Chapter 05

Key Figures

The people who define the club
3 min readUpdated: March 2026
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Volker Finke

He invented the modern SC Freiburg. Who knows how the club's history would have unfolded without Volker Finke? Almost certainly differently without the footballing maverick from Nienburg on the Weser, who arrived in 1991 after disagreements with the pre…

Achim Stocker (1935

2009): The president watches teletext. No other president has shaped the office in Freiburg like Achim Stocker. A civil servant, a government director at the regional finance authority in Freiburg with an enormous passion for football, who took over the board in 1972 and, faced with fi…

Joachim Löw

Der Weltmeister-Trainer aus Freiburg. Weltmeister-Karrieren beginnen nicht in Freiburg? Aber sicher doch! Joachim „Jogi“ Löw ist bis heute der am meisten eingeblendete Tribünengast in Freiburg. Als Spieler hat sich der Stürmer aus Schönau im Schwarzwald in zwei Karriereabschnitten um den SC Freiburg…

Christian Streich

He took Freiburg's cult status to a new level. Winter 2011/12. SC Freiburg at rock bottom. For the first time in the club's Bundesliga history, a coach — Marcus Sorg — was sacked. His record of 13 points from 17 matches was dismal. Freiburg, bottom of the table with already five d…

Jens Todt

Freiburg's first international player. The quiet defensive all-rounder arrived in 1991 with his then-coach Volker Finke from Lower Saxony's relegated second-division side TSV Havelse. On October 12, 1994, at the peak of Freiburg's euphoria during the successful 1994/95 season, national team coach…

Jogi Löw 80s hairstyle SC Freiburg bench 1980
Jogi Löw — with a fashionable 1980s hairstyle on the SC Freiburg bench on 31.05.1980. Photo: Imago Images/Pressefoto Baumann
All Chapters: 01. Prologue 02. Good to Know 03. For the Haters 04. For the Lovers 05. Key Figures 06. Personae Non Gratae 07. Tragic 08. OMG — Oh My God 09. Fun Facts 10. Special Moments 11. Wise Words 12. Club Profile [Annex]
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