# 2011–12 FC Schalke 04 season

The 2011–12 season was the 108th season in Schalke 04's history. The team competed in the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Europa League. The team's top scorer was Klaas-Jan Huntelaar with 29 goals in the Bundesliga and 48 in total.

## Competitions
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Borussia Dortmund (C) | 34 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 80 | 25 | +55 | 81 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Bayern Munich | 34 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 77 | 22 | +55 | 73 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 74 | 44 | +30 | 64 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 49 | 24 | +25 | 60 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 52 | 44 | +8 | 54 | Qualification to Europa League group stage |
* ↑ The 2011–12 DFB-Pokal champions (Borussia Dortmund) and runners-up (Bayern Munich) qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, thus the three Europa League places were distributed through league positions.

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Play-off round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Schalke 04 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Steaua București | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Maccabi Haifa | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 6 | |
| 4 | AEK Larnaca | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 5 | |

#### Knockout phase
##### Quarter-finals
## Player information
### Roster and statistics

As of 10 December 2011
Squad Season 2011-12 Sources: :
| Player | Player | Player | Player | Player | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Europa League | Europa League | Totals | Totals |
| Player | Nat. | Birthday | at Schalke 04 since | Previous club | Matches | Goals | Matches | Goal | Matches | Goals | Matches | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||
| Ralf Fährmann | | 27 September 1988 | 2011 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Timo Hildebrand | | 5 April 1979 | 2011 | Sporting CP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mathias Schober | | 8 April 1976 | 2007 | Hansa Rostock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lars Unnerstall | | 20 July 1990 | 2008 | Preußen Münster | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||||
| Sergio Escudero | | 2 September 1989 | 2010 | Real Murcia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Christian Fuchs | | 20 July 1986 | 2011 | Mainz 05 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 4 |
| Tim Hoogland | | 11 June 1985 | 2010 | Mainz 05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Benedikt Höwedes | | 29 February 1988 | 2001 | SG Herten-Langenbochum | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| Christoph Metzelder | | 5 November 1980 | 2010 | Real Madrid | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Kyriakos Papadopoulos | | 23 February 1992 | 2010 | Olympiacos | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 3 |
| Hans Sarpei | | 28 June 1976 | 2010 | Bayer Leverkusen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Atsuto Uchida | | 27 March 1988 | 2010 | Kashima Antlers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||
| Alexander Baumjohann | | 23 January 1987 | 2010 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Julian Draxler | | 20 September 1993 | 2001 | SSV Buer 07/28 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 2 |
| Marco Höger | | 16 September 1989 | 2011 | Alemannia Aachen | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Lewis Holtby | | 18 September 1990 | 2011 | Mainz 05 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 6 |
| Jermaine Jones | | 3 November 1981 | 2011 | Blackburn Rovers | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| José Manuel Jurado | | 3 November 1981 | 2010 | Atlético Madrid | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Levan Kenia | | 18 October 1990 | 2008 | Lokomotivi Tbilisi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peer Kluge | | 22 November 1980 | 2010 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Joël Matip | | 8 August 1991 | 2000 | VfL Bochum | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 3 |
| Jan Morávek | | 1 November 1989 | 2011 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Christoph Moritz | | 27 January 1990 | 2011 | Alemannia Aachen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||||
| Jefferson Farfán | | 26 October 1984 | 2008 | PSV | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
| Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | | 12 August 1983 | 2010 | Milan | 15 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 25 |
| Ciprian Marica | | 2 October 1985 | 2011 | VfB Stuttgart | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 1 |
| Chinedu Obasi | | 1 June 1986 | 2012 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Teemu Pukki | | 29 March 1990 | 2011 | HJK | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 |
| Raúl | | 27 June 1977 | 2010 | Real Madrid | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 10 |
| Andreas Wiegel | | 21 July 1991 | 2006 | SC Paderborn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
* 1.^ Teemu Pukki played four matches and scored two goals in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and played two matches and scored three goals in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League for HJK.

