2012–13 SC Freiburg season

The 2012–13 SC Freiburg season is the 109th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13 the club plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It is the club's fourth consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga at the conclusion of the 2008–09 season.

SC Freiburg

2012–13 season
Chairman	Fritz Keller
Manager	Christian Streich
Bundesliga	5th
DFB-Pokal	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Jonathan Schmid Max Kruse (11 each) All: Jonathan Schmid Max Kruse (12 each)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The club also takes part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where it reached the semi-final stage after defeating fellow Bundesliga side Mainz 05 1–2 after extra time on 26 February 2013.^[1] They then lost to VfB Stuttgart 2–1 in Stuttgart. They also qualified for the group stage of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.

Review and events

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

SV Zimmern v SC Freiburg

30 June 2012	SV Zimmern	2–4	SC Freiburg	Zimmern unter der Burg
18:00 CEST	Pallacks 64' (pen.) Rümpe 90'	Report (in German)	Dembélé 6' Caligiuri 48' Mounir Bouziane 73', 77'	Stadium: Hauptspielfeld Zimmern Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Rommel (Stockach)

Zürich v SC Freiburg

7 July 2012	Zürich	4–2	SC Freiburg	Stäfa
15:00 CEST	Pedro Henrique 11' Gavranović 42' (pen.) Chermiti 45' (pen.) Béda 72'	Report (in German)	Schuster 15' (pen.) Caligiuri 63' (pen.)	Stadium: Frohberg Attendance: 1,752 Referee: Daniel Wermelinger

Offenburger FV v SC Freiburg

10 July 2012	Offenburger FV	5–0	SC Freiburg	Offenburg
18:30 CEST		Report (in German)	Diagne 9' Jendrišek 50', 87' Putsila 61' Terrazino 72'	Stadium: Karl-Heitz-Stadion Attendance: 2,430

Vaduz v SC Freiburg

25 July 2012	Vaduz	1–2	SC Freiburg	Schruns
18:00 CEST	Amin Tighazoui 25'	Report (in German)	Kruse 9' Dembélé 25'	Stadium: Sportanlage Wagenweg Attendance: 500

SC Freiburg v Hessen Kassel

3 August 2012 Kaiserstuhl Cup	SC Freiburg	3–3	Hessen Kassel	Bahlingen
19:00 CEST	Calvente 27' Santini 65', 71'	Report (in German)	Sebastian Schmeer 20', 64' Nico Hammann 73'	Stadium: Kaiserstuhlstadion Attendance: 2,800

SC Freiburg v Sochaux

4 August 2012 Kaiserstuhl Cup	SC Freiburg	1–1	Sochaux	Bahlingen
18:00 CEST	Schuster 70'	Report (in German)	Privat 10'	Stadium: Kaiserstuhlstadion Attendance: 2,750

Bundesliga

Main article: 2012–13 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Bayer Leverkusen	34	19	8	7	65	39	+26	65	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
4	Schalke 04	34	16	7	11	58	50	+8	55	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	SC Freiburg	34	14	9	11	45	40	+5	51	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	14	9	11	49	46	+3	51	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
7	Hamburger SV	34	14	6	14	42	53	−11	48

Source: Bundesliga.de, kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Matches

SC Freiburg v Mainz 05

25 August 2012 (2012-08-25) 1	SC Freiburg	1–1	Mainz 05	Freiburg
15:30 CEST	Kruse 49'	Report (in German)	Ivanschitz 65' (pen.) N. Müller  86' Kirchhoff  89'	Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

Bayer Leverkusen v SC Freiburg

1 September 2012 (2012-09-01) 2	Bayer Leverkusen	2–0	SC Freiburg	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST	Castro 8' Wollscheid 54' Reinartz  77'	Report (in German)	Guédé  79'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 23,635 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

