After a successful premiere season, Bundesliga club SC Freiburg extended the contract with coach Julian Schuster.
An outstanding second half of the season, Fifth place in the Bundesliga and the qualification for the Europa League – Julian Schuster delivered enough arguments for a new contract as head coach in his premiere season as head coach. “Julian and his team did an impressively good job last year,” said board member Jochen Saier on Monday in a press release from the club. “The development of the team is absolutely positive and everyone is very close together.” As usual, the club did not know how long its new working paper will be valid.
Julian Schuster came in Christian Streich’s footsteps
Julian Schuster took over the team from Christian Streich in the summer of 2024, who trained SC Freiburg for twelve years and has played a key role in shaping the successful era in the club’s history. Schuster seems to have been successful: “The association and the region mean a lot to me. We have had a great year and have been able to develop a lot of things-beyond the tabular success,” said the 40-year-old, who has been active in Breisgau since 2008: as a Bundesliga player, since 2018 as an assistant coach, as head coach.
Schuster’s assistant coach Lars Voßler and Franz-Georg Wieland have also extended their contracts at SC Freiburg. Very too Schuster’s joy: “It fills me with joy to continuously work on this further development together with the coaching and functional team and the team.”
SC Freiburg currently in Season preparation in Schruns
Under Schuster’s leadership, young players in particular developed like Jordy Makengo and Johan Manzambi Finally, extremely further. Schuster also did not spend himself to put seasoned professionals on the bench like his former teammate Nicolas Höfler.
The Freiburgers are currently preparing for the new season in the training camp in Schruns in the Montafon.
Broadcast on Monday, 9/21/2025 6:40 p.m., SWR1 Baden-Württemberg
