2015–16 FC Schalke 04 season

The 2015–16 FC Schalke 04 season was the 112th season in the club's football history. In 2015–16 the club plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It is the club's 23rd consecutive season in the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1991.

Schalke 04
2015–16 season
PresidentClemens Tönnies
Head coachAndré Breitenreiter
StadiumVeltins-Arena
Bundesliga5th
DFB-PokalSecond round
UEFA Europa LeagueRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (12)

All:
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (16)
Highest home attendance62,271
(21 November vs. Bayern,
24 January vs. Bremen,
18 March vs. Mönchengladbach,
23 April vs. Leverkusen,
7 May vs. Augsburg)
Lowest home attendance42,447
(1 October vs. Tripoli)

Transfers edit

In edit

No. Pos. Name Age NAT Moving from Type Transfer Window Contract ends Transfer fee Sources
21 MF Alessandro Schöpf 21   1. FC Nürnberg Transfer Winter 2019 €5,000,000 [1]
11 MF Younès Belhanda 25   Dynamo Kyiv Loan Winter 2016 Free [2]
16 FW Fabian Reese 18   Schalke 04 U19 Promoted Winter 2019 [3]
20 DF Thilo Kehrer 19   Schalke 04 II Promoted Winter 2019 [4]
FW Felix Schröter 20   1. FC Heidenheim End of Loan Winter 2018 [5]
5 MF Johannes Geis 21   Mainz 05 Transfer Summer 2019 €12,000,000 [6]
31 DF Matija Nastasić 22   Manchester City Transfer Summer 2019 €9,500,000 [7]
9 FW Franco Di Santo 26   Werder Bremen Transfer Summer 2019 €6,000,000 [8]
3 DF Júnior Caiçara 26   Ludogorets Razgrad Transfer Summer 2018 €4,500,000 [9]
35 GK Alexander Nübel 18   SC Paderborn Transfer Summer 2018 €200,000 [10]
27 DF Sascha Riether 32   SC Freiburg Transfer Summer 2016 Free [11]
23 MF Pierre-Emile Højbjerg 20   Bayern Munich Loan Summer 2016 €1,000,000 [12]
30 GK Michael Gspurning 34   Schalke 04 II Promoted Summer 2016 [13]
FW Felix Schröter 19   Schalke 04 II Promoted Summer 2018 [14]
36 FW Felix Platte 19   Schalke 04 U19 Promoted Summer 2018 [15]
19 MF Leroy Sané 19   Schalke 04 U19 Promoted Summer 2017 [16]
14 DF Kyriakos Papadopoulos 23   Bayer Leverkusen End of Loan Summer 2016
28 DF Felipe Santana 29   Olympiacos End of Loan Summer 2016

Out edit

No. Pos. Name Age NAT Moving to Type Transfer Window Transfer fee Sources
28 DF Felipe Santana 29   Kuban Krasnodar Transfer Winter Free [17]
MF Kevin-Prince Boateng 28   Milan Transfer Winter Free [18]
36 FW Felix Platte 19   Darmstadt 98 Loan Winter Free [19]
24 DF Kaan Ayhan 21   Eintracht Frankfurt Loan Winter Free [20]
10 MF Julian Draxler 21   VfL Wolfsburg Transfer Summer €36,000,000 [21]
17 MF Jefferson Farfán 30   Al-Jazira Transfer Summer €7,000,000 [22]
14 DF Kyriakos Papadopoulos 23   Bayer Leverkusen Transfer Summer €6,500,000 [23]
27 MF Tranquillo Barnetta 30   Philadelphia Union Transfer Summer Free [24]
23 DF Christian Fuchs 29   Leicester City Transfer Summer Free [25]
37 DF Pascal Itter 20   SV Grödig Transfer Summer Free [26]
20 FW Chinedu Obasi 29   Free agent End of contract Summer Free
FW Felix Schröter 19   1. FC Heidenheim Loan Summer Free [27]
40 GK Timon Wellenreuther 19   Mallorca Loan Summer Free [28]
28 GK Christian Wetklo 35   Schalke 04 II Intern Summer [29]
3 MF Jan Kirchhoff 24   Bayern Munich End of Loan Summer
31 DF Matija Nastasić 22   Manchester City End of Loan Summer

Kit edit

Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: Gazprom

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Home Alt.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Home 2016-17
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Away
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Away Alt.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Away Alt. 2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Third
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Third Alt.

