2015–16 Eintracht Braunschweig season

The 2015–16 Eintracht Braunschweig season was the 122nd season in the club's football history. In 2015–16, the club played in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football.

Eintracht Braunschweig
2015–16 season
ChairmanSebastian Ebel
ManagerTorsten Lieberknecht
StadiumEintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony
2. Bundesliga8th
DFB-PokalRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Salim Khelifi (8)
All: Salim Khelifi (8)
Highest home attendance23,050
Lowest home attendance19,667
Average home league attendance21,191

Review and events

The 2015–16 season of Eintracht Braunschweig will begin on 15 June 2015 with their first training session.[1]

The draw for the first round of the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal happened on 10 June and paired Braunschweig with 3. Liga team Hallescher FC.[2]

On 30 June 2015, the team headed for an eight-day-long pre-season training camp in Mittersill, Salzburg, Austria.[3]

The draw for the second round of the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal happened on 14 August and paired Braunschweig with Oberliga Baden-Württemberg side SSV Reutlingen 05.[4]

In November 2015, sporting director Marc Arnold announced that the club would not head for a winter training camp this season.[5]

Matches and results

Legend

  Win  Tie  Loss

Friendly matches

20 June 2015 Haßloch XI 2–10 Eintracht Braunschweig Haßloch
13:00Grässer 27'
Franzreb 48'
ReportHochscheidt 7'
Decarli 10'
Omladič 53', 80'
Ademi 58', 66', 79'
Schönfeld 63', 85'
Boland 76'
Stadium: Friedrich-Chomas-Stadion am Eichelgarten
Attendance: 900
26 June 2015 Braunschweiger SC Acosta 0–7 Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweig
18:30ReportKhelifi 14'
Ademi 18', 30'
Zuck 34'
Boland 39'
Vrančić 49'
Reichel 78'
Stadium: Konrad-Koch-Stadion
Attendance: 2,113
Shakhtar Donetsk
2 July 2015 Eintracht Braunschweig 2–1 Shakhtar Donetsk Mittersill, Austria
18:00Ofosu-Ayeh 35'
Düker 67'
ReportTankovskyi 84'Stadium: Stadion Mittersill
Attendance: 400
Rubin Kazan
4 July 2015 Eintracht Braunschweig 3–1 Rubin Kazan Bischofshofen, Austria
17:00Düker 17'
Oehrl 78'
Khelifi 88'
ReportPortnyagin 55'
Dynamo Kyiv
7 July 2015 Eintracht Braunschweig 1–2 Dynamo Kyiv Jenbach, Austria
17:30Düker 14'ReportDragović 76'
Sydorchuk 90'
Stadium: Stadion Jenbach
13 July 2015 SV Drochtersen/Assel 0–1 Eintracht Braunschweig Drochtersen
19:00ReportOehrl 17'Stadium: Kehdinger Stadion
Attendance: 1,500
Rayo Vallecano
17 July 2015 Eintracht Braunschweig 1–2 Rayo Vallecano Braunschweig
