# 2018–19 FC Schalke 04 season

The 2018–19 FC Schalke 04 season was the 115th season in the football club's history and 28th consecutive and 51st 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 were participating in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and the first-tier continental cup, the UEFA Champions League. This was the 18th season for Schalke in the Veltins-Arena, located in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The season covered a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 18 May 2019
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 | Ralf Fährmann (captain) |
| 2 | MF | USA | Weston McKennie |
| 3 | DF | MAR | Hamza Mendyl |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Matija Nastasić |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Omar Mascarell |
| 7 | FW | GER | Mark Uth |
| 8 | MF | GER | Suat Serdar |
| 10 | MF | ALG | Nabil Bentaleb |
| 11 | MF | UKR | Yevhen Konoplyanka |
| 13 | MF | GER | Sebastian Rudy |
| 14 | FW | WAL | Rabbi Matondo |
| 15 | FW | TUR | Ahmed Kutucu |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Benjamin Stambouli |
| 18 | MF | GER | Daniel Caligiuri |
| 19 | FW | AUT | Guido Burgstaller |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | GER | Sascha Riether |
| 22 | FW | GER | Steven Skrzybski |
| 23 | FW | GER | Cedric Teuchert |
| 24 | DF | GER | Bastian Oczipka |
| 25 | MF | MAR | Amine Harit |
| 26 | DF | SEN | Salif Sané |
| 27 | DF | NED | Jeffrey Bruma (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg) |
| 28 | MF | AUT | Alessandro Schöpf |
| 34 | GK | AUT | Michael Langer |
| 35 | GK | GER | Alexander Nübel |
| 36 | FW | SUI | Breel Embolo |
| 41 | MF | MAR | Nassim Boujellab |
| 42 | DF | GER | Jonas Carls |
| 44 | DF | AUS | George Timotheou |

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos | Player | From | Type | Window | Ends | Fee in € | Source |
| 41 | MF | Nassim Boujellab | Schalke 04 II | Promoted | Season (Matchday 28) | 2022 | — | |
| 14 | FW | Rabbi Matondo | Manchester City | Transfer | Winter | 2023 | 9,000,000 | |
| 27 | DF | Jeffrey Bruma | VfL Wolfsburg | Loan | Winter | 2019 | Free | |
| 15 | FW | Ahmed Kutucu | Schalke 04 U19 | Promoted | Winter | 2022 | — | |
| 13 | MF | Sebastian Rudy | Bayern Munich | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | 16,000,000 | |
| 8 | MF | Suat Serdar | Mainz 05 | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | 10,500,000 | |
| 6 | MF | Omar Mascarell | Real Madrid | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | 10,000,000 | |
| 26 | DF | Salif Sané | Hannover 96 | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | 7,000,000 | |
| 3 | DF | Hamza Mendyl | Lille OSC | Transfer | Summer | 2023 | 6,000,000 | |
| 22 | FW | Steven Skrzybski | Union Berlin | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | 3,200,000 | |
| 7 | FW | Mark Uth | 1899 Hoffenheim | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | Free | |
| 4 | DF | Benedikt Höwedes | Juventus | End of loan | Summer | 2020 | — | — |
| 16 | MF | Johannes Geis | Sevilla | End of loan | Summer | 2019 | — | — |
| 23 | DF | Coke | Levante | End of loan | Summer | 2019 | — | — |
| 33 | FW | Donis Avdijaj | Roda JC Kerkrade | End of loan | Summer | 2019 | — | — |
| 30 | FW | Haji Wright | SV Sandhausen | End of loan | Summer | 2020 | — | — |
| 21 | DF | Luke Hemmerich | VfL Bochum | End of loan | Summer | 2020 | — | — |
| 16 | FW | Fabian Reese | Greuther Fürth | End of loan | Summer | 2020 | — | — |

#### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | To | Type | Window | Fee in € | Source |
| 29 | DF | Naldo | AS Monaco | Transfer | Winter | 2,000,000 | |
| 9 | FW | Franco Di Santo | Rayo Vallecano | Transfer | Winter | Free | |
| 16 | MF | Johannes Geis | 1. FC Köln | Transfer | Winter | Free | |
| 14 | DF | Abdul Rahman Baba | Chelsea | End of loan | Winter | — | |
| 20 | DF | Thilo Kehrer | Paris Saint-Germain | Transfer | Summer | 37,000,000 | |
| 4 | DF | Benedikt Höwedes | Lokomotiv Moscow | Transfer | Summer | 5,000,000 | |
| 23 | DF | Coke | Levante | Transfer | Summer | 1,500,000 | |
| 32 | MF | Bernard Tekpetey | SC Paderborn | Transfer | Summer | 150,000 | |
| 8 | MF | Leon Goretzka | Bayern Munich | Transfer | Summer | Free | |
| 7 | MF | Max Meyer | Crystal Palace | Transfer | Summer | Free | |
| 33 | FW | Donis Avdijaj | Willem II | Transfer | Summer | Free | |
| 21 | DF | Luke Hemmerich | Erzgebirge Aue | Transfer | Summer | Free | |
| — | DF | Joshua Bitter | Werder Bremen II | Transfer | Summer | Free | |
| — | FW | Felix Schröter | FV Illertissen | Transfer | Summer | Free | |
| 3 | DF | Pablo Insua | Huesca | Loan | Summer | Free | |
| 16 | FW | Fabian Reese | Greuther Fürth | Loan | Summer | Free | |
| 22 | FW | Marko Pjaca | Juventus | End of loan | Summer | — | — |

