With new manager Torsten Lieberknecht, however, who had only taken over the job a few weeks before,[14] Eintracht Braunschweig managed to qualify for the 3. 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. In 1972–73, Eintracht Braunschweig scrapped the original crest and replaced it with a new design based on the logo of its sponsor, Jägermeister. The club was one of the founding members of the Bundesliga in 1963 and won the national title in 1967. Liga after a 6–2 loss to Holstein Kiel. The club's women's team currently plays in the 2. Name of stadium: EINTRACHT-Stadion: Total capacity: 23.325: Standing room: 10.675: including 10.675 covered: Seats: 12.650: including 12.650 covered: Boxes: 20 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. 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.[11][12]. Liga. 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. Eintracht Braunschweig's consistently high standard of play and financial stability helped it to become one of the 16 teams selected out of a group of 46 applicants for play in the Bundesliga, the new federal professional league formed in 1963. The club plays in the 2. The first open-air concert at the ground was performed by Eros Ramazzotti on 3 June 1998.[7]. FC Nürnberg. Liga, which would have meant Braunschweig's first ever relegation to the fourth level of the German football league system. [5] Another ten players joined the national side from the team, mostly through the 1960s and '70s. 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. Karlsruhe won the match 3–2. Eintracht's women's field hockey team has won numerous titles, mostly during the 1970s. Eintracht-Stadion, before the construction of the new north stand in 2010. Breitner, however, did not fit into the team at all and was sold to Bayern Munich after just one season. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. [2] The team under manager Georg "Schorsch" Knöpfle had just won the newly formed Gauliga Südhannover-Braunschweig with a record of 17 wins and 1 draw in 18 games, scoring 146 goals in the process. Eintracht Braunschweig FC: team, live stream, next game, stadium, founded, manager. In 1942–43, Eintracht Braunschweig went into the national championship play-offs as one of the main favourites. The Eintracht-Stadion was, in the season 2013/14, the smallest stadium in the Bundesliga, although Freiburg's 'Mage Solar Stadium' could only accomodate a couple hundred spectators than the Eintracht-Stadion. The stadium's official capacity was reduced from 25,540 to 24,406.[1]. As such, Eintracht Braunschweig was merged into the new club TSV Braunschweig on 2 November 1945. Subsequently, the stadium's official name was changed into Städtisches Stadion an der Hamburger Straße ("Municipal Stadium Hamburger Straße"). Once again the side enjoyed early success, capturing the national title in the 1966–67 season under manager Helmuth Johannsen with solid defensive play. [13] In 1984–85, Eintracht Braunschweig was relegated from the Bundesliga for the third time. 25,000, during the 1960s it held up to 38,000 people. Main stand before the 2012–13 reconstruction. 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.[37]. 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. FC Kaiserslautern. 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. Eintracht Braunschweig's basketball department was founded in 1956. Damen-Basketball-Bundesliga, the second tier of women's basketball in Germany. Under the Third Reich, the team played in the Gauliga Niedersachsen and managed two appearances in the national final rounds. The stadium is quite old, having originally been opened in 1923, and it shows. 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. The list includes former presidents and chairmen of Eintracht Braunschweig who have their own Wikipedia article. Traditionally, Eintracht Braunschweig plays its home games in the colours blue and yellow. During the club's run of 322 games in the Bundesliga from 1963 to 1973, it set a record that still stands by not seeing a single player red-carded. [25], While friendly fan relations exist with 1. [23], Eintracht Braunschweig plays at the Eintracht-Stadion in Braunschweig, built in 1923. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. [22] For the 2016–17 season, the club wore a special anniversary crest to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the club's 1966–67 Bundesliga title. The 2016–17 Eintracht Braunschweig season is the 123rd season in the club's football history. That championship team gave up only 27 goals against, which stood as a Bundesliga record until bettered by Werder Bremen in 1988. [4] Another appearance in the final round of the national championship came in 1958. [9], Eintracht Braunschweig just missed a second title in 1977 when it finished third, one point back of champion Borussia Mönchengladbach and just behind second-place finisher Schalke 04 on goal difference. Liga on the last matchday of the season. The list includes current or former players of Eintracht Braunschweig who have won medals at major international tournaments, e.g. [2] The need for a bigger stadium lead to the construction of the Eintracht-Stadion, located at the Hamburger Straße in the northern part of the city, one of Braunschweig's main arterial roads, in 1923. [1] It 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 Germany national team by 1914. Currently the stadium has a capacity of ca. FC Magdeburg,[26] Waldhof Mannheim,[27] and Swiss club Basel,[28] Eintracht Braunschweig has a strong rivalry with Hannover 96. Eintracht Braunschweig was founded as the football and cricket club FuCC Eintracht 1895 in 1895, became FC Eintracht von 1895 in 1906, then SV Eintracht in 1920. From 2011 until 2013, the stadium was under reconstruction again, this time the main stand was modernized. Dresden won the game held in Dresden with 4–0 and subsequently went on to win the German championship with an undefeated season.[3]. The club made news after the season by signing 1974 World Cup winner Paul Breitner from Real Madrid for a transfer fee of 1.6 million DM. On 13 May 2018, Eintracht Braunschweig were relegated to the 3. Since 1923, Eintracht Braunschweig has played at the Eintracht-Stadion. 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. The 2012–13 season 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. The need for a bigger stadium lead to the construction of the Eintracht-Stadion, located at the Hamburger Straße in the northern part of the city, one of Braunschweig's main arterial roads, in 1923. 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. Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig (German pronunciation: [ˈaɪntʁaxt ˈbʁaʊnʃvaɪk]) or BTSV (IPA: [ˌbeː teː ʔɛs ˈfaʊ]), is a German football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. In 1900, Eintracht Braunschweig was among the founding members of the German Football Association (DFB). In 1973, in the face of some opposition from the league, Braunschweig became the first Bundesliga side to sport a sponsor logo on its jerseys – that of Wolfenbüttel-based liquor producer Jägermeister.