2011–12 FC Schalke 04 season

Schalke 04
2011–12 season
President	Josef Schnusenberg
Head coach	Ralf Rangnick (stepped down on 22 September 2011); Seppo Eichkorn (caretaker; until 26 September 2011) ; Huub Stevens (from 26 September 2011)
Stadium	Veltins-Arena
Bundesliga	3rd
DFB-Pokal	Round 3
UEFA Europa League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (29); All: ; Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (48)
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 season is the 108th season in Schalke 04's history. The team will compete in the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Europa League. The team's top scorer is Klaas-Jan Huntelaar with 29 goals in the Bundesliga and 48 in total.

Review and events

Competitions

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Bundesliga

League table

Matches

6 August 2011 1	VfB Stuttgart	3 – 0	Schalke 04	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Cacau 37' Harnik 57' Okazaki 89'	Report		Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark Man of the Match: Ulreich

13 August 2011 2	Schalke 04	5 – 1	1. FC Köln	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Huntelaar 42' (pen.), 47', 84' Holtby 48' Raúl 59'	Report	Podolski 12'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,673 Referee: Guido Winkmann Man of the Match: Huntelaar

21 August 2011 3	Mainz 05	2 – 4	Schalke 04	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Ivanschitz 7' Soto 12'	Report	Huntelaar 57' Höwedes 64' Matip 81' Fuchs 90'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Günter Perl Man of the Match: Farfán

28 August 2011 4	Schalke 04	1 – 0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Gelsenkirchen
17:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Raúl 64'	Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,673 Referee: Felix Zwayer Man of the Match: Farfán

11 September 2011 5	VfL Wolfsburg	2 – 1	Schalke 04	Wolfsburg
17:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Mandžukić 33', 82'	Report	Raúl 13'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin Man of the Match: Mandžukić

18 September 2011 6	Schalke 04	0 – 2	Bayern Munich	Gelsenkirchen
17:30 CEST (UTC+02)		Report	Petersen 21' Müller 75'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,673 Referee: Florian Meyer Man of the Match: Ribéry

24 September 2011 7	Schalke 04	4 – 2	SC Freiburg	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Farfán 33' Huntelaar 62' Holtby 67' Raúl 75'	Report	Cissé 2' Jendrišek 83'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,545 Referee: Markus Wingenbach Man of the Match: Farfán

2 October 2011 8	Hamburger SV	1 – 2	Schalke 04	Hamburg
17:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Petrić 37'	Report	Huntelaar 13', 73'	Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 54,237 Referee: Knut Kircher Man of the Match: Huntelaar

15 October 2011 9	Schalke 04	1 – 2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Huntelaar 62' (pen.)	Report	Tiffert 30' (pen.) Kouemaha 72'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,673 Referee: Peter Sippel Man of the Match: Kouemaha

23 October 2011 10	Bayer Leverkusen	0 – 1	Schalke 04	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)		Report	Farfán 82'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Felix Zwayer Man of the Match: Unnerstall

29 October 2011 11	Schalke 04	3 – 1	1899 Hoffenheim	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Raúl 28' Huntelaar 73' (pen.), 76'	Report	Ibišević 63'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,384 Referee: Tobias Welz Man of the Match: Holtby

6 November 2011 12	Hannover 96	2 – 2	Schalke 04	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Papadopoulos 26' (o.g.) Abdellaoue 59'	Report	Pukki 26', 73'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark Man of the Match: Pukki

19 November 2011 13	Schalke 04	4 – 0	1. FC Nürnberg	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Huntelaar 13', 66' Raúl 39' Holtby 84'	Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,673 Referee: Knut Kircher Man of the Match: Huntelaar

26 November 2011 14	Borussia Dortmund	2 – 0	Schalke 04	Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Lewandowski 16' Santana 61'	Report		Stadium: Signal-Iduna-Park Attendance: 80,720 Referee: Florian Meyer Man of the Match: Lewandowski

4 December 2011 15	Schalke 04	3 – 1	FC Augsburg	Gelsenkirchen
17:30 CET (UTC+01)	Huntelaar 16' Fuchs 66' Raúl 84'	Report	Mölders 47'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 58,641 Referee: Markus Wingenbach Man of the Match: Fuchs

9 December 2011 16	Hertha BSC	1 – 2	Schalke 04	Berlin
20:30 CET (UTC+01)	Ramos 84'	Report	Huntelaar 19' Pukki 44'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium (Berlin) Attendance: 52,382 Referee: Günter Perl Man of the Match: Huntelaar

17 December 2011 17	Schalke 04	5 – 0	Werder Bremen	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+01)	Raúl 15', 20', 63' Papadopoulos 67' Huntelaar 70'	Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,673 Referee: Manuel Gräfe Man of the Match: Raúl

