2015–16 FC Schalke 04 season

Schalke 04

2015–16 season
President	Clemens Tönnies
Head coach	André Breitenreiter
Stadium	Veltins-Arena
Bundesliga	6th (in progress)
DFB-Pokal	Round 2
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Huntelaar (10) All: Huntelaar (14)
Highest home attendance	62,271 (21 NOV 15 vs. Munich 24 JAN 16 vs. Bremen 18 MAR 16 vs. Mönchengladbach 23 APR 16 vs. Leverkusen)
Lowest home attendance	42,447 (1 OCT 15 vs. Tripoli)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2014–15

The 2015–16 FC Schalke 04 season is the 112th season in the club's football history. In 2015–16 the club plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It is the club's twenty-third consecutive season in the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1991.

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	NAT	Moving from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Sources
21	MF	Alessandro Schöpf	21		1. FC Nürnberg	Transfer	Winter	2019	€5,000,000	[1]
11	MF	Younès Belhanda	25		Dynamo Kyiv	Loan	Winter	2016	Free	[2]
16	FW	Fabian Reese	18		Schalke 04 U19	Promoted	Winter	2019	—	[3]
20	DF	Thilo Kehrer	19		Schalke 04 II	Promoted	Winter	2019	—	[4]
	FW	Felix Schröter	20		1. FC Heidenheim	End of Loan	Winter	2018	—	[5]
5	MF	Johannes Geis	21		Mainz 05	Transfer	Summer	2019	€12,000,000	[6]
31	DF	Matija Nastasić	22		Manchester City	Transfer	Summer	2019	€9,500,000	[7]
9	FW	Franco Di Santo	26		Werder Bremen	Transfer	Summer	2019	€6,000,000	[8]
3	DF	Júnior Caiçara	26		Ludogorets Razgrad	Transfer	Summer	2018	€4,500,000	[9]
35	GK	Alexander Nübel	18		SC Paderborn	Transfer	Summer	2018	€200,000	[10]
27	DF	Sascha Riether	32		SC Freiburg	Transfer	Summer	2016	Free	[11]
23	MF	Pierre Højbjerg	20		Bayern Munich	Loan	Summer	2016	€1,000,000	[12]
30	GK	Michael Gspurning	34		Schalke 04 II	Promoted	Summer	2016	—	[13]
—	FW	Felix Schröter	19		Schalke 04 II	Promoted	Summer	2018	—	[14]
36	FW	Felix Platte	19		Schalke 04 U19	Promoted	Summer	2018	—	[15]
19	MF	Leroy Sané	19		Schalke 04 U19	Promoted	Summer	2017	—	[16]
14	DF	Kyriakos Papadopoulos	23		Bayer Leverkusen	End of Loan	Summer	2016	—	—
28	DF	Felipe Santana	29		Olympiacos	End of Loan	Summer	2016	—	—

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	NAT	Moving to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee	Sources
28	DF	Felipe Santana	29		Kuban Krasnodar	Transfer	Winter	Free	[17]
—	MF	Kevin-Prince Boateng	28		Milan	Transfer	Winter	Free	[18]
36	FW	Felix Platte	19		Darmstadt 98	Loan	Winter	Free	[19]
24	DF	Kaan Ayhan	21		Eintracht Frankfurt	Loan	Winter	Free	[20]
10	MF	Julian Draxler	21		VfL Wolfsburg	Transfer	Summer	€36,000.000	[21]
17	MF	Jefferson Farfán	30		Al-Jazira	Transfer	Summer	€7,000,000	[22]
14	DF	Kyriakos Papadopoulos	23		Bayer Leverkusen	Transfer	Summer	€6,500,000	[23]
27	MF	Tranquillo Barnetta	30		Philadelphia Union	Transfer	Summer	Free	[24]
23	DF	Christian Fuchs	29		Leicester City	Transfer	Summer	Free	[25]
37	DF	Pascal Itter	20		SV Grödig	Transfer	Summer	Free	[26]
20	FW	Chinedu Obasi	29		Free agent	End of contract	Summer	Free
—	FW	Felix Schröter	19		1. FC Heidenheim	Loan	Summer	Free	[27]
40	GK	Timon Wellenreuther	19		Mallorca	Loan	Summer	Free	[28]
28	GK	Christian Wetklo	35		Schalke 04 II	Intern	Summer	—	[29]
3	MF	Jan Kirchhoff	24		Bayern Munich	End of Loan	Summer	—	—
31	DF	Matija Nastasić	22		Manchester City	End of Loan	Summer	—	—

