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title: FC Schalke 04 Basketball

text: FC Schalke 04 Basketball Schalke 04 Basketball is a German professional basketball team club in Gelsenkirchen. The team currently plays in the ProA, the German national second division. It is the basketball section of FC Schalke 04. The basketball department of FC Schalke 04 played in the 1988–89 season in the National Basketball League Basketball Bundesliga and from 2004 for several seasons in the ProA, the second highest basketball league in Germany. 2009 saw the Schalke 04 voluntary withdrawal of Schalke 04 from the ProA. Following the 2017-18 season, the team was promoted to the national second-tier ProA, after Scanplus

title: FC Schalke 04

text: FC Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German association-football club and multi-sports club originally from the district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The "04" in the club's name derives from its formation in 1904. Schalke has long been one of the most popular professional football teams and multi-sports club in Germany, even though the club's heyday was in the 1930s and 1940s. Schalke play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. As of June 2018, the club has 155,000

title: FC Schalke 04

text: organized by developer Riot Games and the top level of professional "League of Legends" competition in Europe. The club also announced former Rot-Weiß Oberhausen and Sportfreunde Siegen midfielder and SK Gaming co-founder Tim Reichert as Head of ESport. FC Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German association-football club and multi-sports club originally from the district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The "04" in the club's name derives from its formation in 1904. Schalke has long been one of the most popular professional football teams

title: FC Schalke 04 Basketball

text: Baskets resigned its promotion position. 2. Basketball Bundesliga 1. Regionalliga West - Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.<br> - Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time. FC Schalke 04 Basketball Schalke 04 Basketball is a German professional basketball team club in Gelsenkirchen. The team currently plays in the ProA, the German national second division. It is the basketball section of FC Schalke 04. The basketball department of FC Schalke 04 played in the 1988–89 season in the National Basketball League Basketball Bundesliga and from 2004

title: FC Schalke 04

text: has an estimated 1,500 fan clubs. Of those listed by the SFCV, 860 Schalke 04 fan clubs (October 2012) in which an estimated 200 were in Ruhr, 360 in the rest of North Rhine-Westphalia and 300 in the other federal states. A member of the board of SFCV has a permanent seat on the board of FC Schalke 04 and in 2013 SFCV merged with the "Ultras Gelsenkirchen" and later the supporters' club, Schalke Fan-Initiative eV with several members of strong fan groups from the SFCV, as is clear from the merger of the SFCV with the fan section of

title: 2018–19 FC Schalke 04 season

text: 30 June 2019. 2018–19 FC Schalke 04 season The 2018–19 FC Schalke 04 season is the 115th season in the football club's history and 28th consecutive and 51st 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 are participating in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and the first-tier continental cup, the UEFA Champions League. This is the 18th season for Schalke in the Veltins-Arena, located in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The season covers a period from 1

title: 2018–19 FC Schalke 04 season

text: 2018–19 FC Schalke 04 season The 2018–19 FC Schalke 04 season is the 115th season in the football club's history and 28th consecutive and 51st 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 are participating in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and the first-tier continental cup, the UEFA Champions League. This is the 18th season for Schalke in the Veltins-Arena, located in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The season covers a period from 1 July 2018 to

title: FC Schalke 04

text: Schalke 04 membership structure in 2014 showed, among other things, a female share of 20% and a share of the age group up to ten years of 14%. Around 30% of the members were not from North Rhine-Westphalia. Apart from Gelsenkirchen (10,197 members) and its immediate neighboring towns, the members of Schalke 04 also come from more distant cities such as Cologne (1,117), Berlin (932) and Dortmund (800). This high growth in Schalke 04 membership is also promoted by promotions of Schalke 04, as from 2013 to further "advertise Schalke 04 brand". On 21 August 2013, Schalke 04 played their

title: FC Schalke 04

text: an independent club. The separation proved short-lived and the two came together again in 1919 as Turn- und Sportverein Schalke 1877. The new club won its first honours in 1923 as champions of the "Schalke Kreisliga". It was around this time that Schalke picked up the nickname "Die Knappen", from an old German word for "miners" because the team drew so many of its players and supporters from the coalmine workers of Gelsenkirchen. In 1924, the football team parted ways with the gymnasts again, this time taking the club chairman along with them. They took the name FC Schalke 04

title: FC Schalke 04

text: first home match of the 2013–14 season, a UEFA Champions League qualifier at the Veltins-Arena against the Greek runners-up PAOK (led by former head coach Huub Stevens), drawing 1–1. The match and result was more than overshadowed by a controversial police operation in the "S04 Ultras Gelsenkirchen" block of the Veltins-Arena against the fans of the home team with nearly 80 of the home team's fans injured. The return match was won 3–2 by Schalke without any of their supporters allowed to attend the match. Schalke 04 Fan Club Association (SFCV) is an umbrella organization, according to their own statement,

title: FC Schalke 04

text: Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04. They won their first West German championship in 1929, but the following year were sanctioned for exceeding salary levels set by the league and, in an era that considered professionalism in sport to be anathema, found themselves banned from play for nearly half a year. However, the ban had little impact on the team's popularity: in their first match after the ban against Fortuna Düsseldorf, in June 1931, the team drew 70,000 spectators to its home ground. The club's fortunes begun to rise from 1931 and they made a semi-final appearance in the 1932 German championship, losing 1–2

title: FC Schalke 04

text: following year, they appeared in the DFB-Pokal final, where they lost 2–3 to Karlsruher SC. The club's next, and to date last, German championship came in 1958 with a 3–0 victory over Hamburger SV. The strong fanbase of the club is as well documented in a local church, St. Joseph, in Gelsenkirchen. It was renovated shortly after the 1958 victory, where one of the glass windows shows Aloysius Gonzaga with a football and the dress and colors of Schalke. Schalke continued to play well, delivering a number of top four finishes in the years leading up to the 1963 formation

title: Pierre-Michel Lasogga

text: Pierre-Michel Lasogga Pierre-Michel Lasogga (born 15 December 1991) is a German footballer who plays as a centre-forward for German Bundesliga club Hamburger SV. He has represented Germany U21s at international level. He was also called up to the German senior national team for a friendly against Chile in 2014. Pierre-Michel Lasogga grew up as the son of players consultant Kerstin Lasogga in Gladbeck near the stadium of FC Schalke 04 stadium in Gelsenkirchen and he also had a season ticket for FC Schalke 04. His stepfather is the former football goalkeeper Oliver Reck, who played for FC Schalke 04 between

title: Teemu Pukki

text: was also a key figure in HJK´s UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League qualifications. He scored two goals against Bangor City and HJK´s both goals in a 2–0 home win against FC Schalke 04. Pukki also scored HJK´s only goal in the 6–1 away match against Schalke. Pukki scored three goals in two matches against FC Schalke 04 in August 2011 during the Europa League qualifier. First he scored twice in the first leg in Helsinki, and in Gelsenkirchen he scored an away goal. However, it was not enough to help HJK qualify to the group stage. On 31

