List of SC Freiburg seasons

This is a list of the seasons played by SC Freiburg, from their entry into the Kreisliga Südwest in 1920 until the present day. The club's achievements in all major national and international competitions are listed.

Freiburg's greatest league successes are its four 2. Bundesliga titles, which came in 1993, 2003, 2009 and 2016. Since the creation of the Bundesliga in 1963, Freiburg has spent 24 seasons in this top division, with a best result of 3rd in 1995. The club also spent 22 seasons in the second tier 2. Bundesliga, and the remaining 15 seasons in the third tier Amateruliga.

Southern German football championship (1920–1933)

Season	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Rank	SDFM	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Rank
1920–21	Kreisliga Südwest (1)	18	6	5	7	22	26	-4	17	6th
1921–22	Kreisliga Südwest (1)	14	8	1	5	33	18	15	17	4th
1922–23	Kreisliga Südwest (1)	14	6	1	7	22	29	-7	13	6th
The structure of the Southern German football championship was reorganised in 1923, and Freiburg did not qualify for the new top division. They returned in 1924.
1924–25	Bezirksliga Württemberg- Baden (1)	14	2	4	8	13	31	-18	8	7th
1925–26	? (2)
1926–27	Bezirksliga Württemberg- Baden (1)	18	8	1	9	49	44	5	17	5th
1927–28	Bezirksliga Baden (1)	14	8	3	3	32	17	15	19	3rd	2nd/3rd Grp Südost	14	5	5	4	25	29	-4	15	5th
1928–29	Bezirksliga Baden (1)	14	7	1	6	28	32	-4	15	5th
1929–30	Bezirksliga Baden (1)	14	3	2	9	23	38	-15	8	7th
1930–31	Bezirksliga Baden (1)	14	4	3	7	19	35	-16	11	7th
1931–32	Bezirksliga Baden (1)	18	8	2	8	51	50	1	18	4th
1932–33	Bezirksliga Baden (1)	18	8	2	8	33	37	-4	18	6th

German football championship (1933–1963)

Season	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Rank	DFM/ P-O	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Rank
1933–34	Gauliga Baden (1)	18	2	2	14	21	54	-33	6	10th
1934–35	Bezirksliga Freiburg (2)
1935–36	Bezirksliga Freiburg (2)									1st	Play-offs	6	0	2	4	6	17	-11	2	4th
1936–37	Bezirksliga Oberbaden-Süd (2)									1st	Play-offs	12	3	1	8	20	34	-14	7	6th
1937–38	Bezirksliga Oberbaden-Süd (2)									1st	Play-offs Grp Süd	4	2	0	2	14	8	6	4	2nd
1938–39	Bezirksliga Oberbaden-Süd (2)
Due to the outbreak of World War II, the structure of the German football championship was reorganised in 1939. Freiburg was reassigned to the new top division.
1939–40	Gauliga Freiburg (1)	8	5	2	1	22	16	6	12	2nd
1940–41	Klasse Breisgau (2)									1st	Play-offs Grp Süd	4	3	1	0	8	3	5	7	1st
1941–42	Gauliga Südbaden (1)	10	3	0	7	23	34	-11	6	6th
1942–43	Klasse Breisgau (2)									1st	Play-offs Grp Süd	2	1	0	1	9	3	6	2	1st
1943–44	Gauliga Südbaden (1)	10	1	3	6	14	36	-22	5	5th
No football took place in 1944–45 due to World War II. In 1945, Freiburg was reassigned to the new second division, and renamed VfL Freiburg.
1945–46	Oberklasse Südbaden West (2)	16				44	26	18	22	3rd
1946–47	Oberliga Südwest Süd (1)	14	5	2	7	32	30	2	12	7th
1947–48	Oberliga Südwest Süd (1)	22	8	5	9	30	31	-1	21	9th
1948–49	Oberliga Südwest Süd (1)	23	8	4	11	31	39	-8	20	9th
In 1949, VfL Freiburg returned to its original name of SC Freiburg.
1949–50	Oberliga Südwest Süd (1)	30	9	6	15	52	63	-11	24	12th
The structure of the German football championship was reorganised in 1950, and Freiburg was reassigned to the new third division.
1950–51	Amateurliga Südbaden (3)	30				73	51	22	36	5th
1951–52	Amateurliga Südbaden (3)	34				81	48	33	44	4th
1952–53	Amateurliga Südbaden (3)	30				57	56	1	30	7th
1953–54	Amateurliga Südbaden (3)	30				62	58	4	36	5th
1954–55	Amateurliga Südbaden (3)	30				50	70	-20	21	14th
1955–56	Amateurliga Südbaden (3)	30				56	58	-2	28	8th
1956–57	Amateurliga Südbaden (3)	30				41	56	-15	23	14th
1957–58	Amateurliga Südbaden (3)	30				56	63	-7	28	9th
1958–59	Amateurliga Südbaden (3)	30				32	53	-21	23	12th
1959–60	Amateurliga Südbaden (3)	30				57	69	-12	25	12th
1960–61	Amateurliga Südbaden (3)	30				69	80	-11	26	10th
1961–62	Amateurliga Südbaden (3)	30				59	59	0	31	7th
1962–63	Amateurliga Südbaden (3)	30				47	54	-7	24	14th

