2017–18 SC Freiburg season

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
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →
	All statistics correct as of 21 May 2018.

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.

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
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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 for the 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 results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[2]
(O) Play-off winners; (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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Third qualifying round

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)

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

^ "Kader Profis 2016/17" [Professional squad 2016–17]. scfreiburg.com (in German). Sport-Club Freiburg e.V. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
^ "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). German Football Association (DFB). p. 222. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2017.
^ "SC Freiburg - NK Domžale 1:0 (Europa League Qual. 2017/2018, 3. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
^ "NK Domžale - SC Freiburg 2:0 (Europa League Qual. 2017/2018, 3. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.

[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). German Football Association (DFB). p. 222. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2017.

[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.

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