Squad

Squad Season 2015–16
No	NAT	Player	Age	Birthplace	Contract ends	All A					BL A	BL				Cup A	Cup				EL A	EL
Goalkeepers
1		Ralf Fährmann	27	Karl-Marx-Stadt	30.06.2019	41 (0)	0	1	0	0	32 (0)	0	1	0	0	1 (0)	0	0	0	0	8 (0)	0	0	0	0
30		Michael Gspurning	35	Graz	30.06.2016	1 (0)	0	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	1 (0)	0	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0
34		Fabian Giefer	25	Adenau	30.06.2018	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0
35		Alexander Nübel	19	Paderborn	30.06.2018	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2		Marvin Friedrich	20	Kassel	30.06.2018	0 (3)	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0
3		Júnior Caiçara	27	São Paulo	30.06.2018	31 (0)	0	8	0	0	22 (0)	0	7	0	0	2 (0)	0	1	0	0	7 (0)	0	0	0	0
4		Benedikt Höwedes (C)	28	Haltern	30.06.2020	12 (5)	1	3	0	0	8 (5)	1	3	0	0	1 (0)	0	0	0	0	3 (0)	0	0	0	0
6		Sead Kolašinac	22	Karlsruhe	30.06.2017	22 (6)	1	5	0	0	16 (5)	1	5	0	0	1 (0)	0	0	0	0	5 (1)	0	0	0	0
15		Dennis Aogo	29	Karlsruhe	30.06.2017	25 (5)	0	4	0	0	20 (3)	0	4	0	0	2 (0)	0	0	0	0	3 (2)	0	0	0	0
20		Thilo Kehrer	19	Tübingen	30.06.2019	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0
22		Atsuto Uchida	28	Kannami	30.06.2018	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0
24		Kaan Ayhan	21	Gelsenkirchen	30.06.2017	2 (3)	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	2 (2)	0	0	0	0
27		Sascha Riether	33	Lahr	30.06.2016	16 (4)	0	3	0	0	14 (3)	0	3	0	0	1 (0)	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	0
28		Felipe Santana	30	Rio Claro	30.06.2016	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0
31		Matija Nastasić	23	Valjevo	30.06.2019	2 (0)	1	0	0	0	1 (0)	0	0	0	0	1 (0)	1	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0
32		Joël Matip	24	Bochum	30.06.2016	39 (0)	4	2	0	0	32 (0)	3	2	0	0	2 (0)	0	0	0	0	5 (0)	1	0	0	0
Midfielders
5		Johannes Geis	22	Schweinfurt	30.06.2019	34 (1)	4	6	0	1	26 (0)	2	4	0	1	1 (0)	1	0	0	0	7 (1)	1	2	0	0
7		Max Meyer	20	Oberhausen	30.06.2018	29 (10)	6	4	0	0	25 (5)	5	4	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	3 (4)	1	0	0	0
8		Leon Goretzka	21	Bochum	30.06.2018	31 (2)	2	5	0	0	22 (2)	1	4	0	0	2 (0)	1	0	0	0	7 (0)	0	1	0	0
10		Julian Draxler	22	Gladbeck	30.06.2018	4 (0)	1	1	0	0	3 (0)	1	1	0	0	1 (0)	0	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0
11		Younès Belhanda	26	Avignon	30.06.2016	9 (7)	2	2	0	0	7 (7)	2	2	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	2 (0)	0	0	0	0
12		Marco Höger	26	Cologne	30.06.2016	3 (2)	0	2	0	0	3 (1)	0	2	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0
18		Sidney Sam	28	Kiel	30.06.2018	1 (5)	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	1 (3)	0	0	0	0
19		Leroy Sané	20	Essen	30.06.2019	27 (13)	8	5	0	0	21 (10)	7	4	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0	0	6 (1)	1	1	0	0
21		Alessandro Schöpf	22	Umhausen	30.06.2019	6 (7)	3	1	0	0	5 (6)	3	1	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	0
23		Pierre Højbjerg	20	Copenhagen	30.06.2016	16 (13)	0	7	0	0	12 (10)	0	3	0	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	0	4 (2)	0	3	0	0
33		Roman Neustädter	28	Dnipropetrovsk	30.06.2016	31 (5)	0	5	0	0	24 (4)	0	4	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	7 (0)	0	1	0	0
—		Kevin-Prince Boateng	29	Berlin	30.06.2016	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9		Franco Di Santo	27	Mendoza	30.06.2019	20 (14)	8	4	0	0	13 (12)	2	3	0	0	2 (0)	1	0	0	0	5 (2)	5	1	0	0
13		Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting	27	Hamburg	30.06.2017	25 (9)	8	2	0	0	19 (7)	5	1	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	5 (1)	3	1	0	0
16		Fabian Reese	18	Kiel	30.06.2019	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0
25		Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	32	Voor-Drempt	30.06.2017	35 (3)	14	2	0	0	27 (2)	10	2	0	0	2 (0)	1	0	0	0	6 (1)	3	0	0	0
36		Felix Platte	20	Höxter	30.06.2018	0 (1)	0	1	0	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0
—		Felix Schröter	20	Ulm	30.06.2018	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0
Total						—	63	74	0	1	—	43	62	0	1	—	5	2	0	0	—	15	10	0	0
Last updated: 30 April 2016

Kit

Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: Gazprom

Home

Home Alt.

Away

Away Alt.

Away Alt. 2

Third

Kit information

Adidas continues its supply of the Schalke 04 kit, a relationship dating back to the 1975–76 season. Gazprom is the current sponsor, dating back to the middle of the 2006–07 season.

• Home: Previous season's blue home shirt, white shorts and blue socks confirmed as the current home kit with white three Adidas stripes due to Schalke 04's two-season home kit tradition.
• Home alternate: Same as home but including blue alternate shorts.
• Away: The away kit features an Marseille-inspired traditional home kit with light grey hoop, aqua blue three Adidas stripes, aqua blue shorts with white three Adidas stripes and white socks.
• Away alternate: Same as away kit but including white shorts with aqua blue three Adidas stripes and white socks.
• Away alternate 2: Same as away kit but including aqua blue shorts with white three Adidas stripes and aqua blue socks.
• Third: The third kit with white three Adidas stripes features a gradiented-hoop pattern, running from dark green to green, with black sleeve, all black back panel and all black shorts.
• Third alternate: Same as third kit but including green shorts with white three Adidas stripes and green socks.

Kit usage

Kit	Description	Usage
Home	Blue body with white shorts and blue socks.	Used in all home Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal, UEFA Europa League, friendly matches (against Twente), away Bundesliga matches against Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Mainz 05, FC Ingolstadt and away friendly matches against Wolfsberger AC.
Home alt.	Blue body with blue shorts and blue socks.	Used in away matches against VfB Stuttgart, FC Augsburg, 1. FC Köln, VfL Wolfsburg, Borussia Mönchengladbach and friendly match against Lechia Gdańsk.
Away	White-light grey hoop with aqua shorts and white socks.	Used in away matches against Bayer Leverkusen and Eintracht Frankfurt, UEFA Europa League away match against Shakhtar Donetsk and friendly matches against VfL Osnabrück, Udinese.
Away alt. I	White-light grey hoop body with white shorts and socks.	Used in away matches against Werder Bremen, Darmstadt 98, Hannover 96.
Away alt. II	White-light grey hoop with aqua shorts and aqua socks.	Used in UEFA Europa League away match against Sparta Prague.
Third	Dark green to green gradient hoop body with black sleeve, back panel, shorts and socks.	Used in away matches against Hamburger SV, TSG Hoffenheim, friendly matches against Austria Klagenfurt, Porto, all-DFB Pokal opponent's white-blue, sky blue and yellow-blue home kit away matches and UEFA Europa League away matches against APOEL and Asteras Tripoli.
Third alt.	Dark green to green gradient hoop body with black sleeve and back panel, green shorts and socks.	Used in away match against Hertha BSC.

