The 2015–16 FC Schalke 04 season was 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 23rd consecutive season in the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1991.

Transfers

In

No.Pos.NameAgeNATMoving fromTypeTransfer WindowContract endsTransfer feeSources 21 MF Alessandro Schöpf 1. FC Nürnberg Transfer Winter 2019 €5,000,000 11 MF Younès Belhanda Dynamo Kyiv Loan Winter 2016 Free 16 FW Fabian Reese Schalke 04 U19 Promoted Winter 2019 — 20 DF Thilo Kehrer Schalke 04 II Promoted Winter 2019 — FW Felix Schröter 1. FC Heidenheim End of Loan Winter 2018 — 5 MF Johannes Geis Mainz 05 Transfer Summer 2019 €12,000,000 31 DF Matija Nastasić Manchester City Transfer Summer 2019 €9,500,000 9 FW Franco Di Santo Werder Bremen Transfer Summer 2019 €6,000,000 3 DF Júnior Caiçara Ludogorets Razgrad Transfer Summer 2018 €4,500,000 35 GK Alexander Nübel SC Paderborn Transfer Summer 2018 €200,000 27 DF Sascha Riether SC Freiburg Transfer Summer 2016 Free 23 MF Pierre-Emile Højbjerg Bayern Munich Loan Summer 2016 €1,000,000 30 GK Michael Gspurning Schalke 04 II Promoted Summer 2016 — — FW Felix Schröter Schalke 04 II Promoted Summer 2018 — 36 FW Felix Platte Schalke 04 U19 Promoted Summer 2018 — 19 MF Leroy Sané Schalke 04 U19 Promoted Summer 2017 — 14 DF Kyriakos Papadopoulos Bayer Leverkusen End of Loan Summer 2016 — — 28 DF Felipe Santana Olympiacos End of Loan Summer 2016 — —

Out

No.Pos.NameAgeNATMoving toTypeTransfer WindowTransfer feeSources 28 DF Felipe Santana Kuban Krasnodar Transfer Winter Free — MF Kevin-Prince Boateng Milan Transfer Winter Free 36 FW Felix Platte Darmstadt 98 Loan Winter Free 24 DF Kaan Ayhan Eintracht Frankfurt Loan Winter Free 10 MF Julian Draxler VfL Wolfsburg Transfer Summer €36,000,000 17 MF Jefferson Farfán Al-Jazira Transfer Summer €7,000,000 14 DF Kyriakos Papadopoulos Bayer Leverkusen Transfer Summer €6,500,000 27 MF Tranquillo Barnetta Philadelphia Union Transfer Summer Free 23 DF Christian Fuchs Leicester City Transfer Summer Free 37 DF Pascal Itter SV Grödig Transfer Summer Free 20 FW Chinedu Obasi Free agent End of contract Summer Free — FW Felix Schröter 1. FC Heidenheim Loan Summer Free 40 GK Timon Wellenreuther Mallorca Loan Summer Free 28 GK Christian Wetklo Schalke 04 II Intern Summer — 3 MF Jan Kirchhoff Bayern Munich End of Loan Summer — — 31 DF Matija Nastasić Manchester City End of Loan Summer — —

Kit Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: Gazprom

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 a 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, 1899 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 Tripolis. 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 RecordGWDLGFGAGD 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 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 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 Home (Season 2016/2017) Blue White Blue 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 44 20 10 14 71 57 +14 Updated: 14 May 2016

Friendlies

Florida Cup 2016

Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

DFB-Pokal

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Team statistics Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position RecordGWDLGFGAGDWin % Bundesliga 15 August 2015 14 May 2016 Matchday 1 5th Place DFB-Pokal 8 August 2015 28 October 2015 Round 1 Round 2 Europa League 17 September 2015 25 February 2016 Group stage Round of 32 Total Updated: 14 May 2016

Squad statistics

Squad Season 2015–16NoNATPlayerAgeContract endsBL BL Cup Cup EL EL Goalkeepers1Ralf Fährmann30 June 201943 (0)010034 (0)01001 (0)00008 (0)000030Michael Gspurning30 June 20161 (0)00000 (0)00001 (0)00000 (0)000034Fabian Giefer30 June 20180 (0)00000 (0)00000 (0)00000 (0)000035Alexander Nübel30 June 20180 (1)00000 (1)00000 (0)00000 (0)0000 Defenders2Marvin Friedrich30 June 20180 (3)00000 (2)00000 (0)00000 (1)00003Júnior Caiçara30 June 201831 (1)080022 (1)07002 (0)01007 (0)00004Benedikt Höwedes (C)30 June 202014 (5)140010 (5)14001 (0)00003 (0)00006Sead Kolašinac30 June 201724 (6)150018 (5)15001 (0)00005 (1)000015Dennis Aogo30 June 201725 (5)040020 (3)04002 (0)00003 (2)000020Thilo Kehrer30 June 20190 (1)00000 (1)00000 (0)00000 (0)000022Atsuto Uchida30 June 20180 (0)00000 (0)00000 (0)00000 (0)000024Kaan Ayhan30 June 20172 (3)00000 (1)00000 (0)00002 (2)000027Sascha Riether30 June 201616 (4)030014 (3)03001 (0)00001 (1)000028Felipe Santana30 June 20160 (0)00000 (0)00000 (0)00000 (0)000031Matija Nastasić30 June 20192 (0)10001 (0)00001 (0)10000 (0)000032Joël Matip30 June 201641 (0)420034 (0)32002 (0)00005 (0)1000 Midfielders5Johannes Geis30 June 201935 (2)460127 (1)24011 (0)10007 (1)12007Max Meyer30 June 201831 (10)640027 (5)54001 (1)00003 (4)10008Leon Goretzka30 June 201832 (2)260023 (2)15002 (0)10007 (0)010010Julian Draxler30 June 20184 (0)11003 (0)11001 (0)00000 (0)000011Younès Belhanda30 June 201610 (7)22008 (7)22000 (0)00002 (0)000012Marco Höger30 June 20163 (3)02003 (2)02000 (0)00000 (1)000018Sidney Sam30 June 20181 (5)00000 (2)00000 (0)00001 (3)000019Leroy Sané30 June 201929 (13)950023 (10)84000 (2)00006 (1)110021Alessandro Schöpf30 June 20196 (9)31005 (8)31000 (0)00001 (1)000023Pierre-Emile Højbjerg30 June 201617 (13)070013 (10)03000 (1)01004 (2)030033Roman Neustädter30 June 201633 (5)050026 (4)04000 (1)00007 (0)0100—Kevin-Prince Boateng30 June 20160 (0)00000 (0)00000 (0)00000 (0)0000 Forwards9Franco Di Santo30 June 201920 (14)840013 (12)23002 (0)10005 (2)510013Eric M. Choupo-Moting30 June 201727 (9)920021 (7)61001 (1)00005 (1)310016Fabian Reese30 June 20190 (1)00000 (1)00000 (0)00000 (0)000025Klaas-Jan Huntelaar30 June 201737 (3)1620029 (2)122002 (0)10006 (1)300036Felix Platte30 June 20180 (1)01000 (1)01000 (0)00000 (0)0000—Felix Schröter30 June 20180 (0)00000 (0)00000 (0)00000 (0)0000Total—677701—476401—5200—151000Last updated: 29 May 2016 Players in white left the club during the season.

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