FC Schalke 04
The Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as FC Schalke 04, is a successful and popular German football club.
| Full name | Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V. |
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| Nickname(s) | Die Knappen (The Knaves) Die Königsblauen (The Royal Blues) |
| Founded | 1904 |
| Ground | Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen (capacity: 61,482) |
| Chairman | Josef Schnusenberg |
| Manager | Huub Stevens |
| League | 1. Bundesliga |
| 2009–10 | 1. Bundesliga, 2nd |
It plays in Gelsenkirchen. With more than 80.313 members (15. Dezember 2009) at present it is the second largest Sportsclub of Germany and has departments for football, basketball, table tennis, handball and athletics. Since August 2001 the association plays its home plays in the Veltins arena (to 30 June 2005 Veltins Arena), one of the most modern stages of the world. In the coat of arms a white G is to be recognized, which stands for Gelsenkrichen.
There exists a great rivalry between Schalke 04 and Borussia Dortmund. The reason is the honorable competition of these clubs which live in neighborhood. Since the first match in 1925 there have been 135 matches. Schalke won 55 of them, Dortmund won 45 and 35 ended in a draw. In the 2009–10 Bundesliga season Schalke won both matches.
Football
The football team is playing their home plays in the Veltins Arena. 61,673 people can visit the stadium for football matches in national, or 54,442 in internation competitions. During other events as for example concerts or opera plays 79,296 people can take place in the stadium. Its was also one of the 12 venues for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany and the final of the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League between FC Porto and AS Monaco has been played there.
The players in the season 2021-22
Squad
- As of 31 January 2022
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Coach
The current coach (and Manager) of Schalke 04 is Dimitrios Grammozis.
Success
International
- UEFA-Cup-Sieger
o 1997 (1:0 und 0:1 (4:1 i.E.) gegen Inter Mailand)
- UI-Cup-Sieger 2003, 2004
Championship
- German champion (seven times):
o 1934 (2:1 vs 1. FC Nürnberg) o 1935 (6:4 vs VfB Stuttgart) o 1937 (2:0 vs 1. FC Nürnberg) o 1939 (9:0 vs Admira Wien) o 1940 (1:0 vs Dresdner SC) o 1942 (2:0 vs Vienna Wien) o 1958 (3:0 vs Hamburger SV) o Schalke was eight times runner-up
DFB-Cup
- DFB-Pokalsieger:
o 1937 (2:1 vs Fortuna Düsseldorf) o 1972 (5:0 vs 1. FC Kaiserslautern) o 2001 (2:0 vs 1. FC Union Berlin) o 2002 (4:2 vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen) o 2011 (5:0 vs MSV Duisburg)
- DFL-Ligapokalsieger 2005
FC Schalke 04 Media
1900s typical mining structure in the Ruhr, source of the Schalke nickname Die Knappen – from an old German word for "miners"– because the team drew so many of its players and supporters from the coalmine workers of Gelsenkirchen.
FC Schalke 04 supporters in 1941
Commonly regarded as the greatest S04 player of all time alongside Fritz Szepan, Ernst Kuzorra is also commonly regarded as one of the greatest German forwards and led S04 to become the dominant team in German football winning six German championships and one DFB-Pokal from 1934 to 1942. Ernst Kuzorra was one of the main axes of what became known as the "Schalker Kreisel; a system that used quick and short passing", to confuse and overwhelm the opponent.
Internazionale-Schalke 04 1997-05-21
Fans displaying their colours at the Veltins-Arena.
Raúl, then all-time top goalscorer in European club competitions, played for Schalke from 2010 to 2012.
FC Schalke 04 in the UEFA Champions League line-up against FC Barcelona.
Domenico Tedesco was the youngest coach in Schalke's club history.
Mike Büskens led Schalke back to the Bundesliga in the 2021–22 season.
Schalke 04 royal blue trademark jersey with former sponsor Gazprom elaborately showcased prior to a match with Zenit Saint Petersburg at the Veltins-Arena to celebrate Gazprom's investment of over €125 million in S04.
