2015–16 FC Schalke 04 season
The 2015–16 FC Schalke 04 season was the 112th season in the club's football history. In 2015–16 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.
| 2015–16 season | ||||
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| President | Clemens Tönnies | |||
| Head coach | André Breitenreiter | |||
| Stadium | Veltins-Arena | |||
| Bundesliga | 5th | |||
| DFB-Pokal | Round 2 | |||
| UEFA Europa League | Round of 32 | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Huntelaar (12) All: Huntelaar (16) | |||
| Highest home attendance | 62,271 (21 Nov 15 vs. Bayern 24 Jan 16 vs. Bremen 18 Mar 16 vs. Mönchengladbach 23 Apr 16 vs. Leverkusen 7 May 16 vs. Augsburg) | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 42,447 (1 Oct 15 vs. Tripoli) | |||
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Transfers
In
| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | NAT | Moving from | Type | Transfer Window | Contract ends | Transfer fee | Sources |
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| 21 | MF | Alessandro Schöpf | 21 |  |
1. FC Nürnberg | Transfer | Winter | 2019 | €5,000,000 | [1] |
| 11 | MF | Younès Belhanda | 25 |  |
Dynamo Kyiv | Loan | Winter | 2016 | Free | [2] |
| 16 | FW | Fabian Reese | 18 |  |
Schalke 04 U19 | Promoted | Winter | 2019 | — | [3] |
| 20 | DF | Thilo Kehrer | 19 | |
Schalke 04 II | Promoted | Winter | 2019 | — | [4] |
| FW | Felix Schröter | 20 | |
1. FC Heidenheim | End of Loan | Winter | 2018 | — | [5] | |
| 5 | MF | Johannes Geis | 21 | |
Mainz 05 | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €12,000,000 | [6] |
| 31 | DF | Matija Nastasić | 22 |  |
Manchester City | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €9,500,000 | [7] |
| 9 | FW | Franco Di Santo | 26 |  |
Werder Bremen | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €6,000,000 | [8] |
| 3 | DF | Júnior Caiçara | 26 |  |
Ludogorets Razgrad | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | €4,500,000 | [9] |
| 35 | GK | Alexander Nübel | 18 | |
SC Paderborn | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | €200,000 | [10] |
| 27 | DF | Sascha Riether | 32 | |
SC Freiburg | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | Free | [11] |
| 23 | MF | Pierre-Emile Højbjerg | 20 |  |
Bayern Munich | Loan | Summer | 2016 | €1,000,000 | [12] |
| 30 | GK | Michael Gspurning | 34 | |
Schalke 04 II | Promoted | Summer | 2016 | — | [13] |
| — | FW | Felix Schröter | 19 | |
Schalke 04 II | Promoted | Summer | 2018 | — | [14] |
| 36 | FW | Felix Platte | 19 | |
Schalke 04 U19 | Promoted | Summer | 2018 | — | [15] |
| 19 | MF | Leroy Sané | 19 | |
Schalke 04 U19 | Promoted | Summer | 2017 | — | [16] |
| 14 | DF | Kyriakos Papadopoulos | 23 |  |
Bayer Leverkusen | End of Loan | Summer | 2016 | — | — |
| 28 | DF | Felipe Santana | 29 | |
Olympiacos | End of Loan | Summer | 2016 | — | — |
Out
| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | NAT | Moving to | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | DF | Felipe Santana | 29 | |
Kuban Krasnodar | Transfer | Winter | Free | [17] |
| — | MF | Kevin-Prince Boateng | 28 |  |
Milan | Transfer | Winter | Free | [18] |
| 36 | FW | Felix Platte | 19 | |
Darmstadt 98 | Loan | Winter | Free | [19] |
| 24 | DF | Kaan Ayhan | 21 |  |
Eintracht Frankfurt | Loan | Winter | Free | [20] |
| 10 | MF | Julian Draxler | 21 | |
VfL Wolfsburg | Transfer | Summer | €36,000,000 | [21] |
| 17 | MF | Jefferson Farfán | 30 |  |
Al-Jazira | Transfer | Summer | €7,000,000 | [22] |
| 14 | DF | Kyriakos Papadopoulos | 23 | |
Bayer Leverkusen | Transfer | Summer | €6,500,000 | [23] |
| 27 | MF | Tranquillo Barnetta | 30 |  |
Philadelphia Union | Transfer | Summer | Free | [24] |
| 23 | DF | Christian Fuchs | 29 | |
Leicester City | Transfer | Summer | Free | [25] |
| 37 | DF | Pascal Itter | 20 | |
SV Grödig | Transfer | Summer | Free | [26] |
| 20 | FW | Chinedu Obasi | 29 |  |
Free agent | End of contract | Summer | Free | |
| — | FW | Felix Schröter | 19 | |
1. FC Heidenheim | Loan | Summer | Free | [27] |
| 40 | GK | Timon Wellenreuther | 19 | |
Mallorca | Loan | Summer | Free | [28] |
| 28 | GK | Christian Wetklo | 35 | |
Schalke 04 II | Intern | Summer | — | [29] |
| 3 | MF | Jan Kirchhoff | 24 | |
Bayern Munich | End of Loan | Summer | — | — |
| 31 | DF | Matija Nastasić | 22 | |
Manchester City | End of Loan | Summer | — | — |
Kit
Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: Gazprom
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 Home Alt.
