FC Schalke 04

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, sae it is the seicont maist kenspeckle fitba club in Germany an the fourth mucklest club in the warld in terms o memmers. Ither sports thay haev are athletics, basketba, haundba, table tennis, winter sports an eSports.

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	2. Bundesliga
2022–23	Bundesliga, 17t o 18 (relegatit)
Wabsteid	Club wabsteid
Hame colours Awey colours Third colours

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

Current squad

As o 27 Julie 2023

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) 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)

No. Poseetion Player 22 DF Ibrahima Cissé 23 MF Mehmet-Can Aydın 24 MF Dominick Drexler 25 DF Timo Baumgartl 27 DF Cédric Brunner 28 GK Justin Heekeren 29 MF Tobias Mohr 32 GK Marius Müller 34 GK Michael Langer 35 DF Marcin Kamiński 40 FW Sebastian Polter 41 DF Henning Matriciani 42 FW Keke Topp 43 MF Assan Ouédraogo