2020–21 FC Schalke 04 season

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 participated in this season's edition 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.

Schalke 04
2020–21 season
SVB ChairmanJens Buchta
ManagerDavid Wagner
(until 27 September)
Manuel Baum
(from 30 September to 18 December)
Huub Stevens
(interim, from 18 to 22 December)
Christian Gross
(from 27 December)
StadiumVeltins-Arena
Bundesliga18th
DFB-PokalRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Matthew Hoppe
(5 goals)

All:
Matthew Hoppe
Benito Raman
(5 goals each)
All statistics correct as of 3 February 2021.

Schalke suffered a disastrous start to the season, becoming only the fifth Bundesliga team to go winless in their first 14 fixtures.

Players

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

As of 4 February 2021[1]
No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Contract Bundesliga Total
began ends Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1GKRalf Fährmann32Jul 2011Jun 202319002490
23GKFrederik Rønnow28Sep 2020Jun 20217070
34GKMichael Langer36Aug 2017Jun 20211010
Defenders
2DFKilian Ludewig20Oct 2020Jun 20216080
3DFHamza Mendyl23Aug 2019Jun 2023120210
5DFMatija Nastasić27Jan 2015Jun 202212111562
13DF William25Jan 2021Jun 20211020
17DFBenjamin Stambouli30Aug 2016Jun 20239501230
20DFSead Kolašinac (captain)27Jan 2021Jun 20219841284
24DFBastian Oczipka32Jul 2017Jun 202310111161
26DFSalif Sané30Jul 2018Jun 2022544666
30DFShkodran Mustafi28Feb 2021Jun 20210000
31DFTimo Becker23Jul 2020Jun 2021170200
33DFMalick Thiaw19Jul 2020Jun 2024121151
Midfielders
6MFOmar Mascarell28Jul 2018Jun 2022521621
8MFSuat Serdar23Jul 2018Jun 20225997110
10MFNabil Bentaleb26Aug 2016Jun 2021801210519
16MFNassim Boujellab21Apr 2019Jun 2022271311
25MFAmine Harit23Jul 2017Jun 2024881110512
28MFAlessandro Schöpf26Jan 2016Jun 20211061013716
37MFLevent Mercan20Aug 2019Jun 20235061
40MFCan Bozdoğan19Jul 2020Jun 2024120130
42MFKerim Çalhanoğlu18Sep 2020Jun 20240000
Forwards
7FWMark Uth29Jul 2018Jun 2022434546
9FWBenito Raman26Jul 2019Jun 20244164612
18FWGonçalo Paciência26Sep 2020Jun 20218191
21FWKlaas-Jan Huntelaar37Jan 2021Jun 202117682241126
22FWSteven Skrzybski28Jul 2018Jun 2021213284
43FWMatthew Hoppe19Feb 2021Jun 202395115

Transfers

In

Pos Player From Type Window Ends Fee in € Ref.
FW Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Ajax Transfer Winter 2021 Free [2]
FW Shkodran Mustafi Arsenal Transfer Winter 2021 Free [3]
DF Sead Kolašinac Arsenal Loan Winter 2021 Free [4]
DF William VfL Wolfsburg Loan Winter 2021 250,000 [5]
FW Matthew Hoppe Schalke 04 II Promoted Winter 2023 [6]
FW Vedad Ibišević Hertha BSC End of contract Summer 2021 [7]
FW Gonçalo Paciência Eintracht Frankfurt Loan Summer 2021 1,500,000[lower-alpha 1] [8]
DF Kilian Ludewig Red Bull Salzburg Loan Summer 2021 Free [9]
GK Frederik Rønnow Eintracht Frankfurt Loan Summer 2021 Free [10]
DF Timo Becker Schalke 04 II Promoted Summer 2021 [11]
MF Can Bozdoğan Schalke 04 U19 Promoted Summer 2022
MF Kerim Çalhanoğlu Schalke 04 U19 Promoted Summer 2024 [12]
MF Nick Taitague Schalke 04 II Promoted Summer 2021
DF Malick Thiaw Schalke 04 U19 Promoted Summer 2024 [13]
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
  1. Loan fee with option to buy for €8.5M

