Sport-Club Freiburg e.V., commonly known as SC Freiburg () or just Freiburg, is a German football club, based in the city of

Freiburg im Breisgau Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population o ...

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

. It plays in the

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...

, having been promoted as champions from the 2. Bundesliga in 2016. Between 1954 and 2021, Freiburg's stadium was the

Dreisamstadion Dreisamstadion is a football stadium in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was formerly the home of Bundesliga team SC Freiburg between 1954 and 2021, until a new stadium — the SC-Stadion — was built in October 2021. The stadium ho ...

. The club moved to the newly built

Europa-Park Stadion The Europa-Park Stadion, also known as the Mooswaldstadion () by fans, is a football stadium in Freiburg, Germany. It primarily serves as the home stadium of SC Freiburg, replacing the club's former home, the Dreisamstadion. It is located in a p ...

in 2021.

Volker Finke Volker Finke (born 24 March 1948) is a German football manager. He was the coach of SC Freiburg for 16 years. Coaching career On 6 December 2008, Japanese club Urawa Red Diamonds announced they signed a contract with Finke as head coach until ...

, who was the club's manager between 1991 and 2007, was the longest-serving manager in the history of professional football in Germany.

Joachim Löw Joachim Löw (born 3 February 1960) is a German football coach and former player. He was the manager of the Germany national team from 2006 until 2021. During his tenure as manager, he led Germany to victory at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil ...

, former manager of the Germany national team, is the club's second-highest all-time leading goal scorer with 81 goals in 252 games during his three spells at the club, behind

Nils Petersen Nils Petersen (; born 6 December 1988) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club SC Freiburg and the Germany national team. He appeared in the 2016 Summer Olympics and remains the first and only German footb ...

History

The club traces its origins to a pair of clubs founded in 1904: Freiburger Fußballverein 04 was organised in March of that year; FC Schwalbe Freiburg just two months later. Both clubs underwent name changes, with Schwalbe becoming FC Mars in 1905, Mars becoming Union Freiburg in 1906, and FV 04 Freiburg becoming Sportverein Freiburg 04 in 1909. Three years later, SV and Union formed Sportclub Freiburg, at the same time incorporating the

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head. In 1918, after the devastation of

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, SC Freiburg entered a temporary arrangement with Freiburger FC to be able to field a full side called KSG Freiburg. The next year, SC Freiburg associated themselves with FT 1844 Freiburg as that club's football department, until 1928 when they left to enter into a stadium-sharing arrangement with PSV (Polizeisportvereins) Freiburg 1924 that lasted until 1930 and the failure of PSV. SC Freiburg then picked up again with FT 1844 Freiburg in 1938. The club played on the highest level from 1928, first in the ''

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'', then in the ''

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'', from which they were relegated in 1934. At the end of

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, Allied occupation authorities disbanded most existing organizations in Germany, including football and sports clubs. The clubs were permitted to reconstitute themselves after about a year, but were required to take on new names in an attempt to disassociate them from the so-recent Nazi past. SC Freiburg was therefore briefly known as VfL Freiburg. By 1950, French-occupation authorities had let up enough to allow the clubs to reclaim their old identities. Finally, in 1952, SC Freiburg left FT Freiburg behind again. Freiburg Performance Chart

To this point, the history of the club had been characterised by only modest success. Through the 1930s, SC Freiburg played in the Bezirkliga (II), with the occasional turn in the Gauliga Baden (I), and captured a handful of local titles. After World War II, they picked up where they left off, playing in the

Amateurliga Südbaden The Amateurliga Südbaden was the highest football league in the region of the Südbaden FA and the third tier of the German football league system from its inception in 1945 to the formation of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and the Verbandslig ...

(III). Although only a small club, SC Freiburg became known for the fight and team spirit in their play. This led them to the 2. Bundesliga in 1978–79, which they would compete in for a decade-and-a-half before making the breakthrough to the top-flight

in 1993–94 under the management of

. In their first Bundesliga season, Freiburg narrowly avoided relegation. They made an exciting run in their second season at the top level, finishing third, just three points behind champions

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. It was at this time that they were first nicknamed ''Breisgau-Brasilianer'' (literally ''Breisgau-Brazilians'') due to their attractive style of play. Borussia Dortmund SC Freiburg 05052012

The club's greatest success was reaching the

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and

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. Freiburg's first Bundesliga relegation was in 1997 after they finished in 17th position. While they have been relegated four times since first making the Bundesliga, they have thrice won immediate promotion back to the top league, only failing to do so in 2005–06. It was the first time since 1992 that Freiburg played in the 2. Bundesliga for two consecutive seasons. Freiburg finished the 2006–07 season in fourth place in the 2. Bundesliga, missing out on the third automatic-promotion spot on goal difference to

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, although they won 12 of their last 16 league games. They were knocked out of the

