# 2021–22 FC Schalke 04 season

The 2021–22 FC Schalke 04 season was the 118th season in the football club's history and their sixth season in the 2. Bundesliga, where they were relegated from the Bundesliga the previous season after spending 30 consecutive seasons in the league. In addition to the domestic league, Schalke 04 participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This was the 21st season for Schalke in the Veltins-Arena, located in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The season covered a period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

## Players

Note: Players' appearances and goals only in their Schalke career.
    As of end of 2021–22 season.
| No. | Name | Nat. | Pos. | Age | Contract | Contract | League | League | Total | Total |
| No. | Name | Nat. | Pos. | Age | began | ends | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 1 | Ralf Fährmann | | GK | 33 | Jul 2011 | Jun 2025 | 206 | 0 | 267 | 0 |
| 30 | Martin Fraisl | | GK | 29 | Jul 2021 | Jun 2022 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 34 | Michael Langer | | GK | 37 | Aug 2017 | Jun 2022 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 2 | Thomas Ouwejan | | DF | 26 | Jul 2021 | Jun 2022 | 28 | 3 | 30 | 3 |
| 3 | Ko Itakura | | DF | 25 | Aug 2021 | Jun 2022 | 31 | 4 | 32 | 4 |
| 5 | Marius Lode | | DF | 29 | Jan 2022 | Jun 2024 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | Andreas Vindheim | | DF | 26 | Jan 2022 | Jun 2022 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 26 | Salif Sané | | DF | 31 | Jul 2018 | Jun 2022 | 70 | 4 | 82 | 6 |
| 33 | Malick Thiaw | | DF | 20 | Jul 2020 | Jun 2024 | 54 | 3 | 58 | 3 |
| 35 | Marcin Kamiński | | DF | 30 | Jul 2021 | Jun 2023 | 31 | 2 | 33 | 2 |
| 41 | Henning Matriciani | | DF | 22 | Sep 2021 | Jun 2024 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 4 | Victor Pálsson | | MF | 31 | Jul 2021 | Jun 2023 | 28 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 7 | Darko Churlinov | | MF | 21 | Aug 2021 | Jun 2022 | 22 | 2 | 23 | 2 |
| 8 | Danny Latza (captain) | | MF | 32 | Jul 2021 | Jun 2023 | 18 | 2 | 19 | 2 |
| 10 | Rodrigo Zalazar | | MF | 22 | Aug 2021 | Jun 2022 | 30 | 6 | 32 | 7 |
| 14 | Dong-gyeong Lee | | MF | 24 | Jan 2022 | Jun 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Florian Flick | | MF | 22 | May 2021 | Jun 2024 | 31 | 1 | 32 | 1 |
| 18 | Marc Rzatkowski | | MF | 32 | Sep 2021 | Jun 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Dominick Drexler | | MF | 32 | Jul 2021 | Jun 2023 | 23 | 3 | 24 | 3 |
| 27 | Reinhold Ranftl | | MF | 30 | Jul 2021 | Jun 2024 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 36 | Blendi Idrizi | | MF | 24 | Jun 2021 | Jun 2024 | 25 | 2 | 27 | 2 |
| 38 | Mehmet-Can Aydın | | MF | 20 | Jun 2021 | Jun 2025 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 1 |
| 39 | Yaroslav Mikhaylov | | MF | 19 | Jul 2021 | Jun 2022 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 42 | Kerim Çalhanoğlu | | MF | 19 | Sep 2020 | Jun 2024 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 9 | Simon Terodde | | FW | 34 | Jul 2021 | Jun 2023 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 30 |
| 11 | Marius Bülter | | FW | 29 | Jul 2021 | Jun 2024 | 32 | 10 | 34 | 12 |
| 21 | Marvin Pieringer | | FW | 22 | Jul 2021 | Jun 2022 | 24 | 2 | 26 | 2 |