Kit record

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	Record
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Home	Blue	White	Blue	23	11	5	7	39	34	+5
Home Alt.	Blue	Blue	Blue	6	2	0	4	7	11	-4
Away	White	Light blue	White	5	0	3	2	1	7	-6
Away Alt. I	White	White	White	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
Away Alt. II	White	Light blue	Light blue	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0
Third	Green	Black	Black	4	4	0	0	13	0	+13
Third Alt.	Green	Green	Green	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2
				42	19	9	14	66	55	+11
Updated: 30 April 2016

Friendlies

      Win       Draw       Loss

Austria Klagenfurt v Schalke 04

8 July 2015 Friendly	Austria Klagenfurt	1–3	Schalke 04	Klagenfurt, Austria
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rep  49'	Report	Huntelaar  12' Göcer[30]  82' Choupo-Moting  87'	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Thomas Fröhlacher (Austria)

Wolfsberger AC v Schalke 04

10 July 2015 Friendly	Wolfsberger AC	3–1	Schalke 04	Wolfsberg, Austria
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Drescher  5' Hellquist  11' Trdina  90'	Report	Huntelaar  57'	Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena Attendance: 3,985 Referee: Helmut Trattnig (Austria)

Udinese v Schalke 04

14 July 2015 Friendly	Udinese	1–1	Schalke 04	Klagenfurt, Austria
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Di Natale  81'	Report	Huntelaar  38'	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Stefan Krassnitzer (Austria)

VfL Osnabrück v Schalke 04

19 July 2015 Friendly	VfL Osnabrück	2–3	Schalke 04	Osnabrück, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Savran  11', 56'	Report	Caiçara  39' Ayhan  74' Huntelaar  77'	Stadium: osnatel ARENA Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Dr. Riem Hussein (Germany)

Lechia Gdańsk v Schalke 04

22 July 2015 Friendly	Lechia Gdańsk	0–1	Schalke 04	Gdańsk, Poland
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Sané  44'	Stadium: PGE Arena Gdańsk Attendance: 7,700 Referee: Tomasz Tobiański (Poland)

Schalke 04 v Porto

27 July 2015 Friendly	Schalke 04	0–0	Porto	Gütersloh, Germany
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Heidewaldstadion Attendance: 7,513 Referee: Dr. Martin Thomsen (Germany)

Schalke 04 v Twente

2 August 2015 Friendly	Schalke 04	1–1	Twente	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Geis  28'	Report	Olaitan  86'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 33,315 Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany)

Arminia Bielefeld v Schalke 04

18 January 2016 Friendly	Arminia Bielefeld	1–0	Schalke 04	Bielefeld, Germany
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Schuppan  17'	Report		Stadium: Schüco-Arena Attendance: 11,916 Referee: Sören Storks (Germany)

Florida Cup 2016

Fort Lauderdale Strikers v Schalke 04

10 January 2016 Round 1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	0–2	Schalke 04	Orlando, USA
19:30 EST (UTC-05:00)		Report	Di Santo  30' Sané  57'	Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Attendance: 1,104 Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald (United States)

Atlético Mineiro v Schalke 04

13 January 2016 Round 2	Atlético Mineiro	3–0	Schalke 04	Fort Lauderdale, USA
18:30 EST (UTC-05:00)	Silva  8' Patric  81' Lucas Cândido  83'	Report		Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 2,504 Referee: Ted Unkel (United States)

Competitions

      Win       Draw       Loss

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Borussia Mönchengladbach (X)	32	15	4	13	63	49	+14	49	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5	Hertha BSC (X)	32	14	7	11	41	40	+1	49	Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
6	Schalke 04 (X)	32	14	6	12	46	47	−1	48
7	Mainz 05	32	13	7	12	43	41	+2	46	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
8	1. FC Köln	32	10	11	11	36	40	−4	41

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2016. Source: kicker.de, Soccerway
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-offs.^[31]
(X) Assured of at least Europa League, but may still qualify for Champions League directly.
Notes:

1. Since both finalists of the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal (Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund) qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winner (Europa League group stage) will be passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot for the sixth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) will be passed to the seventh-placed team.

