The SC Freiburg Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
SC Freiburg turn down TSG Hoffenheim for Igor Matanović
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
SC Freiburg rebuffed over Benedict Hollerbach
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Mainz 05 have kept their man, and SC Freiburg go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Christian Zawieschitzky would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Christian Zawieschitzky is living that version at SC Freiburg, and it tends to show in the first month.
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
Words exchanged at SC Freiburg
Maximilian Eggestein and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Igor Matanović
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Igor Matanović, and the manager let it.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Marc Krüger joins the SC Freiburg first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Marc Krüger 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
One of our own: René Walter joins the SC Freiburg first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. René Walter 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
One of our own: Peter Weber joins the SC Freiburg first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Peter Weber is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Squad Christian Günter falls out with a teammate over standards
- Transfer targets SC Freiburg ask about Ricky-Jade Jones
- The dugout Yuito Suzuki asks for a word with the manager