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| Full name | FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. Football club names are a part of the sport 's culture reflecting century-old traditions V. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Die Königsblauen (The Royal Blues) Die Knappen (The Miners) |
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| Founded | May 4, 1904 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen (Capacity 61,482) |
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| Chairman |  Josef Schnusenberg |
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| Manager | Mike Büskens |
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| League | Bundesliga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007/08 | Bundesliga 3rd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly FC Schalke 04, is a German football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. This is a of lists of the use of Nicknames in football (soccer. Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on The Veltins Arena is a football Stadium in the German city of Gelsenkirchen that is considered one of the most modern stadiums in the Gelsenkirchen (ˌgɛlzənˈkɪʁçən is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The following is a list of Association football stadia. They are ordered by their capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators that the The Bundesliga is the highest level of Germany 's football league system. The Bundesliga is the highest level of Germany 's football league system. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Below is a list of football clubs in Germany. It contains all clubs that have played in the Bundesliga, 2 Gelsenkirchen (ˌgɛlzənˈkɪʁçən is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen usually shortened to NRW, official short form NW is the westernmost and - in terms of population and economic output - the Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major successes have been rare since the club's heyday in the 1930s and early 1940s. The football team is part of a larger sports club that has more than 72,000 members (May 2008) making it the second largest sports club in Germany. Other activities offered by the club include basketball, handball, and track and field. Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, or Olympic handball) is a Team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six FC Schalke 04 won its first major European trophy in 1997 by defeating F.C. Internazionale Milano on penalty kicks for the UEFA Cup in Milan. Football Club Internazionale Milano, most commonly referred to as simply Internazionale, or Inter, is an Italian professional football club The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA.
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History
Schalke's early years
The club was founded on May 4, 1904 as Westfalia Schalke by a group of high school students and first wore the colors red and yellow. Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on The team was unable to gain admittance to the Westdeutscher Spielverband and played as one of the "wild associations" of early German football. In 1912, after a number of 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 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 miner – because the team drew so many of its players and supporters from the coal mine workers of Gelsenkirchen.
In 1924, the football team parted ways with the gymnasts once again – this time taking the club chairman along with them. They took the name FC Schalke 04 and adopted the now familiar blue and white uniforms from which their second nickname would derive – "Die Königsblauen" (The Royal Blues). 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" (spinning top). 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.
Rise to dominance
The popular club built a new stadium, the Glückauf-Kampfbahn, in 1928, and acknowledged the city's support by re-naming themselves FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. They won their first Western 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 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 game after the ban against Fortuna Düsseldorf in June of 1931, the team drew 70,000 to its home ground. Fortuna Düsseldorf is a German football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia.
With the re-organization of German football in 1933 under Nazi Germany, Schalke found themselves in the Gauliga Westfalen, one of sixteen top-flight divisions established to replace the innumerable regional and local leagues all claiming top status. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers For the main article see Gauliga Overview The league was introduced in 1933 after the Nazi take over of power in Germany After many years of being dominant regionally, Schalke finally made a breakthrough on the national level when they advanced to the German championship match that year against Düsseldorf, where they lost 0:3. That advance set the team up for the most successful decade in their history: from 1933 to 1942 the club would appear in 14 of 18 national finals - 10 in the German championship and 8 in the Tschammerpokal, the predecessor to today's German Cup. The DFB-Pokal ( Deutscher Fußball-Bund-Pokal or German Football-Federation Cup is an elimination football tournament held annually
The championship years 1934-42
Schalke's first national title came in 1934 with a 2:1 victory over favorites 1. FC Nuremberg. The next year they defended their title against VfB Stuttgart in a 6:4 win. Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e V, commonly known as VfB Stuttgart, is a German Sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg The club missed the 1937 final, but would make appearances in the championship match in each of the next six years coming away victorious in 1937, 1939, 1940, and 1942. Three of those national finals were against Austrian teams – Admira Vienna, Rapid Vienna, and First Vienna – which played in Germany's Gauliga Ostmark after Austria's incorporation into the Reich through the Anschluss in 1938. FC Admira Wacker Mödling is an Austrian football club from Mödling. The Sportklub Rapid Wien (Rapid Vienna is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. First Vienna FC is an Austrian football club based in the city of Vienna. The ( German: "link-up" also known as the, was the 1938 Annexation of Austria into Greater Germany by the Nazi
"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 Nūrnberg in 1935. They also made failed appearances in the 1936, 1941, and 1942 finals with their only Cup victory coming in 1937 against Düsseldorf.