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
32	14	6	12	46	47	−1	48	8	4	4	27	23	+4	6	2	8	19	24	−5

Last updated: 30 April 2016.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	W
Position	3	4	9	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	7	8	6	8	6	6	5	4	5	6	7	6	4	5	4	7	7	7	7	6

Last updated: 30 April 2016.
Source: Bundesliga
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Werder Bremen v Schalke 04

15 August 2015 1	Werder Bremen	0–3	Schalke 04	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Gebre Selassie  34' (o.g.) Choupo-Moting  68' Aogo  77' Höger  80' Huntelaar  85'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Schalke 04 v Darmstadt 98

22 August 2015 2	Schalke 04	1–1	Darmstadt 98	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Draxler  47',  68'	Report	Rausch  9' Sailer  52' Wagner  90+4'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,565 Referee: Benjamin Brand

VfL Wolfsburg v Schalke 04

28 August 2015 3	VfL Wolfsburg	3–0	Schalke 04	Wolfsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Dost  17' Luiz Gustavo  51' R. Rodríguez  59' (pen.) Klose  61'	Report	Riether  52' Aogo  73'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Felix Brych

Schalke 04 v Mainz 05

13 September 2015 4	Schalke 04	2–1	Mainz 05	Gelsenkirchen
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Matip  37',  84' Huntelaar  61'	Report	Bengtsson  24' Latza  40' Mallı  42' Bell  73'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,083 Referee: Robert Hartmann

VfB Stuttgart v Schalke 04

20 September 2015 5	VfB Stuttgart	0–1	Schalke 04	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Klein  20' Insúa  44' Šunjić  75'	Report	Di Santo  49' Sané  52',  53' Aogo  61'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 48,510 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Schalke 04 v Eintracht Frankfurt

23 September 2015 6	Schalke 04	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Gelsenkirchen
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Höger  12' Matip  76' Kolašinac  87' Sané  90+1'	Report	Russ  65' Abraham  79'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,104 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Hamburger SV v Schalke 04

26 September 2015 7	Hamburger SV	0–1	Schalke 04	Hamburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Djourou  83'	Report	Geis  19' Sané  60' Neustädter  64' Fährmann  90'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 53,192 Referee: Jochen Drees

Schalke 04 v 1. FC Köln

4 October 2015 8	Schalke 04	0–3	1. FC Köln	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Geis  79' Meyer  90+2'	Report	Modeste  45' Bittencourt  50' Risse  69' Gerhardt  79' Zoller  84'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,723 Referee: Knut Kircher

Schalke 04 v Hertha BSC

17 October 2015 9	Schalke 04	2–1	Hertha BSC	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Di Santo  17' Höwedes  27',  63' Geis  75' Meyer  90+2'	Report	Haraguchi  16' Ibišević  18' Langkamp  60' Darida  70' Kalou  73' Hegeler  84'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,336 Referee: Marco Fritz

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Schalke 04

25 October 2015 10	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–1	Schalke 04	Mönchengladbach
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Stindl  32' Wendt  52' Raffael  70',  72' Korb  84'	Report	Caiçara  27' Christensen  44' (o.g.) Höwedes  72' Matip  80' Geis  80'	Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,010 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Schalke 04 v FC Ingolstadt

31 October 2015 11	Schalke 04	1–1	FC Ingolstadt	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Höwedes  60' Sané  77'	Report	Levels  39' Groß  61' Hinterseer  72'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,144 Referee: Florian Meyer

Borussia Dortmund v Schalke 04

8 November 2015 12	Borussia Dortmund	3–2	Schalke 04	Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kagawa  30' Ginter  43' Aubameyang  47',  48' Schmelzer  82' Weigl  89'	Report	Huntelaar  33', 71' Goretzka  38' Caiçara  46' Di Santo  60' Platte  90+1'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 79,956 Referee: Felix Brych

Schalke 04 v Bayern Munich

21 November 2015 13	Schalke 04	1–3	Bayern Munich	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Meyer  17' Huntelaar  61' Højbjerg  82'	Report	Goretzka  9' (o.g.) Martínez  69' Müller  90+2'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 62,271 Referee: Tobias Stieler

Bayer Leverkusen v Schalke 04

29 November 2015 14	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	Schalke 04	Leverkusen
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tah  8' Riether  85' (o.g.)	Report	Choupo-Moting  38',  50' Goretzka  75'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Marco Fritz

Schalke 04 v Hannover 96

4 December 2015 15	Schalke 04	3–1	Hannover 96	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Riether  9' Geis  51' (pen.) Huntelaar  73' Di Santo  82'	Report	Marcelo  51' Saint-Maximin  81'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,229 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