title: FC Schalke 04 II

text: more Oberliga seasons followed until 2008 when the team qualified for the new Regionalliga West where it has played since. The team has played in the DFB-Pokal twice, qualifying for the first round in 1994–95 and 2001–02, going out to VfL Wolfsburg in 1994 and VfL Bochum in 2001. The team's honours: The recent season-by-season performance of the club: Since the 2008–09 season FC Schalke 04 II play at the Mondpalast-Arena in Herne. FC Schalke 04 II FC Schalke 04 II are the reserve team of German association football club FC Schalke 04. Until 2005 the team played as FC

title: FC Schalke 04 II

text: FC Schalke 04 II FC Schalke 04 II are the reserve team of German association football club FC Schalke 04. Until 2005 the team played as FC Schalke 04 Amateure. The team has qualified for the first round of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, on two occasions. They currently play in the tier five Oberliga Westfalen. The team first made an appearance in the highest football league in Westphalia when it won promotion to the tier three Verbandsliga Westfalen in 1964 but was relegated again in 1966. It made a return to the league in 1978 when the Oberliga Westfalen

title: FC Schalke 04

text: in the national league. The athletics (track and field) department of FC Schalke 04 was founded in 1922. Famous members were multiple German champion in sprint such as Erika Rost; and the winner of the silver medal in the decathlon at the 1996 Olympic Games, Frank Busemann; and the 2003 European Athletics Junior Championships gold in 200 metres, Sebastian Ernst. The table tennis department of FC Schalke 04 was founded in 1947. In the 1952–53 season, the FC Schalke 04 table tennis department competed for a year in the big leagues, up unto the foundation of the table tennis Bundesliga

title: FC Schalke 04

text: Schalke 04 voluntary withdrawal of Schalke 04 from the ProA. Currently, the Schalke 04 basketball department competes in the ProB. This department was founded in 2015. The squad plays in the National Blind Football League (Blindenfußball-Bundesliga). The handball department of FC Schalke 04 was founded in 1926. In 1929 it competed in the Gaumeister prior to competing in the Gauliga until the end of the Third Reich, the then top division. After the Second World War, except for a few years in the league, the S04 handball department did not build on the successes. Currently the S04 handball department competes

title: FC Schalke 04 (esports)

text: FC Schalke 04 (esports) FC Schalke 04 is an esports team competing in the European League of Legends Championship Series (EU LCS), the top level of professional "League of Legends" in Europe. The team is also known as Schalke 04 Esports to distinguish them from their parent organisation's football club. Matches are played in the Am Studio 20D in Adlershof, Berlin. The team previously played in the European "League of Legends" Challenger Series (EU CS) after being relegated in the 2017 EU LCS Spring Promotion tournament, but returned to the LCS after defeating the Ninjas in Pyjamas 3–0 in the

title: 2010–11 FC Schalke 04 season

text: as well as the goalscorers and disciplinary records. "Note: Results are given with FC Schalke 04 score listed first." "Note: Results are given with FC Schalke 04 score listed first." 2010–11 FC Schalke 04 season The 2010–11 season of Schalke 04 began on 16 August 2010 with a DFB Pokal match against Aalen, and ended on 21 May 2011, the final of the DFB-Pokal, played against MSV Duisburg. In: Out: In: Out: "Note: Results are given with Schalke 04 score listed first." The match on 1 April against St. Pauli was suspended in the 87th minute after an assistant referee

title: 2004–05 FC Schalke 04 season

text: 2004–05 FC Schalke 04 season FC Schalke 04 had a surprise title tilt at Bundesliga, in spite of a poor start to the season and the resultant dismissal of manager Jupp Heynckes. With largely unproven Ralf Rangnick taking over, Schalke went about level with title rivals Bayern Munich after a 1–0 win thanks to a goal from Lincoln. From there on, Bayern dominated, leaving Schalke a full 14 points behind, albeit good enough for runners-up, qualifying the team for the Champions League. "Schalke 04 won 7–1 on aggregate." "Schalke 04 won 6–1 on aggregate." "Schalke 04 won 3–1 on aggregate."

title: 2005–06 FC Schalke 04 season

text: with eventual champions Sevilla needing extra time to overcome the Germans. Less flattering was Schalke's domestic cup form, with the club thrashed by eventual finalists Frankfurt 6-0 in the second round. This humiliation, along with the mediocre league form, saw coach Ralf Rangnick sacked in December, with Mirko Slomka appointed as his replacement in early January. "Schalke 04 won 5–1 on aggregate." "Schalke 04 won 3–1 on aggregate." "Schalke 04 won 4–2 on aggregate." "Sevilla won 1–0 on aggregate." 2005–06 FC Schalke 04 season During the 2005–06 German football season, FC Schalke 04 competed in the Bundesliga. The 2005-06 season

title: 2004–05 FC Schalke 04 season

text: "Schalke 04 won 9-1 on aggregate." "Shakhtar Donetsk won 2–1 on aggregate." 2004–05 FC Schalke 04 season FC Schalke 04 had a surprise title tilt at Bundesliga, in spite of a poor start to the season and the resultant dismissal of manager Jupp Heynckes. With largely unproven Ralf Rangnick taking over, Schalke went about level with title rivals Bayern Munich after a 1–0 win thanks to a goal from Lincoln. From there on, Bayern dominated, leaving Schalke a full 14 points behind, albeit good enough for runners-up, qualifying the team for the Champions League. "Schalke 04 won 7–1 on aggregate."

title: 2014–15 FC Schalke 04 season

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

title: FC Schalke 04 (esports)

text: the 2018 EU LCS Summer Split in 3rd place with a record of 12 wins to 6 losses, qualifying the organisation for their first appearance in playoffs. The team managed to make it to the finals, but were defeated by Fnatic 1–3, and later failed to qualify for the 2018 World Championship after falling to G2 Esports 1-3 in the regional qualifiers. FC Schalke 04 (esports) FC Schalke 04 is an esports team competing in the European League of Legends Championship Series (EU LCS), the top level of professional "League of Legends" in Europe. The team is also known as

title: 2014–15 FC Schalke 04 season

text: 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 July 1, 2014. 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. Schalke 04 finished third in the previous season, meaning that they will automatically qualify for the Group Stage

title: 2005–06 FC Schalke 04 season

text: 2005–06 FC Schalke 04 season During the 2005–06 German football season, FC Schalke 04 competed in the Bundesliga. The 2005-06 season was one of ups and downs for Schalke. The club only dropped two points more compared to the previous season, but this was only good enough to see Schalke finish in 4th. Schalke also exited the Champions League at the group stage, though there was little shame in elimination given that they were placed in the same group as last season's runners-up AC Milan and semi-finalists PSV Eindhoven. Schalke compensated with a great run to the UEFA Cup semi-final,