## Club
### Kit

Supplier: Umbro / Sponsor: Gazprom
| Home | Home alt | Away | Away alt. | Third | Third Alt. | Fourth |

## Friendly matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bundesliga | 25 August 2018 | 18 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | 14th | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 37 | 55 | −18 | 023.53 |
| DFB-Pokal | 17 August 2018 | 3 April 2019 | First round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Champions League | 18 September 2018 | 12 March 2019 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 037.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 52 | 73 | −21 | 028.26 |
Last updated: 25 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 43 | |
| 13 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 46 | 61 | −15 | 36 | |
| 14 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 37 | 55 | −18 | 33 | |
| 15 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 51 | 71 | −20 | 32 | |
| 16 | VfB Stuttgart (R) | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 32 | 70 | −38 | 28 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 25 May 2019. Source: Bundesliga
| 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | D | D |
| Position | 11 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Porto | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Schalke 04 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Galatasaray | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 3 | |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16
## Statistics

    As of end of 2018–2019 season

### Squad statistics

| No | Nat | Player | Age | Contract ends | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League |
| No | Nat | Player | Age | Contract ends | A | St | | | | A | St | | | | A | St | | | | A | St | | | |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | | Ralf Fährmann (C) | 36 | 30.06.2022 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | | Michael Langer | 40 | 30.06.2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | | Alexander Nübel | 28 | 30.06.2020 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | | Hamza Mendyl | 27 | 30.06.2023 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | | Matija Nastasić | 31 | 30.06.2022 | 37 | 37 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | | Abdul Rahman Baba | 30 | – | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | | Benjamin Stambouli | 34 | 30.06.2020 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | | Sascha Riether | 41 | 30.06.2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | | Bastian Oczipka | 36 | 30.06.2020 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | | Salif Sané | 34 | 30.06.2022 | 40 | 39 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | | Jeffrey Bruma | 33 | 30.06.2019 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | | Naldo | 42 | – | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | | Jonas Carls | 27 | 30.06.2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | | George Timotheou | 27 | 30.06.2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | | Weston McKennie | 26 | 30.06.2022 | 33 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | | Omar Mascarell | 31 | 30.06.2022 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | | Suat Serdar | 27 | 30.06.2022 | 35 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | | Nabil Bentaleb | 30 | 30.06.2021 | 34 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | | Yevhen Konoplyanka | 35 | 30.06.2020 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | | Sebastian Rudy | 34 | 30.06.2022 | 28 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | | Johannes Geis | 31 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | | Daniel Caligiuri | 36 | 30.06.2020 | 40 | 39 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 31 | 31 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | | Amine Harit | 27 | 30.06.2021 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | | Alessandro Schöpf | 30 | 30.06.2021 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | | Benjamin Goller | 26 | 30.06.2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | | Nassim Boujellab | 25 | 30.06.2022 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | | Mark Uth | 33 | 30.06.2022 | 29 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | | Franco Di Santo | 35 | – | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | | Rabbi Matondo | 24 | 30.06.2023 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | | Ahmed Kutucu | 24 | 30.06.2022 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | | Guido Burgstaller | 35 | 30.06.2022 | 33 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | | Steven Skrzybski | 32 | 30.06.2021 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | | Cedric Teuchert | 27 | 30.06.2021 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | | Breel Embolo | 27 | 30.06.2021 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | | Haji Wright | 26 | 30.06.2020 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 46 | 51 | 97 | 5 | 34 | 34 | 37 | 71 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 0 |
Players in grey left the club during the season.

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Position | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | MF | | Nabil Bentaleb | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | MF | | Daniel Caligiuri | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | FW | | Breel Embolo | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | | Guido Burgstaller | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | DF | | Salif Sané | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | FW | | Mark Uth | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | FW | | Ahmed Kutucu | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | | Steven Skrzybski | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | | Weston McKennie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | | Alessandro Schöpf | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | | Suat Serdar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | | Amine Harit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | | Yevhen Konoplyanka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | | Matija Nastasić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | | Bastian Oczipka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | | Haji Wright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 7 | 8 | 52 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | Ralf Fährmann | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | Alexander Nübel | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |