2020–21 SC Freiburg season

SC Freiburg
2020–21 season
PresidentFritz Keller
ManagerChristian Streich
StadiumSchwarzwald-Stadion
Bundesliga10th
DFB-PokalSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Vincenzo Grifo (9)

All:
Vincenzo Grifo (9)

The 2020–21 season was the 122nd season in the existence of SC Freiburg and the club's fifth consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, SC Freiburg participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

Current squad

As of 11 January 2021[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 Germany GER Benjamin Uphoff
3 DF Austria AUT Philipp Lienhart
5 DF Germany GER Manuel Gulde
7 MF France FRA Jonathan Schmid
9 FW Germany GER Lucas Höler
8 MF France FRA Baptiste Santamaria
11 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Ermedin Demirović
14 MF Netherlands NED Guus Til (on loan from Spartak Moscow)
17 DF Germany GER Lukas Kübler
18 FW Germany GER Nils Petersen
19 MF Germany GER Janik Haberer
21 GK Germany GER Florian Müller (on loan from Mainz 05)
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF Hungary HUN Roland Sallai
23 DF Germany GER Dominique Heintz
26 GK Netherlands NED Mark Flekken
27 MF Germany GER Nicolas Höfler
28 MF South Korea KOR Kwon Chang-hoon
29 MF South Korea KOR Jeong Woo-yeong
30 DF Germany GER Christian Günter
31 DF Germany GER Keven Schlotterbeck
32 MF Italy ITA Vincenzo Grifo
34 MF Germany GER Lino Tempelmann
36 MF Germany GER Yannik Keitel
40 GK Germany GER Niclas Thiede

Players out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Germany GER Nico Schlotterbeck (at Union Berlin until 30 June 2021)
DF England ENG Chima Okoroji (at SC Paderborn 07 until 30 June 2021)
MF Germany GER Patrick Kammerbauer (at Eintracht Braunschweig until 30 June 2021)
MF Australia AUS Brandon Borrello (at Fortuna Düsseldorf until 30 June 2021)
MF Germany GER Florian Kath (at 1. FC Magdeburg until 30 June 2021)
DF Germany GER Gian-Luca Itter (at Greuther Fürth until 30 June 2021)
MF Albania ALB Amir Abrashi (at FC Basel until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

In

Pos Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
FW Bosnia and Herzegovina Ermedin Demirović Spain Alavés €3,700,000 5 August 2020 [2]
GK Germany Benjamin Uphoff Germany Karlsruher SC Free [3]
MF Netherlands Guus Til Russia Spartak Moscow Loan 3 September 2020 [4]
GK Germany Florian Müller Germany Mainz 05 Loan 15 September 2020 [5]
MF France Baptiste Santamaria France Angers €10,000,000 17 September 2020 [6]

Out

Pos Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
DF Germany Pascal Stenzel Germany VfB Stuttgart €1,300,000 1 July 2020 [7]
MF France Yoric Ravet France Grenoble Undisclosed [8]
MF Germany Jérôme Gondorf Germany Karlsruher SC Undisclosed
MF Germany Mike Frantz Germany Hannover 96 Undisclosed 22 July 2020 [9]
DF England Chima Okoroji Germany SC Paderborn Loan 28 July 2020
DF Germany Nico Schlotterbeck Germany Union Berlin Loan 31 July 2020 [10]
GK Germany Alexander Schwolow Germany Hertha BSC €8,000,000 4 August 2020 [11]
FW Germany Christoph Daferner Germany Dynamo Dresden Undisclosed 7 August 2020 [12]
FW Germany Luca Waldschmidt Portugal Benfica €15,000,000 14 August 2020 [13]
DF Germany Robin Koch England Leeds United €13,000,000 29 August 2020 [14]
FW Australia Brandon Borrello Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf Loan 1 September 2020 [15]
DF Tunisia Mohamed Dräger Greece Olympiacos €1,000,000 27 September 2020 [16]
FW Germany Marco Terrazzino Contract termination 5 October 2020 [17]
MF Germany Florian Kath Germany 1. FC Magdeburg Loan [18]
GK Germany Constantin Frommann Contract termination 6 October 2020 [19]
DF Germany Gian-Luca Itter Germany Greuther Fürth Loan 11 January 2021 [20]
MF Albania Amir Abrashi Switzerland FC Basel Loan 27 January 2021 [21]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

15 August 2020 Friendly SC Freiburg Germany 1–1 Germany Karlsruher SC Freiburg, Germany
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
22 August 2020 Friendly Dornbirn Austria 1–8 Germany SC Freiburg Tschagguns, Austria
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • 5'
Stadium: Aktivpark Montafon
Note: Match was played in two 60-minute halves.
29 August 2020 Friendly St. Gallen Switzerland 3–1 Germany SC Freiburg St. Gallen, Switzerland
14:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Kybunpark
6 September 2020 Friendly SC Freiburg Germany 4–1 Poland Górnik Zabrze Freiburg, Germany
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
6 September 2020 Friendly SC Freiburg Germany 1–1 Germany SV Sandhausen Freiburg, Germany
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
8 October 2020 Friendly SC Freiburg Germany 0–3 Germany VfB Stuttgart Freiburg, Germany
14:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
25 March 2021 Friendly SC Freiburg Germany 2–0 Switzerland Basel Freiburg, Germany
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 19 September 2020 22 May 2021 Matchday 1 10th 34 12 9 13 52 52 +0 035.29
DFB-Pokal 13 September 2020 23 December 2020 First round Second round 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0 050.00
Total 36 13 9 14 54 54 +0 036.11

Last updated: 22 May 2021
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 13 10 11 64 56 +8 49
9 VfB Stuttgart 34 12 9 13 56 55 +1 45
10 SC Freiburg 34 12 9 13 52 52 0 45
11 1899 Hoffenheim 34 11 10 13 52 54 −2 43
12 Mainz 05 34 10 9 15 39 56 −17 39
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.[22]

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 12 9 13 52 52  0 45 7 6 4 33 23  +10 5 3 9 19 29  −10

Last updated: 22 May 2021.
Source: DFB

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA
ResultWDLDDLLLDDWWWWWLDWLWDLWLLWLLWLDWDL
Position6512121313141414141411109899998898898101099991010
Updated to match(es) played on 22 May 2021. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.[23]

19 September 2020 1 VfB Stuttgart 2–3 SC Freiburg Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 7,123
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
27 September 2020 2 SC Freiburg 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg Freiburg
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Sören Storks
3 October 2020 3 Borussia Dortmund 4–0 SC Freiburg Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Guido Winkmann
17 October 2020 4 SC Freiburg 1–1 Werder Bremen Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Christian Dingert
24 October 2020 5 Union Berlin 1–1 SC Freiburg Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Robert Schröder
1 November 2020 6 SC Freiburg 2–4 Bayer Leverkusen Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
7 November 2020 7 RB Leipzig 3–0 SC Freiburg Leipzig
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Felix Zwayer
22 November 2020 8 SC Freiburg 1–3 Mainz 05 Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Martin Petersen
28 November 2020 9 FC Augsburg 1–1 SC Freiburg Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Robert Schröder
5 December 2020 10 SC Freiburg 2–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tobias Stieler
12 December 2020 11 SC Freiburg 2–0 Arminia Bielefeld Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Harm Osmers
16 December 2020 12 Schalke 04 0–2 SC Freiburg Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sven Jablonski
20 December 2020 13 SC Freiburg 4–1 Hertha BSC Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tobias Reichel
2 January 2021 14 1899 Hoffenheim 1–3 SC Freiburg Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Robert Hartmann
9 January 2021 15 SC Freiburg 5–0 1. FC Köln Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Robert Schröder
17 January 2021 16 Bayern Munich 2–1 SC Freiburg Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Christian Dingert
20 January 2021 17 SC Freiburg 2–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Freiburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Guido Winkmann
23 January 2021 18 SC Freiburg 2–1 VfB Stuttgart Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tobias Stieler
31 January 2021 19 VfL Wolfsburg 3–0 SC Freiburg Wolfsburg
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tobias Reichel
6 February 2021 20 SC Freiburg 2–1 Borussia Dortmund Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Felix Brych
13 February 2021 21 Werder Bremen 0–0 SC Freiburg Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
20 February 2021 22 SC Freiburg 0–1 Union Berlin Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sören Storks
28 February 2021 23 Bayer Leverkusen 1–2 SC Freiburg Leverkusen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Felix Zwayer
6 March 2021 24 SC Freiburg 0–3 RB Leipzig Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Guido Winkmann
13 March 2021 25 Mainz 05 1–0 SC Freiburg Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Opel Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
21 March 2021 26 SC Freiburg 2–0 FC Augsburg Freiburg
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bastian Dankert
3 April 2021 27 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–1 SC Freiburg Mönchengladbach
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Christian Dingert
9 April 2021 28 Arminia Bielefeld 1–0 SC Freiburg Bielefeld
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Bielefelder Alm
Attendance: 0
Referee: Martin Petersen
17 April 2021 29 SC Freiburg 4–0 Schalke 04 Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tobias Reichel
24 April 2021 31 SC Freiburg 1–1 1899 Hoffenheim Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
6 May 2021 30 Hertha BSC 3–0 SC Freiburg Berlin
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 21 April 2021, but was postponed after more than ten Hertha players and staff tested positive for COVID-19.[24]
9 May 2021 32 1. FC Köln 1–4 SC Freiburg Cologne
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marco Fritz
15 May 2021 33 SC Freiburg 2–2 Bayern Munich Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Florian Badstübner
22 May 2021 34 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1 SC Freiburg Frankfurt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Christian Dingert

