List of FC Schalke 04 records and statistics

Below are lists of records of the German football club FC Schalke 04.

Player records[]

• First / Last: year of the first / last competitive appearance for Schalke
• Seasons (Sea): number of seasons in which the player made at least one competitive appearance for Schalke
• Position (Pos): GK = Goalkeeper, DF = Defender, MF = Midfielder, FW = Forward

Bundesliga era[]

Statistics include all competitive matches since the formation of the Bundesliga in August 1963. Players who are still active for Schalke 04 are shown in bold.

• BL = Bundesliga (1963–1981, 1982–83, 1984–1988, 1991–2021)
• 2.BL = 2. Bundesliga (1981–82, 1983–84, 1988–1991, 2021–)
• Cup = DFB-Pokal (1963–)
• EC = European competitions: Champions League (2001–2019), UEFA Cup / Europa League (1976–2017), Cup Winners' Cup (1969–1973)
• OtC = Other competitions: Supercup (2010, 2011), Ligapokal (1972–73, 1998–2007), UI Cup (2003, 2004), Bundesliga Relegation play-offs (1983)

Statistics correct as of 28 August 2021.

Most appearances[]

Players are sorted by number of total appearances, then by number of Bundesliga appearances.

Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100

Player Nat First Last Sea Pos BL 2.BL Cup EC OtC Total Klaus Fichtel 1965 1988 19 DF 477 – 52 20 7 556 Norbert Nigbur 1966 1982 14 GK 355 38 41 12 9 455 Olaf Thon 1983 2002 13 DF 295 38 29 22 – 384 Gerald Asamoah 1999 2013 12 FW 279 – 30 51 21 381 Rolf Rüssmann 1969 1980 12 DF 304 – 42 19 10 375 Ingo Anderbrügge 1988 1999 12 MF 216 100 22 16 1 355 Herbert Lütkebohmert 1968 1979 11 MF 286 – 39 19 7 351 Klaus Fischer 1970 1981 12 FW 295 – 39 9 6 349 Benedikt Höwedes 2007 2017 10 DF 240 – 27 66 2 335 Andreas Müller 1988 2000 12 MF 200 86 19 18 – 323 Jens Lehmann 1988 1998 10 GK 200 74 19 19 – 312 Jiří Němec 1993 2002 9 MF 256 – 24 25 2 307 Mike Büskens 1992 2002 11 MF 257 – 21 23 1 302 Thomas Kruse 1978 1988 10 DF 199 63 22 – 1 285 Ebbe Sand 1999 2006 7 FW 214 – 25 31 12 282 Helmut Kremers 1971 1980 9 MF 226 – 27 15 6 274 Yves Eigenrauch 1990 2001 11 DF 229 7 20 12 1 269 Ralf Fährmann 2008 2021 10 GK 200 3 19 40 1 263 Erwin Kremers 1971 1978 8 FW 212 – 27 15 6 260 Joël Matip 2009 2016 7 DF 194 – 16 46 2 258 Mathias Schipper 1976 1988 10 DF 189 32 31 4 2 258 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 2010 2021 8 FW 184 – 15 49 1 249 Michael Opitz 1980 1988 9 MF 158 66 20 – 2 246 Jürgen Sobieray 1969 1979 9 DF 210 – 21 8 – 239 Michael Prus 1986 1996 11 DF 120 100 19 – – 239 Rüdiger Abramczik 1973 1987 8 FW 202 – 23 10 – 235 Ulrich Bittcher 1976 1983 8 MF 168 38 22 4 2 234 Levan Kobiashvili 2003 2009 7 MF 168 – 13 35 17 233 Marcelo Bordon 2004 2010 6 DF 168 – 19 36 8 231 Hans-Jürgen Becher 1963 1971 8 DF 201 – 22 6 – 229 Jefferson Farfán 2008 2015 7 FW 170 – 17 40 1 228 Reinhard Libuda 1963 1974 8 FW 190 – 28 7 – 225 Radoslav Látal 1994 2001 7 MF 187 – 17 20 1 225 Bernd Thiele 1973 1982 9 DF 162 27 17 9 – 215 Kevin Kurányi 2005 2010 5 FW 162 – 14 29 4 209 Thomas Linke 1992 1998 6 DF 175 – 12 18 – 205 