2014–15 SC Freiburg season

SC Freiburg finished the previous season in 14th place, two spots above the relegation zone, ensuring that they would participate in this season's Bundesliga. Freiburg advanced to the third round in the previous season, having lost to Bayer Leverkusen. In the previous season, Freiburg was unable to qualify for Europe, having been lower in the table. In the previous season's UEFA Europa League, Freiburg finished third in Group H, having been three points short of second-placed Slovan Liberec.

SC Freiburg's pre-season training officially started on 25 June 2014.

In Freiburg's first pre-season friendly of the year, they faced Freiburger Regio-Auswahl on 28 June 2014. The match ended in a 5–0 win for Freiburg. Vladimír Darida opened the scoring for Freiburg in the 13th minute. Sebastian Freis then scored in the 24th minute, with another goal in the 27th minute from Philipp Zulechner to give Freiburg a three-point lead going into half-time. Maximilian Philipp then scored in the 51st minute, and Philipp Zulechner completed a brace in the 68th minute to secure a win for Freiburg. The match ended in the 70th minute due to a thunderstorm.

The second pre-season friendly was against FV Tennenbronn on 2 July 2014. The match ended with a 14–0 win for SC Freiburg. Oliver Sorg was the first to score in the 15th minute, followed by goals from Caleb Stanko in the 28th minute, Philipp Zulechner in the 32nd minute, Felix Klaus in the 40th minute, and Sebastian Freis in the 43rd minute to give SC Freiburg a five-point lead at halftime. Karim Guédé then converted from the penalty spot in the 47th minute, followed a brace from Jonathan Schmid in the 53rd and 58th minutes. Nicolas Höfler then scored in the 59th minute, followed another brace from Vladimír Darida in the 61st and 71st minutes. In between, Sebastian Kerk scored his first goal in the 63rd minute, and then completed a hat-trick with additional goals in the 87th and 90th minutes.

The next friendly match SC Freiburg played was against Swiss team FC Winterthur on 5 July 2014. The match ended in a 6–3 win to SC Freiburg. Kristian Kuzmanović scored the first goal in the 9th minute to give his side the lead. SC Freiburg equalized after a goal from Fallou Diagne in the 15th minute, and subsequently gained the lead by a goal from Vladimír Darida in the 20th minute. Antonio Marchesano scored a goal for FC Winterthur in the 29th minute to put the game level at two. In the 31st minute, Sebastian Kerk converted a penalty to regain the lead for SC Freiburg. Mike Frantz completed a brace with goals in the 60th and 74th minute to secure a win for SC Freiburg. Tim Schraml scored in between these goals in the 65th minute.

On 8 July 2014, SC Freiburg faced German club SV Endingen. The match ended in a 0–3 win. Felix Klaus scored the opening goal in the match in the seventh minute. Additional goals from Karim Guédé in the 55th minute and Jonathan Schmid in the 86th minute secured the win.

On 18 July 2014, SC Freiburg played their next pre-season friendly against 2. Bundesliga side VfR Aalen. The match ended in a 1–1 draw. Nejmeddin Daghfous opened the scoring for his side in the 71st minute. SC Freiburg replied with an equalizer in the 82nd minute by Pavel Krmaš to end the match in a draw.

In their third pre-season match, SC Freiburg faced Swiss club FC St. Gallen on 22 July 2014. The match ended in a 1–0 win for SC Freiburg. The only goal of the match came from Charles-Elie Laprevotte in the 9th minute.

Four days later, on 26 July 2014, SC Freiburg faced Torpedo Moscow, a Russian team. The match ended in a 0–2 loss. Dmitry Aydov opened the scoring in the 44th minute from a penalty to give his side the lead before halftime. He then completed a brace by scoring a goal in the 55th minute to give his side the win.

On 1 August 2014, SC Freiburg faced fellow city team and Oberliga Baden-Württemberg side Freiburger FC in the semi-finals of the yearly friendly tournament, the Kaiserstuhl Cup. This was the 30th annual pre-season cup. The match ended in a 2–0 win, with goals coming on either side of the half. Denis Perger scored a goal in the 39th minute giving his side a 1-point lead going into halftime. Then, late in the game, Sebastian Freis scored a goal in the 90th minute to put his team up by 2 and secured the win, advancing SC Freiburg to the final.