18:30Boland 50'ReportQuini 54'
Miku 89'
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 3,740
2 September 2015 MTV Gifhorn 0–2 Eintracht Braunschweig Gifhorn
18:30ReportAdemi 22'
Hvilsom 88'
Stadium: Stadion Flutmulde
Attendance: 750
4 September 2015 Germania Halberstadt 0–4 Eintracht Braunschweig Halberstadt
18:30ReportAdemi 9'
Zuck 37'
Hochscheidt 71'
Hvilsom 90'
Stadium: Friedensstadion
Attendance: 678
8 October 2015 Lokomotive Leipzig 0–4 Eintracht Braunschweig Leipzig
18:00ReportBaffo 7'
Hvilsom 16', 38'
Matuszczyk 83'
Stadium: Bruno-Plache-Stadion
Attendance: 1,197
13 November 2015 Werder Bremen 0–2 Eintracht Braunschweig Bremen
17:30ReportDecarli 11'
Schönfeld 78'
Stadium: Weserstadion, Platz 11
Attendance: 827
9 January 2016 FT Braunschweig 0–5 Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweig
14:00ReportHochscheidt 7'
Zuck 28', 29'
Fiedler 70' (o.g.)
Kumbela 87' (pen.)
Stadium: Prinzenparkstadion
Attendance: 935
10 January 2016 Supporters Select XI 2–24 Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweig
14:00Kistner 85'
Riefenberg 89'
ReportKumbela 12', 15', 42', 44'
Khelifi 17', 20', 33'
Decarli 25'
Kijewski 39', 54'
Pfitzner 50' (pen.)
Baghdadi 57'
Schönfeld 58', 78'
Vrančić 64'
Düker 67', 74', 83', 88', 90'
Ademi 72', 87'
Ofosu-Ayeh 75', 81'
Stadium: Sportpark Kennel
Attendance: 700
15 January 2016 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 0–1 Eintracht Braunschweig Wiesbaden
19:00ReportOmladič 14'Stadium: BRITA-Arena
Attendance: 250
17 January 2016 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–3 Eintracht Braunschweig Frankfurt
14:00Gaćinović 60'
Fabián 74', 76'
ReportCorreia 37'
Ademi 64', 67'
Attendance: 0
22 January 2016 Eintracht Braunschweig 1–2 SC Verl Braunschweig
15:00Holtmann 90'ReportHecker 20'
Geisler 47'
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion, F-Platz
Attendance: 100
24 January 2016 Hertha BSC 1–1 Eintracht Braunschweig Berlin
11:30Stocker 36'ReportSchönfeld 3' (pen.)Stadium: Amateurstadion Olympiapark
Attendance: 0
Hobro IK
30 January 2016 Eintracht Braunschweig 2–1 Hobro IK Braunschweig
14:00Ofosu-Ayeh 16'
Kumbela 79'
ReportKirkevold 82'Stadium: Konrad-Koch-Stadion
Attendance: 300
18 May 2016 TSV Wendezelle 0–8 Eintracht Braunschweig Wendeburg
19:00ReportKumbela 8'
Düker 21', 36'
Ademi 34'
Omladič 45'
Zuck 53'
Holtmann 58'
Khelifi 82'
Stadium: Sportplatz Wendeburg
Attendance: 2,500
19 May 2016 TSV Hillerse 0–7 Eintracht Braunschweig Hillerse
18:00ReportDüker 18', 69'
Boland 29'
Kumbela 40'
Zuck 71'
Omladič 87'
Vrančić 90'
Stadium: Sportanlage Hillerse
Attendance: 1,000

