2020–21 FC Schalke 04 season

Schalke 04
2020–21 season
SVB Chairman	Jens Buchta
Manager	David Wagner; (until 27 September); Manuel Baum; (from 30 September to 18 December); Huub Stevens; (interim, from 18 to 22 December); Christian Gross; (from 27 December to 28 February); Dimitrios Grammozis; (from 2 March)
Stadium	Veltins-Arena
Bundesliga	18th (relegated)
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Matthew Hoppe (6); All: ; Matthew Hoppe (6)

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.

As of end of 2020–21 season.^[1]

No.	Name	Nat.	Pos.	Age	Contract		Bundesliga		Total
No.	Name	Nat.	Pos.	Age	began	ends	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Ralf Fährmann		GK	32	Jul 2011	Jun 2023	200	0	259	0
23	Frederik Rønnow		GK	28	Sep 2020	Jun 2021	11	0	11	0
34	Michael Langer		GK	36	Aug 2017	Jun 2022	3	0	3	0
Defenders
2	Kilian Ludewig		DF	21	Oct 2020	Jun 2021	6	0	8	0
3	Hamza Mendyl		DF	23	Aug 2018	Jun 2023	12	0	21	0
5	Matija Nastasić		DF	28	Jan 2015	Jun 2022	122	1	157	2
13	William		DF	26	Jan 2021	Jun 2021	8	0	9	0
17	Benjamin Stambouli		DF	30	Aug 2016	Jun 2021^[a]	105	0	133	0
20	Sead Kolašinac (captain)		DF	28	Jan 2021	Jun 2021	111	5	141	5
24	Bastian Oczipka		DF	32	Jul 2017	Jun 2021^[a]	111	1	126	1
26	Salif Sané		DF	30	Jul 2018	Jun 2022	59	4	71	6
30	Shkodran Mustafi		DF	29	Feb 2021	Jun 2021	13	1	13	1
31	Timo Becker		DF	24	Jul 2020	Jun 2023	30	0	33	0
33	Malick Thiaw		DF	19	Jul 2020	Jun 2024	23	1	26	1
Midfielders
6	Omar Mascarell		MF	28	Jul 2018	Jun 2022	61	1	71	1
8	Suat Serdar		MF	24	Jul 2018	Jun 2022	71	10	83	11
10	Nabil Bentaleb		MF	26	Aug 2016	Jun 2021	82	12	107	19
16	Nassim Boujellab		MF	22	Apr 2019	Jun 2022	30	1	34	1
25	Amine Harit		MF	24	Jul 2017	Jun 2024	102	12	119	13
28	Alessandro Schöpf		MF	27	Jan 2016	Jun 2021	112	10	143	16
37	Levent Mercan		MF	20	Aug 2019	Jun 2023	6	0	7	1
40	Can Bozdoğan		MF	20	Jul 2020	Jun 2024	17	0	18	0
42	Kerim Çalhanoğlu		MF	18	Sep 2020	Jun 2024	4	0	4	0
Forwards
7	Mark Uth		FW	29	Jul 2018	Jun 2022	48	5	59	7
9	Benito Raman		FW	26	Jul 2019	Jun 2024	50	6	55	12
18	Gonçalo Paciência		FW	26	Sep 2020	Jun 2021	15	1	16	1
21	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar		FW	37	Jan 2021	Jun 2021	184	84	249	128
22	Steven Skrzybski		FW	28	Jul 2018	Jun 2021	25	3	32	4
43	Matthew Hoppe		FW	20	Feb 2021	Jun 2023	22	6	24	6

^ ^a ^b The contract of the player originally ended in June 2023, but is not valid for the 2. Bundesliga and therefore ends in June 2021.^[2]

