2020–21 FC Schalke 04 season

Schalke 04
2020–21 season
SVB Chairman	Jens Buchta
Manager	David Wagner
Stadium	Veltins-Arena
Bundesliga	Preseason
DFB-Pokal	Preseason
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 FC Schalke 04 season is the 117th season in the football club's history and 30th consecutive and 53rd overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1991. In addition to the domestic league, Schalke 04 also are participating in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This is the 20th season for Schalke in the Veltins-Arena, located in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

Note: Players' appearances and goals only in their Schalke career.

As of 7 August 2020^[1]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Contract		Bundesliga		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	began	ends	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Ralf Fährmann	36	Jul 2011	Jun 2023	178	0	234	0
23	GK		Markus Schubert	26	Jul 2019	Jun 2023	9	0	10	0
34	GK		Michael Langer	39	Aug 2017	Jun 2021	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF		Hamza Mendyl	27	Aug 2019	Jun 2023	9	0	16	0
4	DF		Ozan Kabak	24	Jul 2019	Jun 2024	26	3	28	3
5	DF		Matija Nastasić	31	Jan 2015	Jun 2022	107	1	139	2
17	DF		Benjamin Stambouli	34	Aug 2016	Jun 2023	81	0	106	0
24	DF		Bastian Oczipka	35	Jul 2017	Jun 2023	84	1	96	1
26	DF		Salif Sané	34	Jul 2018	Jun 2022	45	4	56	6
31	DF		Timo Becker	27	Jul 2020	Jun 2021	10	0	11	0
33	DF		Malick Thiaw	23	Jul 2020	Jun 2024	4	0	4	0
Midfielders
2	MF		Weston McKennie	26	Jul 2017	Jun 2024	75	4	91	5
6	MF		Omar Mascarell (captain)	31	Jul 2018	Jun 2022	37	0	45	0
8	MF		Suat Serdar	27	Jul 2018	Jun 2022	46	9	57	9
10	MF		Nabil Bentaleb	29	Aug 2016	Jun 2021	73	12	97	19
13	MF		Sebastian Rudy	34	Aug 2018	Jun 2022	21	0	28	0
16	MF		Nassim Boujellab	25	Apr 2019	Jun 2022	18	0	21	0
25	MF		Amine Harit	27	Jul 2017	Jun 2024	74	10	88	11
28	MF		Alessandro Schöpf	30	Jan 2016	Jun 2021	93	10	122	14
29	MF		Nick Taitague	25	Jul 2020	Jun 2021	0	0	0	0
37	MF		Levent Mercan	23	Aug 2019	Jun 2023	5	0	6	1
40	MF		Can Bozdogan	23	Jul 2020	Jun 2022	3	0	3	0
Forwards
7	FW		Mark Uth	33	Jul 2018	Jun 2022	28	2	38	4
9	FW		Benito Raman	29	Jul 2019	Jun 2024	25	4	28	7
14	FW		Rabbi Matondo	24	Jan 2019	Jun 2023	27	2	29	2
15	FW		Ahmed Kutucu	24	Feb 2019	Jun 2022	38	5	44	6
19	FW		Guido Burgstaller	35	Jan 2017	Jun 2022	95	24	119	32
22	FW		Steven Skrzybski	31	Jul 2018	Jun 2021	12	3	17	4

Transfers

In

Pos	Player	From	Type	Window	Ends	Fee in €	Source
DF	Timo Becker	Schalke 04 II	Promoted	Summer	2021	—	^[2]
MF	Can Bozdogan	Schalke 04 U19	Promoted	Summer	2022	—	—
MF	Nick Taitague	Schalke 04 II	Promoted	Summer	2021	—	—
DF	Malick Thiaw	Schalke 04 U19	Promoted	Summer	2024	—	^[3]
MF	Nabil Bentaleb	Newcastle United	End of loan	Summer	2021	—	—
DF	Jonas Carls	Viktoria Köln	End of loan	Summer	2022	—	—
GK	Ralf Fährmann	Brann	End of loan	Summer	2022	—	—
DF	Pablo Insua	Huesca	End of loan	Summer	2021	—	—
DF	Hamza Mendyl	Dijon	End of loan	Summer	2023	—	—
MF	Sebastian Rudy	1899 Hoffenheim	End of loan	Summer	2022	—	—
FW	Steven Skrzybski	Fortuna Düsseldorf	End of loan	Summer	2021	—	—
FW	Bernard Tekpetey	Fortuna Düsseldorf	End of loan (premature)	Summer	2023	—	—
FW	Cedric Teuchert	Hannover 96	End of loan	Summer	2021	—	—
FW	Mark Uth	1. FC Köln	End of loan	Summer	2022	—	—