SC Freiburg v 1899 Hoffenheim

16 September 2012 (2012-09-16) 3	SC Freiburg	5–3	1899 Hoffenheim	Freiburg
15:30 CEST	Guédé 17' Kruse 27' Sorg  45' Schuster  63' Diagne 68' Makiadi 83' Freis 87'	Report (in German)	Delpierre 2',  51' Ochs  30' Rudy  45' Vukčević 57' Usami 76' Williams  82'	Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion Attendance: 22,800 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

Fortuna Düsseldorf v SC Freiburg

22 September 2012 (2012-09-22) 4	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–0	SC Freiburg	Düsseldorf
15:30 CEST	Levels  49' Bellinghausen  90'	Report (in German)	Mujdža  90' Flum  90+1'	Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 26,862 Referee: Bastian Dankert (Rostock)

SC Freiburg v Werder Bremen

26 September 2012 (2012-09-26) 5	SC Freiburg	1–2	Werder Bremen	Freiburg
20:00 CEST	Diagne  11' Schmid 36' Caligiuri  67'	Report (in German)	Akpala 48',  64' Junuzović  55' Hunt 59' Arnautović  90+3' Mielitz  90+4'	Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Thomas Kinhöfer (Herne)

Eintracht Frankfurt v SC Freiburg

30 September 2012 (2012-09-30) 6	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	SC Freiburg	Frankfurt
15:30 CEST	Meier 68', 73' Schwegler  75'	Report (in German)	Makiadi  15' Schuster  40' M. Kruse 50' Caligiuri  88' Guédé	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 49,300 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

SC Freiburg v 1. FC Nürnberg

6 October 2012 (2012-10-06) 7	SC Freiburg	3–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Freiburg
15:30 CEST	Makiadi 36' Mujdža  37' Jendrisek  60' Schuster  86' Caligiuri 90+2' (pen.) Terrazzino 90+3'	Report (in German)	Pinola  35' R. Schäfer  79' Chandler  90+1'	Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion Attendance: 22,800 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

VfL Wolfsburg v SC Freiburg

20 October 2012 (2012-10-20) 8	VfL Wolfsburg	0–2	SC Freiburg	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST	Naldo  40'	Report (in German)	Mujdža  12' Caligiuri 40' (pen.) Schuster 84' Diagne  86'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,080 Referee: Robert Hartmann (Wangen)

SC Freiburg v Borussia Dortmund

27 October 2012 (2012-10-27) 9	SC Freiburg	0–2	Borussia Dortmund	Freiburg
15:30 CEST	Caligiuri  73'	Report (in German)	Kehl  39' Subotić 54',  79' Götze 83' Gündoğan  84'	Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Marco Fritz (Korb)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v SC Freiburg

3 November 2012 (2012-11-03) 10	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	SC Freiburg	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET	Stranzl  9' De Camargo 49'	Report (in German)	Caligiuri 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 47,673 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

SC Freiburg v Hamburger SV

10 November 2012 (2012-11-10) 11	SC Freiburg	0–0	Hamburger SV	Freiburg
15:30 CET	Caligiuri  26' Schuster  90+2'	Report (in German)	Scharner  10'  35' Van der Vaart  40' Badelj  54' Adler  90+2'	Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)

Hannover 96 v SC Freiburg

17 November 2012 (2012-11-17) 12	Hannover 96	1–2	SC Freiburg	Hannover
15:30 CET	Abdellaoue 33' (pen.) Huszti  73' Sobiech  74'	Report (in German)	Schmid 11' Rosenthal 56' Mujdža  73'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 43,800 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

SC Freiburg v VfB Stuttgart

25 November 2012 (2012-11-25) 13	SC Freiburg	3–0	VfB Stuttgart	Freiburg
15:30 CET	Rosenthal 22' Krmaš 67' Kruse 73' Guédé  90' Mujdža  90+1'	Report (in German)	Okazaki  27' Rodríguez  71' Molinaro  89'	Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Tobias Welz (Wiesbaden)

SC Freiburg v Bayern Munich

28 November 2012 (2012-11-28) 14	SC Freiburg	0–2	Bayern Munich	Freiburg
20:00 CET	Diagne  18' Caligiuri  90+4'	Report (in German)	Müller 12' (pen.) Neuer  74' Tymoshchuk 79'	Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