Kit information edit

Adidas continues its supply of the Schalke 04 kit, a relationship dating back to the 1975–76 season. Gazprom is the current sponsor, dating back to the middle of the 2006–07 season.

  • Home: Previous season's blue home shirt, white shorts and blue socks confirmed as the current home kit with white three Adidas stripes due to Schalke 04's two-season home kit tradition.
  • Home alternate: Same as home but including blue alternate shorts.
  • Away: The away kit features a Marseille-inspired traditional home kit with light grey hoop, aqua blue three Adidas stripes, aqua blue shorts with white three Adidas stripes and white socks.
  • Away alternate: Same as away kit but including white shorts with aqua blue three Adidas stripes and white socks.
  • Away alternate 2: Same as away kit but including aqua blue shorts with white three Adidas stripes and aqua blue socks.
  • Third: The third kit with white three Adidas stripes features a gradiented-hoop pattern, running from dark green to green, with black sleeve, all black back panel and all black shorts.
  • Third alternate: Same as third kit but including green shorts with white three Adidas stripes and green socks.

Kit usage edit

Kit Description Usage
Home Blue body with white shorts and blue socks. Used in all home Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal, UEFA Europa League, friendly matches (against Twente), away Bundesliga matches against Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Mainz 05, FC Ingolstadt and away friendly matches against Wolfsberger AC.
Home alt. Blue body with blue shorts and blue socks. Used in away matches against VfB Stuttgart, FC Augsburg, 1. FC Köln, VfL Wolfsburg, Borussia Mönchengladbach and friendly match against Lechia Gdańsk.
Away White-light grey hoop with aqua shorts and white socks. Used in away matches against Bayer Leverkusen and Eintracht Frankfurt, UEFA Europa League away match against Shakhtar Donetsk and friendly matches against VfL Osnabrück, Udinese.
Away alt. I White-light grey hoop body with white shorts and socks. Used in away matches against Werder Bremen, Darmstadt 98, Hannover 96.
Away alt. II White-light grey hoop with aqua shorts and aqua socks. Used in UEFA Europa League away match against Sparta Prague.
Third Dark green to green gradient hoop body with black sleeve, back panel, shorts and socks. Used in away matches against Hamburger SV, 1899 Hoffenheim, friendly matches against Austria Klagenfurt, Porto, all-DFB Pokal opponent's white-blue, sky blue and yellow-blue home kit away matches and UEFA Europa League away matches against APOEL and Asteras Tripoli.
Third alt. Dark green to green gradient hoop body with black sleeve and back panel, green shorts and socks. Used in away match against Hertha BSC.

Kit record edit

Type Shirt Shorts Socks Record
G W D L GF GA GD
Home Blue White Blue 23 11 5 7 39 34 +5
Home Alt. Blue Blue Blue 6 2 0 4 7 11 −4
Away White Light blue White 5 0 3 2 1 7 −6
Away Alt. I White White White 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8
Away Alt. II White Light blue Light blue 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0
Third Green Black Black 4 4 0 0 13 0 +13
Third Alt. Green Green Green 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2
Home (Season 2016/2017) Blue White Blue 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
44 20 10 14 71 57 +14
Updated: 14 May 2016

Friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

8 July 2015 (2015-07-08) Friendly Austria Klagenfurt   1–3   Schalke 04 Klagenfurt, Austria
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Rep   49' Report Huntelaar   12'
Göcer[30]   82'
Choupo-Moting   87'
Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Thomas Fröhlacher (Austria)
10 July 2015 (2015-07-10) Friendly Wolfsberger AC   3–1   Schalke 04 Wolfsberg, Austria
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Drescher   5'
Hellquist   11'
Trdina   90'
Report Huntelaar   57' Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena
Attendance: 3,985
Referee: Helmut Trattnig (Austria)
14 July 2015 (2015-07-14) Friendly Udinese   1–1   Schalke 04 Klagenfurt, Austria
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Di Natale   81' Report Huntelaar   38' Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Stefan Krassnitzer (Austria)
19 July 2015 (2015-07-19) Friendly VfL Osnabrück   2–3   Schalke 04 Osnabrück, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Savran   11', 56' Report Júnior Caiçara   39'
Ayhan   74'
Huntelaar   77'
Stadium: osnatel ARENA
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Dr. Riem Hussein (Germany)
22 July 2015 (2015-07-22) Friendly Lechia Gdańsk   0–1   Schalke 04 Gdańsk, Poland
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Sané   44' Stadium: PGE Arena Gdańsk
Attendance: 7,700
Referee: Tomasz Tobiański (Poland)
27 July 2015 (2015-07-27) Friendly Schalke 04   0–0   Porto Gütersloh, Germany
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Heidewaldstadion
Attendance: 7,513
Referee: Dr. Martin Thomsen (Germany)
2 August 2015 (2015-08-02) Friendly Schalke 04   1–1   Twente Gelsenkirchen, Germany
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Geis   28' Report Olaitan   86' Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 33,315
Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany)
18 January 2016 (2016-01-18) Friendly Arminia Bielefeld   1–0   Schalke 04 Bielefeld, Germany
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Schuppan   17' Report[permanent dead link] Stadium: Schüco-Arena
Attendance: 11,916
Referee: Sören Storks (Germany)

Florida Cup 2016 edit

10 January 2016 (2016-01-10) Round 1 Fort Lauderdale Strikers   0–2   Schalke 04 Orlando, United States
19:30 EST (UTC-05:00) Report Di Santo   30'
Sané   57'
Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,104
Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald (United States)
13 January 2016 (2016-01-13) Round 2 Atlético Mineiro   3–0   Schalke 04 Fort Lauderdale, United States
18:30 EST (UTC-05:00) Silva   8'
Patric   81'
Lucas Cândido   83'
Report Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 2,504
Referee: Ted Unkel (United States)

Competitions edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Bayer Leverkusen 34 18 6 10 56 40 +16 60 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
4 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 17 4 13 67 50 +17 55 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5 Schalke 04 34 15 7 12 51 49 +2 52 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
6 Mainz 05 34 14 8 12 46 42 +4 50
7 Hertha BSC 34 14 8 12 42 42 0 50 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-offs.[31]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Since the winners of the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal, Bayern Munich, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Mainz 05; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, Hertha BSC.

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 15 7 12 51 49  +2 52 8 5 4 28 24  +4 7 2 8 23 25  −2