Out

Pos	Player	To	Type	Window	Fee in €	Source
DF	Pablo Insua	Huesca	Transfer	Summer		^[4]
FW	Cedric Teuchert	Union Berlin	Transfer	Summer		^[4]
MF	Daniel Caligiuri	FC Augsburg	End of contract	Summer	Free	^[5]
GK	Alexander Nübel	Bayern Munich	End of contract	Summer	Free	^[6]
DF	Jonas Carls	Vitória Guimarães	Loan	Summer	Free	^[7]
FW	Bernard Tekpetey	Ludogorets Razgrad	Loan	Summer	Free	^[8]
FW	Michael Gregoritsch	FC Augsburg	End of loan	Summer	—	—
DF	Jonjoe Kenny	Everton	End of loan	Summer	—	—
DF	Juan Miranda	Barcelona	End of loan (premature)	Summer	—	^[9]
DF	Jean-Clair Todibo	Barcelona	End of loan	Summer	—	—

Friendly matches

Win Draw Loss

9 August 2020 (2020-08-09) 1	VfL Osnabrück	1–5	Schalke 04	Ankum, Germany
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Henning 58'	Report	Kabak 15' Skrzybski 46', 60' Schöpf 67' Kutucu 89'	Stadium: Quitt-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Florian Heft (Germany)
Note: The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

15 August 2020 (2020-08-15) 2	Schalke 04	v	SC Verl	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Parkstadion

18 August 2020 (2020-08-18) 3	Schalke 04	v	KFC Uerdingen 05	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Parkstadion

2 September 2020 4

Schalke 04

v

Viktoria Köln

5 September 2020 (2020-09-05) 5	Schalke 04	v	VfL Bochum	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	18–21 September 2020	22 May 2021	Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
DFB-Pokal	11–14 September 2020		First round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: 15 June 2020
Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Hertha BSC	34	8	11	15	41	52	−11	35
15	Arminia Bielefeld	34	9	8	17	26	52	−26	35
16	1. FC Köln (O)	34	8	9	17	34	60	−26	33	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17	Werder Bremen (R)	34	7	10	17	36	57	−21	31	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	Schalke 04 (R)	34	3	7	24	25	86	−61	16	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[10]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: August 2020.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 14 June 2020. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The Bundesliga schedule was announced on 7 August 2020.^[11]

18 or 21 September 2020 (2020-09) 1	Bayern Munich	v	Schalke 04	Munich
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Allianz Arena

25–28 September 2020 (2020-09) 2	Schalke 04	v	Werder Bremen	Gelsenkirchen
				Stadium: Veltins-Arena

2–4 October 2020 (2020-10) 3	RB Leipzig	v	Schalke 04	Leipzig
				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

16–19 October 2020 (2020-10) 4	Schalke 04	v	Union Berlin	Gelsenkirchen
				Stadium: Veltins-Arena

23–26 October 2020 (2020-10) 5	Borussia Dortmund	v	Schalke 04	Dortmund
				Stadium: Signal Iduna Park

30 October–2 November 2020 (2020) 6	Schalke 04	v	VfB Stuttgart	Gelsenkirchen
				Stadium: Veltins-Arena

6–8 November 2020 (2020-11) 7	Mainz 05	v	Schalke 04	Mainz
				Stadium: Opel Arena

20–23 November 2020 (2020-11) 8	Schalke 04	v	VfL Wolfsburg	Gelsenkirchen
				Stadium: Veltins-Arena

27–30 November 2020 (2020-11) 9	Borussia Mönchengladbach	v	Schalke 04	Mönchengladbach
				Stadium: Borussia-Park

4–7 December 2020 (2020-12) 10	Schalke 04	v	Bayer Leverkusen	Gelsenkirchen
				Stadium: Veltins-Arena

11–13 December 2020 (2020-12) 11	FC Augsburg	v	Schalke 04	Augsburg
				Stadium: WWK Arena

15–16 December 2020 (2020-12) 12	Schalke 04	v	SC Freiburg	Gelsenkirchen
				Stadium: Veltins-Arena

18–21 December 2020 (2020-12) 13	Schalke 04	v	Arminia Bielefeld	Gelsenkirchen
				Stadium: Veltins-Arena

2–4 January 2021 (2021-01) 14	Hertha BSC	v	Schalke 04	Berlin
				Stadium: Olympiastadion

8–11 January 2021 (2021-01) 15	Schalke 04	v	1899 Hoffenheim	Gelsenkirchen
				Stadium: Veltins-Arena

15–17 January 2021 (2021-01) 16	Eintracht Frankfurt	v	Schalke 04	Frankfurt
				Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena

19–20 January 2021 (2021-01) 17	Schalke 04	v	1. FC Köln	Gelsenkirchen
				Stadium: Veltins-Arena

