SC Freiburg

The club's roots go back to two clubs that were founded by 1904 Freiburger Fussballverein 04 was established in March of that year. FC Schwalbe Freiburg just two months after. Both clubs were renamed and names, which led to Schwalbe changing its name to FC Mars in 1905, Mars changing to Union Freiburg in 1906, and FV 04 Freiburg changing into Sportverein Freiburg 04 in 1909. Three years after, SV and Union formed Sportclub Freiburg, at the same time, incorporating the head of a griffin.

In 1918, following the destruction caused by World War I, SC Freiburg joined a temporary arrangement together with Freiburger FC to be able to field a full team known as KSG Freiburg. The next year, SC Freiburg associated themselves with FT 1844 Freiburg as that club's football department, until 1928 when they left to enter into a stadium-sharing arrangement with PSV (Polizeisportvereins) Freiburg 1924 that lasted until 1930 and the failure of PSV. SC Freiburg then picked up again by joining FT 1844 Freiburg in 1938. The club was at the top level since 1928, starting as part of the Bezirksliga Baden, then in the Gauliga Baden, after which they were cut in 1934.

In the aftermath the second half of World War II, Allied occupation authorities cut off the majority of existing organisations in Germany such as football and sporting clubs. The clubs were allowed to be reconstituted after one year, but they were required to change their names to different names in order to distance themselves from their Nazi historical past. SC Freiburg was therefore briefly called VfL Freiburg. In 1950, the French occupation authorities had loosened up enough for the clubs to return to their former identity. Then, in 1952 SC Freiburg left FT Freiburg in the dust.

At this time, the story of the club was marked by only moderate achievements. Through the 1930s SC Freiburg played in the Bezirkliga (II) as well as occasionally playing within the Gauliga Baden (I) and also won some local championships. Following World War II, they continued the same place they left off, taking part with the Amateurliga Sudbaden (III).

Though it was only a small soccer club SC Freiburg became known for the team spirit and fighting spirit they displayed in their games. They were able to join the 2. Bundesliga in 1978-79. This was a league they would be competing in for over a decade before making their way to the top of the line Bundesliga between 1993 and 1994 under direction by Volker Finke. In their debut Bundesliga year, Freiburg narrowly avoided relegation. They had a thrilling run in their second year at the top they finished third, three points ahead of the champions Borussia Dortmund. At this point they first got the nickname Breisgau-Brasilianer (literally Breisgau Brazilians) because of their striking style of play.

The club's biggest achievement was winning the UEFA Cup in 1995 and 2001.

Freiburg's first Bundesliga exile was in 1997 when they finished 17th. Although they've been forced to drop four times since being promoted to the Bundesliga but they have also received immediate promotion back into the top league but failing to achieve this in 2005-06. This marked the first time since the year 1992 when Freiburg participated for two seasons in. Bundesliga in two seasons consecutively.

Freiburg finished the season 2006-07 in fourth position on the second. Bundesliga but missed out on the third automatic promotion position due to goal difference to MSV Duisburg, although they had won 12 of their final 16 league matches. They were eliminated from the DFB-Pokal in the second round by VfL Wolfsburg on 24 October 2006.

On May 20, 2007 Volker Finke announced his resignation as coach of the club following 16 years of service. He was replaced by Robin Dutt, who himself quit the club to join Bayer Leverkusen in 2011.

The 10th May 2009 was the day that Freiburg made it to the Bundesliga yet again, defeating TuS Koblenz in an away game by 5-2. The 2011-12 season was a difficult one for Freiburg. Freiburg seemed to be not able to stay out of drop for the majority of the season, but an overhaul in the coaching team brought the club back to its feet and the club ended up finishing 12th, and even was able to stay in the top 12 places.

Under the leadership of Christian Streich, the 2012-13 Bundesliga season saw the club finish in fifth position which was their highest league position since 1994-95. The fifth place finish earned them the team a spot for the 2013-14 UEFA Europa League, an achievement the club has not had since 2001-02's edition of the competition. If Freiburg lost to Schalke 04 during the final day of the season Freiburg could have been a step ahead of Schalke and been able to participate in this year's UEFA Champions League for the first time in the history of the club. Schalke lost 1-2. Schalke However, it saw Schalke achieve fourth place in the league, and also qualify as a substitute for. The 2012-13 season saw Freiburg also made it to the semi-finals of DFB-Pokal to the first time ever in its history, but they lost in the semi-finals to their local foes VfB Stuttgart 1-2 and missed the possibility of playing Bayern Munich in the final.