FC Augsburg v Schalke 04

13 December 2015 16	FC Augsburg	2–1	Schalke 04	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kohr  3' Koo  27' Hong  34' Caiuby  90+2'	Report	Kolašinac  32',  70'	Stadium: WWK ARENA Attendance: 28,410 Referee: Florian Meyer

Schalke 04 v TSG Hoffenheim

18 December 2015 17	Schalke 04	1–0	TSG Hoffenheim	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Choupo-Moting  28' Goretzka  90+1'	Report	Strobl  57' Rudy  58'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,749 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Schalke 04 v Werder Bremen

24 January 2016 18	Schalke 04	1–3	Werder Bremen	Gelsenkirchen
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Matip  4' Kolašinac  77'	Report	Grillitsch  35' Fritz  43' Pizarro  53',  80' Junuzović  58' Ujah  89'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 62,271 Referee: Christian Dingert

Darmstadt 98 v Schalke 04

30 January 2016 19	Darmstadt 98	0–2	Schalke 04	Darmstadt
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rausch  55' Niemeyer  66' Rajković  83'	Report	Meyer  43',  59' Sané  53' Goretzka  84'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Schalke 04 v VfL Wolfsburg

6 February 2016 20	Schalke 04	3–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Huntelaar  24',  26' Geis  35',  49' Schöpf  87'	Report	Kruse  30' Bendtner  58' Knoche  62'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,483 Referee: Tobias Welz

Mainz 05 v Schalke 04

12 February 2016 21	Mainz 05	2–1	Schalke 04	Mainz
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bussmann  33' Latza  43' Baumgartlinger  79' Donati  81' Balogun  90+3'	Report	Caiçara  45+1' Belhanda  46'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 32,107 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Schalke 04 v VfB Stuttgart

21 February 2016 22	Schalke 04	1–1	VfB Stuttgart	Gelsenkirchen
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Belhanda  14',  69' Schöpf  75' Sané  81'	Report	Didavi  28' Harnik  74'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,262 Referee: Bastian Dankert

Eintracht Frankfurt v Schalke 04

28 February 2016 23	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–0	Schalke 04	Frankfurt
19:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hasebe  90+1'	Report	Aogo  88' Meyer  90+1'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 43,500 Referee: Felix Brych

Schalke 04 v Hamburger SV

2 March 2016 24	Schalke 04	3–2	Hamburger SV	Gelsenkirchen
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Meyer  37' Neustädter  43' Caiçara  60' Huntelaar  66' Schöpf  77'	Report	N. Müller  4' Djourou  40', 45' Kačar  90+1'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,856 Referee: Günter Perl

1. FC Köln v Schalke 04

5 March 2016 25	1. FC Köln	1–3	Schalke 04	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Maroh  2' Bittencourt  33'	Report	Huntelaar  2' (pen.) Meyer  23' Di Santo  76'	Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 49,300 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Hertha BSC v Schalke 04

11 March 2016 26	Hertha BSC	2–0	Schalke 04	Berlin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ibišević  42' Skjelbred  56' Stark  65' Ciğerci  90+1'	Report	Caiçara  26'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 51,424 Referee: Tobias Welz

Schalke 04 v Borussia Mönchengladbach

18 March 2016 27	Schalke 04	2–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hinteregger  59' (o.g.) Kolašinac  64' Goretzka  83'	Report	Christensen  79'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 62,271 Referee: Marco Fritz

FC Ingolstadt v Schalke 04

2 April 2016 28	FC Ingolstadt	3–0	Schalke 04	Ingolstadt
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hartmann  29' (pen.) Groß  38' Hinterseer  45+2' Lezcano  65'	Report	Meyer  34' Caiçara  35' Sané  41' Neustädter  80' Matip  90'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 15,200 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Schalke 04 v Borussia Dortmund

10 April 2016 29	Schalke 04	2–2	Borussia Dortmund	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kolašinac  45' Sané  51' Riether  52' Huntelaar  66' (pen.) Højbjerg  71' Belhanda  81' Neustädter  87'	Report	Şahin  31' Kagawa  49' Ginter  56' Papastathopoulos  64' Durm  72'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,670 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Bayern Munich v Schalke 04

16 April 2016 30	Bayern Munich	3–0	Schalke 04	Munich
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lewandowski  54', 65' Vidal  73'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Tobias Welz

Schalke 04 v Bayer Leverkusen

23 April 2016 31	Schalke 04	2–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Choupo-Moting  14' Caiçara  27' Sané  29',  38' Højbjerg  52'	Report	Toprak  5' Bender  33' Brandt  54' Bellarabi  56' Hernández  60',  90+1'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 62,271 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Hannover 96 v Schalke 04

30 April 2016 32	Hannover 96	1–3	Schalke 04	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sobiech  21'	Report	Choupo-Moting  11' Huntelaar  45' Schöpf  80'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 46,900 Referee: Günter Perl

Schalke 04 v FC Augsburg

7 May 2016 33	Schalke 04	v	FC Augsburg	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena

TSG Hoffenheim v Schalke 04

14 May 2016 34	TSG Hoffenheim	v	Schalke 04	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena

DFB-Pokal

MSV Duisburg v Schalke 04

8 August 2015 Round 1	MSV Duisburg	0–5	Schalke 04	Duisburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Grote  26' Bajić  27', 31' Wolze  62'	Report	Huntelaar  3' Nastasić  39' Geis  45+1' Di Santo  62' Goretzka  85'	Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Attendance: 30,600 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Schalke 04 v Borussia Mönchengladbach

28 October 2015 Round 2	Schalke 04	0–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Caiçara  55' Højbjerg  81'	Report	Wendt  15' Stindl  42' Hazard  53' (pen.)	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,655 Referee: Tobias Stieler

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Schalke 04	6	4	2	0	15	3	+12	14	Advance to knockout phase
2	Sparta Prague	6	3	3	0	10	5	+5	12
3	Asteras Tripoli	6	1	1	4	4	12	−8	4
4	APOEL	6	1	0	5	3	12	−9	3

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

APOEL v Schalke 04

17 September 2015 1	APOEL	0–3	Schalke 04	Nicosia, Cyprus
21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Makrides  50' Vander  72' De Vincenti  77'	Report	Geis  10' Matip  28' Huntelaar  35', 71' Di Santo  38'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 13,512 Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

Schalke 04 v Asteras Tripoli

1 October 2015 2	Schalke 04	4–0	Asteras Tripoli	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Di Santo  28', 37', 44' (pen.) Huntelaar  84'	Report	Ederson  44' Goian  46'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 42,447 Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)

Schalke 04 v Sparta Prague

22 October 2015 3	Schalke 04	2–2	Sparta Prague	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Di Santo  6' Højbjerg  35' Sané  73'	Report	Fatai  50' Lafata  63' Nhamoinesu  68' Hybš  87'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 51,244 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Sparta Prague v Schalke 04

5 November 2015 4	Sparta Prague	1–1	Schalke 04	Prague, Czech Republic
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lafata  6',  82' Jiráček  53' Matějovský  66' Dočkal  70'	Report	Geis  20' (pen.),  78' Højbjerg  66'	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 17,352 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez (Spain)

Schalke 04 v APOEL

26 November 2015 5	Schalke 04	1–0	APOEL	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Neustädter  80' Choupo-Moting  86'	Report	Vinícius  50' Carlão  62'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 43,117 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

Asteras Tripoli v Schalke 04

10 December 2015 6	Asteras Tripoli	0–4	Schalke 04	Tripoli, Greece
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Choupo-Moting  23',  37', 78' Di Santo  29' Højbjerg  85' Meyer  86'	Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium Attendance: 2,501 Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Shakhtar Donetsk v Schalke 04

18 February 2016 First leg	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–0	Schalke 04	Lviv, Ukraine
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kucher  79', 86' Gladkiy  84'	Report	Sané  77'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 23,615 Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)

Schalke 04 v Shakhtar Donetsk

25 February 2016 Second leg	Schalke 04	0–3 (0–3 agg.)	Shakhtar Donetsk	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Goretzka  35'	Report	Ismaily  2' Marlos  26',  53' Stepanenko  32' Taison  43' Ferreyra  63' Kovalenko  77'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 45,308 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Team statistics

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	15.08.2015	14.05.2016	Matchday 1		32	14	6	12	46	47	−1	43.75
DFB-Pokal	08.08.2015	28.10.2015	Round 1	Round 2	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	50.00
Europa League	17.09.2015	25.02.2016	Group stage	Round of 32	8	4	3	1	15	6	+9	50.00
Total					42	19	9	14	66	55	+11	45.24
Updated: 30 April 2016

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