# 2022–23 FC Schalke 04 season

The 2022–23 FC Schalke 04 season was the 119th season in the football club's history and first consecutive and 54th overall season in the topflight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2022. In addition to the domestic league, Schalke also participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This was the 22nd season for Schalke in the Veltins-Arena, located in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The season covers a period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.
Schalke were relegated on the final matchday of the season.

## Players

Note: Players' appearances and goals only in their Schalke career.
    As of end of 2022–23 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 | 34 | Jul 2011 | Jun 2025 | 218 | 0 | 279 | 0 |
| 13 | Alexander Schwolow | | GK | 31 | Jul 2022 | Jun 2023 | 23 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 28 | Justin Heekeren | | GK | 22 | Jul 2022 | Jun 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Michael Langer | | GK | 38 | Aug 2017 | Jun 2023 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 2 | Thomas Ouwejan | | DF | 27 | Jul 2021 | Jun 2024 | 45 | 3 | 49 | 3 |
| 3 | Leo Greiml | | DF | 22 | Jul 2022 | Jun 2025 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | Maya Yoshida | | DF | 34 | Jul 2022 | Jun 2023 | 29 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 5 | Sepp van den Berg | | DF | 21 | Aug 2022 | Jun 2023 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 15 | Timothée Kolodziejczak | | DF | 31 | Oct 2022 | Jun 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Jere Uronen | | DF | 28 | Jan 2023 | Jun 2023 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 22 | Ibrahima Cissé | | DF | 22 | Jul 2022 | Jun 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Moritz Jenz | | DF | 24 | Jan 2023 | Jun 2023 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 27 | Cédric Brunner | | DF | 29 | Jul 2022 | Jun 2024 | 28 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 35 | Marcin Kamiński | | DF | 31 | Jul 2021 | Jun 2023 | 39 | 4 | 42 | 5 |
| 41 | Henning Matriciani | | DF | 23 | Sep 2021 | Jun 2024 | 35 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 6 | Tom Krauß | | MF | 22 | Jul 2022 | Jun 2023 | 32 | 2 | 33 | 2 |
| 8 | Danny Latza (captain) | | MF | 33 | Jul 2021 | Jun 2024 | 38 | 2 | 40 | 2 |
| 10 | Rodrigo Zalazar | | MF | 23 | Aug 2021 | Jun 2026 | 52 | 7 | 55 | 9 |
| 21 | Niklas Tauer | | MF | 22 | Jan 2023 | Jun 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Mehmet-Can Aydın | | MF | 21 | Jun 2021 | Jun 2025 | 40 | 1 | 43 | 1 |
| 24 | Dominick Drexler | | MF | 33 | Jul 2021 | Jun 2024 | 50 | 7 | 53 | 10 |
| 29 | Tobias Mohr | | MF | 27 | Jul 2022 | Jun 2025 | 18 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 30 | Alex Král | | MF | 25 | Jul 2022 | Jun 2023 | 29 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 33 | Éder Balanta | | MF | 30 | Jan 2023 | Jun 2023 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 9 | Simon Terodde | | FW | 35 | Jul 2021 | Jun 2023 | 62 | 35 | 65 | 35 |
| 11 | Marius Bülter | | FW | 30 | Jul 2021 | Jun 2024 | 65 | 21 | 69 | 23 |
| 19 | Kenan Karaman | | FW | 29 | Sep 2022 | Jun 2025 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 1 |
| 20 | Tim Skarke | | FW | 26 | Jan 2023 | Jun 2023 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 26 | Michael Frey | | FW | 28 | Jan 2023 | Jun 2023 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 38 | Sōichirō Kōzuki | | FW | 22 | Jan 2023 | Jun 2025 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 40 | Sebastian Polter | | FW | 32 | Jul 2022 | Jun 2025 | 19 | 2 | 21 | 2 |

