First team

Christian Streich’s 400th game in charge of SC Freiburg saw his side fight out a 1-0 win in the Baden-Württemberg derby away at VfB Stuttgart. Vincenzo Grifo scored the only goal of the game on 11 minutes.

The recent battles show that Freiburg have the edge against VfB Stuttgart as we look ahead to Saturday’s clash (15:30).

SC Freiburg have signed 20-year-old Merlin Röhl from FC Ingolstadt. The midfielder will wear the number 34 shirt.

Despite a fine performance from SC Freiburg against Borussia Dortmund on Friday night, the away side scored three goals in the final 15 minutes to secure the points.

On the day before the first home game of the season, Christian Streich was presented with the trophy for ‘Coach of the Year 2022’ by kicker editor in chief Rainer Franzke.

A full house, an exciting opponent and anticipation for a homecoming: Freiburg’s match against Borussia Dortmund (20:30 CEST) is perfectly poised.

SC Freiburg opened the 2022/23 Bundesliga season with a 4-0 win in Augsburg. SC scored four times after the break, with Michael Gregoritsch (46’), Vincenzo Grifo (48’), Matthias Ginter (61’) and Ritsu Doan (78’) all getting on the scoresheet.

On Saturday Freiburg begin their Bundesliga season with an away game against Augsburg (15:30 CEST).

Freiburg battled from behind to beat Kaiserslautern 2-1 (a.e.t.) in the first round of the DFB-Pokal. Late goals from Rolland Sallai (82‘) and Ritsu Doan (111’) prevented an upset at the Fritz-Walter-Stadion.

In the first round of the cup, SC Freiburg will face second-division side 1. FC Kaiserslautern away from home (Sunday, 15:30 CEST).