On 2 August 2014, SC Freiburg faced French team Rennes in the final of the Kaiserstuhl Cup. The match ended in a 1–3 loss. Goals came early for the French opposition. Mexer opened the scoring in the sixth minute, followed by a brace by Paul-Georges Ntep in the 10th and 18th minutes. Felix Klaus put his side on the scoresheet before halftime, in the 44th minute. This was only a consolation goal through, and Rennes won the match, leaving SC Freiburg as runners-up in the Kaiserstuhl Cup.

On 9 August 2014, SC Freiburg played their last pre-season friendly of the year against English club Stoke City. The match ended in a 1–1 draw. Pavel Krmaš opened the scoring in the second minute to give SC Freiburg an early lead. Mame Biram Diouf equalized for his team in the 39th minute, which was the final goal of the match.

SC Freiburg were drawn against Eintracht Trier in the first round of the DFB-Pokal. The match took place on 17 August 2015. The match ended in a 2–0 win. The opposition gathered a total of seven yellow cards during the match. Julian Schuster opened the scoring for SC Freiburg in the 51st minute from a penalty. Then Karim Guédé scored a goal in the 68th minute insuring SC Freiburg would advance to the second round of the DFB-Pokal with the away win.

The opening match of SC Freiburg's Bundesliga campaign was against Eintracht Frankfurt on matchday 1. The match took place on 23 August 2014, and ended in a 0–1 loss. Haris Seferović scored the only goal of the match for their side. With the away loss SC Freiburg ended the matchday in 16th place.

On matchday 2, on 31 August 2014, SC Freiburg faced Borussia Mönchengladbach, who were sitting at 10th in the league table.[4] The match ended in a 0–0 draw. Admir Mehmedi had a chance to put SC Freiburg up from the penalty spot, but failed to convert SC Freiburg's best opportunity in the 63rd minute. With the home draw, SC Freiburg ended the matchday in 14th place. After this match, the international break started.

During the international break, SC Freiburg scheduled a friendly with 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Kaiserslautern. The match took place on 5 September 2014, and ended in a 0–4 loss. Karim Matmour opened the scoring in the eighth minute, and ended up with a brace with another goal in the 23rd minute. Between these goals, Marcel Gaus put his side up by two. Sebastian Jacob rounded off the scoring with a goal in the 71st minute, securing a win for his side.

During the second international break, SC Freiburg scheduled another friendly against Swiss club Young Boys. The match took place on 10 October 2014, and ended in a 2–1 win. Adrian Nikçi opened the scoring for his side in the 57th minute, but SC Freiburg came back to win with goals by Sebastian Freis in the 71st minute and Jonathan Schmid in the 79th minute. The match was cut short in the 80th minute, after there was a floodlight failure.

During the third international break, SC Freiburg faced Swiss club FC Aarau on 13 November 2014. The match ended in a 3–1 win for SC Freiburg. Dani Schahin opened the scoring for Freiburg in the 24th minute. Marvin Spielmann then equalized for Aarau in the 72nd minute. Then Sebastian Freis scored five minutes later in the 77th minute, and Christos Almpanis scored in the 79th minute to insure the victory for Freiburg.

During the winter break, Freiburg scheduled numerous friendlies as they traveled to Spain. On 14 January 2015, Freiburg were scheduled to play two friendly matches. The first was scheduled to be against the Ghana national team, but Ghana cancelled the friendly due to worries about further injuries that could hinder their chances in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. Instead, Freiburg faced Albanian team Skënderbeu Korçë. The match ended in a 0–1 loss after Gerhard Progni put his side ahead in the 22nd minute.

The next winter friendly Freiburg played was later that day against fellow Bundesliga club Mainz 05. The result was a 1–0 win with a goal from Sascha Riether in the 30th minute.

Another two additional matches were played on 18 January 2015. The first was against German 3. Liga team Preußen Münster. The match ended in a 4–1 win to Freiburg. Youth team player Florian Kath scored the opening goal in the 5th minute. In the 12th minute, a Preußen Münster defender scored an own goal to double the lead for Freiburg. Jonathan Schmid put another goal back for Freiburg to make the lead three. After half-time, Amaury Bischoff converted a penalty to get his team on the board. Freiburg put another goal back in the 54th minute to wrap up the game.

