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; 120 years ago
Ground	Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen
Capacity	61,973
Executive Board	Axel Hefer
Heid coach	Thomas Reis
League	2. Bundesliga
2022–23	Bundesliga, 17t o 18 (relegatit)
Wabsteid	Club wabsteid
	Current saison

Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., mair kent as FC Schalke 04 (German: [ɛf tseː ˈʃalkə nʊl fiːɐ̯] ( listen)), Schalke 04 (German: [ˌʃalkə nʊl ˈfiːɐ̯] ( listen)), or simply as S04 (German: [ˈɛs nʊl fiːɐ̯] ( listen)), is a German fitba club fae the Schalke destrict o Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalie. The "04" in the club's name is fae its foondation in 1904. Schalke haes been ane o the mair kenspeckle professional fitba teams in Germany, even tho the club's heyday wis in the 1930s an 1940s. Schalke hae played in the Bundesliga, the first division o the German fitba league system, syne 2022, efter promuivin fae the 2. Bundesliga in 2021–22. As o 2022, the club haes 160,000 memmers,^[2] sae it is the seicont maist kenspeckle fitba club in Germany an the fourth mucklest club in the warld in terms o memmers.^[3] Ither sports thay haev are athletics, basketba, haundba, table tennis, winter sports an eSports.

Schalke haev won seiven German championship, five DFB-Pokal, ane DFB Ligapokal, ane DFL-Supercup an ane UEFA Cup. In 1937, Schalke became the first German club tae win the dooble. Syne 2001, Schalke's grund haes been the Veltins-Arena. Schalke haev a lang-staundin rivalry wi Ruhr neebur Borussia Dortmund, kent as the Revierderby.

Players

As o 27 Julie 2023 ^[4]

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
6	MF	Ron Schallenberg
7	MF	Paul Seguin
8	MF	Danny Latza
9	FW	Simon Terodde (caiptain)^[5]
10	MF	Lino Tempelmann
11	FW	Bryan Lasme
14	FW	Sōichirō Kōzuki
17	MF	Florian Flick
18	MF	Blendi Idrizi
19	FW	Kenan Karaman
21	MF	Niklas Tauer (on lend frae Mainz 05)