# 1996–97 FC Schalke 04 season

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
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Andreas Müller |
| 8 | MF | GER | Ingo Anderbrügge |
| 9 | FW | NED | Youri Mulder |
| 10 | MF | GER | Olaf Thon |
| 11 | FW | GER | Martin Max |
| 12 | DF | NED | Marco van Hoogdalem |
| 14 | FW | USA | David Wagner |
| 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. 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 (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 | Teamvte | 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 |
| 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 | |
* ↑ 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.

### UEFA Cup
#### Final
## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | GER | Frank Schön | 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 | 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 | 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 2 3 4 Player transferred out during the season