2017–18 SC Freiburg season

The 2017–18 SC Freiburg season is the 114th season in the football club's history and 2nd consecutive and 18th 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, and the second-tier continental cup, the UEFA Europa League. This is the 63rd season for Freiburg in the Schwarzwald-Stadion, located in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

SC Freiburg

2017–18 season
Chairman	Fritz Keller
Manager	Christian Streich
Stadium	Schwarzwald-Stadion
Bundesliga	15th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Europa League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Nils Petersen (15 goals) All: Nils Petersen (19 goals)
Highest home attendance	24,000
Lowest home attendance	14,000
Average home league attendance	23,894
Biggest win	Freiburg 3–1 Dresden Freiburg 2–0 Augsburg
Biggest defeat	Bayern 5–0 Freiburg
Home colours Away colours Third colours
All statistics correct as of 21 May 2018.

Players

Squad information

As of 30 January 2018[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 Alexander Schwolow 2 DF  SRB Aleksandar Ignjovski 3 DF  AUT Philipp Lienhart (on loan from Real Madrid) 4 DF  TUR Çağlar Söyüncü 5 DF  GER Manuel Gulde 6 MF  ALB Amir Abrashi 7 FW  GER Florian Niederlechner 8 MF  GER Mike Frantz 9 FW  GER Lucas Höler 13 MF  GER Marco Terrazzino 14 DF  GER Patrick Kammerbauer 15 DF  GER Pascal Stenzel 16 MF  FRA Yoric Ravet 17 DF  GER Lukas Kübler 18 FW  GER Nils Petersen 19 MF  GER Janik Haberer

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  GER Marc-Oliver Kempf 21 GK  GER Patric Klandt 22 MF   SUI Vincent Sierro 23 MF  GER Julian Schuster (captain) 24 DF  GER Georg Niedermeier 25 DF  GER Robin Koch 26 DF  FRA Gaëtan Bussmann (on loan from Mainz 05) 27 MF  GER Nicolas Höfler 28 MF  GER Jonas Meffert 30 DF  GER Christian Günter 31 MF  SVK Karim Guédé 32 MF  POL Bartosz Kapustka (on loan from Leicester City) 33 MF  USA Caleb Stanko 34 FW  GER Tim Kleindienst 38 DF  GER Florian Kath 44 GK  POL Rafał Gikiewicz

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	20 August 2017	12 May 2018	Matchday 1		34	8	12	14	32	56	−24	023.53
DFB-Pokal	12 August 2017	20 December 2017	First round	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	066.67
Europa League	27 July 2017	3 August 2017	Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	050.00
Total					39	11	12	16	40	63	−23	028.21

Last updated: 21 May 2018

Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 2017–18 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
13	Hannover 96	34	10	9	15	44	54	−10	39
14	Mainz 05	34	9	9	16	38	52	−14	36
15	SC Freiburg	34	8	12	14	32	56	−24	36
16	VfL Wolfsburg (O)	34	6	15	13	36	48	−12	33	Qualification to relegation play-offs
17	Hamburger SV (R)	34	8	7	19	29	53	−24	31	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga

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 away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.[2]
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.

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	32	56	−24	36	7	6	4	17	17	0	1	6	10	15	39	−24

Last updated: 21 May 2018.
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	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W
Position	9	15	15	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	16	17	16	16	16	13	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	16	16	15	15	15

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2018. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

SC Freiburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

20 August 2017 (2017-08-20) 1	SC Freiburg	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

RB Leipzig v SC Freiburg

27 August 2017 (2017-08-27) 2	RB Leipzig	4–1	SC Freiburg	Leipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Werner  48', 71' Orban  55' Bruma  80'	Report	Niederlechner  23'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 39,265 Referee: Christian Dingert

SC Freiburg v Borussia Dortmund

9 September 2017 (2017-09-09) 3	SC Freiburg	0–0	Borussia Dortmund	Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

Bayer Leverkusen v SC Freiburg

17 September 2017 (2017-09-17) 4	Bayer Leverkusen	4–0	SC Freiburg	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Volland  21', 34' Aránguiz  29' Brandt  86'	Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 26,232 Referee: Sven Jablonski

SC Freiburg v Hannover 96

20 September 2017 (2017-09-20) 5	SC Freiburg	1–1	Hannover 96	Freiburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Petersen  83'	Report	Harnik  65'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 22,900 Referee: Tobias Stieler