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in the second round by

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on 24 October 2006. On 20 May 2007,

resigned as the club's coach after 16 years in the job. He was succeeded by

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, who himself left the club for

Bayer Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH, also known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen (), Bayer Leverkusen, or simply Leverkusen, is a professional football club based in Leverkusen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The club competes in the Bundesliga, t ...

in 2011. On 10 May 2009, Freiburg secured promotion into the Bundesliga once again, beating

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in an away game 5–2. In the 2011–12 season, Freiburg appeared to be unable to avoid another relegation for the most part of the season but a coaching change turned the sides fortunes around and the club eventually finished 12th and survived. Under

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, the 2012–13 Bundesliga season saw the club finish in fifth place, their best league standing since 1994–95. The fifth-place finish secured a position in the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League, an accomplishment that the club had not achieved since the 2001–02 edition of the tournament. Had Freiburg defeated

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on the final matchday of the season, Freiburg would have leapfrogged Schalke and qualified for the

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for the first time in club history. The 1–2 defeat to Schalke, however, saw Schalke secure fourth place in the league and qualify for the tournament instead. During the 2012–13 season, Freiburg also advanced to the semi-finals of the

for the first time in the club's history but lost to local rivals

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1–2 and missed the chance to play Bayern Munich in the

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. In the 2014–15 season, after six years in the top flight, Freiburg was relegated to the 2. Bundesliga by a single point after a final-day defeat at

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. This was despite beating Bayern Munich in the second-last game. In the following season, however, the club earned its fifth promotion to the Bundesliga as league champions, with two matches to spare. The first season back in the Bundesliga saw them end seventh. This saw Freiburg qualify for the

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, as German cupwinners Borussia Dortmund were already qualified for the Champions League. The side were eliminated in the third qualification round against

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from Slovenia. Mostly thanks to 15 league goals by

, Freiburg stayed in the top flight, finishing 15th. In April 2022, the team announced their sponsorship with car retailer

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starting in July 2022. The Cazoo brand is visible on the front of the new jerseys as the team's main sponsor. In addition to the Bundesliga professionals, Cazoo will appear as shirt sponsor and advertising partner of the second team of SC Freiburg in the third division and as co-sponsor of the Freiburg Football School, and will be visible at all matches of the SC junior teams. Cazoo will also be a co-sponsor and sleeve sponsor of SC Freiburg's Bundesliga women.

Reserve team

The club's reserve team, formerly the SC Freiburg Amateure, now

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, has, for the most part of its history played in the lower amateur leagues. It made a three-season appearance in the tier four

Verbandsliga Südbaden The Verbandsliga Südbaden is a German amateur football division administered by the South Badenese Football Association, one of the 21 German state football associations. Being the top flight of the South Baden state association, the Verbandslig ...

from 1983 to 1986, but then took until 1994 to return to this league. In 1998 the team won promotion to the

Oberliga Baden-Württemberg The Oberliga Baden-Württemberg is the highest association football league in the state of Baden-Württemberg and the Baden-Württemberg football league system. It is one of fourteen Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German foot ...

after a league championship in the Verbandsliga. Freiburg II spent the next ten seasons at this level as an upper table side before another league championship took the team to the Regionalliga Süd. After four seasons at this league the team became part of the new

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in 2012. After a seventh place in its first season in the league the team finished runner-up in 2013–14. A

South Baden Cup The South Baden Cup (German: ''Südbadischer Pokal'') is one of the 21 regional cup competitions of German football. The winner of the competition gains entry to the first round of the German Cup. History The Cup was established in 1945, after ...

win in 2001 qualified it for the first round of the

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, the German Cup, where it lost to Schalke 04.

Stadium

SC Freiburg formerly played its home games at the

, named after the

Dreisam The Dreisam ( Celtic: ''*tragisamā'', "the very fast one") is a 29 km long river (48.8 km including its source river Rotbach), and a tributary of the Elz in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The waters of the Dreisam feed the fa ...

River which flows through Freiburg. Because of sponsorship agreements, the stadium was known as the Schwarzwald-Stadion. The stadium has an approximate capacity of 24,000 spectators and was built in 1953. Forty years later, then manager

began an initiative to transform the Dreisamstadion into Germany's first

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ed football stadium. There are solar modules on the north, south, and main tribunes. These panels generate 250,000 kWh of energy per year. The brand new

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, was completed in October 2021. Located in the west of the city in a part of the city called Brühl — immediately to the west of Freiburg Airport — it has a capacity of 34,700.