## Transfers
### In

| Player | Pos. | From | Type | Window | Ends | Transfer fee | Ref. |
| Michael Frey | FW | Royal Antwerp | Loan (option to buy) | Winter | 2023 | — | |
| Moritz Jenz | DF | Lorient | Loan (option to buy) | Winter | 2023 | — | |
| Tim Skarke | FW | Union Berlin | Loan (option to buy) | Winter | 2023 | — | |
| Jere Uronen | DF | Brest | Loan (option to buy) | Winter | 2023 | — | |
| Éder Balanta | FW | Club Brugge | Loan | Winter | 2023 | — | |
| Niklas Tauer | MF | Mainz 05 | Loan | Winter | 2024 | — | |
| Sōichirō Kōzuki | MF | Schalke 04 II | Promoted | Winter | 2025 | — | |
| Timothée Kolodziejczak | DF | Free agent | End of contract | Season (md 10) | 2023 | — | |
| Thomas Ouwejan | DF | AZ | Transfer | Summer | 2024 | €2,000,000 | |
| Rodrigo Zalazar | MF | Eintracht Frankfurt | Transfer | Summer | 2026 | €1,800,000 | |
| Sebastian Polter | FW | VfL Bochum | Transfer | Summer | 2025 | €1,500,000 | |
| Tobias Mohr | MF | 1. FC Heidenheim | Transfer | Summer | 2025 | €1,100,000 | |
| Florent Mollet | MF | Montpellier | Transfer | Summer | 2025 | €500,000 | |
| Marvin Pieringer | FW | SC Freiburg | Transfer | Summer | 2024 | €500,000 | |
| Justin Heekeren | GK | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | Transfer | Summer | 2025 | €180,000 | |
| Kenan Karaman | FW | Beşiktaş | Transfer | Summer | 2025 | Free | |
| Cédric Brunner | DF | Arminia Bielefeld | End of contract | Summer | 2024 | — | |
| Ibrahima Cissé | DF | Gent | End of contract | Summer | 2026 | — | |
| Leo Greiml | DF | Rapid Wien | End of contract | Summer | 2025 | — | |
| Jordan Larsson | FW | Spartak Moscow | End of contract | Summer | 2025 | — | |
| Maya Yoshida | DF | Sampdoria | End of contract | Summer | 2023 | — | |
| Tom Krauß | MF | RB Leipzig | Loan (option to buy) | Summer | 2023 | — | |
| Alex Král | MF | Spartak Moscow | Loan | Summer | 2023 | — | |
| Alexander Schwolow | GK | Hertha BSC | Loan | Summer | 2023 | — | |
| Sepp van den Berg | DF | Liverpool | Loan | Summer | 2023 | — | |
| Timo Becker | DF | Hansa Rostock | Loan return | Summer | 2023 | — | — |
| Can Bozdoğan | MF | Beşiktaş | Loan return | Summer | 2024 | — | — |
| Amine Harit | MF | Marseille | Loan return | Summer | 2024 | — | — |
| Ozan Kabak | DF | Norwich City | Loan return | Summer | 2024 | — | — |
| Rabbi Matondo | FW | Cercle Brugge | Loan return | Summer | 2023 | — | — |
| Hamza Mendyl | DF | Gaziantep | Loan return | Summer | 2023 | — | — |
* ↑ €200,000 loan fee. Obligation to buy for €4,000,000 if Schalke avoid relegation in this season.
* 1 2 3 Player was previously loaned, Schalke exercised an option or obligation to buy.
* ↑ €600,000 loan fee. Obligation to buy for €3,000,000 if Schalke avoid relegation in this season.
* ↑ Player has suspended his contract with Spartak Moscow for the 2022–23 season using FIFA's regulations related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