## Transfers
### In

| Player | Pos. | From | Type | Window | Ends | Transfer fee | Ref. |
| Marius Lode | DF | Bodø/Glimt | End of contract | Winter | 2024 | — | |
| Dong-gyeong Lee | MF | Ulsan Hyundai | Loan with option to buy | Winter | 2022 | — | |
| Andreas Vindheim | DF | Sparta Prague | Loan with option to buy | Winter | 2022 | — | |
| Marius Bülter | FW | Union Berlin | Transfer | Summer | 2024 | €800,000 | |
| Victor Pálsson | MF | Darmstadt 98 | Transfer | Summer | 2023 | €700,000 | |
| Reinhold Ranftl | MF | LASK | Transfer | Summer | 2024 | €650,000 | |
| Dominick Drexler | MF | 1. FC Köln | Transfer | Summer | 2023 | Free | |
| Dries Wouters | DF | Genk | Transfer | Summer | 2024 | Free | |
| Martin Fraisl | GK | ADO Den Haag | End of contract | Summer | 2022 | — | |
| Marcin Kamiński | DF | VfB Stuttgart | End of contract | Summer | 2023 | — | |
| Danny Latza | MF | Mainz 05 | End of contract | Summer | 2023 | — | |
| Marc Rzatkowski | MF | Free agent | End of contract | Summer | 2022 | — | |
| Simon Terodde | FW | Hamburger SV | End of contract | Summer | 2022 | — | |
| Ko Itakura | DF | Manchester City | Loan with option to buy | Summer | 2022 | — | |
| Thomas Ouwejan | DF | AZ Alkmaar | Loan with option to buy | Summer | 2022 | — | |
| Marvin Pieringer | FW | SC Freiburg | Loan with option to buy | Summer | 2022 | — | |
| Rodrigo Zalazar | MF | Eintracht Frankfurt | Loan with option to buy | Summer | 2022 | — | |
| Darko Churlinov | MF | VfB Stuttgart | Loan | Summer | 2022 | — | |
| Yaroslav Mikhaylov | MF | Zenit Saint Petersburg | Loan | Summer | 2022 | — | |
| Mehmet-Can Aydın | MF | Schalke 04 II | Promoted | Summer | 2022 | — | — |
| Florian Flick | MF | Schalke 04 II | Promoted | Summer | 2023 | — | |
| Blendi Idrizi | MF | Schalke 04 II | Promoted | Summer | 2023 | — | |
| Henning Matriciani | DF | Schalke 04 II | Promoted | Summer | 2024 | — | |
| Jonas Carls | DF | Vitória Guimarães | Loan return | Summer | 2022 | — | — |
| Ozan Kabak | DF | Liverpool | Loan return | Summer | 2023 | — | — |
| Ahmed Kutucu | FW | Heracles Almelo | Loan return | Summer | 2022 | — | — |
| Rabbi Matondo | FW | Stoke City | Loan return | Summer | 2023 | — | — |
| Sebastian Rudy | MF | 1899 Hoffenheim | Loan return | Summer | 2022 | — | — |
| Markus Schubert | GK | Eintracht Frankfurt | Loan return | Summer | 2023 | — | — |

### Out

| Player | Pos. | To | Type | Window | Transfer fee |
| Timo Becker | DF | Hansa Rostock | Loan | Winter | — |
| Dries Wouters | DF | Mechelen | Loan | Winter | — |
| Weston McKennie | MF | Juventus | Transfer | Summer | €18,500,000 |
| Suat Serdar | MF | Hertha BSC | Transfer | Summer | €8,000,000 |
| Matthew Hoppe | FW | Mallorca | Transfer | Summer | €3,500,000 |
| Benito Raman | FW | Anderlecht | Transfer | Summer | €3,500,000 |
| Bernard Tekpetey | FW | Ludogorets Razgrad | Transfer | Summer | €900,000 |
| Ahmed Kutucu | FW | İstanbul Başakşehir | Transfer | Summer | €600,000 |
| Matija Nastasić | DF | Fiorentina | Transfer | Summer | €500,000 |
| Jonas Carls | DF | SC Paderborn | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| Markus Schubert | GK | Vitesse | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| Mark Uth | FW | 1. FC Köln | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| Omar Mascarell | MF | Elche | Released | Summer | — |
| Sebastian Rudy | MF | 1899 Hoffenheim | Released | Summer | — |
| Nabil Bentaleb | MF | Free agent | End of contract | Summer | — |
| Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | FW | Retired | End of contract | Summer | — |
| Shkodran Mustafi | DF | Levante | End of contract | Summer | — |
| Bastian Oczipka | DF | Union Berlin | End of contract | Summer | — |
| Alessandro Schöpf | MF | Arminia Bielefeld | End of contract | Summer | — |
| Steven Skrzybski | FW | Holstein Kiel | End of contract | Summer | — |
| Benjamin Stambouli | DF | Adana Demirspor | End of contract | Summer | — |
| Ozan Kabak | DF | Norwich City | Loan with option to buy | Summer | — |
| Can Bozdoğan | MF | Beşiktaş | Loan with option to buy | Summer | — |
| Rabbi Matondo | FW | Cercle Brugge | Loan with option to buy | Summer | — |
| Levent Mercan | MF | Fatih Karagümrük | Loan with option to buy | Summer | — |
| Nassim Boujellab | MF | Ingolstadt 04 | Loan | Summer | — |
| Amine Harit | MF | Marseille | Loan | Summer | — |
| Hamza Mendyl | DF | Gaziantep | Loan | Summer | — |
| Sead Kolašinac | DF | Arsenal | End of loan | Summer | — |
| Kilian Ludewig | DF | Red Bull Salzburg | End of loan | Summer | — |
| Gonçalo Paciência | FW | Eintracht Frankfurt | End of loan | Summer | — |
| Frederik Rønnow | GK | Eintracht Frankfurt | End of loan | Summer | — |
| William | DF | VfL Wolfsburg | End of loan | Summer | — |
* ↑ Fee may eventually rise to €25,000,000. He was previously loaned for €4,500,000 loan fee for the 2020–21 season
* ↑ He was previously loaned for €400,000 loan fee for the 2020–21 season
* ↑ €4,000,000 loan fee. Option to buy for €13,000,000 could become an obligation to buy under certain conditions.

