SC Freiburg II have also reacted to their average start in the 3. Liga and signed a creative player.

On Saturday (2 September, 2 pm), SC Freiburg II will host Rot-Weiss Essen in the 3. Liga. Last year, RWE celebrated their first away win in Breisgau against the strong U23 of SCF, who were promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga in sporting terms, but of course were not allowed to move up.

The start of the current round was not what the U23 of Freiburg had in mind. After four games, the team is still waiting for its first win. After two draws and two defeats, they enter the duel against Essen in last place.

Therefore, Freiburg has also reacted and introduced a new player on Wednesday. Ryan Johansson comes to the Breisgau. The 22-year-old joins the SCF from the second team of FC Sevilla.

The central midfielder completed his training in the youth departments of Racing FC Union Luxembourg, FC Metz and FC Bayern Munich. In 2020, he joined the second team of Sevilla FC. Since then, he has made 38 appearances in Spain’s third and fourth-tier leagues.

During his loan spell at Fortuna Sittard, he played in six Eredivisie matches and two Dutch Cup competitions.

The son of a Swedish father and an Irish mother, Ryan Johansson played for the Swedish, Irish and Luxembourg national teams in his youth.

The midfielder, who is expected to improve Freiburg’s creativity with immediate effect, has made a total of 29 appearances for the national U teams. After four matches, Freiburg have only scored three goals of their own. That should change now, even though the upheaval after last season was huge and no one could have expected that the Freiburg team would be as strong as it was in the 2022/23 season.