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA
ResultWDLWWWWLWLDLLDWLWLWWLDDWWLWLDLLWDW
Position3495433333457868665456764547777675
Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2016. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 1 Werder Bremen 0–3 Schalke 04 Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Gebre Selassie   34' (o.g.)
Choupo-Moting   68'
Aogo   77'
Höger   80'
Huntelaar   85'
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Daniel Siebert
22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 2 Schalke 04 1–1 Darmstadt 98 Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Draxler   47',   68' Report Rausch   9'
Sailer   52'
Wagner   90+4'
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,565
Referee: Benjamin Brand
28 August 2015 (2015-08-28) 3 VfL Wolfsburg 3–0 Schalke 04 Wolfsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Dost   17'
Luiz Gustavo   51'
R. Rodríguez   59' (pen.)
Klose   61'
Report Riether   52'
Aogo   73'
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Felix Brych
13 September 2015 (2015-09-13) 4 Schalke 04 2–1 Mainz 05 Gelsenkirchen
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Matip   37',   84'
Huntelaar   61'
Report Bengtsson   24'
Latza   40'
Mallı   42'
Bell   73'
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 60,083
Referee: Robert Hartmann
20 September 2015 (2015-09-20) 5 VfB Stuttgart 0–1 Schalke 04 Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Klein   20'
Insúa   44'
Šunjić   75'
Report Di Santo   49'
Sané   52',   53'
Aogo   61'
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 48,510
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
23 September 2015 (2015-09-23) 6 Schalke 04 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Gelsenkirchen
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Höger   12'
Matip   76'
Kolašinac   87'
Sané   90+1'
Report Russ   65'
Abraham   79'
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 60,104
Referee: Felix Zwayer
26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 7 Hamburger SV 0–1 Schalke 04 Hamburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Djourou   83' Report Geis   19'
Sané   60'
Neustädter   64'
Fährmann   90'
Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 53,192
Referee: Jochen Drees
4 October 2015 (2015-10-04) 8 Schalke 04 0–3 1. FC Köln Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Geis   79'
Meyer   90+2'
Report Modeste   45'
Bittencourt   50'
Risse   69'
Gerhardt   79'
Zoller   84'
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,723
Referee: Knut Kircher
17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 9 Schalke 04 2–1 Hertha BSC Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Di Santo   17'
Höwedes   27',   63'
Geis   75'
Meyer   90+2'
Report Haraguchi   16'
Ibišević   18'
Langkamp   60'
Darida   70'
Kalou   73'
Hegeler   84'
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,336
Referee: Marco Fritz
25 October 2015 (2015-10-25) 10 Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–1 Schalke 04 Mönchengladbach
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Stindl   32'
Wendt   52'
Raffael   70',   72'
Korb   84'
Report Júnior Caiçara   27'
Christensen   44' (o.g.)
Höwedes   72'
Matip   80'
Geis   80'
Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park
Attendance: 54,010
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 11 Schalke 04 1–1 FC Ingolstadt Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Höwedes   60'
Sané   77'
Report Levels   39'
Groß   61'
Hinterseer   72'
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 60,144
Referee: Florian Meyer
8 November 2015 (2015-11-08) 12 Borussia Dortmund 3–2 Schalke 04 Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Kagawa   30'
Ginter   43'
Aubameyang   47',   48'
Schmelzer   82'
Weigl   89'
Report Huntelaar   33', 71'
Goretzka   38'
Júnior Caiçara   46'
Di Santo   60'
Platte   90+1'
Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 79,956
Referee: Felix Brych
21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 13 Schalke 04 1–3 Bayern Munich Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Meyer   17'
Huntelaar   61'
Højbjerg   82'
Report Goretzka   9' (o.g.)
Martínez   69'
Müller   90+2'
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 62,271
Referee: Tobias Stieler
29 November 2015 (2015-11-29) 14 Bayer Leverkusen 1–1 Schalke 04 Leverkusen
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Tah   8'
Riether   85' (o.g.)
Report Choupo-Moting   38',   50'
Goretzka   75'
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Marco Fritz
4 December 2015 (2015-12-04) 15 Schalke 04 3–1 Hannover 96 Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Riether   9'
Geis   51' (pen.)
Huntelaar   73'
Di Santo   82'
Report Marcelo   51'
Saint-Maximin   81'
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,229
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
13 December 2015 (2015-12-13) 16 FC Augsburg 2–1 Schalke 04 Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Kohr   3'
Koo   27'
Hong   34'
Caiuby   90+2'
Report Kolašinac   32',   70' Stadium: WWK ARENA
Attendance: 28,410
Referee: Florian Meyer
18 December 2015 (2015-12-18) 17 Schalke 04 1–0 1899 Hoffenheim Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Choupo-Moting   28'
Goretzka   90+1'
Report Strobl   57'
Rudy   58'
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 60,749
