# 2014–15 FC Schalke 04 season

The 2014–15 FC Schalke 04 season was the 111th season in the club's football history. In 2014–15 the club plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It is the club's 23rd consecutive season in the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1991.

## Background
### Background information

Schalke 04 finished third in the previous season, meaning that they will automatically qualify for the Group Stage of the UEFA Champions League.

### Transfers information

The transfer window started very early for Schalke 04 when they announced the signing of 23-year-old goalkeeper Fabian Giefer on a pre-contract from Fortuna Düsseldorf, who currently play in the 2. Bundesliga. This was the first signing of the new season and Giefer joined up with the squad officially on 1 July 2014.

#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer Window | Contract ends | Transfer fee | Sources |
| 31 | DF | Matija Nastasić | 21 | Yes | Manchester City | Loan | Winter | 2015 | Free | |
| 28 | GK | Christian Wetklo | 34 | Yes | Darmstadt 98 | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Free | |
| 13 | FW | Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting | 25 | Yes | Mainz 05 | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Free | |
| 34 | GK | Fabian Giefer | 24 | Yes | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Free | |
| 15 | DF | Dennis Aogo | 27 | Yes | Hamburger SV | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | €1,900,000 | |
| 18 | MF | Sidney Sam | 26 | Yes | Bayer Leverkusen | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | €2,500,000 | |
| 40 | GK | Timon Wellenreuther | 18 | Yes | Youth system | Promoted | Summer | 2017 | — | |
| 37 | MF | Pascal Itter | 19 | Yes | Youth system | Promoted | Summer | 2017 | — | |
| 2 | DF | Marvin Friedrich | 18 | Yes | Youth system | Promoted | Summer | 2017 | — | |
| 29 | FW | Donis Avdijaj | 17 | Yes | Youth system | Promoted | Summer | 2019 | — | |
| 29 | FW | Philipp Hofmann | 21 | Yes | FC Ingolstadt | End of loan | Summer | 2016 | — | |
| 36 | GK | Lars Unnerstall | 23 | Yes | FC Aarau | End of loan | Summer | 2015 | — | — |
| 27 | MF | Tranquillo Barnetta | 29 | Yes | Eintracht Frankfurt | End of loan | Summer | 2015 | — | — |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee | Sources |
| 5 | DF | Felipe Santana | 28 | No | Olympiacos | Loan | Winter | Free | |
| 30 | MF | René Klingenburg | 21 | Yes | Viktoria Köln | Transfer | Winter | Free | |
| 29 | FW | Donis Avdijaj | 18 | Yes | Sturm Graz | Loan | Winter | Free | |
| 11 | MF | Christian Clemens | 23 | Yes | Mainz 05 | Loan | Winter | €400,000 | |
| 34 | GK | Timo Hildebrand | 35 | Yes | Eintracht Frankfurt | Transfer | Summer | Free | |
| 40 | MF | Anthony Annan | 28 | No | HJK | Transfer | Summer | Free | |
| 14 | DF | Kyriakos Papadopoulos | 22 | Yes | Bayer Leverkusen | Loan | Summer | €1,000,000 | |
| 28 | FW | Ádám Szalai | 26 | Yes | 1899 Hoffenheim | Transfer | Summer | €6,000,000 | |
| 2 | DF | Tim Hoogland | 29 | Yes | Fulham | Transfer | Summer | Free | |
| 29 | FW | Philipp Hofmann | 21 | Yes | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Transfer | Summer | €1,000,000 | |
| 36 | GK | Lars Unnerstall | 23 | Yes | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Transfer | Summer | €200,000 | |
| 15 | DF | Dennis Aogo | 27 | Yes | Hamburger SV | End of loan | Summer | — | — |

