# 2019–20 FC Schalke 04 season

The 2019–20 FC Schalke 04 season was the 116th season in the football club's history and 29th consecutive and 52nd 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. This was the 19th season for Schalke in the Veltins-Arena, located in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The season covered a period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Schalke 04 did not play a match between 7 March and 16 May 2020, and their last nine Bundesliga games were played behind closed doors.

## Players

Note: Players' appearances and goals only in their Schalke career.
    As of end of 2019–2020 season.
| No. | Player | Nat. | Pos. | Age | Contract | Contract | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Total | Total |
| No. | Player | Nat. | Pos. | Age | began | ends | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Age |||||||||||
| 23 | Markus Schubert | | GK | 22 | 07/2019 | 06/2023 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 34 | Michael Langer | | GK | 35 | 08/2017 | 06/2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Alexander Nübel | | GK | 23 | 08/2015 | 06/2020 | 46 | 0 | 53 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 3 | Juan Miranda | | DF | 20 | 08/2019 | 06/2021 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 4 | Ozan Kabak | | DF | 20 | 07/2019 | 06/2024 | 26 | 3 | 28 | 3 |
| 5 | Matija Nastasić | | DF | 27 | 01/2015 | 06/2022 | 107 | 1 | 139 | 2 |
| 17 | Benjamin Stambouli | | DF | 29 | 08/2016 | 06/2020 | 81 | 0 | 106 | 0 |
| 20 | Jonjoe Kenny | | DF | 23 | 07/2019 | 06/2020 | 31 | 2 | 34 | 2 |
| 21 | Jean-Clair Todibo | | DF | 20 | 01/2020 | 06/2020 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 24 | Bastian Oczipka | | DF | 31 | 07/2017 | 06/2023 | 84 | 1 | 96 | 1 |
| 26 | Salif Sané | | DF | 29 | 07/2018 | 06/2022 | 45 | 4 | 56 | 6 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 2 | Weston McKennie | | MF | 21 | 07/2017 | 06/2024 | 75 | 4 | 91 | 5 |
| 6 | Omar Mascarell (captain) | | MF | 27 | 07/2018 | 06/2022 | 37 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| 8 | Suat Serdar | | MF | 23 | 07/2018 | 06/2022 | 46 | 9 | 57 | 9 |
| 16 | Nassim Boujellab | | MF | 21 | 04/2019 | 06/2022 | 18 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 18 | Daniel Caligiuri | | MF | 32 | 01/2017 | 06/2020 | 108 | 17 | 130 | 21 |
| 25 | Amine Harit | | MF | 23 | 07/2017 | 06/2024 | 74 | 10 | 88 | 11 |
| 28 | Alessandro Schöpf | | MF | 26 | 01/2016 | 06/2021 | 93 | 10 | 122 | 14 |
| 37 | Levent Mercan | | MF | 19 | 08/2019 | 06/2023 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 9 | Benito Raman | | FW | 25 | 07/2019 | 06/2024 | 25 | 4 | 28 | 7 |
| 11 | Michael Gregoritsch | | FW | 26 | 01/2020 | 06/2020 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 1 |
| 14 | Rabbi Matondo | | FW | 19 | 01/2019 | 06/2023 | 27 | 2 | 29 | 2 |
| 15 | Ahmed Kutucu | | FW | 20 | 02/2019 | 06/2022 | 38 | 5 | 44 | 6 |
| 19 | Guido Burgstaller | | FW | 31 | 01/2017 | 06/2022 | 95 | 24 | 119 | 32 |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos | Player | From | Type | Window | Ends | Fee in € | Ref. |
| DF | Jean-Clair Todibo | Barcelona | Loan | Winter | 2020 | 1,500,000 | |
| FW | Michael Gregoritsch | FC Augsburg | Loan | Winter | 2020 | 500,000 | |
| DF | Ozan Kabak | VfB Stuttgart | Transfer | Summer | 2024 | 15,000,000 | |
| FW | Benito Raman | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Transfer | Summer | 2024 | 6,500,000 | |
| FW | Bernard Tekpetey | SC Paderborn | Buy-back clause | Summer | 2022 | 2,500,000 | |
| GK | Markus Schubert | Dynamo Dresden | End of contract | Summer | 2023 | — | |
| DF | Jonjoe Kenny | Everton | Loan | Summer | 2020 | 1,000,000 | |
| DF | Juan Miranda | Barcelona | Loan | Summer | 2021 | Free | |
| MF | Levent Mercan | Schalke 04 U19 | Promoted | Summer | 2023 | — | |
| DF | Jonas Carls | Schalke 04 II | Promoted | Summer | 2022 | — | |
| DF | Pablo Insua | SD Huesca | End of loan | Summer | 2021 | — | — |
| FW | Fabian Reese | Greuther Fürth | End of loan | Summer | 2020 | — | — |

