2025–26 SC Freiburg season

SC Freiburg
2025–26 season
PresidentEberhard Fugmann
Head coachJulian Schuster
StadiumEuropa-Park Stadion
Bundesliga8th
DFB-PokalSemi-finals
UEFA Europa LeagueQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Igor Matanović (8)
All: Vincenzo Grifo (12)
European colours
All statistics correct as of 12:58, 23 March 2026 (UTC).

The 2025–26 season is the 122nd season in the history of SC Freiburg, and the club's tenth consecutive season in the Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, the club is also participating in the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Europa League.

Background and pre-season

In March 2024, it was announced that Julian Schuster would take over from Christian Streich, who managed the club for 12 years, as head coach for the 2024–25 season.[1][2] Freiburg finished the 2024–25 season in fifth, qualifying for the UEFA Europa League.[2]

Friendly matches

Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 2025–26 Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Bayer Leverkusen 27 13 7 7 52 36 +16 46 Qualification for the Conference League play-off round
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 27 10 8 9 50 51 −1 38
8 SC Freiburg 27 10 7 10 39 44 −5 37
9 Union Berlin 27 8 7 12 31 46 −15 31
10 FC Augsburg 27 9 4 14 33 50 −17 31
Updated to match(es) played on 22 March 2026. Source: Bundesliga
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.[3]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)

Match details

Bundesliga match details
Round Date Time Opponent Venue Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance League
position		 Ref.
1 23 August 2025 15:30 FC Augsburg Home 1–3 Grifo 58' pen. 33,600 15th [4]
2 31 August 2025 19:30 1. FC Köln Away 1–4 Eggestein 84' 50,000 18th [5]
3 13 September 2025 15:30 VfB Stuttgart Home 3–1 Matanović 81', 90+2' pen., Scherhant 86' 34,700 13th [6]
4 20 September 2025 15:30 Werder Bremen Away 3–0 Grifo 33' pen., Adamu 54', Coulibaly 75' o.g. 40,500 7th [7]
5 28 September 2025 15:30 TSG Hoffenheim Home 1–1 Kübler 3' 33,700 8th [8]
6 5 October 2025 19:30 Borussia Mönchengladbach Away 0–0 44,709 8th [9]
7 19 October 2025 15:30 Eintracht Frankfurt Home 2–2 Scherhant 2', Grifo 87' 34,700 10th [10]
8 26 October 2025 15:30 Bayer Leverkusen Away 0–2 30,210 11th [11]
9 1 November 2025 15:30 Union Berlin Away 0–0 22,012 11th [12]
10 9 November 2025 15:30 FC St. Pauli Home 2–1 Suzuki 40', Eggestein 50' 34,700 10th [13]
11 22 November 2025 15:30 Bayern Munich Away 2–6 Suzuki 12', Manzambi 18' 75,000 11th [14]
12 30 November 2025 19:30 Mainz 05 Home 4–0 Kübler 12', Grifo 26', Manzambi 50', Osterhage 90' 33,200 8th [15]
13 6 December 2025 15:30 1. FC Heidenheim Away 1–2 Manzambi 40' 15,000 9th [16]
14 14 December 2025 15:30 Borussia Dortmund Home 1–1 Höler 75' 34,700 9th [17]
15 20 December 2025 15:30 VfL Wolfsburg Away 4–3 Treu 5', Grifo 56' pen., Seelt 71' o.g., Scherhant 78' 22,045 9th [18]
16 10 January 2026 15:30 Hamburger SV Home 2–1 Grifo 53' pen., Matanović 83' 34,700 8th [19]
17 14 January 2026 20:30 RB Leipzig Away 0–2 30,902 8th [20]
18 18 January 2026 17:30 FC Augsburg Away 2–2 Suzuki 60', Matanović 62' 29,160 8th [21]
19 25 January 2026 17:30 1. FC Köln Home 2–1 Scherhant 11', Matanović 44' 34,700 7th [22]
20 1 February 2026 15:30 VfB Stuttgart Away 0–1 60,000 7th [23]
21 7 February 2026 15:30 Werder Bremen Home 1–0 Beste 13' 34,700 7th [24]
22 14 February 2026 15:30 TSG Hoffenheim Away 0–3 22,679 8th [25]
23 22 February 2026 15:30 Borussia Mönchengladbach Home 2–1 Ginter 38', Matanović 74' 34,700 7th [26]
24 1 March 2026 17:30 Eintracht Frankfurt Away 0–2 59,000 8th [27]
25 7 March 2026 15:30 Bayer Leverkusen Home 3–3 Grifo 34', Suzuki 43', Ginter 86' 34,100 8th [28]
26 15 March 2026 17:30 Union Berlin Home 0–1 33,200 8th [29]
27 22 March 2026 17:30 FC St. Pauli Away 2–1 Matanović 65', 78' 29,546 8th [30]