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     Away
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 Away Alt.
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 Away Alt. 2
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     Third
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 Third Alt.
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Kit information
Adidas continues its supply of the Schalke 04 kit, a relationship dating back to the 1975–76 season. Gazprom is the current sponsor, dating back to the middle of the 2006–07 season.
- Home: Previous season's blue home shirt, white shorts and blue socks confirmed as the current home kit with white three Adidas stripes due to Schalke 04's two-season home kit tradition.
- Home alternate: Same as home but including blue alternate shorts.
- Away: The away kit features a Marseille-inspired traditional home kit with light grey hoop, aqua blue three Adidas stripes, aqua blue shorts with white three Adidas stripes and white socks.
- Away alternate: Same as away kit but including white shorts with aqua blue three Adidas stripes and white socks.
- Away alternate 2: Same as away kit but including aqua blue shorts with white three Adidas stripes and aqua blue socks.
- Third: The third kit with white three Adidas stripes features a gradiented-hoop pattern, running from dark green to green, with black sleeve, all black back panel and all black shorts.
- Third alternate: Same as third kit but including green shorts with white three Adidas stripes and green socks.
Kit usage
| Kit | Description | Usage |
|---|---|---|
| Home | Blue body with white shorts and blue socks. | Used in all home Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal, UEFA Europa League, friendly matches (against Twente), away Bundesliga matches against Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Mainz 05, FC Ingolstadt and away friendly matches against Wolfsberger AC. |
| Home alt. | Blue body with blue shorts and blue socks. | Used in away matches against VfB Stuttgart, FC Augsburg, 1. FC Köln, VfL Wolfsburg, Borussia Mönchengladbach and friendly match against Lechia Gdańsk. |
| Away | White-light grey hoop with aqua shorts and white socks. | Used in away matches against Bayer Leverkusen and Eintracht Frankfurt, UEFA Europa League away match against Shakhtar Donetsk and friendly matches against VfL Osnabrück, Udinese. |
| Away alt. I | White-light grey hoop body with white shorts and socks. | Used in away matches against Werder Bremen, Darmstadt 98, Hannover 96. |
| Away alt. II | White-light grey hoop with aqua shorts and aqua socks. | Used in UEFA Europa League away match against Sparta Prague. |
| Third | Dark green to green gradient hoop body with black sleeve, back panel, shorts and socks. | Used in away matches against Hamburger SV, 1899 Hoffenheim, friendly matches against Austria Klagenfurt, Porto, all-DFB Pokal opponent's white-blue, sky blue and yellow-blue home kit away matches and UEFA Europa League away matches against APOEL and Asteras Tripoli. |
| Third alt. | Dark green to green gradient hoop body with black sleeve and back panel, green shorts and socks. | Used in away match against Hertha BSC. |
Kit record
| Type | Shirt | Shorts | Socks | Record | |||||||||
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| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |||||||
| Home | Blue | White | Blue | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 34 | +5 | |||
| Home Alt. | Blue | Blue | Blue | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −4 | |||
| Away | White | Light blue | White | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | |||
| Away Alt. I | White | White | White | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | |||
| Away Alt. II | White | Light blue | Light blue | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | |||
| Third | Green | Black | Black | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | |||
