The 2020–21 FC Schalke 04 season was the 117th season in the football club's history and 30th consecutive and 53rd 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 also participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This was the 20th season for Schalke in the Veltins-Arena, located in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
Schalke suffered a disastrous start to the season, becoming only the fifth Bundesliga team to go winless in their first 14 fixtures. They also became the first Bundesliga team with 5 managers in a season. Schalke's relegation was confirmed on the 20th of April, following a 1–0 defeat at Arminia Bielefeld.
Players Note: Players' appearances and goals only in their Schalke career.
NameAgeContractBundesligaTotalbeganendsGoalsGoals Goalkeepers12000259023110110343030 Defenders260803120210512211572138090171050133020 (captain)11151415241111126126594716301311313130033033231261 Midfielders6611711871108311108212107191630134125102121191328112101431637607140170180424040 Forwards7485597950655121815116121184842491282225332443226246
Transfers
In Player From in € FW Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Ajax Transfer Winter 2021 FW Shkodran Mustafi Arsenal Transfer Winter 2021 DF Sead Kolašinac Arsenal Loan Winter 2021 DF William VfL Wolfsburg Loan Winter 2021 250,000 FW Matthew Hoppe Schalke 04 II Promoted Winter 2023 — FW Vedad Ibišević Hertha BSC End of contract Summer 2021 — FW Gonçalo Paciência Eintracht Frankfurt Loan Summer 2021 1,500,000 DF Kilian Ludewig Red Bull Salzburg Loan Summer 2021 GK Frederik Rønnow Eintracht Frankfurt Loan Summer 2021 DF Timo Becker Schalke 04 II Promoted Summer 2021 — MF Can Bozdoğan Schalke 04 U19 Promoted Summer 2022 — — MF Kerim Çalhanoğlu Schalke 04 U19 Promoted Summer 2024 — MF Nick Taitague Schalke 04 II Promoted Summer 2021 — — DF Malick Thiaw Schalke 04 U19 Promoted Summer 2024 — MF Nabil Bentaleb Newcastle United Loan return Summer 2021 — — DF Jonas Carls Viktoria Köln Loan return Summer 2022 — — GK Ralf Fährmann Brann Loan return Summer 2022 — — DF Pablo Insua Huesca Loan return Summer 2021 — — DF Hamza Mendyl Dijon Loan return Summer 2023 — — MF Sebastian Rudy 1899 Hoffenheim Loan return Summer 2022 — — FW Steven Skrzybski Fortuna Düsseldorf Loan return Summer 2021 — — FW Bernard Tekpetey Fortuna Düsseldorf Loan return Summer 2023 — — FW Cedric Teuchert Hannover 96 Loan return Summer 2021 — — FW Mark Uth 1. FC Köln Loan return Summer 2022 — —
Out Player To in € DF Ozan Kabak Liverpool Loan Winter 1,500,000 FW Ahmed Kutucu Heracles Almelo Loan Winter FW Rabbi Matondo Stoke City Loan Winter FW Vedad Ibišević Free agent Contract terminated Winter — MF Nick Taitague Retired Contract terminated Winter — DF Pablo Insua Huesca Transfer Summer 250,000 FW Guido Burgstaller FC St. Pauli Transfer Summer FW Cedric Teuchert Union Berlin Transfer Summer MF Daniel Caligiuri FC Augsburg End of contract Summer — GK Alexander Nübel Bayern Munich End of contract Summer — MF Weston McKennie Juventus Loan Summer 4,500,000 FW Bernard Tekpetey Ludogorets Razgrad Loan Summer 400,000 DF Jonas Carls Vitória Guimarães Loan Summer 90,000 MF Sebastian Rudy 1899 Hoffenheim Loan Summer GK Markus Schubert Eintracht Frankfurt Loan Summer FW Michael Gregoritsch FC Augsburg End of loan Summer — — DF Jonjoe Kenny Everton End of loan Summer — — DF Juan Miranda Barcelona End of loan Summer — DF Jean-Clair Todibo Barcelona End of loan Summer — —
Club Kit Supplier: Umbro / Sponsor: Gazprom
Friendly matches
Competitions
Overview
Bundesliga
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches The Bundesliga schedule was announced on 7 August 2020.
DFB-Pokal
Statistics
Squad statistics No.PlayerNat.Pos.TotalBundesligaDFB-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
Goalscorers Rank Pos. Player Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total 1 FW Matthew Hoppe 6 0 6 2 FW Benito Raman 2 3 5 3 FW Mark Uth 3 0 3 4 MF Amine Harit 2 0 2 FW Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 2 0 2 MF Suat Serdar 1 1 2 MF Alessandro Schöpf 0 2 2 7 MF Nassim Boujellab 1 0 1 MF Florian Flick 1 0 1 MF Blendi Idrizi 1 0 1 DF Sead Kolašinac 1 0 1 MF Omar Mascarell 1 0 1 DF Shkodran Mustafi 1 0 1 FW Gonçalo Paciência 1 0 1 DF Malick Thiaw 1 0 1 FW Vedad Ibišević 0 1 1 Own goals 1 0 1 Total 25 7 32
References