Out

Pos Player To Type Window Fee in € Ref.
DF Ozan Kabak Liverpool Loan Summer 2,000,000[lower-alpha 1] [3]
FW Ahmed Kutucu Heracles Almelo Loan Winter Free [14]
FW Rabbi Matondo Stoke City Loan Winter Free [15]
FW Vedad Ibišević Free agent Contract terminated Winter [16]
MF Nick Taitague Free agent Contract terminated Winter [17]
DF Pablo Insua Huesca Transfer Summer 250,000 [18]
FW Guido Burgstaller FC St. Pauli Transfer Summer Free [19]
FW Cedric Teuchert Union Berlin Transfer Summer Free [18]
MF Daniel Caligiuri FC Augsburg End of contract Summer [20]
GK Alexander Nübel Bayern Munich End of contract Summer [21]
MF Weston McKennie Juventus Loan Summer 4,500,000[lower-alpha 2] [22]
FW Bernard Tekpetey Ludogorets Razgrad Loan Summer 400,000 [23]
DF Jonas Carls Vitória Guimarães Loan Summer 90,000 [24]
MF Sebastian Rudy 1899 Hoffenheim Loan Summer Free [25]
GK Markus Schubert Eintracht Frankfurt Loan Summer Free [10]
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 [26]
DF Jean-Clair Todibo Barcelona End of loan Summer
  1. Loan fee with option to buy for €20.5M+€9.5M variables
  2. Loan fee with option to buy for €18.5M+€7.0M variables

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)
Report
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 4–5 SC Verl Gelsenkirchen, Germany
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Parkstadion
Attendance: 300
Referee: Marco Goldmann (Germany)
Note: The match was played in four 30-minute quarters.
18 August 2020 (2020-08-18) 3 Schalke 04 1–3 KFC Uerdingen Gelsenkirchen, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Parkstadion
Attendance: 300
Referee: Sven Waschitzki (Germany)
28 August 2020 (2020-08-28) 4 Schalke 04 1–0 Aris Thessaloniki Kematen, Austria
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadion Kematen
Attendance: 220
Referee: Nenad Kostacevic (Austria)
5 September 2020 (2020-09-05) 5 Schalke 04 3–0 VfL Bochum Gelsenkirchen, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Parkstadion
Attendance: 300
Referee: Mitja Stegemann (Germany)
8 October 2020 (2020-10-08) 6 Schalke 04 5–1 SC Paderborn Gelsenkirchen, Germany
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Parkstadion
Attendance: 300
Referee: Thorben Siewer (Germany)

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 18 September 2020 22 May 2021 Matchday 1 19 1 5 13 15 49 −34 005.26
DFB-Pokal 3 November 2020 3 February 2021 First round Round of 16 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 066.67
Total 22 3 5 14 22 52 −30 013.64

Last updated: 3 February 2021

Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
14 1. FC Köln 19 4 6 9 18 32 14 18
15 Hertha BSC 20 4 5 11 25 36 11 17
16 Arminia Bielefeld 19 5 2 12 15 32 17 17 Qualification to relegation play-offs
17 Mainz 05 19 2 4 13 18 40 22 10 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18 Schalke 04 19 1 5 13 15 49 34 8
Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2021. Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.[27]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
19 1 5 13 15 49  −34 8 1 2 7 8 19  −11 0 3 6 7 30  −23

Last updated: 30 January 2021.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA
ResultLLLDLDDLLLDLLLWLLLD
Position18181817171717181818181818181718181818
Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2021. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The Bundesliga schedule was announced on 7 August 2020.[28]

