The SC Freiburg Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Manfred Ugalde
SC Freiburg asked and Spartak Moscow said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
SC Freiburg go back to the board over Cajetan Lenz
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $4.7M — a club that wants Cajetan Lenz enough to be asked twice.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Yuito Suzuki signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Yuito Suzuki commits to SC Freiburg for another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Igor Matanović wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and SC Freiburg know it.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Mio Backhaus gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market10 Aug 2026
Lars Walter steps up from the SC Freiburg academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Lars Walter has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Marco Haas joins the SC Freiburg first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Marco Haas is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
SC Freiburg promote Ralf Braun from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ralf Braun has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Marcel Graf steps up from the SC Freiburg academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Marcel Graf has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- The dugout Yuito Suzuki asks for a word with the manager
- Squad Vincenzo Grifo has seen what the next man earns
- Squad Matthias Ginter looks at the other side of the line