃvaɪ̯k]) or BTSV [beː teː ʔɛs faʊ̯], is a German association football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding members of the Bundesliga in 1963 and won the national title in 1967. Currently, Braunschweig play in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.

Since 1923 Eintracht Braunschweig plays at the Eintracht-Stadion. The club shares a rivalry with fellow Lower Saxon side Hannover 96. In addition to the football division, Eintracht has departments for several other sports, of which historically the field hockey department has been the most successful.

History

Foundation and early years

Eintracht Braunschweig was founded as the football and cricket club FuCC Eintracht 1895 in 1895, became FC Eintracht von 1895 in 1906, and changed its name again into SV Eintracht in 1920.

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

Post-war football

Walter Schmidt, one of the team's key players during the 1960s, pictured in the Eintracht-Stadion in 2009.

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. Because of this Eintracht Braunschweig was merged into the new club TSV Braunschweig on 2 November 1945. 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 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.^[3] Another appearance in the final round of the national championship came in 1958.

Bundesliga football 1963 to 1985

Paul Breitner (left), 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 sixteen teams selected out of a group of forty-six applicants for play in the Bundesliga, the new federal professional league formed in 1963. Once again the side enjoyed early success, capturing 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. Another ten players joined the national side from the team, mostly through the 60's and 70's.

The club was hit by tragedy 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, the second saw a combined squad of Eintracht Braunschweig and rivals Hannover 96 take on a Bundesliga all-star team.^[4]

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

In 1973, in the face of some opposition from the league, Braunschweig became the first Bundesliga side to sport a sponsor logo on their jerseys – that of Wolfenbüttel-based liquor producer Jägermeister. The move paid the team 100,000 DM and introduced a new way of doing business to football that is worth millions today. Other clubs quickly followed suit. Braunschweig's game against Schalke 04 on 24 March 1973 became the first-ever Bundesliga match to feature a club having sponsorship on its jersey.^[5] Jägermeister continued to sponsor the club until 1987, although a later attempt to rename the team Eintracht Jägermeister was finally refused by the German Football Association in 1983.^[6]

Eintracht Braunschweig just missed a second title in 1977 when they finished third, one point back of champion Borussia Mönchengladbach and just behind second place finisher FC Schalke 04 on goal difference. The club made news after the season by signing 1974 FIFA World Cup winner Paul Breitner from Real Madrid for a transfer fee of 1,6 million DM. However, Breitner did not fit into the team at all and was sold to Bayern Munich after just one season.^[7]

Lutz Eigendorf (left)

The side counted a casualty 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.^[8]^[9]

The club played in the Bundesliga through to the mid-80's having been relegated just twice, playing in the second division in 1973–74 and again in 1980–81. During their run of 322 games in the Bundesliga from 1963 to 1973 they set a record that still stands by not seeing a single player red-carded. In 1984–85 Eintracht Braunschweig was relegated from the Bundesliga for the third time.

Decline

Regionalliga home game against VfB Lübeck in 1998.

Since the 1985–86 season the side has played at the tier II and III levels. In 1987, Braunschweig managed to set a mark even as they were demoted. They are the only team ever to have been relegated with a positive goal differential: 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 2007–2008 Regionalliga season the club was facing a severe crisis, both financially and on the field: Eintracht was in serious danger 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 4th level of the German football league system.

Recent history

However, with their new manager Torsten Lieberknecht, who had only taken over the job a few weeks before,^[10] Eintracht Braunschweig managed to qualify 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 on and off the field that was widely recognized by the German media.^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16] In 2010–11 the team won promotion back into the 2. Bundesliga as champions of the 3. Liga. There Eintracht Braunschweig re-established themselves quickly, finishing the 2011–12 season comfortably mid-table. 2012–13 should prove even more successful: 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 very last matchday. They were officially relegated on 10 May 2014 after a 1–3 loss at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.