## Player information
### Squad

Squad Season 2014–15 :
| No. | Player | Age | Birthplace | Previous club |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Ralf Fährmann | 26 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| 28 | Christian Wetklo | 35 | Marl | Darmstadt 98 |
| 34 | Fabian Giefer | 25 | Adenau | Fortuna Düsseldorf |
| 40 | Timon Wellenreuther | 19 | Karlsruhe | Schalke 04 Youth system |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Marvin Friedrich | 19 | Kassel | Schalke 04 Youth system |
| 4 | Benedikt Höwedes (C) | 27 | Haltern | Schalke 04 Youth system |
| 5 | Felipe Santana | 29 | Rio Claro, São Paulo | Borussia Dortmund |
| 6 | Sead Kolašinac | 21 | Karlsruhe | Schalke 04 Youth system |
| 15 | Dennis Aogo | 28 | Karlsruhe | Hamburger SV |
| 22 | Atsuto Uchida | 27 | Kannami, Shizuoka | Kashima Antlers |
| 23 | Christian Fuchs | 29 | Neunkirchen | Mainz 05 |
| 24 | Kaan Ayhan | 20 | Gelsenkirchen | Schalke 04 Youth system |
| 31 | Matija Nastasić | 22 | Valjevo | Manchester City |
| 32 | Joël Matip | 23 | Bochum | Schalke 04 Youth system |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 3 | Jan Kirchhoff | 24 | Frankfurt | Bayern Munich |
| 7 | Max Meyer | 19 | Oberhausen | Schalke 04 Youth system |
| 8 | Leon Goretzka | 20 | Bochum | VfL Bochum |
| 9 | Kevin-Prince Boateng | 28 | Berlin | Milan |
| 10 | Julian Draxler | 21 | Gladbeck | Schalke 04 Youth system |
| 11 | Christian Clemens | 23 | Cologne | 1. FC Köln |
| 12 | Marco Höger | 25 | Cologne | Alemannia Aachen |
| 17 | Jefferson Farfán | 30 | Lima | PSV |
| 18 | Sidney Sam | 27 | Kiel | Bayer Leverkusen |
| 19 | Leroy Sané | 19 | Essen | Schalke 04 Youth system |
| 27 | Tranquillo Barnetta | 30 | St. Gallen | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| 30 | René Klingenburg | 21 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | Schalke 04 Youth system |
| 33 | Roman Neustädter | 27 | Dnipropetrovsk | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| 37 | Pascal Itter | 20 | Schwalmstadt | Schalke 04 Youth system |
| Forwards |||||||
| 13 | Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting | 26 | Hamburg | Mainz 05 |
| 20 | Chinedu Obasi | 28 | Enugu | 1899 Hoffenheim |
| 25 | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | 31 | Voor-Drempt | Milan |
| 29 | Donis Avdijaj | 18 | Osnabrück | Schalke 04 Youth system |
| 36 | Felix Platte | 19 | Höxter | Schalke 04 Youth system |
| Last updated: 14 February 2015 |||||||

## Friendlies

| Date | Kickoff | Stadium | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Source |
| Date | Kickoff | Stadium | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Schalke 04 | Opponent | Source |
| Pre-season friendlies ||||||||||
| 5 July 2014 | 15:00 | Lohrheidestadion | Wattenscheid | DJK TuS Hordel | 5–0 | 2,000 | Sam 12' Höger 20' Avdijaj 43' Obasi 55' (pen.) Borgmann 77' | — | |
| 10 July 2014 | 19:00 | Stadion Große Wiese | Arnsberg | HSK-Auswahl | 7–0 | 3,000 | Meyer 2', 55' Obasi 20' Höger 24', 34' Avdijaj 65', 75' | — | |
| 19 July 2014 | 18:00 | DKB-Arena | Rostock | Hansa Rostock | 3–0 | 12,500 | Sam 69' Kirchhoff 72' Hodja 74' | — | |
| 23 July 2014 | 18:00 | Joseph-März-Stadion | Rosenheim | SB/DJK Rosenheim | 11–1 | 2,300 | Obasi 2' Choupo-Moting 8', 26' Barnetta 10', 32' Höger 24', 28' Kolašinac 36' Meyer 59', 60' Avdijaj 84' | Aykac 25' | |
| 29 July 2014 | 18:00 | Kufstein-Arena | Kufstein | Stoke City | 2–1 | 4,000 | Matip 58' Barnetta 86' | Bojan 55' | |
| 5 August 2014 | 19:00 | rewirpowerSTADION | Bochum | VfL Bochum | 1–1 | 6,764 | Aogo 89' | Gregoritsch 61' | |
| 9 August 2014 | 18:30 (LT 17:30) | White Hart Lane | London | Tottenham Hotspur | 1–2 | 36,000 | Boateng 80' | Adebayor 29' Soldado 66' | |
| 4 September 2014 | 18:30 | Stadion am Haarwasen | Haiger | Veltins-Auswahl | 6–0 | 4,000 | Obasi 47', 55' Barnetta 50' Neustädter 56' Boateng 57' Kehrer 89' | — | |
| Mid-season-break friendlies ||||||||||
| 10 January 2015 | 15:30 (LT 17:30) | Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium | Doha | Ajax | 0–2 | 300 | — | Milik 64' El Ghazi 90+3' | |
| 15 January 2015 | 14:00 (LT 16:00) | Aspire Academy, Place 4 | Doha | Al-Merrikh SC | 2–2 | 300 | Huntelaar 60' Sané 72' | Gabir 57' (pen.) Mohamed 88' | |
| 24 January 2015 | 15:30 | Ernst Happel Stadium | Vienna | Rapid Wien | 1–2 | 9.700 | Fuchs 27' | Schobesberger 48' Alar 82' | |