18 September 2020 (2020-09-18) 1 Bayern Munich 8–0 Schalke 04 Munich
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Felix Zwayer
26 September 2020 (2020-09-26) 2 Schalke 04 1–3 Werder Bremen Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Markus Schmidt
3 October 2020 (2020-10-03) 3 RB Leipzig 4–0 Schalke 04 Leipzig
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Florian Badstübner
18 October 2020 (2020-10-18) 4 Schalke 04 1–1 Union Berlin Gelsenkirchen
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 300
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
24 October 2020 (2020-10-24) 5 Borussia Dortmund 3–0 Schalke 04 Dortmund
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 300
Referee: Felix Zwayer
30 October 2020 (2020-10-30) 6 Schalke 04 1–1 VfB Stuttgart Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Benjamin Brand
7 November 2020 (2020-11-07) 7 Mainz 05 2–2 Schalke 04 Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Opel Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
21 November 2020 (2020-11-21) 8 Schalke 04 0–2 VfL Wolfsburg Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marco Fritz
28 November 2020 (2020-11-28) 9 Borussia Mönchengladbach 4–1 Schalke 04 Mönchengladbach
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
6 December 2020 (2020-12-06) 10 Schalke 04 0–3 Bayer Leverkusen Gelsenkirchen
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
13 December 2020 (2020-12-13) 11 FC Augsburg 2–2 Schalke 04 Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
16 December 2020 (2020-12-16) 12 Schalke 04 0–2 SC Freiburg Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sven Jablonski
19 December 2020 (2020-12-19) 13 Schalke 04 0–1 Arminia Bielefeld Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bastian Dankert
2 January 2021 (2021-01-02) 14 Hertha BSC 3–0 Schalke 04 Berlin
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sven Jablonski
9 January 2021 (2021-01-09) 15 Schalke 04 4–0 1899 Hoffenheim Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Felix Zwayer
17 January 2021 (2021-01-17) 16 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1 Schalke 04 Frankfurt
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
20 January 2021 (2021-01-20) 17 Schalke 04 1–2 1. FC Köln Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniel Siebert
24 January 2021 (2021-01-24) 18 Schalke 04 0–4 Bayern Munich Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
30 January 2021 (2021-01-30) 19 Werder Bremen 1–1 Schalke 04 Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sören Storks
6 February 2021 (2021-02-06) 20 Schalke 04 v RB Leipzig Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Stadium: Veltins-Arena
13 February 2021 (2021-02-13) 21 Union Berlin v Schalke 04 Berlin
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei
20 February 2021 (2021-02-20) 22 Schalke 04 v Borussia Dortmund Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Stadium: Veltins-Arena
27 February 2021 (2021-02-27) 23 VfB Stuttgart v Schalke 04 Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) 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

3 November 2020 (2020-11-03) First round 1. FC Schweinfurt 1–4 Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen
16:30 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sven Jablonski
22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) Second round SSV Ulm 1–3 Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)
  • Çoban  44'
  • Reichert  48',  82'
  • Higl  89'
Report
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniel Schlager
3 February 2021 (2021-02-03) Round of 16 VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 Schalke 04 Wolfsburg
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Felix Zwayer

Statistics

As of 4 February 2021

Squad statistics

No.Pos.Nat.PlayerTotalBundesligaDFB-Pokal
AppsSt.AppsSt.AppsSt.
1GKRalf Fährmann 1515020 1212020 33000
23GKFrederik Rønnow 76000 76000 00000
34GKMichael Langer 11000 11000 00000
2DFKilian Ludewig 88010 66010 22000
3DFHamza Mendyl 52010 31010 21000
5DFMatija Nastasić 1716020 1413020 33000
20DF William 21010 10000 11010
17DFBenjamin Stambouli 1717050 1414040 33010
20DFSead Kolašinac 55000 44000 11000
24DFBastian Oczipka 2015010 1714010 31000
26DFSalif Sané 108050 98040 10010
30DFShkodran Mustafi 00000 00000 00000
31DFTimo Becker 97000 75000 22000
33DFMalick Thiaw 117130 85120 32010
4DFOzan Kabak[lower-alpha 1] 1414041 1414041 00000
6MFOmar Mascarell 1715130 1514130 21000
8MFSuat Serdar 1414120 1313020 11100
10MFNabil Bentaleb 86020 75010 11010
16MFNassim Boujellab 105120 95120 10000
25MFAmine Harit 1714120 1412120 32000
28MFAlessandro Schöpf 159200 137000 22200
37MFLevent Mercan 00000 00000 00000
40MFCan Bozdoğan 102000 92000 10000
13MFSebastian Rudy[lower-alpha 1] 22000 22000 00000
7FWMark Uth 1616240 1515240 11000
9FWBenito Raman 1812530 1610220 22310
18FWGonçalo Paciência 97120 87120 10000
21FWKlaas-Jan Huntelaar 10010 10010 00000
22FWSteven Skrzybski 115020 93020 22000
27FWLuca Schuler[lower-alpha 2] 10000 10000 00000
43FWMatthew Hoppe 117520 96520 21000
11FWVedad Ibišević[lower-alpha 3] 52110 41010 11100
14FWRabbi Matondo[lower-alpha 1] 33000 33000 00000
15FWAhmed Kutucu[lower-alpha 1] 80010 70010 10000
Total 2221521 1914461 3760
  1. Player transferred out during the season
  2. Player from Schalke II
  3. Player's contract dissolved during the season

