Rômulo will lead RB Leipzig into the season’s final game when SC Freiburg hosts Freiburg Vs Rb Leipzig at Europa-Park-Stadion on Saturday, May 16, a 9:30 a.m. ET kickoff that can send Leipzig to 68 points — a new club record if they win.
RB Leipzig go into the match with 65 points and third place secure; SC Freiburg sit on 44 points in seventh. A victory in Freiburg would bring Leipzig to 68 points, topping the club’s previous best of 67 set in 2016/17. Marcel Schäfer framed the target plainly: "I'm desperate for us to do so. I absolutely want us to get that points record."
The staging has already attracted a crowd. An open training session at Cottaweg drew 1,400 fans, and after that session Rômulo said, "I’m very happy – both with my own performances and with how the team has played." He has spent nine months in Leipzig, and his season totals stand at nine goals and four assists.
Context sharpens the choice facing Leipzig. The club has already secured Champions League qualification and the third-place finish, so Saturday is the last match of the season with the record in reach rather than league position at stake. That makes the game both ceremonial and consequential: ceremonial because Leipzig cannot move higher than third, consequential because a win would rewrite the club’s Bundesliga high-water mark.
Rômulo has his own stakes. Before the season he and his wife made a bet on how many goals he would score in his first year at RB Leipzig. He has said the season has delivered personally and collectively: "That’s normal. I’m still young. I’m new to this league. I have to adapt quickly," and, more broadly, "I think Brazilian players have two dreams: to play for the national team and to play in the Champions League. One of them has now come true. Maybe the other one will happen in the future too." After the St. Pauli game his family even asked when Leipzig's first Champions League match would be.
The tension is clear. RB Leipzig need nothing on the table to secure their league position, yet the players and staff have talked openly about pushing for a points record. Rômulo put the ambition in blunt terms: "It’s very important for us because we can make RBL history. We can be the first team to reach 68 points. That’s not just important for Marcel Schäfer, but for the team." At the same time he admits a personal shortfall: "I still need a few goals to win. But I’ve got one game left. Maybe I’ll manage it."
The match will tell two short stories at once: whether Leipzig can nudge their season total from 65 to 68 and whether Rômulo can convert a season of steady returns into one final scoring flourish. If Leipzig wins, the club will set a new benchmark; if they do not, this will remain the season they sealed Champions League football without surpassing their 2016/17 total of 67 points.
For now it comes back to the player who has been part of Leipzig’s climb. Rômulo, nine months into his time with the club and carrying a domestic bet and a club’s modest historical ambition, will take the field knowing one game can change the record books — and his own tally. "I still need a few goals to win. But I’ve got one game left. Maybe I’ll manage it."
