# 2010–11 FC Schalke 04 season

The 2010–11 season of Schalke 04 began on 16 August 2010 with a DFB Pokal match against Aalen, and ended on 21 May 2011, the final of the DFB-Pokal, played against MSV Duisburg.

## Transfers
### Summer transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | GHA | Hans Sarpei (from Bayer Leverkusen) |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Sergio Escudero (from Real Murcia) |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Plestan (from Lille) |
| 6 | DF | GER | Tim Hoogland (from Mainz 05) |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Raúl (from Real Madrid) |
| 14 | DF | GRE | Kyriakos Papadopoulos (from Olympiacos) |
| 18 | MF | ESP | José Manuel Jurado (from Atlético Madrid) |
| 21 | DF | GER | Christoph Metzelder (from Real Madrid) |
| 22 | DF | JPN | Atsuto Uchida (from Kashima Antlers) |
| 25 | FW | NED | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (from Milan) |
| 26 | FW | SVK | Erik Jendrišek (from 1. FC Kaiserslautern) |
| 27 | MF | ROU | Ciprian Deac (from CFR Cluj) |
| 36 | GK | GER | Lars Unnerstall (from Schalke 04 II) |
| 38 | FW | GER | Marvin Pourie (loan return from TuS Koblenz) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | GER | Heiko Westermann (to Hamburger SV) |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Tore Reginiussen (on loan to Lecce) |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Marcelo Bordon (to Al Rayyan) |
| 7 | MF | GER | Lewis Holtby (on loan to Mainz 05, previously on loan at VfL Bochum) |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Mineiro (released) |
| 14 | FW | GER | Gerald Asamoah (to St. Pauli) |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Zé Roberto (to Vasco da Gama) |
| 16 | MF | CZE | Jan Morávek (on loan to 1. FC Kaiserslautern) |
| 18 | DF | BRA | Rafinha (to Genoa) |
| 21 | MF | URU | Carlos Grossmüller (released, previously on loan at Danubio) |
| 22 | FW | GER | Kevin Kurányi (to Dynamo Moscow) |
| 23 | MF | TUR | Emin Yalin (Göztepe) |
| 25 | DF | PER | Carlos Zambrano (on loan to FC St. Pauli) |
| 27 | FW | URU | Vicente Sánchez (to América) |
| 35 | GK | GER | Mohamed Amsif (to FC Augsburg) |

### Winter transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | MF | IRN | Ali Karimi (from Steel Azin) |
| 15 | FW | GRE | Angelos Charisteas (from Arles-Avignon) |
| 23 | DF | BRA | Danilo Avelar (on loan from Karpaty Lviv) |
| 31 | MF | GER | Julian Draxler (from Schalke 04 U-19) |
| 40 | MF | GHA | Anthony Annan (from Rosenborg) |
| 43 | DF | NOR | Tore Reginiussen (loan return from Lecce) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | MF | CRO | Ivan Rakitić (to Sevilla) |
| 23 | MF | USA | Jermaine Jones (on loan to Blackburn Rovers) |
| 26 | FW | SVK | Erik Jendrišek (to SC Freiburg) |
| 34 | FW | MKD | Besart Ibraimi (to Sevastopol) |
| 40 | MF | SRB | Predrag Stevanović (to Werder Bremen) |
| 43 | DF | NOR | Tore Reginiussen (on loan to Tromsø) |
| — | DF | GER | Bahadir Incilli (to Fortuna Düsseldorf II) |
| — | MF | CAN | Massih Wassey (to Fortuna Düsseldorf II) |

