# 2023–24 FC Schalke 04 season

The 2023–24 FC Schalke 04 season is the 120th season in the football and their seventh season in the 2. Bundesliga, where they were relegated from the Bundesliga the previous season. In addition to the domestic league, Schalke also participates in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This is the 23rd season for Schalke in the Veltins-Arena, located in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The season covers a period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024. Schalke 04 drew an average home attendance of 61,388 in 17 home games in the 2023–24 league season.

## Players

Note: Players' appearances and goals only in their Schalke career.
    As of end of 2023–24 season.
| No. | Player | Nat. | Pos. | Age | Contract | Contract | League | League | Total | Total |
| No. | Player | Nat. | Pos. | Age | began | ends | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 1 | Ralf Fährmann | | GK | 35 | Jul 2011 | Jun 2025 | 227 | 0 | 289 | 0 |
| 32 | Marius Müller | | GK | 30 | Jul 2023 | Jun 2025 | 21 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 34 | Michael Langer | | GK | 39 | Aug 2017 | Jun 2024 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 2 | Thomas Ouwejan | | DF | 28 | Jul 2021 | Jun 2024 | 73 | 5 | 77 | 5 |
| 3 | Leo Greiml | | DF | 23 | Jul 2022 | Jun 2025 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | Derry Murkin | | DF | 24 | Aug 2023 | Jun 2026 | 23 | 1 | 24 | 1 |
| 21 | Brandon Soppy | | DF | 22 | Feb 2024 | Jun 2024 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | Ibrahima Cissé | | DF | 23 | Jul 2022 | Jun 2026 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | Timo Baumgartl | | DF | 28 | Jul 2023 | Jun 2025 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 26 | Tomáš Kalas | | DF | 31 | Aug 2023 | Jun 2025 | 25 | 1 | 26 | 1 |
| 27 | Cédric Brunner | | DF | 30 | Jul 2022 | Jun 2024 | 45 | 0 | 47 | 0 |
| 35 | Marcin Kamiński | | DF | 32 | Jul 2021 | Jun 2025 | 69 | 6 | 74 | 8 |
| 41 | Henning Matriciani | | DF | 24 | Sep 2021 | Jun 2026 | 60 | 0 | 63 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 6 | Ron Schallenberg | | MF | 25 | Jul 2023 | Jun 2026 | 26 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 7 | Paul Seguin | | MF | 29 | Jul 2023 | Jun 2026 | 30 | 3 | 31 | 4 |
| 8 | Danny Latza | | MF | 34 | Jul 2021 | Jun 2024 | 49 | 3 | 53 | 4 |
| 10 | Lino Tempelmann | | MF | 25 | Jul 2023 | Jun 2026 | 22 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
| 18 | Blendi Idrizi | | MF | 26 | Jun 2021 | Jun 2024 | 41 | 3 | 43 | 3 |
| 23 | Darko Churlinov | | MF | 23 | Jan 2024 | Jun 2024 | 32 | 3 | 33 | 3 |
| 24 | Dominick Drexler | | MF | 34 | Jul 2021 | Jun 2025 | 61 | 8 | 65 | 11 |
| 29 | Tobias Mohr | | MF | 28 | Jul 2022 | Jun 2025 | 37 | 1 | 41 | 1 |
| 43 | Assan Ouédraogo | | MF | 18 | Jul 2023 | Jun 2027 | 17 | 3 | 17 | 3 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 9 | Simon Terodde (captain) | | FW | 36 | Jul 2021 | Jun 2024 | 90 | 40 | 95 | 40 |
| 11 | Bryan Lasme | | FW | 25 | Jul 2023 | Jun 2027 | 27 | 4 | 29 | 4 |
| 17 | Yusuf Kabadayı | | FW | 20 | Aug 2023 | Jun 2024 | 23 | 4 | 24 | 4 |
| 19 | Kenan Karaman | | FW | 30 | Sep 2022 | Jun 2025 | 50 | 14 | 53 | 15 |
| 42 | Keke Topp | | FW | 20 | Jul 2023 | Jun 2025 | 27 | 5 | 27 | 5 |

