The 2013–14 FC Schalke 04 season was the 110th season in the club's football history. In 2013–14 the club plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It is the club's 22nd consecutive season in the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1991.

Review and events

June – August

Ibrahim Afellay, Raffael and Christoph Moritz left the club. Christoph Metzelder retired from football.

Fixtures and results

Legend

Friendly matches

Date Kickoff Stadium City Opponent Result Attendance Goalscorers and carded players Source Schalke 04 Opponent Pre-season friendlies 28 June 2013 19:00 Volksbank-Arena Kleve ERGO Nationalelf 1–0 4.000 Huntelaar — 4 July 2013 18:30 emp-papst-Stadion Villingen FC 08 Villingen 5–0 3.500 Huntelaar Höger Goretzka Bastos Szalai — 11 July 2013 19:30 Red Bull Arena Salzburg, Austria Red Bull Salzburg 1–3 17.500 Draxler Mané Soriano Hinteregger 14 July 2013 19:00 New Tivoli Aachen Alemannia Aachen 6–1 6,679 Szalai Pukki Huntelaar Clemens Draxler Mazan Moslehe 17 July 2013 19:00 Stadion Oberwerth Koblenz TuS Koblenz 4–1 6,941 Szalai Höwedes Pukki Kevin Lahn 21 July 2013 18:00 Stadion Lind/Villach Villach, Austria Beşiktaş 1–1 4.000 Draxler Franco 24 July 2013 18:00 Stadion Lind/Villach Villach Southampton 2–0 3.000 Huntelaar Matip — 27 July 2013 17:30 Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen Al Sadd SC 9–0 61.973 Farfán Szalai Huntelaar Goretzka *Raúl — 29 July 2013 17:30 Bruno-Plache-Stadion Leipzig 1. FC Lok Leipzig 2–1 5.500 Szalai Steve Rolleder Mid-season-break friendlies 6 January 2014 14:15 Thani bin Jassim Stadium Doha Al-Gharafa SC 2–1 150 Szalai Nenê 11 January 2014 13:00 Al Nahyan Stadium Abu Dhabi Eintracht Frankfurt 3–2 500 Farfán Boateng Rosenthal Joselu 18 January 2014 15:30 RheinEnergieStadion Cologne 1. FC Köln 1–2 19,467 Farfán Ujah Bröker 19 January 2014 14:00 Niederrheinstadion Oberhausen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 0–1 4,612 — Jansen

Raúl played his Farewell game for Schalke 04. He played the first half by Al Sadd SC and the second by Schalke 04.