title: 2007–08 FC Schalke 04 season

text: fourth-placed Hamburg. Büskens and Mulder stood down in July, and FC Twente manager Fred Rutten took charge. "Schalke 1–1 Porto on aggregate. Schalke won 4–1 on penalties." "Barcelona won 2–0 on aggregate." 2007–08 FC Schalke 04 season During the 2007–08 German football season, FC Schalke 04 competed in the Bundesliga. Several weak performances, culminating in a 5-1 defeat to Werder Bremen, saw coach Mirko Slomka sacked in April, with former players Mike Büskens and Youri Mulder taking over for the remainder of the season. The duo recorded five wins and a draw in their six-game stint in charge - although

title: FC Schalke 04

text: be "one of the worst German comedies ever". "Schalke" is mentioned in the film "Das Boot" when the bosun tells the crew in their ward room, "I got bad news for you men. Schalke lost 5–0, looks like we won't be in the final this year." German Championship DFB-Pokal/German Cup DFB-Ligapokal/German League Cup DFL-Supercup/German Super Cup 2. Bundesliga UEFA Champions League UEFA Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup Under 19 Bundesliga Under 19 Bundesliga West Under 17 Bundesliga Under 17 Bundesliga West In women's football, FC Schalke 04 have achieved some notable successes in the late seventies and early eighties of the

title: FC Schalke 04

text: S04 has not adequately represented the fan interests. The fan-base of Schalke is connected, in a friendly way, with the supporters of 1. FC Nürnberg and Dutch club Twente. The friendship with Nürnberg is the oldest connection between two fan-bases in Germany. Before a match between both clubs, the official club songs are played. Popular unofficial chants are The Revierderby is the rivalry between local clubs Schalke 04 and Borussia Dortmund, both situated in the densely populated Ruhr region. Because of the small geographical distances between the clubs (roughly 30 kilometers), fans of opposing clubs often meet in everyday life.

title: 2010–11 FC Schalke 04 season

text: 2010–11 FC Schalke 04 season The 2010–11 season of Schalke 04 began on 16 August 2010 with a DFB Pokal match against Aalen, and ended on 21 May 2011, the final of the DFB-Pokal, played against MSV Duisburg. In: Out: In: Out: "Note: Results are given with Schalke 04 score listed first." The match on 1 April against St. Pauli was suspended in the 87th minute after an assistant referee was hit by a beer cup thrown from the stands with the score at 2–0 for Schalke. The DFB Sports Court awarded the match to Schalke maintaining the 2–0 scoreline

title: 2007–08 FC Schalke 04 season

text: 2007–08 FC Schalke 04 season During the 2007–08 German football season, FC Schalke 04 competed in the Bundesliga. Several weak performances, culminating in a 5-1 defeat to Werder Bremen, saw coach Mirko Slomka sacked in April, with former players Mike Büskens and Youri Mulder taking over for the remainder of the season. The duo recorded five wins and a draw in their six-game stint in charge - although Schalke recorded four points less than the previous season and dropped down to third as a result, the club still comfortably qualified for the Champions League, with a ten point lead over

title: FC Schalke 04

text: a capacity of 35,000. The facility was used for amateur matches during its latter years with a reduced capacity of just 5,000. The number of members of Schalke 04 grew from 10,000 in 1991 to 155,000 in 2018. This figure makes Schalke 04 the second-biggest sports club in Germany and fourth-biggest sports club in the world, behind Bayern Munich, Sporting Lisbon and first-placed Benfica. Schalke 04 has the fourth-largest fan-base of any team in the world. Schalke is currently ranked as the ninth-best football club in Europe and in Continental Europe by UEFA's UEFA club rankings. A representation of the

title: FC Schalke 04

text: in 1966, the top division in Germany. In the 2013–14 season S04 table tennis department competed in the Westphalia district league. The FC Schalke 04 table tennis department women's team was one of the early participants in the 1950s in the national league, until it was withdrawn in 1956. In 2016, Schalke opened an eSports department and acquired "League of Legends" team Elements, becoming the second professional sports team with a "LoL" division after Beşiktaş acquired the roster of Turkish team Aces High the previous year. In early June, they debuted in the European "League of Legends" Championship Series, officially

title: 2012–13 FC Schalke 04 season

text: and Arsenal in Group B of the group stage. Huub Stevens was sacked as head coach on 16 December 2012. Jens Keller replaced Stevens as head coach. "- transfers during the season. (blue)" "- transfers during the season (away). (red)" 2012–13 FC Schalke 04 season The 2012–13 FC Schalke 04 season was the 109th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13 the club plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It is the clubs 22nd consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1991. The club also takes part in the

title: 2012–13 FC Schalke 04 season

text: 2012–13 FC Schalke 04 season The 2012–13 FC Schalke 04 season was the 109th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13 the club plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It is the clubs 22nd consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1991. The club also takes part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, where it reached the second round and will face 2. Bundesliga side SV Sandhausen next. In Europe the club has qualified for the 2012–13 edition of the Champions League where it will play Olympiacos, Montpellier

title: FC Schalke 04 (esports)

text: 2018 EU LCS Spring Promotion tournament. In 2016, FC Schalke 04 opened an esports department and acquired the EU LCS spot of Elements, becoming the fourth football (soccer) team to have a "League of Legends" division after Beşiktaş (that acquired the roster of Turkish team Aces High the previous year), Santos and Remo. The club also announced former Rot-Weiß Oberhausen and Sportfreunde Siegen midfielder and SK Gaming co-founder Tim Reichert as Head of eSport. Schalke finished 8th in the 2016 Summer EU LCS and was relegated to the European "League of Legends" Challenger Series after losing a promotion match to

title: FC Schalke 04

text: 20th century. The S04 women's team was five times Westphalia champion and twice cup winners as well as competing in the German Championship and in the DFB Cup ended up being each in the first round. Mid-nineteen eighties, the S04 women's team was dissolved. Since the 2007–08 season, S04 is cooperating with the women footballers of the second division 1 FFC Recklinghausen. The basketball department of FC Schalke 04 played in the 1988–89 season in the National Basketball League Basketball Bundesliga and from 2004 for several seasons in the ProA, the second highest basketball league in Germany. 2009 saw the

title: FC Schalke 04

text: in German football, and matches between the two teams are referred to as the Revierderby. Schalke was ranked as the seventh-best football team in Europe by UEFA's 2015 UEFA club rankings. In terms of operating income, Schalke possesses the seventh-highest operating income of any football club at "$64.4 million or £38.2 million (€48 million)", and 0% debt as of August 2014. Schalke also generates the 14th-highest revenue of any football club, at "$265.6 million or £157.8 million (€198 million)". In May 2014, Schalke 04 were ranked by "Forbes" magazine as the 14th-most valuable football club, at "£355 million or $599

title: FC Schalke 04

text: semi-final where they lost 2–0 to Manchester United in the first leg and 4–1 in the second leg. On 22 September 2011, Ralf Rangnick announced his immediate resignation as head coach of Schalke 04 due to long-term exhaustion. Assistant coach Seppo Eichkorn coached the team as interim manager until the appointment of Huub Stevens on 27 September 2011. Stevens' contract was to run until 30 June 2013. Despite having legendary status among Schalke supporters, Stevens' return to Schalke was met with some scepticism as fans feared that Stevens, who coached Schalke to the 1997 UEFA Cup win with a rigidly