## 2014 Schalke 04 Cup

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
| 1 | Málaga | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Champion |
| 2 | Newcastle United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | West Ham United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Schalke 04 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | |
| Date | Kickoff | Stadium | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Source |
| Date | Kickoff | Stadium | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | FC Schalke 04 | Opponent | Source |
| 2 August 2014 | 17:45 | Veltins-Arena | Gelsenkirchen | West Ham United | 6–7 (a.p.s.o.) | 15,704 | Neustädter Meyer Papadopoulos Felipe Santana Aogo Itter Sobottka Borgmann | Nolan Collins Vaz Tê Lee Poyet O'Brien Potts Lletget | |
| 3 August 2014 | 17:45 | Veltins-Arena | Gelsenkirchen | Newcastle United | 1–3 | 20,000 | Avdijaj 90' | Rivière 18' Aarons 54' Cabella 72' | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 62 | 37 | +25 | 61 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 8 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 44 | |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2014–15 DFB-Pokal, VfL Wolfsburg, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Schalke 04; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, Borussia Dortmund.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 23 May 2015. Source: Matches

#### Matches

| Matchday | Date | Kickoff | Stadium | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Table | Table | Source |
| Matchday | Date | Kickoff | Stadium | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Schalke 04 | Opponent | Pos. | Pts. | Source |
| 1 | 23 August 2014 | 15:30 | A | Hannover 96 | 1–2 | 49.000 | Huntelaar 47' | Prib 67' Joselu 70' | 14 | 0 | |
| 2 | 30 August 2014 | 18:30 | H | Bayern Munich | 1–1 | 61.973 | Höwedes 62' | Lewandowski 10' | 13 | 1 | |
| 3 | 13 September 2014 | 18:30 | A | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–4 | 54.010 | Choupo-Moting 52' (pen.) | Hahn 17', 50' Kruse 56' Raffael 79' | 16 | 1 | |
| 4 | 20 September 2014 | 15:30 | H | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–2 | 61.798 | Choupo-Moting 40' (pen.) Draxler 50' | Meier 15' Russ 24' | 16 | 2 | |
| 5 | 23 September 2014 | 20:00 | A | Werder Bremen | 3–0 | 40.139 | Meyer 48' Neustädter 51' Barnetta 85' | — | 13 | 5 | |
| 6 | 27 September 2014 | 15:30 | H | Borussia Dortmund | 2–1 | 61.000 | Matip 10' Choupo-Moting 23' | Aubameyang 26' | 10 | 8 | |
| 7 | 4 October 2014 | 15:30 | A | 1899 Hoffenheim | 1–2 | 30.000 | Huntelaar 83' | Elyounoussi 13' Szalai 29' | 11 | 8 | |
| 8 | 18 October 2014 | 18:30 | H | Hertha BSC | 2–0 | 61.973 | Huntelaar 19' Draxler 65' | — | 9 | 11 | |
| 9 | 25 October 2014 | 18:30 | A | Bayer Leverkusen | 0–1 | 30.210 | — | Çalhanoğlu 53' | 12 | 11 | |
| 10 | 31 October 2014 | 20:30 | H | FC Augsburg | 1–0 | 60.954 | Huntelaar 37' | — | 8 | 14 | |
| 11 | 8 November 2014 | 15:30 | A | SC Freiburg | 0–2 | 24.000 | — | Günter 22' Schmid 68' | 11 | 14 | |