## Transfers
### In

| Player | Pos. | From | Type | Window | Ends | Transfer fee | Ref. |
| Darko Churlinov | MF | Burnley | Loan (option to buy) | Winter | 2024 | — | |
| Brandon Soppy | DF | Atalanta | Loan | Winter | 2024 | — | |
| Ron Schallenberg | MF | SC Paderborn | Transfer | Summer | 2026 | €2,000,000 | |
| Derry Murkin | DF | Volendam | Transfer | Summer | 2026 | €800,000 | |
| Paul Seguin | MF | Union Berlin | Transfer | Summer | 2026 | €750,000 | |
| Lino Tempelmann | MF | SC Freiburg | Transfer | Summer | 2026 | €700,000 | |
| Marius Müller | GK | FC Luzern | Transfer | Summer | 2025 | €350,000 | |
| Timo Baumgartl | DF | PSV | Transfer | Summer | 2025 | Free | |
| Tomáš Kalas | DF | Bristol City | End of contract | Summer | 2025 | — | |
| Bryan Lasme | FW | Arminia Bielefeld | End of contract | Summer | 2027 | — | |
| Yusuf Kabadayı | FW | Bayern Munich | Loan (option to buy) | Summer | 2024 | — | |
| Assan Ouédraogo | MF | Schalke 04 U19 | Promoted | Summer | 2027 | — | — |
| Keke Topp | FW | Schalke 04 U19 | Promoted | Summer | 2024 | — | — |
| Kerim Çalhanoğlu | MF | SV Sandhausen | Loan return | Summer | 2024 | — | — |
| Blendi Idrizi | MF | Jahn Regensburg | Loan return | Summer | 2024 | — | — |
| Marvin Pieringer | FW | SC Paderborn | Loan return | Summer | 2024 | — | — |
| Dries Wouters | DF | Mechelen | Loan return | Summer | 2024 | — | — |

### Out

| Player | Pos. | To | Type | Window | Transfer fee | Ref. |
| Sōichirō Kōzuki | FW | Górnik Zabrze | Loan (option to buy) | Winter | — | |
| Sebastian Polter | FW | Darmstadt 98 | Loan (option to buy) | Winter | — | |
| Justin Heekeren | GK | Patro Eisden | Loan | Winter | — | |
| Niklas Tauer | MF | Mainz 05 | End of loan (premature) | Winter | — | |
| Rodrigo Zalazar | MF | Braga | Transfer | Summer | €6,000,000 | |
| Amine Harit | MF | Marseille | Transfer | Summer | €5,000,000 | |
| Marius Bülter | FW | 1899 Hoffenheim | Transfer | Summer | €3,000,000 | |
| Jordan Larsson | FW | Copenhagen | Transfer | Summer | €2,000,000 | |
| Marvin Pieringer | FW | 1. FC Heidenheim | Transfer | Summer | €1,500,000 | |
| Can Bozdoğan | MF | Utrecht | Transfer | Summer | €1,000,000 | |
| Dries Wouters | DF | Lommel | Transfer | Summer | €600,000 | |
| Florian Flick | MF | 1. FC Nürnberg | Transfer | Summer | €500,000 | |
| Reinhold Ranftl | MF | Austria Wien | Transfer | Summer | €200,000 | |
| Kerim Çalhanoğlu | MF | Greuther Fürth | Transfer | Summer | €150,000 | |
| Nassim Boujellab | MF | Arminia Bielefeld | End of contract | Summer | — | — |
| Timothée Kolodziejczak | DF | Free agent | End of contract | Summer | — | — |
| Maya Yoshida | DF | LA Galaxy | End of contract | Summer | — | |
| Mehmet-Can Aydın | MF | Trabzonspor | Loan (option to buy) | Summer | — | |
| Éder Balanta | MF | Club Brugge | End of loan | Summer | — | |
| Michael Frey | FW | Royal Antwerp | End of loan | Summer | — | |
| Moritz Jenz | DF | Lorient | End of loan | Summer | — | |
| Alex Král | MF | Spartak Moscow | End of loan | Summer | — | |
| Tom Krauß | MF | RB Leipzig | End of loan | Summer | — | |
| Alexander Schwolow | GK | Hertha BSC | End of loan | Summer | — | |
| Tim Skarke | FW | Union Berlin | End of loan | Summer | — | — |
| Jere Uronen | DF | Brest | End of loan | Summer | — | |
| Sepp van den Berg | DF | Liverpool | End of loan | Summer | — | — |
* ↑ Player was previously loaned to the club with an obligation to buy.
* ↑ Fee may eventually rise to €4,000,000.
* 1 2 3 4 Player was previously loaned to the club.