Later that day, Freiburg played another winter friendly against 3. Liga club Karlsruher SC. The match ended in a 0–5 loss. Park Jung-bin opened the score for Karlsruhe, then Rouwen Hennings scored a goal in the 31st minute to give his side a two-point lead at half-time. In the second half, Iliyan Mitsanski completed a brace in the 49th and 77th minutes, with a goal from Daniel Gordon in between in the 66th minute to wrap up a win for their side. This was Freiburg's last match in Spain.

On 24 January 2015, Freiburg faced Swiss club Basel in their final winter friendly. The match ended in a 0–2 loss. Marco Streller opened the scoring for Basel in the 32nd minute, and Mohamed Elneny doubled it in the 40th minute to secure the win for their side.

The Bundesliga season resumed on 31 January 2015 on matchday 18 against Eintracht Frankfurt. Freiburg won 4–1, one of their largest wins of the season. Freiburg went down a goal after Marco Russ scored a goal in the 1st minute. Freiburg equalized with a penalty taken by Vladimír Darida in the 61st minute. In his league debut versus Eintracht Frankfurt, Nils Petersen scored a hat-trick, despite just coming on as a substitute for the second half. His goals came in the 63rd, 69th and 88th minute, securing the win for Freiburg. With the home win, Freiburg ended the matchday in 14th place.

On 2 May 2015, matchday 31 of the Bundesliga, Freiburg faced SC Paderborn at home, who were sitting 17th in the table.[4] Freiburg lost 1–2. Nils Petersen was the first to score in the match, giving Freiburg a lead in the 40th minute. Lukas Rupp equalized for Paderborn in the 70th minute, and completed a brace with another goal in the 80th minute, giving his side the win. Freiburg ended the match in 16th place.

On 8 May 2015, a Friday match, matchday 32 of the Bundesliga, Freiburg faced Hamburger SV away, who were sitting 14th in the table.[4] The match drew 1–1. Admir Mehmedi put Freiburg up in the 25th minute. The score held until the 90th minute, when Gojko Kačar scored a late equalizer for Hamburg to end the match with a draw. Freiburg ended the match in 15th place.

On 16 May 2015, Freiburg were up against Bayern Munich.[4] FC Bayern Munich were 1st in the table, and had already won the Bundesliga.[4] Freiburg had not beaten Bayern in over 19 years. The match ended in a 2–1 win for Freiburg, their first win in the last six matches. Bastian Schweinsteiger scored for Bayern in the 13th minute. Freiburg responded with an equalizer in the 33rd minute by Mehmedi. The game remained level until the 89th minute, when Nils Petersen, a former Bayern player, gave Freiburg a late winner, continuing Bayern's Bundesliga losing streak with three in a row. Freiburg were in 14th place at the end of the matchday, still in a battle to avoid relegation with five other teams. Freiburg would be safe if they at least draw their next match. They would be in the relegation play-off spot if they lose, VfB Stuttgart wins, and Hamburger SV fail to win. They would be relegated if they lost and VfB Stuttgart and Hamburger SV failed won.

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
1	GK		Roman Bürki	23	Non-EU	Grasshopper Club Zürich	Transfer	Summer	2018	€ 1.8M	Soccerway
3	DF		Marc Torrejón	28	EU	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Transfer	Summer	2017	€ 1.2M	Soccerway
5	DF		Christopher Jullien	21	EU	SC Freiburg II	Promoted	Winter	2017	Youth system	Soccerway
8	MF		Mike Frantz	27	EU	1. FC Nürnberg	Transfer	Summer	2018	€ 1M	Soccerway
11	FW		Dani Schahin	25	EU	Mainz 05	Loan	Summer	2015	Free	Soccerway
14	FW		Admir Mehmedi	23	Non-EU	Dynamo Kyiv	Transfer	Summer	2019	€ 4M	Soccerway
15	DF		Stefan Mitrović	24	Non-EU	Benfica	Transfer	Summer	2018	€ 1.5M	Soccerway
16	MF		Mats Møller Dæhli	19	Non-EU	Cardiff City	Transfer	Winter	2018	€ 1.5M	Soccerway
18	FW		Nils Petersen	26	EU	Werder Bremen	Loan	Winter	2015	€ 0.2M	Soccerway
20	DF		Marc-Oliver Kempf	19	EU	Eintracht Frankfurt	Transfer	Summer	2018	€ 0.8M	Soccerway
21	GK		Sebastian Mielitz	24	EU	Werder Bremen	Transfer	Summer	2017	Free	Soccerway
22	DF		Sascha Riether	31	EU	Fulham	Transfer	Summer	2017	€ 0.35M	Soccerway
26	MF		Maximilian Philipp	20	EU	SC Freiburg II	Promoted	Summer	2017	Youth system	Soccerway
33	MF		Caleb Stanko	20	Non-EU	SC Freiburg II	Promoted	Summer	2017	Youth system	Soccerway
[lower-alpha 8]	DF		Denis Perger	21	EU	Wehen Wiesbaden	Loan return	Summer	2014	Free	Soccerway

