2024–25 FC Schalke 04 season

The 2024–25 FC Schalke 04 season will be the 121st season in the football and their eighth season in the 2. Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, Schalke will also participate in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This will be the 24th season for Schalke in the Veltins-Arena, located in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The season will cover a period from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.

Schalke 04
2024–25 season
CEOMatthias Tillmann
Head coachKarel Geraerts
StadiumVeltins-Arena
2. BundesligaPreseason
DFB-PokalFirst round
2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 26 June 2024.

Players

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Note: Players' appearances and goals only in their Schalke career.

As of 3 July 2024[1]
No. Player Nat. Pos. Age Contract League Total
began ends Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Ron-Thorben Hoffmann   GK 25 Jul 2024 Jun 2027 0 0 0 0
28 Justin Heekeren   GK 23 Jul 2022 Jun 2025 2 0 2 0
32 Luca Podlech   GK 19 Jul 2024 Jun 2025 0 0 0 0
34 Michael Langer   GK 39 Aug 2017 Jun 2025 8 0 8 0
Ralf Fährmann   GK 35 Jul 2011 Jun 2025 227 0 289 0
Defenders
3 Leo Greiml   DF 23 Jul 2022 Jun 2025 7 0 7 0
5 Derry Murkin   DF 24 Aug 2023 Jun 2026 23 1 24 1
17 Adrian Gantenbein   DF 23 Jul 2024 Jun 2028 0 0 0 0
21 Martin Wasinski   DF 20 Jul 2024 Jun 2028 0 0 0 0
22 Ibrahima Cissé   DF 23 Jul 2022 Jun 2026 4 0 5 0
23 Mehmet-Can Aydın   DF 22 Jul 2021 Jun 2025 40 1 43 1
25 Timo Baumgartl   DF 28 Jul 2023 Jun 2025 12 0 13 0
26 Tomáš Kalas   DF 31 Aug 2023 Jun 2025 25 1 26 1
30 Anton Donkor   DF 26 Jul 2024 Jun 2027 0 0 0 0
31 Taylan Bulut   DF 18 Jul 2024 Jun 2026 1 0 1 0
33 Vitalie Becker   DF 19 Jul 2024 Jun 2027 0 0 0 0
35 Marcin Kamiński   DF 32 Jul 2021 Jun 2025 69 6 74 8
36 Niklas Barthel   DF 19 Jul 2024 Jun 2025 0 0 0 0
41 Henning Matriciani   DF 24 Sep 2021 Jun 2026 60 0 63 0
Midfielders
6 Ron Schallenberg   MF 25 Jul 2023 Jun 2026 26 0 28 0
7 Paul Seguin   MF 29 Jul 2023 Jun 2026 30 3 31 4
10 Lino Tempelmann   MF 25 Jul 2023 Jun 2026 22 1 23 1
14 Janik Bachmann   MF 28 Jul 2024 Jun 2027 0 0 0 0
20 Aris Bayindir   MF 17 Jul 2024 Jun 2029 0 0 0 0
24 Dominick Drexler   MF 34 Jul 2021 Jun 2025 61 8 65 11
29 Tobias Mohr   MF 28 Jul 2022 Jun 2025 37 1 41 1
37 Max Grüger   MF 19 Jul 2024 Jun 2026 0 0 0 0
38 Tristan Osmani   MF 19 Jul 2024 Jun 2027 0 0 0 0
Forwards
8 Amin Younes   FW 30 Jun 2024 Jun 2026 0 0 0 0
9 Moussa Sylla   FW 24 Jul 2024 Jun 2028 0 0 0 0
11 Bryan Lasme   FW 25 Jul 2023 Jun 2027 27 4 29 4
19 Kenan Karaman   FW 30 Sep 2022 Jun 2025 50 14 53 15
39 Peter Remmert   FW 18 Jul 2024 Jun 2028 0 0 0 0
40 Sebastian Polter   FW 33 Jul 2022 Jun 2025 30 5 34 5

