2020–21 Eintracht Braunschweig season

Eintracht Braunschweig
2020–21 season
Chairman	Sebastian Ebel
Coach	Marco Antwerpen
Stadium	Eintracht-Stadion
2. Bundesliga	15th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; All: Martin Kobylański (3)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 22 December 2020.

The 2020–21 Eintracht Braunschweig season is the club's 127th season in existence and its first season back in the second flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Eintracht Braunschweig participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 September 2020

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
3	DF	GER	Lasse Schlüter
4	MF	GER	Jannis Nikolaou
5	DF	GER	Benjamin Kessel
6	DF	AUT	Dominik Wydra
7	MF	GER	Bernd Nehrig
8	MF	GER	Iba May
10	MF	POL	Martin Kobylanski
11	FW	GER	Leandro Putaro
12	GK	GER	Felix Dornebusch
14	DF	GER	Nico Klaß
15	FW	GER	Marcel Bär
16	GK	BIH	Jasmin Fejzić
17	FW	GER	Yari Otto


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	GER	Felix Burmeister (captain)
20	FW	NGA	Suleiman Abdullahi (on loan from Union Berlin)
21	GK	GER	Yannik Bangsow
22	FW	GER	Manuel Schwenk
23	MF	GER	Danilo Wiebe
27	DF	GER	Niko Kijewski
28	MF	FRA	Yassin Ben Balla
32	DF	GER	Michael Schultz
33	FW	GER	Nick Proschwitz
37	MF	GER	Fabio Kaufmann
38	MF	GER	Leon Bürger
39	MF	GER	Patrick Kammerbauer (on loan from Freiburg)
40	DF	GER	Robin Ziegele

Transfers

In


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	MF	GER	Jannis Nikolaou (from Dynamo Dresden)^[1]
6	MF	AUT	Dominik Wydra (from Erzgebirge Aue)^[2]
14	DF	GER	Nico Klaß (from Rot-Weiß Oberhausen)^[3]
32	DF	GER	Michael Schultz (from Waldhof Mannheim)^[4]
—	MF	FRA	Yassin Ben Balla (from MSV Duisburg)^[5]
—	MF	GER	Fabio Kaufmann (from Würzburger Kickers)^[6]

Out


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	MF	GER	Stephan Fürstner (to Mainz 05 II)^[7]
12	GK	RUS	Roman Birjukov (to Lüneburger SK Hansa)^[8]
14	DF	GER	Robin Becker (to Dynamo Dresden)^[9]
20	MF	GER	Merveille Biankadi (loan return to 1. FC Heidenheim)^[10]
24	DF	GER	Kevin Goden (loan return to 1. FC Nürnberg)^[11]
29	DF	GER	Alfons Amade (loan return to 1899 Hoffenheim II)^[12]
30	FW	GER	Marvin Pourié (loan return to Karlsruher SC)^[13]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

9 August 2020 Friendly	Werder Bremen	2–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Bremen, Germany
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Augustinsson 15' Klaassen 21'	Report		Stadium: Weserstadion Platz 11 Attendance: 0

15 August 2020 Friendly	VfL Wolfsburg	0–1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Wolfsburg, Germany
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Bär 46'	Stadium: AOK Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Harm Osmers

21 August 2020 Friendly	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–0	Dynamo Dresden	Münster, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Klaß 58'	Report		Stadium: Preußenstadion Attendance: 0

25 August 2020 Friendly	Hertha BSC	Cancelled	Eintracht Braunschweig	Berlin, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Olympiastadion

29 August 2020 Friendly	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–1	Hansa Rostock	Braunschweig, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Verhoek 42'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 390

4 September 2020 Friendly	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–1	De Graafschap	Braunschweig, Germany
14:15 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Dekker 35'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion

5 September 2020 Friendly	Eintracht Braunschweig	2–0	Heracles Almelo	Lotte, Germany
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Nikolaou 32' Schultz 64'	Report		Stadium: Stadion am Lotter Kreuz Attendance: 0

12 September 2020 Friendly	Hallescher FC	1–3	Eintracht Braunschweig	Halle, Germany
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Erdgas Sportpark

25 March 2021 Friendly	Union Berlin	1–2	Eintracht Braunschweig	Berlin, Germany
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bülter 74'	Report	Abdullahi 19', 37'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga	18 September 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1		13	3	3	7	13	29	−16	023.08
DFB-Pokal	11 September 2020	22 December 2020	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	5	6	−1	050.00
Total					15	4	3	8	18	35	−17	026.67

