FC Schalke 04 Esports

FC Schalke 04 Esports is the esports department of football club FC Schalke 04. It has a League of Legends team competing in the LEC (formerly EU LCS), the top level of professional League of Legends in Europe.[1]

FC Schalke 04
Short nameS04
SportLeague of Legends
Founded16 May 2016 (2016-05-16)
LeagueLeague of Legends European Championship (LEC)
Based inAdlershof, Berlin
ArenaRiot Games studio
Parent groupFC Schalke 04
Websiteschalke04.de/esports/
Departments of Schalke 04
Men's football Women's football Basketball
Handball Blind football Table tennis
Athletics Esports

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 EU LCS after defeating the Ninjas in Pyjamas 3–0 in the 2018 EU LCS Spring Promotion tournament.[2]

History

In 2016, FC Schalke 04 opened an esports department and acquired the EU LCS spot of Elements, becoming the fourth football club to enter the professional League of Legends scene after Beşiktaş (which acquired the roster of Turkish team Aces High the previous year), Santos and Remo.[3] 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 eighth in the 2016 Summer EU LCS and was relegated to the European League of Legends Challenger Series after losing a promotion match to Misfits Gaming.[4] In December 2016, Steve and sprattel joined PSG eSports and left Schalke.[5]

Schalke announced a new roster on 13 January 2017, with SmittyJ, loulex, SELFIE, Upset and Vander joining the team.[6] 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.[7]

Schalke returned to the EU LCS on 25 August 2017, after defeating Ninjas in Pyjamas 3–0 in the 2018 EU LCS Spring Promotion tournament.[2] On 30 September, Schalke released most of its roster: SmittyJ, Memento, Caedrel and Norskeren all announced their free agency via Twitter.[8]

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.[9] The team ended the 2018 EU LCS Spring Split in eighth 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.[10] Schalke ended the 2018 EU LCS Summer Split in third place with a 12–6 record, 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,[11] and later failed to qualify for the 2018 World Championship after falling to G2 Esports 1–3 in the regional qualifiers.[12]

Riot Games announced on 20 November 2018 that Schalke would be one of ten franchise partners participating in the newly rebranded League of Legends European Championship (LEC).[13][14] Schalke completely revised their roster prior to the 2019 Spring LEC, signing veterans top laner Tamás "Vizicsacsi" Kiss,[15] jungler Jonas "Memento" Elmarghichi, and support Lee "IgNar" Dong-geun, and rookie mid laner Felix "Abbedagge" Braun.[16] Despite a strong start to the regular season, Schalke ended in seventh place with a 9–9 record, barely missing playoffs.

In preparation for the 2019 Summer LEC, Schalke signed 2016 Summer EU LCS MVP Kim "Trick" Gang-yun to replace Memento in the jungle.[17][18] The team ended the regular season in fourth place with an 11–7 record, qualifying for playoffs. After defeating Team Vitality[19][20] and Rogue[21][22][23] in the first and second round of playoffs respectively, Schalke moved on to the third round in Athens, where they were swept by Fnatic.[24][25]

Roster
FC Schalke 04 roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleHandleNameNationality
Top Broken Blade  Çelik, Sergen   Turkey 
Jungle Gilius  Demir, Erberk   Germany 
Mid Abbedagge  Braun, Felix   Germany 
Bot Neon  Jakubčík, Matúš   Slovakia 
Support LIMIT  Tot, Dino   Croatia 
Head coach

Dylan Falco

Assistant coach(es)

Rodrigo Domingues Oliveira
(head analyst)

Legend
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Substitute player
  • Injury/Illness

Latest roster transaction: 10 January 2021.

Tournament results
Placement Event Final result (W–T–L)
8th 2016 EU LCS Summer Split 3–9–6
Did not qualify 2017 EU LCS Spring Promotion 1–3 (against Misfits)
5th–8th 2016 GeForce Cup 0–2 (against TEAM #1)
1st 2017 EUCS Spring Split 5–0–0
3rd–4th 2017 EUCS Spring Playoffs 1–3 (against Misfits Academy)
2nd 2017 EUCS Summer Split 3–2–0
Qualified 2017 EUCS Summer Playoffs 3–1 (against Red Bulls)
Qualified 2018 EU LCS Spring Promotion 3–0 (against Ninjas in Pyjamas)
8th 2018 EU LCS Spring Split 7–11
3rd 2018 EU LCS Summer Split 12–6
2nd 2018 EU LCS Summer Playoffs 1–3 (against Fnatic)
2nd 2018 EU LCS Regional Qualifiers 1–3 (against G2 Esports)
7th 2019 LEC Spring Split 9–10
4th 2019 LEC Summer Split 11–7
3rd 2019 LEC Summer Playoffs 0–3 (against Fnatic)
3rd 2019 LEC Regional Finals 0–3 (against Splyce)
8th 2020 LEC Spring Split 6–12
6th 2020 LEC Summer Split 8–10
5th 2020 LEC Summer Playoffs 1–3 (against MAD Lions)

References
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  2. Newell, Adam (25 August 2017). "Schalke 04 return to the EU LCS in 2018". Dot Esports. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  3. "Sources: Soccer org Schalke 04 finalizes League Championship Series roster, picks up Fox". ESPN.
  4. Volk, Pete (7 August 2016). "FC Schalke 04 relegated from LCS as Misfits qualify in rout".
  5. "PSG Esports Announce League of Legends Roster - Esports News & Videos - Dexerto". Archived from the original on 17 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  6. "Schalke04 Esports' tweet on Twitter". Twitter.
  7. "FC Schalke 04 Esports". Leaguepedia | League of Legends Esports Wiki. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  8. Ashton, Tim (30 September 2017). "Schalke 04 dropping most of the roster". Cyber Sport. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  9. "Schalke 04 Esports on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  10. "S04 Esports signs Maurice "Amazing" Stückenschneider - Esports". S04 Esports. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
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  12. "EU Regional Finals 2018 - Leaguepedia". lol.gamepedia.com. Leaguepedia. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  13. Rand, Emily (20 November 2018). "Riot Games announces European League of Legends teams and rebranding". ESPN. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  14. Fitch, Adam (20 November 2018). "EU LCS rebrands to LEC and reveals final franchise partners". Esports Insider. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  15. Newell, Adam (25 November 2018). "Report: Odoamne, IgNar to join Schalke 04". Dot Esports. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  16. Abbas, Malcolm (11 December 2018). "Ignar returns to Europe, joining Schalke 04". Dot Esports. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
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  18. Moncav, Melany (11 April 2019). "Famed jungler Trick returns to Europe to join FC Schalke 04". WIN Esports. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  19. Geddes, George (24 August 2019). "Schalke dismantle Vitality to reach round 2 of LEC Summer playoffs". Dot Esports. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  20. Moncav, Melany (25 August 2019). "FC Schalke 04 takes out Team Vitality in 2019 LEC Summer Playoffs". WIN Esports. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  21. Geddes, George (30 August 2019). "Schalke defeat Rogue to qualify for the next round of the 2019 LEC Summer Split playoffs in Athens". Dot Esports. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  22. Moncav, Melany (30 August 2019). "FC Schalke 04 takes down Rogue and advances in the LEC summer playoffs". WIN Esports. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  23. Kolev, Radoslav (30 August 2019). "Schalke 04 end Rogue's Cinderella story and Worlds hopes". VPEsports. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  24. Samples, Rachel (7 September 2019). "Fnatic sweep Schalke 04 to advance to LEC Summer finals". Dot Esports. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  25. Collins, Yinsu (7 September 2019). "Fnatic secure spot in 2019 League of Legends World Championships". Sky Sports. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
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