2. Bundesliga

League fixtures and results

26 July 2015 (2015-07-26) 1 Eintracht Braunschweig 1–3 SV Sandhausen Braunschweig
15:30Hochscheidt 29'SummaryHübner 31'
Wooten 41'
Bouhaddouz 65'
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 20,680
Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)
31 July 2015 (2015-07-31) 2 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0–0 Eintracht Braunschweig Kaiserslautern
20:30SummaryStadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 33,036
Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)
15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 3 Eintracht Braunschweig 0–2 RB Leipzig Braunschweig
13:00SummarySelke 68'
Forsberg 76'
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 21,315
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)
21 August 2015 (2015-08-21) 4 Arminia Bielefeld 0–2 Eintracht Braunschweig Bielefeld
18:30SummaryMatuszczyk 58'
Khelifi 84'
Stadium: SchücoArena
Attendance: 18,383
Referee: René Rohde (Rostock)
30 August 2015 (2015-08-30) 5 Eintracht Braunschweig 6–0 Karlsruher SC Braunschweig
13:30Berggreen 9', 64'
Reichel 43', 71'
Peitz 53' (o.g.)
Pfitzner 58'
SummaryStadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 20,630
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Hamburg)
13 September 2015 (2015-09-13) 6 FSV Frankfurt 0–3 Eintracht Braunschweig Frankfurt
13:30SummaryReichel 43'
Holtmann 71'
Omladič  73'
Boland 84'
Stadium: Frankfurter Volksbank Stadion
Attendance: 5,218
Referee: Timo Gerach (Landau)
20 September 2015 (2015-09-20) 7 Eintracht Braunschweig 0–0 FC St. Pauli Braunschweig
13:30SummaryStadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 23,050
Referee: Benjamin Brand (Bamberg)
23 September 2015 (2015-09-23) 8 MSV Duisburg 0–5 Eintracht Braunschweig Duisburg
17:30Feltscher  40'SummaryBoland 12'
Berggreen 53', 68'
Reichel 74'
Khelifi 79'
Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
Attendance: 12,509
Referee: Martin Petersen (Stuttgart)
28 September 2015 (2015-09-28) 9 Eintracht Braunschweig 0–1 SpVgg Greuther Fürth Braunschweig
20:15Decarli  90'SummaryŽulj 14'Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 20,142
Referee: Patrick Ittrich (Hamburg)
4 October 2015 (2015-10-04) 10 Eintracht Braunschweig 2–1 1. FC Union Berlin Braunschweig
13:30Boland 16', 79'SummaryKessel 27' (pen.)Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 22,590
Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Niederkassel)
16 October 2015 (2015-10-16) 11 SC Paderborn 07 2–0 Eintracht Braunschweig Paderborn
18:30Stoppelkamp 18'
Proschwitz 81'
SummaryStadium: Benteler Arena
Attendance: 11,952
Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)
25 October 2015 (2015-10-25) 12 Eintracht Braunschweig 1–0 1. FC Heidenheim Braunschweig
13:30Khelifi 77'SummaryStadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 20,340
Referee: Sven Jablonski (Bremen)
1 November 2015 (2015-11-01) 13 SC Freiburg 2–2 Eintracht Braunschweig Freiburg im Breisgau
13:30Grifo 15'
Petersen 38'
SummaryMujdža 52' (o.g.)
Khelifi 62'
Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 23,100
Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg am Neckar)
8 November 2015 (2015-11-08) 14 Eintracht Braunschweig 0–0 TSV 1860 München Braunschweig
13:30SummaryStadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 21,435
Referee: Thorben Siewer (Drolshagen)
23 November 2015 (2015-11-23) 15 1. FC Nürnberg 2–1 Eintracht Braunschweig Nuremberg
20:15Kerk 33'
Burgstaller 84'
SummaryOmladič 53'Stadium: Grundig-Stadion
Attendance: 21,561
Referee: Christian Dingert (Lebecksmühle)
27 November 2015 (2015-11-27) 16 Eintracht Braunschweig 1–0 VfL Bochum Braunschweig
18:40Khelifi 41'SummaryNovikovas  74'Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 21,030
Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)
7 December 2015 (2015-12-07) 17 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–0 Eintracht Braunschweig Düsseldorf
20:15Pohjanpalo 25'
Haggui  56'
SummaryStadium: Esprit Arena