Over a dozen seasons from 1933 to 1945 Schalke accumulated an astounding record, winning 162 of 189 Gauliga matches, drawing 21 and losing only 6. On the way they scored 924 goals and gave up 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 the "new Germany". Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German This was despite the fact that many players were descended from Polish immigrants, most notably the two stars of the team, Fritz Szepan and Ernst Kuzorra. Friedrich "Fritz" Szepan (September 2 1907 in Gelsenkirchen – December 14 1974 in Gelsenkirchen was a German Soccer player in the period Ernst Kuzorra (16 October 1905 in Gelsenkirchen – 1 January 1990 in Gelsenkirchen was a German Soccer player of the pre-war era
Postwar football
With Germany in chaos towards the end of World War II, Schalke played just two matches in 1945. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including They resumed regular play following the war and for a time continued to compete as a strong side. They set a record in a national championship 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 them until the mid-50s 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 following year they appeared in the German Cup final where they lost 2:3 to Karlsruher SC. Karlsruher SC is a German football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. The club's next German championship came in 1958 with a 3:0 victory over Hamburger SV. Hamburger SV is a German multi Sport club ("Traditionsverein" based in Hamburg, its largest branch is the football department. This is their last national championship title to date.
Entry to the Bundesliga
Schalke continued to play well in the years leading up to the formation of the Bundesliga, Germany's new professional league, in 1963, delivering a number of top four finishes. The Bundesliga is the highest level of Germany 's football league system. Those results earned them selection as one of sixteen sides admitted to the top flight league.
Their first years in the Bundesliga were difficult. In 1965, they escaped relegation only through the expansion of the league to eighteen teams . A number of finishes far down the league table followed, before a marked improvement culminating in a second place finish to Bayern Munich in 1972 after having led the league for much of the season. FC Bayern München is a German Sports club based in Munich, Bavaria (München Bayern In the same year, Schalke won the German Cup for the second time in its history.
The Bundesliga Scandal of 1971
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 played so as to deliberately lose their May 17 28th round match against Arminia Bielefeld by a score of 0:1. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. DSC Arminia Bielefeld (full name Deutscher Sportclub Arminia Bielefeld e As a result several Schalke players were banned for life, including three - Klaus Fischer, "Stan" Libuda and Klaus Fichtel - who were with the German national team of the time. Klaus Fischer (born 27 December 1949) is a German former football player and coach Reinhard "Stan" Libuda (10 October 1943 in Wendlinghausen near Lemgo – 25 August 1996 in Gelsenkirchen) was a German footballer playing Klaus Fichtel (born November 19, 1944 in Castrop-Rauxel, Germany) is a former German football player Even though the penalties were later commuted to bans ranging from six months to two years, the scandal had a profound effect on what might have become one of the dominant German teams of the 1970s.
Crisis and recovery
In 1973, the club moved to the Parkstadion, newly built for the 1974 World Cup and having a capacity of 70,000 spectators. The 1974 FIFA World Cup, the tenth staging of the World Cup was held in West Germany from June 13 to July 7. In the wake of the scandal, the club's performance was uneven. They managed another second place result in 1977, finishing just one point behind champions Borussia Mönchengladbach. Borussia Mönchengladbach, is a German football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia.
