First team

Philipp Treu (24) initially joined SC aged 16, before moving to FC St. Pauli in 2023. The full-back is now back in Freiburg and spoke to the club about his return, his time in Hamburg and his targets.

SC Freiburg have arranged another pre-season friendly, this time at home against Hamburger SV on Saturday, 2nd August. The game will be played behind closed doors.

SC Freiburg played out a 3-3 draw against Dynamo Dresden to end the training camp in Schruns. In the extended 120-minute friendly, Lucas Höler struck twice and Igor Matanovic scored his first goal for the club. Goalkeeper Florian Müller also saved a penalty.

SC Freiburg have agreed a contract extension with head coach Julian Schuster. His assistant Lars Voßler and analyst Franz-Georg Wieland have also penned new deals, with Wieland’s official title now assistant coach for analysis.

Max Rosenfelder was at least back in action at the ping-pong table during the team event on Saturday afternoon. Otherwise, the 22-year-old is still working through his rehab programme after suffering a thigh injury in the U21 EURO semi-final. He took some time to talk to us about the tournament, the injury, and his road to recovery.

SC Freiburg recorded a 3-0 win against Austrian Bundesliga side SCR Altach on Thursday. The goals came courtesy of Eren Dinkci, an own goal and Maximilian Philipp in a match played over 4x30 minutes. Yuito Suzuki, Cyriaque Irié and Igor Matanovic all made their debuts in SC colours.

After a morning training session in Freiburg, 28 SC players have headed off to the club’s training camp in Austria, where two friendlies are scheduled.

SC Freiburg can confirm that defender Kiliann Sildillia has left the club to join Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven.

SCF won their first game of pre-season after a 2-1 victory over Regionalliga side SV Sandhausen. Lucas Höler and Niklas Beste struck in the first half in Oberschopfheim.

The German Football Leagues (DFL) have confirmed the fixture schedule for the first five matchdays of the new Bundesliga season. SC Freiburg will kick off their campaign at home to FC Augsburg on Saturday afternoon, before heading to newly promoted 1. FC Köln for a Sunday evening match.