Transfers

In

Pos	Player	From	Type	Window	Ends	Fee in €	Ref.
FW	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	Ajax	Transfer	Winter	2021	Free	^[3]
FW	Shkodran Mustafi	Arsenal	Transfer	Winter	2021	Free	^[4]
DF	Sead Kolašinac	Arsenal	Loan	Winter	2021	Free	^[5]
DF	William	VfL Wolfsburg	Loan	Winter	2021	250,000	^[6]
FW	Matthew Hoppe	Schalke 04 II	Promoted	Winter	2023	—	^[7]
FW	Vedad Ibišević	Hertha BSC	End of contract	Summer	2021	—	^[8]
FW	Gonçalo Paciência	Eintracht Frankfurt	Loan	Summer	2021	1,500,000^[a]	^[9]
DF	Kilian Ludewig	Red Bull Salzburg	Loan	Summer	2021	Free	^[10]
GK	Frederik Rønnow	Eintracht Frankfurt	Loan	Summer	2021	Free	^[11]
DF	Timo Becker	Schalke 04 II	Promoted	Summer	2021	—	^[12]
MF	Can Bozdoğan	Schalke 04 U19	Promoted	Summer	2022	—	—
MF	Kerim Çalhanoğlu	Schalke 04 U19	Promoted	Summer	2024	—	^[13]
MF	Nick Taitague	Schalke 04 II	Promoted	Summer	2021	—	—
DF	Malick Thiaw	Schalke 04 U19	Promoted	Summer	2024	—	^[14]
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 (premature)	Summer	2023	—	—
FW	Cedric Teuchert	Hannover 96	Loan return	Summer	2021	—	—
FW	Mark Uth	1. FC Köln	Loan return	Summer	2022	—	—

^ Loan fee with option to buy for €8.5M

Out

Pos	Player	To	Type	Window	Fee in €	Ref.
DF	Ozan Kabak	Liverpool	Loan	Winter	1,500,000^[a]	^[4]
FW	Ahmed Kutucu	Heracles Almelo	Loan	Winter	Free	^[15]
FW	Rabbi Matondo	Stoke City	Loan	Winter	Free	^[16]
FW	Vedad Ibišević	Free agent	Contract terminated	Winter	—	^[17]
MF	Nick Taitague	Retired	Contract terminated	Winter	—	^[18]
DF	Pablo Insua	Huesca	Transfer	Summer	250,000	^[19]
FW	Guido Burgstaller	FC St. Pauli	Transfer	Summer	Free	^[20]
FW	Cedric Teuchert	Union Berlin	Transfer	Summer	Free	^[19]
MF	Daniel Caligiuri	FC Augsburg	End of contract	Summer	—	^[21]
GK	Alexander Nübel	Bayern Munich	End of contract	Summer	—	^[22]
MF	Weston McKennie	Juventus	Loan	Summer	4,500,000^[b]	^[23]
FW	Bernard Tekpetey	Ludogorets Razgrad	Loan	Summer	400,000	^[24]
DF	Jonas Carls	Vitória Guimarães	Loan	Summer	90,000	^[25]
MF	Sebastian Rudy	1899 Hoffenheim	Loan	Summer	Free	^[26]
GK	Markus Schubert	Eintracht Frankfurt	Loan	Summer	Free	^[11]
FW	Michael Gregoritsch	FC Augsburg	End of loan	Summer	—	—
DF	Jonjoe Kenny	Everton	End of loan	Summer	—	—
DF	Juan Miranda	Barcelona	End of loan (premature)	Summer	—	^[27]
DF	Jean-Clair Todibo	Barcelona	End of loan	Summer	—	—

^ Loan fee with option to buy for €21.0M+€10.0M variables
^ Loan fee with option to buy for €18.5M+€6.5M variables

Club

Kit

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Home

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Away

Away alt.

Third

Friendly matches

Win Draw Loss

9 August 2020 (2020-08-09) 1	VfL Osnabrück	1–5	Schalke 04	Ankum, Germany
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Henning 58'	Report	Kabak 15' Skrzybski 46', 60' Schöpf 67' Kutucu 89'	Stadium: Quitt-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Florian Heft (Germany)
Note: The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

15 August 2020 (2020-08-15) 2	Schalke 04	4–5	SC Verl	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Skrzybski 24', 32' Uth 29' Raman 55'	Report	Janjić 17' Schikowski 18', 46', 58' Korb 57'	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 300 Referee: Marco Goldmann (Germany)
Note: The match was played in four 30-minute quarters.