Last updated: 22 December 2020
Source: Soccerway

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Jahn Regensburg	34	9	11	14	37	50	−13	38
15	SV Sandhausen	34	10	4	20	41	60	−19	34
16	VfL Osnabrück (R)	34	9	6	19	35	58	−23	33	Qualification for relegation play-offs
17	Eintracht Braunschweig (R)	34	7	10	17	30	59	−29	31	Relegation to 3. Liga
18	Würzburger Kickers (R)	34	6	7	21	37	69	−32	25	Relegation to 3. Liga

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.^[14]
(R) Relegated

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	7	10	17	30	59	−29	31	6	4	7	17	23	−6	1	6	10	13	36	−23

Last updated: 23 May 2021.
Source: Soccerway

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	L
Position	16	15	17	15	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2021. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.^[15]

20 September 2020 (2020-09-20) 1	1. FC Heidenheim	2–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Heidenheim
13:30	Schmidt 17' (pen.) Sessa 75'	Report		Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 2,052 Referee: Nicolas Winter

26 September 2020 (2020-09-26) 2	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–0	Holstein Kiel	Braunschweig
13:00		Report		Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 3,512 Referee: Martin Thomsen

3 October 2020 (2020-10-03) 3	Hannover 96	4–1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Hannover
13:00	Maina 54' Weydandt 71' Hult 74' Haraguchi 86'	Report	Kobylański 51'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 7,300 Referee: Daniel Siebert

17 October 2020 (2020-10-17) 4	Eintracht Braunschweig	2–1	VfL Bochum	Braunschweig
13:00	Kaufmann 23' Proschwitz 67'	Report	Zoller 5'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 3,815 Referee: Christof Günsch

23 October 2020 (2020-10-23) 5	Jahn Regensburg	3–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Regensburg
18:30	Vrenezi 5', 78' Besuschkow 61'	Report		Stadium: Jahnstadion Regensburg Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Bacher

31 October 2020 (2020-10-31) 6	Eintracht Braunschweig	3–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Braunschweig
13:00	Wiebe 21' Kobylański 52' Proschwitz 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Köpke 31', 42'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 2,788 Referee: Sven Waschitzki

6 November 2020 7	Sandhausen	2–2	Eintracht Braunschweig	Sandhausen
18:30 CET	Esswein 3' Behrens 26' Diekmeier 58' Linsmayer 90'	Report	Proschwitz 46' Kroos 77' Wydra 90' Otto 90+2'	Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Attendance: 0 Referee: Patrick Alt
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

21 November 2020 8	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–3	Karlsruher SC	Braunschweig
13:00 CET	Proschwitz 31' Wiebe 49' Otto 83'	Report	Gordon 8' Ziegele 14' (o.g.) Wanitzek 18' 61' Choi Kyoung-rok 48' 63' Bormuth 53' Carlson 75'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Patrick Hanslbauer
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

27 November 2020 9	Darmstadt 98	4–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Darmstadt
18:30 CET	Kempe 6' (pen.) 36' (pen.) Dursun 7' 33'	Report	Wiebe 15' Kammerbauer 25' Schultz 35' Otto 72'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexander Sather
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

5 December 2020 10	Eintracht Braunschweig	2–1	FC St Pauli	Braunschweig
13:00 CET	Nikolaou 7' Wiebe 17' Kessel 45' Bär 67' Kaufmann 82'	Report	Dittgen 2' Benatelli 75'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Timo Gerach
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

13 December 2020 11	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–2	Osnabrück	Braunschweig
13:30 CET	Burmeister 44' Abdullahi 50'	Report	Kerk 3' Taffertshofer 17' Reis 40' Trapp 59' Multhaup 65'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Thomsen
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

DFB-Pokal

11 September 2020 First round	Eintracht Braunschweig	5–4	Hertha BSC	Braunschweig
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Kobylański 2', 44', 66' Mittelstädt 17' (o.g.) Kijewski 34' Wiebe 69' Abdullahi 73'	Report	Lukebakio 23', 83' Cunha 29' Pekarík 65'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 500 Referee: Tobias Stieler

22 December 2020 Second round	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–2	Borussia Dortmund	Braunschweig
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ben Balla 19' Nikolaou 88'	Report	Hummels 12' Bellingham 24' Morey 44' Sancho 90+2'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