Bundesliga

League fixtures and results Date Stadium City Opponent Result Attendance Goalscorers Table Source Schalke 04 Opponent 1 11 August 2013 17:30 Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen Hamburger SV 3–3 61,973 Huntelaar Szalai Van der Vaart Beister Sobiech 8 1 2 17 August 2013 15:30 Volkswagen Arena Wolfsburg VfL Wolfsburg 0–4 28,405 — Knoche Vieirinha Naldo Kutschke 13 1 3 24 August 2013 15:30 AWD-Arena Hanover Hannover 96 1–2 49,000 Szalai Huszti Diouf 15 1 4 31 August 2013 18:30 Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen Bayer Leverkusen 2–0 61,000 Höger Farfán — 13 4 5 14 September 2013 15:30 Coface Arena Mainz Mainz 05 1–0 34,000 Boateng — 9 7 6 21 September 2013 18:30 Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen Bayern Munich 0–4 61,973 — Schweinsteiger Mandžukić Ribéry Pizarro 14 7 7 28 September 2013 15:30 Rhein-Neckar Arena Sinsheim 1899 Hoffenheim 3–3 29,139 Boateng Matip Höger Modeste Firmino Abraham 14 8 8 5 October 2013 15:30 Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen FC Augsburg 4–1 60,731 Boateng Szalai Szalai Meyer Mölders 8 11 9 19 October 2013 15:30 Eintracht-Stadion Braunschweig Eintracht Braunschweig 3–2 23,251 Meyer Goretzka Neustädter Ademi Bellarabi 5 14 10 26 October 2013 15:30 Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen Borussia Dortmund 1–3 61,973 Meyer Aubameyang Şahin Błaszczykowski 7 14 11 2 November 2013 15:30 Olympic Stadium Berlin Hertha BSC 2–0 69,277 Szalai Draxler — 6 17 12 9 November 2013 15:30 Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen Werder Bremen 3–1 61,973 Boateng Farfán Kroos 6 20 13 23 November 2013 15:30 Commerzbank-Arena Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt 3–3 51,500 Flum Matip Höwedes Flum Joselu 6 21 14 30 November 2013 18:30 Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen VfB Stuttgart 3–0 61,973 Farfán Jones — 5 24 15 7 December 2013 15:30 Borussia-Park Mönchengladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–2 54,010 Farfán Raffael Kruse 6 24 16 15 December 2013 15:30 Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen SC Freiburg 2–0 60,661 Höfler Farfán — 6 27 17 21 December 2013 18:30 Grundig-Stadion Nuremberg 1. FC Nürnberg 0–0 42,687 — — 7 28 18 26 January 2014 17:30 Imtech Arena Hamburg Hamburger SV 3–0 49,457 Huntelaar Farfán Meyer — 5 31 19 1 February 2014 15:30 Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 61,142 Santana Boateng Arnold 4 34 20 9 February 2014 17:30 Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen Hannover 96 2–0 61,307 Farfán Meyer — 4 37 21 15 February 2014 18:30 BayArena Leverkusen Bayer Leverkusen 2–1 30,210 Goretzka Huntelaar Santana 4 40 22 21 February 2014 20:30 Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen Mainz 05 0–0 60,952 — — 4 41 23 1 March 2014 18:30 Allianz Arena Munich Bayern Munich 1–5 71,000 Rafinha Alaba Robben Mandžukić 4 41 24 8 March 2014 15:30 Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 4–0 60,604 Huntelaar Obasi — 4 44 25 14 March 2014 20:30 SGL arena Augsburg FC Augsburg 2–1 30,660 Huntelaar Werner 3 47 26 22 March 2014 15:30 Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen Eintracht Braunschweig 3–1 61,973 Goretzka Huntelaar Szalai Kessel 3 50 27 25 March 2014 20:00 Signal Iduna Park Dortmund Borussia Dortmund 0–0 77,600 — — 3 51 28 28 March 2014 20:30 Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen Hertha BSC 2–0 61,550 Obasi Huntelaar — 3 54 29 5 April 2014 15:30 Weserstadion Bremen Werder Bremen 1–1 42,100 Goretzka Di Santo 3 55 30 11 April 2014 20:30 Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 61,973 Meyer Farfán — 3 58 31 20 April 2014 17:30 Mercedes-Benz Arena Stuttgart VfB Stuttgart 1–3 60,000 Szalai Harnik Cacau 3 58 32 27 April 2014 17:30 Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–1 61,973 — Herrmann 3 58 33 3 May 2014 15:30 Mage Solar Stadion Freiburg SC Freiburg 2–0 24,000 Ayhan Huntelaar — 3 61 34 10 May 2014 15:30 Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen 1. FC Nürnberg 4–1 61,973 Matip Neustädter Draxler Obasi Drmić 3 64

League table

Results summary

DFB–Pokal

Round Date Stadium City Opponent Result Attendance Goalscorers Source Schalke 04 Opponent 5 August 2013 18:30 Wildparkstadion Karlsruhe FC Nöttingen 2–0 12.470 Huntelaar Goretzka — 25 September 2013 20:30 Stadion am Böllenfalltor Darmstadt Darmstadt 98 3–1 17,000 Farfán Höwedes Meyer Behrens 3 December 2013 20:30 Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen 1899 Hoffenheim 1–3 51,078 Farfán Herdling Volland Firmino

UEFA Champions League

Play–off round

Leg Date Stadium City Opponent Result Attendance Goalscorers Source Schalke 04 Opponent Play–off round 1 21 August 2013 20:45 Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen PAOK 1–1 — 52,444 Farfán Stoch 2 27 August 2013 20:45 Toumba Stadium Thessaloniki PAOK 3–2 4–3 410 Szalai Draxler Athanasiadis Katsouranis

Group stage

Date Stadium City Opponent Result Attendance Goalscorers Table Source Schalke 04 Opponent 1 18 September 2013 20:45 Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen Steaua București 3–0 49,358 Uchida Boateng Draxler — 1 3 2 1 October 2013 20:45 St. Jakob-Park Basel Basel 1–0 33,251 Draxler — 1 6 3 22 October 2013 20:45 Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen Chelsea 0–3 54,442 — Torres Hazard 2 6 4 6 November 2013 20:45 Stamford Bridge London Chelsea 0–3 41,194 — Eto'o Ba 2 6 5 26 November 2013 20:45 Arena Națională Bucharest Steaua București 0–0 20,000 — — 3 7 6 11 December 2013 20:45 Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen Basel 2–0 52,093 Draxler Matip — 2 10

Round of 16

Leg Date Stadium City Opponent Result Attendance Goalscorers Source Schalke 04 Opponent Round of 16 1 26 February 2014 20:45 Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen Real Madrid 1–6 — 54,442 Huntelaar Benzema Bale Ronaldo 2 18 March 2014 20:45 Santiago Bernabéu Madrid Real Madrid 1–3 2–9 65,148 Hoogland Ronaldo Morata

