2017–18 FC Schalke 04 season explained

Club:Schalke 04
Season:2017–18
Chrtitle:President
Chairman:Clemens Tönnies
Manager:Domenico Tedesco
Stadium:Veltins-Arena
League:Bundesliga
League Result:2nd
Cup1:DFB-Pokal
Cup1 Result:Semi-finals
Highest Attendance:62,271
Lowest Attendance:50,642
Average Attendance:61,297
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Prevseason:2016–17
Nextseason:2018–19

The 2017–18 FC Schalke 04 season was the 114th season in the football club's history and 27th consecutive and 50th 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 are also participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This is the 17th season for Schalke in the Veltins-Arena, located in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

The season was the first since 2006-07 without Benedikt Höwedes, who departed to Juventus on a loan.

Players

Transfers

In

PlayerFromSource
23FW Cedric Teuchert 1. FC NürnbergTransferWinter2021€1,000,000[1]
22 FW Marko Pjaca JuventusLoanWinter2018€800,000[2]
14DF Baba Rahman ChelseaLoanWinter2019Free[3]
32MF Bernard Tekpetey SCR AltachEnd of LoanWinter2020—[4]
10MF Nabil Bentaleb Tottenham HotspurTransferSummer2021€19,000,000
11MF Yevhen Konoplyanka SevillaTransferSummer2020€12,500,000
25MF Amine Harit NantesTransferSummer2021€8,000,000[5]
24DF Bastian Oczipka Eintracht FrankfurtTransferSummer2020€4,500,000[6]
3DF Pablo Insua Deportivo La CoruñaTransferSummer2021€3,500,000[7]
21DF Sascha RietherFree agentTransferSeason (Matchday 8)2018—[8]
34GK Michael Langer IFK NorrköpingTransferSummer2019Free[9]
30FW Haji Wright Schalke 04 U19PromotedSummer2020——
2MF Weston McKennie Schalke 04 U19PromotedSummer2022——
21MF Luke Hemmerich Schalke 04 U19PromotedSummer2020——
16FW Fabian Reese Karlsruher SCEnd of loanSummer2019——
15FW Felix Platte Darmstadt 98End of loanSummer2018——
18MF Sidney Sam Darmstadt 98End of loanSummer2018——
34GK Fabian Giefer Bristol CityEnd of loanSummer2018——

Out

PlayerToSource
23DF Coke LevanteLoanWinterFree[10]
16FW Fabian Reese SpVgg Greuther FürthLoanWinterFree[11]
33FW Donis Avdijaj Roda JC KerkradeLoanWinterFree[12]
15FW Felix Platte Darmstadt 98TransferSummer€800,000[13]
34GK Fabian Giefer FC AugsburgTransferSummer€750,000[14]
25FW Klaas-Jan Huntelaar AjaxTransferSummerFree[15]
6DF Sead Kolašinac ArsenalTransferSummerFree[16]
30GK Timon Wellenreuther Willem IITransferSummerFree[17]
13MF Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting Stoke CityTransferSummerFree[18]
15DF Dennis Aogo VfB StuttgartTransferSummerFree[19]
22DF Atsuto Uchida Union BerlinTransferSummerFree[20]
40MF Sidney Sam VfL BochumTransferSummerFree[21]
27DF Sascha RietherFree agent—Summer——
4DF Benedikt Höwedes JuventusLoanSummer€3,500,000[22]
6MF Johannes Geis SevillaLoanSummer€2,000,000[23]
32FW Bernard Tekpetey Rheindorf AltachLoanSummerFree[24]
30FW Haji Wright SV SandhausenLoanSummerFree[25]
21MF Luke Hemmerich VfL BochumLoanSummerFree[26]
10MF Nabil Bentaleb Tottenham HotspurEnd of loanSummer——
11MF Yevhen Konoplyanka SevillaEnd of loanSummer——
14DF Baba Rahman ChelseaEnd of loanSummer——
24DF Holger Badstuber Bayern MunichEnd of loanSummer——

Club

Kit

Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: Gazprom

Competitions

Bundesliga

See main article: 2017–18 Bundesliga.