| Third Alt. | Green | Green | Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | |||
| Home (Season 2016/2017) | Blue | White | Blue | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 44 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 71 | 57 | +14 | |||||||
| Updated: 14 May 2016 | |||||||||||||
Friendlies
Win Draw Loss
| 8 July 2015 Friendly | Austria Klagenfurt | 1–3 | Schalke 04 | Klagenfurt, Austria |
| 19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Rep  49' |
Report | Huntelaar 12' Göcer[30] 82' Choupo-Moting 87' |
Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Thomas Fröhlacher (Austria) |
| 10 July 2015 Friendly | Wolfsberger AC | 3–1 | Schalke 04 | Wolfsberg, Austria |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Drescher 5' Hellquist 11' Trdina 90' |
Report | Huntelaar 57' |
Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena Attendance: 3,985 Referee: Helmut Trattnig (Austria) |
| 14 July 2015 Friendly | Udinese  | 1–1 | Schalke 04 | Klagenfurt, Austria |
| 20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Di Natale 81' |
Report | Huntelaar 38' |
Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Stefan Krassnitzer (Austria) |
| 19 July 2015 Friendly | VfL Osnabrück | 2–3 | Schalke 04 | Osnabrück, Germany |
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Savran 11', 56' |
Report | Júnior Caiçara 39' Ayhan 74' Huntelaar 77' |
Stadium: osnatel ARENA Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Dr. Riem Hussein (Germany) |
| 22 July 2015 Friendly | Lechia Gdańsk  | 0–1 | Schalke 04 | Gdańsk, Poland |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Report | Sané 44' |
Stadium: PGE Arena Gdańsk Attendance: 7,700 Referee: Tomasz Tobiański (Poland) |
| 27 July 2015 Friendly | Schalke 04 | 0–0 |  Porto | Gütersloh, Germany |
| 18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Report | Stadium: Heidewaldstadion Attendance: 7,513 Referee: Dr. Martin Thomsen (Germany) |
| 2 August 2015 Friendly | Schalke 04 | 1–1 |  Twente | Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
| 17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Geis 28' |
Report | Olaitan 86' |
Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 33,315 Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany) |
| 18 January 2016 Friendly | Arminia Bielefeld | 1–0 | Schalke 04 | Bielefeld, Germany |
| 20:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Schuppan 17' |
Report | Stadium: Schüco-Arena Attendance: 11,916 Referee: Sören Storks (Germany) |
Florida Cup 2016
| 10 January 2016 Round 1 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers  | 0–2 | Schalke 04 | Orlando, United States |
| 19:30 EST (UTC-05:00) | Report | Di Santo 30' Sané 57' |
Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Attendance: 1,104 Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald (United States) |
| 13 January 2016 Round 2 | Atlético Mineiro | 3–0 | Schalke 04 | Fort Lauderdale, United States |
| 18:30 EST (UTC-05:00) | Silva 8' Patric 81'Lucas Cândido 83' |
Report | Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 2,504 Referee: Ted Unkel (United States) |
Competitions
Win Draw Loss
Bundesliga
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 60 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 67 | 50 | +17 | 55 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 51 | 49 | +2 | 52 | Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1] |
| 6 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 50 | |
| 7 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 50 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1] |
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-offs.[31]
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-offs.[31]
Notes:
- Since the winners of the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal, Bayern Munich, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Mainz 05; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, Hertha BSC.
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 51 | 49 | +2 | 52 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 25 | −2 |
Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Bundesliga
Results by round
Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2016. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
| 15 August 2015 1 | Werder Bremen | 0–3 | Schalke 04 | Bremen |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Report | Gebre Selassie 34' (o.g.) Choupo-Moting 68'Aogo  77'Höger 80'Huntelaar 85' |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Daniel Siebert |
| 22 August 2015 2 | Schalke 04 | 1–1 | Darmstadt 98 | Gelsenkirchen |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Draxler 47', 68' |
Report | Rausch 9' Sailer 52'Wagner 90+4' |
Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,565 Referee: Benjamin Brand |
| 28 August 2015 3 | VfL Wolfsburg | 3–0 | Schalke 04 | Wolfsburg |
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Dost 17' Luiz Gustavo 51'R. Rodríguez 59' (pen.)Klose 61' |
Report | Riether 52' Aogo 73' |
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Felix Brych |
| 13 September 2015 4 | Schalke 04 | 2–1 | Mainz 05 | Gelsenkirchen |
| 17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Matip 37', 84' Huntelaar 61' |
Report | Bengtsson 24' Latza 40'Mallı 42'Bell 73' |
Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,083 Referee: Robert Hartmann |
| 20 September 2015 5 | VfB Stuttgart | 0–1 | Schalke 04 | Stuttgart |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Klein 20' Insúa 44'Šunjić 75' |
Report | Di Santo 49' Sané 52', 53'Aogo 61' |
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 48,510 Referee: Manuel Gräfe |
| 23 September 2015 6 | Schalke 04 | 2–0 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Gelsenkirchen |
| 20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Höger 12' Matip 76'Kolašinac 87'Sané 90+1' |
Report | Russ 65' Abraham 79' |
Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,104 Referee: Felix Zwayer |
| 26 September 2015 7 | Hamburger SV | 0–1 | Schalke 04 | Hamburg |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Djourou 83' |
Report | Geis 19' Sané 60'Neustädter 64'Fährmann 90' |
Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 53,192 Referee: Jochen Drees |
| 4 October 2015 8 | Schalke 04 | 0–3 | 1. FC Köln | Gelsenkirchen |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Geis 79' Meyer 90+2' |
Report | Modeste 45' Bittencourt 50'Risse 69'Gerhardt 79'Zoller 84' |
Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,723 Referee: Knut Kircher |
| 17 October 2015 9 | Schalke 04 | 2–1 | Hertha BSC | Gelsenkirchen |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Di Santo 17' Höwedes 27', 63'Geis 75'Meyer 90+2' |
Report | Haraguchi 16' Ibišević  18'Langkamp 60'Darida 70'Kalou 73'Hegeler 84' |
Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,336 Referee: Marco Fritz |
| 25 October 2015 10 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–1 | Schalke 04 | Mönchengladbach |
| 17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Stindl 32' Wendt 52'Raffael 70', 72'Korb 84' |
Report | Júnior Caiçara 27' Christensen 44' (o.g.)Höwedes 72'Matip 80'Geis 80' |
Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,010 Referee: Wolfgang Stark |
| 31 October 2015 11 | Schalke 04 | 1–1 | FC Ingolstadt | Gelsenkirchen |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Höwedes 60' Sané 77' |
Report | Levels 39' Groß 61'Hinterseer 72' |
Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,144 Referee: Florian Meyer |
| 8 November 2015 12 | Borussia Dortmund | 3–2 | Schalke 04 | Dortmund |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Kagawa 30' Ginter 43'Aubameyang 47', 48'Schmelzer 82'Weigl 89' |
Report | Huntelaar 33', 71' Goretzka 38'Júnior Caiçara 46'Di Santo 60'Platte 90+1' |
Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 79,956 Referee: Felix Brych |
| 21 November 2015 13 | Schalke 04 | 1–3 | Bayern Munich | Gelsenkirchen |
| 18:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Meyer 17' Huntelaar 61'Højbjerg 82' |
Report | Goretzka 9' (o.g.) Martínez 69'Müller 90+2' |
Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 62,271 Referee: Tobias Stieler |
| 29 November 2015 14 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–1 | Schalke 04 | Leverkusen |
| 17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Tah 8' Riether 85' (o.g.) |
Report | Choupo-Moting 38', 50' Goretzka 75' |
Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Marco Fritz |
| 4 December 2015 15 | Schalke 04 | 3–1 | Hannover 96 | Gelsenkirchen |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Riether 9' Geis 51' (pen.)Huntelaar 73'Di Santo 82' |
Report | Marcelo 51' Saint-Maximin 81' |
Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,229 Referee: Wolfgang Stark |
| 13 December 2015 16 | FC Augsburg | 2–1 | Schalke 04 | Augsburg |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Kohr 3' Koo 27'Hong 34'Caiuby 90+2' |
Report | Kolašinac 32', 70' |
Stadium: WWK ARENA Attendance: 28,410 Referee: Florian Meyer |