Jürgen Luginger 1988 1994 6 MF 83 108 13 – – 204 Klaus Scheer 1969 1975 6 MF 165 – 23 9 6 203 Manuel Neuer 2006 2011 5 GK 156 – 16 27 4 203 Youri Mulder 1993 2002 9 FW 177 – 13 12 – 202 Rafinha 2005 2010 5 DF 153 – 13 31 1 198 Frank Rost 2002 2006 5 GK 130 – 14 34 18 196 Friedel Rausch 1963 1971 8 DF 170 – 20 4 – 194 Marco van Hoogdalem 1997 2003 7 DF 151 – 18 20 4 193 Max Meyer 2013 2018 6 MF 146 – 12 34 – 192 Jermaine Jones 2007 2013 6 MF 129 – 17 37 2 185 Tomasz Wałdoch 1999 2006 7 DF 141 – 18 14 11 184 Mladen Krstajić 2004 2009 5 DF 131 – 13 28 11 183 Marc Wilmots 1996 2003 6 MF 138 – 14 26 – 178 Niels Oude Kamphuis 1999 2005 6 MF 134 – 16 16 7 173 Julian Draxler 2011 2015 6 MF 119 – 12 38 1 170 Walter Junghans 1982 1987 5 GK 110 38 18 – 2 168 Nico Van Kerckhoven 1998 2004 6 DF 134 – 16 9 5 164 Gerhard Neuser 1965 1970 5 MF 143 – 12 7 – 162 Christian Poulsen 2002 2006 4 MF 111 – 12 29 10 162 Roman Neustädter 2012 2016 4 MF 122 – 7 32 – 161 Hamit Altıntop 2003 2007 4 MF 113 – 10 21 16 160 Bernard Dietz 1982 1986 5 DF 101 34 21 – 2 158 Matija Nastasić 2015 2021 7 DF 122 – 17 18 – 157 Hans Bongartz 1974 1978 4 MF 131 – 17 8 – 156 Peter Sendscheid 1989 1994 6 FW 80 69 6 – – 155 Heinz van Haaren 1968 1972 4 MF 126 – 20 8 – 154 Atsuto Uchida 2010 2016 6 DF 104 – 8 40 1 153 Michael Jakobs 1983 1988 5 DF 97 37 15 – – 149 Leon Goretzka 2013 2018 5 MF 116 – 9 22 – 147 Fabian Ernst 2005 2009 4 MF 106 – 7 28 5 146 Manfred Drexler 1979 1984 5 MF 67 62 13 – 2 144 Alessandro Schöpf 2016 2021 6 MF 112 – 15 16 – 143 Hartmut Huhse 1971 1975 4 DF 113 – 15 6 8 142 Darío Rodríguez 2002 2007 6 DF 102 – 9 24 7 142 Sead Kolašinac 2012 2021 6 DF 111 – 7 23 – 141 Tomasz Hajto 2000 2004 4 DF 104 – 13 16 8 141 Bernd Dierßen 1983 1987 4 MF 87 37 15 – – 139 Sven Vermant 2001 2005 4 MF 98 – 12 15 13 138 Klaus Täuber 1983 1987 4 FW 88 37 13 – – 138 Christian Fuchs 2011 2015 4 MF 99 – 7 29 1 136 Ivan Rakitić 2007 2011 4 MF 97 – 15 19 4 135 Martin Max 1995 1999 4 FW 109 – 5 18 1 133 Benjamin Stambouli 2016 2021 5 DF 105 – 12 16 – 133 Oliver Reck 1998 2002 5 GK 112 – 13 6 1 132 Jörg Böhme 2000 2004 5 MF 101 – 12 10 8 131 Daniel Caligiuri 2017 2020 4 MF 108 – 11 11 – 130 Aleksandr Borodyuk 1989 1993 5 FW 63 61 6 – – 130 Halil Altıntop 2006 2009 4 FW 96 – 11 17 5 129 Marco Höger 2011 2016 5 MF 88 – 8 30 1 127 Bastian Oczipka 2017 2021 4 DF 111 – 13 2 – 126 Manfred Pohlschmidt 1967 1971 4 FW 106 – 12 7 – 125 Günter Güttler 1990 1994 4 DF 85 34 6 – – 125 Heiko Westermann 2007 2010 3 DF 92 – 11 18 2 123 Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp 1967 1971 4 MF 101 – 15 6 – 122 Günther Herrmann 1963 1967 4 MF 110 – 9 – – 119 Amine Harit 2017 2021 4 MF 102 – 12 5 – 119 Guido Burgstaller 2017 2020 4 FW 95 – 13 11 – 119 Gustavo Varela 2002 2008 6 MF 82 – 9 19 8 118 Günter Schlipper 1989 1992 5 MF 33 78 7 – – 118 Lincoln 2004 2007 3 MF 83 – 9 19 6 117 Klaus Senger 1966 1971 6 DF 102 – 8 3 – 113 Andreas Möller 2000 2003 3 MF 86 – 14 8 4 112 Oliver Held 1995 2001 6 MF 96 – 6 8 – 110 Sven Kmetsch 1998 2003 5 MF 88 – 8 9 3 108