FC Augsburg v SC Freiburg

1 December 2012 (2012-12-01) 15	FC Augsburg	1–1	SC Freiburg	Augsburg
15:30 CET	Werner 9' Callsen-Bracker  11' Koo  40' Klavan  51'	Report (in German)	Mujdža  15' Guédé  27' Schmid 28' Santini  45+2' Schuster  59'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 27,144 Referee: Christian Dingert (Thallichtenberg)

SC Freiburg v Greuther Fürth

8 December 2012 (2012-12-08) 16	SC Freiburg	1–0	Greuther Fürth	Freiburg
15:30 CET	Caligiuri 15' Sorg  47' Günter  84'	Report (in German)	Kleine  7' Asamoah  33' Rahman  59' Nehrig  78'	Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion Attendance: 22,600 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg

Schalke 04 v SC Freiburg

15 December 2012 (2012-12-15) 17	Schalke 04	1–3	SC Freiburg	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET	Farfán 20' Holtby 28' Huntelaar  76'  82'	Report (in German)	Rosenthal 26', 61',  80'  81' Schmid 32'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,620 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Obertshausen)

Mainz 05 v SC Freiburg

19 January 2012 (2012-01-19) 18	Mainz 05	0–0	SC Freiburg	Mainz
15:30 CET	Baumgartlinger  23' Svensson  75' Parker  86'  89'	Report (in German)	Guédé  16' Krmaš  45+1'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 27,519 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

SC Freiburg v Bayer Leverkusen

26 January 2012 (2012-01-26) 19	SC Freiburg	0–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Freiburg
18:30 CET	Krmaš  35'	Report (in German)	Wollscheid  37' Boenisch  41'	Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

1899 Hoffenheim v SC Freiburg

2 February 2013 (2013-02-02) 20	1899 Hoffenheim	2–1	SC Freiburg	Sinsheim
15:30 CET	Volland 10', 27' Beck  28' Polanski  65' Firmino  83'	Report (in German)	Kruse 4' Hedenstad  45' Schuster  90+2'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann (Wangen)

SC Freiburg v Fortuna Düsseldorf

10 February 2013 (2013-02-10) 21	SC Freiburg	1–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Freiburg
17:30 CET	Schuster  54' Krmaš 87'	Report (in German)	Balogun  51' Lambertz  55' Bodzek  90+1'	Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion Attendance: 21,200 Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)

Werder Bremen v SC Freiburg

16 February 2013 (2013-02-16) 22	Werder Bremen	2–3	SC Freiburg	Bremen
15:30 CET	Petersen 39', 64'	Report (in German)	Kruse 36' Caligiuri 55' (pen.) Ginter 70' Makiadi  78'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 38,498 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

SC Freiburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

22 February 2013 (2013-02-22) 23	SC Freiburg	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Freiburg
20:30 CET	Caligiuri  44'	Report (in German)	Matmour  45+1' Jung  60' Schwegler  87'	Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion Attendance: 23,400 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

1. FC Nürnberg v SC Freiburg

2 March 2013 (2013-03-02) 24	1. FC Nürnberg	1–1	SC Freiburg	Nuremberg
15:30 CET	Simons 33' (pen.) Frantz  73' Polter  90+4'	Report (in German)	Makiadi  44' Caligiuri  60' Schmid 83'	Stadium: Grundig-Stadion Attendance: 38,188 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

SC Freiburg v VfL Wolfsburg

9 March 2013 (2013-03-09) 25	SC Freiburg	2–5	VfL Wolfsburg	Freiburg
15:30 CET	Kruse 2' Krmaš  15'	Report	Makiadi 7' (o.g.) Vieirinha 16' Olić  19', 22' Polák  57' Diego  78', 90+3' Benaglio  90+1'	Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion Attendance: 22,900 Referee: Markus Schmidt

