2020–21 Eintracht Braunschweig season

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.

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)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
All statistics correct as of 22 December 2020.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 September 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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	1–3	Eintracht Braunschweig	Halle, Germany
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Erdgas Sportpark

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					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	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	FC St. Pauli	20	5	7	8	31	37	−6	22
15	VfL Osnabrück	20	6	4	10	21	31	−10	22
16	SV Sandhausen	20	5	3	12	22	39	−17	18	Qualification to relegation play-offs
17	Eintracht Braunschweig	20	4	5	11	19	41	−22	17	Relegation to 3. Liga
18	Würzburger Kickers	20	3	3	14	22	43	−21	12

Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2021. 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]

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
16	3	5	8	14	32	−18	14	3	2	3	8	12	−4	0	3	5	6	20	−14

Last updated: 15 January 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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	D
Position	16	15	17	15	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Updated to match(es) played on 15 January 2021. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

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

3 October 2020 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 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 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 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

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

Notes

References

1. "Eintracht Braunschweig verpflichtet Jannis Nikolaou" [Eintracht Braunschweig signs Jannis Nikolaou]. eintracht.com (in German). Eintracht Braunschweig. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
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.
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.de (in German). kicker. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
8. "Birjukov wechselt nach Lüneburg" [Birjukov moves to Lüneburg]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
9. "Dynamo Dresden verpflichtet Robin Becker" [Dynamo Dresden signs Robin Becker]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
10. "Biankadis Leihe endet" [Biankadi's loan ends]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
11. "Goden zurück zum FCN" [Goden back to the FCN]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
12. "Amade zurück zu Hoffenheim" [Amade back to Hoffenheim]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
13. "Pourié zurück zum KSC" [Pourié back to the KSC]. kicker.de (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.

External links

• Official website