SC Freiburg
German football team.
SC Freiburg is a professional football club based in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The club, founded in 1904, currently competes in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. SC Freiburg plays its home games at the Europa-Park Stadion, a modern facility with a capacity of 34,700 spectators, which they moved into in 2021 after spending 67 years at the Dreisamstadion.
The club's colors are red and white, and they are affectionately known as the "Breisgau-Brasilianer" (Breisgau Brazilians) due to their attractive style of play. SC Freiburg has a reputation for being a well-run, financially stable club with a strong focus on youth development and sustainable growth.
Freiburg's rise to prominence in German football began in the early 1990s under the management of Volker Finke. Finke led the club to their first-ever Bundesliga promotion in 1993 and remained at the helm for an impressive 16 years, setting a record for the longest-serving manager in German professional football at the time. During his tenure, Freiburg established themselves as a Bundesliga regular and even finished third in the 1994-95 season, their highest-ever league position.
Since 2011, the club has been under the management of Christian Streich, who has continued Freiburg's tradition of stability and steady improvement. Under Streich's guidance, Freiburg has become a consistent performer in the Bundesliga, regularly challenging for European qualification. In recent years, they have achieved notable successes, including a fifth-place finish in the 2021-22 season and reaching the DFB-Pokal final in 2022.
In European competitions, Freiburg has made several appearances in the UEFA Europa League, with their best performance coming in the 2022-23 season when they reached the round of 16. The club's consistent performances in recent years have seen them become regular contenders for European qualification. Freiburg's biggest rivalries are with nearby clubs Karlsruher SC and VfB Stuttgart.