Top goalscorers[]

Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made. Players are sorted by number of total goals, then by goals per game (Ø).

Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 146[a]

Player Nat First Last Sea Pos BL 2.BL Cup EC OtC Total Ø Klaus Fischer 1970 1981 12 FW 182 (295) – 34 (39) 07 0(9) 3 0(6) 226 (349) 0.65 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 2010 2021 8 FW 084 (184) – 13 (15) 31 (49) 0 0(1) 128 (249) 0.51 Ebbe Sand 1999 2006 7 FW 073 (214) – 18 (25) 10 (31) 3 (12) 104 (282) 0.37 Ingo Anderbrügge 1988 1999 12 MF 046 (216) 36 (100) 05 (22) 01 (16) 0 0(1) 088 (355) 0.25 Kevin Kurányi 2005 2010 5 FW 071 (162) – 08 (14) 07 (29) 1 0(4) 087 (209) 0.42 Olaf Thon 1983 2002 13 DF 052 (295) 14 0(38) 08 (29) 01 (22) – 075 (384) 0.20 Klaus Täuber 1983 1987 4 FW 039 0(88) 19 0(37) 06 (13) – – 064 (138) 0.46 Gerald Asamoah 1999 2013 12 FW 044 (279) – 12 (30) 05 (51) 3 (21) 064 (381) 0.17 Helmut Kremers 1971 1980 9 FW 045 (226) – 12 (27) 01 (15) 1 0(6) 059 (274) 0.22 Rüdiger Abramczik 1973 1987 8 FW 044 (202) – 10 (23) 04 (10) – 058 (235) 0.25 Erwin Kremers 1971 1978 8 MF 050 (212) – 02 (27) 02 (15) 0 0(6) 054 (260) 0.21 Jefferson Farfán 2008 2015 7 FW 039 (170) – 08 (17) 06 (40) 0 0(1) 053 (228) 0.23 Klaus Scheer 1969 1975 6 MF 038 (165) – 05 (23) 03 0(9) 2 0(6) 048 (203) 0.24 Peter Sendscheid 1989 1994 6 FW 018 0(80) 28 0(69) 00 0(6) – – 046 (155) 0.30 Rolf Rüssmann 1969 1980 12 DF 030 (304) – 09 (42) 02 (19) 5 (10) 046 (375) 0.12 Youri Mulder 1993 2002 9 FW 033 (177) – 07 (13) 04 (12) – 044 (202) 0.22 Aleksandr Borodyuk 1989 1993 5 FW 012 0(63) 29 0(61) 01 0(6) – – 042 (130) 0.32 Raúl 2010 2012 2 FW 028 0(66) – 03 0(7) 09 (23) 0 0(2) 040 0(98) 0.41 Martin Max 1995 1999 4 FW 033 (109) – 02 0(5) 04 (18) 0 0(1) 039 (133) 0.29 Marc Wilmots 1996 2003 6 MF 027 (138) – 02 (14) 09 (26) – 038 (178) 0.21 Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp 1967 1971 4 MF 030 (101) – 06 (15) 01 0(6) – 037 (122) 0.30 Manfred Drexler 1979 1984 5 MF 008 0(67) 20 0(62) 05 (13) – 2 0(2) 035 (144) 0.24 Émile Mpenza 2000 2003 4 FW 028 0(79) – 03 0(8) 02 0(7) 0 0(2) 033 0(96) 