Crest and colours

Colours

Traditionally Eintracht Braunschweig plays their 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

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. 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, Eintracht Braunschweig scrapped the original crest and replaced it with a new design based on the logo of their sponsor Jägermeister. This was initially done to get around the German FA'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. 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.^[17]

Flag of the Duchy of Brunswick
Coat of arms of Braunschweig
Historical version of the round logo, in use during the 1960s and early 70s
Diamond shaped logo, in use 1986–2012

Stadium

Eintracht-Stadion

Main article: 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.^[18] Before the construction of the Eintracht-Stadion, the club played its home games at Sportplatz an der Helmstedter Straße, which held 3,000 people.^[18]

Supporters

Eintracht Braunschweig supporters in 2013.

Despite spending recent years in the lower divisions, the club's fan support has 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.^[19]

Eintracht Braunschweig has a strong rivalry with Hannover 96,^[20]^[21]^[22] while friendly fan relations exist with 1. FC Magdeburg, SV Waldhof Mannheim, and FC Basel.

Recent seasons

Year	Division	Position
1999–2000	Regionalliga Nord (III)	3rd
2000–01	Regionalliga Nord	8th
2001–02	Regionalliga Nord	2nd (promoted)
2002–03	2. Bundesliga (II)	15th (relegated)
2003–04	Regionalliga Nord (III)	6th
2004–05	Regionalliga Nord	1st (promoted)
2005–06	2. Bundesliga (II)	12th
2006–07	2. Bundesliga	18th (relegated)
2007–08	Regionalliga Nord (III)	10th
2008–09	3. Liga (III)	13th
2009–10	3. Liga	4th
2010–11	3. Liga	1st (promoted)
2011–12	2. Bundesliga (II)	8th
2012–13	2. Bundesliga	2nd (promoted)
2013–14	Bundesliga	18th (relegated)
2014–15	2. Bundesliga	6th

League history

Main article: List of Eintracht Braunschweig seasons

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

League

Bundesliga:
- Champions (1): 1966–67
2. Bundesliga (II):²
- Runners-up (2): 1981, 2013
3. Liga (III):
- Champions (1): 2010–11
Regionalliga Nord (II):
- Champions (1): 1974
Oberliga Nord:
- Runners-up (1): 1958
Northern German championship:
- Champions (2): 1908, 1913
- Runners-up (6): 1906, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1924
Gauliga Südhannover-Braunschweig:
- Champions (2): 1943, 1944
Oberliga Niedersachsen-Süd:
- Champions (2): 1946, 1947
Südkreisliga/Bezirksliga Südhannover-Braunschweig/Oberliga Südhannover-Braunschweig:
- Champions (2): 1924, 1925
- Runners-up (4): 1922, 1927, 1931, 1932
Duchy/Free State of Brunswick championship:¹
- Champions (13): 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1920
- Runners-up (1): 1919
Amateuroberliga Niedersachsen-Ost (II):
- Champions (1): 1953
Regionalliga Nord (III):
- Champions (1): 2005
- Runners-up (4): 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002
Amateur-Oberliga Nord (III):
- Champions (1): 1988
- Runners-up (1): 1994

¹No championship played in 1914 and 1915. ²Includes 2. Bundesliga Nord (1974–81).

Cup

Lower Saxony Cup:
- Winners (2): 2004, 2011
- Runners-up (2): 1999, 2009

International

Intertoto Cup:
- Group winners (7): 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1979

European record

Match day poster for the 1967–68 European Cup quarter-finals play-off versus Juventus in Berne.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate	Result
1967–68	European Cup	1st round	Dinamo Tirana	–	–	(w/o)	Win
		2nd round	Rapid Vienna	2–0	0–1	2–1	Win
		Quarter-finals	Juventus	3–2	0–1	3–3¹	Loss
1971–72	UEFA Cup	1st round	Glentoran	6–1	1–0	7–1	Win
		2nd round	Atlético Bilbao	2–1	2–2	4–3	Win
		3rd round	Ferencváros	1–1	2–5	3–6	Loss
1976–77	UEFA Cup	1st round	Holbæk B&I	7–0	0–1	7–1	Win
		2nd round	RCD Español	2–1	0–2	2–3	Loss
1977–78	UEFA Cup	1st round	Dinamo Kiev	0–0	1–1	1–1²	Win
		2nd round	IK Start	4–0	0–1	4–1	Win
		3rd round	PSV Eindhoven	1–2	0–2	1–4	Loss

