In the previous season's UEFA Europa League, Freiburg finished third in Group H, having been three points short of second-placed Slovan Liberec.

The next friendly match SC Freiburg played was against Swiss team FC Winterthur on 5 July 2014.

Antonio Marchesano scored a goal for FC Winterthur in the 29th minute to put the game level at two.

In the 31st minute, Sebastian Kerk converted a penalty to regain the lead for SC Freiburg.

Mike Frantz completed a brace with goals in the 60th and 74th minute to secure a win for SC Freiburg.

SC Freiburg replied with an equalizer in the 82nd minute by Pavel Krmaš to end the match in a draw.

In their third pre-season match, SC Freiburg faced Swiss club FC St. Gallen on 22 July 2014.

Four days later, on 26 July 2014, SC Freiburg faced Torpedo Moscow, a Russian team.

Dmitry Aydov opened the scoring in the 44th minute from a penalty to give his side the lead before halftime.

Denis Perger scored a goal in the 39th minute giving his side a 1-point lead going into halftime.

Then, late in the game, Sebastian Freis scored a goal in the 90th minute to put his team up by 2 and secured the win, advancing SC Freiburg to the final.

On 2 August 2014, SC Freiburg faced French team Rennes in the final of the Kaiserstuhl Cup.

This was only a consolation goal through, and Rennes won the match, leaving SC Freiburg as runners-up in the Kaiserstuhl Cup.

On 9 August 2014, SC Freiburg played their last pre-season friendly of the year against English club Stoke City.

Pavel Krmaš opened the scoring in the second minute to give SC Freiburg an early lead.

Mame Biram Diouf equalized for his team in the 39th minute, which was the final goal of the match.

Then Karim Guédé scored a goal in the 68th minute insuring SC Freiburg would advance to the second round of the DFB-Pokal with the away win.

The opening match of SC Freiburg's Bundesliga campaign was against Eintracht Frankfurt on matchday 1.

On matchday 2, on 31 August 2014, SC Freiburg faced Borussia Mönchengladbach, who were sitting at 10th in the league table.

Sebastian Jacob rounded off the scoring with a goal in the 71st minute, securing a win for his side.

During the second international break, SC Freiburg scheduled another friendly against Swiss club Young Boys.

During the third international break, SC Freiburg faced Swiss club FC Aarau on 13 November 2014.

The match ended in a 0–1 loss after Gerhard Progni put his side ahead in the 22nd minute.

The next winter friendly Freiburg played was later that day against fellow Bundesliga club Mainz 05.

Youth team player Florian Kath scored the opening goal in the 5th minute.

In the 12th minute, a Preußen Münster defender scored an own goal to double the lead for Freiburg.

On 24 January 2015, Freiburg faced Swiss club Basel in their final winter friendly.

In his league debut versus Eintracht Frankfurt, Nils Petersen scored a hat-trick, despite just coming on as a substitute for the second half.

On 2 May 2015, matchday 31 of the Bundesliga, Freiburg faced SC Paderborn at home, who were sitting 17th in the table.

On 8 May 2015, a Friday match, matchday 32 of the Bundesliga, Freiburg faced Hamburger SV away, who were sitting 14th in the table.