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2025–26 DFB-Pokal
DFB-Pokal match details
Round Date Time Opponent Venue Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Ref.
First round 16 August 2025 18:00 Sportfreunde Lotte Away 2–0 Dinkçi 43', Höler 69' 6,000 [31]
Second round 29 October 2025 20:45 Fortuna Düsseldorf Away 3–1 Matanović 1', Grifo 6', Scherhant 90+3' 36,112 [32]
Round of 16 3 December 2025 18:00 Darmstadt 98 Home 2–0 Grifo 42' pen., Höler 69' 30,000 [33]
Quarter-final 10 February 2025 20:45 Hertha BSC Away 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)		 Suzuki 96' 56,743 [34]

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Europa League

League phase

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
5 Porto 8 5 2 1 13 7 +6 17[a] Advance to round of 16 (seeded)
6 Braga 8 5 2 1 11 5 +6 17
7 SC Freiburg 8 5 2 1 10 4 +6 17
8 Roma 8 5 1 2 13 6 +7 16
9 Genk 8 5 1 2 11 7 +4 16 Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
Source: UEFA[35]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ Away goals scored: Real Betis 5, Porto 3.
Europa League league phase match details
Round Date Time Opponent Venue Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Ref.
1 24 September 2025 21:00 FC Basel Home 2–1 Osterhage 31', Eggestein 56' 34,300 [36]
2 2 October 2025 18:45 Bologna Away 1–1 Adamu 57' pen. 24,428 [37]
3 23 October 2025 21:00 FC Utrecht Home 2–0 Suzuki 20', Grifo 45' 34,700 [38]
4 6 November 2025 18:45 OGC Nice Away 3–1 Manzambi 29', Grifo 39' pen., Scherhant 42' 15,274 [39]
5 27 November 2025 18:45 Viktoria Plzeň Away 0–0 10,182 [40]
6 11 December 2025 21:00 RB Salzburg Home 1–0 Lienhart 50' 31,100 [41]
7 22 January 2026 18:45 Maccabi Tel Aviv Home 1–0 Matanović 82' 27,600 [42]
8 29 January 2026 21:00 Lille OSC Away 0–1 22,500 [43]

Knockout stage

Europa League knockout stage match details
Round Date Time Opponent Venue Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Ref.
Round of 16, first leg 12 March 2026 21:00 KRC Genk Away 0–1 15,550 [44]
Round of 16, second leg 19 March 2026 18:45 KRC Genk Home 5–1 Ginter 19', Matanović 25', Grifo 53', Suzuki 56', Eggestein 79' 33,000 [45]

Players

Appearances and goals

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
1 July 2025 FW  Cyriaque Irié (CIV) Troyes €8,500,000 [46]
1 July 2025 MF  Yuito Suzuki (JPN) Brøndby IF €8,000,000 [47]
1 July 2025 FW  Derry Scherhant (GER) Hertha BSC €2,000,000 [48]
1 July 2025 DF  Anthony Jung (GER) Werder Bremen Free transfer [49]
1 July 2025 DF  Philipp Treu (GER) FC St. Pauli €5,500,000 [50]
9 July 2025 FW  Igor Matanović (CRO) Eintracht Frankfurt €6,700,000 [51]

Out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
30 June 2025 DF  Manuel Gulde (GER) Retired [52]
1 July 2025 DF  Kenneth Schmidt (GER) Fortuna Düsseldorf Undisclosed [53]
16 July 2025 DF  Kiliann Sildillia (FRA) PSV Eindhoven €5,800,000 [54]
6 August 2025 FW  Ritsu Doan (JPN) Eintracht Frankfurt €21,000,000 [55]
20 August 2025 FW  Michael Gregoritsch (AUT) Brøndby IF Undisclosed [56]

Loans out

Date from Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
1 July 2025 MF  Robert Wagner (GER) Holstein Kiel End of season [57]
8 August 2025 FW  Florent Muslija (KOS) Fortuna Düsseldorf End of season [58]
1 September 2025 MF  Merlin Röhl (GER) Everton End of season [59]
1 September 2025 MF  Noah Weißhaupt (GER) Legia Warsaw End of season [60]

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