In Europe

Matches

Overall record

Club records in UEFA competitions

*Biggest win in UEFA competition: 13 October 2022,

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0–4 Freiburg, at Nantes *Biggest defeat in UEFA competition: 3 October 2013,

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2–0 Freiburg at Seville, 12 December 2013, Freiburg 0–2

at Freiburg *Club appearances in UEFA Europa League: 5 *Player with most UEFA appearances:

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– 8 appearances *Top scorer in UEFA club competitions:

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– 2 goals

Club records

''Statistics correct as of 1 January 2023.'' * Most 1. Bundesliga goals scored: 68 –

6 August 2022 *Highest transfer fee paid: €10 million for Baptiste Santamaria *Highest transfer fee received: €21.1 million for Çağlar Söyüncü *Youngest goalscorer:

Matthias Ginter Matthias Lukas Ginter (born 19 January 1994) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club SC Freiburg and the Germany national team. Club career Early career Ginter began his career with SV March before he ...

– 18 years, 2 days * Player who has scored the most against club:

Claudio Pizarro Claudio Miguel Pizarro Bosio (; born 3 October 1978) is a Peruvian retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He is currently serving as Club Ambassador for Bayern Munich. He was captain of Peru's national football team, being ...

– 14 goals in 17 matches *Biggest home win: 6–0 – against Rot-Weiß Erfurt on 24 August 1991 *Biggest 1. Bundesliga home win: 5–0 – against

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on 17 September 1999 and against

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on 9 December 2000 *Biggest away win: 6–0 – against

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on 5 December 2021 *Biggest 1. Bundesliga away win: 6–0 – against

on 5 December 2021 *Biggest home loss: 0–6 – against Bayern Munich on 16 December 2003 and against

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on 4 December 2004 and 21 November 2009 *Biggest 1. Bundesliga home loss: 0–6 – against Bayern Munich on 16 December 2003 and against

on 4 December 2004 and 21 November 2009 *Biggest away loss: 0–7 – against Bayern Munich on 10 September 2011 *Biggest 1. Bundesliga away loss: 0–7 – against Bayern Munich on 10 September 2011

Most appearances

*Players marked in'' ''bold'' ''are still playing for the club.

Top goalscorers

*Players marked in'' ''bold'' ''are still playing for the club.

Honours

League

* 2. Bundesliga (II) ** Winners: 1992–93, 2002–03, 2008–09, 2015–16 *

(IV) ** Winners: 2020-21^‡ *

(V) ** Winners: 2008^‡, 2017^‡ *

(III) ** Winners: 1965, 1968, 1978 *

(V) ** Winners: 1998^‡

Cup

(Tiers III-VII) ** Winners: 1975, 1978, 2001^‡ ** Runners-up: 2005^‡ *

** Runners-up: 2021–22

Youth

;League * German Under 19 championship ** Winners: 2008 * Under 19 Bundesliga South/Southwest ** Winners: 2005–06, 2008–09 ;Cup * German Under-19 Cup **Winners: 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2018

Under-21 International

* Lev Yashin Cup **Winners: 2011 ^‡ Won by reserve team.

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Selected notable former players

This list of former players includes those who received international caps while playing for the team, made significant contributions to the team in terms of appearances or goals while playing for the team, or who made significant contributions to the sport either before they played for the team, or after they left. It is not complete or all inclusive, and additions and refinements will continue to be made over time. *

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* Rodolfo Esteban Cardoso *

Andreas Ibertsberger Andreas Ibertsberger (born 27 July 1982) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He was a member of the Austria national team. Ibertsberger is a younger brother of former national team player Robert Ibertsberger ...

Zlatan Bajramović Zlatan Bajramović (; born 12 August 1979) is a Bosnian retired professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Club career Bajramović spent all of his playing career in the country of his birth, Germany. After starting his career ...

Mohammadou Idrissou Mohamadou Idrissou (born 8 March 1980) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career On the last day of the summer transfer window 2011, Idrissou moved to 2. Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt. Havin ...

* Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien * Austin Berry * Damir Burić *

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* Michael Lumb *

Alexander Iashvili Alexandr Iashvili ( ka, ალექსანდრე მამულის ძე იაშვილი; born 23 October 1977) is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Early years Born in Tbilisi, Ia ...

Levan Kobiashvili Levan Kobiashvili ( ka, ლევან კობიაშვილი, born 10 July 1977) is a Georgian former professional footballer and the current president of the Georgian Football Federation and a member of Parliament of Georgia. He pla ...

Dennis Aogo Dennis Aogo (born 14 January 1987) is a German former professional footballer who played as a left back and midfielder. Early life Born to a German mother and a Nigerian father, Aogo grew up in Oberreut, a suburb in the south-west of Karlsruhe, ...

Martin Braun Martin Braun (born 18 November 1968) is a German professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Regionalliga Südwest club TSG Balingen. The midfielder had a long career in football, and retired in 2003. After his retir ...

Michael Frontzeck Michael Frontzeck (born 26 March 1964) is a German professional football coach and former player who is assistant coach of VfL Wolfsburg. As a player he was a left back who notably played in the Bundesliga across three spells for Borussia Mö ...