title: FC Schalke 04

text: Reale Seguros; China-based telecommunications company Huawei; cyber gambling and sports betting company bet-at-home.com; beverage company Coca-Cola; Germany-based brewery Veltins; and the current manufacturer of Schalke's squad kits, Germany-based Adidas. In terms of operating income, Schalke possesses the seventh-highest operating income of any football club in the world at €48 million, and 0% debt as of August 2014. Schalke generates the 12th-highest revenue of any football club in the world at €198 million. In May 2014, Schalke 04 were ranked by "Forbes" magazine as the 12th-richest football club in the world, at €446 million, an increase of 16% from the previous

title: FC Schalke 04

text: end of the 2013–14 season, the club finished in third place in the Bundesliga table to qualify for their third-straight UEFA Champions League appearance, a feat Schalke had never before achieved. On 7 October 2014, after a 1–2 defeat to 1899 Hoffenheim and after amassing just eight points from seven matches, Keller was sacked and succeeded by Roberto Di Matteo. The headline sponsors of Schalke 04 are the China-based electronics manufacturer Hisense and the Russia-based hydrocarbon giant Gazprom. Additional sponsors include Germany-based insurance group ERGO Insurance Group; Germany-based automotive manufacturer BMW; Germany-based motorcycle manufacturer BMW Motorrad; Spanish-based security insurance company

title: 2014 Schalke 04 Cup

text: 2014 Schalke 04 Cup The 2014 Schalke 04 Cup was a two-day pre-season men's football friendly tournament that was hosted by Bundesliga club Schalke 04 and was held at the Veltins-Arena, the club's home ground. 2014 was the inaugural competition of the Schalke 04 Cup. Four teams participated in it, hosts Schalke 04 of the Bundesliga, Newcastle United and West Ham United of the Premier League, and Malaga of La Liga. The first match of each day kicked off at 15:30 CET, with the second match of each day kicking off at 17:45 CET. Schalke 04 contested the second match

title: 2014 Schalke 04 Cup

text: In Turkey, the tournament was broadcast on TRT Spor, and in the United Kingdom, it was broadcast on Quest. 2014 Schalke 04 Cup The 2014 Schalke 04 Cup was a two-day pre-season men's football friendly tournament that was hosted by Bundesliga club Schalke 04 and was held at the Veltins-Arena, the club's home ground. 2014 was the inaugural competition of the Schalke 04 Cup. Four teams participated in it, hosts Schalke 04 of the Bundesliga, Newcastle United and West Ham United of the Premier League, and Malaga of La Liga. The first match of each day kicked off at 15:30

title: FC Schalke 04

text: stated it expected to invest as much as €125 million in the club over a five-and-a-half-year period. Gazprom's sponsorship has been seen by some analysts as a politically motivated attempt to buy friendship in Germany. Within this sponsorship, Schalke 04 and Zenit Saint Petersburg signed a "partnership agreement"; both clubs intend to work closely on improving football-related issues. On 13 April 2008, the club announced the dismissal of manager Mirko Slomka after a heavy defeat at the hands of Werder Bremen and elimination from the Champions League. Former players Mike Büskens and Youri Mulder were put in charge of the

title: FC Schalke 04 (esports)

text: Misfits Gaming. In December 2016, Steve and sprattel joined PSG eSports and left Schalke. Schalke announced a new roster on 13 January 2017, with SmittyJ, loulex, SELFIE, Upset and Vander joining the team. SELFIE and Vander left Schalke on 30 April 2017. Memento, Caedrel and Norskeren joined Schalke on 22 May 2017, as Jungler, Mid Laner and Support respectively. Schalke also released loulex on the same day. Schalke returned to the EU LCS on 25 August 2017, after defeating the Ninjas in Pyjamas 3–0 in the 2018 EU LCS Spring Promotion tournament. On 30 September, Schalke released most of its

title: FC Schalke 04

text: defensive system, could abandon Rangnick's system of attacking play in favour of returning to his 1997 defensive antics. The doubts of the supporters proved unfounded. Although Schalke played a somewhat inconsistent season, they reached third place in the Bundesliga and therefore direct qualification for the UEFA Champions League. Schalke had an excellent start to the 2012–13 Bundesliga season, and worked their way to second place in the league by November, just behind Bayern Munich. On 20 October, Schalke traveled to Borussia Dortmund for matchday 8, and were able to defeat the home side 2–1 to secure their first league "Revierderby"

title: FC Schalke 04

text: quickly earned himself a cult following among the Schalke supporters. Stevens successfully implemented a system of rigid discipline, especially in the defence. His motto ""Die Null muß stehen"" (in English, "It has to read nil"), which emphasized his importance on his side not conceding any goals, has found its way into everyday language in Germany. The turn of the millennium has seen much stronger performances from Schalke. During the 1990s and early 2000, the club underwent a successful transformation into a modern, commercial sports organization and established itself as one of the dominant teams of the Bundesliga. Schalke captured consecutive

title: FC Schalke 04

text: club played their most successful second half of the season in club history. The season was marked by a glut of injuries to key squad players, including Jefferson Farfán and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, for almost the entire season. It also led to performance related discussions about head coach Jens Keller. Partially, Schalke fielded up to ten young players with potential who played in the Schalke youth system throughout the season. Among the brightest young player discoveries of the 2013–14 season were Max Meyer and Leon Goretzka. The young Schalke squad won 11 out of 17 matches, totalling 36 points. At the

title: FC Schalke 04

text: DFB-Pokals in 2000–01 and 2001–02, and earned second-place finishes in the Bundesliga in 2000–01, 2004–05 and 2006–07. The 2000–01 season finish was heartbreaking for Schalke's supporters as it took a goal in the fourth minute of injury time by Bayern Munich away to Hamburger SV to snatch the title from "Die Königsblauen". The last few years have been more successful for Schalke, who finished in the second place in 2005, a result that led to Schalke making its second appearance in the UEFA Champions League. There, Schalke finished in third place during the group stage and continuing into the UEFA

title: FC Schalke 04

text: win since February 2010 while securing a Champions League place by finishing in fourth place. In the 2013–14 Champions League group stage, Schalke's opponents were Steaua București, Basel and Chelsea. Schalke ultimately finished the group stage in second place, behind Chelsea, and was eliminated in the round of 16 by Real Madrid. The most prominent Schalke addition was the arrival of Kevin-Prince Boateng from Milan. After a disappointing first round of the 2013–14 Bundesliga that saw Schalke in seventh place in the Bundesliga table, as well as an early exit from the 2013–14 DFB-Pokal in the first knockout round, the

title: FC Schalke 04

text: members, making it the second-largest sports club in Germany and the fourth-largest sports club in the world in terms of membership. Other activities offered by the club include athletics (track and field), basketball, handball, table tennis, winter sports and eSports. Founded in 1904, Schalke has won seven German championships, five DFB-Pokals, one DFL-Supercup and one UEFA Cup. Schalke also succeeded as the first German club a double from German championship and DFB-Pokal (1937). Since 2001, Schalke's stadium has been the Veltins-Arena. Schalke holds a long-standing rivalry with Ruhr neighbours Borussia Dortmund, arguably one of the most widespread and well-known rivalries