Bundesliga (1963–present)

Season	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Rank	Cup	Other	Res.	Top scorer(s)
1963–64	Amateurliga Südbaden (3)	30				36	73	−37	16	15th
1964–65	Amateurliga Südbaden (3)	30				64	31	33	44	1st		Play-offs	3rd
1965–66	Amateurliga Südbaden (3)	32				50	59	−9	30	9th
1966–67	Amateurliga Südbaden (3)	30				54	51	3	29	10th
1967–68	Amateurliga Südbaden (3)	30				61	32	29	61	1st		Play-offs	3rd
1968–69	Amateurliga Südbaden (3)	30				34	42	−8	26	12th
1969–70	Amateurliga Südbaden (3)	30				46	35	11	34	4th
1970–71	Amateurliga Südbaden (3)	30				53	37	16	37	3rd
1971–72	Amateurliga Südbaden (3)	30				45	46	−1	28	8th
1972–73	Amateurliga Südbaden (3)	30				55	40	15	31	7th
1973–74	Amateurliga Südbaden (3)	30				62	35	27	37	6th
1974–75	Amateurliga Südbaden (3)	30				87	36	51	61	2nd
1975–76	Amateurliga Südbaden (3)	34				67	46	21	38	6th	R2
1976–77	Amateurliga Südbaden (3)	34				79	40	39	47	2nd	R1
1977–78	Amateurliga Südbaden (3)	34				78	28	50	52	1st		Play-offs	1st
1978–79	2. Bundesliga Süd (2)	38	11	10	17	51	75	−24	32	15th	R3			Paul Dörflinger, 20
1979–80	2. Bundesliga Süd (2)	40	18	10	12	68	54	14	46	6th	R1			Joachim Löw, 14 Wolfgang Schüler, 14
1980–81	2. Bundesliga Süd (2)	38	16	9	13	57	50	7	41	7th	R4			Robert Birner, 10
1981–82	2. Bundesliga (2)	38	11	12	15	49	54	−5	34	15th	R2			Robert Birner, 12
1982–83	2. Bundesliga (2)	38	13	16	9	50	45	5	42	8th	R1			Hans Meisel, 10
1983–84	2. Bundesliga (2)	38	13	17	8	50	49	1	43	7th	R2			Joachim Löw, 17
1984–85	2. Bundesliga (2)	38	14	10	14	45	49	−4	38	8th	R1			Milorad Pilipović, 10
1985–86	2. Bundesliga (2)	38	12	9	17	54	62	−8	33	16th	R1			Souleyman Sané, 18
1986–87	2. Bundesliga (2)	38	13	13	12	59	56	3	39	8th	R2			Joachim Löw, 17 Souleyman Sané, 17
1987–88	2. Bundesliga (2)	38	13	12	13	61	63	−2	38	10th	R2			Souleyman Sané, 21
1988–89	2. Bundesliga (2)	38	17	8	13	66	52	14	42	5th	R1			Marek Majka, 11
1989–90	2. Bundesliga (2)	38	11	12	15	53	52	1	34	13th	R2			Holger Janz, 11 Marek Majka, 11 Dimitrios Moutas, 11
1990–91	2. Bundesliga (2)	38	15	10	13	54	48	6	40	9th	R1			Niels Schlotterbeck, 16
1991–92	2. Bundesliga Süd (2)	32	13	11	8	52	41	11	37	3rd	R2			Uwe Spies, 11
1992–93	2. Bundesliga (2)	46	27	11	8	102	57	45	65	1st	R2			Altin Rraklli, 16
1993–94	Bundesliga (1)	34	10	8	16	54	57	−3	28	15th	QF			Rodolfo Cardoso, 12
1994–95	Bundesliga (1)	34	20	6	8	66	44	22	46	3rd	R1			Rodolfo Cardoso, 16
From 1995, 3 points were awarded for a win.