0.34 Herbert Lütkebohmert 1968 1979 11 MF 028 (286) – 03 (39) 01 (19) 1 0(7) 033 (351) 0.09 Guido Burgstaller 2017 2020 4 FW 024 0(95) – 04 (13) 04 (11) – 032 (119) 0.27 Andreas Müller 1988 2000 12 MF 017 (200) 13 0(86) 02 (19) 00 (18) – 032 (323) 0.10 Lincoln 2004 2007 3 MF 020 0(83) – 04 0(9) 07 (19) 0 0(6) 031 (117) 0.26 Manfred Pohlschmidt 1967 1971 4 FW 026 (106) – 05 (12) 00 0(7) – 031 (125) 0.25 Jörg Böhme 2000 2004 5 MF 023 (101) – 07 (12) 00 (10) 1 0(8) 031 (131) 0.24 Ulrich Bittcher 1976 1983 8 MF 019 (168) 10 0(38) 02 (22) 00 0(4) 0 0(2) 031 (234) 0.13 Julian Draxler 2011 2015 6 MF 018 (119) – 05 (12) 07 (38) 0 0(1) 030 (170) 0.18 Hans-Joachim Abel 1982 1984 2 FW 009 0(33) 14 0(30) 06 0(8) – 0 0(2) 029 0(73) 0.40 Hans Bongartz 1974 1978 4 MF 024 (131) – 02 (17) 02 0(8) – 028 (156) 0.18 Günther Herrmann 1963 1967 4 MF 022 (110) – 05 0(9) – – 027 (119) 0.23 Reinhard Libuda 1963 1974 8 FW 020 (190) – 03 (28) 03 0(7) – 026 (225) 0.12 Waldemar Gerhardt 1963 1965 2 FW 020 0(52) – 05 0(6) – – 025 0(58) 0.43 Gerhard Neuser 1965 1970 5 MF 019 (143) – 06 (12) 00 0(7) – 025 (162) 0.15 Frank Hartmann 1984 1986 2 MF 020 0(52) – 04 0(5) – – 024 0(57) 0.42 Nico Braun 1971 1973 2 FW 014 0(35) – 03 0(6) 02 0(4) 4 0(7) 023 0(52) 0.44 Mike Hanke 2002 2005 4 FW 007 0(58) – 04 0(8) 09 (13) 3 0(8) 023 0(87) 0.26 Joël Matip 2009 2016 7 DF 017 (194) – 02 (16) 04 (46) 0 0(2) 023 (258) 0.09 Benedikt Höwedes 2007 2017 10 DF 012 (240) – 05 (27) 06 (66) 0 0(2) 023 (335) 0.07 Eric M. Choupo-Moting 2014 2017 3 FW 018 0(82) – 00 0(5) 04 (19) – 022 (106) 0.21 Halil Altıntop 2006 2009 4 FW 016 0(96) – 03 (11) 02 (17) 1 0(5) 022 (129) 0.17 Max Meyer 2013 2018 6 MF 017 (146) – 02 (12) 03 (34) – 022 (192) 0.11 Klaus Matischak 1963 1964 1 FW 018 0(22) – 03 0(3) – – 021 0(25) 0.84 Daniel Caligiuri 2017 2020 4 MF 017 (108) – 03 (11) 01 (11) – 021 (130) 0.16 Aílton 2004 2005 1 FW 014 0(29) – 01 0(2) 01 0(7) 4 0(6) 020 0(44) 0.45 Victor Agali 2001 2004 3 FW 014 0(54) – 01 0(5) 01 0(7) 4 0(8) 020 0(74) 0.27 Manfred Kreuz 1963 1968 5 FW 017 0(83) – 02 0(8) – – 019 0(91) 0.21 Simon Terodde 2021 2021 1 FW – 06 00(5) 00 0(1) – – 006 00(6) 1.00