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
24 January 2016 (2016-01-24) 18 Schalke 04 1–3 Werder Bremen Gelsenkirchen
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Matip   4'
Kolašinac   77'
Report Grillitsch   35'
Fritz   43'
Pizarro   53',   80'
Junuzović   58'
Ujah   89'
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 62,271
Referee: Christian Dingert
30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) 19 Darmstadt 98 0–2 Schalke 04 Darmstadt
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Rausch   55'
Niemeyer   66'
Rajković   83'
Report Meyer   43',   59'
Sané   53'
Goretzka   84'
Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Daniel Siebert
6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) 20 Schalke 04 3–0 VfL Wolfsburg Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Huntelaar   24',   26'
Geis   35',   49'
Schöpf   87'
Report Kruse   30'
Bendtner   58'
Knoche   62'
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,483
Referee: Tobias Welz
12 February 2016 (2016-02-12) 21 Mainz 05 2–1 Schalke 04 Mainz
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Bussmann   33'
Latza   43'
Baumgartlinger   79'
Donati   81'
Balogun   90+3'
Report Júnior Caiçara   45+1'
Belhanda   46'
Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 32,107
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
21 February 2016 (2016-02-21) 22 Schalke 04 1–1 VfB Stuttgart Gelsenkirchen
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Belhanda   14',   69'
Schöpf   75'
Sané   81'
Report Didavi   28'
Harnik   74'
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,262
Referee: Bastian Dankert
28 February 2016 (2016-02-28) 23 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–0 Schalke 04 Frankfurt
19:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Hasebe   90+1' Report Aogo   88'
Meyer   90+1'
Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 43,500
Referee: Felix Brych
2 March 2016 (2016-03-02) 24 Schalke 04 3–2 Hamburger SV Gelsenkirchen
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Meyer   37'
Neustädter   43'
Júnior Caiçara   60'
Huntelaar   66'
Schöpf   77'
Report N. Müller   4'
Djourou   40'   45'
Kačar   90+1'
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 60,856
Referee: Günter Perl
5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 25 1. FC Köln 1–3 Schalke 04 Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Maroh   2'
Bittencourt   33'
Report Huntelaar   2' (pen.)
Meyer   23'
Di Santo   76'
Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION
Attendance: 49,300
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
11 March 2016 (2016-03-11) 26 Hertha BSC 2–0 Schalke 04 Berlin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Ibišević   42'
Skjelbred   56'
Stark   65'
Ciğerci   90+1'
Report Júnior Caiçara   26' Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 51,424
Referee: Tobias Welz
18 March 2016 (2016-03-18) 27 Schalke 04 2–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Hinteregger   59' (o.g.)
Kolašinac   64'
Goretzka   83'
Report Christensen   79' Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 62,271
Referee: Marco Fritz
2 April 2016 (2016-04-02) 28 FC Ingolstadt 3–0 Schalke 04 Ingolstadt
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Hartmann   29' (pen.)
Groß   38'
Hinterseer   45+2'
Lezcano   65'
Report Meyer   34'
Júnior Caiçara   35'
Sané   41'
Neustädter   80'
Matip   90'
Stadium: Audi Sportpark
Attendance: 15,200
Referee: Daniel Siebert
10 April 2016 (2016-04-10) 29 Schalke 04 2–2 Borussia Dortmund Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Kolašinac   45'
Sané   51'
Riether   52'
Huntelaar   66' (pen.)
Højbjerg   71'
Belhanda   81'
Neustädter   87'
Report Şahin   31'
Kagawa   49'
Ginter   56'
Papastathopoulos   64'
Durm   72'
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,670
Referee: Felix Zwayer
16 April 2016 (2016-04-16) 30 Bayern Munich 3–0 Schalke 04 Munich
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Lewandowski   54', 65'
Vidal   73'
Report Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Tobias Welz
23 April 2016 (2016-04-23) 31 Schalke 04 2–3 Bayer Leverkusen Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Choupo-Moting   14'
Júnior Caiçara   27'
Sané   29',   38'
Højbjerg   52'
Report Toprak   5'
Bender   33'
Brandt   54'
Bellarabi   56'
Hernández   60',   90+1'
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 62,271
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
30 April 2016 (2016-04-30) 32 Hannover 96 1–3 Schalke 04 Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Sobiech   21' Report Choupo-Moting   11'
Huntelaar   45'
Schöpf   80'
Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 46,900
Referee: Günter Perl
7 May 2016 (2016-05-07) 33 Schalke 04 1–1 FC Augsburg Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Goretzka   51'
Huntelaar   82'
Report Baier   52',   89'
Finnbogason   62'
Gouweleeuw   69'
Caiuby   80'
Stafylidis   85'
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 62,271
Referee: Christian Dingert
14 May 2016 (2016-05-14) 34 1899 Hoffenheim 1–4 Schalke 04 Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Uth   41'
Rudy   59'
Report Huntelaar   7'
Choupo-Moting   14'
Sané   56'
Höwedes   68'
Schär   89' (o.g.)
Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 30,150
Referee: Felix Brych

