1996–97 FC Schalke 04 season

FC Schalke 04
1996–97 season
ManagerJörg Berger
(until 5 October)
Huub Stevens
(from 5 October)
Bundesliga12th
DFB-PokalSecond round
UEFA CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Martin Max (12)

All:
Martin Max (16)

The 1996–97 season was the 93rd season in the history of FC Schalke 04 and the club's sixth consecutive season in the top flight of German football.

Season summary

Schalke claimed the UEFA Cup, defeating Roy Hodgson's Inter Milan 2–1 on aggregate in the final. The European triumph allowed Schalke to compete in the UEFA Cup the next season despite a 12th-placed finish - a disappointing finish after finishing third the previous season.

Squad

Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  GER Jens Lehmann
2 DF  GER Thomas Linke
3 MF  CZE Radoslav Látal
4 DF  GER Yves Eigenrauch
5 DF  USA Thomas Dooley[2]
6 MF  GER Andreas Müller
8 MF  GER Ingo Anderbrügge
9 FW  NED Youri Mulder[3]
10 MF  GER Olaf Thon
11 FW  GER Martin Max[4]
12 DF  NED Marco van Hoogdalem
14 FW  USA David Wagner[5]
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF  GER Oliver Held
18 DF  GER Thomas Kläsener
19 MF  GER Mike Büskens
20 MF  CZE Jiří Němec
21 DF  GER Marco Kurz
22 GK  GER Mathias Schober
23 MF  GER Arnold Dybek
24 MF  BEL Marc Wilmots
26 DF  NED Johan de Kock
31 FW  ANG Miguel Pereira
37 FW  GER Mike Möllensiep

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
7 MF  GER Uwe Weidemann (to Hertha Berlin)
12 MF  GER Uwe Scherr (to Köln)
13 MF  GER Waldemar Ksienzyk[6] (to Waldhof Mannheim)
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF  GER Michael Prus (to SV Meppen)
17 DF  GER Frank Schön (to Waldhof Mannheim)

Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
10 1. FC Köln 34 13 5 16 62 62 0 44 Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
11 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 12 7 15 46 48 −2 43
12 Schalke 04 34 11 10 13 35 40 −5 43 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
13 Hamburger SV 34 10 11 13 46 60 −14 41 Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
14 Arminia Bielefeld 34 11 7 16 46 54 −8 40
Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04 won their respective European competitions in this season, so they qualified as title holders. As a consequence, the original UEFA Cup places of Dortmund and Stuttgart, who qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as domestic cup winners, were awarded to Karlsruhe and 1860 Munich; the Intertoto Cup berths of Karlsruhe and 1860 were handed to Köln and Hamburg, as Mönchengladbach did not apply for this competition.

DFB-Pokal

10 August 1996 First round SSV Ulm 1846 0–2 Schalke 04 Ulm
Report
(in German)
Max 4'
Linke 18'
Stadium: Donaustadion
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Stark (Landshut)
1 October 1996 Second round Schalke 04 2–3 VfL Bochum Gelsenkirchen
Wilmots 35'
Held 47'
Report
(in German)
Guðjónsson 1', 30'
Bałuszyński 60'
Stadium: Parkstadion
Attendance: 20,200
Referee: Michael Malbranc (Hamburg)