| 18 December 2015 17 | Schalke 04 | 1–0 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Gelsenkirchen |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Choupo-Moting 28' Goretzka 90+1' |
Report | Strobl 57' Rudy 58' |
Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,749 Referee: Sascha Stegemann |
| 24 January 2016 18 | Schalke 04 | 1–3 | Werder Bremen | Gelsenkirchen |
| 17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Matip 4' Kolašinac 77' |
Report | Grillitsch 35' Fritz 43'Pizarro 53', 80'Junuzović 58'Ujah 89' |
Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 62,271 Referee: Christian Dingert |
| 30 January 2016 19 | Darmstadt 98 | 0–2 | Schalke 04 | Darmstadt |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Rausch 55' Niemeyer 66'Rajković 83' |
Report | Meyer 43', 59' Sané 53'Goretzka 84' |
Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert |
| 6 February 2016 20 | Schalke 04 | 3–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | Gelsenkirchen |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Huntelaar 24', 26' Geis 35', 49'Schöpf 87' |
Report | Kruse 30' Bendtner 58'Knoche 62' |
Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,483 Referee: Tobias Welz |
| 12 February 2016 21 | Mainz 05 | 2–1 | Schalke 04 | Mainz |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Bussmann 33' Latza 43'Baumgartlinger 79'Donati 81'Balogun 90+3' |
Report | Júnior Caiçara 45+1' Belhanda 46' |
Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 32,107 Referee: Manuel Gräfe |
| 21 February 2016 22 | Schalke 04 | 1–1 | VfB Stuttgart | Gelsenkirchen |
| 17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Belhanda 14', 69' Schöpf 75'Sané 81' |
Report | Didavi 28' Harnik 74' |
Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,262 Referee: Bastian Dankert |
| 28 February 2016 23 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 0–0 | Schalke 04 | Frankfurt |
| 19:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Hasebe 90+1' |
Report | Aogo 88' Meyer 90+1' |
Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 43,500 Referee: Felix Brych |
| 2 March 2016 24 | Schalke 04 | 3–2 | Hamburger SV | Gelsenkirchen |
| 20:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Meyer 37' Neustädter 43'Júnior Caiçara 60'Huntelaar 66'Schöpf 77' |
Report | N. Müller 4' Djourou 40'  45'Kačar 90+1' |
Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,856 Referee: Günter Perl |
| 5 March 2016 25 | 1. FC Köln | 1–3 | Schalke 04 | Cologne |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Maroh 2' Bittencourt 33' |
Report | Huntelaar 2' (pen.) Meyer 23'Di Santo 76' |
Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 49,300 Referee: Wolfgang Stark |
| 11 March 2016 26 | Hertha BSC | 2–0 | Schalke 04 | Berlin |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Ibišević 42' Skjelbred 56'Stark 65'Ciğerci 90+1' |
Report | Júnior Caiçara 26' |
Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 51,424 Referee: Tobias Welz |
| 18 March 2016 27 | Schalke 04 | 2–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Gelsenkirchen |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Hinteregger 59' (o.g.) Kolašinac 64'Goretzka 83' |
Report | Christensen 79' |
Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 62,271 Referee: Marco Fritz |
| 2 April 2016 28 | FC Ingolstadt | 3–0 | Schalke 04 | Ingolstadt |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Hartmann 29' (pen.) Groß 38'Hinterseer 45+2'Lezcano 65' |
Report | Meyer 34' Júnior Caiçara 35'Sané 41'Neustädter 80'Matip 90' |
Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 15,200 Referee: Daniel Siebert |
| 10 April 2016 29 | Schalke 04 | 2–2 | Borussia Dortmund | Gelsenkirchen |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Kolašinac 45' Sané 51'Riether 52'Huntelaar 66' (pen.)Højbjerg 71'Belhanda 81'Neustädter 87' |
Report | Şahin 31' Kagawa 49'Ginter 56'Papastathopoulos 64'Durm 72' |
Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,670 Referee: Felix Zwayer |
| 16 April 2016 30 | Bayern Munich | 3–0 | Schalke 04 | Munich |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Lewandowski 54', 65' Vidal 73' |
Report | Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Tobias Welz |
| 23 April 2016 31 | Schalke 04 | 2–3 | Bayer Leverkusen | Gelsenkirchen |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Choupo-Moting 14' Júnior Caiçara 27'Sané 29', 38'Højbjerg 52' |
Report | Toprak 5' Bender 33'Brandt 54'Bellarabi 56'Hernández 60', 90+1' |
Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 62,271 Referee: Wolfgang Stark |
| 30 April 2016 32 | Hannover 96 | 1–3 | Schalke 04 | Hanover |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Sobiech 21' |
Report | Choupo-Moting 11' Huntelaar 45'Schöpf 80' |
Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 46,900 Referee: Günter Perl |
| 7 May 2016 33 | Schalke 04 | 1–1 | FC Augsburg | Gelsenkirchen |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Goretzka 51' Huntelaar 82' |
Report | Baier 52', 89' Finnbogason 62'Gouweleeuw 69'Caiuby 80'Stafylidis 85' |
Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 62,271 Referee: Christian Dingert |