In the early 1980s Die Knappen ran into trouble and found themselves relegated to the 2.Bundesliga for the 1981-82 season and again in 1983-84. History For more details on this topic see History of German football 1974 marked the introduction of the second tier of the Bundesliga They returned to the top flight in 1984, and after slipping once more to tier II in 1988, have stayed up as a Bundesliga side since 1991-92. The club earned their first honours since winning the German Cup in 1972 with a victory in the 1997 UEFA Cup over Italian side Inter Milan on penalties. The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Football Club Internazionale Milano, most commonly referred to as simply Internazionale, or Inter, is an Italian professional football club
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 German Cups in 2001-02, and earned second place finishes in the Bundesliga in 2001, 2005 and 2007. The 2001 finish was heartbreaking for supporters of Die Königsblauen as it took a goal in the 4th minute of injury time by Bayern away to Hamburg to snatch the title.
Current
The last three years has been more successful for Schalke finishing second place in 2005, which lead to Schalke making its second appearance in the UEFA Champions League. There, Schalke finished in 3rd place during the group stage, with successful continuation in the UEFA Cup, where Schalke was eliminated by the eventual winner of the cup Sevilla FC in the semifinal. Sevilla Fútbol Club is a Spanish professional football club that plays in the top-flight Spanish La Liga championship In 2006 Schalke finished in 4th place in the Bundesliga and a year later they once again finished as runners-up (for the 3rd time in 7 seasons). In 2007/08, Schalke managed to make it past the Champions League group stage for the first time in team history, then advanced to the quarter finals after beating FC Porto on penalties. See also List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League winners The UEFA Champions League, which evolved from the European Champion Clubs' Cup is a seasonal club Futebol Clube do Porto ( pron futɨ'bɔɫ 'klub(ɨ du 'poɾtu - short FC Porto or FCP - is a Portuguese Sports club best known
On October 9, 2006, it was announced that Russian company Gazprom would become the club's new sponsor. Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. OJSC Gazprom, (Газпром long version Открытое Aкционерное Oбщество Газпром sometimes transcribed as Gasprom is the largest Russian company The company expects to invest as much as € 125 million in the club over a 5½ year period. [1] Within the sponsorship Schalke 04 and FC Zenit Saint Petersburg signed a partnership agreement. Both clubs intend to work closely on improving football-related issues.
On April 13, 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. Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the Former players Mike Büskens and Youri Mulder were put in charge of the first team on an interim basis.
Stadium
The club's stadium, known as the Veltins-Arena under a sponsorship agreement with a brewery, was completed in the summer of 2001 and has a capacity of 61,482 spectators. A modern stadium (plural stadiums or stadia in English is a place or venue for (mostly outdoor Sports Concerts or other events consisting The Veltins Arena is a football Stadium in the German city of Gelsenkirchen that is considered one of the most modern stadiums in the A brewery is a dedicated building for the making of Beer, though beer can be made in the home and has been for much of beer's history 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 71,000) built in 1973. Parkstadion is a multi-use Stadium in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, that is no longer used to host any major events Prior to this the club had played its matches in the Glückauf-Kampfbahn constructed in 1928 with a capacity of 35,000. The facility was used for amateur matches during its latter years with a reduced capacity of just 5,000.
Team trivia
- The mascot of the club is called Erwin (also Ährwin. )
- Pope John Paul II became an honorary member of the club in 1987 after celebrating a mass in the Parkstadion. Pope
- Schalke was mentioned in the film Das Boot when the bosun told the crew in their ward room "I got bad news for you men. Das Boot (das boːt German for The Boat) is a 1981 feature film directed by Wolfgang Petersen, adapted from a novel of the same Schalke lost 5:0, looks like we won't be in the final this year!"
- Schalke has a rivalry with the club of Borussia Dortmund (see Revierderby) and also has a friendly relationship with 1. FC Nuremberg. BV Borussia Dortmund is a German football club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia and one of the most successful clubs The Ruhr Area (German "Ruhrgebiet" is the home of a famous derby in German football.
