2012–13 FC Schalke 04 season

Schalke 04

2012–13 season
President	Clemens Tönnies
Head coach	Huub Stevens (until 16 December 2012) Jens Keller (from 17 December 2012)
Stadium	Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, NRW
Bundesliga	4th
DFB-Pokal	Round 3
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (10) Julian Draxler (10) All: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (16)
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The 2012–13 FC Schalke 04 season is the 109th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13 the club plays in the Fußball-Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It is the clubs twenty-second consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga in 1991.

Review and events

The club also takes part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where it reached the second round and will face 2. Bundesliga side SV Sandhausen next.^[1]

In Europe the club has qualified for the 2012–13 edition of the Champions League where it will play Olympiacos, Montpellier HSC and Arsenal in Group B of the group stage.^[2]

Huub Stevens was sacked as head coach on 16 December 2012.^[3] Jens Keller replaced Stevens as Head Coach.^[3]

Competitions

Legend

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Bundesliga

League results

Match	Date	Time	Venue	City	Opponent	Result^1	Attendance	Schalke 04 goalscorers	Source
1	26 August 2012	17:30	AWD-Arena	Hanover	Hannover 96	2–2	49,000	Huntelaar  52' Holtby  64'	[MR 1]
2	1 September 2012	15:30	Veltins-Arena	Gelsenkirchen	FC Augsburg	3–1	60,582	Papadopoulos  33' Jones  46' Huntelaar  72'	[MR 2]
3	15 September 2012	18:30	Trolli Arena	Fürth	Greuther Fürth	2–0	18,000	Draxler  48' Holtby  88'	[MR 3]
4	22 September 2012	15:30	Veltins-Arena	Gelsenkirchen	Bayern Munich	0–2	61,673	—	[MR 4]
5	25 September 2012	20:00	Veltins-Arena	Gelsenkirchen	Mainz 05	3–0	59,116	Farfán  21' (pen.) Holtby  81' Pukki  89'	[MR 5]
6	28 September 2012	20:30	Esprit Arena	Düsseldorf	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–2	54,600	Huntelaar  13' Matip  20'	[MR 6]
7	6 October 2012	15:30	Veltins-Arena	Gelsenkirchen	VfL Wolfsburg	3–0	60,671	Farfán  33' Afellay  46' Neustädter  58'	[MR 7]
8	20 October 2012	15:30	Signal Iduna Park	Dortmund	Borussia Dortmund	2–1	80,645	Afellay  14' Höger  48'	[MR 8]
9	27 October 2012	15:30	Veltins-Arena	Gelsenkirchen	1. FC Nuremberg	1–0	61,673	Farfán  77'	[MR 9]
10	3 November 2012	15:30	Rhein-Neckar Arena	Sinsheim	1899 Hoffenheim	2–3	30,150	Neustädter  37' Uchida  82'	[MR 10]
11	10 November 2012	15:30	Veltins-Arena	Gelsenkirchen	Werder Bremen	2–1	61,673	Neustädter  59' Draxler  69'	[MR 11]
12	17 November 2012	18:30	BayArena	Leverkusen	Bayer Leverkusen	0–2	29,808	—	[MR 12]
13	24 November 2012	15:30	Veltins-Arena	Gelsenkirchen	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	61,673	Huntelaar  11'	[MR 13]
14	27 November 2012	20:00	Imtech-Arena	Hamburg	Hamburger SV	1–3	47,127	Huntelaar  80'	[MR 14]
15	1 December 2012	15:30	Veltins-Arena	Gelsenkirchen	Borussia M'gladbach	1–1	61,673	Draxler  85'	[MR 15]
16	8 December 2012	15:30	Mercedes-Benz Arena	Stuttgart	VfB Stuttgart	1–3	55,880	Marica  12'	[MR 16]
17	15 December 2012	18:30	Veltins-Arena	Gelsenkirchen	SC Freiburg	1–3	60,620	Farfán  20'	[MR 17]
18	18 January 2013	20:30	Veltins-Arena	Gelsenkirchen	Hannover 96	5–4	60,811	Farfán  44' Draxler  49' Höger  64' Marica  67' Holtby  89'	[MR 18]
19	26 January 2013	15:30	SGL arena	Augsburg	FC Augsburg	0–0	28,553	—	[MR 19]
20	2 February 2013	15:30	Veltins-Arena	Gelsenkirchen	Greuther Fürth	1–2	60,693	Bastos  47'	[MR 20]
21	9 February 2013	18:30	Allianz Arena	Munich	Bayern Munich	0–4	71,000	—	[MR 21]
22	16 February 2013	15:30	Coface Arena	Mainz	Mainz 05	2–2	34,000	Bastos  41', 82'	[MR 22]
23	23 February 2013	18:30	Veltins-Arena	Gelsenkirchen	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–1	61,673	Matip  29', 82'	[MR 23]
24	2 March 2013	15:30	Volkswagen Arena	Wolfsburg	VfL Wolfsburg	4–1	29,326	Draxler  33', 63' Farfán  79' Huntelaar  86'	[MR 24]
25	9 March 2013	15:30	Veltins-Arena	Gelsenkirchen	Borussia Dortmund	2–1	61,673	Draxler  12' Huntelaar  35'	[MR 25]
26	16 March 2013	15:30	Stadion Nürnberg	Nürnberg	1. FC Nürnberg	0–3	45,000	—	[MR 26]
27	30 March 2013	15:30	Veltins-Arena	Gelsenkirchen	1899 Hoffenheim	3–0	60,743	Höger  71' Raffael  79' Pukki  83'	[MR 27]
28	6 April 2013	15:30	Weserstadion	Bremen	Werder Bremen	2–0	42,100	Draxler  51' Marica  69'	[MR 28]
29	13 April 2013	18:30	Veltins-Arena	Gelsenkirchen	Bayer Leverkusen	2–2	61,619	Pukki  71' Raffael  87'	[MR 29]
30	20 April 2013	15:30	Commerzbank-Arena	Frankfurt	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1	51,500	—	[MR 30]
31	28 April 2013	17:30	Veltins-Arena	Gelsenkirchen	Hamburger SV	4–1	61,673	Bastos  9' Huntelaar  20', 58', 66'	[MR 31]
32	3 May 2013	20:30	Borussia Park	Mönchengladbach	Borussia M'gladbach	1–0	54,010	Draxler  82'	[MR 32]
33	11 May 2013	15:30	Veltins-Arena	Gelsenkirchen	VfB Stuttgart	1–2	61,673	Niedermeier (o.g.)  92'	[MR 33]
34	18 May 2013	15:30	Mage Solar Stadion	Freiburg	SC Freiburg	2–1	24,000	Draxler  20' Schuster (o.g.)  58'	[MR 34]