| 14 May 2016 34 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 1–4 | Schalke 04 | Sinsheim |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Uth 41' Rudy 59' |
Report | Huntelaar 7' Choupo-Moting 14'Sané 56'Höwedes 68'Schär 89' (o.g.) |
Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Felix Brych |
DFB-Pokal
| 8 August 2015 Round 1 | MSV Duisburg | 0–5 | Schalke 04 | Duisburg |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Grote 26' Bajić 27' 31'Wolze 62' |
Report | Huntelaar 3' Nastasić 39'Geis 45+1'Di Santo 62'Goretzka 85' |
Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Attendance: 30,600 Referee: Wolfgang Stark |
| 28 October 2015 Round 2 | Schalke 04 | 0–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Gelsenkirchen |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Júnior Caiçara 55' Højbjerg 81' |
Report | Wendt 15' Stindl 42'Hazard 53' (pen.) |
Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,655 Referee: Tobias Stieler |
UEFA Europa League
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schalke 04 |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 |  Sparta Prague |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 12 | |
| 3 | Asteras Tripoli |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 4 | |
| 4 |  APOEL |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 3 |
| 17 September 2015 1 | APOEL | 0–3 | Schalke 04 | Nicosia, Cyprus |
| 21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Makrides 50' Vander 72'De Vincenti 77' |
Report | Geis 10' Matip 28'Huntelaar 35', 71'Di Santo 38' |
Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 13,512 Referee: Tony Chapron (France) |
| 1 October 2015 2 | Schalke 04 | 4–0 | Asteras Tripoli | Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
| 19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Di Santo 28', 37', 44' (pen.) Huntelaar 84' |
Report | Ederson 44' Goian 46' |
Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 42,447 Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands) |
| 22 October 2015 3 | Schalke 04 | 2–2 | Sparta Prague | Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
| 19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Di Santo 6' Højbjerg 35'Sané 73' |
Report | Fatai 50' Lafata 63'Nhamoinesu 68'Hybš 87' |
Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 51,244 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal) |
| 5 November 2015 4 | Sparta Prague | 1–1 | Schalke 04 | Prague, Czech Republic |
| 21:05 CET (UTC+01:00) | Lafata 6', 82' Jiráček 53'Matějovský 66'Dočkal 70' |
Report | Geis 20' (pen.), 78' Højbjerg 66' |
Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 17,352 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez (Spain) |
| 26 November 2015 5 | Schalke 04 | 1–0 | APOEL | Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
| 19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Neustädter 80' Choupo-Moting 86' |
Report | Vinícius 50' Carlão 62' |
Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 43,117 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden) |
| 10 December 2015 6 | Asteras Tripoli | 0–4 | Schalke 04 | Tripoli, Greece |
| 21:05 CET (UTC+01:00) | Report | Choupo-Moting 23', 37', 78' Di Santo 29'Højbjerg 85'Meyer 86' |
Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium Attendance: 2,501 Referee: Liran Liany (Israel) |
Knockout phase
Round of 32
| 18 February 2016 First leg | Shakhtar Donetsk  | 0–0 | Schalke 04 | Lviv, Ukraine |
| 21:05 CET (UTC+01:00) | Kucher 79' 86' Gladkiy 84' |
Report | Sané 77' |
Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 23,615 Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey) |
| 25 February 2016 Second leg | Schalke 04 | 0–3 (0–3 agg.) | Shakhtar Donetsk | Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
| 19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Goretzka 35' |
Report | Ismaily 2' Marlos 26', 53'Stepanenko 32'Taison 43'Ferreyra 63'Kovalenko 77' |
Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 45,308 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia) |
Team statistics
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||||
| Bundesliga | 15 August 2015 | 14 May 2016 | Matchday 1 | 5th Place | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 51 | 49 | +2 | 44.12 | |
| DFB-Pokal | 8 August 2015 | 28 October 2015 | Round 1 | Round 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 50.00 | |
| Europa League | 17 September 2015 | 25 February 2016 | Group stage | Round of 32 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 50.00 | |
| Total | 44 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 71 | 57 | +14 | 45.45 | |||||
| Updated: 14 May 2016 | |||||||||||||
Squad statistics
| Squad Season 2015–16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | NAT | Player | Age | Contract ends | All A | | | | | BL A | BL | | | | Cup A | Cup | | | | EL A | EL | | | |
