FC Schalke 04

Schalke 04

Full name	Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V.
Nickname(s)	Die Königsblauen (The Ryal Blues) Die Knappen (The Miners)
Foondit	4 Mey 1904 (1904-05-04)
Ground	Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen
Ground Capacity	61,973
Executive Board	Axel Hefer
Heid coach	Thomas Reis
League	Bundesliga
2021–22	1st
Wabsteid	Club wabsteid
Hame colours Awey colours Third colours

Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly kent as FC Schalke 04 (German: [ɛf tseː ˈʃalkə nʊl fiːɐ̯] ( listen)), Schalke 04 (German: [ˌʃalkə nʊl ˈfiːɐ̯] ( listen)), or abbreviated as S04 (German: [ˈɛs nʊl fiːɐ̯] ( listen)), is a German fitba club oreeginally frae the Schalke destrict o Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalie. The "04" in the club's nam derives frae its formation in 1904. Schalke hae been wan o the muckle popular perfaisional fitba teams in Germany, even tho the club's heyday wis in the 1930s an 1940s. Schalke hae played in the Bundesliga, the tap tire o the German fitba league seestem, sin 2022, follaein promotion frae the 2. Bundesliga in 2021–22. As o 2022, the club haes 160,000 members, making it the seicont-mucklest fitba club in Germany an the fourth-mucklest club in the warld in terms o membership. Ither acteevities offered bi the club include athletics, basketbaw, haundbaw, table tennis, winter sports and eSports.

Schalke hae wan seiven German championships, five DFB-Pokals, wan DFB Ligapokal, wan DFL-Supercup and wan UEFA Cup. In 1937, Schalke becam the first German club tae win the dooble. Sin 2001, Schalke's grund haes been the Veltins-Arena. Schalke haud a lang-stuiden rivalry wi Ruhr neighbours Borussia Dortmund, kent as the Revierderby.

Players

Current squad

Note: Banners indicate naitional team as defined unner FIFA eligibility rules. Players mey haud mair nor ane non-FIFA naitionality.

No. Poseetion Player 1 GK Ralf Fährmann 2 DF Thomas Ouwejan 3 DF Leo Greiml 4 DF Maya Yoshida (3rd captain) 5 DF Sepp van den Berg (on loan from Liverpool) 6 MF Tom Krauß (on loan from RB Leipzig) 7 FW Jordan Larsson 8 MF Danny Latza (captain) 9 FW Simon Terodde (vice-captain) 10 MF Rodrigo Zalazar 11 FW Marius Bülter 13 GK Alexander Schwolow (on loan from Hertha BSC) 15 DF Timothée Kolodziejczak 18 DF Jere Uronen (on loan from Brest) 19 FW Kenan Karaman 20 FW Tim Skarke (on loan from Union Berlin)

No. Poseetion Player 21 MF Niklas Tauer (on loan from Mainz 05) 22 DF Ibrahima Cissé 23 MF Mehmet-Can Aydın 24 MF Dominick Drexler 25 DF Moritz Jenz (on loan from Lorient) 26 FW Michael Frey (on loan from Royal Antwerp) 27 DF Cédric Brunner 28 GK Justin Heekeren 29 MF Tobias Mohr 30 MF Alex Král (on loan from Spartak Moscow) 34 GK Michael Langer 35 DF Marcin Kamiński 38 FW Sōichirō Kōzuki 40 FW Sebastian Polter 41 DF Henning Matriciani MF Nassim Boujellab

Oot oan loan

Note: Banners indicate naitional team as defined unner FIFA eligibility rules. Players mey haud mair nor ane non-FIFA naitionality.

No. Poseetion Player 15 DF Dries Wouters (at Mechelen until 30 June 2023) 17 MF Florian Flick (at 1. FC Nürnberg until 30 June 2023) 18 MF Blendi Idrizi (at Jahn Regensburg until 30 June 2023) 21 FW Marvin Pieringer (at SC Paderborn 07 until 30 June 2023)

No. Poseetion Player 42 MF Kerim Çalhanoğlu (at SV Sandhausen until 30 June 2023) MF Can Bozdoğan (at Utrecht until 30 June 2023) MF Reinhold Ranftl (at Austria Wien until 30 June 2023)