In the 2014-15 season after six years of being in the top league, Freiburg was relegated to the 2. Bundesliga by just one point following a loss on the final day at Hannover the 96. The result was despite defeating Bayern Munich in the second-last game. The following season however, the club won their fifth time in the Bundesliga as league champions with just two games left. The season that they returned to the Bundesliga was a 7th place finish for the club. The result was the time that Freiburg be able to participate in their place in the Europa League, as German Borussia Dortmund, who won the cup in 2010, were in their own Champions League. The team was lost in the final qualifying game in the third qualifying round against NK Domzale from Slovenia. Most likely due to goals scored in the 15th season by Nils Petersen. Freiburg continued to play in the Bundesliga and finished 15th.

In April 2022, the team announced their partnership with the auto retailer Cazoo beginning on 01/07/2022. The Cazoo logo will be prominently displayed across the back of new team jerseys as their principal sponsor. Alongside the Bundesliga professional players, Cazoo will appear as the shirt sponsor and as an advertising partner for SC Freiburg's second squad. SC Freiburg within the third division as a co-sponsor of Freiburg Football School, and will be present during all games for SC Freiburg's SC Junior teams. In addition, Cazoo will be a co-sponsor of the sleeve and shirt sponsors of SC Freiburg's Bundesliga women.

The reserve team of the club was formerly known as the SC Freiburg Amateure, now SC Freiburg II, has been for the majority of its history , been in the amateur leagues of the lower levels. It played for three seasons in the fourth tier of the Verbandsliga Sudbaden between 1983 and 1986, but it took until 1994 to rejoin the league. In 1998 , the team was awarded an upgrade to the Oberliga Baden-Wurttemberg following an overall league win during the Verbandsliga. Freiburg II spent the next 10 years at this level with an upper table team before another league title took Freiburg II to Regionalliga Sud. After four seasons in the league, the team joined the ranks of the Regionalliga Sudwest in the year 2012. After a seventh-place finish in the first season of the league, the team came in as second in 2013-14.

The South Baden Cup win in 2001 qualified it to play in the first round of 2001-02 DFB-Pokal which is the German Cup, where it fell to Schalke 04.

SC Freiburg formerly played its home matches at the Dreisamstadion that was named in honor of it's Dreisam River which flows through Freiburg. Due to sponsorship agreements the stadium was named by the name of Schwarzwald Stadium. The stadium is estimated to have a capacity of 24,000 fans and was constructed in 1953. 40 years later, Manager Volker Finke launched an initiative to convert the Dreisamstadion into Germany's first soccer stadium powered by solar energy. stadium. There are solar panels located on the south, north and the main tribunes. The panels produce 250,000 kWh of power each year.

The brand-new Europa-Park Stadion was designed with HPP Architekten, was completed in the month of October 2021. The stadium is situated on the western side of the city, in the area known as Bruhl located directly in the direction to the west of Freiburg Airport -- it has a capacity of 34700.

As of 3 August 2017

• Biggest Win in UEFA Competition: 1 November 2001, St. Gallen 1–4 Freiburg, at Zurich
• Biggest Defeat in UEFA Competition: 3 October 2013, Sevilla 2–0 Freiburg at Seville/12 December 2013, Freiburg 0–2 Sevilla at Freiburg
• Club Appearances in UEFA Europa League: 3
• Player with Most UEFA Appearances: Andreas Zeyer – 8 appearances
• Top Scorer in UEFA Club Competitions: Sebastian Kehl – 2 goals

• Most goals scored: 86 – Nils Petersen 6 June 2020
• Most 1. Bundesliga goals scored: 54 – Nils Petersen 6 June 2020
• Highest transfer fee paid: €6 million for Admir Mehmedi
• Highest transfer fee received: €21.1 million for ÇaÄŸlar Söyüncü
• Youngest goalscorer: Matthias Ginter – 18 years, 2 days
• Most games played: Andreas Zeyer – 435
• Player who has scored the most against club: Claudio Pizarro – 14 goals in 17 matches
• Biggest home win: 6–0 – against Rot-Weiß Erfurt on 24 August 1991
• Biggest 1. Bundesliga home win: 5–0 – against Hansa Rostock on 17 September 1999 and against VfL Bochum on 9 December 2000
• Biggest away win: 6–0 – against Borussia Mönchengladbach on 5 December 2021
• Biggest 1. Bundesliga away win: 6–0 – against Borussia Mönchengladbach on 5 December 2021
• Biggest home loss: 0–6 – against Bayern Munich on 16 December 2003 and against Werder Bremen on 4 December 2004 and 21 November 2009
• Biggest 1. Bundesliga home loss: 0–6 – against Bayern Munich on 16 December 2003 and against Werder Bremen on 4 December 2004 and 21 November 2009
• Biggest away loss: 0–7 – against Bayern Munich on 10 September 2011
• Biggest 1. Bundesliga away loss: 0–7 – against Bayern Munich on 10 September 2011

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• 2. Bundesliga (II)
  • Winners: 1992–93, 2002–03, 2008–09, 2015–16
• Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (V)
  • Winners: 2008, 2017
• Amateurliga Südbaden (III)
  • Winners: 1965, 1968, 1978
• Verbandsliga Südbaden
  • Winners: 1998

• South Baden Cup (Tiers III-VII)
  • Winners: 1975, 1978, 2001
  • Runners-up: 2005
• DFB-Pokal
  • Runners-up: 2021–22

League

• German Under 19 championship
  • Winners: 2008
• Under 19 Bundesliga South/Southwest
  • Winners: 2005–06, 2008–09

Cup

• German Under 19 Cup
  • Winners: 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2018

• Lev Yashin Cup
  • Winners: 2011

As of 27 July 2022.