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

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

Intertoto Cup record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
1964–65	International Football Cup	Group A2	DWS Amsterdam	2–0	0–4
		Group A2	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	1–1	0–2
		Group A2	Beringen FC	2–1	3–2
1965–66	International Football Cup	Group A4	Örgryte IS	3–0	1–3
		Group A4	Sparta Rotterdam	1–2	0–3
		Group A4	FC Luzern	7–0	4–4
1966–67	International Football Cup	Group B3	Górnik Zabrze	8–0	0–4
		Group B3	Carl Zeiss Jena	1–2	1–2
		Group B3	AIK	5–1	2–0
1968	Intertoto Cup	Group B7	Lausanne-Sports	2–1	1–4
		Group B7	Wacker Innsbruck	3–1	2–1
		Group B7	AB	2–0	0–0
1970	Intertoto Cup	Group B1	Grasshopper Club	2–0	1–5
		Group B1	IFK Norrköping	1–0	2–2
		Group B1	Wiener SC	3–0	1–1
1971	Intertoto Cup	Group 6	Malmö FF	0–1	1–0
		Group 6	Zagłębie Wałbrzych	1–0	1–0
		Group 6	Young Boys	2–0	5–1
1972	Intertoto Cup	Group 6	TJ ZVL Žilina	5–0	1–1
		Group 6	Landskrona BoIS	2–0	0–3
		Group 6	Vejle BK	4–1	3–0
1973	Intertoto Cup	Group 9	AC Nitra	1–2	1–1
		Group 9	FC Amsterdam	1–4	0–0
		Group 9	Vejle BK	0–3	2–0
1975	Intertoto Cup	Group 3	FK Vojvodina	2–1	1–3
		Group 3	FC Zürich	2–0	0–1
		Group 3	Vejle BK	3–0	5–0
1976	Intertoto Cup	Group 4	Baník Ostrava	0–2	0–0
		Group 4	SSW Innsbruck	1–1	0–1
		Group 4	AIK	2–1	3–1
1978	Intertoto Cup	Group 4	Standard Liège	0–1	1–0
		Group 4	Grasshopper Club	0–0	2–0
		Group 4	B 1903	5–1	2–1
1979	Intertoto Cup	Group 3	Malmö FF	3–1	2–2
		Group 3	Slavia Prague	2–0	1–1
		Group 3	FC St. Gallen	3–2	4–1
1983	Intertoto Cup	Group 10	TJ Vítkovice	0–2	2–2
		Group 10	Trakia Plovdiv	2–0	1–0
		Group 10	IF Elfsborg	4–0	0–1
1984	Intertoto Cup	Group 4	Standard Liège	3–1	1–4
		Group 4	OB	0–0	1–1
		Group 4	Go Ahead Eagles	2–1	1–2
1985	Intertoto Cup	Group 5	Wismut Aue	2–1	2–3
		Group 5	Slavia Prague	4–1	0–4
		Group 5	Viking FK	6–3	1–2

Players

Current squad

As of 28 February 2016 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Marcel Engelhardt
3	DF	Saulo Decarli
4	DF	Joseph Baffo
6	MF	Damir Vrančić
7	FW	Domi Kumbela
8	MF	Adam Matuszczyk
10	MF	Mirko Boland
11	MF	Jan Hochscheidt
12	MF	Nik Omladič
16	GK	Jasmin Fejzić
17	DF	Phil Ofosu-Ayeh
18	FW	Orhan Ademi
19	DF	Ken Reichel

No.	Position	Player
21	MF	Patrick Schönfeld
22	MF	Salim Khelifi
24	DF	Maximilian Sauer
25	DF	Marcel Correia (captain)
26	FW	Julius Düker
27	DF	Niko Kijewski
28	DF	Dennis Slamar
30	MF	Hendrick Zuck
31	MF	Marc Pfitzner
33	GK	Rafał Gikiewicz
34	FW	Phillip Tietz
36	DF	Mohammad Baghdadi
38	MF	Gerrit Holtmann

Players out on loan

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

No.		Position	Player
23		FW	Mads Hvilsom (at SK Brann until the end of next season)

Notable former players

Main article: List of Eintracht Braunschweig players

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 whilst playing for Eintracht Braunschweig are only included if they made at least 10 appearances for the club.

