The history of Eintracht Braunschweig

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1980–2008

Relegations and hard-fought returns

  1. Piorunek ends a nine-year wait

    Eintracht Braunschweig
    2:1
    Wattenscheid 09
    Regionalliga Nord
    Location: Braunschweig Stadium: Städtisches Stadion an der Hamburger Straße

    Thomas Piorunek’s late winner against Wattenscheid sends Eintracht back to the 2. Bundesliga.

    The 2–1 victory ends nine years in the third tier.

  2. Champions and promoted after a 3–2 win

    Eintracht Braunschweig
    3:2
    Arminia Bielefeld Amateure
    Regionalliga Nord
    Location: Braunschweig Stadium: Städtisches Stadion an der Hamburger Straße

    Eintracht come from behind to beat Bielefeld’s reserves 3–2 on the final day.

    The victory secures the Regionalliga Nord title and a return to the 2. Bundesliga.

  3. Into the new 3. Liga at the last moment

    Eintracht Braunschweig
    2:0
    Borussia Dortmund II
    Regionalliga Nord
    Match 1 · May 31, 2008 · Location: Braunschweig Stadium: Städtisches Stadion an der Hamburger Straße
    Rot-Weiss Essen
    0:1
    VfB Lübeck
    Regionalliga Nord
    Match 2 · May 31, 2008 · Location: Essen Stadium: Georg-Melches-Stadion
    Wuppertaler SV Borussia
    1:2
    1. FC Magdeburg
    Regionalliga Nord
    Match 3 · May 31, 2008 · Location: Wuppertal Stadium: Stadion am Zoo

    A 2–0 win over Dortmund II, together with Essen’s 1–0 defeat by Lübeck, earns Eintracht a place in the new 3. Liga.

    Torsten Lieberknecht’s team avoid falling into the fourth-tier Regionalliga; joining the new third division is not promotion to a higher level.