The 2014–15 FC Schalke 04 season was the 111th season in the club's football history. In 2014–15 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 23rd consecutive season in the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1991.
Schalke 04 finished third in the previous season, meaning that they automatically qualified for the Group Stage of the UEFA Champions League.
Background
Transfers
The transfer window started very early for Schalke 04 when they announced the signing of 23-year-old goalkeeper Fabian Giefer on a pre-contract from Fortuna Düsseldorf, who currently play in the 2. Bundesliga. This was the first signing of the new season and Giefer joined up with the squad officially on 1 July 2014.
In No.Pos.NameAgeNATEUMoving fromTypeTransfer WindowContract endsTransfer feeSources 31 DF Matija Nastasić Yes Manchester City Loan Winter 2015 Free 28 GK Christian Wetklo Yes Darmstadt 98 Transfer Summer 2015 Free 13 FW Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting Yes Mainz 05 Transfer Summer 2017 Free 34 GK Fabian Giefer Yes Fortuna Düsseldorf Transfer Summer 2018 Free 15 DF Dennis Aogo Yes Hamburger SV Transfer Summer 2017 €1,900,000 18 MF Sidney Sam Yes Bayer Leverkusen Transfer Summer 2018 €2,500,000 40 GK Timon Wellenreuther Yes Youth system Promoted Summer 2017 — 37 MF Pascal Itter Yes Youth system Promoted Summer 2017 — 2 DF Marvin Friedrich Yes Youth system Promoted Summer 2017 — 29 FW Donis Avdijaj Yes Youth system Promoted Summer 2019 — 29 FW Philipp Hofmann Yes FC Ingolstadt End of loan Summer 2016 — 36 GK Lars Unnerstall Yes FC Aarau End of loan Summer 2015 — — 27 MF Tranquillo Barnetta Yes Eintracht Frankfurt End of loan Summer 2015 — —
Out
No.Pos.NameAgeNATEUMoving toTypeTransfer WindowTransfer feeSources 5 DF Felipe Santana No Olympiacos Loan Winter Free 30 MF René Klingenburg Yes Viktoria Köln Transfer Winter Free 29 FW Donis Avdijaj Yes Sturm Graz Loan Winter Free 11 MF Christian Clemens Yes Mainz 05 Loan Winter €400,000 34 GK Timo Hildebrand Yes Eintracht Frankfurt Transfer Summer Free 40 MF Anthony Annan No HJK Transfer Summer Free 14 DF Kyriakos Papadopoulos Yes Bayer Leverkusen Loan Summer €1,000,000 28 FW Ádám Szalai Yes 1899 Hoffenheim Transfer Summer €6,000,000 2 DF Tim Hoogland Yes Fulham Transfer Summer Free 29 FW Philipp Hofmann Yes 1. FC Kaiserslautern Transfer Summer €1,000,000 36 GK Lars Unnerstall Yes Fortuna Düsseldorf Transfer Summer €200,000 15 DF Dennis Aogo Yes Hamburger SV End of loan Summer — —
Squad
Squad Season 2014–15No.PlayerNat.AgeBirthplacePrevious club Goalkeepers1Ralf FährmannKarl-Marx-Stadt Eintracht Frankfurt28Christian WetkloMarlDarmstadt 9834Fabian GieferAdenauFortuna Düsseldorf40Timon WellenreutherKarlsruheSchalke 04 Youth system Defenders2Marvin FriedrichKasselSchalke 04 Youth system4Benedikt Höwedes (C)HalternSchalke 04 Youth system5Felipe SantanaRio Claro, São Paulo Borussia Dortmund6 Sead Kolašinac KarlsruheSchalke 04 Youth system15Dennis AogoKarlsruheHamburger SV22Atsuto UchidaKannami, Shizuoka Kashima Antlers23Christian FuchsNeunkirchen Mainz 0524Kaan AyhanGelsenkirchenSchalke 04 Youth system31Matija NastasićValjevo Manchester City32Joël MatipBochumSchalke 04 Youth system Midfielders3Jan KirchhoffFrankfurtBayern Munich7Max MeyerOberhausenSchalke 04 Youth system8Leon GoretzkaBochumVfL Bochum9Kevin-Prince BoatengBerlinMilan10Julian DraxlerGladbeckSchalke 04 Youth system11Christian ClemensCologne1. FC Köln12Marco HögerCologneAlemannia Aachen17Jefferson FarfánLima PSV18Sidney SamKielBayer Leverkusen19Leroy SanéLeroy Sané has no professional contract; he usually plays at Schalke 04 youth system.EssenSchalke 04 Youth system27Tranquillo BarnettaSt. Gallen Eintracht Frankfurt30René KlingenburgRot-Weiß OberhausenSchalke 04 Youth system33Roman NeustädterDnipropetrovsk Borussia Mönchengladbach37Pascal ItterSchwalmstadtSchalke 04 Youth system Forwards13Eric Maxim Choupo-MotingHamburgMainz 0520Chinedu ObasiEnugu 1899 Hoffenheim25Klaas-Jan HuntelaarVoor-Drempt Milan29Donis AvdijajOsnabrückSchalke 04 Youth system36Felix PlatteFelix Platte has no professional contract; he usually plays at Schalke 04 youth system.HöxterSchalke 04 Youth systemLast updated: 14 February 2015