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | | Ralf Fährmann | 27 | 30 June 2019 | 43 (0) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 (0) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | | Michael Gspurning | 35 | 30 June 2016 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | | Fabian Giefer | 25 | 30 June 2018 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | | Alexander Nübel | 19 | 30 June 2018 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | | Marvin Friedrich | 20 | 30 June 2018 | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | | Júnior Caiçara | 27 | 30 June 2018 | 31 (1) | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 (1) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | | Benedikt Höwedes (C) | 28 | 30 June 2020 | 14 (5) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 (5) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 |  | Sead Kolašinac | 22 | 30 June 2017 | 24 (6) | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 (5) | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | | Dennis Aogo | 29 | 30 June 2017 | 25 (5) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 (3) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | | Thilo Kehrer | 19 | 30 June 2019 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 |  | Atsuto Uchida | 28 | 30 June 2018 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | | Kaan Ayhan | 21 | 30 June 2017 | 2 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | | Sascha Riether | 33 | 30 June 2016 | 16 (4) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 (3) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | | Felipe Santana | 30 | 30 June 2016 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | | Matija Nastasić | 23 | 30 June 2019 | 2 (0) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 |  | Joël Matip | 24 | 30 June 2016 | 41 (0) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34 (0) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (0) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | | Johannes Geis | 22 | 30 June 2019 | 35 (2) | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 27 (1) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 (0) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (1) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | | Max Meyer | 20 | 30 June 2018 | 31 (10) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 (5) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | | Leon Goretzka | 21 | 30 June 2018 | 32 (2) | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 (2) | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 (0) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (0) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | | Julian Draxler | 22 | 30 June 2018 | 4 (0) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 (0) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | | Younès Belhanda | 26 | 30 June 2016 | 10 (7) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 (7) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | | Marco Höger | 26 | 30 June 2016 | 3 (3) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | | Sidney Sam | 28 | 30 June 2018 | 1 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | | Leroy Sané | 20 | 30 June 2019 | 29 (13) | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23 (10) | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | | Alessandro Schöpf | 22 | 30 June 2019 | 6 (9) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 (8) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | | Pierre-Emile Højbjerg | 20 | 30 June 2016 | 17 (13) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 (10) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 (2) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | | Roman Neustädter | 28 | 30 June 2016 | 33 (5) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 26 (4) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (0) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| — | | Kevin-Prince Boateng | 29 | 30 June 2016 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | | Franco Di Santo | 27 | 30 June 2019 | 20 (14) | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 (12) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 (0) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (2) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | | Eric M. Choupo-Moting | 27 | 30 June 2017 | 27 (9) | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 (7) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (1) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | | Fabian Reese | 18 | 30 June 2019 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | 32 | 30 June 2017 | 37 (3) | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 (2) | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 (0) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (1) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | | Felix Platte | 20 | 30 June 2018 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | | Felix Schröter | 20 | 30 June 2018 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | — | 67 | 77 | 0 | 1 | — | 47 | 64 | 0 | 1 | — | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Last updated: 29 May 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Players in white left the club during the season.
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