# 2017–18 SC Freiburg season

The 2017–18 SC Freiburg season is the 114th season in the football club's history and 2nd consecutive and 18th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2016. In addition to the domestic league, SC Freiburg also are participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and the second-tier continental cup, the UEFA Europa League. This is the 63rd season for Freiburg in the Schwarzwald-Stadion, located in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 30 January 2018
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 | Alexander Schwolow |
| 2 | DF | SRB | Aleksandar Ignjovski |
| 3 | DF | AUT | Philipp Lienhart (on loan from Real Madrid) |
| 4 | DF | TUR | Çağlar Söyüncü |
| 5 | DF | GER | Manuel Gulde |
| 6 | MF | ALB | Amir Abrashi |
| 7 | FW | GER | Florian Niederlechner |
| 8 | MF | GER | Mike Frantz |
| 9 | FW | GER | Lucas Höler |
| 13 | MF | GER | Marco Terrazzino |
| 14 | DF | GER | Patrick Kammerbauer |
| 15 | DF | GER | Pascal Stenzel |
| 16 | MF | FRA | Yoric Ravet |
| 17 | DF | GER | Lukas Kübler |
| 18 | FW | GER | Nils Petersen |
| 19 | MF | GER | Janik Haberer |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | GER | Marc-Oliver Kempf |
| 21 | GK | GER | Patric Klandt |
| 22 | MF | SUI | Vincent Sierro |
| 23 | MF | GER | Julian Schuster (captain) |
| 24 | DF | GER | Georg Niedermeier |
| 25 | DF | GER | Robin Koch |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Gaëtan Bussmann (on loan from Mainz 05) |
| 27 | MF | GER | Nicolas Höfler |
| 28 | MF | GER | Jonas Meffert |
| 30 | DF | GER | Christian Günter |
| 31 | MF | SVK | Karim Guédé |
| 32 | MF | POL | Bartosz Kapustka (on loan from Leicester City) |
| 33 | MF | USA | Caleb Stanko |
| 34 | FW | GER | Tim Kleindienst |
| 38 | DF | GER | Florian Kath |
| 44 | GK | POL | Rafał Gikiewicz |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bundesliga | 20 August 2017 | 12 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 56 | −24 | 023.53 |
| DFB-Pokal | 12 August 2017 | 20 December 2017 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Europa League | 27 July 2017 | 3 August 2017 | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 40 | 63 | −23 | 028.21 |
Last updated: 21 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 13 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 39 | |
| 14 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 36 | |
| 15 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 56 | −24 | 36 | |
| 16 | VfL Wolfsburg (O) | 34 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 33 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Hamburger SV (R) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 53 | −24 | 31 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 21 May 2018. Source: Bundesliga

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | D | D | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 9 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 |