title: FC Schalke 04

text: year. In the year 2000, the supporters voted for "Schalker Jahrhundertelf", the "Team of the Century": Schalke's stadium, known as the Veltins-Arena under a sponsorship agreement with Veltins brewery, was completed in the summer of 2001 and has a capacity of 62,271 spectators. Schalke regularly draws sell-out crowds to what is widely regarded as one of the most modern and best multi-use facilities in Europe. The facility was previously known as the Arena AufSchalke and replaced the Parkstadion (capacity of 62,000) built in 1973. Prior to this, the club had played its matches in the Glückauf-Kampfbahn, constructed in 1928 with

title: FC Schalke 04

text: The term may be used in any match between two football clubs of the Ruhr region (such as VfL Bochum, Rot-Weiss Essen or MSV Duisburg), but the term is most commonly associated with the rivalry between Schalke and Dortmund due to the derby's popularity and prestige. To some fans, the win of the derby itself is more important than the actual performance in the Bundesliga. Schalke has been subject of a feature-length film called "Fußball ist unser Leben" ("Football is our life"), shown in 1999. Actors Uwe Ochsenknecht and Ralf Richter, both of whom were in the award-winning film "Das

title: FC Schalke 04

text: Boot" played the main roles, while many persons associated with Schalke had cameo roles, such as manager Rudi Assauer, coaches Huub Stevens and Helmut Schulte, and player Yves Eigenrauch. Also featured were prominent fans like Manfred Breuckmann, Ulrich Potofski or DJ Hooligan. The film is a comedy about "Hans", a Schalke fanatic, and his three pals who somehow get involved in kidnapping and trying to bring back to form the team's new star player "Di Ospeo" and in the process bet Hans' house that their idol will score in the final match. Some critics considered "Football is our life" to

title: FC Schalke 04

text: million (€446 million)", an increase of 16% from the previous year. The club was founded on 4 May 1904 as Westfalia Schalke by a group of high school students and first wore the colours red and yellow. The team was unable to gain admittance to the "Westdeutscher Spielverband" and played in one of the "wild associations" of early German football. In 1912, after years of failed attempts to join the official league, they merged with the gymnastic club Schalker Turnverein 1877 in order to facilitate their entry. This arrangement held up until 1915, when SV Westfalia Schalke was re-established as

title: FC Schalke 04

text: Raúl. Magath's tenure at the club was initially successful, seeing the side score a glut of goals in the first few months of the season, though defensive frailties and Magath's questionable squad selection had made him unpopular with Schalke supporters by December 2010. On 16 March 2011, Magath was sacked and replaced with Ralf Rangnick, who previously, between 2004 and 2005, had a brief spell being in charge of the team. Within just weeks of his appointment, Rangnick masterminded a 5–2 victory over Inter Milan at the San Siro during the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Schalke advanced to the

title: FC Schalke 04

text: dozen seasons, from 1933 to 1945, Schalke won 162 of 189 Gauliga matches, drawing 21 and losing only 6. Within this period, they scored 924 goals and conceded just 145. From 1935 to 1939, they did not lose a single league match. The club's dominance throughout this period led them to be held up for propaganda purposes by the Nazi regime as an example of "new Germany". With Germany in chaos towards the end of World War II, Schalke played just two matches in 1945. They resumed regular play following the war and, for a time, continued to compete as

title: FC Schalke 04

text: Cup, where they were eliminated by the eventual winners Sevilla in the semi-finals. In 2005–06, Schalke finished in fourth place in the Bundesliga and a year later they again finished as runners-up for the third time in seven seasons. In the 2007–08 season, Schalke progressed past the Champions League group stage for the first time and advanced to the quarter-finals after defeating Porto on penalties in the round of 16. They were eliminated by Barcelona in the quarter-finals, losing both home and away matches 0–1. On 9 October 2006, Russian oil company Gazprom became the club's new sponsor. The company

title: FC Schalke 04

text: Despite their improved results, the seeds of a major reversal had already been sown. A number of the team's players and officials were accused of accepting bribes as part of the widespread Bundesliga scandal of 1971. Investigation showed that Schalke had deliberately played to lose their 17 May, 28th-round match against Arminia Bielefeld, 0–1. As a result, several Schalke players were banned for life, including three – Klaus Fischer, "Stan" Libuda and Klaus Fichtel – who regularly played for the West Germany national team at the time. Even though the penalties were later commuted to bans ranging from six months

title: FC Schalke 04

text: first team on an interim basis. For the 2008–09 Bundesliga season, Schalke signed a new head coach, Fred Rutten, previously of Twente. Rutten signed a contract running until June 2010. In March 2009, Rutten was sacked and, once more, Mike Büskens, Youri Mulder and Oliver Reck took over the helm. On 1 July 2009, Felix Magath, who had led VfL Wolfsburg to the top of the table in the Bundesliga, became head coach and general manager of the "Königsblauen". The appointment of Magath as manager coincided with a multimillion-euro spending spree, allowing Schalke to acquire internationally-known forwards Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and

title: FC Schalke 04 (esports)

text: roster: SmittyJ, Memento, Caedrel and Norskeren all announced their free agency via Twitter. On 21 November 2017, Schalke announced the addition of Vizicsacsi, Pridestalker (now Pride), and Nukeduck to their roster as Top Laner, Jungler, and Mid Laner respectively. Vander rejoined on the same day as Support. The team ended the 2018 EU LCS Spring Split in 8th place, but did not have to play in a promotion tournament as EUCS was abolished prior to the split. Amazing joined Schalke as starting jungler on 31 May 2018, after Pride was moved to a substitute role on 3 April. Schalke ended

title: FC Schalke 04

text: again in 1983–84. They returned to the top flight in 1984 but slipped once more to the second tier in 1988. They returned to the Bundesliga in the 1991–92 season and have stayed in the top flight ever since. The club earned their first honours since the DFB-Pokal win of 1972 with a victory in the final of the 1996–97 UEFA Cup over Inter Milan on penalties. Coached by the Dutch coach Huub Stevens, the 1997 Schalke squad earned the nickname "Euro Fighters", which is still in use among fans. Stevens, who was widely unknown in Germany at the time,

title: FC Singen 04

text: FC Singen 04 The FC Singen 04 is a German association football club from the city of Singen, Baden-Württemberg. Established 4 August 1904. the club merged with Fußball-Club Radolfzell in 1908 to form FC Radolfzell-SIngen. That union was ended on 10 March 1910 and in 1917 04 was joined by Sportclub Singen. FCS 04 won its first title in 1923, taking the championship in the Bezirksliga Ost, and in 1930 it won the Schwarzwaldliga, but could not find its way to the highest level of play in the Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden. In 1933, German football was reorganized under the Third Reich