### Out

| Player | Pos. | To | Type | Window | Transfer fee | Ref. |
| Florent Mollet | MF | Nantes | Transfer | Winter | €1,500,000 | |
| Jordan Larsson | FW | Copenhagen | Loan (option to buy) | Winter | — | |
| Kerim Çalhanoğlu | MF | SV Sandhausen | Loan | Winter | — | |
| Florian Flick | MF | 1. FC Nürnberg | Loan | Winter | — | |
| Malick Thiaw | DF | AC Milan | Transfer | Summer | €10,000,000 | |
| Ozan Kabak | DF | 1899 Hoffenheim | Transfer | Summer | €7,000,000 | |
| Rabbi Matondo | FW | Rangers | Transfer | Summer | €3,000,000 | |
| Victor Pálsson | MF | D.C. United | Transfer | Summer | €500,000 | |
| Timo Becker | DF | Holstein Kiel | Transfer | Summer | €250,000 | |
| Levent Mercan | MF | Fatih Karagümrük | Transfer | Summer | €200,000 | |
| Hamza Mendyl | DF | OH Leuven | Transfer | Summer | Free | |
| Marius Lode | DF | Bodø/Glimt | Released | Summer | — | |
| Martin Fraisl | GK | Arminia Bielefeld | End of contract | Summer | — | |
| Marc Rzatkowski | MF | Arminia Bielefeld | End of contract | Summer | — | |
| Salif Sané | DF | Free agent | End of contract | Summer | — | |
| Can Bozdoğan | MF | Utrecht | Loan (option to buy) | Summer | — | |
| Amine Harit | MF | Marseille | Loan (option to buy) | Summer | — | |
| Reinhold Ranftl | MF | Austria Wien | Loan (option to buy) | Summer | — | |
| Nassim Boujellab | MF | HJK | Loan | Summer | — | |
| Blendi Idrizi | MF | Jahn Regensburg | Loan | Summer | — | |
| Marvin Pieringer | FW | SC Paderborn | Loan | Summer | — | |
| Dong-gyeong Lee | MF | Ulsan Hyundai | End of loan (released) | Summer | — | |
| Darko Churlinov | MF | VfB Stuttgart | End of loan | Summer | — | — |
| Ko Itakura | DF | Manchester City | End of loan | Summer | — | |
| Yaroslav Mikhaylov | MF | Zenit Saint Petersburg | End of loan | Summer | — | |
| Andreas Vindheim | DF | Sparta Prague | End of loan | Summer | — | |
* ↑ Player was previously loaned to the club.
* ↑ Player was previously loaned to Ingolstadt 04 and loaned from there to HJK.

## 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 % |
| Bundesliga | 7 August 2022 | 27 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 17th | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 71 | −36 | 020.59 |
| DFB-Pokal | 31 July 2022 | 18 October 2022 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 41 | 76 | −35 | 022.22 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 40 | 72 | −32 | 35 | |
| 15 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 42 | 63 | −21 | 34 | |
| 16 | VfB Stuttgart (O) | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 45 | 57 | −12 | 33 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Schalke 04 (R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 71 | −36 | 31 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | Hertha BSC (R) | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 42 | 69 | −27 | 29 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | D | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | D | D | D | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | L |
| Position | 14 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 |

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

    As of end of 2022–23 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 | App | St | | | | App | St | | | | App | St | | | |
| 1 | Ralf Fährmann | | GK | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Alexander Schwolow | | GK | 25 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Justin Heekeren | | GK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Thomas Ouwejan | | DF | 19 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Leo Greiml | | DF | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Maya Yoshida | | DF | 31 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Sepp van den Berg | | DF | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Timothée Kolodziejczak | | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Jere Uronen | | DF | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Ibrahima Cissé | | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Moritz Jenz | | DF | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Cédric Brunner | | DF | 29 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Marcin Kamiński | | DF | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Henning Matriciani | | DF | 23 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Malick Thiaw | | DF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Tom Krauß | | MF | 33 | 32 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 32 | 31 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Danny Latza | | MF | 21 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Rodrigo Zalazar | | MF | 23 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Niklas Tauer | | MF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Mehmet-Can Aydın | | MF | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Dominick Drexler | | MF | 29 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Tobias Mohr | | MF | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Alex Král | | MF | 31 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Éder Balanta | | MF | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Andreas Ivan | | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Florian Flick | | MF | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Florent Mollet | | MF | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Kerim Çalhanoğlu | | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Simon Terodde | | FW | 33 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Marius Bülter | | FW | 35 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Kenan Karaman | | FW | 22 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Tim Skarke | | FW | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Michael Frey | | FW | 15 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Sōichirō Kōzuki | | FW | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Sebastian Polter | | FW | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Keke Topp | | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Sidi Sané | | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Jordan Larsson | | FW | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 36 | 37 | 70 | 1 | 34 | 34 | 32 | 67 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
* 1 2 3 4 5 Player transferred out during the season
* 1 2 Player from Schalke 04 II
* ↑ Player from Schalke 04 U19

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Nat | Pos | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | Marius Bülter | | FW | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | Dominick Drexler | | MF | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Simon Terodde | | FW | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Marcin Kamiński | | DF | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Tom Krauß | | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Sebastian Polter | | FW | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Rodrigo Zalazar | | MF | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Kenan Karaman | | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Sōichirō Kōzuki | | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Florent Mollet | | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Tim Skarke | | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Sepp van den Berg | | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 6 | 41 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Player | Nat | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | Ralf Fährmann | | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Alexander Schwolow | | 2 | 1 | 3 |