The 2017–18 FC Schalke 04 season was the 114th season in the football club's history and 27th consecutive and 50th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1991. In addition to the domestic league, Schalke 04 are also participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This is the 17th season for Schalke in the Veltins-Arena, located in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.
The season was the first since 2006-07 without Benedikt Höwedes, who departed to Juventus on a loan.
Players
Squad information
Transfers
In Player From Source 23 FW Cedric Teuchert 1. FC Nürnberg Transfer Winter 2021 €1,000,000 22 FW Marko Pjaca Juventus Loan Winter 2018 €800,000 14 DF Baba Rahman Chelsea Loan Winter 2019 Free 32 MF Bernard Tekpetey SCR Altach End of Loan Winter 2020 — 10 MF Nabil Bentaleb Tottenham Hotspur Transfer Summer 2021 €19,000,000 11 MF Yevhen Konoplyanka Sevilla Transfer Summer 2020 €12,500,000 25 MF Amine Harit Nantes Transfer Summer 2021 €8,000,000 24 DF Bastian Oczipka Eintracht Frankfurt Transfer Summer 2020 €4,500,000 3 DF Pablo Insua Deportivo La Coruña Transfer Summer 2021 €3,500,000 21 DF Sascha Riether Free agent Transfer Season (Matchday 8) 2018 — 34 GK Michael Langer IFK Norrköping Transfer Summer 2019 Free 30 FW Haji Wright Schalke 04 U19 Promoted Summer 2020 — — 2 MF Weston McKennie Schalke 04 U19 Promoted Summer 2022 — — 21 MF Luke Hemmerich Schalke 04 U19 Promoted Summer 2020 — — 16 FW Fabian Reese Karlsruher SC End of loan Summer 2019 — — 15 FW Felix Platte Darmstadt 98 End of loan Summer 2018 — — 18 MF Sidney Sam Darmstadt 98 End of loan Summer 2018 — — 34 GK Fabian Giefer Bristol City End of loan Summer 2018 — —
Out Player To Source 23 DF Coke Levante Loan Winter Free 16 FW Fabian Reese SpVgg Greuther Fürth Loan Winter Free 33 FW Donis Avdijaj Roda JC Kerkrade Loan Winter Free 15 FW Felix Platte Darmstadt 98 Transfer Summer €800,000 34 GK Fabian Giefer FC Augsburg Transfer Summer €750,000 25 FW Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Ajax Transfer Summer Free 6 DF Sead Kolašinac Arsenal Transfer Summer Free 30 GK Timon Wellenreuther Willem II Transfer Summer Free 13 MF Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting Stoke City Transfer Summer Free 15 DF Dennis Aogo VfB Stuttgart Transfer Summer Free 22 DF Atsuto Uchida Union Berlin Transfer Summer Free 40 MF Sidney Sam VfL Bochum Transfer Summer Free 27 DF Sascha Riether Free agent — Summer — — 4 DF Benedikt Höwedes Juventus Loan Summer €3,500,000 6 MF Johannes Geis Sevilla Loan Summer €2,000,000 32 FW Bernard Tekpetey Rheindorf Altach Loan Summer Free 30 FW Haji Wright SV Sandhausen Loan Summer Free 21 MF Luke Hemmerich VfL Bochum Loan Summer Free 10 MF Nabil Bentaleb Tottenham Hotspur End of loan Summer — — 11 MF Yevhen Konoplyanka Sevilla End of loan Summer — — 14 DF Baba Rahman Chelsea End of loan Summer — — 24 DF Holger Badstuber 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
Statistics
