The SC Freiburg Chronicle
Player ratings28 Aug 2028
Nobody could get near Cyriaque Irié
Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Vincenzo Grifo in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at SC Freiburg this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Tommaso Vitali gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Tommaso Vitali has just signed for SC Freiburg, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Words at SC Freiburg training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Igor Matanović is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Boardroom28 Aug 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at SC Freiburg
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad28 Aug 2028
No hiding place for Rômulo
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Rômulo, and the manager let it.
Match26 Aug 2028
A bad afternoon for SC Freiburg against Werder Bremen
0‑2 to Werder Bremen, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market28 Aug 2028
SC Freiburg promote Marco König from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Marco König 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.
Market28 Aug 2028
Klaus Schreiber steps up from the SC Freiburg academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Klaus Schreiber 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
- Market Ralph Graf steps up from the SC Freiburg academy
- Market One of our own: Gregor Keller joins the SC Freiburg first team
- Boardroom A promise the SC Freiburg board did not keep