Attendance: 22,757
Referee: Christian Dietz (Kronach)
11 December 2015 (2015-12-11) 18 SV Sandhausen 0–2 Eintracht Braunschweig Sandhausen
18:30SummaryBerggreen 47'
Khelifi 78'
Stadium: Hardtwaldstadion
Attendance: 5,345
Referee: Benjamin Cortus (Röthenbach an der Pegnitz)
20 December 2015 (2015-12-20) 19 Eintracht Braunschweig 1–1 1. FC Kaiserslautern Braunschweig
13:30Hochscheidt 30'SummaryČolak 75'Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 22,313
Referee: Martin Thomsen (Kleve)
7 February 2016 (2016-02-07) 20 RB Leipzig 2–0 Eintracht Braunschweig Leipzig
13:30Forsberg 24'
Compper 30'
SummaryStadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 28,112
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)
14 February 2016 (2016-02-14) 21 Eintracht Braunschweig 1–0 Arminia Bielefeld Braunschweig
13:30Reichel 5'
Kumbela  90'
SummaryBehrendt  89'Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 22,235
Referee: Robert Kempter (Sauldorf)
20 February 2016 (2016-02-20) 22 Karlsruher SC 2–2 Eintracht Braunschweig Karlsruhe
13:00Manuel Torres 29' (pen.)
Sallahi  60'
Diamantakos 65'
SummaryBoland 22'
Decarli 47'
Stadium: Wildparkstadion
Attendance: 12,746
Referee: Robert Kampka (Mainz)
28 February 2016 (2016-02-28) 23 Eintracht Braunschweig 0–0 FSV Frankfurt Braunschweig
13:30SummaryStadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 19,667
Referee: Patrick Alt (Heusweiler)
3 March 2016 (2016-03-03) 24 FC St. Pauli 1–0 Eintracht Braunschweig Hamburg
20:15Verhoek 82'SummaryStadium: Millerntor-Stadion
Attendance: 29,271
Referee: Benjamin Brand (Bamberg)
6 March 2016 (2016-03-06) 25 Eintracht Braunschweig 1–1 MSV Duisburg Braunschweig
13:30Khelifi 60'SummaryChanturia 59'Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 20,158
Referee: Thorben Siewer (Drolshagen)
11 March 2016 (2016-03-11) 26 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 3–0 Eintracht Braunschweig Fürth
18:30Žulj 23', 84'
Stiepermann 58'
SummaryStadium: Stadion am Laubenweg
Attendance: 8,140
Referee: Timo Gerach (Landau)
18 March 2016 (2016-03-18) 27 1. FC Union Berlin 3–1 Eintracht Braunschweig Berlin
18:30Wood 58'
Kreilach 69', 84'
SummaryTietz 62'Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei
Attendance: 19,026
Referee: René Rohde (Rostock)
1 April 2016 (2016-04-01) 28 Eintracht Braunschweig 2–1 SC Paderborn 07 Braunschweig
18:30Holtmann 29'
Hochscheidt 32'
SummaryStoppelkamp 2'Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 20,685
Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)
8 April 2016 (2016-04-08) 29 1. FC Heidenheim 2–2 Eintracht Braunschweig Heidenheim an der Brenz
18:30Schnatterer 49' (pen.)
Feick 74'
SummaryReinhardt 21' (o.g.)
Kumbela 41'
Stadium: Voith-Arena
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Robert Kempter (Sauldorf)
18 April 2016 (2016-04-18) 30 Eintracht Braunschweig 2–2 SC Freiburg Braunschweig
20:30Holtmann 54'
Reichel 57'
SummaryPetersen 70'
Kempf 90+4'
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 19,810
Referee: Patrick Ittrich (Hamburg)
24 April 2016 (2016-04-24) 31 TSV 1860 München 1–0 Eintracht Braunschweig Munich
13:30Okotie  75', 87'SummaryStadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 20,800
Referee: Tobias Welz (Wiesbaden)
30 April 2016 (2016-04-30) 32 Eintracht Braunschweig 3–1 1. FC Nürnberg Braunschweig
13:00Khelifi 43'
Reichel 59'
Sauer 66'
SummaryBurgstaller 78'Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 21,145
Referee: Robert Kampka (Mainz)
8 May 2016 (2016-05-08) 33 VfL Bochum 2–3 Eintracht Braunschweig Bochum
15:30Terodde 27', 34'SummaryHoltmann 8'
Bastians 56' (o.g.)
Ademi 62'
Decarli  88'
Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION
Attendance: 17,899
Referee: Robert Kempter (Sauldorf)
15 May 2016 (2016-05-15) 34 Eintracht Braunschweig 0–2 Fortuna Düsseldorf Braunschweig
15:30Reichel  86'SummaryDemirbay 74', 83' (pen.)Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 23,040
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Berlin)