Transfers

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Player Nat. Pos. From Type Window Transfer fee Ref.
Moussa Sylla   FW   Pau Transfer Summer €2,000,000 [2]
Adrian Gantenbein   DF   Winterthur Transfer Summer €300,000 [3]
Aris Bayindir   MF   RB Leipzig U19 Transfer Summer €200,000 [4]
Janik Bachmann   MF   Hansa Rostock End of contract Summer [5]
Anton Donkor   DF   Eintracht Braunschweig End of contract Summer [6]
Ron-Thorben Hoffmann   GK   Eintracht Braunschweig End of contract Summer [7]
Peter Remmert   FW   VfL Osnabrück U19 End of contract Summer [8]
Martin Wasinski   DF   Charleroi End of contract Summer [9]
Amin Younes   FW Free agent End of contract Summer [10]
Niklas Barthel   DF   Schalke 04 U19 Promoted Summer
Vitalie Becker   DF   Schalke 04 U19 Promoted Summer [11]
Taylan Bulut   DF   Schalke 04 U19 Promoted Summer
Max Grüger   MF   Schalke 04 U19 Promoted Summer [12]
Emmanuel Gyamfi   MF   Schalke 04 II Promoted Summer [13]
Tristan Osmani   MF   Schalke 04 U19 Promoted Summer [14]
Luca Podlech   GK   Schalke 04 U19 Promoted Summer
Paul Pöpperl   FW   Schalke 04 II Promoted Summer [15]
Mehmet-Can Aydın   DF   Trabzonspor Loan return Summer
Justin Heekeren   GK   Patro Eisden Loan return Summer
Sebastian Polter   FW   Darmstadt 98 Loan return Summer
Player Nat. Pos. To Type Window Transfer fee Ref.
Assan Ouédraogo   MF   RB Leipzig Transfer Summer €10,000,000 [16]
Keke Topp   FW   Werder Bremen Transfer Summer €2,000,000 [17]
Marius Müller   GK   VfL Wolfsburg Transfer Summer €1,500,000 [18]
Cédric Brunner   DF End of contract Summer [19]
Blendi Idrizi   MF End of contract Summer [19]
Danny Latza   MF End of contract Summer [19]
Thomas Ouwejan   DF End of contract Summer [19]
Simon Terodde   FW Retired End of contract Summer [20]
Emmanuel Gyamfi   MF   VVV-Venlo Loan Summer [15]
Paul Pöpperl   FW   VVV-Venlo Loan Summer [15]
Darko Churlinov   MF   Burnley Loan return Summer [21]
Yusuf Kabadayı   FW   Bayern Munich Loan return Summer [21]
Brandon Soppy   DF   Atalanta Loan return Summer

Friendly matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss

3 July 2024 (2024-07-03) 1 SSVg Velbert   0–7   Schalke 04 Ratingen, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Stadion Ratingen
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Martin Ulankiewicz
6 July 2024 (2024-07-06) 2 Kickers Emden   v   Schalke 04 Meppen, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Hänsch-Arena
Note: The match will last 45 minutes.
6 July 2024 (2024-07-06) 3 SV Meppen   v   Schalke 04 Meppen, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Hänsch-Arena
Note: The match will last 45 minutes.
10 July 2024 (2024-07-10) 4 Schalke 04   v   Midtjylland Saalfelden, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: SaalfeldenArena
13 July 2024 (2024-07-13) 5 Schalke 04   v   Dynamo Kyiv Mittersill, Austria
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Mittersill
18 July 2024 (2024-07-18) 6 SC Verl   v   Schalke 04 Verl, Germany
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Sportclub Arena
24 July 2024 (2024-07-24) 7 Schalke 04   v   Twente Marl, Germany
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Evonik Sportpark
12 October 2024 (2024-10-12) 8 Aarau   v   Schalke 04 Aarau, Switzerland
Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld

Competitions

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Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
2. Bundesliga 2–4 August 2024 18 May 2025 Matchday 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
DFB-Pokal 16–19 August 2024 First round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !

Source: Soccerway

2. Bundesliga

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
14 1. FC Nürnberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 SC Paderborn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Jahn Regensburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for relegation play-offs
17 Schalke 04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to 3. Liga
18 SSV Ulm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 2 August 2024. Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.[22]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Ground
Result
Position
Points
Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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3–4 August 2024 (2024-08) 1 Schalke 04 v Eintracht Braunschweig Gelsenkirchen
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
9–11 August 2024 (2024-08) 2 1. FC Nürnberg v Schalke 04 Nuremberg
Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion
23–25 August 2024 (2024-08) 3 1. FC Magdeburg v Schalke 04 Magdeburg
Stadium: MDCC-Arena
30 Aug–1 Sep 2024 (2024) 4 Schalke 04 v 1. FC Köln Gelsenkirchen
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
13–15 September 2024 (2024-09) 5 Karlsruher SC v Schalke 04 Karlsruhe
Stadium: Wildparkstadion
20–22 September 2024 (2024-09) 6 Schalke 04 v Darmstadt 98 Gelsenkirchen
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
27–29 September 2024 (2024-09) 7 Preußen Münster v Schalke 04 Münster
Stadium: Preußenstadion
4–6 October 2024 (2024-10) 8 Schalke 04 v Hertha BSC Gelsenkirchen
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
18–20 October 2024 (2024-10) 9 Hannover 96 v Schalke 04 Hanover
Stadium: Heinz von Heiden Arena
25–27 October 2024 (2024-10) 10 Schalke 04 v Greuther Fürth Gelsenkirchen
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
1–3 November 2024 (2024-11) 11 SSV Ulm v Schalke 04 Ulm
Stadium: Donaustadion
8–10 November 2024 (2024-11) 12 Schalke 04 v Jahn Regensburg Gelsenkirchen
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
22–24 November 2024 (2024-11) 13 Hamburger SV v Schalke 04 Hamburg
Stadium: Volksparkstadion
29 Nov–1 Dec 2024 (2024) 14 Schalke 04 v 1. FC Kaiserslautern Gelsenkirchen
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
6–8 December 2024 (2024-12) 15 SC Paderborn v Schalke 04 Paderborn
Stadium: Home Deluxe Arena
13–15 December 2024 (2024-12) 16 Schalke 04 v Fortuna Düsseldorf Gelsenkirchen
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
20–22 December 2024 (2024-12) 17 SV Elversberg v Schalke 04 Spiesen-Elversberg
Stadium: Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde
17–19 January 2025 (2025-01) 18 Eintracht Braunschweig v Schalke 04 Braunschweig
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
24–26 January 2025 (2025-01) 19 Schalke 04 v 1. FC Nürnberg Gelsenkirchen
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
31 Jan–2 Feb 2025 (2025) 20 Schalke 04 v 1. FC Magdeburg Gelsenkirchen
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
7–9 February 2025 (2025-02) 21 1. FC Köln v Schalke 04 Cologne
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
14–16 February 2025 (2025-02) 22 Schalke 04 v Karlsruher SC Gelsenkirchen
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
21–23 February 2025 (2025-02) 23 Darmstadt 98 v Schalke 04 Darmstadt
Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
28 Feb–2 Mar 2025 (2025) 24 Schalke 04 v Preußen Münster Gelsenkirchen
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
7–9 March 2025 (2025-03) 25 Hertha BSC v Schalke 04 Berlin
Stadium: Olympiastadion
14–16 March 2025 (2025-03) 26 Schalke 04 v Hannover 96 Gelsenkirchen
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
28–30 March 2025 (2025-03) 27 Greuther Fürth v Schalke 04 Fürth
Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer
4–6 April 2025 (2025-04) 28 Schalke 04 v SSV Ulm Gelsenkirchen
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
11–13 April 2025 (2025-04) 29 Jahn Regensburg v Schalke 04 Regensburg
Stadium: Jahnstadion
19–20 April 2025 (2025-04) 30 Schalke 04 v Hamburger SV Gelsenkirchen
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
25–27 April 2025 (2025-04) 31 1. FC Kaiserslautern v Schalke 04 Kaiserslautern
Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
2–4 May 2025 (2025-05) 32 Schalke 04 v SC Paderborn Gelsenkirchen
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
9–11 May 2025 (2025-05) 33 Fortuna Düsseldorf v Schalke 04 Düsseldorf
Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
18 May 2025 (2025-05-18) 34 Schalke 04 v SV Elversberg Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Veltins-Arena

DFB-Pokal

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17 August 2024 (2024-08-17) 1st round VfR Aalen v Schalke 04 Aalen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Städtisches Waldstadion

References

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  1. ^ "First Team". FC Schalke 04. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Attacker Moussa Sylla signs for Schalke". FC Schalke 04. 24 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Adrian Gantenbein signs for Schalke". FC Schalke 04. 27 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Aris Bayindir joins FC Schalke 04". FC Schalke 04. 18 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Janik Bachmann joins Royal Blues". FC Schalke 04. 29 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Anton Donkor signs for FC Schalke 04". FC Schalke 04. 14 May 2024.
  7. ^ "FC Schalke 04 sign Ron-Thorben Hoffmann". FC Schalke 04. 31 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Young striker Peter Remmert joins FC Schalke 04". FC Schalke 04. 22 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Defender Martin Wasinski is a Royal Blue". FC Schalke 04. 21 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Amin Younes signs a contract with FC Schalke 04". FC Schalke 04. 5 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Vitalie Becker signs first professional contract with Schalke 04". FC Schalke 04. 22 February 2024.
  12. ^ "Germany U19 international Max Grüger signs professional contract". FC Schalke 04. 6 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Emmanuel Gyamfi signs professional contract". FC Schalke 04. 16 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Tristan Osmani signs professional contract". FC Schalke 04. 24 May 2024.
  15. ^ a b c "Paul Pöpperl signs a professional contract and moves on loan with Emmanuel Gyamfi to partner club Venlo". FC Schalke 04. 26 June 2024.
  16. ^ "Assan Ouédraogo moves to RB Leipzig". FC Schalke 04. 13 June 2024.
  17. ^ "Keke Topp joins Werder Bremen". FC Schalke 04. 19 June 2024.
  18. ^ "Marius Müller completes move to VfL Wolfsburg". FC Schalke 04. 4 June 2024.
  19. ^ a b c d "Schalke 04's release list announced at the end of the season". FC Schalke 04. 17 May 2024.
  20. ^ "Simon Terodde to end his playing career at the end of this season – farewell on Saturday". FC Schalke 04. 9 May 2024.
  21. ^ a b "Darko Churlinov and Yusuf Kabadayi to leave S04 following the end of their loan spells". FC Schalke 04. 29 May 2024.
  22. ^ "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 4 March 2023. p. 3.