Matches

DFB-Pokal

See main article: 2017–18 DFB-Pokal.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Squad Season 2017–18
NoNATPlayerAgeContract ends
Goalkeepers
1Ralf Fährmann (C)30.06.202039 (0)010034 (0)01005 (0)0000
34Michael Langer30.06.20190 (0)00000 (0)00000 (0)0000
35Alexander Nübel30.06.20200 (1)00000 (1)00000 (0)0000
Defenders
3Pablo Insua30.06.20210 (1)01000 (1)01000 (0)0000
5Matija Nastasić30.06.201925 (2)051022 (2)05103 (0)0000
14Baba Rahman30.06.20190 (1)00000 (1)00000 (0)0000
20Thilo Kehrer30.06.201931 (1)350026 (1)34005 (0)0100
21Sascha Riether30.06.20180 (0)00000 (0)00000 (0)0000
23Coke30.06.20191 (1)01000 (1)01001 (0)0000
24Bastian Oczipka30.06.202030 (3)030026 (3)02004 (0)0100
29Naldo30.06.201938 (0)750034 (0)74004 (0)0100
Joshua Bitter30.06.20190 (0)00000 (0)00000 (0)0000
Midfielders
2Weston McKennie30.06.202214 (11)030013 (10)03001 (1)0000
7Max Meyer30.06.201823 (4)160020 (3)06003 (1)1000
8Leon Goretzka30.06.201823 (6)430021 (5)43002 (1)0000
10Nabil Bentaleb30.06.202115 (4)430112 (4)43013 (0)0000
11Yevhen Konoplyanka30.06.202020 (10)610018 (9)41002 (1)2000
17Benjamin Stambouli30.06.202027 (5)040024 (4)04003 (1)0000
18Daniel Caligiuri30.06.202035 (2)640032 (1)64003 (1)0000
25Amine Harit30.06.202127 (8)340023 (8)33004 (0)0100
28Alessandro Schöpf30.06.202112 (7)03009 (7)03003 (0)0000
32Bernard Tekpetey30.06.20200 (0)00000 (0)00000 (0)0000
Forwards
9Franco Di Santo30.06.201924 (10)440022 (8)34002 (2)1000
16Fabian Reese30.06.20190 (7)00000 (7)00000 (0)0000
19Guido Burgstaller30.06.202029 (8)1390023 (8)118005 (0)2100
22Marko Pjaca30.06.20185 (4)20003 (4)20002 (0)0000
23Cedric Teuchert30.06.20210 (6)00000 (4)00000 (2)0000
33Donis Avdijaj30.06.20190 (0)00000 (0)00000 (0)0000
36Breel Embolo30.06.20219 (14)34009 (12)34000 (2)0000
Felix Schröter30.06.20180 (0)00000 (0)00000 (0)0000
Total—566711—506211—6500
Last updated: 13 May 2018
Players in white left the club during the season.

Goalscorers

RankPositionNameBundesligaDFB-PokalTotal
1FW Guido Burgstaller11213
2DF Naldo707
3MF Daniel Caligiuri606
3MF Yevhen Konoplyanka426
5MF Nabil Bentaleb404
5FW Franco Di Santo314
5MF Leon Goretzka404
8FW Breel Embolo303
8MF Amine Harit303
8DF Thilo Kehrer303
11FW Marko Pjaca202
12MF Max Meyer011
Own goals314
Total53760

Clean sheets

RankNameBundesligaDFB-PokalTotal
1 Ralf Fährmann13316
2 Alexander Nübel101
Total13316

Disciplinary record

RankPositionNameBundesligaDFB-PokalTotal
1FW Guido Burgstaller800100900
2DF Matija Nastasić510000510
3MF Max Mayer600000600
4DF Thilo Kehrer400100500
4DF Naldo400100500
6MF Nabil Bentaleb301000301
7MF Daniel Caligiuri400000400
7FW Franco Di Santo400000400
7FW Breel Embolo400000400
7MF Amine Harit300100400
7MF Benjamin Stambouli400000400
12MF Leon Goretzka300000300
12MF Weston McKennie300000300
12DF Bastian Oczipka200100300
12MF Alessandro Schöpf300000300
16DF Coke100000100
16GK Ralf Fährmann100000100
16DF Pablo Insua100000100
16MF Yevhen Konoplyanka100000100
Total62115006711