Werder Bremen v SC Freiburg

23 September 2017 (2017-09-23) 6	Werder Bremen	0–0	SC Freiburg	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann

SC Freiburg v 1899 Hoffenheim

1 October 2017 (2017-10-01) 7	SC Freiburg	3–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Freiburg
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Niederlechner  15' Söyüncü  18' Stenzel  87'	Report	Hack  14' Schuster  90+1' (o.g.)	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Bayern Munich v SC Freiburg

14 October 2017 (2017-10-14) 8	Bayern Munich	5–0	SC Freiburg	Munich
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Schuster  8' (o.g.) Coman  42' Thiago  63' Lewandowski  75' Kimmich  90+3'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Frank Willenborg

SC Freiburg v Hertha BSC

22 October 2017 (2017-10-22) 9	SC Freiburg	1–1	Hertha BSC	Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Haberer  52' (pen.)	Report	Kalou  81' (pen.)	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 23,800 Referee: Guido Winkmann

VfB Stuttgart v SC Freiburg

29 October 2017 (2017-10-29) 10	VfB Stuttgart	3–0	SC Freiburg	Stuttgart
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ginczek  38' Pavard  45+4' Terodde  82'	Report		Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 58,872 Referee: Tobias Stieler

SC Freiburg v Schalke 04

4 November 2017 (2017-11-04) 11	SC Freiburg	0–1	Schalke 04	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Caligiuri  62'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Felix Brych

VfL Wolfsburg v SC Freiburg

18 November 2017 (2017-11-18) 12	VfL Wolfsburg	3–1	SC Freiburg	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gerhardt  3' Mallı  29', 70'	Report	Kapustka  68'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 23,744 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

SC Freiburg v Mainz 05

25 November 2017 (2017-11-25) 13	SC Freiburg	2–1	Mainz 05	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Petersen  51' Kath  90+1'	Report	Berggreen  90+2'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

SC Freiburg v Hamburger SV

1 December 2017 (2017-12-01) 14	SC Freiburg	0–0	Hamburger SV	Freiburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Benjamin Brand

1. FC Köln v SC Freiburg

10 December 2017 (2017-12-10) 15	1. FC Köln	3–4	SC Freiburg	Cologne
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Klünter  8' Guirassy  16' (pen.) Stanko  29' (o.g.)	Report	Petersen  39', 90' (pen.), 90+6' (pen.) Haberer  65'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 45,100 Referee: Robert Kampka

SC Freiburg v Borussia Mönchengladbach

12 December 2017 (2017-12-12) 16	SC Freiburg	1–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Freiburg
20:40 CET (UTC+1)	Petersen  20' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 23,800 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

FC Augsburg v SC Freiburg

16 December 2017 (2017-12-16) 17	FC Augsburg	3–3	SC Freiburg	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Finnbogason  1', 90+1', 90+3'	Report	Günter  20' Petersen  48', 65'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 26,345 Referee: Christian Dingert

Eintracht Frankfurt v SC Freiburg

13 January 2018 (2018-01-13) 18	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	SC Freiburg	Frankfurt
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Haller  28'	Report	Koch  51'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 45,300 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

SC Freiburg v RB Leipzig

20 January 2018 (2018-01-20) 19	SC Freiburg	2–1	RB Leipzig	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Haberer  72' Koch  76'	Report	Werner  65'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 23,700 Referee: Benjamin Brand

Borussia Dortmund v SC Freiburg

27 January 2018 (2018-01-27) 20	Borussia Dortmund	2–2	SC Freiburg	Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kagawa  9' Toljan  90+3'	Report	Petersen  21', 68'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,360 Referee: Daniel Siebert

SC Freiburg v Bayer Leverkusen

3 February 2018 (2018-02-03) 21	SC Freiburg	0–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Robert Kampka

Hannover 96 v SC Freiburg

10 February 2018 (2018-02-10) 22	Hannover 96	2–1	SC Freiburg	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Anton  28' Klaus  54'	Report	Gulde  88'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 37,800 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

SC Freiburg v Werder Bremen

17 February 2018 (2018-02-17) 23	SC Freiburg	1–0	Werder Bremen	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Petersen  24' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann

1899 Hoffenheim v SC Freiburg

24 February 2018 (2018-02-24) 24	1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	SC Freiburg	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kramarić  57'	Report	Petersen  66' (pen.)	Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Christian Dingert