Last updated: 1 January 2015

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
1	GK		Oliver Baumann	24	EU	1899 Hoffenheim	Transfer	Summer	€ 5.5M	Soccerway
3	DF		Fallou Diagne	25	Non-EU	Rennes	Transfer	Summer	€ 1.5M	Soccerway
4	MF		Gélson Fernandes	27	Non-EU	Rennes	Transfer	Summer	€ 1.6M	Soccerway
5	DF		Christopher Jullien	21	EU	SC Freiburg II	Demoted	Summer	Youth system	Soccerway
6	DF		Vegar Eggen Hedenstad	23	Non-EU	Eintracht Braunschweig	Loan	Summer	Free	Soccerway
8	MF		Václav Pilař	25	EU	VfL Wolfsburg	End of loan	Summer	Free	Soccerway
9	FW		Mike Hanke	30	EU	Guizhou Renhe F.C.	Transfer	Summer	Free	Soccerway
11	MF		Hendrick Zuck	23	EU	Eintracht Braunschweig	Loan	Summer	Free	Soccerway
14	FW		Admir Mehmedi	23	Non-EU	Dynamo Kyiv	End of loan	Summer	Free	Soccerway
15	FW		Philipp Zulechner	24	EU	Austria Wien	Loan	Winter	Free	Soccerway
20	MF		Francis Coquelin	23	EU	Arsenal	End of loan	Summer	Free	Soccerway
21	GK		Alexander Schwolow	22	EU	Arminia Bielefeld	Loan	Summer	Free	Soccerway
22	FW		Marco Terrazzino	23	EU	VfL Bochum	Transfer	Summer	Free	Soccerway
28	MF		Matthias Ginter	20	EU	Borussia Dortmund	Transfer	Summer	€ 10M	Soccerway
35	FW		Sebastian Freis	19	EU	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Transfer	Winter	Free	Soccerway
37	MF		Sebastian Kerk	20	EU	1. FC Nürnberg	Loan	Winter	Free	Soccerway
[lower-alpha 8]	DF		Denis Perger	21	EU	SC Freiburg II	Demoted	Summer	Youth system	Soccerway

Last updated: 15 January 2015

N	P	Nat.	Name	Bundesliga			DFB-Pokal			Total			Notes
1	GK		Roman Bürki	2						2
2	DF		Pavel Krmaš	5	1		1			6	1		Banned for two matches during the season.
3	DF		Marc Torrejón	3		1	1			4		1	Banned for three matches during the season.
7	MF		Vladimír Darida	3		1				3		1	Banned for one match during the season.
8	MF		Mike Frantz	3						3
11	FW		Dani Schahin	1			1			2
14	FW		Admir Mehmedi	3						3
15	DF		Stefan Mitrović	1		1	1			2		1	Banned for two matches during the season.
17	MF		Jonathan Schmid	2						2
20	DF		Marc-Oliver Kempf	3						3
22	DF		Sascha Riether	3						3
23	MF		Julian Schuster	7			1			8			Banned for one match during the season.
24	DF		Mensur Mujdža	1			1			2
25	DF		Oliver Sorg	3			1			4
26	MF		Maximilian Philipp	4						4
27	MF		Nicolas Höfler	2						2
30	DF		Christian Günter	4						4
31	MF		Karim Guédé	3						3			Banned for two matches during the season.
36	MF		Felix Klaus	5						5			Banned for one match during the season.
Players who left during the season
[lower-alpha 10]	FW		Philipp Zulechner[lower-alpha 11]	1						1
[lower-alpha 12]	FW		Sebastian Freis[lower-alpha 13]	1						1
[lower-alpha 14]	MF		Sebastian Kerk[lower-alpha 11]	1						1

