2021–22 SC Freiburg season

The 2021–22 season was the 123rd season in the existence of SC Freiburg and the club's sixth 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.

SC Freiburg
2021–22 season
PresidentFritz Keller
Head coachChristian Streich
StadiumSC-Stadion
Bundesliga6th
DFB-PokalRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Vincenzo Grifo (9)

All:
Vincenzo Grifo (13)

Players edit

First-team squad edit

As of 1 January 2022.[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
2 DF   BEL Hugo Siquet
3 DF   AUT Philipp Lienhart
4 DF   GER Nico Schlotterbeck
5 DF   GER Manuel Gulde
7 DF   FRA Jonathan Schmid
8 MF   GER Maximilian Eggestein
9 FW   GER Lucas Höler
11 FW   BIH Ermedin Demirović
14 MF   GER Yannik Keitel
17 DF   GER Lukas Kübler
18 FW   GER Nils Petersen (vice-captain)
19 MF   GER Janik Haberer
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW   GER Kevin Schade
21 GK   GER Noah Atubolu
22 MF   HUN Roland Sallai
24 DF   GER Kimberly Ezekwem
25 DF   FRA Kiliann Sildillia
26 GK   NED Mark Flekken
27 MF   GER Nicolas Höfler
29 FW   KOR Jeong Woo-yeong
30 DF   GER Christian Günter (captain)
31 DF   GER Keven Schlotterbeck
32 MF   ITA Vincenzo Grifo (3rd captain)
33 MF   GER Noah Weißhaupt
45 FW   SUI Nishan Burkart

Out on loan edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   GER Niclas Thiede (at   SC Verl until 30 June 2022)
DF   GER Luca Itter (at   Greuther Fürth until 30 June 2022)
MF   GER Lino Tempelmann (at   1. FC Nürnberg until 30 June 2022)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   GER Carlo Boukhalfa (at   Jahn Regensburg until 30 June 2022)
FW   GER Marvin Pieringer (at   Schalke 04 until 30 June 2022)

Transfers edit

In edit

Pos Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
MF   Maximilian Eggestein   Werder Bremen €5,000,000 18 August 2021 [2]
DF   Hugo Siquet   Standard Liège €4,500,000 1 January 2022 [3]

Out edit

Pos Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
FW   Kwon Chang-hoon   Suwon Samsung Bluewings Free 22 May 2021 [4]
GK   Florian Muller   Mainz 05 Loan Return [5]
MF   Guus Til   Spartak Moscow Loan Return [6]
MF   Lino Tempelmann   1. FC Nürnberg Loan 1 June 2021 [7]
GK   Niclas Thiede   SC Verl Loan [8]
MF   Amir Abrashi   Grasshopper Free 23 June 2021 [9]
MF   Florian Kath   1. FC Magdeburg Free 24 June 2021 [10]
MF   Brandon Borrello   Dynamo Dresden Undisclosed 3 July 2021 [11]
MF   Baptiste Santamaria   Rennes €14,000,000 17 August 2021 [12]
DF   Dominique Heintz   Union Berlin Undisclosed 1 January 2022 [13]

Pre-season and friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

10 July 2021 Friendly SC Freiburg   2–1   1. FC Saarbrücken Freiburg, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Dreisamstadion
Attendance: 2,900
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck
16 July 2021 Friendly SC Freiburg   1–1   Vaduz Schruns, Austria
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Schruns Stadium
Attendance: 400
Note: The match was played in two halves 60 minutes each.
23 July 2021 Friendly Bayer Leverkusen   0–0   SC Freiburg Wattens, Austria
14:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Gernot Langes Stadion
Attendance: 500
31 July 2021 Friendly Strasbourg   2–1   SC Freiburg Strasbourg, France
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Meinau
Attendance: 10,000
31 July 2021 Friendly Strasbourg   1–2   SC Freiburg Strasbourg, France
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Meinau
Attendance: 10,000
7 October 2021 Friendly SC Freiburg   3–0   FC St. Pauli Freiburg, Germany
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: SC-Stadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck
11 November 2021 Friendly Karlsruher SC   1–2   SC Freiburg Karlsruhe, Germany
13:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Platz 2 Wildparkstadion
Attendance: 300
Referee: Tobias Reichel

Competitions edit

Overall record edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 14 August 2021 14 May 2022 Matchday 1 6th 34 15 10 9 58 46 +12 044.12
DFB-Pokal 8 August 2021 21 May 2022 First round Runners-up 6 4 2 0 13 6 +7 066.67
Total 40 19 12 9 71 52 +19 047.50

Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 RB Leipzig 34 17 7 10 72 37 +35 58 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
5 Union Berlin 34 16 9 9 50 44 +6 57 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
6 SC Freiburg 34 15 10 9 58 46 +12 55
7 1. FC Köln 34 14 10 10 52 49 +3 52 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round[a]
8 Mainz 05 34 13 7 14 50 45 +5 46
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.[14]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Since the 2021–22 DFB-Pokal winners, RB Leipzig, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 15 10 9 58 46  +12 55 8 5 4 32 25  +7 7 5 5 26 21  +5

Source: DFB

Results by round edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
ResultDWWDDWWDWWLLLWLDWDLWLDWWDWDLWWDWLL
Position11545654433334455346556656555555456
Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.[15]

14 August 2021 1 Arminia Bielefeld 0–0 SC Freiburg Bielefeld
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Bielefelder Alm
Attendance: 13,750
Referee: Sven Jablonski
21 August 2021 2 SC Freiburg 2–1 Borussia Dortmund Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 10,100
Referee: Robert Schröder
28 August 2021 3 VfB Stuttgart 2–3 SC Freiburg Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Frank Willenborg
11 September 2021 4 SC Freiburg 1–1 1. FC Köln Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Harm Osmers
18 September 2021 5 Mainz 05 0–0 SC Freiburg Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Opel Arena
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Benjamin Brand
26 September 2021 6 SC Freiburg 3–0 FC Augsburg Freiburg
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 14,400
Referee: Daniel Schlager
2 October 2021 7 Hertha BSC 1–2 SC Freiburg Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 18,376
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
16 October 2021 8 SC Freiburg 1–1 RB Leipzig Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Daniel Siebert
23 October 2021 9 VfL Wolfsburg 0–2 SC Freiburg Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 10,251
Referee: Tobias Welz
30 October 2021 10 SC Freiburg 3–1 Greuther Fürth Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Felix Brych
6 November 2021 11 Bayern Munich 2–1 SC Freiburg Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
21 November 2021 12 SC Freiburg 0–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion
Attendance: 32,500
Referee: Florian Badstübner
27 November 2021 13 VfL Bochum 2–1 SC Freiburg Bochum
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 19,700
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
5 December 2021 14 Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–6 SC Freiburg Mönchengladbach
17:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 10,025
Referee: Robert Hartmann
11 December 2021 15 SC Freiburg 1–2 1899 Hoffenheim Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion
Referee: Frank Willenborg
15 December 2021 16 Union Berlin 0–0 SC Freiburg Berlin
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
19 December 2021 17 SC Freiburg 2–1 Bayer Leverkusen Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion
Attendance: 750
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
8 January 2022 18 SC Freiburg 2–2 Arminia Bielefeld Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion
Attendance: 500
Referee: Harm Osmers
14 January 2022 19 Borussia Dortmund 5–1 SC Freiburg Dortmund
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 750
Referee: Florian Badstübner
22 January 2022 20 SC Freiburg 2–0 VfB Stuttgart Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion
Attendance: 500
Referee: Tobias Stieler
5 February 2022 21 1. FC Köln 1–0 SC Freiburg Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Felix Brych
12 February 2022 22 SC Freiburg 1–1 Mainz 05 Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
19 February 2022 23 FC Augsburg 1–2 SC Freiburg Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Daniel Siebert
26 February 2022 24 SC Freiburg 3–0 Hertha BSC Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Sven Jablonski
5 March 2022 25 RB Leipzig 1–1 SC Freiburg Leipzig
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 24,758
Referee: Felix Zwayer
12 March 2022 26 SC Freiburg 3–2 VfL Wolfsburg Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Martin Petersen
19 March 2022 27 Greuther Fürth 0–0 SC Freiburg Fürth
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof
Attendance: 9,884
Referee: Tobias Reichel
2 April 2022 28 SC Freiburg 1–4 Bayern Munich Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion
Attendance: 34,700
Referee: Christian Dingert
10 April 2022 29 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–2 SC Freiburg Frankfurt
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Felix Brych
16 April 2022 30 SC Freiburg 3–0 VfL Bochum Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
23 April 2022 31 SC Freiburg 3–3 Borussia Mönchengladbach Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion
Attendance: 34,700
Referee: Benjamin Brand
30 April 2022 32 1899 Hoffenheim 3–4 SC Freiburg Sinsheim
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 23,627
Referee: Marco Fritz
7 May 2022 33 SC Freiburg 1–4 Union Berlin Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion
Attendance: 34,700
Referee: Felix Brych
14 May 2022 34 Bayer Leverkusen 2–1 SC Freiburg Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Sven Jablonski