Other records[]

Youngest and oldest

• Youngest player: Volker Abramczik – 17 years, 95 days (30 August 1981, DFB-Pokal)
• Youngest league player: Olaf Thon – 17 years, 96 days (5 August 1983, 2. Bundesliga)
• Youngest Bundesliga player: Julian Draxler – 17 years, 117 days (15 January 2011)
• Youngest goalscorer: Julian Draxler – 17 years, 127 days (25 January 2011, DFB-Pokal)
• Youngest league goalscorer: Olaf Thon – 17 years, 132 days (10 September 1983, 2. Bundesliga)
• Youngest Bundesliga goalscorer: Julian Draxler – 17 years, 193 days (1 April 2011)
• Oldest player: Klaus Fichtel – 43 years, 184 days (21 May 1988, Bundesliga, also league record)
• Oldest goalscorer: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar – 37 years, 276 days (15 May 2021, Bundesliga)

Goals

• Most goals in a season in all competitions: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar – 48 (2011–12)
• Most league goals in a season: Klaus Fischer – 29 (1975–76, Bundesliga) and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar – 29 (2011–12, Bundesliga)
• Most goals scored in a match: Klaus Scheer – 5 (1 September 1971, Bundesliga)
• Most penalty goals scored: Ingo Anderbrügge – 28 (of 33, 20 of 25 in Bundesliga)

Goalkeeping

• Most clean sheets: Norbert Nigbur – 133 (96 in Bundesliga)
• Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal: Jens Lehmann – 597 (30 November 1996 – 15 March 1997, Bundesliga)
• Most penalties saved: Norbert Nigbur – 18 (of 51, 16 of 42 in Bundesliga)

Internationals

• Most international caps as a Schalke 04 player: Jiří Němec – 64 (1994 – 2001, Czech Republic)
• Most international caps for Germany as a Schalke 04 player: Benedikt Höwedes – 44 (2011 – 2017)
• Most international goals as a Schalke 04 player: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar – 26 (2010 – 2015, Netherlands)
• Most international goals for Germany as a Schalke 04 player: Klaus Fischer – 23 (1977 – 1981)
• World Cup winners: Benedikt Höwedes (2014, appeared in final), Julian Draxler (2014), Norbert Nigbur (1974, did not play), Helmut Kremers (1974, did not play)
• European Championship winners: Erwin Kremers (1972, appeared in final), Bent Christensen (1992, Denmark)

Transfers

• Highest transfer fee paid: Breel Embolo – €26.5 million (2016)
• Highest transfer fee received: Leroy Sané – €52.0 million (2016)

Pre-Bundesliga era[]

Statistics include all competitive matches from 1920 until 1963, except if a player ended his Schalke 04 career after 1963, then all his matches are considered.

• GLW = Gauliga Westfalen (1933–1945)
• OLW = Oberliga West (1947–1963)
• OtL = Other leagues: Emscher-Kreisliga (1921–1926), Gauliga Ruhr (1926–1933), Landesliga Westfalen (1945–1947), Bundesliga (1963–)
• GC = German championship (1927–1962)
• Cup = Tschammer-Pokal (1935–1943), DFB-Pokal (1952–)
• EC = European competitions: European Cup (1958–59), Cup Winners' Cup (1969–70)
• OtC = Other competitions: Western German championship (1927–1933), Westphalian Cup (1943–1944), British zone championship (1947), Oberliga relegation play-offs (1949), Western German Cup (1953–1963), i.a.