Kits
Type Shirt Shorts Socks RecordGWDLGFGAGD Home Blue White Blue 24 11 6 7 33 32 +1 Home Alt. Blue Blue Blue 7 2 2 3 10 12 -2 Away White Navy White 5 2 0 3 6 7 -1 Away Alt. White White White 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 Third Green Black Black 4 0 3 1 5 6 -1 2015–16 Third Green-Black Black Black 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 43 16 11 16 56 61 -5 Updated: 23 May 2015
Friendlies
Date Kickoff Stadium City Opponent Result Attendance Goalscorers Source Schalke 04 Opponent Pre-season friendlies 5 July 2014 15:00 Lohrheidestadion Wattenscheid DJK TuS Hordel 5–0 2,000 Sam Höger Avdijaj Obasi BorgmannAxel Borgmann has no professional contract; he usually plays at Schalke 04 II. — 10 July 2014 19:00 Stadion Große Wiese Arnsberg HSK-AuswahlHSK-Auswahl means Hochsauerlandkreis-Auswahl (in English "Higher Sauerland District-representative team). 7–0This game ended after 76 minutes because of a strong storm. 3,000 Meyer Obasi Höger Avdijaj — 19 July 2014 18:00 DKB-Arena Rostock Hansa Rostock 3–0 12,500 Sam Kirchhoff HodjaDren Hodja has no professional contract; he usually plays at Schalke 04 II. — 23 July 2014 18:00 Joseph-März-Stadion Rosenheim SB/DJK Rosenheim 11–1 2,300 Obasi Choupo-Moting Barnetta Höger Kolašinac Meyer Avdijaj Aykac 29 July 2014 18:00 Kufstein-Arena Kufstein Stoke City 2–1 4,000 Matip Barnetta Bojan 5 August 2014 19:00 rewirpowerSTADION Bochum VfL Bochum 1–1 6,764 Aogo Gregoritsch 9 August 2014 18:30 (LT 17:30) White Hart Lane London Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 36,000 Boateng Adebayor Soldado 4 September 2014 18:30 Stadion am Haarwasen Haiger Veltins-AuswahlA selection from TSV Steinbach and SSV Langenaubach players. 6–0 4,000 Obasi Barnetta Neustädter Boateng KehrerThilo Kehrer has no professional contract; he usually plays at Schalke 04 Youth system. — Mid-season-break friendlies 10 January 2015 15:30 (LT 17:30) Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium Doha Ajax 0–2 300 — Milik El Ghazi 15 January 2015 14:00 (LT 16:00) Aspire Academy, Place 4 Doha Al-Merrikh SC 2–2 300 Huntelaar Sané Gabir Mohamed 24 January 2015 15:30 Ernst Happel Stadium Vienna Rapid Wien 1–2 9.700 Fuchs Schobesberger Alar
2014 Schalke 04 Cup The 2014 UEFA Schalke Cup, commonly known as the 2014 Schalke 04 Cup, was a club association football competition organised by UEFA and Swiss company Kentaro AG. It was also hosted by Bundesliga club Schalke 04 and was held at the Veltins-Arena, the club's home ground.Kentaro to organise Schalke 04 Cup www.schalke04.de, 1 April 2014
Standings
Matches
Competitions
Overview Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position RecordGWDLGFGAGDWin % Bundesliga 23 August 2014 23 May 2015 Matchday 1 6th DFB-Pokal 18 August 2014 18 August 2014 First round First round UEFA Champions League 17 September 2014 10 March 2015 Group stage Round of 16 UEFA Schalke Cup 2 August 2014 3 May 2015 Matchday 1 4th Total Updated: 23 May 2015
Bundesliga
League table
Results summary
Matches Date Stadium Opponent Result Attendance Goalscorers Table Source Schalke 04 Opponent 1 23 August 2014 15:30 A Hannover 96 1–2 49.000 Huntelaar Prib Joselu 14 0 2 30 August 2014 18:30 H Bayern Munich 1–1 61.973 Höwedes Lewandowski 13 1 3 13 September 2014 18:30 A Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–4 54.010 Choupo-Moting Hahn Kruse Raffael 16 1 4 20 September 2014 15:30 H Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 61.798 Choupo-Moting Draxler Meier Russ 16 2 5 23 September 2014 20:00 A Werder Bremen 3–0 40.139 Meyer Neustädter Barnetta — 13 5 6 27 September 