The 2016–17 FC Schalke 04 season was the 113th 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-fourth consecutive season in the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1991.

Players

Squad

Transfers

In No.Pos.NameAgeNATMoving fromTypeTransfer WindowContract endsTransfer feeSources 18 MF Daniel Caligiuri VfL Wolfsburg Transfer Winter 2020 €2,500,000 19 FW Guido Burgstaller 1. FC Nürnberg Transfer Winter 2020 €1,500,000 24 DF Holger Badstuber Bayern Munich Loan Winter 2017 Free 36 FW Breel Embolo FC Basel Transfer Summer 2021 €22,500,000 17 MF Benjamin Stambouli Paris Saint-Germain Transfer Summer 2020 €8,500,000 23 DF Coke Sevilla FC Transfer Summer 2019 €4,000,000 — MF Robert Leipertz 1. FC Heidenheim Transfer Summer 2017 €300,000 29 DF Naldo VfL Wolfsburg Transfer Summer 2018 Free 10 MF Nabil Bentaleb Tottenham Hotspur Loan Summer 2017 €1,000,000 14 DF Baba Rahman Chelsea Loan Summer 2017 €500,000 11 MF Yevhen Konoplyanka Sevilla FC Loan Summer 2017 Free 28 DF Joshua Bitter Schalke 04 U19 Promoted Summer 2019 — 32 FW Bernard Tekpetey FC Schalke 04 II Promoted Summer 2018 — — 11 MF Christian Clemens Mainz 05 End of Loan Summer 2017 — — 24 DF Kaan Ayhan Eintracht Frankfurt End of Loan Summer 2017 — — 30 GK Timon Wellenreuther Mallorca End of Loan Summer 2017 — — 36 FW Felix Platte Darmstadt 98 End of Loan Summer 2018 — — 33 MF Donis Avdijaj Sturm Graz End of Loan Summer 2019 — —

Out No.Pos.NameAgeNATMoving toTypeTransfer WindowTransfer feeSources 3 DF Júnior Caiçara İstanbul Başakşehir Transfer Winter €3,000,000 16 FW Fabian Reese Karlsruher SC Loan Winter Free 34 GK Fabian Giefer Bristol City F.C. Loan Winter Free 18 MF Sidney Sam Darmstadt 98 Loan Winter Free 19 MF Leroy Sané Manchester City Transfer Summer €50,000,000 11 MF Christian Clemens Mainz 05 Transfer Summer €2,000,000 — MF Robert Leipertz FC Ingolstadt 04 Transfer Summer €1,500,000 12 MF Marco Höger 1. FC Köln Transfer Summer €1,300,000 2 DF Marvin Friedrich FC Augsburg Transfer Summer €1,000,000 24 DF Kaan Ayhan Fortuna Düsseldorf Transfer Summer €500,000 32 DF Joël Matip Liverpool Transfer Summer Free 33 MF Roman Neustädter Fenerbahçe S.K. Transfer Summer Free 30 GK Michael Gspurning 1. FC Union Transfer Summer Free 36 FW Felix Platte Darmstadt 98 Loan Summer Free 11 MF Younès Belhanda FC Dynamo End of Loan Summer — — 23 MF Pierre-Emile Højbjerg Bayern Munich End of Loan Summer — —

Club

Kit Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: Gazprom

Friendly matches

Competitions

Overview

Bundesliga

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

DFB-Pokal

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Statistics

Appearances and goals Squad Season 2016–17NoNATPlayerAgeContract endsBL BL Cup Cup EL EL Goalkeepers1Ralf Fährmann30.06.201949 (0)040034 (0)03004 (0)000011 (0)010030Timon Wellenreuther30.06.20170 (0)00000 (0)00000 (0)00000 (0)000034Fabian Giefer30.06.20181 (0)00000 (0)00000 (0)00001 (0)000035Alexander Nübel30.06.20180 (0)00000 (0)00000 (0)00000 (0)0000 Defenders3Júnior Caiçara30.06.20187 (2)12001 (2)01002 (0)01004 (0)10004Benedikt Höwedes (C)30.06.202046 (0)280031 (0)17004 (0)000011 (0)11006Sead Kolašinac30.06.201733 (3)370024 (1)35003 (0)00006 (2)020014Baba Rahman30.06.201714 (7)14007 (6)02002 (0)00005 (1)120015Dennis Aogo30.06.20179 (5)21003 (4)01001 (1)10005 (0)100020Thilo Kehrer30.06.201917 (8)160112 (4)13010 (1)00005 (3)030022Atsuto Uchida30.06.20180 (1)00000 (0)00000 (0)00000 (1)000023Coke30.06.20197 (1)11007 (1)11000 (0)00000 (0)000024Holger Badstuber30.06.201711 (1)011010 (0)01001 (0)00100 (1)000027Sascha Riether30.06.20176 (3)00003 (2)00000 (1)00003 (0)000028Joshua Bitter30.06.20190 (0)00000 (0)00000 (0)00000 (0)000029Naldo30.06.201829 (0)220119 (0)11013 (0)10007 (0)010031Matija Nastasić30.06.201934 (1)090021 (1)06003 (0)000010 (0)0300 Midfielders2Weston McKennieWeston McKennie has no professional contract; he usually plays at Schalke 04 youth system.-0 (1)00000 (1)00000 (0)00000 (0)00005Johannes Geis30.06.201922 (2)160017 (1)04001 (0)10004 (1)02007Max Meyer30.06.201827 (11)240018 (10)14002 (1)00007 (2)10008Leon Goretzka30.06.201839 (2)840030 (0)52002 (0)00007 (2)320010Nabil Bentaleb30.06.201738 (6)7120028 (4)511003 (0)01007 (2)200011Yevhen Konoplyanka30.06.201710 (17)62005 (12)11001 (1)31004 (4)200017Benjamin Stambouli30.06.202026 (11)060115 (8)03013 (0)01008 (3)020018/2Daniel Caligiuri wears the number 18 in league and national cup games. In the Europa League he wears the number 2 because Sidney Sam wore the number 18 in the group stage.Daniel Caligiuri30.06.202020 (3)410014 (2)20001 (1)10005 (0)110018Sidney Sam30.06.20180 (1)00000 (0)00000 (0)00000 (1)000021Alessandro Schöpf30.06.201930 (12)860022 (6)64003 (2)11006 (4)1100 Forwards9Franco Di Santo30.06.20195 (10)03003 (9)02001 (0)00001 (1)010013Eric M. Choupo-Moting30.06.201723 (7)320019 (4)31000 (2)00004 (1)010016Fabian Reese30.06.20192 (4)00001 (2)00000 (1)00001 (1)000019Guido Burgstaller30.06.202024 (1)1220017 (1)91002 (0)00005 (0)310025Klaas-Jan Huntelaar30.06.201710 (14)52007 (9)21002 (1)20001 (4)110032Bernard Tekpetey30.06.20181 (2)01100 (2)01000 (0)00001 (0)001033Donis Avdijaj30.06.20193 (9)21002 (6)21000 (0)00001 (3)000036Breel Embolo30.06.20217 (3)30004 (3)20001 (0)10002 (0)0000—Felix Schröter30.06.20180 (0)00000 (0)00000 (0)00000 (0)0000 Total —749723—456703—11510—182510Last updated: 17 May 2017 Players in white left the club during the season.

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