SC Freiburg

SC Freiburg

Full name	Sport-Club Freiburg
Nickname(s)	Breisgau-Brasilianer
Founded	30 May 1904
Ground	Badenova-Stadion Freiburg, Germany (Capacity: 25,000)
Chairman	Fritz Keller
Manager	Robin Dutt
League	Bundesliga
2009–10	Bundesliga, 14th
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Sport-Club Freiburg, commonly known as SC Freiburg, is a German football club, based in the city of Freiburg in the Breisgau district of Baden-Württemberg. Volker Finke, who was the club's manager between 1991 and 2007, was the longest-serving manager in the history of professional football in Germany.

History

The club traces its origins to a pair of clubs founded in 1904: Freiburger Fußballverein 04 was organised in March of that year; FC Schwalbe Freiburg just two months later. Both clubs underwent name changes, with Schwalbe becoming FC Mars in 1905, Mars becoming Union Freiburg in 1906, and FV 04 Freiburg becoming Sportverein Freiburg 04 in 1909. Three years later, SV and Union formed Sportclub Freiburg, at the same time incorporating the griffin head.

In 1918, after the devastation of World War I, SC Freiburg entered a temporary arrangement with Freiburger FC to be able to field a full side called 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 with FT 1844 Freiburg in 1938. The club managed to play on highest level from 1928, first in the Bezirksliga Baden, then in the Gauliga Baden, from which they were relegated in 1934.

At the end of World War II, Allied occupation authorities disbanded most existing organizations in Germany, including football and sports clubs. The clubs were permitted to reconstitute themselves after about a year, but were required to take on new names in an attempt to disassociate them from the so-recent Nazi past. SC Freiburg was therefore briefly known as VfL Freiburg. By 1950, French-occupation authorities had let up enough to allow the clubs to reclaim their old identities. Finally, in 1952, SC Freiburg left FT Freiburg behind again.

To this point, the history of the club had been characterised by only modest success. Through the 1930s, SC Freiburg played in the Berzirkliga (II), with the occasional turn in the Gauliga Baden (I), and captured a handful of local titles. After World War II, they picked up where they left off, playing in the Amateurliga Südbaden (III).

While only a small club, SC Freiburg became known for the fight and team spirit in their play. This led them to the 2.Bundesliga in 1978-79 where they played for a decade-and-a-half before making the breakthrough to the Bundesliga in 1993-94 under the management of Volker Finke. In their first Bundesliga season Freiburg narrowly avoided relegation. They made an exciting run in their second season at the top level, finishing third, just three points behind champions Borussia Dortmund. It was at this time that they were first nicknamed Breisgau-Brasilianer (literally Breisgau-Brazilians) due to their attractive style of play.

The club's greatest success was reaching the UEFA Cup in 1995 and 2001.

SC Freiburg's first Bundesliga relegation was in 1997, after they finished in 17th position. While they have been relegated three times since first making the Bundesliga, they have twice managed to win immediate promotion back to the top league - but failed to do that in the most recent season, 2005-06. It was the first time since 1992 that Freiburg was playing in the 2. Bundesliga for two consecutive seasons.

Freiburg finished the 2006-07 season in fourth place in the 2nd Bundesliga, missing out on the third automatic-promotion spot on goal difference to MSV Duisburg. They won twelve of their last sixteen league games. They were knocked out of the German Cup in the second round by VfL Wolfsburg on October 24, 2006.

On May 20, 2007, Volker Finke resigned as the club's coach after sixteen years in the job. He was succeeded by Robin Dutt.

On May 10, 2009, SC Freiburg managed to secure promotion into the Bundesliga once again, beating TUS Koblenz in an away game 5-2.

Honours

League

• 2. Bundesliga champions: 1993, 2003, 2009
• Amateurliga Südbaden champions: 1965, 1968, 1978

Cup

• South Baden Cup winners: 1975, 1978

International Tournaments

• Ciudad de Cartagena Trophy champions: 1995

Reserve team

• Oberliga Baden-Württemberg champions: 2008
• Verbandsliga Südbaden champions: 1998
• South Baden Cup winners: 2001

Youth

• German Under 19 champions: 2008
• Under 19 Bundesliga South/Southwest champions: 2006, 2009

Players

See also List of SC Freiburg players

For recent transfers, see List of German football transfers summer 2010 and List of German football transfers winter 2009–10.

Current squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Simon Pouplin 2 DF Pavel Krmaš 3 MF Felix Bastians 5 DF Heiko Butscher (captain) 7 MF Cedric Makiadi 8 MF Jan Rosenthal 9 FW Papiss Cissé 10 MF Maximilian Nicu 11 FW Jonathan Jäger 13 FW Tommy Bechmann 14 MF Zvonko Pamić (on loan from Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 15 DF Oliver Barth 16 FW Felix Roth 17 MF Alain Junior Ollé Ollé

No. Position Player 18 MF Johannes Flum 19 FW Andreas Glockner 20 MF Ivica Banović 22 FW Kisho Yano 23 MF Julian Schuster 24 DF Mensur Mujdža 26 GK Manuel Salz 27 FW Stefan Reisinger 28 DF Daniel Williams 34 FW Squipon Bektasi 37 GK Oliver Baumann 38 DF Ömer Toprak 40 MF Daniel Caligiuri TBA GK Michael Müller

SC Freiburg II squad

As of 22 May 2009

Manager: Marcus Sorg

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

No. Position Player GK Michael Müller GK Jürgen Rittenauer GK Dominik Wohlfarth DF Sandrino Braun DF Thomas Fuhrler DF Immanuel Höhn DF Dennis Klossek DF Daniel Sereinig DF Michael Schlegel DF Timo Scherer MF Michele Borrozzino MF Fabio Dell'Era

No. Position Player MF Gabriel Gallus MF Marc Lais MF Maximilian Mehring MF Alexandre Maisonneuve MF Erich Sautner MF Uwe Zangl FW Mounir Bouziane FW Florian Hornig FW Idir Mokrani FW Ben Sangaré FW Rahman Soyudogru FW Timo Waslikowski

Managers past and present

Women's section

Recent seasons

SC Freiburg

SC Freiburg II

Notable chairmen

• Achim Stocker † (1972-2009)

External links

• Official website (German)
• Abseits Guide to German Soccer