* Richard Golz *

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Andreas Hinkel Andreas Hinkel (born 26 March 1982) is a German football coach and a former player. Hinkel played as a right-back and earned 21 caps for the Germany national team. He was known for his attacking play on the flanks and defensive solidity. He st ...

* Ralf Kohl *

* Stefan Müller *

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* Karl-Heinz Schulz * Martin Spanring * Uwe Spies * Axel Sundermann *

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Uwe Wassmer Uwe Wassmer (born 22 January 1966) is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker during the 1980s and 1990s. Career Wassmer was born in Wehr, Baden-Württemberg. He began his career in Switzerland with FC Aarau in 1985 an ...

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* Günther Wienhold * Tobias Willi *

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* Cha Du-ri *

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* Youssef Mohamad * Soumaila Coulibaly * Boubacar Diarra * Harry Decheiver *

Papiss Cissé Papiss Demba Cissé (; born 3 June 1985) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 2 club Amiens. He formerly played for the Senegal national football team. Formerly of SC Freiburg, he once held the record of m ...

* Souleyman Sané *

Miran Pavlin Miran Pavlin (born 8 October 1971) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as midfielder. He featured for clubs such as Olimpija, SC Freiburg, Olympiakos Nicosia, APOEL, FC Porto and Olimpija Ljubljana. Club career In 2009, ...

Alain Sutter Alain Sutter (born 22 January 1968) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently the sporting director of FC St. Gallen. Playing career Born in Bern, Sutter played youth football for SC Bümpliz 78, bef ...

Zoubeir Baya Zoubeir Baya (or Beya) (; born 15 May 1971) is a Tunisian former professional footballer with a distinguished career as one of his country's most accomplished football exports. Baya, an attacking midfielder, displayed considerable skill and enter ...

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Adel Sellimi Adel Sellimi ( ar, عادل السليمي; born 16 November 1972) is a former football player and current manager. As a child, he drew inspiration from the 1978 World Cup team who became the first African nation to win a World Cup match. At ...

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Club staff

Head coaches

Coaches of the club since 1946: Volker Finke

* Andreas Munkert (1946–49) * Arthur Mattes (1949–50) * Andreas Munkert (1950–53) ''(second time)'' * Willi Hornung (1953–55) * Kurt Mannschott (1956–58) * Hans Roggow (1960–63) * Hans Faber (1963–64) *

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(1964–69) * Edgar Heilbrunner (1969–72) * Manfred Brief (1 July 1972 – 30 September 1978) * Heinz Baas (30 Sep 1978 – 30 June 1979) * Norbert Wagner (1 July 1979 – 24 January 1980) *

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(1 July 1980 – 24 January 1981) * Horst Zick (25 Jan 1981 – 30 June 1981) * Lutz Hangartner (1 July 1981 – 30 June 1982) *

Werner Olk Werner Olk (born 18 January 1938) is a German former professional football player and manager. Club career Olk started his football career as a youth player with SG Letter 05 (Hanover region) in 1948 and eventually switched into the youth te ...

(1 July 1982 – 30 June 1983) * Fritz Fuchs (1 July 1983 – 30 June 1984) * Antun Rudinski (1 July 1984 – 1 January 1986) *

(25 Jan 1986 – 22 March 1986) ''(second time)'' * Horst Zick (23 March 1986 – 30 June 1986) ''(second time)'' * Jörg Berger (1 July 1986 – 17 December 1988) * Fritz Fuchs (1 Jan 1989 – 8 April 1989) ''(second time)'' * Uwe Ehret (9 April 1989 – 30 June 1989) *

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(1 July 1989 – 26 August 1989) * Uwe Ehret (27 Aug 1989 – 26 November 1989) ''(second time)'' * Bernd Hoß (1 Dec 1989 – 30 June 1990) *

Eckhard Krautzun Eckhard Krautzun (born 13 January 1941) is a German football coach and former player. Managerial career As a player, Krautzun turned out for Union Solingen, Rheydter SV, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Young Fellows Zürich and TeBe Berlin. In 1968, h ...

(1 July 1990 – 30 June 1991) *

(1 July 1991 – 20 May 2007) *

(June 2007 –30 June 2011) * Marcus Sorg (1 July 2011 – 29 December 2011) *

(29 Dec 2011 –)

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Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:

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* With the introduction of the

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s in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. In 2012, the number of Regionalligas was increased from three to five with all Regionalliga Süd clubs except the Bavarian ones entering the new

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Notable chairmen

Achim Stocker Achim Stocker (27 May 1935 – 1 November 2009) was the president of German football club SC Freiburg. Biography He worked 37 years as the chairman of SC Freiburg since 1972 and was the oldest and longest serving president in professional Germ ...

† (1972–2009)

References

External links

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SC Freiburg at Weltfussball.de
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