### Out

| Pos | Player | To | Type | Window | Fee in € | Ref. |
| GK | Ralf Fährmann | SK Brann | Loan | Season (Matchday 25) | Free | |
| FW | Fabian Reese | Holstein Kiel | Transfer | Winter | 100,000 | |
| MF | Nabil Bentaleb | Newcastle United | Loan | Winter | 1,000,000 | |
| FW | Steven Skrzybski | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Loan | Winter | 200,000 | |
| DF | Jonas Carls | Viktoria Köln | Loan | Winter | Free | |
| FW | Mark Uth | 1. FC Köln | Loan | Winter | Free | |
| FW | Breel Embolo | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Transfer | Summer | 10,000,000 | |
| MF | Yevhen Konoplyanka | Shakhtar Donetsk | Transfer | Summer | 1,800,000 | |
| MF | Benjamin Goller | Werder Bremen | End of contract | Summer | — | — |
| GK | Ralf Fährmann | Norwich City | Loan | Summer | 3,000,000 | |
| FW | Bernard Tekpetey | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Loan | Summer | 1,000,000 | |
| MF | Sebastian Rudy | 1899 Hoffenheim | Loan | Summer | 850,000 | |
| DF | Hamza Mendyl | Dijon | Loan | Summer | 500,000 | |
| FW | Cedric Teuchert | Hannover 96 | Loan | Summer | 200,000 | |
| DF | Pablo Insua | Huesca | Loan | Summer | Free | |
| DF | Jeffrey Bruma | VfL Wolfsburg | End of loan | Summer | — | — |
| DF | Sascha Riether | — | Retired | Summer | — | — |

## Club
### Kit

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

## 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 | 17 August 2019 | 27 June 2020 | Matchday 1 | 12th | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 38 | 58 | −20 | 026.47 |
| DFB-Pokal | 10 August 2019 | 3 March 2020 | Round 1 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 49 | 63 | −14 | 031.58 |
Last updated: 27 June 2020 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 48 | 59 | −11 | 41 |
| 11 | Union Berlin | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 41 | 58 | −17 | 41 |
| 12 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 38 | 58 | −20 | 39 |
| 13 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 44 | 65 | −21 | 37 |
| 14 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 51 | 69 | −18 | 36 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 June 2020. Source: Bundesliga

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | D | D | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | L |
| Position | 10 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |

#### Matches

The Bundesliga schedule was announced on 28 June 2019.

### DFB-Pokal
## Statistics

    As of end of 2019–2020 season

### Squad statistics

| No. | Player | Nat. | Pos. | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Player | Nat. | Pos. | Apps | St. | | | | Apps | St. | | | | Apps | St. | | | |
| 23 | Markus Schubert | | GK | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Michael Langer | | GK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Alexander Nübel | | GK | 29 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Juan Miranda | | DF | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Ozan Kabak | | DF | 28 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Matija Nastasić | | DF | 20 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Benjamin Stambouli | | DF | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Jonjoe Kenny | | DF | 34 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Jean-Clair Todibo | | DF | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Bastian Oczipka | | DF | 38 | 37 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Salif Sané | | DF | 16 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Timo Becker | | DF | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Malick Thiaw | | DF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Jonas Carls | | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Weston McKennie | | MF | 32 | 26 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 28 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Omar Mascarell | | MF | 26 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Suat Serdar | | MF | 22 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Nassim Boujellab | | MF | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Daniel Caligiuri | | MF | 30 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Amine Harit | | MF | 28 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Alessandro Schöpf | | MF | 25 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Levent Mercan | | MF | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Can Bozdogan | | MF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Jonas Hofmann | | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Nabil Bentaleb | | MF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Benito Raman | | FW | 28 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Michael Gregoritsch | | FW | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Rabbi Matondo | | FW | 21 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Ahmed Kutucu | | FW | 28 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Guido Burgstaller | | FW | 24 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Mark Uth | | FW | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Fabian Reese | | FW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Steven Skrzybski | | FW | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 38 | 47 | 73 | 2 | 34 | 34 | 36 | 63 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 0 |
* 1 2 Player from Schalke II
* 1 2 Player from Schalke U19
* 1 2 3 4 5 Player transferred out during the season

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos. | Nat | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | MF | | Suat Serdar | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | MF | | Amine Harit | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 1 | FW | | Benito Raman | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | MF | | Daniel Caligiuri | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | DF | | Ozan Kabak | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | | Ahmed Kutucu | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | | Weston McKennie | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | | Jonjoe Kenny | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | | Rabbi Matondo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | | Salif Sané | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | | Guido Burgstaller | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | FW | | Michael Gregoritsch | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | | Levent Mercan | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | | Alessandro Schöpf | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | | Steven Skrzybski | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 11 | 48 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | Alexander Nübel | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Markus Schubert | 2 | 0 | 2 |