# 2022–23 SC Freiburg season

The 2022–23 season was the 124th season in the existence of SC Freiburg and the club's seventh consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, SC Freiburg participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

## Players

    As of 14 January 2023.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Benjamin Uphoff |
| 3 | DF | AUT | Philipp Lienhart |
| 5 | DF | GER | Manuel Gulde |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Jonathan Schmid |
| 8 | MF | GER | Maximilian Eggestein |
| 9 | FW | GER | Lucas Höler |
| 11 | MF | GHA | Daniel-Kofi Kyereh |
| 14 | MF | GER | Yannik Keitel |
| 17 | DF | GER | Lukas Kübler |
| 18 | FW | GER | Nils Petersen (vice-captain) |
| 21 | GK | GER | Noah Atubolu |
| 22 | MF | HUN | Roland Sallai |
| 23 | MF | GER | Robert Wagner |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | DF | GER | Kimberly Ezekwem |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Kiliann Sildillia |
| 26 | GK | NED | Mark Flekken |
| 27 | MF | GER | Nicolas Höfler |
| 28 | DF | GER | Matthias Ginter |
| 29 | MF | KOR | Jeong Woo-yeong |
| 30 | DF | GER | Christian Günter (captain) |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Vincenzo Grifo (3rd captain) |
| 33 | MF | GER | Noah Weißhaupt |
| 34 | MF | GER | Merlin Röhl |
| 38 | FW | AUT | Michael Gregoritsch |
| 42 | MF | JPN | Ritsu Dōan |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | BEL | Hugo Siquet (at Cercle Brugge until 30 June 2023) |
| 20 | FW | GER | Kevin Schade (at Brentford until 30 June 2023) |
| 31 | DF | GER | Keven Schlotterbeck (at VfL Bochum until 30 June 2023) |
| 45 | FW | SUI | Nishan Burkart (at FC Winterthur until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Matthias Ginter | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| FW | Daniel-Kofi Kyereh | FC St. Pauli | €4,500,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| FW | Ritsu Dōan | PSV Eindhoven | €8,500,000 | 5 July 2022 |
| FW | Michael Gregoritsch | FC Augsburg | Free | 8 July 2022 |
| MF | Merlin Röhl | FC Ingolstadt | €1,200,000 | 17 August 2022 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Janik Haberer | Union Berlin | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Gian-Luca Itter | Greuther Fürth | €300,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Nico Schlotterbeck | Borussia Dortmund | €20,000,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| GK | Niclas Thiede | SC Verl | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| FW | Ermedin Demirović | FC Augsburg | Free | 8 July 2022 |
| FW | Nishan Burkart | FC Winterthur | Loan | 31 August 2022 |
| DF | Keven Schlotterbeck | VfL Bochum | Loan | 2 January 2023 |
| FW | Kevin Schade | Brentford | Loan | 4 January 2023 |
| DF | Hugo Siquet | Cercle Brugge | Loan | 14 January 2023 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 | 6 August 2022 | 27 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 51 | 44 | +7 | 050.00 |
| DFB-Pokal | 31 July 2022 | 2 May 2023 | First round | Semi-finals | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 080.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 8 September 2022 | 16 March 2023 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 47 | 25 | 10 | 12 | 73 | 58 | +15 | 053.19 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 64 | 41 | +23 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Union Berlin | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 62 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 5 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 51 | 44 | +7 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 58 | 52 | +6 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round |
* 1 2 Since the 2022–23 DFB-Pokal winners, RB Leipzig, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: DFB

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FRE | NAN | QRB | OLY |
| 1 | SC Freiburg | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 14 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Nantes | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 9 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 0–4 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Qarabağ | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 8 | Transfer to Europa Conference League | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Olympiacos | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 2 | | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 24 February 2023.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GER | Benjamin Uphoff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | GER | Noah Atubolu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | NED | Mark Flekken | 44 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | AUT | Philipp Lienhart | 39 | 2 | 27+2 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Manuel Gulde | 18 | 1 | 8+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | GER | Lukas Kübler | 33 | 4 | 19+3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4+3 | 2 |
| 24 | DF | GER | Kimberly Ezekwem | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Kiliann Sildillia | 38 | 0 | 23+4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | GER | Matthias Ginter | 47 | 5 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | GER | Christian Günter | 46 | 1 | 31+2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | GER | Kenneth Schmidt | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | FRA | Jonathan Schmid | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Maximilian Eggestein | 43 | 1 | 27+4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | GHA | Daniel-Kofi Kyereh | 18 | 3 | 7+5 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | GER | Yannik Keitel | 31 | 0 | 8+14 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | HUN | Roland Sallai | 26 | 2 | 10+9 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Robert Wagner | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | GER | Nicolas Höfler | 44 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | KOR | Jeong Woo-yeong | 34 | 2 | 4+22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Vincenzo Grifo | 46 | 17 | 30+3 | 15 | 3+2 | 0 | 6+2 | 2 |
| 33 | MF | GER | Noah Weisshaupt | 27 | 0 | 3+15 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | GER | Merlin Röhl | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | JPN | Ritsu Dōan | 45 | 7 | 30+3 | 5 | 4+1 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | GER | Lucas Höler | 32 | 6 | 16+10 | 5 | 2+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | GER | Nils Petersen | 38 | 3 | 0+27 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 | 3+4 | 1 |
| 38 | FW | AUT | Michael Gregoritsch | 42 | 15 | 27+3 | 10 | 4+1 | 2 | 4+3 | 3 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BEL | Hugo Siquet | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | GER | Kevin Schade | 12 | 2 | 1+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 |
| 31 | DF | GER | Keven Schlotterbeck | 5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | SUI | Nishan Burkart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 27 May 2023 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos. | No. | Nat. | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | UEFA EL | Total |
| 1 | MF | 32 | | Vincenzo Grifo | 12 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | FW | 38 | | Michael Gregoritsch | 8 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | DF | 17 | | Lukas Kübler | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | DF | 28 | | Matthias Ginter | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | 42 | | Ritsu Dōan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | FW | 9 | | Lucas Höler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 11 | | Daniel-Kofi Kyereh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | 3 | | Philipp Lienhart | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | 18 | | Nils Petersen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | 20 | | Kevin Schade | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 29 | | Jeong Woo-yeong | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | 22 | | Roland Sallai | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 27 | | Nicolas Höfler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 35 | 6 | 13 | 54 |
Last updated: 26 February 2023