## Goals and appearances

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | GER | Manuel Neuer | 52 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | GHA | Hans Sarpei | 17 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Sergio Escudero | 12 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Benedikt Höwedes | 46 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Plestan | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | GER | Tim Hoogland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | GER | Lukas Schmitz | 36 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | GRE | Kyriakos Papadopoulos | 30 | 0 | 10+8 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | GER | Christoph Metzelder | 47 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | JPN | Atsuto Uchida | 42 | 0 | 24+2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | BRA | Danilo Avelar | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | GER | Christian Pander | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | CMR | Joël Matip | 41 | 1 | 14+12 | 0 | 6+5 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | GER | Frank Fahrenhorst | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | GER | Marvin Pachan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | NOR | Tore Reginiussen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | CRO | Ivan Rakitić | 25 | 2 | 14+2 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | IRN | Ali Karimi | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | GER | Alexander Baumjohann | 13 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | GER | Peer Kluge | 34 | 1 | 18+4 | 1 | 5+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | José Manuel Jurado | 44 | 8 | 21+7 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 4+1 | 2 |
| 20 | MF | GRE | Vasileios Pliatsikas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | USA | Jermaine Jones | 16 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ROU | Ciprian Deac | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | GER | Christoph Moritz | 17 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | GEO | Levan Kenia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | GER | Julian Draxler | 24 | 3 | 3+12 | 1 | 1+5 | 0 | 1+2 | 2 |
| 40 | MF | GHA | Anthony Annan | 10 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | GER | Danny Latza | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Raúl | 50 | 19 | 34 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | CHN | Hao Junmin | 10 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Edu | 39 | 5 | 15+13 | 3 | 3+5 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | GRE | Angelos Charisteas | 5 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | PER | Jefferson Farfán | 44 | 10 | 26+2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| 19 | FW | SUI | Mario Gavranović | 10 | 2 | 4+4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | FW | NED | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | 35 | 13 | 22+2 | 8 | 7+1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 26 | FW | SVK | Erik Jendrišek | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | GER | Marco Quotschalla | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Last Updated: 21 May 2011

## Competitions
### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 60 | 59 | +1 | 42 | |
| 13 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 47 | 61 | −14 | 41 | |
| 14 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 40 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 15 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 38 | |
| 16 | Borussia Mönchengladbach (O) | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 48 | 65 | −17 | 36 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
* ↑ Schalke 04 as winners of the 2010–11 DFB-Pokal qualified for the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss
Note: Results are given with Schalke 04 score listed first.
| Game | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result F–A | Attendance | Schalke Goalscorers |
| 1 | 21 August 2010 | A | Hamburger SV | 1–2 | 57,000 | Farfán 80' |
| 2 | 28 August 2010 | H | Hannover 96 | 1–2 | 61,226 | Jones 82' |
| 3 | 10 September 2010 | A | 1899 Hoffenheim | 0–2 | 30,150 | |
| 4 | 17 September 2010 | H | Borussia Dortmund | 1–3 | 60,069 | Huntelaar 89' |
| 5 | 22 September 2010 | A | SC Freiburg | 2–1 | 24,000 | Rakitić 9', Huntelaar 87' |
| 6 | 25 September 2010 | H | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–2 | 61,000 | Huntelaar 51', Raúl 87' |
| 7 | 2 October 2010 | A | 1. FC Nürnberg | 1–2 | 48,548 | Huntelaar 74' |
| 8 | 16 October 2010 | H | VfB Stuttgart | 2–2 | 60,000 | Edu 29', Huntelaar 80' (pen.) |
| 9 | 23 October 2010 | A | Eintracht Frankfurt | 0–0 | 50,000 | |
| 10 | 30 October 2010 | H | Bayer Leverkusen | 0–1 | 61,673 | |
| 11 | 5 November 2010 | H | FC St. Pauli | 3–0 | 61,673 | Raúl 14', 81', Huntelaar 53' |
| 12 | 13 November 2010 | A | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–2 | 30,000 | Edu 39', Huntelaar 75' |
| 13 | 20 November 2010 | H | Werder Bremen | 4–0 | 61,673 | Metzelder 22', Raúl 45+2', 56', 71' |
| 14 | 27 November 2010 | A | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 0–5 | 49,474 | |
| 15 | 4 December 2010 | H | Bayern Munich | 2–0 | 61,673 | Jurado 58', Höwedes 67' |
| 16 | 12 December 2010 | A | Mainz 05 | 1–0 | 20,300 | Farfán 30' |
| 17 | 18 December 2010 | H | 1. FC Köln | 3–0 | 61,000 | Raúl 30', 50', 87' |
| 18 | 15 January 2011 | H | Hamburger SV | 0–1 | 61,673 | |
| 19 | 22 January 2011 | A | Hannover 96 | 1–0 | 49,000 | Raúl 33' |
| 20 | 29 January 2011 | H | 1899 Hoffenheim | 0–1 | 60,569 | |
| 21 | 4 February 2011 | A | Borussia Dortmund | 0–0 | 80,720 | |
| 22 | 12 February 2011 | H | SC Freiburg | 1–0 | 60,439 | Farfán 49' |
| 23 | 20 February 2011 | A | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–2 | 51,592 | Kluge 2' |
| 24 | 26 February 2011 | H | 1. FC Nürnberg | 1–1 | 61,000 | Raúl 52' |
| 25 | 5 March 2011 | A | VfB Stuttgart | 0–1 | 40,000 | |
| 26 | 12 March 2011 | H | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–1 | 61,673 | Jurado 45+1' (pen.), Charisteas 84' |
| 27 | 20 March 2011 | A | Bayer Leverkusen | 0–2 | 30,210 | |
| 28 | 1 April 2011 | A | FC St. Pauli | 2–0 | 24,487 | Raúl 26', Draxler 66' |
| 29 | 9 April 2011 | H | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–0 | 61,673 | Jurado 76' |
| 30 | 16 April 2011 | A | Werder Bremen | 1–1 | 40,500 | Edu 63' |
| 31 | 23 April 2011 | H | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 0–1 | 61,673 | |
| 32 | 30 April 2011 | A | Bayern Munich | 1–4 | 69,000 | Badstuber 7' (o.g.) |
| 33 | 7 May 2011 | H | Mainz 05 | 1–3 | 61,673 | Huntelaar 47' |
| 34 | 14 May 2011 | A | 1. FC Köln | 1–2 | 50,000 | Raúl 87' |

