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. 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.DFB-Pokal 2012/2013 .:. Spielplan DFB-Pokal 2012–13, accessed: 5 September 2012
Review and events Due to the ongoing rebuilding of the Eintracht-Stadion, the stadium's capacity is reduced during the season.
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. On the 31st matchday, the club secured its return to the Bundesliga after a 28-year absence with a 1–0 away win over FC Ingolstadt. Damir Vrančić scored the decisive goal from a free-kick in injury time.
With 19 goals, Dominick Kumbela also finished as the top-scorer of the 2. Bundesliga.
Matches and results
Legend
Friendly matches
2. Bundesliga
DFB-Pokal
Players
Current squad
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 2009 FSV Frankfurt 4 0 2 0 26 Daniel Davari 2009 Mainz 05 II 30 0 0 0 Defenders 3 Ermin Bičakčić 01/12 VfB Stuttgart 33 3 2 0 4 Matthias Henn 2007 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3 0 0 0 5 Benjamin Kessel 2010 Mainz 05 II 15 0 0 0 8 Deniz Doğan 2007 VfB Lübeck 29 2 2 0 15 Norman Theuerkauf 2009 Eintracht Frankfurt II 31 1 2 0 16 Emre Turan 01/11 Ankaraspor 1 0 0 0 19 Ken Reichel 2007 Hamburger SV II 25 0 2 0 25 Marcel Correia 2011 1. FC Kaiserslautern II 17 0 2 0 Midfielders 6 Damir Vrančić 2009 Borussia Dortmund II 24 1 1 0 7 Björn Kluft 2012 Preußen Münster 1 0 0 0 10 Mirko Boland 01/09 MSV Duisburg II 30 4 2 1 11 Steffen Bohl 01/11 Wehen Wiesbaden 21 0 1 0 13 Raffael Korte 2011 TuS Mechtersheim 10 0 1 0 14 Omar Elabdellaoui 01/13 Manchester City 14 0 0 0 17 Kevin Kratz 2012 Alemannia Aachen 18 0 1 2 18 Oliver Petersch 2011 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 11 1 0 0 31 Marc Pfitzner 2007 Youth system 20 2 1 0 Strikers 9 Orhan Ademi 2012 Rheindorf Altach 30 4 2 0 12 Dominick Kumbela 01/10 Rot Weiss Ahlen 30 19 2 0 20 Zhang Chengdong 2012 Mafra 12 0 0 0 21 Pierre Merkel 2011 Idar-Oberstein 16 2 0 0 22 Randy Edwini-Bonsu 01/12 Oulu 8 0 1 0 23 Jonas Erwig-Drüppel 2012 Schalke 04 II 6 0 0 0 27 Gianluca Korte 2011 TuS Mechtersheim 11 2 2 0 32 Dennis Kruppke (captain) 01/08 SC Freiburg 23 11 2 0 No longer at the club 14 Jan Washausen 2007 Youth system 0 0 0 0Last updated: 19 May 2013
Summer transfers
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Management and coaching staff
Since 12 May 2008 Torsten Lieberknecht is the manager of Eintracht Braunschweig.
PositionStaffManagerTorsten LieberknechtAssistant managerDarius ScholtysikAssistant manager/athletic trainerJürgen RischeGoalkeeping coachAlexander KunzeSporting directorMarc ArnoldClub doctorDr. Frank MaierPhysiotherapistCaroline Schweibs PhysiotherapistGoce JanevskiPhysiotherapistThorsten TaenzerTeam managerHolm StelzerKit and equipment manager/Bus driverChristian Skolik
References
External links Eintracht Braunschweig Official Website 2012–13 Eintracht Braunschweig season at Weltfussball.de 2012–13 Eintracht Braunschweig season at kicker.de 2012–13 Eintracht Braunschweig season at Fussballdaten.de