18 August 2020 (2020-08-18) 3	Schalke 04	1–3	KFC Uerdingen	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kutucu 88'	Report	Pusch 4' Van Ooijen 24' Großkreutz 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 300 Referee: Sven Waschitzki (Germany)

28 August 2020 (2020-08-28) 4	Schalke 04	1–0	Aris Thessaloniki	Kematen, Austria
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kutucu 47'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Kematen Attendance: 220 Referee: Nenad Kostacevic (Austria)

5 September 2020 (2020-09-05) 5	Schalke 04	3–0	VfL Bochum	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Boujellab 25' Uth 33' Harit 39'	Report		Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 300 Referee: Mitja Stegemann (Germany)

8 October 2020 (2020-10-08) 6	Schalke 04	5–1	SC Paderborn	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Uth 21', 31', 81' Ibišević 45' Raman 56'	Report	Pröger 13'	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 300 Referee: Thorben Siewer (Germany)

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	18 September 2020	22 May 2021	Matchday 1	18th	34	3	7	24	25	86	−61	008.82
DFB-Pokal	3 November 2020	3 February 2021	First round	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	066.67
Total					37	5	7	25	32	89	−57	013.51

Last updated: 22 May 2021
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Hertha BSC	34	8	11	15	41	52	−11	35
15	Arminia Bielefeld	34	9	8	17	26	52	−26	35
16	1. FC Köln (O)	34	8	9	17	34	60	−26	33	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17	Werder Bremen (R)	34	7	10	17	36	57	−21	31	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	Schalke 04 (R)	34	3	7	24	25	86	−61	16	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[28]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	3	7	24	25	86	−61	16	3	3	11	14	34	−20	0	4	13	11	52	−41

Last updated: 22 May 2021.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L
Position	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

Updated to match(es) played on 22 May 2021. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The Bundesliga schedule was announced on 7 August 2020.^[29]

18 September 2020 (2020-09-18) 1	Bayern Munich	8–0	Schalke 04	Munich
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gnabry 4', 47', 59' Goretzka 19' Lewandowski 31' (pen.) Kimmich 65' Müller 70' Sané 71' Musiala 81'	Report	Kabak 30' Stambouli 81'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Zwayer

26 September 2020 (2020-09-26) 2	Schalke 04	1–3	Werder Bremen	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Paciência 35' Stambouli 36' Uth 38', 90+3' Boujellab 55' Kabak 58' 84' Bentaleb 63'	Report	Füllkrug 22', 37', 59' (pen.) Mbom 74' Klaassen 78'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Markus Schmidt

3 October 2020 (2020-10-03) 3	RB Leipzig	4–0	Schalke 04	Leipzig
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bozdoğan 31' (o.g.) Angeliño 35' Orbán 45+2' Halstenberg 80' (pen.) Sørloth 84'	Report	Sané 64' Nastasić 79' Ibišević 90+2'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Florian Badstübner

18 October 2020 (2020-10-18) 4	Schalke 04	1–1	Union Berlin	Gelsenkirchen
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Paciência 69', 77' Skrzybski 71' Harit 83'	Report	Friedrich 55' Prömel 74'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 300 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

24 October 2020 (2020-10-24) 5	Borussia Dortmund	3–0	Schalke 04	Dortmund
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Akanji 55' Haaland 61' Hummels 78'	Report	Mascarell 13'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Felix Zwayer

30 October 2020 (2020-10-30) 6	Schalke 04	1–1	VfB Stuttgart	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Thiaw 30' Sané 56' Mascarell 59'	Report	Castro 37' González 56' (pen.), 81'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Benjamin Brand

7 November 2020 (2020-11-07) 7	Mainz 05	2–2	Schalke 04	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Brosinski 6' (pen.) Mateta 45+2' (pen.) Latza 64'	Report	Uth 36' Kabak 44' St. Juste 82' (o.g.)	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

21 November 2020 (2020-11-21) 8	Schalke 04	0–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Weghorst 3' Schlager 24', 86'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Fritz

28 November 2020 (2020-11-28) 9	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4–1	Schalke 04	Mönchengladbach
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Neuhaus 15' Lazaro 26' Wendt 36' Thuram 46', 52' Wolf 80'	Report	Raman 20' Ludewig 34' Thiaw 50' Uth 84'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

6 December 2020 (2020-12-06) 10	Schalke 04	0–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Gelsenkirchen
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Uth 11' Skrzybski 71' Hoppe 72'	Report	Thiaw 10' (o.g.) Dragović 58' Tah 59' Baumgartlinger 67' Sinkgraven 71' Schick 78'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