## 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 | 23 July 2021 | 15 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 72 | 44 | +28 | 058.82 |
| DFB-Pokal | 8 August 2021 | 26 October 2021 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 76 | 46 | +30 | 058.33 |
Last updated: 16 May 2022 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Schalke 04 (C, P) | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 72 | 44 | +28 | 65 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | Werder Bremen (P) | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 65 | 43 | +22 | 63 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 67 | 35 | +32 | 60 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Darmstadt 98 | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 71 | 46 | +25 | 60 | |
| 5 | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 61 | 46 | +15 | 57 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | 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 | A |
| Result | L | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 13 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.

### DFB-Pokal
## Statistics

    As of end of 2021–22 season.

### Squad statistics

| No. | Player | Nat. | Pos. | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Player | Nat. | Pos. | Apps | St. | | | | Apps | St. | | | | Apps | St. | | | |
| 1 | Ralf Fährmann | | GK | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Martin Fraisl | | GK | 26 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Michael Langer | | GK | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Thomas Ouwejan | | DF | 30 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Ko Itakura | | DF | 32 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Marius Lode | | DF | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Andreas Vindheim | | DF | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Salif Sané | | DF | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Malick Thiaw | | DF | 32 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Marcin Kamiński | | DF | 33 | 33 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Henning Matriciani | | DF | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Dries Wouters | | DF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Timo Becker | | DF | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Victor Pálsson | | MF | 30 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Darko Churlinov | | MF | 23 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Danny Latza | | MF | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Rodrigo Zalazar | | MF | 32 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Dong-gyeong Lee | | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Florian Flick | | MF | 28 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Marc Rzatkowski | | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Dominick Drexler | | MF | 24 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Reinhold Ranftl | | MF | 16 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Blendi Idrizi | | MF | 24 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Mehmet-Can Aydın | | MF | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Yaroslav Mikhaylov | | MF | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Kerim Çalhanoğlu | | MF | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Simon Terodde | | FW | 32 | 31 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Marius Bülter | | FW | 34 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Marvin Pieringer | | FW | 26 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Keke Topp | | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Rufat Dadashov | | FW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Bleron Krasniqi | | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Matthew Hoppe | | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 36 | 73 | 68 | 2 | 34 | 34 | 69 | 66 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
* 1 2 3 Player transferred out during the season
* ↑ Player from Schalke 04 U19
* 1 2 Player from Schalke 04 II

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Nat. | Pos. | 2. Liga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | Simon Terodde | | FW | 30 | 0 | 30 |
| 2 | Marius Bülter | | FW | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | Rodrigo Zalazar | | MF | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Ko Itakura | | DF | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Dominick Drexler | | MF | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Thomas Ouwejan | | DF | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Darko Churlinov | | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Marcin Kamiński | | DF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Danny Latza | | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Marvin Pieringer | | FW | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Malick Thiaw | | DF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Mehmet-Can Aydın | | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Blendi Idrizi | | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Andreas Vindheim | | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Yaroslav Mikhaylov | | MF | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 72 | 4 | 76 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Player | Nat. | 2. Liga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | Martin Fraisl | | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Ralf Fährmann | | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Michael Langer | | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 10 | 0 | 10 |