22–25 January 2021 (2021-01) 18	Schalke 04	v	Bayern Munich	Gelsenkirchen
				Stadium: Veltins-Arena

29 January–1 February 2021 (2021) 19	Werder Bremen	v	Schalke 04	Bremen
				Stadium: Weser-Stadion

5–8 February 2021 (2021-02) 20	Schalke 04	v	RB Leipzig	Gelsenkirchen
				Stadium: Veltins-Arena

12–15 February 2021 (2021-02) 21	Union Berlin	v	Schalke 04	Berlin
				Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei

19–22 February 2021 (2021-02) 22	Schalke 04	v	Borussia Dortmund	Gelsenkirchen
				Stadium: Veltins-Arena

26 February–1 March 2021 (2021) 23	VfB Stuttgart	v	Schalke 04	Stuttgart
				Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena

5–8 March 2021 (2021-03) 24	Schalke 04	v	Mainz 05	Gelsenkirchen
				Stadium: Veltins-Arena

12–15 March 2021 (2021-03) 25	VfL Wolfsburg	v	Schalke 04	Wolfsburg
				Stadium: Volkswagen Arena

19–21 March 2021 (2021-03) 26	Schalke 04	v	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Gelsenkirchen
				Stadium: Veltins-Arena

3–5 April 2021 (2021-04) 27	Bayer Leverkusen	v	Schalke 04	Leverkusen
				Stadium: BayArena

9–12 April 2021 (2021-04) 28	Schalke 04	v	FC Augsburg	Gelsenkirchen
				Stadium: Veltins-Arena

16–18 April 2021 (2021-04) 29	SC Freiburg	v	Schalke 04	Freiburg
				Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion

20–21 April 2021 (2021-04) 30	Arminia Bielefeld	v	Schalke 04	Bielefeld
				Stadium: SchücoArena

23–26 April 2020 (2020-04) 31	Schalke 04	v	Hertha BSC	Gelsenkirchen
				Stadium: Veltins-Arena

7–10 May 2020 (2020-05) 32	1899 Hoffenheim	v	Schalke 04	Sinsheim
				Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena

15 May 2021 (2021-05-15) 33	Schalke 04	v	Eintracht Frankfurt	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Veltins-Arena

22 May 2021 (2021-05-22) 34	1. FC Köln	v	Schalke 04	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion

DFB-Pokal

11–14 September 2020 (2020-09) First round	Regionalliga Bayern participant	v	Schalke 04	TBA
				Stadium: TBA

References

^ "Der Kader des FC Schalke 04". Schalke 04 (in German). Retrieved 7 August 2020.
^ "Timo Becker signs a one-year contract". Schalke 04. 31 July 2020.
^ "Malick Thiaw signs professional contract until 2024". Schalke 04. 5 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Cedric Teuchert moves to Union Berlin, Pablo Insua stays at Huesca". Schalke 04. 1 August 2020.
^ "Daniel Caligiuri to move to FC Augsburg". Schalke 04. 29 June 2020.
^ "Alexander Nübel has signed for Bayern Munich ahead of the 2020/21 season". Schalke 04. 4 January 2020.
^ "Jonas Carls joins Vitória Guimarães on loan". Schalke 04. 28 July 2020.
^ "Bernard Tekpetey will join Ludogorets on loan". Schalke 04. 30 July 2020.
^ "Juan Miranda to return to Spain early". Schalke 04. 1 July 2020.
^ "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). DFL.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 16 May 2020. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
^ "2020/21 Schedule Release: Bundesliga fixture list overview". Bundesliga.com. 7 August 2020.

[1] "Der Kader des FC Schalke 04". Schalke 04 (in German). Retrieved 7 August 2020.

[2] "Timo Becker signs a one-year contract". Schalke 04. 31 July 2020.

[3] "Malick Thiaw signs professional contract until 2024". Schalke 04. 5 July 2020.

[transfers1aug-4] "Cedric Teuchert moves to Union Berlin, Pablo Insua stays at Huesca". Schalke 04. 1 August 2020.

[5] "Daniel Caligiuri to move to FC Augsburg". Schalke 04. 29 June 2020.

[6] "Alexander Nübel has signed for Bayern Munich ahead of the 2020/21 season". Schalke 04. 4 January 2020.

[7] "Jonas Carls joins Vitória Guimarães on loan". Schalke 04. 28 July 2020.

[8] "Bernard Tekpetey will join Ludogorets on loan". Schalke 04. 30 July 2020.

[9] "Juan Miranda to return to Spain early". Schalke 04. 1 July 2020.

[10] "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). DFL.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 16 May 2020. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

[11] "2020/21 Schedule Release: Bundesliga fixture list overview". Bundesliga.com. 7 August 2020.

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