Borussia Dortmund v SC Freiburg

16 March 2013 (2013-03-16) 26	Borussia Dortmund	5–1	SC Freiburg	Dortmund
15:30 CET	Lewandowski 41', 45+1' Şahin 44', 72' Subotić  74' Bittencourt 78'	Report	Schmid 28' Schuster  40' Mujdža  79'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 80,645 Referee: Michael Weiner

SC Freiburg v Borussia Mönchengladbach

30 March 2013 (2013-03-30) 27	SC Freiburg	2–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Freiburg
15:30 CET	Caligiuri  40' Kruse 69', 90+2'	Report	Daems  27' Stranzl  42'	Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Günter Perl

Hamburger SV v SC Freiburg

6 April 2013 (2013-04-06) 28	Hamburger SV	0–1	SC Freiburg	Hamburg
18:30 CEST	Arslan  22' Son  53'	Report	Schmid 69'	Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 53,021 Referee: Dr. Felix Brych

SC Freiburg v Hannover 96

13 April 2013 (2013-04-13) 29	SC Freiburg	3–1	Hannover 96	Freiburg
20:30	Schulz 24' (o.g.) Kruse 43' Schmid 74' Schuster  82'	Report	Schulz  27' Stindl  31' Rausch 36'	Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

VfB Stuttgart v SC Freiburg

20 April 2013 (2013-04-20) 30	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	SC Freiburg	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST	Gentner 33' Ibišević 42'	Report	Schuster  27' Ginter  67' Höhn  69' Santini 88'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 50,600 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

Bayern Munich v SC Freiburg

27 April 2013 (2013-04-27) 31	Bayern Munich	1–0	SC Freiburg	Munich
15:30 CEST	Can 35' Tymoshchuk  46'	Report	Caligiuri  68'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 71,000 Referee: Christian Dingert

SC Freiburg v FC Augsburg

5 May 2013 (2013-05-05) 32	SC Freiburg	2–0	FC Augsburg	Freiburg
15:30 CEST	Diagne  18' Sorg  22' Makiadi 31' Schmid 61' Ginter  65'	Report	Callsen-Bracker  79' Hain  90+1'	Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Greuther Fürth v SC Freiburg

11 May 2013 (2013-05-11) 33	Greuther Fürth	1–2	SC Freiburg	Fürth
15:30 CEST	Zimmermann 3'	Report	Caligiuri  33' Schmid 69' Schuster  74' Kruse 78'	Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 16,735 Referee: Daniel Siebert

SC Freiburg v Schalke 04

18 May 2013 (2013-05-18) 34	SC Freiburg	1–2	Schalke 04	Freiburg
15:30 CEST	Schmid 54' Ginter  72' Makiadi  73'	Report	Draxler 20' Schuster 57' (o.g.) Farfán  66'	Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Dr. Felix Brych

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2012–13 DFB-Pokal

Victoria Hamburg v SC Freiburg

18 August 2012 (2012-08-18) 1st round	Victoria Hamburg	1–2	SC Freiburg	Hamburg
15:30 CEST	Sachs 12' Rabenhorst  50' Lauer  87'	Report (in German)	Kruse 11' Diagne  45' Schuster  51' Freis 79'	Stadium: Stadion Hoheluft Attendance: 4,375 Referee: Christian Dietz (Kronach)

Eintracht Braunschweig v SC Freiburg

30 October 2012 (2012-10-30) 2nd round	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–2	SC Freiburg	Braunschweig
19:00 CET	Theuerkauf  32' Kruppke  45' Reichel  61'	Report (in German)	Caligiuri 1' Freis  31' Flum 84' Guédé  88'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 20,167 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

Karlsruher SC v SC Freiburg

18 December 2012 (2012-12-18) Round of 16	Karlsruher SC	0–1	SC Freiburg	Karlsruhe
19:00 CET	Hennings  45+1' Kempe  61' Peitz  79'	Report (in German)	Schmid 2' Rosenthal  69' Kruse  90' Caligiuri  90+3'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 28,200 Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)

