What happened. Freiburg enjoyed a fantastic 2025/26 campaign, reaching the UEFA Europa League final and qualifying for the Conference League, and have started the new season with three straight competitive wins.

Schuster replaced Christian Streich two years ago.
Lost key players Johan Manzambi and Noah Atubolu.
Won 5-1 in DFB Cup and 7-2 on aggregate in Conference League play-off.

Freiburg aim to improve on last season's seventh-place finish in the Bundesliga.

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