1994–95 SC Freiburg season

SC Freiburg

1994–95 season
Manager	Volker Finke
Bundesliga	3rd
DFB-Pokal	First round
Top goalscorer	Rodolfo Cardoso

During the 1994–95 season, SC Freiburg competed in the Bundesliga.

Season summary

The previous season, Freiburg had only avoided relegation on goal difference. This season, however, Freiburg finished third, 3 points off champions Borussia Dortmund, and above more favoured teams like Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen. As a result, Freiburg qualified for European competition for the first time ever, entering the 1995–96 UEFA Cup.

Players

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	GER	Stefan Beneking
—	GK	GER	Dietmar Hummel
—	GK	GER	Jörg Schmadtke
—	DF	GER	Jörg Heinrich
—	DF	GER	Stefan Müller
—	DF	GER	Martin Spanring
—	DF	GER	Axel Sundermann
—	DF	GER	Thomas Vogel
—	DF	CRO	Damir Burić
—	MF	GER	Martin Braun
—	MF	GER	Oliver Freund

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GER	Maximilian Heidenreich
—	MF	GER	Jens Todt
—	MF	GER	Ralf Kohl
—	MF	GER	Karsten Neitzel
—	MF	GER	Andreas Zeyer
—	MF	RUS	Aleksandr Borodyuk
—	MF	ARG	Rodolfo Cardoso
—	FW	GER	Uwe Spies
—	FW	GER	Uwe Wassmer
—	FW	ALB	Altin Rraklli
—	FW	GRE	Paschalis Seretis

Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 1994–95 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Borussia Dortmund (C)	34	20	9	5	67	33	+34	49	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Werder Bremen	34	20	8	6	70	39	+31	48	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	SC Freiburg	34	20	6	8	66	44	+22	46
4	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	17	12	5	58	41	+17	46
5	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	17	9	8	66	41	+25	43	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Matches

Dynamo Dresden v SC Freiburg

26 August 1994	Dynamo Dresden	1–3	SC Freiburg	Dresden
15:30	Dittgen 47'	Report	Müller 13' Spies 64' Rodolfo Cardoso 81'	Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Heinz-Dieter Casper (Dortmund)

VfL Bochum v SC Freiburg

16 September 1994	VfL Bochum	1–3	SC Freiburg	Bochum
20:00	Aden 57'		Cardoso 2' Spies 34', 90'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 16,334 Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)

SC Freiburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

12 November 1994 (1994-11-12)	SC Freiburg	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Freiburg
15:30 CEST	Roth 53' (o.g.) Cardoso 75' (pen.)	(Report)		Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Fischer

SC Freiburg v Dynamo Dresden

4 March 1995	SC Freiburg	3–1	Dynamo Dresden	Freiburg
15:30	Heinrich 43' Zeyer 45' Cardoso 80'	Report	Rath 37'	Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Georg Dardenne (Nettersheim)

SC Freiburg v VfL Bochum

18 March 1995	SC Freiburg	1–2	VfL Bochum	Freiburg
15:30	Wassmer 86'		Wegmann 17' (pen.) Wosz 63'	Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Volkmar Fischer (St. Wendel)

Eintracht Frankfurt v SC Freiburg

13 May 1995 (1995-05-13)	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–2	SC Freiburg	Frankfurt, Germany
15:30 CEST	Komljenović 5'	(Report)	Cardoso 16' Köpke 53' (o.g.)	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Aust

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 1994–95 DFB-Pokal

Stuttgarter Kickers v SC Freiburg

13 August 1994	Stuttgarter Kickers	3–1	SC Freiburg	Stuttgart
19:00	Hofacker 17', 86' (pen.) Volke 90'	Report (in German)	Todt 30'	Stadium: Kickers-Stadion Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Hans-Peter Best (Kämpfelbach)