Eintracht Braunschweig II (sometimes also called Eintracht Braunschweig U-23 and formerly known as Eintracht Braunschweig Amateure) is the amateur team, formerly the reserve team, of German football club Eintracht Braunschweig.

The team has made two appearances in the first round of the DFB-Pokal in 1979–80 and 1980–81. Since 2019 the team has been playing its first season in the tier six Landesliga Braunschweig.

History The team was one of the founding members of the 1. Spielklasse Herzogtum Braunschweig, at the time one of several first tier leagues in the German Empire. Eintracht Braunschweig II even finished three times as runners-up in the league (in 1905, 1906, and 1913), each time behind the club's first team.Horst Bläsig/Alex Leppert, Ein Roter Löwe auf der Brust - Die Geschichte von Eintracht Braunschweig (2010) , publisher: Die Werkstatt, page: 397

After World War II, the team initially played in the third tier Amateurliga Niedersachsen, gaining promotion to the highest football league in Lower Saxony, the Amateuroberliga Niedersachsen (II), in 1954. Eintracht Amateure won the league in 1956 but, as a reserve side, could not gain promotion into the first tier Oberliga Nord. After the introduction of the Bundesliga, the disbanding of the Oberliga Nord and the formation of the Regionalliga Nord in 1963, the Amateuroberliga Niedersachsen was renamed Amateurliga Niedersachsen and was now at the third level of German football. The team continued to play at the top level of Lower Saxon football until 1975, when they won promotion to the new Oberliga Nord (III), which had been introduced in 1974.Historic German football league tables Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 1 April 2015

After relegation from the Oberliga in 1979 the team predominantly played in the Niedersachsenliga, interrupted by stints back in the Oberliga in 1983–84 and from 1985 to 1987. In 2003, Eintracht II won promotion to the Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen (which had replaced the Oberliga Nord in 1994). When two years later the Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen was disbanded again, the team initially missed qualification for the reformed Oberliga Nord, but won promotion back into the Oberliga in 2006.

The team continued to play at the Oberliga level until 2010, when it won its first ever promotion to the Regionalliga Nord (IV). Eintracht II was relegated again after just one season at the new level, but returned to the Regionalliga in 2013, where it played until 2018, when the senior team's relegation to the 3. Liga prompted the reserves' demotion back to the Oberliga. Eintracht closed its under-23 team following the 2018–19 season and replaced it with an amateur team which entered the Landesliga.

In 2013, Ilter Tashkin, who had not yet made an appearance in professional football at the time, became the first ever player to be capped at the senior international level whilst playing for Eintracht Braunschweig II, playing for Azerbaijan.İlter Taşkın National-football-teams.com, accessed: 1 April 2015 A second player, Eric Veiga, was capped by Luxembourg in 2016.Eric Veiga National-football-teams.com, accessed: 18 June 2017

The team also made two appearances in the German Cup (DFB-Pokal), in 1979–80 when it lost to 1. FC Nürnberg and in 1980–81, when it lost to Rot-Weiß Niebüll.1979–80 DFB-Pokal Weltfussball.de, accessed: 1 April 20151980–81 DFB-Pokal Weltfussball.de, accessed: 1 April 2015 Additionally, the team reached the final of the 1970 German amateur football championship, losing to SC Jülich.Germany — Amateur Championship 1950–1995 rsssf.org, accessed: 1 April 2015

Honours The team's honours: German amateur championship: Runners-up: 1970 Amateuroberliga Niedersachsen-Ost (II): Champions: 1956 Runners-up: 1955 Amateurliga Niedersachsen, Staffel 4 (Braunschweig) (III): Champions: 1954 Lower Saxony championship: Champions: 1970, 2000, 2002, 2010, 2013Lower Saxony: List of champions and cup winners , published: 16 August 2011, accessed: 2 April 2015 Runners-up: 1985, 2005

Recent seasons The recent season-by-season performance of the team:Fussball.de – Ergebnisse Tables and results of all German football leagues

Year Division Position 2002–03 Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen (IV) 9th 2003–04 Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen 10th (relegated) 2004–05 Niedersachsenliga-Ost (V) 1st (promoted) 2005–06 Oberliga Nord (IV) 11th 2006–07 Oberliga Nord 10th 2007–08 Oberliga Nord 10th (relegated) 2008–09 Oberliga Niedersachsen-Ost (V) 3rd 2009–10 Oberliga Niedersachsen-Ost 1st (promoted) 2010–11 Regionalliga Nord (IV) 16th (relegated) 2011–12 Oberliga Niedersachsen (V) 8th 2012–13 Oberliga Niedersachsen 1st (promoted) 2013–14 Regionalliga Nord (IV) 13th 2014–15 Regionalliga Nord 13th 2015–16 Regionalliga Nord 9th 2016–17 Regionalliga Nord 12th 2017–18 Regionalliga Nord 14th (demoted) 2018–19 Oberliga Niedersachsen (V) 4th (withdrawn) 2019–20 Landesliga Braunschweig (VI) With the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier.

Players

Personnel Head coaches Name From Until Uwe Hain19972009 Christian Benbennek20092011 Henning Bürger20112018 Deniz Doğan20182019

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