| 12 | 22 November 2014 | 15:30 | H | VfL Wolfsburg | 3–2 | 60.989 | Choupo-Moting 10', 22' Fuchs 25' | Olić 37' Bendtner 74' | 7 | 17 | |
| 13 | 29 November 2014 | 15:30 | H | Mainz 05 | 4–1 | 60.904 | Huntelaar 9', 25', 61' Barnetta 54' | Okazaki 44' | 6 | 20 | |
| 14 | 6 December 2014 | 15:30 | A | VfB Stuttgart | 4–0 | 44.700 | Choupo-Moting 1', 21', 61' Meyer 10' | — | 4 | 23 | |
| 15 | 13 December 2014 | 15:30 | H | 1. FC Köln | 1–2 | 61.516 | Sané 85' | Ujah 47' Lehmann 67' (pen.) | 6 | 23 | |
| 16 | 17 December 2014 | 20:00 | A | SC Paderborn | 2–1 | 15.000 | Choupo-Moting 44' Neustädter 78' | Ayhan 31' (o.g.) | 5 | 26 | |
| 17 | 20 December 2014 | 15:30 | H | Hamburger SV | 0–0 | 61.973 | — | — | 5 | 27 | |
| 18 | 31 January 2015 | 15:30 | H | Hannover 96 | 1–0 | 61.646 | Höger 32' | — | 4 | 30 | |
| 19 | 3 February 2015 | 20:00 | A | Bayern Munich | 1–1 | 75.000 | Höwedes 72' | Robben 67' | 6 | 31 | |
| 20 | 6 February 2015 | 20:40 | H | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–0 | 61.973 | Barnetta 11' | — | 3 | 34 | |
| 21 | 14 February 2015 | 18:30 | A | Eintracht Frankfurt | 0–1 | 50.400 | — | Piazon 65' | 4 | 34 | |
| 22 | 21 February 2015 | 15:30 | H | Werder Bremen | 1–1 | 61.973 | Meyer 61' | Prödl 90+2' | 4 | 35 | |
| 23 | 28 February 2015 | 15:30 | A | Borussia Dortmund | 0–3 | 79.500 | — | Aubameyang 78' Mkhitaryan 79' Reus 86' | 5 | 35 | |
| 24 | 7 March 2015 | 15:30 | H | 1899 Hoffenheim | 3–1 | 60.607 | Fuchs 12' Meyer 41', 53' | Volland 73' | 5 | 38 | |
| 25 | 14 March 2015 | 15:30 | A | Hertha BSC | 2–2 | 59.156 | Sané 40' Matip 90' | Ben-Hatira 21' Haraguchi 81' | 5 | 39 | |
| 26 | 21 March 2015 | 18:30 | H | Bayer Leverkusen | 0–1 | 61.973 | — | Bellarabi 35' | 5 | 39 | |
| 27 | 5 April 2015 | 15:30 | A | FC Augsburg | 0–0 | 30.660 | — | — | 5 | 40 | |
| 28 | 11 April 2015 | 15:30 | H | SC Freiburg | 0–0 | 61.471 | — | — | 5 | 41 | |
| 29 | 19 April 2015 | 17:30 | A | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–1 | 30.000 | Sané 53' | De Bruyne 78' | 5 | 42 | |
| 30 | 24 April 2015 | 20:30 | A | Mainz 05 | 0–2 | 34.000 | — | Bell 28', 31' | 5 | 42 | |
| 31 | 2 May 2015 | 15:30 | H | VfB Stuttgart | 3–2 | 61.973 | Huntelaar 9', 78' Klein 89' (o.g.) | Harnik 22' Kostić 51' | 5 | 45 | |
| 32 | 10 May 2015 | 17:30 | A | 1. FC Köln | 0–2 | 46.500 | — | Risse 34' Gerhardt 89' | 6 | 45 | |
| 33 | 16 May 2015 | 15:30 | H | SC Paderborn | 1–0 | 61.973 | Hünemeier 88' (o.g.) | — | 5 | 48 | |
| 34 | 23 May 2015 | 15:30 | A | Hamburger SV | 0–2 | 57.000 | — | Olić 49' Rajković 58' | 6 | 48 | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CHE | SCH | SPO | MRB |
| 1 | Chelsea | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Schalke 04 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–5 | — | 4–3 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–1 | 4–2 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Maribor | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 3 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |

##### Matches

| Matchday | Date | Kickoff | Stadium | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Table | Table | Source |
| Matchday | Date | Kickoff | Stadium | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Schalke 04 | Opponent | Pos. | Pts | Source |
| 1 | 17 September 2014 | 20:45 (LT 19:45) | A | Chelsea | 1–1 | 40.648 | Huntelaar 62' | Fàbregas 11' | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | 30 September 2014 | 20:45 | H | Maribor | 1–1 | 47.997 | Huntelaar 56' | Bohar 38' | 2 | 2 | |
| 3 | 21 October 2014 | 20:45 | H | Sporting CP | 4–3 | 49.943 | Obasi 34' Huntelaar 51' Höwedes 60' Choupo-Moting 90+3' (pen.) | Nani 16' A. Silva 64' (pen.), 78' | 2 | 5 | |
| 4 | 5 November 2014 | 20:45 (LT 19:45) | A | Sporting CP | 2–4 | 35.473 | Slimani 17' (o.g.) Aogo 88' | Sarr 26' Jefferson 52' Nani 72' Slimani 90+1' | 2 | 5 | |
| 5 | 25 November 2014 | 20:45 | H | Chelsea | 0–5 | 54.442 | — | Terry 2' Willian 29' Kirchhoff 44' (o.g.) Drogba 76' Ramires 78' | 3 | 5 | |
| 6 | 10 December 2014 | 20:45 | A | Maribor | 1–0 | 12.516 | Meyer 62' | — | 2 | 8 | |

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

| Leg | Date | Kickoff | Stadium | Opponent | Result | Agg. score | Attendance | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Source |
| Leg | Date | Kickoff | Stadium | Opponent | Result | Agg. score | Attendance | Schalke 04 | Opponent | Source |
| 1 | 18 February 2014 | 20:45 | H | Real Madrid | 0–2 | — | 54.442 | — | Ronaldo 26' Marcelo 79' | |
| 2 | 10 March 2014 | 20:45 | A | Real Madrid | 4–3 | 4–5 | 69.986 | Fuchs 20' Huntelaar 40', 84' Sané 57' | Ronaldo 25', 45' Benzema 52' | |

### DFB-Pokal

| Round | Date | Kickoff | Stadium | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Source |
| Round | Date | Kickoff | Stadium | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Schalke 04 | Opponent | Source |
| First round | 18 August 2014 | 20:30 | A | Dynamo Dresden | 1–2 | 29,590 | Matip 78' | Eilers 24' Teixeira 50' | |

## Team statistics

| 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 | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bundesliga | 23 August 2014 | 23 May 2015 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 038.24 |
| DFB-Pokal | 18 August 2014 | 18 August 2014 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Champions League | 17 September 2014 | 10 March 2015 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 037.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 56 | 61 | −5 | 037.21 |
| Updated: 23 May 2015 |||||||||||||