DFB-Pokal edit

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) Round 1 MSV Duisburg 0–5 Schalke 04 Duisburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Grote   26'
Bajić   27'   31'
Wolze   62'
Report Huntelaar   3'
Nastasić   39'
Geis   45+1'
Di Santo   62'
Goretzka   85'
Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
Attendance: 30,600
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
28 October 2015 (2015-10-28) Round 2 Schalke 04 0–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Júnior Caiçara   55'
Højbjerg   81'
Report Wendt   15'
Stindl   42'
Hazard   53' (pen.)
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 60,655
Referee: Tobias Stieler

UEFA Europa League edit

Group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Schalke 04 6 4 2 0 15 3 +12 14 Advance to knockout phase
2   Sparta Prague 6 3 3 0 10 5 +5 12
3   Asteras Tripoli 6 1 1 4 4 12 −8 4
4   APOEL 6 1 0 5 3 12 −9 3
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
17 September 2015 (2015-09-17) 1 APOEL   0–3   Schalke 04 Nicosia, Cyprus
21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00) Makrides   50'
Vander   72'
De Vincenti   77'
Report Geis   10'
Matip   28'
Huntelaar   35', 71'
Di Santo   38'
Stadium: GSP Stadium
Attendance: 13,512
Referee: Tony Chapron (France)
1 October 2015 (2015-10-01) 2 Schalke 04   4–0   Asteras Tripoli Gelsenkirchen, Germany
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Di Santo   28', 37', 44' (pen.)
Huntelaar   84'
Report Ederson   44'
Goian   46'
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 42,447
Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)
22 October 2015 (2015-10-22) 3 Schalke 04   2–2   Sparta Prague Gelsenkirchen, Germany
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Di Santo   6'
Højbjerg   35'
Sané   73'
Report Fatai   50'
Lafata   63'
Nhamoinesu   68'
Hybš   87'
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 51,244
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
5 November 2015 (2015-11-05) 4 Sparta Prague   1–1   Schalke 04 Prague, Czech Republic
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00) Lafata   6',   82'
Jiráček   53'
Matějovský   66'
Dočkal   70'
Report Geis   20' (pen.),   78'
Højbjerg   66'
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 17,352
Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez (Spain)
26 November 2015 (2015-11-26) 5 Schalke 04   1–0   APOEL Gelsenkirchen, Germany
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Neustädter   80'
Choupo-Moting   86'
Report Vinícius   50'
Carlão   62'
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 43,117
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
10 December 2015 (2015-12-10) 6 Asteras Tripoli   0–4   Schalke 04 Tripoli, Greece
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Choupo-Moting   23',   37', 78'
Di Santo   29'
Højbjerg   85'
Meyer   86'
Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium
Attendance: 2,501
Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

Knockout phase edit

Round of 32 edit
18 February 2016 (2016-02-18) First leg Shakhtar Donetsk   0–0   Schalke 04 Lviv, Ukraine
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00) Kucher   79'   86'
Gladkiy   84'
Report Sané   77' Stadium: Arena Lviv
Attendance: 23,615
Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)
25 February 2016 (2016-02-25) Second leg Schalke 04   0–3
(0–3 agg.)
  Shakhtar Donetsk Gelsenkirchen, Germany
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Goretzka   35' Report Ismaily   2'
Marlos   26',   53'
Stepanenko   32'
Taison   43'
Ferreyra   63'
Kovalenko   77'
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 45,308
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Team statistics edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 15 August 2015 14 May 2016 Matchday 1 5th Place 34 15 7 12 51 49 +2 044.12
DFB-Pokal 8 August 2015 28 October 2015 Round 1 Round 2 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 050.00
Europa League 17 September 2015 25 February 2016 Group stage Round of 32 8 4 3 1 15 6 +9 050.00
Total 44 20 10 14 71 57 +14 045.45
Updated: 14 May 2016