Goalscorers

Rank Pos. Player Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total
1 FW Matthew Hoppe 5 0 5
FW Benito Raman 2 3 5
3 FW Mark Uth 2 0 2
MF Alessandro Schöpf 0 2 2
5 MF Nassim Boujellab 1 0 1
MF Amine Harit 1 0 1
MF Omar Mascarell 1 0 1
FW Gonçalo Paciência 1 0 1
DF Malick Thiaw 1 0 1
FW Vedad Ibišević 0 1 1
MF Suat Serdar 0 1 1
Own goals 1 0 1
Total 15 7 22

References

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  3. "S04 sign Shkodran Mustafi – Ozan Kabak moves to Liverpool". Schalke 04. 1 February 2021.
  4. "Sead Kolasinac returns to FC Schalke 04". Schalke 04. 31 December 2020.
  5. "William joins FC Schalke 04". Schalke 04. 25 January 2021.
  6. "Matthew Hoppe signs his first professional contract". Schalke 04. 1 February 2021.
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  8. "Schalke 04 sign Goncalo Paciencia". Schalke 04. 15 September 2020.
  9. "Kilian Ludewig is a Royal Blue". Schalke 04. 5 October 2020.
  10. "Frederik Rönnow joins FC Schalke 04 on loan". Schalke 04. 30 September 2020.
  11. "Timo Becker signs a one-year contract". Schalke 04. 31 July 2020.
  12. "Kerim Calhanoglu signs professional contract". Schalke 04. 24 September 2020.
  13. "Malick Thiaw signs professional contract until 2024". Schalke 04. 5 July 2020.
  14. "Ahmed Kutucu moves to Heracles Almelo". Schalke 04. 21 January 2021.
  15. "Rabbi Matondo moves to Stoke City". Schalke 04. 7 January 2021.
  16. "Bentaleb and Harit to train individually until further notice – Schalke to dissolve contract with Ibisevic". Schalke 04. 24 November 2020.
  17. "Nick Taitague leaves FC Schalke 04". Schalke 04. 2 January 2021.
  18. "Cedric Teuchert moves to Union Berlin, Pablo Insua stays at Huesca". Schalke 04. 1 August 2020.
  19. "Guido Burgstaller joins FC St. Pauli". Schalke 04. 30 September 2020.
  20. "Daniel Caligiuri to move to FC Augsburg". Schalke 04. 29 June 2020.
  21. "Alexander Nübel has signed for Bayern Munich ahead of the 2020/21 season". Schalke 04. 4 January 2020.
  22. "Welcome Weston!". Juventus. 29 August 2020.
  23. "Bernard Tekpetey will join Ludogorets on loan". Schalke 04. 30 July 2020.
  24. "Jonas Carls joins Vitória Guimarães on loan". Schalke 04. 28 July 2020.
  25. "Sebastian Rudy joins TSG 1899 Hoffenheim". Schalke 04. 5 October 2020.
  26. "Juan Miranda to return to Spain early". Schalke 04. 1 July 2020.
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