Club songs
"Blau und weiss wie lieb ich Dich" (Blue and White How I Love You) and "Königsblauer S04" (Royal Blue S04) are the official club songs. "Opa Pritschikowski" is also popular with fans of the team. Blau und Weiss wie lieb ich Dich Blau und Weiss verlass mich nicht Blau und Weiss ist ja der Himmel nur Blau und Weiss ist unsere Fussballgarnitur Hatten wir ein Kِnigreich Machten wir es den Schalkern gleich Alle Madchen, die so jung und schِn Müssten alle Blau und Weiss spazieren gehn Mohammed war ein Prophet Der vom Fussballspielen nichts versteht Doch aus all der schِnen Farbenpracht Hat er sich das Blau und Weisse ausgedacht Tausend Feuer in der Nacht Haben uns das grosse Glück gebracht Tausend Freunde, die zusammenstehn Dann wird der FC Schalke niemals untergehn.
Blue and White The following attempt at translating the words to Blau und Weiss makes no claim to lyrical accuracy. It is merely designed to convey the general meaning of the song. Blue and white, how I love you Blue and white, forever true Blue and white is just like heaven born Blue and white are the colours we have always worn If we had a kingdom for us to make It would resemble Schalke and no mistake All the girls, oh so young and fair Would sport a blue and white ribbon tied up in her hair Mohammed was a prophet who Knew nothing of football, that much is true But of all the colours shining bright The ones he thought up were our royal blue and white A thousand fires in the night Have brought us lots of pleasure and delight A thousand friends all standing side by side Will make sure FC Schalke will never die
Honours
- German champions (7): 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1958
- German runners-up: 1933, 1938, 1941, 1972, 1977, 2001, 2005, 2007
- German Cup winners (4): 1937, 1972, 2001, 2002
- German Cup finalists: 1935, 1936, 1941, 1942, 1955, 1969, 2005
- League Cup winners: 2005
- League Cup finalists: 2001, 2002, 2007
- Fuji-Cup winners: 1996
- UEFA Cup winners: 1997
- Coppa delle Alpi: 1968
- UEFA Intertoto Cup winners (2): 2003, 2004
Players
Current squad
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"Team of the century"
To celebrate the 100th birthday of the club, the supporters voted the Schalker Jahrhundertelf, the "Team of the century":[1]
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Other notable players
Record Holders
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Most Appearances
| Player | Apps | ||
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| 1 | |
Klaus Fichtel | 477 |
| 2 | |
Norbert Nigbur | 355 |
| 3 | |
Rolf Rüssmann | 304 |
| 4 | |
Klaus Fischer | 295 |
| 5 | |
Olaf Thon | 295 |
| 6 | |
Herbert Lütkebohmert | 286 |
| 7 | |
Mike Büskens | 257 |
| 8 |  |
Jiri Nemec | 256 |
| 9 | |
Gerald Asamoah | 244* |
| 10 | |
Yves Eigenrauch | 229 |
Top Scorers
| Player | Goals | ||
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Klaus Fischer | 182 |
| 2 |  |
Ebbe Sand | 74 |
| 3 | |
Olaf Thon | 52 |
| 4 | |
Erwin Kremers | 50 |
| 5 | |
Ingo Anderbrügge | 46 |
| 6 | |
Helmut Kremers | 45 |
| 7 | |
Rüdiger Abramczik | 44 |
| 8 | |
Gerald Asamoah | 41* |
| 9 | |
Kevin Kuranyi | 40* |
| 10 | |
Klaus Täuber | 39 |
Notable former managers
- Rudi Assauer
- Jörg Berger
- Klaus Fischer
- Rudi Gutendorf
- Jupp Heynckes
- Udo Lattek
Gyula Lóránt
Max Merkel- Friedel Rausch
- Oliver Reck
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Marc Wilmots
In popular culture
Schalke has been subject of a feature-length film called Fußball ist unser Leben (Football is our life), published in 1999. Klaus Fichtel (born November 19, 1944 in Castrop-Rauxel, Germany) is a former German football player Norbert Nigbur (born May 8, 1948 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany) is a former German international football player Rolf Rüssmann (born October 13, 1950 in Schwelm, West Germany) is a former German football player Klaus Fischer (born 27 December 1949) is a German former football player and coach Olaf Thon (born 1 May 1966 in Gelsenkirchen) is a former German footballer with two of Germany‘s most successful clubs