Team statistics

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record SourcesGWDLGFGAGDWin % Bundesliga 9 August 2013 10 May 2014 Matchday 1 3rd Place DFB-Pokal 5 August 2013 3 December 2013 Round 1 Round 3 Champions League 18 September 2013 18 March 2014 Play–off round Round of 16 Total — Updated: 10 May 2014

Player information

Squad

Squad Season 2013–14No.PlayerNat.AgeBirthplacePrevious club Goalkeepers1Ralf FährmannKarl-Marx-StadtEintracht Frankfurt34Timo HildebrandWormsSporting CP Defenders2Tim HooglandMarlVfB Stuttgart4Benedikt Höwedes (C)HalternSchalke 04 Youth system5Felipe SantanaRio Claro, São PauloBorussia Dortmund6 Sead Kolašinac KarlsruheSchalke 04 Youth system14Kyriakos PapadopoulosKateriniOlympiacos22Atsuto UchidaKannami, ShizuokaKashima Antlers23Christian FuchsNeunkirchenMainz 0524Kaan AyhanGelsenkirchenSchalke 04 Youth system32Joël MatipBochumSchalke 04 Youth system Midfielders3Jan KirchhoffFrankfurtBayern Munich7Max MeyerOberhausenSchalke 04 Youth system8Leon GoretzkaBochumVfL Bochum9Kevin-Prince BoatengBerlinMilan10Julian DraxlerGladbeckSchalke 04 Youth system11Christian ClemensCologne1. FC Köln12Marco HögerCologneAlemannia Aachen15Dennis AogoKarlsruheHamburger SV17Jefferson FarfánLimaPSV30René KlingenburgOberhausenSchalke 04 Youth system33Roman NeustädterDnipropetrovskBorussia Mönchengladbach40Anthony AnnanAccraOsasuna Forwards19Chinedu ObasiEnugu1899 Hoffenheim25Klaas-Jan HuntelaarVoor-DremptMilan28Ádám SzalaiBudapestMainz 05Last updated: 30 January 2014

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Champions League Goalkeepers Ralf Fährmann 27 (0) 0 22 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 Timo Hildebrand 20 (0) 0 12 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 Lars Unnerstall 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 Defenders Tim Hoogland 16 (6) 1 15 (4) 0 0 (1) 0 1 (1) 1 Benedikt Höwedes 31 (1) 2 18 (1) 1 3 (0) 1 10 (0) 0 Felipe Santana 18 (8) 1 13 (7) 1 0 (1) 0 5 (0) 0 Sead Kolašinac 24 (6) 0 21 (3) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (3) 0 Kyriakos Papadopoulos 1 (4) 0 1 (3) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (1) 0 Atsuto Uchida 26 (1) 1 17 (0) 0 1 (1) 0 8 (0) 1 Christian Fuchs 15 (10) 0 9 (7) 0 2 (0) 0 4 (3) 0 Kaan Ayhan 10 (5) 1 9 (5) 1 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 Philipp Max 0 (2) 0 0 (2) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 Joël Matip 41 (1) 4 31 (0) 3 3 (0) 0 7 (1) 1 Midfielders Jan Kirchhoff 0 (2) 0 0 (2) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 Max Meyer 29 (12) 7 21 (9) 6 1 (1) 1 7 (2) 0 Leon Goretzka 15 (17) 5 15 (10) 4 0 (2) 1 0 (5) 0 Kevin-Prince Boateng 35 (0) 7 28 (0) 6 1 (0) 0 6 (0) 1 Julian Draxler 36 (2) 6 25 (1) 2 2 (0) 0 9 (1) 4 Christian Clemens 10 (8) 0 6 (5) 0 2 (0) 0 2 (3) 0 Marco Höger 12 (2) 2 6 (2) 2 2 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 Leroy Sané 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 Jermaine Jones 17 (5) 1 9 (5) 1 3 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 Dennis Aogo 16 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 Jefferson Farfán 27 (1) 12 18 (1) 9 2 (0) 2 7 (0) 1 Tranquillo Barnetta 0 (2) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 René Klingenburg 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 Roman Neustädter 42 (2) 2 31 (1) 2 3 (0) 0 8 (1) 0 Anthony Annan 0 (4) 0 0 (3) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (1) 0 Forwards Gerald Asamoah 0 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 Chinedu Obasi 8 (11) 3 7 (8) 3 0 (1) 0 1 (2) 0 Teemu Pukki 0 (2) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (1) 0 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 20 (1) 14 17 (1) 12 1 (0) 1 2 (0) 1 Ádám Szalai 22 (18) 9 14 (14) 7 3 (0) 0 5 (4) 2 Appearances = Total appearances (Substitute appearances)Last updated: 10 May 2014

Gerald Asamoah has no professional contract, he usually play at FC Schalke 04 II. Philipp Max has no professional contract, he usually play at FC Schalke 04 II. Leroy Sané has no professional contract, he usually play at FC Schalke 04 Youth system.

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