Squad statistics edit

Squad Season 2015–16
No NAT Player Age Contract ends All A           BL A BL           Cup A Cup           EL A EL          
Goalkeepers
1   Ralf Fährmann 27 30 June 2019 43 (0) 0 1 0 0 34 (0) 0 1 0 0 1 (0) 0 0 0 0 8 (0) 0 0 0 0
30   Michael Gspurning 35 30 June 2016 1 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 1 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0
34   Fabian Giefer 25 30 June 2018 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0
35   Alexander Nübel 19 30 June 2018 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2   Marvin Friedrich 20 30 June 2018 0 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0
3   Júnior Caiçara 27 30 June 2018 31 (1) 0 8 0 0 22 (1) 0 7 0 0 2 (0) 0 1 0 0 7 (0) 0 0 0 0
4   Benedikt Höwedes (C) 28 30 June 2020 14 (5) 1 4 0 0 10 (5) 1 4 0 0 1 (0) 0 0 0 0 3 (0) 0 0 0 0
6   Sead Kolašinac 22 30 June 2017 24 (6) 1 5 0 0 18 (5) 1 5 0 0 1 (0) 0 0 0 0 5 (1) 0 0 0 0
15   Dennis Aogo 29 30 June 2017 25 (5) 0 4 0 0 20 (3) 0 4 0 0 2 (0) 0 0 0 0 3 (2) 0 0 0 0
20   Thilo Kehrer 19 30 June 2019 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0
22   Atsuto Uchida 28 30 June 2018 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0
24   Kaan Ayhan 21 30 June 2017 2 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 2 (2) 0 0 0 0
27   Sascha Riether 33 30 June 2016 16 (4) 0 3 0 0 14 (3) 0 3 0 0 1 (0) 0 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 0 0 0
28   Felipe Santana 30 30 June 2016 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0
31   Matija Nastasić 23 30 June 2019 2 (0) 1 0 0 0 1 (0) 0 0 0 0 1 (0) 1 0 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0
32   Joël Matip 24 30 June 2016 41 (0) 4 2 0 0 34 (0) 3 2 0 0 2 (0) 0 0 0 0 5 (0) 1 0 0 0
Midfielders
5   Johannes Geis 22 30 June 2019 35 (2) 4 6 0 1 27 (1) 2 4 0 1 1 (0) 1 0 0 0 7 (1) 1 2 0 0
7   Max Meyer 20 30 June 2018 31 (10) 6 4 0 0 27 (5) 5 4 0 0 1 (1) 0 0 0 0 3 (4) 1 0 0 0
8   Leon Goretzka 21 30 June 2018 32 (2) 2 6 0 0 23 (2) 1 5 0 0 2 (0) 1 0 0 0 7 (0) 0 1 0 0
10   Julian Draxler 22 30 June 2018 4 (0) 1 1 0 0 3 (0) 1 1 0 0 1 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0
11   Younès Belhanda 26 30 June 2016 10 (7) 2 2 0 0 8 (7) 2 2 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 2 (0) 0 0 0 0
12   Marco Höger 26 30 June 2016 3 (3) 0 2 0 0 3 (2) 0 2 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0
18   Sidney Sam 28 30 June 2018 1 (5) 0 0 0 0 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 1 (3) 0 0 0 0
19   Leroy Sané 20 30 June 2019 29 (13) 9 5 0 0 23 (10) 8 4 0 0 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 6 (1) 1 1 0 0
21   Alessandro Schöpf 22 30 June 2019 6 (9) 3 1 0 0 5 (8) 3 1 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 0 0 0
23   Pierre-Emile Højbjerg 20 30 June 2016 17 (13) 0 7 0 0 13 (10) 0 3 0 0 0 (1) 0 1 0 0 4 (2) 0 3 0 0
33   Roman Neustädter 28 30 June 2016 33 (5) 0 5 0 0 26 (4) 0 4 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 7 (0) 0 1 0 0
  Kevin-Prince Boateng 29 30 June 2016 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0
Forwards
9   Franco Di Santo 27 30 June 2019 20 (14) 8 4 0 0 13 (12) 2 3 0 0 2 (0) 1 0 0 0 5 (2) 5 1 0 0
13   Eric M. Choupo-Moting 27 30 June 2017 27 (9) 9 2 0 0 21 (7) 6 1 0 0 1 (1) 0 0 0 0 5 (1) 3 1 0 0
16   Fabian Reese 18 30 June 2019 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0
25   Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 32 30 June 2017 37 (3) 16 2 0 0 29 (2) 12 2 0 0 2 (0) 1 0 0 0 6 (1) 3 0 0 0
36   Felix Platte 20 30 June 2018 0 (1) 0 1 0 0 0 (1) 0 1 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0
  Felix Schröter 20 30 June 2018 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0
Total 67 77 0 1 47 64 0 1 5 2 0 0 15 10 0 0
Last updated: 29 May 2016

Players in white left the club during the season.

References edit

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