DFB-Pokal edit

8 August 2021 First round Würzburger Kickers 0–1 SC Freiburg Würzburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Flyeralarm Arena
Attendance: 2,820
Referee: Benjamin Brand
26 October 2021 Second round VfL Osnabrück 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 p)
SC Freiburg Osnabrück
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Robert Schröder
Penalties
19 January 2022 Round of 16 1899 Hoffenheim 1–4 SC Freiburg Sinsheim
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: PreZero Arena
Attendance: 500
Referee: Robert Schröder
2 March 2022 Quarter-finals VfL Bochum 1–2 (a.e.t.) SC Freiburg Bochum
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Robert Schröder
19 April 2022 Semi-finals Hamburger SV 1–3 SC Freiburg Hamburg
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 57,000
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
21 May 2022 Final SC Freiburg 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)
RB Leipzig Berlin
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 74,322
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
Penalties

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   GER Benjamin Uphoff 3 0 2 0 1 0
21 GK   GER Noah Atubolu 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 GK   NED Mark Flekken 37 0 32 0 5 0
Defenders
2 DF   BEL Hugo Siquet 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
3 DF   AUT Philipp Lienhart 38 5 32 5 6 0
4 DF   GER Nico Schlotterbeck 38 4 32 4 6 0
5 DF   GER Manuel Gulde 25 0 14+6 0 2+3 0
7 DF   FRA Jonathan Schmid 16 1 6+7 0 2+1 1
17 DF   GER Lukas Kübler 33 2 27+2 2 4 0
24 DF   GER Kimberly Ezekwem 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF   FRA Kiliann Sildillia 9 0 1+6 0 0+2 0
30 DF   GER Christian Günter 40 2 34 2 6 0
31 DF   GER Keven Schlotterbeck 14 1 3+9 0 1+1 1
Midfielders
8 MF   GER Maximilian Eggestein 36 2 26+5 1 5 1
14 MF   GER Yannik Keitel 14 0 5+7 0 1+1 0
19 MF   GER Janik Haberer 30 3 7+19 3 1+3 0
22 MF   HUN Roland Sallai 36 5 18+13 4 2+3 1
27 MF   GER Nicolas Höfler 35 3 30 2 5 1
32 MF   ITA Vincenzo Grifo 40 13 33+1 9 6 4
33 MF   GER Noah Weisshaupt 13 0 0+10 0 0+3 0
Forwards
9 FW   GER Lucas Höler 40 7 30+4 7 4+2 0
11 FW   BIH Ermedin Demirović 37 3 9+22 2 2+4 1
18 FW   GER Nils Petersen 26 7 3+19 5 2+2 2
20 FW   GER Kevin Schade 24 5 7+14 4 2+1 1
29 FW   KOR Jeong Woo-yeong 37 5 23+9 5 3+2 0
45 FW   SUI Nishan Burkart 0 0 0 0 0 0
48 FW   NED Vincent Vermeij 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
8 MF   FRA Baptiste Santamaria 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
23 DF   GER Dominique Heintz 1 0 0+1 0 0 0

Last updated: 21 May 2022
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers edit

Rank Pos No. Nat Name Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total
1 MF 32   Vincenzo Grifo 9 4 13
2 FW 9   Lucas Höler 7 0 7
FW 18   Nils Petersen 5 2 7
4 DF 3   Philipp Lienhart 5 0 5
FW 20   Kevin Schade 4 1 5
MF 22   Roland Sallai 4 1 5
FW 29   Jeong Woo-yeong 5 0 5
8 DF 4   Nico Schlotterbeck 4 0 4
9 FW 11   Ermedin Demirović 2 1 3
MF 19   Janik Haberer 3 0 3
MF 27   Nicolas Höfler 2 1 3
12 MF 8   Maximilian Eggestein 1 1 2
DF 17   Lukas Kübler 2 0 2
DF 30   Christian Günter 2 0 2
15 DF 7   Jonathan Schmid 0 1 1
DF 34   Keven Schlotterbeck 0 1 1
Own goals 3 0 3
Totals 58 13 71

Last updated: 21 May 2022

References edit

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