13 December 2020 (2020-12-13) 11	FC Augsburg	2–2	Schalke 04	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Serdar 32' (o.g.) Niederlechner 45+4' 53' Khedira 77' Richter 90+3'	Report	Sané 45+5' Raman 52' Boujellab 62' Kabak 64' Fährmann 81' Skrzybski 90'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

16 December 2020 (2020-12-16) 12	Schalke 04	0–2	SC Freiburg	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Raman 19' Serdar 83'	Report	Santamaria 36' Sallai 50', 68'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sven Jablonski

19 December 2020 (2020-12-19) 13	Schalke 04	0–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Oczipka 26' Serdar 57' Mendyl 60' Harit 85' Raman 90' Sané 90+6'	Report	Prietl 31' Klos 53' Pieper 55' Brunner 66' Schipplock 74' Dōan 86'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bastian Dankert

2 January 2021 (2021-01-02) 14	Hertha BSC	3–0	Schalke 04	Berlin
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tousart 14' Guendouzi 36', 51' Córdoba 52' Piątek 80'	Report	Hoppe 37' Mascarell 58'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Sven Jablonski

9 January 2021 (2021-01-09) 15	Schalke 04	4–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kabak 24' Hoppe 42', 57', 63' Uth 71' Harit 80'	Report	Bogarde 13' Kramarić 42' Gaćinović 50' Baumgartner 52'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Zwayer

17 January 2021 (2021-01-17) 16	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	Schalke 04	Frankfurt
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Silva 28' Jović 72', 90+1'	Report	Hoppe 29' Kutucu 87'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

20 January 2021 (2021-01-20) 17	Schalke 04	1–2	1. FC Köln	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Stambouli 48' Hoppe 57' Boujellab 89'	Report	Czichos 31' Horn 89' Thielmann 90+3'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Siebert

24 January 2021 (2021-01-24) 18	Schalke 04	0–4	Bayern Munich	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Nastasić 80'	Report	Müller 33', 88' Lewandowski 54' Boateng 84' Alaba 90'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

30 January 2021 (2021-01-30) 19	Werder Bremen	1–1	Schalke 04	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Möhwald 77'	Report	Mascarell 38' Stambouli 63' Fährmann 66' Huntelaar 88' Thiaw 90+2'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Sören Storks

6 February 2021 (2021-02-06) 20	Schalke 04	0–3	RB Leipzig	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mascarell 27' Kolašinac 69'	Report	Mukiele 45+3' Sabitzer 73', 82' Orbán 87'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Petersen

13 February 2021 (2021-02-13) 21	Union Berlin	0–0	Schalke 04	Berlin
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Trimmel 2' Hübner 75' Musa 82'	Report	William 34' Harit 85'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Schlager

20 February 2021 (2021-02-20) 22	Schalke 04	0–4	Borussia Dortmund	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hoppe 14' Kolašinac 66'	Report	Sancho 42' Haaland 45', 79' Guerreiro 60' Bellingham 63' Dahoud 64'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Siebert

27 February 2021 (2021-02-27) 23	VfB Stuttgart	5–1	Schalke 04	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Endo 10', 26', 66' Kalajdžić 34' Castro 59' Klement 88' Didavi 90+2'	Report	Becker 29' Kolašinac 40' Bentaleb 72', 88' Thiaw 77'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Guido Winkmann

5 March 2021 (2021-03-05) 24	Schalke 04	0–0	Mainz 05	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kolašinac 9' Mascarell 85'	Report	Bell 47' Szalai 51'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Brych

13 March 2021 (2021-03-13) 25	VfL Wolfsburg	5–0	Schalke 04	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mustafi 32' (o.g.) Weghorst 51' Baku 58' Brekalo 64' Philipp 79'	Report	William 55'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sören Storks

20 March 2021 (2021-03-20) 26	Schalke 04	0–3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mascarell 22'	Report	Bensebaini 7' Stindl 15', 54' Lainer 63' Rønnow 72' (o.g.)	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Stieler

3 April 2021 (2021-04-03) 27	Bayer Leverkusen	2–1	Schalke 04	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Alario 26' Schick 72' Tapsoba 73'	Report	Huntelaar 81'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sven Jablonski

11 April 2021 (2021-04-11) 28	Schalke 04	1–0	FC Augsburg	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Serdar 4'	Report	Gouweleeuw 35' Framberger 74'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Harm Osmers