Germany

Holger Aden (1989–1992)
Joachim Bäse (1959–1973)
Karim Bellarabi (2008–2011, 2013–2014)
Paul Breitner (1977–1978)
Ludwig Bründl (1971–1975)
Bernd Buchheister (1985–1993)
Konrad "Otto" Bülte (1903–1911)
Bernd Dörfel (1968–1970)
Wolfgang Dremmler (1973–1979)
Dietmar Erler (1970–1981)
Wolfgang Frank (1974–1978)
Bernd Franke (1971–1985)
Willi Fricke (1938–1952)
Bernd Gersdorff (1969–1977)
Klaus Gerwien (1961–1974)
Wolfgang Grzyb (1966–1978)
Friedhelm Haebermann (1969–1978)
Otto Harder (1909–1913)
Winfried Herz (1951–1961)
Reiner Hollmann (1973–1984)
Hans Jäcker (1956–1967)
Peter Kaack (1963–1973)
Dennis Kruppke (2008–2015)
Ludwig Lachner (1934–1949)
Max Lorenz (1969–1972)
Peter Lux (1981–1985, 1990–1993)
Erich Maas (1964–1970)
Franz Merkhoffer (1968–1984)
Jürgen Moll (1957–1968)
Harald Nickel (1978–1979)
Walter Poppe (1904–1912)
Richard Queck (1907–1914)
Tobias Rau (1999–2001)
Uwe Reinders (1987–1988)
Walter Schmidt (1959–1969)
Dirk Schuster (1990–1991)
Albert Sukop (1930–1948)
Werner Thamm (1950–1962)
Lothar Ulsaß (1964–1971)
Horst Wolter (1961–1972)
Ronald Worm (1979–1987)
Heinz Wozniakowski (1951–1958)
Dieter Zembski (1975–1980)

International

Mushaga Bakenga (2014–2015)
Ihor Belanov (1991–1994)
Magnús Bergs (1984–1985)
Ermin Bičakčić (2012–2014)
Hasse Borg (1977–1983)
Serge Branco (1998–2000)
Tommy Christensen (1988–1989)
Daniel Davari (2009–2014)
Fahed Dermech (1999–2000)
Randy Edwini-Bonsu (2011–2013)
Omar Elabdellaoui (2013–2014)
Sergei Fokin (1992–2000)
Milton Griffiths (2000–2001)
Vegar Eggen Hedenstad (2014–2015)
Reinhold Hintermaier (1984–1986)
Rudi Istenič (2001–2002)
Simeon Jackson (2013)
Bent Jensen (1972–1973)
Bekim Kastrati (2006–2007)
Yahiro Kazama (1988–1989)
Miloš Kolaković (1995–2001)
Jameleddine Limam (1990–1991)
Mohamed Ali Mahjoubi (1991–1993)
Michél Mazingu-Dinzey (2002–2004)
Allan Michaelsen (1972–1974)
Valentin Năstase (2007–2009)
Håvard Nielsen (2014–2015)
Viktor Pasulko (1993–1996)
Danilo Popivoda (1975–1981)
Horst Rick (1960–1961)
André Schembri (2007–2008)
Josephus Yenay (2000–2001)
Ilija Zavišić (1980–1984)
Zhang Chengdong (2012–2013)

Staff

Current technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Torsten Lieberknecht
Assistant coach	Darius Scholtysik
Assistant coach	Henning Bürger
Athletic trainer	Jürgen Rische
Goalkeeping coach	Alexander Kunze
Sporting director	Marc Arnold
Physiotherapist	Günter Jonczyk
Physiotherapist	Goce Janevski
Physiotherapist	Jens Hesse
Club doctor	Stephan Bornhardt
Team manager	Holm Stelzer
Kit and equipment manager/Bus driver	Christian Skolik

Manager history

Caretaker managers in italics.

Georg Knöpfle (1937–48)
Woldemar Gerschler (1948–49)
Hans-Georg Vogel (1949–52)
Edmund Conen (1952–56)
Kurt Baluses (1956–60)
Hermann Lindemann (1960–61)
Hans-Georg Vogel (1961–63)
Helmuth Johannsen (1 July 1963 – 30 June 1970)
Otto Knefler (1 July 1970 – 30 June 1974)
Branko Zebec (6 July 1974 – 30 June 1978)
Werner Olk (1 July 1978 – 21 March 1979)
Heinz Patzig (March 21, 1979 – March 27, 1979)
Heinz Lucas (27 March 1979 – 8 Oct 1979)
Uli Maslo (14 Oct 1979 – 23 April 1983)
Heinz Patzig (April 24, 1983 – June 30, 1983)

Aleksandar Ristić (1 July 1983 – 15 April 1985)
Heinz Patzig (April 16, 1985 – June 30, 1985)
Willibert Kremer (1 July 1985 – 9 March 1986)
Heinz Patzig (March 14, 1986 – June 30, 1986)
Gerd Roggensack (1 July 1986 – 30 June 1987)
Uwe Reinders (1 July 1987 – 30 June 1990)
Joachim Streich (1 July 1990 – 31 March 1991)
Werner Fuchs (29 March 1991 – 10 Oct 1992)
Uli Maslo (14 Oct 1992 – 30 June 1993)
Wolf-Rüdiger Krause (1 July 1993 – 30 June 1994)
Jan Olsson (1 July 1994 – Sept 24, 1995)
Heinz-Günter Scheil (Sept 25, 1995 – Oct 23, 1995)
Benno Möhlmann (24 Oct 1995 – 30 June 1997)
Michael Lorkowski (1 July 1997 – 9 Nov 1998)
Dirk Holdorf (Nov 10, 1998 – Nov 23, 1998)

Wolfgang Sandhowe (23 Nov 1998 – 15 April 1999)
Uwe Hain (April 16, 1999 – June 30, 1999)
Reinhold Fanz (1 July 1999 – 17 May 2001)
Uwe Hain (May 18, 2001 – June 30, 2001)
Peter Vollmann (1 July 2001 – 20 Oct 2002)
Uwe Reinders (25 Oct 2002 – 2 March 2004)
Wolfgang Loos (March 2, 2004 – March 15, 2004)
Michael Krüger (15 March 2004 – 4 Oct 2006)
Willi Kronhardt (Oct 5, 2006 – Oct 14, 2006)
Đurađ Vasić (15 Oct 2006 – 14 Nov 2006)
Willi Reimann (14 Nov 2006 – 20 March 2007)
Dietmar Demuth (March 20, 2007 – June 30, 2007)
Benno Möhlmann (1 July 2007 – 12 May 2008)
Torsten Lieberknecht (12 May 2008–)

Notable former presidents

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

Johannes Runge (1903–1914)
Hans Jäcker (1980–1983)
Günter Mast (1983–1986)
Gerhard Glogowski (2000–2007)

Records

Home victory, Bundesliga: 6–0 v Rot-Weiss Essen, 21 May 1977/6–0 v VfB Stuttgart, 5 April 1975
Away victory, Bundesliga: 7–1 v Arminia Bielefeld, 28 June 1972
Home loss, Bundesliga: 0–6 v Borussia Mönchengladbach, 29 October 1977
Away loss, Bundesliga: 0–10 v Borussia Mönchengladbach, 11 October 1984
Most appearances, all competitions total: 563, Franz Merkhoffer 1968–1984
Most appearances, Bundesliga: 419, Franz Merkhoffer 1968–1984
Most goals scored, total: 116, Werner Thamm 1950–1962
Most goals scored, Bundesliga: 84, Lothar Ulsaß 1964–1971
Most goals scored, season, Bundesliga: 24, Wolfgang Frank, 1976–77
Most goals scored, season, 2. Bundesliga: 30, Ronald Worm, 1980–81

Reserve and youth teams

Eintracht Braunschweig youth academy.

Reserve team

Main article: Eintracht Braunschweig II

Eintracht Braunschweig II, historically also referred to as Eintracht Braunschweig Amateure, currently plays in the Regionalliga Nord. The team's current manager is Henning Bürger.