## Friendly matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### 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 % |
| 2. Bundesliga | 28 July 2023 | 19 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 53 | 60 | −7 | 035.29 |
| DFB-Pokal | 11 August 2023 | 31 October 2023 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 57 | 63 | −6 | 036.11 |
Last updated: 20 May 2024 Source: Soccerway

### 2. Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Greuther Fürth | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 50 |
| 9 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 69 | 59 | +10 | 48 |
| 10 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 53 | 60 | −7 | 43 |
| 11 | SV Elversberg | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 49 | 63 | −14 | 43 |
| 12 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 43 | 64 | −21 | 40 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 May 2024. Source: Soccerway

#### Results by round

| 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | D | W | D | D | W | W | L |
| Position | 16 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| Points | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 40 | 43 | 43 |

#### Matches
### DFB-Pokal
## Statistics

    As of end of 2023–24 season

### Squad statistics

| No. | Player | Nat | Pos | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Player | Nat | Pos | App | St | | | | App | St | | | | App | St | | | |
| 1 | Ralf Fährmann | | GK | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Marius Müller | | GK | 21 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Michael Langer | | GK | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Justin Heekeren | | GK | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Thomas Ouwejan | | DF | 28 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Leo Greiml | | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Derry Murkin | | DF | 23 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 21 | Brandon Soppy | | DF | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Ibrahima Cissé | | DF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Timo Baumgartl | | DF | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Tomáš Kalas | | DF | 25 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Cédric Brunner | | DF | 17 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 35 | Marcin Kamiński | | DF | 30 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 40 | Taylan Bulut | | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Henning Matriciani | | DF | 25 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 51 | Steven van der Sloot | | DF | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | Joey Müller | | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Ron Schallenberg | | MF | 26 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 7 | Paul Seguin | | MF | 30 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | Danny Latza | | MF | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Lino Tempelmann | | MF | 22 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | Blendi Idrizi | | MF | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Darko Churlinov | | MF | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | Dominick Drexler | | MF | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Tobias Mohr | | MF | 19 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | Assan Ouédraogo | | MF | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | Jimmy Kaparos | | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Niklas Tauer | | MF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Simon Terodde | | FW | 28 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Bryan Lasme | | FW | 27 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Yusuf Kabadayı | | FW | 24 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | Kenan Karaman | | FW | 29 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 1 |
| 42 | Keke Topp | | FW | 25 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 44 | Niklas Castelle | | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Sōichirō Kōzuki | | FW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Sebastian Polter | | FW | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 34 | 52 | 72 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 36 | 56 | 76 | 5 |
* 1 2 3 4 5 Player transferred out during the season
* ↑ Player from Schalke 04 U19
* 1 2 3 4 Player from Schalke 04 II

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Nat | Pos | 2. Liga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | Kenan Karaman | | FW | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | Simon Terodde | | FW | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Keke Topp | | FW | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Yusuf Kabadayı | | FW | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Bryan Lasme | | FW | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Paul Seguin | | MF | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Assan Ouédraogo | | MF | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Sebastian Polter | | FW | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Marcin Kamiński | | DF | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Thomas Ouwejan | | DF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Danny Latza | | MF | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Darko Churlinov | | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Dominick Drexler | | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Blendi Idrizi | | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Tomáš Kalas | | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Tobias Mohr | | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Derry Murkin | | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Lino Tempelmann | | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 53 | 4 | 57 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Player | Nat | 2. Liga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | Marius Müller | | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Ralf Fährmann | | 2 | 0 | 2 |