2020–21 SC Freiburg season

The 2020–21 season is the 122nd season in the existence of SC Freiburg and the club's 40th 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 covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

SC Freiburg
2020–21 season
PresidentFritz Keller
ManagerChristian Streich
StadiumSchwarzwald-Stadion
Bundesliga9th
DFB-PokalSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Vincenzo Grifo (7)
All:
Vincenzo Grifo (7)
All statistics correct as of 17 January 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  GER Benjamin Uphoff
3 DF  AUT Philipp Lienhart
5 DF  GER Manuel Gulde
7 MF  FRA Jonathan Schmid
9 FW  GER Lucas Höler
8 MF  FRA Baptiste Santamaria
11 FW  BIH Ermedin Demirović
14 MF  NED Guus Til (on loan from Spartak Moscow)
17 DF  GER Lukas Kübler
18 FW  GER Nils Petersen
19 MF  GER Janik Haberer
21 GK  GER Florian Müller (on loan from Mainz 05)
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF  HUN Roland Sallai
23 DF  GER Dominique Heintz
26 GK  NED Mark Flekken
27 MF  GER Nicolas Höfler
28 MF  KOR Kwon Chang-hoon
29 MF  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
40 GK  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  GER Nico Schlotterbeck (at Union Berlin until 30 June 2021)
— DF  ENG Chima Okoroji (at SC Paderborn 07 until 30 June 2021)
— MF  GER Patrick Kammerbauer (at Eintracht Braunschweig until 30 June 2021)
— MF  AUS Brandon Borrello (at Fortuna Düsseldorf until 30 June 2021)
— MF  GER Florian Kath (at 1. FC Magdeburg until 30 June 2021)
— DF  GER Gian-Luca Itter (at Greuther Fürth until 30 June 2021)
— MF  ALB Amir Abrashi (at FC Basel until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

In
No. Pos Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
11 FW Ermedin Demirović Alavés €3,700,000 5 August 2020 [2]
1 GK Benjamin Uphoff Karlsruher SC Free [3]
14 MF Guus Til Spartak Moscow Loan 3 September 2020 [4]
21 GK Florian Müller Mainz 05 Loan 15 September 2020 [5]
8 MF Baptiste Santamaria Angers €10,000,000 17 September 2020 [6]

Out
No. Pos Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
15 DF Pascal Stenzel VfB Stuttgart €1,300,000 1 July 2020 [7]
16 MF Yoric Ravet Grenoble Undisclosed [8]
20 MF Jérôme Gondorf Karlsruher SC Undisclosed
8 MF Mike Frantz Hannover 96 Undisclosed 22 July 2020 [9]
36 DF Chima Okoroji SC Paderborn Loan 28 July 2020
4 DF Nico Schlotterbeck Union Berlin Loan 31 July 2020 [10]
1 GK Alexander Schwolow Hertha BSC €8,000,000 4 August 2020 [11]
39 FW Christoph Daferner Dynamo Dresden Undisclosed 7 August 2020 [12]
11 FW Luca Waldschmidt Benfica €15,000,000 14 August 2020 [13]
25 DF Robin Koch Leeds United €13,000,000 29 August 2020 [14]
21 FW Brandon Borrello Fortuna Düsseldorf Loan 1 September 2020 [15]
20 DF Mohamed Dräger Olympiacos €1,000,000 27 September 2020 [16]
13 FW Marco Terrazzino Contract termination 5 October 2020 [17]
38 MF Florian Kath 1. FC Magdeburg Loan [18]
46 GK Constantin Frommann Contract termination 6 October 2020 [19]
24 DF Gian-Luca Itter Greuther Fürth Loan 11 January 2021 [20]
6 MF Amir Abrashi FC Basel Loan 27 January 2021 [21]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

15 August 2020 Friendly SC Freiburg 1–1 Karlsruher SC Freiburg, Germany
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
22 August 2020 Friendly Dornbirn 1–8 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 3–1 SC Freiburg St. Gallen, Switzerland
14:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Kybunpark
6 September 2020 Friendly SC Freiburg 4–1 Górnik Zabrze Freiburg, Germany
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
6 September 2020 Friendly SC Freiburg 1–1 SV Sandhausen Freiburg, Germany
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
8 October 2020 Friendly SC Freiburg 0–3 VfB Stuttgart Freiburg, Germany
14:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion

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 20 8 6 6 35 33 +2 040.00
DFB-Pokal 13 September 2020 23 December 2020 First round Second round 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0 050.00
Total 22 9 6 7 37 35 +2 040.91

Last updated: 6 February 2021

Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga
Main article: 2020–21 Bundesliga

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Borussia Dortmund 20 10 2 8 39 29 +10 32 Qualification to Europa Conference League play-off round
7 Borussia Mönchengladbach 20 8 8 4 37 31 +6 32
8 SC Freiburg 20 8 6 6 35 33 +2 30
9 Union Berlin 20 7 8 5 34 25 +9 29
10 VfB Stuttgart 20 6 7 7 37 34 +3 25
Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2021. 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.[22]

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
20 8 6 6 35 33  +2 30 5 4 2 24 16  +8 3 2 4 11 17  −6

Last updated: 6 February 2021.
Source: DFB

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718192021
GroundAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA
ResultWDLDDLLLDDWWWWWLDWLW
Position6512121313141414141411109899998
Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 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 v SC Freiburg Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Weser-Stadion

DFB-Pokal
Main article: 2020–21 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 TotalBundesligaDFB-Pokal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Benjamin Uphoff 200020
21 GK Florian Müller 20020000
26 GK Mark Flekken 000000
40 GK Niclas Thiede 000000
Defenders
3 DF Philipp Lienhart 22320320
5 DF Manuel Gulde 16113+3100
17 DF Lukas Kübler 1205+600+10
23 DF Dominique Heintz 1308+3020
30 DF Christian Günter 22020020
31 DF Keven Schlotterbeck 14012+1010
Midfielders
7 MF Jonathan Schmid 19216+1121
8 MF Baptiste Santamaria 18117110
14 MF Guus Til 300+3000
19 MF Janik Haberer 502+3000
22 MF Roland Sallai 17513+350+10
27 MF Nicolas Höfler 21118+1120
28 MF Kwon Chang-hoon 1011+701+11
29 MF Jeong Woo-yeong 1734+11320
32 MF Vincenzo Grifo 22718+2720
34 MF Lino Tempelmann 902+600+10
36 MF Yannik Keitel 500+4010
39 MF Carlo Boukhalfa 10000+10
Forwards
9 FW Lucas Höler 22213+721+10
11 FW Ermedin Demirović 19310+730+20
18 FW Nils Petersen 2278+1271+10
Players transferred out during the season
6 MF Amir Abrashi 500+5000
13 FW Marco Terrazzino 000000
20 DF Mohamed Dräger 000000
24 DF Gian-Luca Itter 000000
38 MF Florian Kath 000000
46 GK Constantin Frommann 000000

Last updated: 6 February 2021
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers
Rank Pos No. Nat Name Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total
1 FW 18 Nils Petersen 7 0 7
MF 32 Vincenzo Grifo 7 0 7
3 MF 22 Roland Sallai 5 0 5
4 DF 3 Philipp Lienhart 3 0 3
FW 11 Ermedin Demirović 3 0 3
MF 29 Jeong Woo-yeong 3 0 3
7 MF 7 Jonathan Schmid 1 1 2
FW 9 Lucas Höler 2 0 2
9 DF 5 Manuel Gulde 1 0 1
MF 8 Baptiste Santamaria 1 0 1
MF 27 Nicolas Höfler 1 0 1
MF 28 Kwon Chang-hoon 0 1 1
Own goals 1 0 1
Totals 35 2 37

Last updated: 6 February 2021

Notes

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    4. "Guus Til kommt von Spartak Moskau" [Guus Til arrives from Spartak Moscow] (in German). Russian Premier League. 3 September 2020.
    5. "Sport-Club leiht Florian Müller aus" [Sport-Club takes Florian Müller on loan]. scfreiburg.com (in German). SC Freiburg. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
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    9. "Frantz will etwas Neues – und wechselt nach Hannover". kicker.de (in German). kicker. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
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    18. "Best of luck in Magdeburg, Katho!". 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
    19. >"SC Freiburg terminate Frommann's contract". 6 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
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