Most appearances[]

Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Player First Last Sea Pos GLW OLW OtL GC Cup EC OtC Total Ernst Kuzorra 1923 1949 24 FW 164 18 95 79 39 – 71 466 Fritz Szepan 1925 1949 22 FW 156 10 99 87 35 – 50 437 Bernhard Klodt 1943 1962 18 FW 14 330 21 24 8 7 21 425 Otto Tibulski 1932 1948 16 DF 162 34 23 77 34 – 19 349 Hermann Eppenhoff 1939 1955 14 FW 65 143 – 39 24 – 6 277 Hans-Jürgen Becher 1960 1971 11 DF – 32 201 1 24 6 7 271 Willi Koslowski 1955 1965 10 FW – 182 39 8 11 7 18 265 Reinhard Libuda 1962 1974 10 FW – 25 190 – 32 7 4 258 Manfred Kreuz 1956 1968 12 FW – 135 83 7 12 4 15 256 Ernst Kalwitzki 1933 1944 11 FW 150 – – 66 36 – 1 253

Top goalscorers[]

Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Player First Last Sea Pos GLW OLW OtL GC Cup OtC Total Ø Ernst Kuzorra 1923 1949 24 FW 147 (164) 001 0(18) 141 (95) 48 (79) 26 (39) 82 (71) 445 (466) 0.95 Fritz Szepan 1925 1949 22 FW 118 (156) 001 0(10) 080 (99) 56 (87) 19 (35) 37 (50) 311 (437) 0.71 Ernst Kalwitzki 1933 1944 11 FW 113 (150) – – 54 (66) 28 (36) 00 0(1) 195 (253) 0.77 Bernhard Klodt 1943 1962 18 FW 007 0(14) 129 (330) 014 (21) 10 (24) 00 0(8) 008 (28)[a] 168 (425) 0.40 Hermann Eppenhoff 1939 1955 14 FW 088 0(65) 018 (143) – 26 (39) 14 (24) 00 0(6) 146 (277) 0.53 Adolf Urban 1932 1943 10 FW 078 0(80) – 004 0(3) 30 (46) 12 (24) – 124 (153) 0.81 Ernst Poertgen 1934 1938 4 FW 059 0(59) – – 28 (24) 17 (18) – 104 (101) 1.03 Emil Rothardt 1924 1935 9 MF 010 0(32) – 055 (64) 14 (23) – 23 (47) 102 (166) 0.61 Herbert Burdenski 1940 1949 7 MF 028 0(31) 016 0(38) 031 (18) 07 (15) 08 (11) 03 0(6) 093 (119) 0.78 Hermann Nattkämper 1930 1936 6 MF 029 0(49) – 045 (33) 10 (30) 00 0(6) 06 (10) 090 (128) 0.70

Other records[]

Youngest and oldest

• Youngest player: Otto Schrader – 15 years, 331 days (21 March 1937, Gauliga Westfalen)
• Youngest goalscorer: Otto Schrader – 15 years, 331 days (21 March 1937, Gauliga Westfalen)
• Oldest player: Ernst Kuzorra – 43 years, 92 days (16 January 1949, Oberliga West)
• Oldest goalscorer: Ernst Kuzorra – 41 years, 333 days (14 September 1947, Oberliga West)

Goals

• Most goals in a season in all competitions: Hermann Eppenhoff – 42 (1940–41)
• Most league goals in a season: Ernst Kuzorra – 34 (1929–30, Gauliga Ruhr)
• Most Gauliga Westfalen goals in a season: Hermann Eppenhoff – 28 (1940–41)
• Most Oberliga West goals in a season: Hans Kleina – 23 (1950–51)
• Most German championship goals in a season: Hermann Eppenhoff – 13 (1941)
• Most goals scored in a match: Herbert Burdenski – 8 (23 February 1947, Landesliga Westfalen)
• Most goals scored in a German championship match: Ernst Kalwitzki – 5 (18 June 1939, final)

Internationals

• First international cap as a Schalke 04 player: Ernst Kuzorra – 20 November 1927
• Most international caps as a Schalke 04 player: Fritz Szepan – 34 (1929 – 1939)
• Most international goals as a Schalke 04 player: Adolf Urban – 11 (1935 – 1942)
• World Cup winner: Bernhard Klodt (1954)