21 January 2012 18	Schalke 04	3 – 1	VfB Stuttgart	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Matip 3' Höger 45+1' Papadopoulos 57' Draxler 80'	Report	Hajnal 29' Okazaki 87'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,673 Referee: Felix Brych

28 January 2012 19	1. FC Köln	1 – 4	Schalke 04	Cologne
18:30 CET (UTC+01)	Podolski 4' Geromel 18' Brečko 78'	Report	Uchida 35' Matip 53' Marica 60', 72' Huntelaar 78' (pen.) Höger 82'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Jochen Drees

4 February 2012 20	Schalke 04	1 – 1	Mainz 05	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Obasi 59'	Report	Zidan 15'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,557 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

11 February 2012 21	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3 – 0	Schalke 04	Mönchengladbach
18:30 CET (UTC+01)	Reus 2' Hanke 15' Arango 32'	Report		Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,049 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

19 February 2012 22	Schalke 04	4 – 0	VfL Wolfsburg	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Raúl 10' Huntelaar 15', 72' Matip 49'	Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,511 Referee: Peter Sippel

26 February 2012 23	Bayern Munich	2 – 0	Schalke 04	Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Ribéry 36', 55'			Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 69,000 Referee: Michael Weiner

3 March 2012 24	SC Freiburg	2 – 1	Schalke 04	Freiburg
15:30 (CET) (UTC+01)	Freis 18' Caligiuri 66' (pen.)		Pukki 72'	Stadium: badenova-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Marco Fritz

11 March 2012 25	Schalke 04	3 – 1	Hamburger SV	Gelsenkirchen
17:30 (CET) (UTC+01)	Pukki 5' Metzelder 26' Huntelaar 33' (pen.)		Kačar 45'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,673 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

18 March 2012 26	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1 – 4	Schalke 04	Kaiserslautern
15:30 (CET) (UTC+01)	Rodnei 3'		Holtby 39' Huntelaar 45' Raúl 51' Farfán 81'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 49,780 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

24 March 2012 27	Schalke 04	2 – 0	Bayer Leverkusen	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 (CET) (UTC+01)	Huntelaar 18', 86'			Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,673 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

1 April 2012 28	1899 Hoffenheim	1 – 1	Schalke 04	Sinsheim
17:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Rudy 19' Salihović 30' (pen.) Vorsah 71'		Jones 23' Unnerstall 29' Papadopoulos 39' Matip 42' Huntelaar 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Markus Schmidt

8 April 2012 29	Schalke 04	3 – 0	Hannover 96	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Raúl 6', 47' Huntelaar 63'			Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,673 Referee: Tobias Stieler

11 April 2012 30	1. FC Nürnberg	4 – 1	Schalke 04	Nuremberg
20:00 CEST (UTC+02)	Balitsch 25' Simons 37' (pen.) Didavi 45', 87'		Holtby 85'	Stadium: easyCredit-Stadion Attendance: 44,031 Referee: Florian Meyer

14 April 2012 31	Schalke 04	1 – 2	Borussia Dortmund	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Farfán 9'		Piszczek 17' Kehl 63'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,673 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

22 April 2012 32	FC Augsburg	1 – 1	Schalke 04	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Langkamp 6'		Huntelaar 38'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Christian Dingert

28 April 2012 33	Schalke 04	4 – 0	Hertha BSC	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Huntelaar 32', 88' Holtby 73' Raúl 84'			Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,673 Referee: Günter Perl

5 May 2012 34	Werder Bremen	2 – 3	Schalke 04	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Pizarro 41' (pen.), 82'		Draxler 30' Huntelaar 65', 74'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

DFB-Pokal

31 July Round 1	FC Teningen	1 – 11	Schalke 04	Freiburg
17:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Kirstein 20'	Report	Huntelaar 3', 22', 39', 64' Papadopoulos 7' Raúl 13', 32' Holtby 57', 75' Gavranović 70', 78'	Stadium: Badenova-Stadion Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler

26 October Round 2	Karlsruher SC	0 – 2	Schalke 04	Karlsruhe
19:00 CEST (UTC+02)		Report	Huntelaar 81' Matip 83'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 28,916 Referee: Günter Perl Man of the Match: Unnerstall

21 December Round 3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3 – 1	Schalke 04	Mönchengladbach
20:30 CET (UTC+01)	Arango 18' Reus 56', 88'	Report	Draxler 70'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,057 Referee: Wolfgang Stark Man of the Match: Reus

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

18 August 2011 First leg	HJK	2 – 0	Schalke 04	Helsinki, Finland
18:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Pukki 18', 54'	Report		Stadium: Finnair Stadium Attendance: 10,700 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (Spain) Man of the Match: Pukki

