2018–19 SC Freiburg season

The 2018–19 SC Freiburg season is the 115th season in the football club's history and 3rd consecutive and 19th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2016. In addition to the domestic league, SC Freiburg also are participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This is the 64th season for Freiburg in the Schwarzwald-Stadion, located in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

SC Freiburg

2018–19 season
Chairman	Fritz Keller
Manager	Christian Streich
Stadium	Schwarzwald-Stadion
Bundesliga	13th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Nils Petersen (10 goals) All: Nils Petersen (12 goals)
Highest home attendance	24,000
Lowest home attendance	23,500
Average home league attendance	23,894
Biggest win	Freiburg 5–1 Augsburg Freiburg 5–1 Nürnberg
Biggest defeat	Mainz 5–0 Freiburg
All statistics correct as of 25 May 2019.

Players

Squad information

As of 16 August 2020[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Benjamin Uphoff 3 DF  AUT Philipp Lienhart 5 DF  GER Manuel Gulde 6 MF  ALB Amir Abrashi 7 DF  FRA Jonathan Schmid 9 FW  GER Lucas Höler 11 FW  BIH Ermedin Demirović 13 MF  GER Marco Terrazzino 17 DF  GER Lukas Kübler 18 FW  GER Nils Petersen 19 MF  GER Janik Haberer 20 MF  TUN Mohamed Dräger 21 MF  AUS Brandon Borrello 22 MF  HUN Roland Sallai 23 DF  GER Dominique Heintz

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 DF  GER Gian-Luca Itter 25 DF  GER Robin Koch 26 GK  NED Mark Flekken 27 MF  GER Nicolas Höfler 28 MF  KOR Kwon Chang-hoon 29 FW  KOR Jeong Woo-yeong 30 DF  GER Christian Günter 31 DF  GER Keven Schlotterbeck 32 MF  ITA Vincenzo Grifo 34 MF  GER Lino Tempelmann 36 MF  GER Yannik Keitel 37 GK  GER Constantin Frommann 38 MF  GER Florian Kath 40 GK  GER Niclas Thiede

Transfers

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	25 August 2018	18 May 2019	Matchday 1		34	8	12	14	46	61	−15	023.53
DFB-Pokal	20 August 2018	31 October 2018	First round	Second round	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	000.00
Total					36	8	13	15	49	65	−16	022.22

Last updated: 25 May 2019

Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 2018–19 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Hertha BSC	34	11	10	13	49	57	−8	43
12	Mainz 05	34	12	7	15	46	57	−11	43
13	SC Freiburg	34	8	12	14	46	61	−15	36
14	Schalke 04	34	8	9	17	37	55	−18	33
15	FC Augsburg	34	8	8	18	51	71	−20	32

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Play-off.[2]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	8	12	14	46	61	−15	36	6	7	4	32	27	+5	2	5	10	14	34	−20

Last updated: 25 May 2019.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	D	D	D	W	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	W
Position	16	16	15	14	10	13	11	11	11	10	11	11	13	12	12	12	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2019. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

SC Freiburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 1	SC Freiburg	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Müller  10' Haller  82'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

1899 Hoffenheim v SC Freiburg

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 2	1899 Hoffenheim	3–1	SC Freiburg	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Szalai  50', 63' Kramarić  90+4'	Report	Heintz  36'	Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 28,619 Referee: Robert Hartmann

SC Freiburg v VfB Stuttgart

16 September 2018 (2018-09-16) 3	SC Freiburg	3–3	VfB Stuttgart	Freiburg
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gondorf  1', 51' Waldschmidt  81'	Report	Insúa  44' Gómez  48', 56'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

VfL Wolfsburg v SC Freiburg

22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 4	VfL Wolfsburg	1–3	SC Freiburg	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mehmedi  61'	Report	Sallai  7' Petersen  21' Frantz  50'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 23,011 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

SC Freiburg v Schalke 04

25 September 2018 (2018-09-25) 5	SC Freiburg	1–0	Schalke 04	Freiburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Niederlechner  52'	Report		Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Frank Willenborg

FC Augsburg v SC Freiburg

30 September 2018 (2018-09-30) 6	FC Augsburg	4–1	SC Freiburg	Augsburg
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Caiuby  19' Finnbogason  34', 68' (pen.), 83'	Report	Schmid  49' (o.g.)	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 26,488 Referee: Robert Kampka

SC Freiburg v Bayer Leverkusen

7 October 2018 (2018-10-07) 7	SC Freiburg	0–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Freiburg
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 23,800 Referee: Bastian Dankert