2014 15:30 H Borussia Dortmund 2–1 61.000 Matip Choupo-Moting Aubameyang 10 8 7 4 October 2014 15:30 A 1899 Hoffenheim 1–2 30.000 Huntelaar Elyounoussi Szalai 11 8 8 18 October 2014 18:30 H Hertha BSC 2–0 61.973 Huntelaar Draxler — 9 11 9 25 October 2014 18:30 A Bayer Leverkusen 0–1 30.210 — Çalhanoğlu 12 11 10 31 October 2014 20:30 H FC Augsburg 1–0 60.954 Huntelaar — 8 14 11 8 November 2014 15:30 A SC Freiburg 0–2 24.000 — Günter Schmid 11 14 12 22 November 2014 15:30 H VfL Wolfsburg 3–2 60.989 Choupo-Moting Fuchs Olić Bendtner 7 17 13 29 November 2014 15:30 H Mainz 05 4–1 60.904 Huntelaar Barnetta Okazaki 6 20 14 6 December 2014 15:30 A VfB Stuttgart 4–0 44.700 Choupo-Moting Meyer — 4 23 15 13 December 2014 15:30 H 1. FC Köln 1–2 61.516 Sané Ujah Lehmann 6 23 16 17 December 2014 20:00 A SC Paderborn 2–1 15.000 Choupo-Moting Neustädter Ayhan 5 26 17 20 December 2014 15:30 H Hamburger SV 0–0 61.973 — — 5 27 18 31 January 2015 15:30 H Hannover 96 1–0 61.646 Höger — 4 30 19 3 February 2015 20:00 A Bayern Munich 1–1 75.000 Höwedes Robben 6 31 20 6 February 2015 20:40 H Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–0 61.973 Barnetta — 3 34 21 14 February 2015 18:30 A Eintracht Frankfurt 0–1 50.400 — Piazon 4 34 22 21 February 2015 15:30 H Werder Bremen 1–1 61.973 Meyer Prödl 4 35 23 28 February 2015 15:30 A Borussia Dortmund 0–3 79.500 — Aubameyang Mkhitaryan Reus 5 35 24 7 March 2015 15:30 H 1899 Hoffenheim 3–1 60.607 Fuchs Meyer Volland 5 38 25 14 March 2015 15:30 A Hertha BSC 2–2 59.156 Sané Matip Ben-Hatira Haraguchi 5 39 26 21 March 2015 18:30 H Bayer Leverkusen 0–1 61.973 — Bellarabi 5 39 27 5 April 2015 15:30 A FC Augsburg 0–0 30.660 — — 5 40 28 11 April 2015 15:30 H SC Freiburg 0–0 61.471 — — 5 41 29 19 April 2015 17:30 A VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 30.000 Sané De Bruyne 5 42 30 24 April 2015 20:30 A Mainz 05 0–2 34.000 — Bell 5 42 31 2 May 2015 15:30 H VfB Stuttgart 3–2 61.973 Huntelaar Klein Harnik Kostić 5 45 32 10 May 2015 17:30 A 1. FC Köln 0–2 46.500 — Risse Gerhardt 6 45 33 16 May 2015 15:30 H SC Paderborn 1–0 61.973 Hünemeier — 5 48 34 23 May 2015 15:30 A Hamburger SV 0–2 57.000 — Olić Rajković 6 48
UEFA Champions League
Group stage
Table
Matches Date Stadium Opponent Result Attendance Goalscorers Table Source Schalke 04 Opponent 1 17 September 2014 20:45 (LT 19:45) A Chelsea 1–1 40.648 Huntelaar Fàbregas 1 1 2 30 September 2014 20:45 H Maribor 1–1 47.997 Huntelaar Bohar 2 2 3 21 October 2014 20:45 H Sporting CP 4–3 49.943 Obasi Huntelaar Höwedes Choupo-Moting Nani A. Silva 2 5 4 5 November 2014 20:45 (LT 19:45) A Sporting CP 2–4 35.473 Slimani Aogo Sarr Jefferson Nani Slimani 2 5 5 25 November 2014 20:45 H Chelsea 0–5 54.442 — Terry Willian Kirchhoff Drogba Ramires 3 5 6 10 December 2014 20:45 A Maribor 1–0 12.516 Meyer — 2 8
Knockout phase
Round of 16 Leg Date Stadium Opponent Result Attendance Goalscorers Source Schalke 04 Opponent 1 18 February 2014 20:45 H Real Madrid 0–2 — 54.442 — Ronaldo Marcelo 2 10 March 2014 20:45 A Real Madrid 4–3 4–5 69.986 Fuchs Huntelaar Sané Ronaldo Benzema
DFB-Pokal
Round Date Stadium Opponent Result Attendance Goalscorers Source Schalke 04 Opponent First round 18 August 2014 20:30 A Dynamo Dresden 1–2 29,590 Matip Eilers Teixeira
UEFA Schalke Cup
Standings
Matches Date Kickoff Stadium City Opponent Result Attendance Goalscorers Source FC Schalke 04 Opponent 2 August 2014 17:45 Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen West Ham United 6–7 (a.p.s.o.) 15,704 Neustädter Meyer Papadopoulos Felipe Santana Aogo Itter SobottkaMarcel Sobottka has no professional contract; he usually plays at Schalke 04 II. Borgmann Nolan Collins Vaz Tê Lee Poyet O'Brien Potts Lletget 3 August 2014 17:45 Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen Newcastle United 1–3 20,000 Avdijaj Rivière Aarons Cabella
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals