FC Schalke 04 II

FC Schalke 04 II

Full name	Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V.
Nickname(s)	Die Königsblauen (The Royal Blues) Die Knappen (The Miners)
Founded	1904 (club)
Ground	Mondpalast-Arena
Capacity	13,500
Executive Board	Horst Heldt Alexander Jobst Peter Peters
Manager	Jürgen Luginger
League	Regionalliga West (IV)
2014–15	11th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

FC Schalke 04 II are the reserve team of German association football club FC Schalke 04. Until 2005 the team played as FC Schalke 04 Amateure.

The team has qualified for the first round of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, on two occasions. They currently play in the tier four Regionalliga West.

History

The team first made an appearance in the highest football league in Westphalia when it won promotion to the tier three Verbandsliga Westfalen in 1964 but was relegated again in 1966. It made a return to the league in 1978 when the Oberliga Westfalen was established as the tier above the Verbandsliga but was once more relegated in 1980. It returned to the league for a third time in 1986 and played there until 1992 when a division championship took the team up to the Oberliga Westfalen.^[1]

The team played for three seasons against relegation in the Oberliga until 1995, when it dropped back to the Verbandsliga. It returned to the Oberliga again in 1997, now as a much stronger side. A league championship in the Oberliga earned the club promotion to the Regionalliga Nord in 2003 but it was relegated again immediately. Four more Oberliga seasons followed until 2008 when the team qualified for the new Regionalliga West where it has played since.^[2][3]

The team has played in the DFB-Pokal twice, qualifying for the first round in 1994–95 and 2001–02, going out to VfL Wolfsburg in 1994 and VfL Bochum in 2001.^[4][5]

Honours

The team's honours:

• Oberliga Westfalen
  • Champions: 2003
  • Runners-up: (6) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2008
• Westfalenliga
  • Champions: 1992, 1997
• Westphalia Cup
  • Runners-up: 1994, 2001

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:^[6][7]

Year	Division	Tier	Position
1999–2000	Oberliga Westfalen	IV	2nd
2000–01	Oberliga Westfalen		5th
2001–02	Oberliga Westfalen		2nd
2002–03	Oberliga Westfalen		1st↑
2003–04	Regionalliga Nord	III	16th↓
2004–05	Oberliga Westfalen	IV	3rd
2005–06	Oberliga Westfalen		3rd
2006–07	Oberliga Westfalen		2nd
2007–08	Oberliga Westfalen		2nd↑
2008–09	Regionalliga West		15th
2009–10	Regionalliga West		12th
2010–11	Regionalliga West		11th
2011–12	Regionalliga West		11th
2012–13	Regionalliga West		3rd
2013–14	Regionalliga West		6th
2014–15	Regionalliga West		11th

• With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. In 2000 all clubs from the disbanded Regionalliga West/Südwest from North Rhine-Westphalia joint the Regionalliga Nord, in 2008 these clubs left the league again to join the new Regionalliga West.

↑ Promoted

↓ Relegated

Stadium

Since the 2008–09 season FC Schalke 04 II play at the Mondpalast-Arena in Herne.

Current squad

As of 12 March 2016^[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Janik Schilder GK Louis Hülsmann DF Daniel Koseler DF John Malanga DF Maurice Neubauer DF Patryk Dragon DF Sascha Dum DF Tanju Öztürk DF Tjorben Upoff MF Alexei Gasilin MF Christian Mauersberger MF Daniel Geißler MF Dario Schumacher

No. Position Player MF Florian Pick MF Hari Coric MF Jakub Przybylko MF Joy-Lance Mickels MF Pascale Talarski MF Serkan Göcer MF Sven Köhler FW Bernard Tekpetey FW Dominik Oehlers FW Mateo Panadić FW Max Machtemes FW Thomas Rathgeber

Current technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Jürgen Luginger
Assistant coach	Manfred Dubski
Assistant coach	Jörg Böhme
Goalkeeping coach	Mathias Schober
Goalkeeping coach	Christian Wetklo
Physiotherapist	Marc Magnier

Managers since 1992

• Klaus Fischer (1992–1995)
• Klaus Täuber (1995–2002)
• Gerhard Kleppinger (2002–2005)
• Mike Büskens (2005–2008)
• Sven Kmetsch (2008)
• Markus Högner (2008–2009)
• Oliver Ruhnert (2009–2010)
• Michael Boris (2010–2011)
• Bernhard Trares (2011–2014)
• Jürgen Luginger (2014–)

References

1. Historic German football league tables (German) Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 29 January 2015
2. Oberliga Westfalen tables and results (German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 29 January 2015
3. Regionalliga West tables and results (German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 29 January 2015
4. 1994–95 DFB-Pokal (German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 29 January 2015
5. 2001–02 DFB-Pokal (German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 29 January 2015
6. Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (German) Historical German domestic league tables
7. Fussball.de – Ergebnisse (German) Tables and results of all German football leagues
8. "Kaderübersicht U23: Regionalliga West" (in German). schalke04.de. Retrieved 12 March 2016.

External links

• Official club website (German)
• FC Schalke 04 II at Weltfussball.de (German)