title: FC Rastatt 04

text: FC Rastatt 04 FC Rastatt 04 is a German association football club from the city of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg. It was established as "Fußball-Klub Rastatt" on 9 October 1904 at the Gasthaus zur Linde. A 1919 union with "Fußball-Club Phoenix" created "Rastatt Fußballverein 04", which merged with "Frankonia 1912 Rastatt" on 23 August 1939 to form "FC Rastatt 04". The club enjoyed its greatest success in the 1930s, 1940s, and early 1950s when it took part in top-flight regional competition in southwestern Germany. "FV" won promotion to the senior regional circuit, the Bezirksliga Württemberg/Baden, in 1928, where they finished as vice

title: FC Ingolstadt 04 II

text: FC Ingolstadt 04 II The FC Ingolstadt 04 II is a German from the city of Ingolstadt, Bavaria. It is the reserve team of FC Ingolstadt 04. FC Ingolstadt 04 was formed in 2004 through a merger of two local rivals, MTV Ingolstadt and ESV Ingolstadt, with the former playing in the Landesliga Bayern-Süd while the later played in the Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern at the time. The first team took "MTV's" place, having just been promoted to the Bayernliga, while the new reserve side took up "ESV's" place in the Bezirksoberliga. The team took two seasons in this league to achieve

title: FC Ingolstadt 04 II

text: The teams recent managers were: The season-by-season performance of the team: FC Ingolstadt 04 II The FC Ingolstadt 04 II is a German from the city of Ingolstadt, Bavaria. It is the reserve team of FC Ingolstadt 04. FC Ingolstadt 04 was formed in 2004 through a merger of two local rivals, MTV Ingolstadt and ESV Ingolstadt, with the former playing in the Landesliga Bayern-Süd while the later played in the Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern at the time. The first team took "MTV's" place, having just been promoted to the Bayernliga, while the new reserve side took up "ESV's" place in the

title: FC Schalke 04

text: of the Bundesliga, West Germany's new federal, professional league. Those results earned them selection as 1 of 16 clubs admitted to the top-flight league. Their first years in the Bundesliga were difficult. In 1964–65, they escaped relegation only through the expansion of the league to 18 teams. A number of finishes at the lower end of the league table followed, before a marked improvement in 1971–72, culminating in a second-place finish to Bayern Munich and after having led the league for much of the season. In the same season, Schalke won the DFB-Pokal for the second time in its history.

title: FC Schalke 04

text: to Eintracht Frankfurt. The year after, the club went all the way to the final, where Fortuna Düsseldorf proved the better side, winning 3–0. With the re-organisation of German football in 1933 under Nazi Germany, Schalke found themselves in the Gauliga Westfalen, 1 of 16 top-flight divisions established to replace the innumerable regional and local leagues, all claiming top status. This league saw Schalke's most successful decade in their history: from 1933 to 1942, the club would appear in 14 of 18 national finals (ten in the German championship and eight in the Tschammerpokal, the predecessor of today's DFB-Pokal) and

title: FC Schalke 04

text: a strong side. They set a record in a national championship round match with a 20–0 drubbing of SpVgg Herten, but that spoke more to the weakened condition of German football than the ability of the team. Schalke's play fell off and the best they could manage in the new Oberliga West in 1947 was a sixth-place finish. Within two years, they slipped to 12th place. It would take Schalke until the mid-1950s to recover their form. They finished third in a tight three-way race for the 1954 Oberliga West title, decided on the last day of the season. The

title: FC Rastatt 04

text: in the DFB-Pokal (German Cup) tournament on three occasions going out in the first round to "Waldhof Mannheim" in 1973 and to "VfB Stuttgart" in 1981. Their furthest advance came in 1977 when they were put out in the second round by "Bayer Leverkusen". The club's honours: The recent season-by-season performance of the club: FC Rastatt 04 FC Rastatt 04 is a German association football club from the city of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg. It was established as "Fußball-Klub Rastatt" on 9 October 1904 at the Gasthaus zur Linde. A 1919 union with "Fußball-Club Phoenix" created "Rastatt Fußballverein 04", which merged with

title: 2014 Schalke 04 Cup

text: on both days. Each match in the Schalke 04 Cup featured two matches of standard 2 x 45 minutes duration. The points were awarded according to a special system, with the winners of each game receiving the usual three points. However, if a game ended in a draw after 90 minutes, it will go straight to a penalty shoot-out. The winners of the shoot-out will gain two points, rather than the usual one point. The team with the highest number of points from two games will win the trophy. The tournament was organised by the Swiss company Kentaro AG. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude>

title: 1. FC Neubrandenburg 04

text: "SV Post Telekom Neubrandenburg" after German reunification. Until 1999, the club was known as "FC Neubrandenburg" when it became "FC Tollense Neubrandenburg" after a merger with SV Tollense Neubrandenburg, and finally in 2004, the club was established as 1. FC Neubrandenburg 04. The club played in the fifth tier NOFV-Oberliga Nord, having been promoted as 2010–11 Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (VI) champions but withdrew at the end of the 2015–16 season because of insolvency. The club's honours: 1. FC Neubrandenburg 04 plays its home fixtures at the 2,500 capacity Ligaplatz am Jahnstadion. 1. FC Neubrandenburg 04 1. FC Neubrandenburg 04 is a

title: 1. FC Magdeburg

text: a.e.t.). The late 1970s saw Magdeburg play against a number of famous teams in the European competitions. In the 1976–77 UEFA Cup, Magdeburg went out in the quarter-finals against eventual winners Juventus, in the 1977–78 UEFA Cup Magdeburg met FC Schalke 04 and beat them 4–2 and 3–1, making Magdeburg the only team to beat Schalke 04 in a European competition at their home Parkstadion. But Magdeburg went out in the quarter-finals again, eventual winners PSV Eindhoven scoring the deciding goal with just 90 seconds left on the clock. From the end of the 1970s, 1. FC Magdeburg didn't have

title: FC Ingolstadt 04

text: FC Ingolstadt 04 Fußball-Club Ingolstadt 04 e.V., commonly known as simply FC Ingolstadt 04, is a German football club based in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. The club was founded in 2004 out of the merger of the football sides of two other clubs: ESV Ingolstadt and MTV Ingolstadt. ESV Ingolstadt (Eisenbahner-Sportverein Ingolstadt-Ringsee e.V.) was founded in 1919 as FC Viktoria. Two years later the football players of Turnverein 1861 Ingolstadt joined the club to form VfR Ingolstadt. A number of other clubs from the Ringsee district fused with this club, but to little effect. The club's achievement amounted to not more than

title: 2013–14 FC Augsburg season

text: in the table. Augsburg finished September with the draw for the third round for the DFB-Pokal on 29 September. Augsburg was drawn against Bayern Munich. FC Augsburg started October with a match against Schalke 04 on 5 October. Schalke won 4–1. Sascha Mölders scored for Augsburg. Kevin-Prince Boateng, Ádám Szalai and Max Meyer scored for Schalke. Ádám Szalai scored two goals. Augsburg finished the matchday in 12th place. 2013–14 FC Augsburg season The 2013–14 FC Augsburg season was the 107th season in the football club's history and third consecutive season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having