25 August 2011 Second leg	Schalke 04	6 – 1 (6 – 3 agg.)	HJK	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:20 CEST (UTC+02)	Huntelaar 15' (pen.), 25', 49' (pen.), 63' Papadopoulos 56' Draxler 82'	Report	Pukki 20'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 52,034 Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus) Man of the Match: Huntelaar

Group stage

Group J
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Schalke 04	6	4	2	0	13	2	+11	14
Steaua București	6	2	2	2	9	11	−2	8
Maccabi Haifa	6	2	0	4	10	12	−2	6
AEK Larnaca	6	1	2	3	4	11	−7	5

15 September 2011 1	Steaua București	0 – 0	Schalke 04	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
21:05 CEST (UTC+02)		Report		Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Michail Koukoulakis (Greece) Man of the Match: Höwedes

29 September 2011 2	Schalke 04	3 – 1	Maccabi Haifa	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
19:00 CEST (UTC+02)	Fuchs 8', 65' Jurado 81'	Report	Vered 35'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 49,070 Referee: Manuel Jorge Neves Moreira de Sousa (Portugal) Man of the Match: Fuchs

20 October 2011 3	AEK Larnaca	0 – 5	Schalke 04	Nicosia, Cyprus
19:00 CEST (UTC+02)		Report	Holtby 23' Huntelaar 35', 88' Matip 40' Draxler 87'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Luca Banti (Italy) Man of the Match: Huntelaar

3 November 2011 4	Schalke 04	0 – 0	AEK Larnaca	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
21:05 CET (UTC+01)		Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 52,077 Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia) Man of the Match: Unnerstall

1 December 2011 5	Schalke 04	2 – 1	Steaua București	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
19:00 CET (UTC+01)	Papadopoulos 25' Raúl 57'	Report	Rusescu 33'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 53,123 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain) Man of the Match: Raúl

14 December 2011 6	Maccabi Haifa	0 – 3	Schalke 04	Haifa, Israel
21:05 CET (UTC+01)			Buljat 8' (o.g.) Marica 84' Wiegel 90+2'	Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Fredy Fautrel (France)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

16 February 2012 First leg	Viktoria Plzeň	1 – 1	Schalke 04	Prague, Czech Republic
19:00 CET (UTC+01)	Darida 22'	Report	Huntelaar 75'	Stadium: Synot Tip Arena Attendance: 11,435 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

23 February 2012 Second leg	Schalke 04	3 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 2 agg.)	Viktoria Plzeň	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
21:05	Huntelaar 8', 106', 120+1'	Report	Rajtoral 88'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Alan Kelly, Republic of Ireland

Round of 16

8 March 2012 First leg	Twente	1 – 0	Schalke 04	Enschede, Netherlands
19:00 (CET)	De Jong 61' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 30,000^[1] Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

15 March 2012 Second leg	Schalke 04	4 – 1 (4 – 2 agg.)	Twente	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
21:05 (CET)	Huntelaar 29', 57' (pen.), 81' Jones 71'	Report	Janssen 14'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Quarter-finals

29 March 2012 First leg	Schalke 04	2 – 4	Athletic Bilbao	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
21:05 (CEST)	Raúl 22', 60' Höger 54' Uchida 67' Huntelaar 76'	Report	Iturraspe 8' Llorente 20', 73' Amorebieta 63' Pérez 80' De Marcos 81' Muniain 90+3'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

5 April 2012 Second leg	Athletic Bilbao	2 – 2 (6 – 4 agg.)	Schalke 04	Bilbao, Spain
21:05 (CET)	Ibai 41' Martínez 53' Susaeta 55' De Marcos 72'	Report	Obasi 28' Huntelaar 29' Raúl 52' Matip 75' Papadopoulos 79'	Stadium: San Mamés Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Player information

Roster and statistics

As of 10 December 2011^[update]