### Transfers
#### In

| Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| GK | Ralf Fährmann | 22 | EU | Eintracht Frankfurt | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Free |
| DF | Christian Fuchs | 24 | EU | Mainz 05 | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Undisclosed |
| MF | Marco Höger | 21 | EU | Alemannia Aachen | Transfer | Summer | 2014 | Undisclosed |
| FW | Andreas Wiegel | 19 | EU | Youth system | Contract | Summer | 2013 | Free |
| FW | Teemu Pukki | 21 | EU | HJK | | Summer | 2014 | |
| GK | Timo Hildebrand | 32 | EU | Free agent | S | Summer | 2012 | Free |

#### Out

| Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| GK | Manuel Neuer | 25 | EU | Bayern Munich | Transfer | Summer | |
| DF | Christian Pander | 27 | EU | Hannover 96 | Free Agent | Summer | Free |
| DF | Tore Reginiussen | 25 | Non-EU | OB | Transfer | Summer | |
| DF | Lukas Schmitz | 22 | EU | Werder Bremen | Transfer | Summer | |
| FW | Marvin Pourie | 20 | EU | Silkeborg IF | Transfer | Summer | |
| DF | Nicolas Plestan | 30 | EU | | Released | Summer | Free |
| FW | Gerald Asamoah | 32 | EU | | Contract terminated | Summer | Free |
| FW | Hao Junmin | 24 | Non-EU | Shandong Luneng Taishan | Transfer | Summer | |
| FW | Mario Gavranović | 21 | Non-EU | Mainz 05 | Transfer | Summer | |

## Coaching staff

- Felix Magath (Head Coach)

## Kits

| Home | Home Alternate | Home Alt. 2 | Home Alt. 3 | Home Alt. 4 |
| Away | Away Alternate | Third | Third Alternate |
| Type | Shirt | Shorts | Socks | First appearance / Info |
| Home | Blue | White | Blue / White | |
| Home Alt. | Blue | Blue | Blue / White | Bundesliga, Match 3, August 21 against Mainz 05 |
| Home Alt. 2 | Blue | Blue | White | Bundesliga, Match 8, October 2 against Hamburger SV |
| Home Alt. 3 | Blue | White | Blue | Bundesliga, Match 12, November 6 against Hannover 96 |
| Home Alt. 4 | Blue | Blue | Blue | Bundesliga, Match 32, April 22 against FC Augsburg |
| Away | White | White | White | |
| Away Alt. | White | Blue | White | Bundesliga, Match 5, September 11 against VfL Wolfsburg |
| Third | Ultrabeauty | Navy | Navy | |
| Third Alt. | Ultrabeauty | Ultrabeauty | Ultrabeauty | UEFA EL, Play-off, August 15 against HJK |

## Sources

* ↑ "Twente vs. Schalke 04 - 8 March 2012". Soccerway. 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
* ↑ "1. Bundesliga - FC Schalke 04". Kicker. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
* ↑ "Europa League - FC Schalke 04". Kicker. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
* ↑ "Huntelaar dirigiert das Schalker Scheibenschießen". Kicker. 31 July 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
* ↑ "Huntelaar erlöst harmlose Schalker". Kicker. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
* ↑ "Ralf Fährmann returns to Schalke on four-year-deal". Schalke 04. 2 June 2011. Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
* ↑ "Christian Fuchs agrees four-year deal". Schalke 04. 6 June 2011. Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
* ↑ "Marco Höger signs for Schalke 04". Schalke 04. 9 June 2011. Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
* ↑ "Andreas Wiegel signs professional terms". Schalke 04. 25 June 2011. Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
* ↑ "Schalke sign Teemu Pukki from HJK Helsinki". Schalke 04. 1 September 2014. Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
* ↑ "Timo Hildebrand signs for Schalke 04". Schalke 04. 22 October 2011. Archived from the original on 24 October 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
* ↑ "Hängepartie beendet: Fünf Jahre für Neuer!". Kicker (in German). 1 June 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
* ↑ "With a heavy heart: Schalke release Pander". Schalke 04. 16 June 2011. Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
* ↑ "Reginiussen joins Odense BK". Schalke 04. 16 June 2011. Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
* ↑ "Schmitz makes Bremen switch". Schalke 04. 17 June 2011. Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
* ↑ "Pourie departs for Silkeborg". Schalke 04. 22 June 2011. Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
* ↑ "Schalke and Plestan agree to part company". Schalke 04. 25 June 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
* ↑ "Gerald Asamoah terminates his contract". Schalke 04. 25 June 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
* ↑ "Hao departs for China". Schalke 04. 8 July 2011. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
* ↑ "Mario Gavranovic joins Mainz 05 on loan". Schalke 04. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
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