# 2023–24 SC Freiburg season

The 2023–24 season was SC Freiburg's 120th season in existence and eighth consecutive season in the Bundesliga. They also competed in the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Europa League.
On 17 March 2024, Christian Streich announced that this would be his last season at the helm, ending an era that lasted twelve years.

## Players

    As of 24 January 2024.
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 | Noah Atubolu |
| 3 | DF | AUT | Philipp Lienhart |
| 4 | DF | GER | Kenneth Schmidt |
| 5 | DF | GER | Manuel Gulde |
| 6 | DF | HUN | Attila Szalai (on loan from TSG Hoffenheim) |
| 7 | MF | GER | Noah Weißhaupt |
| 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 |
| 20 | FW | AUT | Junior Adamu |
| 21 | GK | GER | Florian Müller |
| 22 | MF | HUN | Roland Sallai |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | KOS | Florent Muslija |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Kiliann Sildillia |
| 26 | FW | GER | Maximilian Philipp (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg) |
| 27 | MF | GER | Nicolas Höfler |
| 28 | DF | GER | Matthias Ginter |
| 30 | DF | GER | Christian Günter (captain) |
| 31 | GK | GER | Benjamin Uphoff |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Vincenzo Grifo (vice-captain) |
| 33 | DF | FRA | Jordy Makengo |
| 34 | MF | GER | Merlin Röhl |
| 37 | DF | GER | Max Rosenfelder |
| 38 | FW | AUT | Michael Gregoritsch |
| 42 | MF | JPN | Ritsu Dōan |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Junior Adamu | Red Bull Salzburg | €6,000,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| GK | Florian Müller | VfB Stuttgart | €1,500,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Maximilian Philipp | VfL Wolfsburg | Loan | 21 August 2023 |
| DF | Attila Szalai | TSG Hoffenheim | Loan | 21 January 2024 |
| FW | Florent Muslija | SC Paderborn | €1,000,000 | 24 January 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| FW | Nishan Burkart | Winterthur | €300,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Kimberly Ezekwem | SC Paderborn | Loan | 1 July 2023 |
| GK | Mark Flekken | Brentford | €13,100,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Nils Petersen | Retired | Retired | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Kevin Schade | Brentford | €25,000,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Jonathan Schmid | | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Robert Wagner | Greuther Fürth | Loan | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Jeong Woo-yeong | VfB Stuttgart | €3,000,000 | 11 July 2023 |
| MF | Lino Tempelmann | Schalke 04 | €400,000 | 14 July 2023 |
| DF | Keven Schlotterbeck | VfL Bochum | Loan | 22 August 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 | 19 August 2023 | 18 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 45 | 58 | −13 | 032.35 |
| DFB-Pokal | 13 August 2023 | 1 November 2023 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 21 September 2023 | 14 March 2024 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 060.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 69 | 75 | −6 | 039.13 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 50 | 55 | −5 | 42 | Qualification for the Conference League play-off round |
| 9 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 48 | 54 | −6 | 42 | |
| 10 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 45 | 58 | −13 | 42 | |
| 11 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 50 | 60 | −10 | 39 | |
| 12 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 37 | |
* ↑ Since the 2023–24 DFB-Pokal winners, Bayer Leverkusen, qualified for the Champions League via league position, the spot reserved for the DFB-Pokal winners (Europa League league phase) was passed to the seventh-placed team, and the Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the eighth-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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | D | L |
| Position | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.

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

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WHU | FRE | OLY | TSC |
| 1 | West Ham United | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 15 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | SC Freiburg | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 12 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 1–2 | — | 5–0 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Olympiacos | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 7 | Transfer to Europa Conference League | 2–1 | 2–3 | — | 5–2 |
| 4 | TSC | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 19 | −13 | 1 | | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 18 December 2023.

##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 23 February 2024.

## 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 | Noah Atubolu | 33 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | GER | Florian Müller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | GER | Benjamin Uphoff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | AUT | Philipp Lienhart | 21 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Kenneth Schmidt | 7 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Manuel Gulde | 25 | 1 | 14+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | HUN | Attila Szalai | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | GER | Lukas Kübler | 26 | 1 | 15+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Kiliann Sildillia | 31 | 1 | 17+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5+2 | 1 |
| 28 | DF | GER | Matthias Ginter | 30 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | GER | Christian Günter | 7 | 2 | 3+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | FRA | Jordy Makengo | 17 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | GER | Max Rosenfelder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | GER | Noah Weisshaupt | 29 | 2 | 6+15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2+5 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Maximilian Eggestein | 34 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | GHA | Daniel-Kofi Kyereh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GER | Yannik Keitel | 8 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | HUN | Roland Sallai | 27 | 8 | 15+4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6+1 | 4 |
| 23 | MF | KOS | Florent Muslija | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | GER | Maximilian Philipp | 16 | 2 | 1+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | GER | Nicolas Höfler | 29 | 1 | 17+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Vincenzo Grifo | 32 | 11 | 21+1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 6+2 | 4 |
| 34 | MF | GER | Merlin Röhl | 26 | 2 | 14+4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+3 | 1 |
| 35 | MF | GER | Fabian Rüdlin | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | JPN | Ritsu Dōan | 29 | 4 | 15+4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6+2 | 2 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | GER | Lucas Höler | 34 | 7 | 19+5 | 7 | 1+1 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | AUT | Junior Adamu | 19 | 1 | 0+12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+5 | 1 |
| 38 | FW | AUT | Michael Gregoritsch | 30 | 8 | 11+11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2+4 | 4 |
| 44 | FW | GER | Maximilian Breunig | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 31 | DF | GER | Keven Schlotterbeck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 1 March 2024 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of 1 March 2024
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Nat. | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 32 | | Vincenzo Grifo | 7 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | MF | 22 | | Roland Sallai | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | FW | 38 | | Michael Gregoritsch | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | FW | 9 | | Lucas Höler | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | MF | 42 | | Ritsu Dōan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 7 | | Noah Weißhaupt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 8 | | Maximilian Eggestein | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 26 | | Maximilian Philipp | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 34 | | Merlin Röhl | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 30 | | Christian Günter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 3 | | Philipp Lienhart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 5 | | Manuel Gulde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 20 | | Junior Adamu | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 25 | | Kiliann Sildillia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 27 | | Nicolas Höfler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 17 | | Lukas Kübler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 32 | 3 | 20 | 55 |