Statistics

Goalscorers

Notes

References

^ "Eintracht Braunschweig verpflichtet Jannis Nikolaou" [Eintracht Braunschweig signs Jannis Nikolaou]. eintracht.com (in German). Eintracht Braunschweig. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
^ "Dominik Wydra wechselt zu Eintracht Braunschweig" [Dominik Wydra switches to Eintracht Braunschweig]. eintracht.com (in German). Eintracht Braunschweig. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
^ "Willkommen in der Löwenstadt, Nico Klaß!" [Welcome to the Löwenstadt, Nico Klaß!]. eintracht.com (in German). Eintracht Braunschweig. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ "Herzlich Willkomen in Braunschweig, Michael Schultz!" [Welcome to Braunschweig, Michael Schultz!]. eintracht.com (in German). Eintracht Braunschweig. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
^ "Yassin Ben Balla wird ein Löwe" [Yassin Ben Balla becomes a lion]. eintracht.com (in German). Eintracht Braunschweig. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
^ "Herzlich willkommen an der Hamburger Strasse, Fabio Kaufmann!" [Welcome to Hamburger Strasse, Fabio Kaufmann!]. eintracht.com (in German). Eintracht Braunschweig. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
^ "Fürstner verlässt Braunschweig und geht nach Mainz" [Fürstner leaves Braunschweig and goes to Mainz]. Kicker (in German). kicker. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
^ "Birjukov wechselt nach Lüneburg" [Birjukov moves to Lüneburg]. Kicker (in German). kicker. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
^ "Dynamo Dresden verpflichtet Robin Becker" [Dynamo Dresden signs Robin Becker]. Kicker (in German). kicker. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
^ "Biankadis Leihe endet" [Biankadi's loan ends]. Kicker (in German). kicker. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
^ "Goden zurück zum FCN" [Goden back to the FCN]. Kicker (in German). kicker. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
^ "Amade zurück zu Hoffenheim" [Amade back to Hoffenheim]. Kicker (in German). kicker. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "Pourié zurück zum KSC" [Pourié back to the KSC]. Kicker (in German). kicker. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
^ "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). DFB.de. German Football Association. p. 214. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
^ "Fixtures for the 2020–21 season for the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 will be published on 7 August 2020". bundesliga.com. Bundesliga. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

External links

Official website

[1] "Eintracht Braunschweig verpflichtet Jannis Nikolaou" [Eintracht Braunschweig signs Jannis Nikolaou]. eintracht.com (in German). Eintracht Braunschweig. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.

[Dominik_Wydra-2] "Dominik Wydra wechselt zu Eintracht Braunschweig" [Dominik Wydra switches to Eintracht Braunschweig]. eintracht.com (in German). Eintracht Braunschweig. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

[3] "Willkommen in der Löwenstadt, Nico Klaß!" [Welcome to the Löwenstadt, Nico Klaß!]. eintracht.com (in German). Eintracht Braunschweig. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

[4] "Herzlich Willkomen in Braunschweig, Michael Schultz!" [Welcome to Braunschweig, Michael Schultz!]. eintracht.com (in German). Eintracht Braunschweig. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

[5] "Yassin Ben Balla wird ein Löwe" [Yassin Ben Balla becomes a lion]. eintracht.com (in German). Eintracht Braunschweig. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

[Fabio_Kaufmann-6] "Herzlich willkommen an der Hamburger Strasse, Fabio Kaufmann!" [Welcome to Hamburger Strasse, Fabio Kaufmann!]. eintracht.com (in German). Eintracht Braunschweig. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.

[7] "Fürstner verlässt Braunschweig und geht nach Mainz" [Fürstner leaves Braunschweig and goes to Mainz]. Kicker (in German). kicker. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.

[8] "Birjukov wechselt nach Lüneburg" [Birjukov moves to Lüneburg]. Kicker (in German). kicker. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.

[9] "Dynamo Dresden verpflichtet Robin Becker" [Dynamo Dresden signs Robin Becker]. Kicker (in German). kicker. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.

[10] "Biankadis Leihe endet" [Biankadi's loan ends]. Kicker (in German). kicker. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

[11] "Goden zurück zum FCN" [Goden back to the FCN]. Kicker (in German). kicker. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

[12] "Amade zurück zu Hoffenheim" [Amade back to Hoffenheim]. Kicker (in German). kicker. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[13] "Pourié zurück zum KSC" [Pourié back to the KSC]. Kicker (in German). kicker. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

[14] "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). DFB.de. German Football Association. p. 214. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

[15] "Fixtures for the 2020–21 season for the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 will be published on 7 August 2020". bundesliga.com. Bundesliga. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

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