Increasingly accustomed to fairy-tale runs befitting their Black Forest home, Freiburg are once again in the mix for European qualification via their Bundesliga standing. The top-six sides as a minimum will punch a ticket to continental competition - but Julian Schuster's team might not need one.
That's because Die Breisgauer are through to the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals, where Spain's Celta Vigo await, and have a DFB Cup semi-final against holders VfB Stuttgart still to come. Silverware in either of those would secure the amiable Badem-Württemberg outfit a fourth continental campaign in six years - potentially a first in the UEFA Champions League.