Notes and References

  1. News: S04 sign Germany U21 international Cedric Teuchert. schalke04.de.en. 3 January 2018.
  2. News: Marko Pjaca joins on loan from Juventus. schalke04.de.en. 4 January 2018.
  3. News: Baba joins until end of 2018/2019 season on loan. schalke04.de.en. 29 January 2018.
  4. News: Bernard Tekpetey to accompany team to training camp. schalke04.de.en. 1 January 2018.
  5. News: S04 sign Amine Harit from FC Nantes. schalke04.de.en. 10 July 2017.
  6. News: Schalke sign Oczipka from Frankfurt. schalke04.de.en. 10 July 2017. 15 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170718000450/http://www.schalke04.de/en/news/170714_oczipkatransfer/page/2996--86-86-.html. 18 July 2017. dead. dmy-all.
  7. News: Schalke 04 sign Pablo Insua. schalke04.de.en. 29 June 2017. 30 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170702170956/http://www.schalke04.de/en/news/280617_insuasigns/page/2959--86-86-.html. 2 July 2017. dead. dmy-all.
  8. News: Sascha Riether erhält Vertrag bis zum 30. Juni 2018. schalke04.de. 6 October 2017. 7 October 2017. 6 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171006193838/http://www.schalke04.de/de/aktuell/news/171006_riether/page/10303--10-213-.html. dead.
  9. News: Michael Langer completes goalkeeping trio. schalke04.de.en. 4 August 2017. 4 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170805015312/http://www.schalke04.de/en/news/170804_langer/page/3031--86-86-.html. 5 August 2017. dead. dmy-all.
  10. News: Coke wechselt auf Leihbasis zu Levante UD. schalke04.de. 20 December 2017.
  11. News: Fabian Reese to spend the rest of season at Greuther Fürth. schalke04.de. 21 January 2018.
  12. News: Donis Avdijaj to spend rest of season on loan at Roda JC Kerkrade. schalke04.de. 15 January 2018.
  13. News: Felix Platte joins SV Darmstadt 98. schalke04.de.en. 26 August 2017. 26 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170826154845/http://www.schalke04.de/en/news/170826_-platte_d98/page/3066--86-86-.html. 26 August 2017. dead. dmy-all.
  14. News: Fabian Giefer moves to Augsburg. schalke04.de.en. 8 June 2017. 9 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170611161713/http://www.schalke04.de/en/news/170608_giefer/page/2930--86-86-.html. 11 June 2017. dead. dmy-all.
  15. News: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar to return to AFC Ajax. schalke04.de.en. 1 June 2017. 9 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170604201057/http://www.schalke04.de/en/news/170601_huntelaar/page/2921--86-86-.html. 4 June 2017. dead. dmy-all.
  16. News: Sead Kolasinac to move to Arsenal. schalke04.de.en. 6 June 2017. 9 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170609182225/http://www.schalke04.de/en/news/170606_kolasinac/page/2924--86-86-.html. 9 June 2017. dead. dmy-all.
  17. News: Timon Wellenreuther voor twee seizoenen naar Willem II. willem-ii.nl. 23 May 2017. 2017-06-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20170117140546/http://www.schalke04.de/en/news/170116_caicara/page/2698--86-86-.html. 2017-01-17. dead.
  18. News: Choupo-Moting Checks In. stokecityfc.com. 8 August 2017.
  19. News: VfB sign Dennis Aogo. vfb.de/en. 9 August 2017.
  20. News: Atsuto Uchida moves to Union Berlin. schalke04.de/en. 21 August 2017. 21 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170822012108/http://www.schalke04.de/en/news/170821_uchidaunion/page/3060--86-86-.html. 22 August 2017. dead. dmy-all.
  21. News: Sidney Sam moves to VfL Bochum. schalke04.de/en. 31 August 2017.
  22. News: Benedikt Höwedes joins Juventus for the 2017/18 season. 30 August 2017.
  23. News: Johannes Geis heads to Sevilla on loan. 1 August 2017.
  24. News: Bernard Tekpetey extends contract and joins Altach on loan. schalke04.de/en. 18 August 2017.
  25. News: Haji Wright joins Sandhausen on loan. schalke04.de/en. 11 August 2017.
  26. News: Hemmerich moves on loan to VfL Bochum. schalke04.de/en. 28 August 2017.

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