17 April 2021 (2021-04-17) 29	SC Freiburg	4–0	Schalke 04	Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Höler 7' Santamaria 9' Sallai 22' (pen.) Heintz 29' Günter 50', 74'	Report	Huntelaar 21'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Reichel

20 April 2021 (2021-04-20) 30	Arminia Bielefeld	1–0	Schalke 04	Bielefeld
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Klos 25', 50', 80' Brunner 39' Pieper 53'	Report	Thiaw 58' 71' Stambouli 64' Kolašinac 90+1' Sané 90+4'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Christian Dingert

8 May 2021 (2021-05-08) 32	1899 Hoffenheim	4–2	Schalke 04	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kramarić 47' Akpoguma 52' Baumgartner 60' Adamyan 62' Bebou 64'	Report	Uth 12', 56' Serdar 35' Mustafi 42'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Guido Winkmann

12 May 2021 (2021-05-12) 31	Schalke 04	1–2	Hertha BSC	Gelsenkirchen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Harit 6', 43' Mustafi 54' Kolašinac 68'	Report	Boyata 19', 68' Darida 50' Lukebakio 67' 89' Ngankam 74' Michelbrink 90+1'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Markus Schmidt
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 24 April 2021, but was postponed due to the entire Hertha BSC first team had to be quarantined after several COVID-19 cases at the club.^[30]

15 May 2021 (2021-05-15) 33	Schalke 04	4–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Huntelaar 15', 15' Idrizi 52' Flick 60' Hoppe 64'	Report	Silva 29', 72' Ndicka 51' Chandler 90' Ache 90+1'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sven Jablonski

22 May 2021 (2021-05-22) 34	1. FC Köln	1–0	Schalke 04	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bornauw 44', 86'	Report	Flick 30' Idrizi 69'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Siebert

DFB-Pokal

3 November 2020 (2020-11-03) First round	1. FC Schweinfurt	1–4	Schalke 04	Gelsenkirchen
16:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Thomann 37' Marinkovic 44' Böhnlein 56' Rinderknecht 72'	Report	Ibišević 39' Schöpf 44', 81' Bentaleb 56' Sané 69' Stambouli 74' Raman 86'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sven Jablonski

22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) Second round	SSV Ulm	1–3	Schalke 04	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Çoban 44' Reichert 48', 82' Higl 89'	Report	Serdar 27' Raman 35', 51', 63'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Schlager

3 February 2021 (2021-02-03) Round of 16	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	Schalke 04	Wolfsburg
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Brooks 28' Weghorst 40', 40' Paulo Otávio 61'	Report	Thiaw 29' William 76'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Statistics

As of end of 2020–21 season.

