The 2011–12 season of

SC Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg e.V., commonly known as SC Freiburg () or just Freiburg, is a German football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. It plays in the Bundesliga, having been promoted as champions from the 2. Bunde ...

is the club's 14th season in the

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, the highest division in German football, and the third consecutive season since promotion in

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. It is the club's first season with

Marcus Sorg Marcus Sorg (born 24 December 1965) is a German football manager and former player who is the current assistant coach of the Germany national team. Career Early career Sorg has been head coach of lower division clubs including Stuttgarter Ki ...

as manager. The season began on 20 June with their first training session.

Off-season

Beg Ferati Beg Ferati (born 10 November 1986) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Club career Born in Pristina, Ferati moved with his family to Pratteln, Switzerland, while he was still a child. He started his children's ...

from

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became the first official signing of Freiburg's 2011–12 season upon confirmation on 7 March 2011. Further signings were

1. FC Nürnberg 1. Fußball-Club Nürnberg Verein für Leibesübungen e. V., often called 1. FC Nürnberg (, en, 1. Football Club Nuremberg) or simply Nürnberg, is a German association football club in Nuremberg, Bavaria, who currently compete in the 2. Bunde ...

goalkeeper Daniel Batz and forward

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from

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. Also

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returned from his loan spell at

MSV Duisburg Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jerseys, the club was on ...

, whilst Christian Bickel and

Simon Brandstetter Simon Brandstetter (born 2 May 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Mainz 05 II. Career Brandstetter began his career with SC Freiburg, who he joined from Stuttgarter Kickers' youth team in 2009, and was promo ...

joined from the club's own reserve squad.
Furthermore, Freiburg began the season with a new manager,

, after the previous manager

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moved to

Bayer Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH, also known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen (), Bayer Leverkusen, or simply Leverkusen, is a professional football club based in Leverkusen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The club competes in the Bundesliga, th ...

. Sorg had been in charge of the club's reserves team.

Summer transfers

In: Out:

Mid-season transfers

In: Out:

Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Matches

DFB-Pokal

Freiburg's

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campaign ended up as a disappointment after being eliminated in the first round by third division side

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Players

Kits

References

External links

SC Freiburg's Official Site (German)
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