Appearances and goals Squad Season 2017–18NoNATPlayerAgeContract endsBL BL Cup Cup Goalkeepers1Ralf Fährmann (C)30.06.202039 (0)010034 (0)01005 (0)000034Michael Langer30.06.20190 (0)00000 (0)00000 (0)000035Alexander Nübel30.06.20200 (1)00000 (1)00000 (0)0000 Defenders3Pablo Insua30.06.20210 (1)01000 (1)01000 (0)00005Matija Nastasić30.06.201925 (2)051022 (2)05103 (0)000014Baba Rahman30.06.20190 (1)00000 (1)00000 (0)000020Thilo Kehrer30.06.201931 (1)350026 (1)34005 (0)010021Sascha Riether30.06.20180 (0)00000 (0)00000 (0)000023Coke30.06.20191 (1)01000 (1)01001 (0)000024Bastian Oczipka30.06.202030 (3)030026 (3)02004 (0)010029Naldo30.06.201938 (0)750034 (0)74004 (0)0100 Joshua Bitter30.06.20190 (0)00000 (0)00000 (0)0000 Midfielders2Weston McKennie30.06.202214 (11)030013 (10)03001 (1)00007Max Meyer30.06.201823 (4)160020 (3)06003 (1)10008Leon Goretzka30.06.201823 (6)430021 (5)43002 (1)000010Nabil Bentaleb30.06.202115 (4)430112 (4)43013 (0)000011Yevhen Konoplyanka30.06.202020 (10)610018 (9)41002 (1)200017Benjamin Stambouli30.06.202027 (5)040024 (4)04003 (1)000018Daniel Caligiuri30.06.202035 (2)640032 (1)64003 (1)000025Amine Harit30.06.202127 (8)340023 (8)33004 (0)010028Alessandro Schöpf30.06.202112 (7)03009 (7)03003 (0)000032Bernard Tekpetey30.06.20200 (0)00000 (0)00000 (0)0000 Forwards9Franco Di Santo30.06.201924 (10)440022 (8)34002 (2)100016Fabian Reese30.06.20190 (7)00000 (7)00000 (0)000019Guido Burgstaller30.06.202029 (8)1390023 (8)118005 (0)210022Marko Pjaca30.06.20185 (4)20003 (4)20002 (0)000023Cedric Teuchert30.06.20210 (6)00000 (4)00000 (2)000033Donis Avdijaj30.06.20190 (0)00000 (0)00000 (0)000036Breel Embolo30.06.20219 (14)34009 (12)34000 (2)0000 Felix Schröter30.06.20180 (0)00000 (0)00000 (0)0000Total—566711—506211—6500Last updated: 13 May 2018 Players in white left the club during the season.
Goalscorers
Rank Position Name Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total 1 FW Guido Burgstaller 11 2 13 2 DF Naldo 7 0 7 3 MF Daniel Caligiuri 6 0 6 3 MF Yevhen Konoplyanka 4 2 6 5 MF Nabil Bentaleb 4 0 4 5 FW Franco Di Santo 3 1 4 5 MF Leon Goretzka 4 0 4 8 FW Breel Embolo 3 0 3 8 MF Amine Harit 3 0 3 8 DF Thilo Kehrer 3 0 3 11 FW Marko Pjaca 2 0 2 12 MF Max Meyer 0 1 1 Own goals 3 1 4 Total 53 7 60
Clean sheets
Rank Name Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total 1 Ralf Fährmann 13 3 16 2 Alexander Nübel 1 0 1 Total 13 3 16
Disciplinary record
Rank Position Name Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total 1 FW Guido Burgstaller 8 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 0 2 DF Matija Nastasić 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 3 MF Max Mayer 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 4 DF Thilo Kehrer 4 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 DF Naldo 4 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 6 MF Nabil Bentaleb 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 7 MF Daniel Caligiuri 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 7 FW Franco Di Santo 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 7 FW Breel Embolo 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 7 MF Amine Harit 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 7 MF Benjamin Stambouli 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 12 MF Leon Goretzka 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 12 MF Weston McKennie 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 12 DF Bastian Oczipka 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 12 MF Alessandro Schöpf 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 16 DF Coke 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 GK Ralf Fährmann 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 DF Pablo Insua 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 MF Yevhen Konoplyanka 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Total 62 1 1 5 0 0 67 1 1
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