The collection of ex-players includes players who were awarded international caps when participating in the club, or made important contributions to the team's performance in terms of appearances or goals when participating in the club, as well as those had significant contributions to the sport prior to when they were a part of the team or after they had left. The list isn't exhaustive or all-inclusive, and changes and improvements will continue be added as time passes.

•  Altin Rraklli
•  Rodolfo Esteban Cardoso
•  Andreas Ibertsberger
•  Zlatan Bajramović
•  Mohammadou Idrissou
•  Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien
•  Austin Berry
•  Damir Burić
•  Nikola Jurčević
•  Michael Lumb
•  Alexander Iashvili
•  Levan Kobiashvili
•  Dennis Aogo
•  Martin Braun
•  Michael Frontzeck
•  Richard Golz
•  Jörg Heinrich
•  Andreas Hinkel
•  Sebastian Kehl
•  Ralf Kohl
•  Joachim Löw
•  Stefan Müller
•  Sascha Riether
•  Jörg Schmadtke
•  Karl-Heinz Schulz
•  Martin Spanring
•  Uwe Spies
•  Axel Sundermann
•  Jens Todt
•  Uwe Wassmer
•  Marco Weißhaupt
•  Günther Wienhold
•  Tobias Willi
•  Andreas Zeyer
•  Ferydoon Zandi
•  Cha Du-ri
•  Roda Antar
•  Youssef Mohamad
•  Soumaila Coulibaly
•  Boubacar Diarra
•  Harry Decheiver
•  Papiss Cissé
•  Souleyman Sané
•  Miran Pavlin
•  Alain Sutter
•  Zoubeir Baya
•  Mehdi Ben Slimane
•  Adel Sellimi
•  Paul Caligiuri

•  Andreas Munkert (1946–49)
• Arthur Mattes (1949–50)
•  Andreas Munkert (1950–53) (second time)
• Willi Hornung (1953–55)
• Kurt Mannschott (1956–58)
•  Hans Roggow (1960–63)
•  Hans Faber (1963–64)
•  Hans Diehl (1964–69)
•  Edgar Heilbrunner (1969–72)
•  Manfred Brief (1 July 1972 – 30 September 1978)
•  Heinz Baas (30 Sep 1978 – 30 June 1979)
•  Norbert Wagner (1 July 1979 – 24 January 1980)
•  Jupp Becker (1 July 1980 – 24 January 1981)
•  Horst Zick (25 Jan 1981 – 30 June 1981)
•  Lutz Hangartner (1 July 1981 – 30 June 1982)
•  Werner Olk (1 July 1982 – 30 June 1983)
•  Fritz Fuchs (1 July 1983 – 30 June 1984)
•  Antun Rudinski (1 July 1984 – 1 January 1986)
•  Jupp Becker (25 Jan 1986 – 22 March 1986) (second time)
•  Horst Zick (23 March 1986 – 30 June 1986) (second time)
•  Jörg Berger (1 July 1986 – 17 December 1988)
•  Fritz Fuchs (1 Jan 1989 – 8 April 1989) (second time)
•  Uwe Ehret (9 April 1989 – 30 June 1989)
•  Lorenz-Günther Köstner (1 July 1989 – 26 August 1989)
•  Uwe Ehret (27 Aug 1989 – 26 November 1989) (second time)
•  Bernd Hoß (1 Dec 1989 – 30 June 1990)
•  Eckhard Krautzun (1 July 1990 – 30 June 1991)
•  Volker Finke (1 July 1991 – 20 May 2007)
•  Robin Dutt (June 2007–30 June 2011)
•  Marcus Sorg (1 July 2011 – 29 December 2011)
•  Christian Streich (29 Dec 2011–)

The recent season-by-season performance of the club.

The introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994, and the 3. Liga that was established in 2008 to be the third level, which was below the 2. Bundesliga The leagues below fell one level. In 2012 regionalligas raised from 3 to 5. This was accompanied by the majority of Regionalliga Sud clubs except the Bavarian ones joining into the brand new Regionalliga Sudwest.

•  Achim Stocker † (1972–2009)