UEFA Cup

10 September 1996 First round 1st leg Schalke 04 3–0 Roda Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
Wilmots 8', 73'
Mulder 14'
Report Attendance: 50,100
24 September 1996 First round 2nd leg Roda 2–2
(2–5 agg.)
Schalke 04 Gemeentelijk Sportpark Kaalheide, Kerkrade
Vurens 26'
Dooley 76' (o.g.)
Report Wagner 16'
Wilmots 73'
Attendance: 8,000
15 October 1996 Second round 1st leg Schalke 04 1–0 Trabzonspor Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
Max 76' Report Attendance: 51,100
29 October 1996 Second round 2nd leg Trabzonspor 3–3
(3–4 agg.)
Schalke 04 Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Trabzon
Arveladze 55'
Mandıralı 66', 71'
Report de Kock 33', 36'
Max 73'
Attendance: 23,000
19 November 1996 Third round 1st leg Club Brugge 2–1 Schalke 04 Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
Stanić 35'
Špehar 59'
Report Büskens 51' Attendance: 14,000
3 December 1996 Third round 2nd leg Schalke 04 2–0
(3–2 agg.)
Club Brugge Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
Max 9'
Mulder 90'
Report Attendance: 46,300
4 March 1997 Quarter-final 1st leg Schalke 04 2–0 Valencia Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
20:45 Linke 44'
Wilmots 82'
Report Attendance: 56,800
Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)
18 March 1997 Quarter-final 2nd leg Valencia 1–1
(1–3 agg.)
Schalke 04 Mestalla, Valencia
22:00 Poyatos 45' Report Mulder 19' Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
8 April 1997 Semi-final 1st leg Tenerife 1–0 Schalke 04 Heliodoro Rodríguez López, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
21:00 Felipe 6' (pen.) Report Attendance: 21,000
Referee: David Elleray (England)
22 April 1997 Semi-final 2nd leg Schalke 04 2–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–1 agg.)
Tenerife Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
20:45 Linke 68'
Wilmots 107'
Report Attendance: 56,800
Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

Final

7 May 1997 1st leg Schalke 04 1–0 Inter Milan Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
20:45 CEST Wilmots 70' Report Attendance: 56,824
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
21 May 1997 2nd leg Inter Milan 1–0 (a.e.t.)
(1–4 p)
Schalke 04 Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan
20:45 CEST Zamorano 84' Report Attendance: 81,675
Referee: José García-Aranda (Spain)
Penalties
Zamorano
Djorkaeff
Winter
Anderbrügge
Thon
Max
Wilmots

Squad statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga[7] DFB-Pokal[8] UEFA Cup[9]
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  GER Jens Lehmann 48 0 34 0 2 0 12 0
22 GK  GER Mathias Schober 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF  GER Thomas Linke 43 4 30 1 2 1 11 2
4 DF  GER Yves Eigenrauch 36 1 26 1 2 0 8 0
5 DF  USA Thomas Dooley 15 2 8 2 0 0 7 0
10 DF  GER Olaf Thon 46 2 33 2 1 0 12 0
12 DF  NED Marco van Hoogdalem 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF  GER Michael Prus[a] 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
17 DF  GER Frank Schön[a] 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
21 DF  GER Marco Kurz 21 0 17 0 1 0 3 0
25 DF  NED Johan de Kock 37 3 28 1 1 0 8 2
3 MF  CZE Radoslav Látal 43 2 29 2 2 0 12 0
6 MF  GER Andreas Müller 41 0 28 0 2 0 11 0
7 MF  GER Uwe Weidemann[a] 10 0 6 0 1 0 3 0
8 MF  GER Ingo Anderbrügge 38 4 28 3 1 0 9 1
12 MF  GER Uwe Scherr[a] 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF  GER Oliver Held 19 2 14 1 2 1 3 0
19 MF  GER Mike Büskens 41 2 29 1 2 0 10 1
20 MF  CZE Jiří Němec 44 0 30 0 2 0 12 0
23 MF  GER Arnold Dybek 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF  BEL Marc Wilmots 42 12 29 6 2 1 11 5
9 FW  NED Youri Mulder 27 6 19 3 1 0 7 3
11 FW  GER Martin Max 42 16 30 12 2 1 10 3
14 FW  USA David Wagner 19 1 13 0 1 0 5 1
31 FW  ANG Miguel Pereira 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
36 FW  GER Ralf Regenbogen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
37 FW  GER Mike Möllensiep 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
  1. ^ a b c d Player transferred out during the season

References

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - FC Schalke 04 - 1996/97".
  2. ^ Dooley was born in Bechhofen, Germany, but also qualified to represent the United States internationally through his father.
  3. ^ Mulder was born in Brussels, Belgium.
  4. ^ Max was born in Tarnowskie Góry, Poland.
  5. ^ Wagner was born in Germany, but also qualified to represent the United States internationally through his father.
  6. ^ Ksienzyk was born in Zabrze, Poland.
  7. ^ "FC Schalke 04 - Appearances Bundesliga 1996/1997". worldfootball.net.
  8. ^ "FC Schalke 04 - Appearances DFB-Pokal 1996/1997". worldfootball.net.
  9. ^ "FC Schalke 04 - Appearances Europa League 1996/1997". worldfootball.net.