Squad Season 2011-12 Sources:^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]
Player					Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Europa League		Totals
Player	Nat.	Birthday	at Schalke 04 since	Previous club	Matches	Goals	Matches	Goal	Matches	Goals	Matches	Goals
Goalkeepers
Ralf Fährmann		27 September 1988	2011	Eintracht Frankfurt	9	0	0	0	4	0	13	0
Timo Hildebrand		5 April 1979	2011	Sporting CP	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Mathias Schober		8 April 1976	2007	Hansa Rostock	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lars Unnerstall		20 July 1990	2008	Preußen Münster	8	0	2	0	3	0	13	0
Defenders
Sergio Escudero		2 September 1989	2010	Real Murcia	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
Christian Fuchs		20 July 1986	2011	Mainz 05	16	2	2	0	7	2	25	4
Tim Hoogland		11 June 1985	2010	Mainz 05	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Benedikt Höwedes		29 February 1988	2001	SG Herten-Langenbochum	13	1	2	0	6	0	21	1
Christoph Metzelder		5 November 1980	2010	Real Madrid	6	0	0	0	2	0	8	0
Kyriakos Papadopoulos		23 February 1992	2010	Olympiacos	15	0	2	1	7	2	24	3
Hans Sarpei		28 June 1976	2010	Bayer Leverkusen	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Atsuto Uchida		27 March 1988	2010	Kashima Antlers	5	0	0	0	5	0	10	0
Midfielders
Alexander Baumjohann		23 January 1987	2010	Bayern Munich	6	0	1	0	5	0	12	0
Julian Draxler		20 September 1993	2001	SSV Buer 07/28	15	0	1	0	8	2	24	2
Marco Höger		16 September 1989	2011	Alemannia Aachen	10	0	2	0	7	0	19	0
Lewis Holtby		18 September 1990	2011	Mainz 05	16	3	2	2	7	1	25	6
Jermaine Jones		3 November 1981	2011	Blackburn Rovers	9	0	2	0	3	0	14	0
José Manuel Jurado		3 November 1981	2010	Atlético Madrid	10	0	1	0	5	0	16	0
Levan Kenia		18 October 1990	2008	Lokomotivi Tbilisi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peer Kluge		22 November 1980	2010	1. FC Nürnberg	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Joël Matip		8 August 1991	2000	VfL Bochum	14	1	2	1	7	1	23	3
Jan Morávek		1 November 1989	2011	1. FC Kaiserslautern	6	0	2	0	4	0	12	0
Christoph Moritz		27 January 1990	2011	Alemannia Aachen	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
Forwards
Jefferson Farfán		26 October 1984	2008	PSV	10	2	1	0	5	0	16	2
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar		12 August 1983	2010	Milan	15	14	2	5	7	6	24	25
Ciprian Marica		2 October 1985	2011	VfB Stuttgart	10	0	2	0	6	1	18	1
Chinedu Obasi		1 June 1986	2012	1899 Hoffenheim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Teemu Pukki		29 March 1990	2011	HJK	7	5	1	0	0¹	0¹	8	5
Raúl		27 June 1977	2010	Real Madrid	16	7	2	2	5	1	23	10
Andreas Wiegel		21 July 1991	2006	SC Paderborn	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1

1.^ Teemu Pukki played four matches and scored two goals in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and played two matches and scored three goals in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League for HJK.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
GK	Ralf Fährmann	22	EU	Eintracht Frankfurt	Transfer	Summer	2015	Free	^[6]
DF	Christian Fuchs	24	EU	Mainz	Transfer	Summer	2015	Undisclosed	^[7]
MF	Marco Höger	21	EU	Aachen	Transfer	Summer	2014	Undisclosed	^[8]
FW	Andreas Wiegel	19	EU	Youth system	Contract	Summer	2013	Free	^[9]
FW	Teemu Pukki	21	EU	HJK Helsinki		Summer	2014		^[10]
GK	Timo Hildebrand	32	EU	Free Agent	S	Summer	2012	Free	^[11]

Out

Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
GK	Manuel Neuer	25	EU	Bayern Munich	Transfer	Summer		^[12]
DF	Christian Pander	27	EU	Hannover	Free Agent	Summer	Free	^[13]
DF	Tore Reginiussen	25	Non-EU	Odense Boldklub	Transfer	Summer		^[14]
DF	Lukas Schmitz	22	EU	Werder Bremen	Transfer	Summer		^[15]
FW	Marvin Pourie	20	EU	Silkeborg IF	Transfer	Summer		^[16]
DF	Nicolas Plestan	30	EU		Released	Summer	Free	^[17]
FW	Gerald Asamoah	32	EU		Contract terminated	Summer	Free	^[18]
FW	Hao Junmin	24	Non-EU	Shandong	Transfer	Summer		^[19]
FW	Mario Gavranović	21	Non-EU	Mainz	Transfer	Summer		^[20]

Coaching staff

To be added

Kits

Home

Home Alternate

Home Alt. 2

Home Alt. 3

Home Alt. 4

Away

Away Alternate

Third

Third Alternate

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	First appearance / Info
Home	Blue	White	Blue / White
Home Alt.	Blue	Blue	Blue / White	Bundesliga, Match 3, August 21 against Mainz 05
Home Alt. 2	Blue	Blue	White	Bundesliga, Match 8, October 2 against Hamburger SV
Home Alt. 3	Blue	White	Blue	Bundesliga, Match 12, November 6 against Hannover 96
Home Alt. 4	Blue	Blue	Blue	Bundesliga, Match 32, April 22 against FC Augsburg
Away	White	White	White
Away Alt.	White	Blue	White	Bundesliga, Match 5, September 11 against VfL Wolfsburg
Third	Ultrabeauty	Navy	Navy
Third Alt.	Ultrabeauty	Ultrabeauty	Ultrabeauty	UEFA EL, Play-off, August 15 against HJK

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