Eintracht Braunschweig II squad

As of 31 January 2016^[23] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Erik Henschel
4	DF	Marco Kaffenberger
5	DF	Gunnar Niemann
6	MF	Eros Dacaj
7	MF	Armend Kabashi
8	DF	Deniz Doğan
9	FW	Gyamfi Kyeremeh
10	MF	Sven Hartwig
11	FW	Stefan Valentini

No.	Position	Player
13	MF	Lukas Kierdorf
15	DF	Dennis Slamar
16	FW	Luca Sasso-Sant
17	MF	Felix Drinkuth
19	MF	Omar Castro
20	MF	Sulhattin Capli
22	MF	Morten Rüdiger
23	GK	Björn Rührer

Honours

German amateur championship:
- Runners-up (1): 1970
Amateuroberliga Niedersachsen-Ost (II):
- Champions (1): 1956
- Runners-up (1): 1955
Amateurliga Niedersachsen, Staffel 4 (Braunschweig) (III):
- Champions (1): 1954
Lower Saxony championship:
- Champions (5): 1970, 2000, 2002, 2010, 2013^[24]
- Runners-up (2): 1985, 2005

Youth

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. The club's youth academy is located at the Sportpark Kennel near Schloss Richmond.

Other sports

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.^[25]

Field hockey

Anke Kühn

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

Honours

National

German women's championship (outdoor):
- Champions (6): 1965, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978
- Runners-up (2): 1964, 1977
German women's championship (indoor):
- Champions (3): 1973, 1974, 1975
- Runners-up (4): 1970, 1978, 1983, 2003

International

Women's EuroHockey Club Champions Cup (outdoor):
- Runners-up (3): 1975, 1976, 1977

Notable players

Ice hockey

Eintracht Braunschweig's ice hockey department was founded in 1981. 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. In 2000 the ice hockey section became independent as Eintracht Braunschweig Eissport e.V., and eventually dissolved in 2003.

Basketball

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

In popular culture

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.^[26]

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.^[27]

Bibliography

Bläsig, Horst/Leppert, Alex (2010). Ein Roter Löwe auf der Brust – Die Geschichte von Eintracht Braunschweig. Göttingen: Die Werkstatt. ISBN 978-3-89533-675-1.
Buchal, Andreas (2007). Eintracht Braunschweig vs Hannover 96. Über die Rivalität zweier Traditionsvereine. Wolfsburg: Verlag Günther Hempel. ISBN 978-3-87327-040-4.
Döring, Jochen (1967). Spiele, Tore, Meisterschaft. Eintracht Braunschweig in der Bundesligasaison 1966/67. Braunschweig: Karl Pfannkuch-Verlag.
Döring, Jochen (1995). Helmut, laß die Löwen raus! Triumphe und Tränen, Stars und Skandale. 100 Jahre Fußball, Eintracht Braunschweig. Braunschweig: Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag.
Gizler, Gerhard (2015). Es ist für’s Vaterland, wenn’s auch nur Spiel erscheint. Studien zur Geschichte von Eintracht Braunschweig in der NS-Zeit. Göttingen: Die Werkstatt. ISBN 978-3-7307-0243-7.
Göttner, Christian (2007). Was geht, Eintracht Braunschweig? Deutscher Fußballmeister 1967. 67 Interviews mit legendären Fußballern. Kassel: Agon-Sportverlag. ISBN 978-3-89784-336-3.
Graßhof, Heinz (1967). Eintracht Braunschweig. Porträt einer Bundesliga-Mannschaft. Braunschweig: Graff und Grenzland.
Klingenberg, Axel (2013). 111 Gründe, Eintracht Braunschweig zu lieben. Eine Liebeserklärung an den großartigsten Fußballverein der Welt. Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag. ISBN 978-3-8626-5280-8.
Peters, Stefan (1998). Eintracht Braunschweig. Die Chronik. Kassel: Agon-Sportverlag. ISBN 978-3-89609-152-9.
Peters, Stefan/Göttner, Christian (2013). 100 Spiele Eintracht. Die emotionalsten Partien der Vereinsgeschichte von Eintracht Braunschweig. Göttingen: Die Werkstatt. ISBN 978-3-7307-0052-5.
Pollmann, Ulrike (1995). In frischer Kraft und selbstbewußt... 100 Jahre Eintracht Braunschweig. Braunschweig: Verlag Michael Kuhle. ISBN 3-923696-72-8.

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