Mainz 05 v SC Freiburg

26 February 2013 (2013-02-26) Quarter-finals	Mainz 05	2–3 (a.e.t.)	SC Freiburg	Mainz
19:00 CET	Parker 2' Zimling 4' Pospěch  56'  65' Baumgartlinger  105'	Report (in German)	Rosenthal  66' Krmaš  71' Santini 86' Caligiuri 90+3' (pen.), 108' Makiadi  117'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 23,517 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

VfB Stuttgart v SC Freiburg

17 April 2013 Semi-finals	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	SC Freiburg	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart
20:30 CEST	Boka 9',  21' Harnik 29' Niedermeier  57' Molinaro  73'	Report	Rosenthal 14' Mujdža  63' Diagne  69'	Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

Squad information

Squad and statistics

As of 4 March 2013^[update]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	GER	Oliver Baumann	28	0	24	0	4	0
19	GK	GER	Daniel Batz	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	GK	GER	Alexander Schwolow	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	CZE	Pavel Krmaš	14	2	11	2	3	0
3	DF	SEN	Fallou Diagne	24	1	21	1	3	0
6	DF	NOR	Vegar Eggen Hedenstad	18	0	14	0	4	0
24	DF	BIH	Mensur Mujdža	16	1	14	0	2	1
25	DF	GER	Oliver Sorg	27	0	24	0	3	0
28	DF	GER	Matthias Ginter	15	1	13	1	2	0
30	DF	GER	Christian Günter	4	0	3	0	1	0
41	DF	GER	Immanuel Höhn	2	0	2	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	COD	Cédric Makiadi	25	2	21	2	4	0
8	MF	GER	Jan Rosenthal	17	4	14	4	3	0
11	MF	GER	Hendrick Zuck	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	BLR	Anton Putsila	2	0	2	0	0	0
17	MF	FRA	Jonathan Schmid	27	6	23	5	4	1
18	MF	GER	Johannes Flum	22	1	19	0	3	1
20	MF	GER	Max Kruse	28	7	24	6	4	1
21	MF	ESP	Ezequiel Calvente	2	0	2	0	0	0
22	MF	GER	Marco Terrazzino	3	1	3	1	0	0
23	MF	GER	Julian Schuster	26	1	22	1	4	0
31	MF	SVN	Karim Guédé	22	1	18	1	4	0
32	MF	GER	Marc Lais	1	0	1	0	0	0
40	MF	GER	Daniel Caligiuri	24	8	21	5	3	3
Strikers
9	FW	CRO	Ivan Santini	8	1	6	0	2	1
11	FW	MLI	Garra Dembélé	3	0	3	0	0	0
26	FW	SVN	Erik Jendrišek	9	0	9	0	0	0
33	FW	FRA	Mounir Bouziane	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	FW	GER	Sebastian Freis	14	2	12	1	2	1

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
20	MF		Max Kruse	24	EU	FC St. Pauli	Transfer	Summer	June 2014	€750,000	[2]
22	MF		Marco Terrazzino	21	EU	Karlsruher SC	Transfer	Summer	June 2015	Free	[3]
6	DF		Vegar Eggen Hedenstad	21	EU	Stabæk	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	ca. €500,000	[4]
21	MF		Ezequiel Calvente	21	EU	Betis	Loan	Summer	June 2013	Undisclosed	[5]
11	MF		Hendrick Zuck	22	EU	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	[6]

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
	DF		Andreas Hinkel	30	EU		End of contract	Summer	Free	[7]
30	DF		Michael Lumb	24	EU	Zenit St. Petersburg	End of loan	Summer	Free	[8]
9	FW		Simon Brandstetter	22	EU	Karlsruher SC	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	[9]
4	DF		Oliver Barth	32	EU	VfR Aalen	End of contract	Summer	Free	[10]
27	FW		Stefan Reisinger	30	EU	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[11]
	DF		Beg Ferati	26	EU	Winterthur	Loan	Winter	Undisclosed	[12]
	DF		Garra Dembélé	26	Non-EU		Loan	Winter	Undisclosed	[13]
	MF		Anton Putsila	25	Non-EU	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	End of contract	Winter	Free	[14]

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