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Champions League |
| Player | Apps | Gls | Apps | Gls | Apps | Gls | Apps | Gls |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| Ralf Fährmann | 32 (0) | 0 | 25 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 6 (0) | 0 |
| Christian Wetklo | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 |
| Fabian Giefer | 2 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 |
| Timon Wellenreuther | 9 (1) | 0 | 7 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| Marvin Friedrich | 2 (4) | 0 | 2 (3) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| Benedikt Höwedes | 34 (0) | 3 | 28 (0) | 2 | 0 (0) | 0 | 6 (0) | 1 |
| Felipe Santana | 5 (1) | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 |
| Sead Kolašinac | 7 (0) | 0 | 6 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 |
| Dennis Aogo | 27 (5) | 1 | 20 (5) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 7 (0) | 1 |
| Atsuto Uchida | 23 (3) | 0 | 18 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 5 (2) | 0 |
| Christian Fuchs | 25 (5) | 3 | 20 (5) | 2 | 0 (0) | 0 | 5 (0) | 1 |
| Kaan Ayhan | 13 (6) | 0 | 10 (5) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 |
| Matija Nastasić | 18 (0) | 0 | 16 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 |
| Joël Matip | 21 (4) | 3 | 17 (4) | 2 | 1 (0) | 1 | 3 (0) | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| Jan Kirchhoff | 14 (4) | 0 | 12 (2) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 |
| Max Meyer | 26 (11) | 6 | 22 (6) | 5 | 1 (0) | 0 | 3 (5) | 1 |
| Leon Goretzka | 3 (8) | 0 | 3 (7) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| Kevin-Prince Boateng | 17 (8) | 0 | 11 (7) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 |
| Julian Draxler | 11 (8) | 2 | 8 (7) | 2 | 0 (1) | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 |
| Christian Clemens | 1 (9) | 0 | 1 (7) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| Marco Höger | 34 (0) | 1 | 26 (0) | 1 | 1 (0) | 0 | 7 (0) | 0 |
| Jefferson Farfán | 6 (3) | 0 | 6 (3) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 |
| Sidney Sam | 9 (6) | 0 | 7 (4) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 |
| Leroy Sané | 7 (7) | 4 | 7 (6) | 3 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 1 |
| Tranquillo Barnetta | 13 (14) | 3 | 10 (12) | 3 | 0 (1) | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 |
| René Klingenburg | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 |
| Roman Neustädter | 37 (1) | 2 | 28 (1) | 2 | 1 (0) | 0 | 8 (0) | 0 |
| Pascal Itter | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting | 37 (3) | 10 | 30 (1) | 9 | 1 (0) | 0 | 6 (2) | 1 |
| Chinedu Obasi | 3 (7) | 1 | 1 (5) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 2 (2) | 1 |
| Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | 36 (1) | 14 | 27 (1) | 9 | 1 (0) | 0 | 8 (0) | 5 |
| Donis Avdijaj | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 |
| Felix Platte | 1 (2) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| Appearances = Total appearances (Substitute appearances) |||||||||
| Last updated: 23 May 2015 |||||||||
Players in white left the club during the season.

### Discipline
#### Bookings

| No. | Player | Total | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League |
| 1 | Ralf Fährmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Marvin Friedrich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Jan Kirchhoff | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Benedikt Höwedes | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Felipe Santana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Sead Kolašinac | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Max Meyer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Leon Goretzka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Kevin-Prince Boateng | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Julian Draxler | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Christian Clemens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Marco Höger | 13 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Dennis Aogo | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Jefferson Farfán | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Sidney Sam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Leroy Sané | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Chinedu Obasi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Atsuto Uchida | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Christian Fuchs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Kaan Ayhan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Tranquillo Barnetta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Christian Wetklo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Donis Avdijaj | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | René Klingenburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Matija Nastasić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Joël Matip | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Roman Neustädter | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Fabian Giefer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Felix Platte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Pascal Itter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Timon Wellenreuther | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | 75 | 2 | 2 | 62 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Last updated: 23 May 2015 ||||||||||||||

## Kits

| Home | Home Alt. | Away | Away Alt. | Third | 2015–16 Third |
| Type | Shirt | Shorts | Socks | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Type | Shirt | Shorts | Socks | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| Home | Blue | White | Blue | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 32 | +1 |
| Home Alt. | Blue | Blue | Blue | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 |
| Away | White | Navy | White | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -1 |
| Away Alt. | White | White | White | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Third | Green | Black | Black | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 |
| 2015–16 Third | Green-Black | Black | Black | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 |
| | | | | 43 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 56 | 61 | -5 |
| Updated: 23 May 2015 ||||||||||||