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich (C)	34	29	4	1	98	18	+80	91	2013–14 UEFA Champions League group stage
2	Borussia Dortmund	34	19	9	6	81	42	+39	66
3	Bayer Leverkusen	34	19	8	7	65	39	+26	65
4	Schalke 04	34	16	7	11	58	50	+8	55	2013–14 UEFA Champions League play-off round
5	SC Freiburg	34	14	9	11	45	40	+5	51	2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage
6	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	14	9	11	49	46	+3	51	2013–14 UEFA Europa League play-off round
7	Hamburger SV	34	14	6	14	42	53	−11	48

Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

DFB-Pokal

Round	Date	Time	Venue	City	Opponent	Result^1	Attendance	Schalke 04 goalscorers	Source
1	19 August 2012	16:00	Ludwigsparkstadion	Saarbrücken	1. FC Saarbrücken	5–0	28,000	Papadopoulos  23' Draxler  27', 57' Marica  65', 72'	[MR 35]
2	30 October 2012	20:30	Veltins-Arena	Gelsenkirchen	SV Sandhausen	3–0	52,970	Afellay  11' Marica  62' Huntelaar  79'	[MR 36]
3	18 December 2012	19:00	Veltins-Arena	Gelsenkirchen	Mainz 05	1–2	54,202	Huntelaar  75'	[MR 37]