DFB-Pokal

13 September 2020 First round Waldhof Mannheim 1–2 SC Freiburg Mannheim
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Carl-Benz-Stadion
Attendance: 460
Referee: Markus Schmidt
23 December 2020 Second round VfB Stuttgart 1–0 SC Freiburg Stuttgart
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Felix Brych

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Germany GER Benjamin Uphoff 2 0 0 0 2 0
21 GK Germany GER Florian Müller 31 0 31 0 0 0
26 GK Netherlands NED Mark Flekken 3 0 3 0 0 0
40 GK Germany GER Niclas Thiede 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
3 DF Austria AUT Philipp Lienhart 36 4 34 4 2 0
5 DF Germany GER Manuel Gulde 27 2 22+5 2 0 0
17 DF Germany GER Lukas Kübler 20 0 11+8 0 0+1 0
23 DF Germany GER Dominique Heintz 23 0 14+7 0 2 0
30 DF Germany GER Christian Günter 36 3 34 3 2 0
31 DF Germany GER Keven Schlotterbeck 25 0 18+6 0 1 0
Midfielders
7 MF France FRA Jonathan Schmid 33 3 27+4 2 2 1
8 MF France FRA Baptiste Santamaria 31 1 28+2 1 1 0
14 MF Netherlands NED Guus Til 7 0 1+6 0 0 0
19 MF Germany GER Janik Haberer 14 0 5+9 0 0 0
22 MF Hungary HUN Roland Sallai 29 8 22+6 8 0+1 0
27 MF Germany GER Nicolas Höfler 33 1 30+1 1 2 0
28 MF South Korea KOR Kwon Chang-hoon 14 1 1+11 0 1+1 1
29 MF South Korea KOR Jeong Woo-yeong 28 4 7+19 4 2 0
32 MF Italy ITA Vincenzo Grifo 33 9 27+4 9 2 0
34 MF Germany GER Lino Tempelmann 11 0 2+8 0 0+1 0
36 MF Germany GER Yannik Keitel 13 0 4+8 0 1 0
39 MF Germany GER Carlo Boukhalfa 1 0 0 0 0+1 0
Forwards
9 FW Germany GER Lucas Höler 35 4 22+11 4 1+1 0
11 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Ermedin Demirović 32 5 19+11 5 0+2 0
18 FW Germany GER Nils Petersen 34 8 12+20 8 1+1 0
45 FW Switzerland SUI Nishan Burkart 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
6 MF Albania ALB Amir Abrashi 5 0 0+5 0 0 0
13 FW Germany GER Marco Terrazzino 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 DF Tunisia TUN Mohamed Dräger 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF Germany GER Gian-Luca Itter 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 MF Germany GER Florian Kath 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 GK Germany GER Constantin Frommann 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated: 22 May 2021
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank Pos No. Nat Name Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total
1 MF 32 Italy Vincenzo Grifo 9 0 9
2 FW 18 Germany Nils Petersen 8 0 8
MF 22 Hungary Roland Sallai 8 0 8
4 FW 11 Bosnia and Herzegovina Ermedin Demirović 5 0 5
5 DF 3 Austria Philipp Lienhart 4 0 4
FW 9 Germany Lucas Höler 4 0 4
MF 29 South Korea Jeong Woo-yeong 4 0 4
8 MF 7 France Jonathan Schmid 2 1 3
DF 30 Germany Christian Günter 3 0 3
10 DF 5 Germany Manuel Gulde 2 0 2
11 MF 8 France Baptiste Santamaria 1 0 1
MF 27 Germany Nicolas Höfler 1 0 1
MF 28 South Korea Kwon Chang-hoon 0 1 1
Own goals 1 0 1
Totals 52 2 54

Last updated: 22 May 2021

Notes

References

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