Who is broadcasting SC Freiburg vs. FC Basel live on TV & stream?

Vincenzo Grifo scored twice in the Europa League dress rehearsal against Bremen. IMAGO/Steinsiek.ch

On Wednesday, September 24, SC Freiburg will host FC Basel at the Europa-Park Stadium. Portuguese referee Luis Miguel Branco Godinho will officiate the match at 9 p.m. on the first matchday of the 2025/26 Europa League season.

The Breisgau team arrived just in time for the start of their European campaign. After a commanding first-round victory in the DFB Cup against Sportfreunde Lotte, they suffered two Bundesliga defeats against Augsburg and Cologne. After the international break, during which SCF played a friendly against FC Luzern and impressed, particularly in attack, the tide also turned in the Bundesliga: Coach Julian Schuster's team followed up their 3-1 come-from-behind victory against VfB Stuttgart with a 3-0 away win in Bremen.

For Basel, it's only a short away trip. The two cities are about 50 kilometers apart, so many fans will accompany the Swiss double winners to Freiburg. Due to a glitch, Basel even sold too many tickets . After six matchdays in the Bundesliga Super League, the team led by former Bayern Munich player Xherdan Shaqiri is in third place with twelve points. Their elimination in the Champions League qualifying playoffs against Copenhagen has been followed by three recent wins, with FCB only managing to advance to the third round of the cup in a penalty shootout in their most recent match against second-division side Etoile Carouge FC.

Freiburg's Europa League opener against Basel will be broadcast live on free TV on Nitro . Preliminary coverage on RTL 's specialty channel begins at 8:15 p.m. Laura Papendick will host the evening. Marco Hagemann will provide full commentary from kickoff at 9 p.m. Felix Kroos will be the pundit. The broadcast can also be watched as a paid livestream on RTL+ .

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Match: SC Freiburg vs. FC Basel, Europa League 2025/26, Matchday 1 Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 9 p.m. Venue: Europa-Park Stadium, Freiburg Broadcast: NITRO/RTL+