All time[]

Most appearances[]

Rank	Player	First		Last		Sea- sons	Apps
		Year	Age	Year	Age
1	Klaus Fichtel	1965	20	1988	43	19	556
2	Ernst Kuzorra	1923	17	1949	43	24	466
3	Norbert Nigbur	1966	18	1982	34	14	455
4	Fritz Szepan	1925	17	1949	41	22	437
5	Bernhard Klodt	1943	16	1962	35	18	425
6	Olaf Thon	1983	17	2002	35	13	384
7	Gerald Asamoah	1999	20	2013	34	12	381
8	Rolf Rüssmann	1969	19	1980	30	12	375
9	Ingo Anderbrügge	1988	24	1999	35	12	355
10	Herbert Lütkebohmert	1968	20	1979	31	11	351

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	First		Last		Goals (Apps)	Ø
		Year	Age	Year	Age
1	Ernst Kuzorra	1923	17	1949	43	445 (466)	0.95
2	Fritz Szepan	1925	17	1949	41	311 (437)	0.71
3	Klaus Fischer	1970	20	1981	31	226 (349)	0.65
4	Ernst Kalwitzki	1933	23	1944	34	195 (253)	0.77
5	Bernhard Klodt	1943	18	1962	35	168 (425)	0.40
6	Hermann Eppenhoff	1938	19	1955	36	146 (277)	0.53
7	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	2010	27	2021	37	128 (249)	0.51
8	Adolf Urban	1932	18	1943	29	124 (153)	0.81
9	Ernst Poertgen	1934	22	1938	26	104 (101)	1.03
10	Ebbe Sand	1999	27	2006	33	104 (282)	0.37

Manager records[]

Most matches managed

Bundesliga era[]

BL = Bundesliga, 2.BL = 2. Bundesliga, Cup = DFB-Pokal, EC = European competitions, OtC = Other competitions (Supercup, Ligapokal)

Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Manager Nat First Last Sea BL 2.BL Cup EC OtC Total Huub Stevens 1996 2020 10 249 – 23 42 3 317 Ivica Horvat 1971 1979 5 157 – 20 6 10 193 Diethelm Ferner 1983 1989 4 68 55 18 – – 141 Jörg Berger 1993 1996 4 99 – 9 2 – 110 Fritz Langner 1964 1967 4 99 – 10 – – 109 Mirko Slomka 2006 2008 3 79 – 5 20 5 109 Ralf Rangnick 2004 2011 4 57 – 8 20 3 88 Friedel Rausch 1976 1977 3 65 – 10 10 – 85 Felix Magath 2009 2011 2 60 – 10 8 1 79 Jens Keller 2012 2014 3 58 – 5 14 – 77

Pre-Bundesliga era[]

OLW = Oberliga West, GWL = Gauliga Westfalen, Cup = DFB-Pokal, GC = German championship, EC = European Cup

Rank 1 2 3

Manager Nat First Last Sea OLW GWL GC Cup EC Total Eduard Frühwirth 1954 1959 5 150 – 11 7 7 175 Fritz Szepan 1949 1954 5 150 – 12 1 – 163 Hans Schmidt 1933 1938 5 – 90 41 19 – 150

Team records[]

Bundesliga era[]

Matches

• Record league win: 7–0 vs. FC Bayern Munich (a), Bundesliga, 9 October 1976
• Record league home win: 6–0 each vs. SpVgg Bayreuth, 24 October 1981; SC Freiburg, 29 October 1983 and Darmstadt 98, 10 March 1984; all 2. Bundesliga
• Record Bundesliga home win: 6–1 each vs. Kickers Offenbach, 4 October 1972; Fortuna Köln, 2 March 1974 and Borussia Dortmund, 10 December 1985
• Record league home goals scored: 7–4 vs. Bayer Leverkusen, 11 Februar 2006
• Record DFB-Pokal win: 11–1 vs. FC Teningen (a), 31 July 2011
• Record DFB-Pokal final win: 5–0 each vs. 1. FC Kaiserslautern, 1 July 1972 and MSV Duisburg, 21 May 2011
• Record European win: 6–1 vs. HJK Helsinki (h), Europa League, 25 August 2011
• Record Champions League win: 4–0 vs. RCD Mallorca (a), 16 October 2001
• Record Revierderby win: 6–1 vs. Borussia Dortmund (h), Bundesliga, 10 December 1985
• Record defeat: 0–11 vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach (a), Bundesliga, 7 January 1967