title: FC Ingolstadt 04

text: background, meaning trenchmen or rampartmen. The official club anthem is called "Schanzer Herz", performed by Ingolstadt-based hard rock band Bonfire. The stadium's goal theme song is "Esellied", performed by South Tyrol band Volxrock. The pre-kick-off song is "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC. Source: Source: The club has qualified for the first round of the German Cup ten times and the third round just once: FC Ingolstadt 04 Fußball-Club Ingolstadt 04 e.V., commonly known as simply FC Ingolstadt 04, is a German football club based in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. The club was founded in 2004 out of the merger of the football sides of

title: FC Schalke 04

text: next six years, coming away victorious in 1937, 1939, 1940 and 1942. Three of those national finals were against Austrian teams – Admira Wien, Rapid Wien and First Vienna – which played in Germany's Gauliga Ostmark after Austria's incorporation into the Reich through the 1938 "Anschluss". "Die Königsblauen" also made frequent appearances in the final of the Tschammerpokal, but enjoyed much less success there. They lost the inaugural Tschammerpokal 0–2 to 1. FC Nürnberg in 1935. They also made failed appearances in the 1936, 1941, and 1942 finals with their only victory coming in 1937 against Fortuna Düsseldorf. Over a

title: FC Schalke 04

text: and adopted the now familiar blue and white kit from which their second nickname would derive, "Die Königsblauen" (). The following year, the club became the dominant local side, based on a style of play that used short, sharp, man-to-man passing to move the ball. This system would later become famous as the "Schalker Kreisel" (). In 1927, it carried them into the top-flight "Gauliga Ruhr", onto the league championship, and then into the opening rounds of the national finals. The popular club built a new stadium, the Glückauf-Kampfbahn, in 1928, and acknowledged the city's support by renaming themselves FC

title: FC Schalke 04

text: win their league in every one of its eleven seasons. The club never lost a home match in the Gauliga Westfalen in all these 11 seasons and only lost six away matches, while remaining unbeaten in the 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1940–41 and 1942–43 seasons, a sign of the club's dominance. Schalke's first national title came in 1934 with a 2–1 victory over favourites 1. FC Nürnberg. The next year, they successfully defended their title against VfB Stuttgart with a 6–4 win. The club missed the 1936 final, but would make appearances in the championship match in each of the

title: 1. FC Neubrandenburg 04

text: 1. FC Neubrandenburg 04 1. FC Neubrandenburg 04 is a German football club based in Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, currently playing in the NOFV-Oberliga Nord (V). The earliest forerunner of 1. FC Neubrandenburg 04 was founded in 1947 as "SG Fritz Reuter Neubrandenburg", which became "BSG Energie Neubrandenburg" in 1950 and "BSG Turbine Neubrandenburg" in 1952. Turbine Neubrandenburg reached the second tier DDR-Liga of East Germany in the 1954–55 season and 10 years later, as "SC Neubrandenburg", even played one season in the top-flight DDR-Oberliga. From 1965 until 1990 the club was known as "BSG Post Neubrandenburg", and "MSV Post Neubrandenburg" and

title: Cardiff City F.C. in European football

text: each country. Later tours have included a pre-season tour to Denmark in August 1979 and one to Scotland in 1980. Home friendlies have included defeats against Moscow Dynamo in 1945 by 10-1, ADO The Hague in 1970, and wins over Lugano in September 1959, Kickers Offenbach in 1962, FC Schalke 04 in 1971 with the game against SV Werder Bremen in 1969 being a draw. The 1960-61 season saw home friendly wins over Grasshoppers Zurich, which was also the Ninian Park Floodlight Opening game on 5 October, and FC Biel, and a loss to VfL Osnabruck. Cardiff City F.C. in

title: FC Singen 04

text: team took out the championship and earned promotion. Three successful seasons in the Verbandsliga followed before the club earned promotion to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg for a season before returning to the Verbandsliga Südbaden in 2013. A last-place finish in the Verbandsliga in 2015–16 took the club back to the Landesliga. The club's fans have a long-standing friendship with the fans of FC Rastatt 04, another club from the south of Baden. Ernest Wilimowski, former Polish and German international, played the 1952–53 season with the club. The club's honours: The recent season-by-season performance of the club: FC Singen 04 The FC

title: Charles Takyi

text: Charles Takyi Charles Kwame Takyi (born 12 November 1984) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a midfielder Takyi was born in Accra, but moved with his parents to Berlin when he was five years old. He started playing for Tennis Borussia Berlin and joined the FC Schalke 04 youth-squad when he was 15 years old. Takyis first senior season was with FC Schalke 04 II, the reserve team of FC Schalke 04, in 2003. Although making 21 appearances for the team and scoring three goals, Takyi never managed to get into the professional squad. After one year at Schalke,

title: FC Shakhtar Donetsk in European football

text: the first time the team qualified for the knockout phase in the Champions League. In 2015–16, despite a poor display in the Champions League group stages, Shakhtar was able to qualify to the Europa League knock-out phases by finishing third place in the group; Shakhtar reached the semi-finals after knocking out Schalke 04, Anderlecht and Braga, but were eventually knocked out by title defenders Sevilla. FC Shakhtar Donetsk in European football This is a list of matches of FC Shakhtar Donetsk in Europe. Shakhtar Donetsk participates in European competitions since 1976 representing the Soviet Union (Soviet Top League) and playing

title: FC Ingolstadt 04

text: began a descent through tier III to Landesliga Bayern-Süd (IV), last playing in 1993–94. The sports club itself carried on until it went bankrupt in the summer of 2004 and those football players there were left to join FC Ingolstadt 04. ESV continues to operate today offering a number of other sports activities while acknowledging FC 04 on its website. MTV Ingolstadt (Männer-Turn-Verein von 1881 Ingolstadt) is the city's largest sportsclub with 3,400 members and has an on-and-off relationship with its football side. The club was founded in 1881 and took up football in 1905. The footballers set up a

title: 2003–04 Adelaide United FC season

text: Kristian Rees and captain Aurelio Vidmar merged superbly with the return to Adelaide of Alagich (from Brisbane), Aloisi (Italy) and others to form an outfit which performed consistently all season. Coach John Kosmina, also returning after 25 years to his home city, is a clear favourite of the fans. With the winding-down of the NSL, the team has become a founding member of the A-League. 2003–04 Adelaide United FC season The 2003–04 Adelaide United FC season was the club's inaugural season since its establishment in 2003. Despite the rush to form the team, and starting five weeks into the season

title: 1903–04 FC Basel season

text: 1903–04 FC Basel season The FC Basel 1903–04 season was their eleventh season in their existence. Basel were the second largest club in Switzerland at this time. The clubs chairman was Ernst-Alfred Thalmann, who took over the chairmanship for the third time in the clubs history. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the Quarter Kleinbasel. The Swiss Serie A season 1903–04 was divided into three regional groups, east, central and west. Basel were allocated to the central group together with the Young Boys, FC Bern, Floria Biel/Bienne,and two further teams from Basel Old Boys Basel and