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Group results and fixtures

Match	Date	Time	Venue	City	Opponent	Result^1	Attendance	Schalke 04 goalscorers	Source
1	18 September 2012	20:45	Karaiskakis Stadium	Piraeus, Greece	Olympiacos	2–1	30,922	Höwedes  41' Huntelaar  59'	[MR 38]
2	3 October 2012	20:45	Veltins-Arena	Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Montpellier	2–2	50,004	Draxler  26' Huntelaar  52' (pen.)	[MR 39]
3	24 October 2012	20:45	Emirates Stadium	London, England	Arsenal	2–0	60,049	Huntelaar  76' Afellay  86'	[MR 40]
4	6 November 2012	20:45	Veltins-Arena	Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Arsenal	2–2	54,142	Huntelaar  45+2' Farfán  67'	[MR 41]
5	21 November 2012	20:45	Veltins-Arena	Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Olympiacos	1–0	52,254	Fuchs  77'	[MR 42]
6	4 December 2012	20:45	Stade de la Mosson	Montpellier, France	Montpellier	1–1	23,142	Höwedes  56'	[MR 43]

Group table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Schalke 04	6	3	3	0	10	6	+4	12
Arsenal	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10
Olympiacos	6	3	0	3	9	9	0	9
Montpellier	6	0	2	4	6	12	−6	2

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Galatasaray v Schalke 04

20 February 2013 First leg	Galatasaray	1–1	Schalke 04	Istanbul, Turkey
20:45 CET	Yilmaz  12'		Jones  45'	Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

Schalke 04 v Galatasaray

12 March 2013 Second leg	Schalke 04	2–3 (3–4 agg.)	Galatasaray	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:45 CET	Neustädter  17' Bastos  63'		Altıntop  37' Yilmaz  42' Bulut  95'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 54,142 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Squad

Squad and statistics

As of 18 May 2013

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Ralf Fährmann	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Sergio Escudero	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Benedikt Höwedes	43	2	32	0	3	0	8	2
8	FW		Ciprian Marica	19	6	13	3	3	3	3	0
9	MF		Michel Bastos	16	5	14	4	0	0	2	1
10	MF		Lewis Holtby	27	4	19	4	2	0	6	0
11	MF		Ibrahim Afellay	15	4	10	2	1	1	4	1
12	MF		Marco Höger	30	3	22	3	2	0	6	0
13	MF		Jermaine Jones	33	2	25	1	2	0	6	1
14	DF		Kyriakos Papadopoulos	16	2	10	1	2	1	4	0
16	FW		Edu	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
17	FW		Jefferson Farfán	35	7	27	6	1	0	7	1
18	MF		Raffael	16	2	16	2	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Chinedu Obasi	7	0	4	0	1	0	2	0
20	FW		Teemu Pukki	24	3	17	3	2	0	5	0
21	DF		Christoph Metzelder	7	0	4	0	2	0	1	0
22	DF		Atsuto Uchida	30	1	24	1	1	0	5	0
23	DF		Christian Fuchs	37	1	29	0	2	0	6	1
25	FW		Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	35	16	26	10	2	2	7	4
27	MF		Tranquillo Barnetta	31	0	21	0	3	0	7	0
28	MF		Christoph Moritz	7	0	6	0	1	0	0	0
29	MF		Max Meyer	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0
30	MF		René Klingenburg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW		Julian Draxler	39	13	30	10	3	2	6	1
32	DF		Joël Matip	39	3	32	3	1	0	6	0
33	MF		Roman Neustädter	41	4	31	3	2	0	8	1
34	GK		Timo Hildebrand	27	0	21	0	3	0	3	0
35	DF		Sead Kolašinac	20	0	16	0	1	0	3	0
36	GK		Lars Unnerstall	18	0	13	0	0	0	5	0

- transfers during the season. (blue) - transfers during the season (away). (red)

Transfers

In

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
9	MF		Michel Bastos	29	EU	Lyon	Loan	Winter	2014	€2 Million
18	MF		Raffael	27	Non-EU	FC Dynamo Kyiv	Loan	Winter	2013	€1 Million
29	MF		Max Meyer	17	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Winter	2015	N/A
30	DF		René Klingenburg	18	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Winter	2015	N/A
16	FW		Edu	30	Non-EU	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Return from Loan	Winter	2013	N/A
35	DF		Sead Kolašinac	18	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Summer	2015	N/A	[4]
29	FW		Philipp Hofmann	18	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Summer	2014	N/A
33	MF		Roman Neustädter	23	EU	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Transfer	Summer	2016	free
19	FW		Chinedu Obasi	26	Non-EU	1899 Hoffenheim	Transfer	Summer	2015	€4 Million
27	MF		Tranquillo Barnetta	26	EU	Bayer Leverkusen	Transfer	Summer	2015	free
11	MF		Ibrahim Afellay	26	EU	Barcelona	Loan	Summer	2013	€500,000
25	DF		Carlos Zambrano	22	Non-EU	FC St. Pauli	Return from Loan	Summer		N/A	[5]
20	DF		Vasileios Pliatsikas	23	EU	MSV Duisburg	Return from Loan	Summer	2013	N/A	[5]
22	FW		Mario Gavranovic	22	Non-EU	Mainz 05	Return from Loan	Summer	?	N/A	[5]
16	MF		Jan Morávek	23	EU	FC Augsburg	Return from Loan	Summer	?	N/A	[5]
26	MF		Ciprian Deac	25	EU	Rapid București	Return from Loan	Summer		N/A	[5]
40	MF		Anthony Annan	25	Non-EU	Vitesse	Return from Loan	Summer	2014	N/A	[5]
16	FW		Edu	30	Non-EU	Beşiktaş	Return from Loan	Summer	2013	N/A	[5]

Out

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
16	FW		Edu	31	Non-EU	Liaoning Whowin	Transfer	Winter	free	[6]
23	MF		Lewis Holtby	22	EU	Tottenham Hotspur	Transfer	Winter	€1,750,000
16	DF		Sergio Escudero	23	EU	Getafe	Loan	Winter	€200,000
2	DF		Carlos Zambrano	22	Non-EU	Eintracht Frankfurt	Transfer	Summer	€750,000
14	MF		Jan Morávek	23	EU	FC Augsburg	Transfer	Summer	€700,000
7	MF		Ciprian Deac	25	EU	CFR Cluj	Transfer	Summer	€700,000	[7]
24	MF		Peer Kluge	31	EU	Hertha BSC	Transfer	Summer	€250,000
7	FW		Raúl	34	EU	Al Sadd	Transfer	Summer	free
7	FW		Mario Gavranovic	22	EU	Zürich	Transfer	Summer	free	[7]
9	MF		Alexander Baumjohann	24	EU	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Transfer	Summer	free	[7]
20	MF		Levan Kenia	21	Non-EU	Karpaty Lviv	Transfer	Summer	free
19	FW		Andreas Wiegel	20	EU	Erzgebirge Aue	Transfer	Summer	free
19	MF		José Manuel Jurado	25	EU	Spartak Moscow	Loan	Summer	€1,500,000
11	MF		Anthony Annan	25	Non-EU	Osasuna	Loan	Summer	€300,000
9	FW		Philipp Hofmann	18	EU	SC Paderborn	Loan	Summer	€100,000
23	DF		Tim Hoogland	26	EU	VfB Stuttgart	Loan	Summer	€300,000
16	FW		Edu	30	Non-EU	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Loan	Summer	€300,000	[7]
11	MF		Vasileios Pliatsikas	23	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Summer	N/A	[7]
33	GK		Mathias Schober	35	EU		End of career	Summer	N/A
2	DF		Hans Sarpei	35	EU		End of career	Summer	N/A	[7]
19	FW		Chinedu Obasi	26	Non-EU	1899 Hoffenheim	End of loan	Summer	N/A	[7]

Kits

Home

Home Alt.

Home Alt. 2

Away

Away Alt.

Third

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	First appearance / Info
Home	Blue	White	Blue
Home Alt.	Blue	Blue	Blue	Friendly, 27 July against Magdeburg
Home Alt. 2	Blue	Blue	White	Bundesliga, Match 14, 27 November against Hamburg
Away	White	White	White
Away Alt.	White	Blue	White	Bundesliga, Match 24, 2 March against Wolfsburg
Third	Ultrabeauty	Navy	Navy

