Eintracht Braunschweig

Foundation and early years

Eintracht Braunschweig was founded as the football and cricket club FuCC Eintracht 1895 in 1895, became FC Eintracht von 1895 in 1906, and then SV Eintracht in 1920. The team has a colourful history and it quickly became one of northern Germany's favourite sides. In 1900, Eintracht Braunschweig was among the founding members of the German Football Association (DFB). 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. Under the Third Reich, the team played in the Gauliga Niedersachsen and managed two appearances in the national final rounds. According to a book about the Massaker von Prerau, the mass murderer Karol Pazúr played for Eintracht Braunschweig in 1940. In 1942–43, Eintracht Braunschweig went into the national championship play-offs as one of the favourites. 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. After a convincing 5–1 win over Victoria Hamburg in the first round, the draw saw the club paired with the other favourites for the title, Helmut Schön's Dresdner SC. Dresden won the game held in Dresden with 4–0, and subsequently won the German championship, with an undefeated season.

Post-war football

As part of the denazification of Germany…

Between 1904 and 1985, Eintracht Braunschweig spent all but three seasons in Germany's top division. Between 1985 and 2013, the club then alternated between the second and third level of the German league pyramid, before returning to the top flight for the first time in 28 years at the end of the 2012–13 season.

League Bundesliga: Champions: 1966–67 2. Bundesliga (II):2 Runners-up: 1980–81, 2012–13 3. Liga (III): Champions: 2010–11 Regionalliga Nord (II): Champions: 1973–74 Amateuroberliga Niedersachsen-Ost (II): Champions: 1952–53 Regionalliga Nord (III): Champions: 2004–05 Amateur-Oberliga Nord (III): Champions: 1987–88 2Includes 2. Bundesliga Nord (1974–81).

Regional Northern German championship: Champions: 1907–08, 1912–13 Gauliga Südhannover-Braunschweig: Champions: 1942–43, 1943–44 Südkreisliga/Bezirksliga Südhannover-Braunschweig/Oberliga Südhannover-Braunschweig: Champions: 1923–24, 1924–25 Duchy/Free State of Brunswick championship:1 Champions: 1904–05, 1905–06, 1906–07, 1907–08, 1908–09, 1909–10, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1912–13, 1915–16, 1916–17, 1917–18, 1919–20 Lower Saxony Cup (Tiers III–V): Winners: 2003–04, 2010–11 Runners-up: 1998–99, 2008–09 1No championship was played in 1914 and 1915