Hertha BSC v SC Freiburg

21 October 2018 (2018-10-21) 8	Hertha BSC	1–1	SC Freiburg	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Duda  7'	Report	Koch  36'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 53,716 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

SC Freiburg v Borussia Mönchengladbach

26 October 2018 (2018-10-26) 9	SC Freiburg	3–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Freiburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Petersen  1' (pen.) Waldschmidt  57' Höler  90+4'	Report	Hazard  20' (pen.)	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Bayern Munich v SC Freiburg

3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 10	Bayern Munich	1–1	SC Freiburg	Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gnabry  80'	Report	Höler  89'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

SC Freiburg v Mainz 05

10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) 11	SC Freiburg	1–3	Mainz 05	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Sallai  72'	Report	Gbamin  6' Mateta  18' Onisiwo  75'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

SC Freiburg v Werder Bremen

25 November 2018 (2018-11-25) 12	SC Freiburg	1–1	Werder Bremen	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Waldschmidt  42' (pen.)	Report	Augustinsson  90+2'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Bastian Dankert

Borussia Dortmund v SC Freiburg

1 December 2018 (2018-12-01) 13	Borussia Dortmund	2–0	SC Freiburg	Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Reus  40' (pen.) Alcácer  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,365 Referee: Frank Willenborg

SC Freiburg v RB Leipzig

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 14	SC Freiburg	3–0	RB Leipzig	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Petersen  12' Waldschmidt  45+1' (pen.) Frantz  52'	Report		Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 23,800 Referee: Tobias Welz

Fortuna Düsseldorf v SC Freiburg

15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 15	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–0	SC Freiburg	Düsseldorf
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ayhan  55', 79'	Report		Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 39,301 Referee: Harm Osmers

SC Freiburg v Hannover 96

19 December 2018 (2018-12-19) 16	SC Freiburg	1–1	Hannover 96	Freiburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Waldschmidt  3' (pen.)	Report	Felipe  14'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Christian Dingert

1. FC Nürnberg v SC Freiburg

22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 17	1. FC Nürnberg	0–1	SC Freiburg	Nuremberg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Gulde  19'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 36,190 Referee: Robert Kampka

Eintracht Frankfurt v SC Freiburg

19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 18	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	SC Freiburg	Frankfurt
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Haller  36' Rebić  40' Jović  45'	Report	Petersen  69'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 49,200 Referee: Sven Jablonski

SC Freiburg v 1899 Hoffenheim

26 January 2019 (2019-01-26) 19	SC Freiburg	2–4	1899 Hoffenheim	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Höler  42' Niederlechner  77'	Report	Joelinton  19' Kramarić  59' (pen.), 72' Demirbay  85'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 23,900 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

VfB Stuttgart v SC Freiburg

3 February 2019 (2019-02-03) 20	VfB Stuttgart	2–2	SC Freiburg	Stuttgart
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Insúa  75' Didavi  83'	Report	Haberer  4' Niederlechner  90+4'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 51,009 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

SC Freiburg v VfL Wolfsburg

9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) 21	SC Freiburg	3–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Grifo  37' Petersen  70' Waldschmidt  87'	Report	Roussillon  11' Weghorst  63' (pen.) Steffen  74'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 23,600 Referee: Felix Brych

Schalke 04 v SC Freiburg

16 February 2019 (2019-02-16) 22	Schalke 04	0–0	SC Freiburg	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 58,271 Referee: Frank Willenborg

SC Freiburg v FC Augsburg

23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 23	SC Freiburg	5–1	FC Augsburg	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Petersen  9', 43' Grifo  30' Waldschmidt  64' Niederlechner  85'	Report	Khedira  52'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 23,600 Referee: Tobias Welz

Bayer Leverkusen v SC Freiburg

2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 24	Bayer Leverkusen	2–0	SC Freiburg	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Aránguiz  4' Bailey  73'	Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 26,607 Referee: Guido Winkmann

SC Freiburg v Hertha BSC

9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 25	SC Freiburg	2–1	Hertha BSC	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Petersen  27' Ibišević  80' (o.g.)	Report	Ibišević  76'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Robert Schröder

Borussia Mönchengladbach v SC Freiburg

15 March 2019 (2019-03-15) 26	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	SC Freiburg	Mönchengladbach
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pléa  16'	Report	Grifo  10'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 46,832 Referee: Robert Kampka

SC Freiburg v Bayern Munich

30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 27	SC Freiburg	1–1	Bayern Munich	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Höler  3'	Report	Lewandowski  22'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Christian Dingert

Mainz 05 v SC Freiburg

5 April 2019 (2019-04-05) 28	Mainz 05	5–0	SC Freiburg	Mainz
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Boëtius  20' Mateta  25', 33', 77' Onisiwo  73'	Report		Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 27,305 Referee: Sven Jablonski