SC Freiburg v Bayern Munich

4 March 2018 (2018-03-04) 25	SC Freiburg	0–4	Bayern Munich	Freiburg
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Schwolow  25' (o.g.) Tolisso  28' Wagner  54' Müller  69'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Frank Willenborg

Hertha BSC v SC Freiburg

10 March 2018 (2018-03-10) 26	Hertha BSC	0–0	SC Freiburg	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 38,625 Referee: Sven Jablonski

SC Freiburg v VfB Stuttgart

16 March 2018 (2018-03-16) 27	SC Freiburg	1–2	VfB Stuttgart	Freiburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Petersen  53'	Report	Gómez  4', 75'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Benjamin Brand

Schalke 04 v SC Freiburg

31 March 2018 (2018-03-31) 28	Schalke 04	2–0	SC Freiburg	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Caligiuri  63' (pen.) Burgstaller  73'	Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,688 Referee: Tobias Stieler

SC Freiburg v VfL Wolfsburg

7 April 2018 (2018-04-07) 29	SC Freiburg	0–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Didavi  2', 83'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Mainz 05 v SC Freiburg

16 April 2018 (2018-04-16) 30	Mainz 05	2–0	SC Freiburg	Mainz
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	de Blasis  45+7' (pen.), 78'	Report		Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 26,407 Referee: Guido Winkmann

Hamburger SV v SC Freiburg

21 April 2018 (2018-04-21) 31	Hamburger SV	1–0	SC Freiburg	Hamburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Holtby  54'	Report		Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 54,847 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

SC Freiburg v 1. FC Köln

28 April 2018 (2018-04-28) 32	SC Freiburg	3–2	1. FC Köln	Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Petersen  14', 52' Höler  90+2'	Report	Bittencourt  82', 87'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Borussia Mönchengladbach v SC Freiburg

5 May 2018 (2018-05-05) 33	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–1	SC Freiburg	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hazard  18' Elvedi  57' Drmić  64'	Report	Kleindienst  59'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,018 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

SC Freiburg v FC Augsburg

12 May 2018 (2018-05-12) 34	SC Freiburg	2–0	FC Augsburg	Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Höfler  49' Kleindienst  65'	Report		Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Bastian Dankert

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2017–18 DFB-Pokal

Germania Halberstadt v SC Freiburg

12 August 2017 (2017-08-12) First round	Germania Halberstadt	1–2	SC Freiburg	Halberstadt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Michel  87'	Report	Petersen  34' Lachheb  42' (o.g.)	Stadium: Friedensstadion Attendance: 5,037 Referee: Christof Günsch

SC Freiburg v Dynamo Dresden

25 October 2017 (2017-10-25) Second round	SC Freiburg	3–1	Dynamo Dresden	Freiburg
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Petersen  50' Schuster  61' Haberer  81'	Report	Benatelli  48'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 17,800 Referee: Benjamin Brand

Werder Bremen v SC Freiburg

20 December 2017 (2017-12-20) Round of 16	Werder Bremen	3–2	SC Freiburg	Bremen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Belfodil  3' Kainz  20' Bargfrede  69'	Report	Petersen  28' (pen.) Ravet  86'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 33,519 Referee: Guido Winkmann

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round § Third qualifying round

SC Freiburg v Domžale

27 July 2017 (2017-07-27) First leg	SC Freiburg	1–0	Domžale	Freiburg, Germany
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Petersen  20'	Report		Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 14,000[3] Referee: Anatoliy Zhabchenko (Ukraine)

Domžale v SC Freiburg

3 August 2017 (2017-08-03) Second leg	Domžale	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	SC Freiburg	Ljubljana, Slovenia
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Ibričić  50' (pen.) Bizjak  59'	Report		Stadium: Stožice Stadium Attendance: 5,136[4] Referee: Alexandre Boucaut (Belgium)

References

1. "Kader Profis 2016/17" [Professional squad 2016–17]. scfreiburg.com (in German). Sport-Club Freiburg e.V. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
2. "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). DFB.de. German Football Association. p. 214. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
3. "SC Freiburg - NK Domžale 1:0 (Europa League Qual. 2017/2018, 3. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
4. "NK Domžale - SC Freiburg 2:0 (Europa League Qual. 2017/2018, 3. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.