# 2020–21 SC Freiburg season

The 2020–21 season was the 122nd season in the existence of SC Freiburg and the club's fifth 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. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 11 January 2021
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 |
| 9 | FW | GER | Lucas Höler |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Baptiste Santamaria |
| 11 | FW | BIH | Ermedin Demirović |
| 14 | MF | NED | Guus Til (on loan from Spartak Moscow) |
| 17 | DF | GER | Lukas Kübler |
| 18 | FW | GER | Nils Petersen |
| 19 | MF | GER | Janik Haberer |
| 21 | GK | GER | Florian Müller (on loan from Mainz 05) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | HUN | Roland Sallai |
| 23 | DF | GER | Dominique Heintz |
| 26 | GK | NED | Mark Flekken |
| 27 | MF | GER | Nicolas Höfler |
| 28 | MF | KOR | Kwon Chang-hoon |
| 29 | MF | KOR | Jeong Woo-yeong |
| 30 | DF | GER | Christian Günter |
| 31 | DF | GER | Keven Schlotterbeck |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Vincenzo Grifo |
| 34 | MF | GER | Lino Tempelmann |
| 36 | MF | GER | Yannik Keitel |
| 40 | GK | GER | Niclas Thiede |

### Players 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 |
| — | DF | GER | Nico Schlotterbeck (at Union Berlin until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ENG | Chima Okoroji (at SC Paderborn 07 until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | GER | Patrick Kammerbauer (at Eintracht Braunschweig until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | AUS | Brandon Borrello (at Fortuna Düsseldorf until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | GER | Florian Kath (at 1. FC Magdeburg until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | GER | Gian-Luca Itter (at Greuther Fürth until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | ALB | Amir Abrashi (at FC Basel until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Ermedin Demirović | Alavés | €3,700,000 | 5 August 2020 |
| GK | Benjamin Uphoff | Karlsruher SC | Free | 5 August 2020 |
| MF | Guus Til | Spartak Moscow | Loan | 3 September 2020 |
| GK | Florian Müller | Mainz 05 | Loan | 15 September 2020 |
| MF | Baptiste Santamaria | Angers | €10,000,000 | 17 September 2020 |

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| DF | Pascal Stenzel | VfB Stuttgart | €1,300,000 | 1 July 2020 |
| MF | Yoric Ravet | Grenoble | Undisclosed | 1 July 2020 |
| MF | Jérôme Gondorf | Karlsruher SC | Undisclosed | 1 July 2020 |
| MF | Mike Frantz | Hannover 96 | Undisclosed | 22 July 2020 |
| DF | Chima Okoroji | SC Paderborn | Loan | 28 July 2020 |
| DF | Nico Schlotterbeck | Union Berlin | Loan | 31 July 2020 |
| GK | Alexander Schwolow | Hertha BSC | €8,000,000 | 4 August 2020 |
| FW | Christoph Daferner | Dynamo Dresden | Undisclosed | 7 August 2020 |
| FW | Luca Waldschmidt | Benfica | €15,000,000 | 14 August 2020 |
| DF | Robin Koch | Leeds United | €13,000,000 | 29 August 2020 |
| FW | Brandon Borrello | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Loan | 1 September 2020 |
| DF | Mohamed Dräger | Olympiacos | €1,000,000 | 27 September 2020 |
| FW | Marco Terrazzino | | Contract termination | 5 October 2020 |
| MF | Florian Kath | 1. FC Magdeburg | Loan | 5 October 2020 |
| GK | Constantin Frommann | | Contract termination | 6 October 2020 |
| DF | Gian-Luca Itter | Greuther Fürth | Loan | 11 January 2021 |
| MF | Amir Abrashi | FC Basel | Loan | 27 January 2021 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### 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 | 19 September 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 52 | 52 | +0 | 035.29 |
| DFB-Pokal | 13 September 2020 | 23 December 2020 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 54 | 54 | +0 | 036.11 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 64 | 56 | +8 | 49 |
| 9 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 56 | 55 | +1 | 45 |
| 10 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 45 |
| 11 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 43 |
| 12 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 39 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 May 2021. 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 | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | L | D | D | L | L | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | D | L |
| Position | 6 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.

### DFB-Pokal
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GER | Benjamin Uphoff | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | GER | Florian Müller | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | NED | Mark Flekken | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | GER | Niclas Thiede | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | AUT | Philipp Lienhart | 36 | 4 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Manuel Gulde | 27 | 2 | 22+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | GER | Lukas Kübler | 20 | 0 | 11+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GER | Dominique Heintz | 23 | 0 | 14+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | GER | Christian Günter | 36 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | GER | Keven Schlotterbeck | 25 | 0 | 18+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | FRA | Jonathan Schmid | 33 | 3 | 27+4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Baptiste Santamaria | 31 | 1 | 28+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | NED | Guus Til | 7 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GER | Janik Haberer | 14 | 0 | 5+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | HUN | Roland Sallai | 29 | 8 | 22+6 | 8 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | GER | Nicolas Höfler | 33 | 1 | 30+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | KOR | Kwon Chang-hoon | 14 | 1 | 1+11 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | KOR | Jeong Woo-yeong | 28 | 4 | 7+19 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Vincenzo Grifo | 33 | 9 | 27+4 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | GER | Lino Tempelmann | 11 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | GER | Yannik Keitel | 13 | 0 | 4+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | GER | Carlo Boukhalfa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | GER | Lucas Höler | 35 | 4 | 22+11 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BIH | Ermedin Demirović | 32 | 5 | 19+11 | 5 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | GER | Nils Petersen | 34 | 8 | 12+20 | 8 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | SUI | Nishan Burkart | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ALB | Amir Abrashi | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | GER | Marco Terrazzino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | TUN | Mohamed Dräger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | GER | Gian-Luca Itter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | GER | Florian Kath | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | GK | GER | Constantin Frommann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos | No. | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | MF | 32 | | Vincenzo Grifo | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | FW | 18 | | Nils Petersen | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | MF | 22 | | Roland Sallai | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | FW | 11 | | Ermedin Demirović | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | DF | 3 | | Philipp Lienhart | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | FW | 9 | | Lucas Höler | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | 29 | | Jeong Woo-yeong | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | 7 | | Jonathan Schmid | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | 30 | | Christian Günter | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | DF | 5 | | Manuel Gulde | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 8 | | Baptiste Santamaria | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 27 | | Nicolas Höfler | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 28 | | Kwon Chang-hoon | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 52 | 2 | 54 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021