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
6Union Berlin341310115650+649
7Karlsruher SC341211113537−247
8Eintracht Braunschweig341210124438+646
9SpVgg Greuther Fürth34137144955−646
101. FC Kaiserslautern34129134947+245
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

DFB-Pokal

  Win  Draw  Loss

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) Round 1 Hallescher FC 0–1 Eintracht Braunschweig Halle (Saale)
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)Kleineheismann  17'SummaryOfosu-Ayeh  21'
Decarli  54'
Zuck 67'
Stadium: Erdgas Sportpark
Attendance: 9,549
Referee: Benjamin Cortus (Röthenbach an der Pegnitz)
28 October 2015 (2015-10-28) Round 2 SSV Reutlingen 0–4 Eintracht Braunschweig Reutlingen
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)SummaryHoltmann 21', 61'
Berggreen 36'
Ademi 79'
Stadium: Stadion an der Kreuzeiche
Attendance: 7,524
Referee: René Rohde (Rostock)
16 December 2015 (2015-12-16) Round of 16 VfB Stuttgart 3–2 (a.e.t.) Eintracht Braunschweig Stuttgart
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)Niedermeier 21'
Werner 99'
Šunjić 118'
SummaryBaffo 6'
Ademi 110'
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 21,950
Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

Squad

Current squad

As of 31 January 2016[6]

Squad Season 2015–16
No.PlayerNat.Birthdayat BTSV sinceprevious clubLeague matchesLeague goalsCup matchesCup goals
Goalkeepers
1Marcel Engelhardt 5 Apr 19932015Youth system0000
16Jasmin Fejzić 15 May 19862015VfR Aalen1000
33Rafał Gikiewicz 26 Oct 19872014Śląsk Wrocław33030
Defenders
3Saulo Decarli 4 Feb 19922014Livorno29130
4Joseph Baffo 7 Nov 19922015Halmstads BK27021
17Phil Ofosu-Ayeh 15 Sep 19912015VfR Aalen20030
19Ken Reichel 19 Dec 19862007Hamburger SV II31730
24Maximilian Sauer 15 May 19942014Youth system15110
25Marcel Correia (captain) 16 May 198920111. FC Kaiserslautern II14010
27Niko Kijewski 28 Mar 19962015Youth system7000
28Dennis Slamar 8 Sep 19942015Youth system0000
36Mohammad Baghdadi 30 Oct 19962014Youth system0010
Midfielders
6Damir Vrančić 4 Oct 19852009Borussia Dortmund II3000
8Adam Matuszczyk 14 Feb 198920151. FC Köln29130
10Mirko Boland 23 Apr 198701/09MSV Duisburg II29520
11Jan Hochscheidt 4 Oct 19872013FC Erzgebirge Aue29310
12Nik Omladič 21 Aug 198901/15Olimpija Ljubljana25130
21Patrick Schönfeld 21 Jun 19892015FC Erzgebirge Aue16020
22Salim Khelifi 26 Jan 199401/14Lausanne-Sport32830
30Hendrick Zuck 21 Jul 19902014SC Freiburg23031
31Marc Pfitzner 28 Aug 19842007Youth system13100
38Gerrit Holtmann 25 Mar 199504/15Youth system30422
Strikers
7Domi Kumbela 20 Apr 198401/16SpVgg Greuther Fürth11100
18Orhan Ademi 28 Oct 19912012SC Rheindorf Altach18122
26Julius Düker 4 Jan 19962014Youth system8000
34Phillip Tietz 9 Jul 199701/16Youth system8100
No longer at the club
9Emil Berggreen 10 May 199301/15Hobro IK13521
15Deniz Doğan 20 Oct 19792007VfB Lübeck1000
20Torsten Oehrl 7 Jan 19862013FC Augsburg1000
23Mads Dittmer Hvilsom 23 Aug 19922015Hobro IK5020
Last updated: 15 May 2016

Transfers

Summer

Out:

Winter

Out:

Management and coaching staff

Since 12 May 2008 Torsten Lieberknecht is the manager of Eintracht Braunschweig.

PositionStaff
ManagerTorsten Lieberknecht
Assistant managerDarius Scholtysik
Assistant managerHenning Bürger
Assistant manager/athletic trainerJürgen Rische
Goalkeeping coachAlexander Kunze
Sporting directorMarc Arnold

References