##### Notes

^1 The match on 1 April against St. Pauli was suspended in the 87th minute after an assistant referee was hit by a beer cup thrown from the stands with the score at 2–0 for Schalke. The DFB Sports Court awarded the match to Schalke maintaining the 2–0 scoreline as well as the goalscorers and disciplinary records.

### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SCH | LYO | BEN | HTA |
| 1 | Schalke 04 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Lyon | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| 3 | Benfica | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–2 | 4–3 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 5 | | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | — |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss
Note: Results are given with FC Schalke 04 score listed first.
| Game | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result F–A | Attendance | Schalke 04 Goalscorers |
| 1 | 14 September 2010 | A | Olympique Lyonnais | 0–1 | 35,552 | |
| 2 | 29 September 2010 | H | Benfica | 2–0 | 50,436 | Farfán 73', Huntelaar 85' |
| 3 | 20 October 2010 | H | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 3–1 | 50,900 | Raúl 3', 58', Jurado 68' |
| 4 | 2 November 2010 | A | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0–0 | 13,094 | |
| 5 | 24 November 2010 | H | Olympique Lyonnais | 3–0 | 51,132 | Farfán 13', Huntelaar 20', 89' |
| 6 | 7 December 2010 | A | Benfica | 2–1 | 23,348 | Jurado 19', Höwedes 81' |
| R16 | 15 February 2011 | A | Valencia | 1–1 | 42,000 | Raúl 64' |
| R16 | 9 March 2011 | H | Valencia | 3–1 | 53,517 | Farfán 40', 90+4', Gavranović 52' |
| QF | 6 April 2011 | A | Internazionale | 5–2 | 80,000 | Matip 17', Edu 40', 75', Raúl 53', Ranocchia 57' (o.g.) |
| QF | 13 April 2011 | H | Internazionale | 2–1 | 53,517 | Raúl 45', Höwedes 81' |
| SF | 26 April 2011 | H | Manchester United | 0–2 | 54,142 | |
| SF | 4 May 2011 | A | Manchester United | 1–4 | 74,678 | Jurado 35' |

### DFB-Pokal
#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss
Note: Results are given with FC Schalke 04 score listed first.
| Game | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result F–A | Attendance | Schalke 04 Goalscorers |
| 1 | 16 August 2010 | A | VfR Aalen | 2–1 | 13,452 | Farfán 42', 47' |
| 2 | 26 October 2010 | A | FSV Frankfurt | 1–0 | 10,470 | Jurado 12' |
| 3 | 21 December 2010 | A | FC Augsburg | 1–0 | 30,660 | Farfán 84' |
| QF | 25 January 2011 | H | 1. FC Nürnberg | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | 49,191 | Gavranović 14', Rakitić 58', Draxler 119' |
| SF | 2 March 2011 | A | Bayern Munich | 1–0 | 69,000 | Raúl 15' |
| F | 21 May 2011 | N | MSV Duisburg | 5–0 | 75,708 | Draxler 18', Huntelaar 22', 70', Höwedes 42', Jurado 55' |

#### Final
## Kits

| Home | Home Alternate | Away | Third | Cup Final |
| Type | Shirt | Shorts | Socks | First appearance / Info |
| Home | Blue | White | Blue / White | |
| Home Alt. | Blue | Blue | Blue / White | Bundesliga, Match 19, January 22 against Hannover |
| Away | Marine | Marine | Marine | |
| Third | White | White | White | |
| Cup Final | Ultrabeauty | Navy | Navy | 2011 DFB-Pokal Final → 2011–12 Third Kit |