League

• Most league wins in a season: 24 (Bundesliga, 1971–72, 34 games)
• Most league goals scored in a season: 95 (2. Bundesliga, 1983–84, 38 games)
• Most Bundesliga goals scored in a season: 77 (1976–77, 34 games)
• Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 29 (2. Bundesliga, 1990–91, 38 games)
• Fewest Bundesliga goals conceded in a season: 31 each (2005–06 and 2009–10, 34 games)
• Most consecutive league wins: 6 each (Bundesliga, 2004–05 md 7–12, 2006–07 md 16–21, 2017–18 md 23–28 and 2. Bundesliga, 1990–91 md 3–8)
• Most consecutive league matches without a defeat: 14 (Bundesliga, 1976–77 md 29 – 1977–78 md 8)
• Most consecutive league matches without a defeat within a season: 13 each (Bundesliga, 1997–98 md 16–28 and 2006–07 md 10–22)
• Most consecutive league matches without a win: 30 (Bundesliga, 2019–20 md 19 – 2020–21 md 14)

Pre-Bundesliga era[]

Matches

• Record league win: 20–0 vs. SpVgg Herten (a), Landesliga Westfalen, 23 February 1947
• Record league home win: 15–1 vs. Union Recklinghausen, Gauliga Westfalen, 16 February 1936
• Record Oberliga West win: 8–0 vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach (h), 24. September 1950
• Record German championship win: 16–0 vs. CSC 03 Kassel (h), 16 June 1940
• Record German championship final win: 9–0 vs. Admira Vienna (in Berlin), 18. June 1939
• Record DFB-Pokal win: 13–0 vs. VfvB Alsum (a), 20. August 1939
• Record European win: 5–2 vs. KB Copenhagen (h), European Cup, 18 September 1958
• Record Revierderby win: 10–0 vs. Borussia Dortmund (h), Gauliga Westfalen, 20 October 1940

League

• Most league wins in a season: 21 (Gauliga Westfalen, 1940–41, 22 games)
• Most league goals scored in a season: 103 (Gauliga Westfalen, 1936–37, 18 games)
• Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 10 each (Gauliga Westfalen, 1934–35, 1937–38, 1941–42 and 1943–44, 18 games each)
• Most consecutive league wins: 26 (Gauliga Westfalen, 1935–36 md 4 – 1936–37 md 11)
• Most consecutive league wins with a season: 16 (Gauliga Westfalen, 1942–43 md 3–18)
• Most consecutive league matches without a defeat: 84 (Gauliga Westfalen, 1934–35 md 18 – 1939–40 md 11)

Honours[]

Competition	#	Years
International title
UEFA Cup	1	1997
National titles
German Championship	7	1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1958
DFB-Pokal	5	1937, 1972, 2001, 2002, 2011
DFL-Supercup	1	2011
DFL-Ligapokal	1	2005
2. Bundesliga	2	1982, 1991
Regional titles
Oberliga West	2	1951, 1958
Landesliga Westfalen	2	1946, 1947
Gauliga Westfalen	11	1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944
Western German Championship	4	1929, 1930, 1932, 1933
Western German Cup	1	1954
Westphalian Cup	2	1943, 1944

See also[]

• List of FC Schalke 04 players
• List of FC Schalke 04 managers
• List of FC Schalke 04 seasons
• FC Schalke 04 in European football

Sources[]

• FC Schalke 04 (2015). Königsblau: Die Geschichte des FC Schalke 04. Die Werkstatt. ISBN 978-3-7307-0204-8.
• "FC Schalke 04 » Players from A-Z". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
• "Rekordlisten". FC Schalke 04 (in German). Retrieved 29 November 2018.