Jiří Němec (born May 15 1966 in Pacov) is a Czech football player Gerald Asamoah (born October 3, 1978 in Mampong, Ghana) is a Ghanaian born German footballer. Klaus Fischer (born 27 December 1949) is a German former football player and coach Ebbe Sand (born July 19, 1972) is a Danish former professional football player who most notably played as a Striker for FC Schalke Olaf Thon (born 1 May 1966 in Gelsenkirchen) is a former German footballer with two of Germany‘s most successful clubs Erwin Kremers (born March 24, 1949 in Germany) is a retired German international Footballer who played as a striker. Ingo Anderbrügge (born January 2, 1964 in Datteln) was a German football player scoring 53 goals in the German Bundesliga Helmut Kremers (born March 24, 1949) is a former German football player Rüdiger Abramczik (born February 18, 1956 in Gelsenkirchen -Erle is a former German football player and coach best known for his Gerald Asamoah (born October 3, 1978 in Mampong, Ghana) is a Ghanaian born German footballer. Kevin Dennis Kurányi (born March 2, 1982 in Rio de Janeiro) is a German football player who currently plays for the German Bundesliga Rudolf "Rudi" Assauer (born April 30, 1944 in Altenwald) is a former German football manager and former player Jörg Berger (Born October 13, 1944 in Gotenhafen, Pomerania, Germany, now Gdynia, Poland, Pomerania Klaus Fischer (born 27 December 1949) is a German former football player and coach Rudi Gutendorf (born 30 August 1926 in Koblenz) is a German football manager renowned for managing the highest number of national Josef "Jupp" Heynckes (b 9 May 1945 in Mönchengladbach, Germany) is a former German football player and coach Udo Lattek (born 16 January 1935 in Bosemb near Sensburg (Żądźbork, East Prussia) is a former German Football (soccer player and coach Gyula Lóránt ( February 6 1923, Kőszeg, Hungary – May 31 1981, Thessaloniki, Greece) also Maximilian ("Max" Merkel (born Vienna, 7 December 1918 &ndash died Putzbrunn (on the outskirts of Munich) Germany Friedel Rausch (born February 27 1940) is a German football manager and former player Oliver Reck (born February 27, 1965 in Frankfurt am Main) is a German former football goalkeeper who played mostly for Kickers Offenbach Hubertus "Huub" Jozef Margaretha Stevens (born November 29, 1953 in Sittard) is a Dutch football manager and former Marc Wilmots (born February 22, 1969 in Dongelberg, Belgium) is a former Belgian football player Fußball ist unser Leben (German for "football is our life" is a German football(soccer drama/comedy Movie, centering around supporters of FC Schalke Uwe Ochsenknecht and Ralf Richter played the main roles, and many persons associated with Schalke had cameo roles, such as manager Rudi Assauer, coaches Huub Stevens and Helmut Schulte, player Yves Eigenrauch or prominent fans like Manfred Breuckmann, Ulrich Potofski or DJ Hooligan. Uwe Adam Ochsenknecht (born January 7 1956 in Mannheim) is a German actor and Singer. Ralf Richter (b August 17, 1957 in Essen) is a German Actor. He debuted as the crude sailor "Frenssen" in the Academy Rudolf "Rudi" Assauer (born April 30, 1944 in Altenwald) is a former German football manager and former player Hubertus "Huub" Jozef Margaretha Stevens (born November 29, 1953 in Sittard) is a Dutch football manager and former
References
- ^ Die Schalker Jahrhundertelf (German). fussballportal. de. Retrieved on 2008-05-28. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling
External links
- Official site of Schalke 04
- Official site of Schalke's Veltins Arena
- The Abseits Guide to German Soccer
- Schalke news journal
- Schalker Fanclub Verband Fan site, discussion and ticket information
- Ultras Gelsenkirchen
- Schalke 04 Supporters Club
- Official Gelsenkirchen site Tourism information with excellent profiles of the city and a history of the Ruhr region.
- Aufschalke2006 website A guide to Gelsenkirchen as one of the host cities of the upcoming 2006 World Cup, with information about the club, the city and the Ruhr region.
- Dutch Schalke fans
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