Werder Bremen v SC Freiburg

13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 29	Werder Bremen	2–1	SC Freiburg	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Klaassen  76' Gebre Selassie  84'	Report	Waldschmidt  90+3'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

SC Freiburg v Borussia Dortmund

21 April 2019 (2019-04-21) 30	SC Freiburg	0–4	Borussia Dortmund	Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Sancho  12' Reus  54' Götze  79' Alcácer  87' (pen.)	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann

RB Leipzig v SC Freiburg

27 April 2019 (2019-04-27) 31	RB Leipzig	2–1	SC Freiburg	Leipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Werner  19' Forsberg  78' (pen.)	Report	Grifo  66'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 40,826 Referee: Robert Schröder

SC Freiburg v Fortuna Düsseldorf

5 May 2019 (2019-05-05) 32	SC Freiburg	1–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Grifo  9' (pen.)	Report	Kownacki  31'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Tobias Welz

Hannover 96 v SC Freiburg

11 May 2019 (2019-05-11) 33	Hannover 96	3–0	SC Freiburg	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Anton  39' Bebou  51' Walace  81'	Report		Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 38,100 Referee: Robert Hartmann

SC Freiburg v 1. FC Nürnberg

18 May 2019 (2019-05-18) 34	SC Freiburg	5–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Marco Terazzino  7' Waldschmidt  34' Petersen  54', 56' Grifo  61'	Report	Löwen  69'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Markus Schmidt

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2018–19 DFB-Pokal

Energie Cottbus v SC Freiburg

20 August 2018 (2018-08-20) First round	Energie Cottbus	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	SC Freiburg	Cottbus
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Marcelo Freitas  47' Viteritti  103'	Report	Frantz  90+1' Petersen  99'	Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 15,245 Referee: Harm Osmers
	Penalties
	Stein Marcelo Freitas Schlüter Kruse		Petersen Lienhart Höfler Frantz Heintz

Holstein Kiel v SC Freiburg

31 October 2018 (2018-10-31) Second round	Holstein Kiel	2–1	SC Freiburg	Kiel
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Serra  26' Kinsombi  79'	Report	Petersen  1'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 9,361 Referee: Sören Storks

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Alexander Schwolow	35	0	33	0	2	0
26	GK		Mark Flekken	1	0	1	0	0	0
37	GK		Constantin Frommann	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF		Philipp Lienhart	16	0	7+7	0	1+1	0
5	DF		Manuel Gulde	22	1	20+1	1	1	0
15	DF		Pascal Stenzel	23	0	16+5	0	2	0
17	DF		Lukas Kübler	16	0	15+1	0	0	0
23	DF		Dominique Heintz	36	1	34	1	2	0
25	DF		Robin Koch	25	1	21+3	1	1	0
30	DF		Christian Günter	34	0	32	0	2	0
31	DF		Keven Schlotterbeck	9	0	8+1	0	0	0
36	DF		Chima Okoroji	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
49	DF		Nico Schlotterbeck	4	0	2+2	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Amir Abrashi	10	0	9+1	0	0	0
8	MF		Mike Frantz	33	3	29+2	2	2	1
13	MF		Marco Terrazzino	14	1	7+6	1	0+1	0
19	MF		Janik Haberer	28	1	26+1	1	1	0
20	MF		Jérôme Gondorf	26	2	13+12	2	1	0
21	MF		Brandon Borrello	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Roland Sallai	10	2	5+5	2	0	0
27	MF		Nicolas Höfler	20	0	18	0	2	0
32	MF		Vincenzo Grifo	16	6	16	6	0	0
38	MF		Florian Kath	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW		Florian Niederlechner	25	4	12+12	4	1	0
9	FW		Lucas Höler	28	4	11+15	4	0+2	0
11	FW		Luca Waldschmidt	32	9	16+14	9	2	0
18	FW		Nils Petersen	26	12	20+4	10	2	2
34	FW		Tim Kleindienst	6	0	2+2	0	0+2	0
39	FW		Christoph Daferner	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
14	MF		Patrick Kammerbauer	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
16	MF		Yoric Ravet	5	0	0+4	0	0+1	0
33	MF		Caleb Stanko	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 18 May 2019
Source: Competitions

References

1. "Kader Profis 2016/17" [Professional squad 2016–17]. scfreiburg.com (in German). Sport-Club Freiburg e.V. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
2. "Spielordnung" [Match rules] (PDF). DFL.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 1 July 2018. p. 3. Retrieved 27 July 2018.