# 2011–12 SC Freiburg season

The 2011–12 season of SC Freiburg is the club's 14th season in the Bundesliga, the highest division in German football, and the third consecutive season since promotion in 2009. It is the club's first season with Marcus Sorg as manager. The season began on 20 June with their first training session.

## Off-season

Beg Ferati from Basel became the first official signing of Freiburg's 2011–12 season upon confirmation on 7 March 2011. Further signings were 1. FC Nürnberg goalkeeper Daniel Batz and forward Garra Dembélé from Levski Sofia. Also Ivica Banović returned from his loan spell at MSV Duisburg, whilst Christian Bickel and Simon Brandstetter joined from the club's own reserve squad. Furthermore, Freiburg began the season with a new manager, Marcus Sorg, after the previous manager Robin Dutt moved to Bayer Leverkusen. Sorg had been in charge of the club's reserves team.

### Summer transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | SUI | Beg Ferati (from Basel) |
| 11 | FW | MLI | Garra Dembélé (from Levski Sofia) |
| 19 | GK | GER | Daniel Batz (from 1. FC Nürnberg) |
| 20 | DF | GER | Andreas Hinkel (from Free Agent) |
| 29 | MF | GER | Christian Bickel (from Reserves) |
| 33 | FW | GER | Simon Brandstetter (from Reserves) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Simon Pouplin (to Free agent) |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Jonathan Jäger (to Free agent) |
| 13 | FW | DEN | Tommy Bechmann (to SønderjyskE) |
| 14 | MF | CRO | Zvonko Pamić (to MSV Duisburg) |
| 20 | MF | CRO | Ivica Banović (to Energie Cottbus) |
| 28 | DF | USA | Danny Williams (to 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 31 | MF | GER | Nicolas Höfler (to Erzgebirge Aue) |
| 58 | DF | GER | Ömer Toprak (to Bayer Leverkusen) |

### Mid-season transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Ivan Santini (from Zadar) |
| 13 | DF | SEN | Diagné Fallou (from Metz) |
| 16 | DF | DEN | Michael Lumb (from Zenit (on loan)) |
| 25 | DF | GER | Oliver Sorg (from Reserves) |
| 28 | MF | GER | Matthias Ginter (from Reserves) |
| 31 | MF | SVK | Karim Guédé (from Slovan Bratislava) |
| 35 | FW | GER | Sebastian Freis (from 1.FC Köln) |
| 36 | GK | GER | Alexander Schwolow (from Reserves) |
| 41 | DF | GER | Immanuel Höhn (from Reserves) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | GER | Felix Bastians (to Hertha BSC) |
| 5 | DF | GER | Heiko Butscher (to Eintracht Frankfurt) |
| 6 | MF | MAR | Yacine Abdessadki (to Free agent) |
| 9 | FW | SEN | Papiss Cissé (to Newcastle United) |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Maximilian Nicu (to 1860 Munich) |
| 21 | GK | GER | Manuel Salz (to Reserves) |
| 22 | FW | JPN | Kisho Yano (to Albirex Niigata) |
| 29 | MF | GER | Christian Bickel (to Jahn Regensburg) |

## Competitions
### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 42 |
| 11 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 41 |
| 12 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 61 | −16 | 40 |
| 13 | FSV Mainz 05 | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 39 |
| 14 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 38 |

#### Matches
### DFB-Pokal

Freiburg's DFB-Pokal campaign ended up as a disappointment after being eliminated in the first round by third division side Unterhaching.

## Players

Squad Season 2011–12 :
| No. | Player | Birthdate | at SCF since | previous club | BL matches | BL goals | Cup matches | Cup goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Oliver Baumann | 2 Jun 1990 | 2000 | FC Bad Krozingen | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Daniel Batz | 12 Jan 1991 | 2011 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Alexander Schwolow | 2 Jun 1992 | 2008 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Pavel Krmaš | 3 Mar 1980 | 2007 | Teplice | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Beg Ferati | 10 Nov 1986 | 2011 | Basel | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Fallou Diagne | 14 Aug 1989 | 2012 | Metz | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Oliver Barth | 6 Oct 1979 | 2007 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Michael Lumb | 9 Jan 1988 | 2012 | Zenit | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Andreas Hinkel | 26 Mar 1982 | 2011 | Celtic | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Mensur Mujdža | 28 Mar 1984 | 2009 | NK Zagreb | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Oliver Sorg | 29 May 1990 | 2006 | Singen 04 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Immanuel Höhn | 23 Dec 1991 | 2008 | FK Pirmasens | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | Cédric Makiadi | 23 Feb 1984 | 2009 | MSV Duisburg | 33 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Jan Rosenthal | 7 Apr 1986 | 2010 | Hannover 96 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Anton Putsila | 19 Jun 1987 | 2010 | Dinamo Minsk | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Jonathan Schmid | 26 Jun 1990 | 2008 | Offenburger FV | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Johannes Flum | 14 Dec 1987 | 2008 | SC Pfullendorf | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Julian Schuster (captain) | 15 Apr 1985 | 2008 | VfB Stuttgart | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Matthias Ginter | 19 Jan 1994 | 2008 | SV March | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Karim Guédé | 7 Jan 1985 | 2012 | Slovan Bratislava | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Daniel Caligiuri | 15 Jan 1988 | 2005 | SV Zimmern | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Strikers ||||||||||
| 9 | Ivan Santini | 21 May 1989 | 2012 | Zadar | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Garra Dembélé | 21 Feb 1986 | 2011 | Levski Sofia | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Erik Jendrišek | 26 Oct 1986 | 2011 | Schalke 04 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Stefan Reisinger | 14 Sep 1981 | 2009 | Greuther Fürth | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Simon Brandstetter | 2 May 1990 | 2009 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Sebastian Freis | 23 Apr 1985 | 2012 | 1. FC Köln | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Outgoing Players ||||||||||
| 21 | Manuel Salz | 6 Aug 1985 | 2009 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Felix Bastians | 9 May 1988 | 2009 | Young Boys | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Heiko Butscher | 28 Jul 1980 | 2007 | Bochum | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Danny Williams | 8 Mar 1989 | 2004 | Karlsruher SC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Yacine Abdessadki | 1 Jan 1981 | 2008 | Strasbourg | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Maximilian Nicu | 25 Nov 1982 | 2010 | Hertha BSC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Christian Bickel | 27 Jan 1991 | 2009 | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Papiss Cissé | 3 Jun 1985 | 2010 | Metz | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Kisho Yano | 5 Apr 1984 | 2010 | Albirex Niigata | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last updated: 6 August 2011 ||||||||||

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