Squad statistics

No.	Player	Nat.	Pos.	Total					Bundesliga					DFB-Pokal
No.	Player	Nat.	Pos.	Apps	St.				Apps	St.				Apps	St.
1	Ralf Fährmann		GK	25	25	0	2	0	22	22	0	2	0	3	3	0	0	0
23	Frederik Rønnow		GK	11	10	0	0	0	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	Michael Langer		GK	3	2	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Kilian Ludewig		DF	8	8	0	1	0	6	6	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0
3	Hamza Mendyl		DF	5	2	0	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0
5	Matija Nastasić		DF	18	17	0	2	0	15	14	0	2	0	3	3	0	0	0
13	William		DF	9	8	0	3	0	8	7	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0
15	Henning Matriciani^[a]		DF	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Benjamin Stambouli		DF	27	25	0	6	0	24	22	0	5	0	3	3	0	1	0
20	Sead Kolašinac		DF	18	17	1	5	0	17	16	1	5	0	1	1	0	0	0
24	Bastian Oczipka		DF	30	21	0	1	0	27	20	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0
26	Salif Sané		DF	15	11	0	6	0	14	11	0	5	0	1	0	0	1	0
30	Shkodran Mustafi		DF	13	11	1	1	0	13	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	Timo Becker		DF	22	20	0	1	0	20	18	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0
33	Malick Thiaw		DF	22	17	1	4	1	19	15	1	3	1	3	2	0	1	0
49	Vasilios Pavlidis^[b]		DF	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Ozan Kabak^[c]		DF	14	14	0	4	1	14	14	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
6	Omar Mascarell		MF	26	22	1	6	0	24	21	1	6	0	2	1	0	0	0
8	Suat Serdar		MF	26	25	2	3	0	25	24	1	3	0	1	1	1	0	0
10	Nabil Bentaleb		MF	10	7	0	3	0	9	6	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0
16	Nassim Boujellab		MF	13	6	1	2	0	12	6	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
25	Amine Harit		MF	31	27	2	4	0	28	25	2	4	0	3	2	0	0	0
28	Alessandro Schöpf		MF	21	12	2	0	0	19	10	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0
36	Blendi Idrizi^[a]		MF	3	3	1	1	0	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	Levent Mercan		MF	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	Mehmet-Can Aydın^[a]		MF	6	6	0	0	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Can Bozdoğan		MF	15	5	0	0	0	14	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
41	Florian Flick^[a]		MF	4	4	1	1	0	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	Kerim Çalhanoğlu		MF	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	Jimmy Kaparos^[a]		MF	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	Mikail Maden^[b]		MF	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Sebastian Rudy^[c]		MF	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Mark Uth		FW	21	19	3	5	0	20	18	3	5	0	1	1	0	0	0
9	Benito Raman		FW	27	15	5	3	0	25	13	2	2	0	2	2	3	1	0
18	Gonçalo Paciência		FW	16	9	1	2	0	15	9	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
21	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar		FW	9	7	2	2	0	9	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Steven Skrzybski		FW	15	5	0	2	0	13	3	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0
27	Luca Schuler^[a]		FW	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	Matthew Hoppe		FW	24	16	6	3	0	22	15	6	3	0	2	1	0	0	0
11	Vedad Ibišević^[d]		FW	5	2	1	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0
14	Rabbi Matondo^[c]		FW	3	3	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Ahmed Kutucu^[c]		FW	8	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Total				37		31	76	2	34		24	70	2	3		7	6	0

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Player from Schalke II
^ ^a ^b Player from Schalke U19
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Player transferred out during the season
^ Player's contract dissolved during the season

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

^ "First Team". Schalke 04. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
^ "Oczipka and Stambouli automatically released after relegation". Bulinews.com. 15 April 2021.
^ "Klaas-Jan Huntelaar returns to FC Schalke 04". Schalke 04. 18 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b "S04 sign Shkodran Mustafi – Ozan Kabak moves to Liverpool". Schalke 04. 1 February 2021.
^ "Sead Kolasinac returns to FC Schalke 04". Schalke 04. 31 December 2020.
^ "William joins FC Schalke 04". Schalke 04. 25 January 2021.
^ "Matthew Hoppe signs his first professional contract". Schalke 04. 1 February 2021.
^ "Vedad Ibisevic joins FC Schalke 04". Schalke 04. 3 September 2020.
^ "Schalke 04 sign Goncalo Paciencia". Schalke 04. 15 September 2020.
^ "Kilian Ludewig is a Royal Blue". Schalke 04. 5 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Frederik Rönnow joins FC Schalke 04 on loan". Schalke 04. 30 September 2020.
^ "Timo Becker signs a one-year contract". Schalke 04. 31 July 2020.
^ "Kerim Calhanoglu signs professional contract". Schalke 04. 24 September 2020.
^ "Malick Thiaw signs professional contract until 2024". Schalke 04. 5 July 2020.
^ "Ahmed Kutucu moves to Heracles Almelo". Schalke 04. 21 January 2021.
^ "Rabbi Matondo moves to Stoke City". Schalke 04. 7 January 2021.
^ "Bentaleb and Harit to train individually until further notice – Schalke to dissolve contract with Ibisevic". Schalke 04. 24 November 2020.
^ "Nick Taitague leaves FC Schalke 04". Schalke 04. 2 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Cedric Teuchert moves to Union Berlin, Pablo Insua stays at Huesca". Schalke 04. 1 August 2020.
^ "Guido Burgstaller joins FC St. Pauli". Schalke 04. 30 September 2020.
^ "Daniel Caligiuri to move to FC Augsburg". Schalke 04. 29 June 2020.
^ "Alexander Nübel has signed for Bayern Munich ahead of the 2020/21 season". Schalke 04. 4 January 2020.
^ "Welcome Weston!". Juventus. 29 August 2020.
^ "Bernard Tekpetey will join Ludogorets on loan". Schalke 04. 30 July 2020.
^ "Jonas Carls joins Vitória Guimarães on loan". Schalke 04. 28 July 2020.
^ "Sebastian Rudy joins TSG 1899 Hoffenheim". Schalke 04. 5 October 2020.
^ "Juan Miranda to return to Spain early". Schalke 04. 1 July 2020.
^ "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). DFL.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 16 May 2020. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
^ "2020/21 Schedule Release: Bundesliga fixture list overview". Bundesliga.com. 7 August 2020.
^ "Home game against Hertha BSC postponed". Schalke 04. 16 April 2021.

