2015–16 FC Schalke 04 season

Schalke 04
	2015–16 season
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. Munich; 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)
← 2014–15	2016–17 →

The 2015–16 FC Schalke 04 season is 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 twenty-third consecutive season in the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1991.

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Sources
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 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	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	—	—

Squad

Squad Season 2015–16
No	NAT	Player	Age	Birthplace	Contract ends	All A					BL A	BL				Cup A	Cup				EL A	EL
Goalkeepers
1		Ralf Fährmann	27	Karl-Marx-Stadt	30.06.2019	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	Graz	30.06.2016	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	Adenau	30.06.2018	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	Paderborn	30.06.2018	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	Kassel	30.06.2018	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	São Paulo	30.06.2018	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	Haltern	30.06.2020	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	Karlsruhe	30.06.2017	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	Karlsruhe	30.06.2017	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	Tübingen	30.06.2019	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	Kannami	30.06.2018	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	Gelsenkirchen	30.06.2017	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	Lahr	30.06.2016	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	Rio Claro	30.06.2016	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	20px Valjevo	30.06.2019	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	Bochum	30.06.2016	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	Schweinfurt	30.06.2019	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	Oberhausen	30.06.2018	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	Bochum	30.06.2018	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	Gladbeck	30.06.2018	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	Avignon	30.06.2016	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	Cologne	30.06.2016	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	Kiel	30.06.2018	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	Essen	30.06.2019	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	Umhausen	30.06.2019	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 Højbjerg	20	Copenhagen	30.06.2016	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	Dnipropetrovsk	30.06.2016	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	Berlin	30.06.2016	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	Mendoza	30.06.2019	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 Maxim Choupo-Moting	27	Hamburg	30.06.2017	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	Kiel	30.06.2019	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	Voor-Drempt	30.06.2017	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	Höxter	30.06.2018	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	Ulm	30.06.2018	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

Kit

Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: Gazprom

Home

Home Alt.

Away

Away Alt.

Away Alt. 2

Third

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 an 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, TSG 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
Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	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 (2015-07-08) 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 (2015-07-10) 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 (2015-07-14) 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 (2015-07-19) Friendly	VfL Osnabrück	2–3	Schalke 04	Osnabrück, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Savran 11', 56'	Report	Caiçara 39' Ayhan 74' Huntelaar 77'	Stadium: osnatel ARENA Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Dr. Riem Hussein (Germany)

22 July 2015 (2015-07-22) 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 (2015-07-27) 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 (2015-08-02) 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 (2016-01-18) 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 (2016-01-10) Round 1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	0–2	Schalke 04	Orlando, USA
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 (2016-01-13) Round 2	Atlético Mineiro	3–0	Schalke 04	Fort Lauderdale, USA
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

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Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
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

Round	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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	W
Position	3	4	9	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	7	8	6	8	6	6	5	4	5	6	7	6	4	5	4	7	7	7	7	6	7	5

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Bundesliga
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 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 (2015-08-22) 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 (2015-08-28) 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 (2015-09-13) 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 (2015-09-20) 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 (2015-09-23) 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 (2015-09-26) 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 (2015-10-04) 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 (2015-10-17) 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 (2015-10-25) 10	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–1	Schalke 04	Mönchengladbach
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Stindl 32' Wendt 52' Raffael 70', 72' Korb 84'	Report	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 (2015-10-31) 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 (2015-11-08) 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' Caiçara 46' Di Santo 60' Platte 90+1'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 79,956 Referee: Felix Brych

21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 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 (2015-11-29) 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 (2015-12-04) 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 (2015-12-13) 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 (2015-12-18) 17	Schalke 04	1–0	TSG 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 (2016-01-24) 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 (2016-01-30) 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 (2016-02-06) 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 (2016-02-12) 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	Caiçara 45+1' Belhanda 46'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 32,107 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

21 February 2016 (2016-02-21) 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 (2016-02-28) 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 (2016-03-02) 24	Schalke 04	3–2	Hamburger SV	Gelsenkirchen
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Meyer 37' Neustädter 43' 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 (2016-03-05) 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 (2016-03-11) 26	Hertha BSC	2–0	Schalke 04	Berlin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ibišević 42' Skjelbred 56' Stark 65' Ciğerci 90+1'	Report	Caiçara 26'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 51,424 Referee: Tobias Welz

18 March 2016 (2016-03-18) 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 (2016-04-02) 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' Caiçara 35' Sané 41' Neustädter 80' Matip 90'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 15,200 Referee: Daniel Siebert

10 April 2016 (2016-04-10) 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 (2016-04-16) 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 (2016-04-23) 31	Schalke 04	2–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Choupo-Moting 14' 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 (2016-04-30) 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 (2016-05-07) 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 (2016-05-14) 34	TSG 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 (2015-08-08) 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 (2015-10-28) Round 2	Schalke 04	0–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	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

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17 September 2015 (2015-09-17) 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 (2015-10-01) 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 (2015-10-22) 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 (2015-11-05) 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 (2015-11-26) 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 (2015-12-10) 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 (2016-02-18) 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 (2016-02-25) 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
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	15.08.2015	14.05.2016	Matchday 1	5th Place	34	15	7	12	51	49	+2	44.12
DFB-Pokal	08.08.2015	28.10.2015	Round 1	Round 2	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	50.00
Europa League	17.09.2015	25.02.2016	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

References

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