1995–96	Bundesliga (1)	34	11	9	14	30	41	−11	42	11th	R3	UEFA Cup	R1	Harry Decheiver, 11
1996–97	Bundesliga (1)	34	8	5	21	43	67	−24	29	17th	QF			Uwe Wassmer, 7
1997–98	2. Bundesliga (2)	34	18	7	9	57	36	21	61	2nd	R1			Marco Weißhaupt, 16
1998–99	Bundesliga (1)	34	10	9	15	36	44	−8	39	12th	R2			Zoubeir Baya, 6 Alexander Iashvili, 6 Marco Weißhaupt, 6
1999–2000	Bundesliga (1)	34	10	10	14	45	50	−5	40	12th	QF			Adel Sellimi, 11
2000–01	Bundesliga (1)	34	15	10	9	54	37	17	55	6th	QF			Adel Sellimi, 10
2001–02	Bundesliga (1)	34	7	9	18	37	64	−27	30	16th	R2	UEFA Cup	R3	Soumaila Coulibaly, 6
2002–03	2. Bundesliga (2)	34	20	7	7	58	32	26	67	1st	R3			Zlatan Bajramović, 15
2003–04	Bundesliga (1)	34	10	8	16	42	67	−25	38	13th	R3			Alexander Iashvili, 9
2004–05	Bundesliga (1)	34	3	9	22	30	75	−45	18	18th	QF			Soumaila Coulibaly, 6
2005–06	2. Bundesliga (2)	34	16	8	10	41	33	8	56	4th	R3			Soumaila Coulibaly, 7
2006–07	2. Bundesliga (2)	34	17	9	8	55	39	16	60	4th	R2			Roda Antar, 10 Alexander Iashvili, 10
2007–08	2. Bundesliga (2)	34	15	10	9	49	44	5	55	5th	R2			Jonathan Pitroipa, 7
2008–09	2. Bundesliga (2)	34	21	5	8	60	36	24	68	1st	R3			Mohammadou Idrissou, 13
2009–10	Bundesliga (1)	34	9	8	17	35	59	−24	35	14th	R2			Mohammadou Idrissou, 9
2010–11	Bundesliga (1)	34	13	5	16	41	50	−9	44	9th	R2			Papiss Cissé, 22
2011–12	Bundesliga (1)	34	10	10	14	45	61	−16	40	12th	R1			Papiss Cissé, 9
2012–13	Bundesliga (1)	34	14	9	11	45	40	5	51	5th	SF			Max Kruse, 11 Jonathan Schmid, 11
2013–14	Bundesliga (1)	34	9	9	16	43	61	−18	36	14th	R3	Europa League	Grp	Admir Mehmedi, 12
2014–15	Bundesliga (1)	34	7	13	14	36	47	−11	34	17th	QF			Nils Petersen, 9
2015–16	2. Bundesliga (2)	34	22	6	6	75	39	36	72	1st	R2			Nils Petersen, 21
2016–17	Bundesliga (1)	34	14	6	14	42	60	−18	48	7th	R2			Florian Niederlechner, 11
2017–18	Bundesliga (1)	34	8	12	14	32	56	−24	36	15th	R3	Europa League	3QR	Nils Petersen, 15
2018–19	Bundesliga (1)	34	8	12	14	46	61	−15	36	13th	R2			Nils Petersen, 10
2019–20	Bundesliga (1)	34	13	9	12	48	47	1	48	8th	R2			Nils Petersen, 11
2020–21	Bundesliga (1)	34	12	9	13	52	52	0	45	10th	R2			Vincenzo Grifo, 9
2021–22	Bundesliga (1)	34	15	10	9	58	46	12	55	6th	RU			Vincenzo Grifo, 9
2022–23	Bundesliga (1)	34	17	8	9	51	44	7	59	5th	SF	Europa League	R16	Vincenzo Grifo, 15
2023–24	Bundesliga (1)	34	11	9	14	45	58	−13	42	10th	R2	Europa League	R16	Vincenzo Grifo, 8

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