Sources

Match reports

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2. "Papadopoulos steigt am höchsten". kicker (in German). 1 September 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
3. "Holtby nimmt Fürth endgültig den Mut". kicker (in German). 15 September 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
4. "Müller bereitet vor und legt umgehend nach". kicker (in German). 22 September 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
5. ""Kopfballungeheuer" Holtby lässt Mainz alt aussehen". kicker (in German). 25 September 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
6. "Schahin krönt leidenschaftliche Aufholjagd". kicker (in German). 28 September 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
7. "Schalke zu stark für zahnlose "Wölfe"". kicker (in German). 6 October 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
8. "Höger veredelt die Traumkombination". kicker (in German). 20 October 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
9. "Am Ende richtet es Farfan". kicker (in German). 27 October 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
10. "Babbel wechselt mit Schipplock den Sieg ein". kicker (in German). 3 November 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
11. "Neustädter leitet die Wende ein, Draxler stellt sie fertig". kicker (in German). 10 November 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
12. "Schürrle und Kießling sind zu viel für Schalke". kicker (in German). 17 November 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
13. "Huntelaar trifft wieder". kicker (in German). 24 November 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
14. "Beisters Knaller überrascht Unnerstall". kicker (in German). 27 November 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
15. "Draxler erlöst den FC Schalke". kicker (in German). 1 December 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
16. "Dreifacher Ibisevic von S04 nicht zu stoppen". kicker (in German). 8 December 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
17. "Rosenthal: Zwei Tore und zweimal Gelb!". kicker (in German). 15 December 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
18. "Wahnsinn auf Schalke! 5:4 gegen Hannover". kicker (in German). 18 January 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
19. "Mölders trifft nur den Pfosten". kicker (in German). 26 January 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
20. "Djurdjic köpft die Last-Minute-Sensation". kicker (in German). 2 February 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
21. "Chancenloses S04 unterliegt dominantem FCB". kicker (in German). 9 February 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
22. "Michel Bastos rettet einen Punkt". kicker (in German). 16 February 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
23. "Matip rettet Schalker drei Zähler". kicker (in German). 23 February 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
24. "Draxler-Gala in Wolfsburg". kicker (in German). 2 March 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
25. "Draxler und Huntelaar entscheiden das 82. Revierderby". Kicker (in German). 9 March 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
26. "Esswein und Frantz kontern S04 aus". kicker (in German). 16 March 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
27. "Höger bricht den Bann". kicker (in German). 30 March 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
28. "Draxler und Marica erhöhen Schaafs Sorgen". kicker (in German). 6 April 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
29. "Dank Pukki – Schalke rettet einen Punkt". kicker (in German). 13 April 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
30. "Russ trifft, Nikolov rettet: SGE auf Europa-Kurs". kicker (in German). 20 April 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
31. "Comebacker Huntelaar sorgt für "Big Points"". kicker (in German). 28 April 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
32. "Draxler erzielt das Tor des Tages". kicker (in German). 3 May 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
33. "Ibisevic bringt die Königsklasse für Schalke in Gefahr". kicker (in German). 11 May 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
34. "Draxler und ein Slapstick-Tor reichen S04". kicker (in German). 18 May 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
35. "Wuchtiger Papadopoulos führt die Wende im Ludwigspark herbei". kicker (in German). 19 August 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
36. "Schalke im Achtelfinale – dank Afellay & Co". kicker (in German). 30 October 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
37. "Müller kegelt Schalke aus dem Wettbewerb". kicker (in German). 18 December 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
38. "Huntelaar kontert Abdoun postwendend". kicker (in German). 18 September 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
39. "Camara sorgt für Entsetzen auf Schalke". kicker (in German). 3 October 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
40. "Schalke schafft gegen "Gunners" Historisches" (in German). 24 October 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
41. "Der "Hunter" und Farfan treffen gegen Arsenal" (in German). 6 November 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
42. "Fuchs sorgt für Erleichterung Arsenal" (in German). 21 November 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
43. "Herrera bezwingt Hildebrand nur einmal". Kicker (in German). 4 December 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2012.

Other sources

1. DFB-Pokal 2012/2013 .:. Spielplan (German) DFB-Pokal 2012–13, accessed: 13 September 2012
2. Champions League 2012/2013 .:. Gruppe B (German) UEFA Champions League 2012–13 – Group B, accessed: 13 September 2012
3. "Bundesliga: Schalke sack coach Stevens". Deutsche Welle. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
4. "Schalker U 19-Fußballer Kolasinac bekommt Profivertrag". fussball.com (in German). 1 July 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
5. ReferenceA
6. "FC Schalke 04 löst Vertrag mit Edu auf". Schalke.de (in German). 28 February 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
7. ReferenceB

External links

• 2012–13 FC Schalke 04 season at Weltfussball.de (German)
• 2012–13 FC Schalke 04 season at kicker.de (German)
• 2012–13 FC Schalke 04 season at Fussballdaten.de (German)