Last updated: 16 May 2015
Source: Competitions
Ordered by squad number.
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Updated to match played 16 May 2015
Source: Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Eintracht Frankfurt v SC Freiburg

23 August 2014 (2014-08-23) 1	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	SC Freiburg	Frankfurt
15:30 CEST	Seferović  15' Ignjovski  75'	Report	Schuster  44' Klaus  64' Günter  78'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 46,200 Referee: Florian Meyer

SC Freiburg v Borussia Mönchengladbach

31 August 2014 (2014-08-31) 2	SC Freiburg	0–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Freiburg im Breisgau
17:30 CEST	Schahin  10'	Report	Jantschke  76' Korb  90'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

Borussia Dortmund v SC Freiburg

13 September 2014 (2014-09-13) 3	Borussia Dortmund	3–1	SC Freiburg	Dortmund
15:30 CEST	Papastathopoulos  19' Ramos  34' Kagawa  41' Aubameyang  78'	Report	Kempf  59' Krmaš  84' Frantz  85' Zulechner  87' Sorg  90'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 80,200 Referee: Bastian Dankert

SC Freiburg v Hertha BSC

19 September 2014 (2014-09-19) 4	SC Freiburg	2–2	Hertha BSC	Freiburg im Breisgau
20:30 CEST	Kempf  30' Klaus  79'	Report	Ronny  26',  36', 90+6' Brooks  51' Stocker  70' Hegeler  82' Schulz  90+2'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 23,600 Referee: Florian Meyer

1899 Hoffenheim v SC Freiburg

23 September 2014 (2014-09-23) 5	1899 Hoffenheim	3–3	SC Freiburg	Sinsheim
20:00 CEST	Elyounoussi  40' Beck  56' Rudy  64',  90' Strobl  75' Vestergaard  90+3'	Report	Frantz  32', 33' Klaus  54' Mujdža  56' Schuster  60' Darida  75' (pen.),  81'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 24,872 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

SC Freiburg v Bayer Leverkusen

27 September 2014 (2014-09-27) 6	SC Freiburg	0–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Freiburg im Breisgau
17:30 CEST	Krmaš  40'  78' Schuster  57' Sorg  90'	Report	Spahić  8'  28' Çalhanoğlu  21' Son  36' Jedvaj  45+1' Bellarabi  90+1'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Felix Brych

Werder Bremen v SC Freiburg

4 October 2014 (2014-10-04) 7	Werder Bremen	1–1	SC Freiburg	Bremen
15:30 CEST	Di Santo  31'	Report	Darida  8' (pen.),  70'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,029 Referee: Knut Kircher

SC Freiburg v VfL Wolfsburg

18 October 2014 (2014-10-18) 8	SC Freiburg	1–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Freiburg im Breisgau
15:30 CEST	Kerk  90+1' Sorg  90+3'	Report	Caligiuri  8', 66' Naldo  33'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Christian Dingert

FC Augsburg v SC Freiburg

25 October 2014 (2014-10-25) 9	FC Augsburg	2–0	SC Freiburg	Augsburg
15:30 CEST	Verhaegh  11' (pen.),  25' Callsen-Bracker  38' Altıntop  66' Baier  90+2'	Report	Krmaš  10'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 28,324 Referee: Marco Fritz

1. FC Köln v SC Freiburg

2 November 2014 (2014-11-02) 10	1. FC Köln	0–1	SC Freiburg	Cologne
17:30 CET	Vogt  77'	Report	Kerk  25' Darida  50' (pen.),  72' Bürki  89'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 49,500 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

SC Freiburg v Schalke 04

8 November 2014 (2014-11-08) 11	SC Freiburg	2–0	Schalke 04	Freiburg im Breisgau
15:30 CET	Günter  22' Freis  42' Schmid  68'	Report	Aogo  37' Höwedes  56' Boateng  65'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Mainz 05 v SC Freiburg

22 November 2014 (2014-11-22) 12	Mainz 05	2–2	SC Freiburg	Mainz
15:30 CET	Díaz  27' Bell  88'	Report	Schmid  30' Mehmedi  58' Klaus  73'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 28,157 Referee: Daniel Siebert