[no2BL-3] The contract of the player originally ended in June 2023, but is not valid for the 2. Bundesliga and therefore ends in June 2021.^[2]

[10] Loan fee with option to buy for €8.5M

[17] Loan fee with option to buy for €21.0M+€10.0M variables

[26] Loan fee with option to buy for €18.5M+€6.5M variables

[Schalke_II-35] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Player from Schalke II

[U19-36] Player from Schalke U19

[transfer-37] Player transferred out during the season

[38] Player's contract dissolved during the season

[1] "First Team". Schalke 04. Retrieved 30 August 2020.

[2] "Oczipka and Stambouli automatically released after relegation". Bulinews.com. 15 April 2021.

[4] "Klaas-Jan Huntelaar returns to FC Schalke 04". Schalke 04. 18 January 2021.

[transfers1feb-5] "S04 sign Shkodran Mustafi – Ozan Kabak moves to Liverpool". Schalke 04. 1 February 2021.

[6] "Sead Kolasinac returns to FC Schalke 04". Schalke 04. 31 December 2020.

[7] "William joins FC Schalke 04". Schalke 04. 25 January 2021.

[8] "Matthew Hoppe signs his first professional contract". Schalke 04. 1 February 2021.

[9] "Vedad Ibisevic joins FC Schalke 04". Schalke 04. 3 September 2020.

[11] "Schalke 04 sign Goncalo Paciencia". Schalke 04. 15 September 2020.

[12] "Kilian Ludewig is a Royal Blue". Schalke 04. 5 October 2020.

[transfers30sep-13] "Frederik Rönnow joins FC Schalke 04 on loan". Schalke 04. 30 September 2020.

[14] "Timo Becker signs a one-year contract". Schalke 04. 31 July 2020.

[15] "Kerim Calhanoglu signs professional contract". Schalke 04. 24 September 2020.

[16] "Malick Thiaw signs professional contract until 2024". Schalke 04. 5 July 2020.

[18] "Ahmed Kutucu moves to Heracles Almelo". Schalke 04. 21 January 2021.

[19] "Rabbi Matondo moves to Stoke City". Schalke 04. 7 January 2021.

[20] "Bentaleb and Harit to train individually until further notice – Schalke to dissolve contract with Ibisevic". Schalke 04. 24 November 2020.

[21] "Nick Taitague leaves FC Schalke 04". Schalke 04. 2 January 2021.

[transfers1aug-22] "Cedric Teuchert moves to Union Berlin, Pablo Insua stays at Huesca". Schalke 04. 1 August 2020.

[23] "Guido Burgstaller joins FC St. Pauli". Schalke 04. 30 September 2020.

[24] "Daniel Caligiuri to move to FC Augsburg". Schalke 04. 29 June 2020.

[25] "Alexander Nübel has signed for Bayern Munich ahead of the 2020/21 season". Schalke 04. 4 January 2020.

[27] "Welcome Weston!". Juventus. 29 August 2020.

[28] "Bernard Tekpetey will join Ludogorets on loan". Schalke 04. 30 July 2020.

[29] "Jonas Carls joins Vitória Guimarães on loan". Schalke 04. 28 July 2020.

[30] "Sebastian Rudy joins TSG 1899 Hoffenheim". Schalke 04. 5 October 2020.

[31] "Juan Miranda to return to Spain early". Schalke 04. 1 July 2020.

[32] "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). DFL.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 16 May 2020. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

[33] "2020/21 Schedule Release: Bundesliga fixture list overview". Bundesliga.com. 7 August 2020.

[34] "Home game against Hertha BSC postponed". Schalke 04. 16 April 2021.

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