title: FC Teningen

text: MSV Duisburg 0–3, four years later during the 2004–05 DFB-Pokal they played against 1. FC Nürnberg but lost 1–2. In June 2011 the club was drawn against FC Schalke 04 in the 2011–12 DFB-Pokal. The Bundesliga club overwhelmed Teningen 11–1. The club's honours: Recent managers of the club: The recent season-by-season performance of the club: FC Teningen FC Teningen is a German association football club from Teningen, Baden. The association was founded in 1929 named TuS Teningen and from 1946 to 1949 SpV Teningen. 2000, the team captured the division title and was promoted to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (V). It

title: 2003–04 FC Vaslui season

text: "As of 30 May 2004" 2003–04 FC Vaslui season The 2003–04 season is FC Vaslui's 2nd season of its existence, and its 1st in Divizia B. After Marius Stan, went to Poli Unirea Iaşi, the new president was Teofil Iordachi, but he resigned only after one week. Soon after, Dragoş Iftime was named the new president. Even if Adrian Porumboiu announced that he retires from sponsoring FC Vaslui, he still was helping the team in the new season. The new manager was named Ioan Gigi, and the objective was to avoid relegation. FC Vaslui started the season with a victory

title: 2003–04 FC Vaslui season

text: 2003–04 FC Vaslui season The 2003–04 season is FC Vaslui's 2nd season of its existence, and its 1st in Divizia B. After Marius Stan, went to Poli Unirea Iaşi, the new president was Teofil Iordachi, but he resigned only after one week. Soon after, Dragoş Iftime was named the new president. Even if Adrian Porumboiu announced that he retires from sponsoring FC Vaslui, he still was helping the team in the new season. The new manager was named Ioan Gigi, and the objective was to avoid relegation. FC Vaslui started the season with a victory against the archrival, Poli Unirea

title: Besart Ibraimi

text: for German Bundesliga club FC Schalke 04. He made his Schalke debut on 6 February 2010 in an away game against SC Freiburg coming on in the 77th minute as a substitute. Ibraimi only made six appearances for the first team of Schalke 04 before he was transferred to the Schalke 04 II team in the summer of 2010. Ibraimi could participate in training with Schalke 04 II but since he is a non EU player, he could not play in league games for Schalke 04 II. After a half year, he signed on 26 January 2011 with the Ukrainian

title: 1903–04 FC Basel season

text: und Hasler, Hug was one of many early national team players who came from the Basel team. 1903–04 FC Basel season The FC Basel 1903–04 season was their eleventh season in their existence. Basel were the second largest club in Switzerland at this time. The clubs chairman was Ernst-Alfred Thalmann, who took over the chairmanship for the third time in the clubs history. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the Quarter Kleinbasel. The Swiss Serie A season 1903–04 was divided into three regional groups, east, central and west. Basel were allocated to the central group together

title: Christian Eggert

text: Christian Eggert Christian Eggert (born 16 January 1986 in Herne, West Germany) is a German footballer who currently plays for FC Schalke 04 II in the Oberliga Westfalen. Eggert began his career with SC Pantringshof and was scouted later from FC Schalke 04. After few years with FC Schalke 04 he moved to rival Rot-Weiss Essen until 2005 when he joined Borussia Dortmund II. In summer 2006, Eggert transferred to FSV Frankfurt, but played here mainly for the reserve team. After his release from FSV Frankfurt he returned to Borussia Dortmund II and signed a one year contract. In 2011,

title: 1936–37 Gauliga

text: all up during the Gauliga era of German football from 1933 to 1945. Two clubs remained unbeaten during the league season, those being FC Schalke 04 and SV 06 Kassel. Of those Schalke would go on to remain unbeaten during the German championship as well while Kassel would lose five out of six finals games. At the other end of the table only one club finished the season without a win, SC Göttingen 05. FC Schalke 04 scored the most goals of any Gauliga club with 103 while Sperber Hamburg conceded the most with 98. FC Schalke 04 achieved the

title: Charles Takyi

text: 28 January 2012. Charles Takyi Charles Kwame Takyi (born 12 November 1984) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a midfielder Takyi was born in Accra, but moved with his parents to Berlin when he was five years old. He started playing for Tennis Borussia Berlin and joined the FC Schalke 04 youth-squad when he was 15 years old. Takyis first senior season was with FC Schalke 04 II, the reserve team of FC Schalke 04, in 2003. Although making 21 appearances for the team and scoring three goals, Takyi never managed to get into the professional squad. After one

title: 2004–05 FC Basel season

text: First Round of the UEFA Cup Basel defeated the Russian side FC Terek Grozny 3–1 on aggregate. In the Group Stage they faced considerably tougher opponents, being drawn in Group E with Feyenoord Rotterdam, FC Schalke 04, Ferencvárosi TC and Heart of Midlothian. They drew 1–1 away to Schalke, but were defeated 2–1 at home by Hearts. In the away tie at the Stadium Puskás Ferenc they beat Ferencváros 2–1 and finally winning 1–0 at home against Feyenoord. They finished third in the group on seven points and qualified for the Round of 32 where they were defeated 2–0 on

title: 1940–41 Gauliga

text: SK Rapid Wien who defeated FC Schalke 04 4–3 in the final. It was Rapid's sole German national championship. The 1940–41 season saw the seventh edition of the "Tschammerpokal", now the DFB-Pokal. The 1941 edition was won by Dresdner SC, defeating FC Schalke 04 2–1 on 2 November 1941, leaving Schalke to have lost both the championship and cup final in 1941. The number of Gauligas, twenty, increased by two compare to the previous season because of the introduction of the Gauliga Danzig-Westpreußen, named after the city of Gdańsk (German: "Danzig") and the former Prussian province of West Prussia and

title: 2016–17 FC Ingolstadt 04 season

text: 2016–17 FC Ingolstadt 04 season The 2016–17 FC Ingolstadt 04 season is the 13th season in the football club's history and 2nd consecutive and overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2015. FC Ingolstadt will also participate in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. It is the 7th overall season for FC Ingolstadt in the Audi Sportpark, located in Ingolstadt, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017. On 6 May 2016, Markus Kauczinski was confirmed to replace Ralph

title: 1935–36 Gauliga

text: most with 72. FC Schalke 04 achieved the highest points total with 35 while SV Insterburg earned the least with two points to its name. The 1935–36 season saw the second edition of the "Tschammerpokal", now the DFB-Pokal. The 1936 edition was won by VfB Leipzig, defeating FC Schalke 04 2–1 on 3 January 1937. The 1935–36 Gauliga champions qualified for the group stage of the German championship. FC Schalke 04, Vorwärts-Rasensport Gleiwitz, Fortuna Düsseldorf and 1. FC Nürnberg won their championship groups and advanced to the semi-finals with the latter two reaching the championship final which Nürnberg won. FC