2018–19 FC Schalke 04 season

Schalke 04

2018–19 season
President	Clemens Tönnies
Manager	Domenico Tedesco (until 14 March) Huub Stevens (interim, from 14 March)
Stadium	Veltins-Arena
Bundesliga	14th
DFB-Pokal	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Daniel Caligiuri (7 goals) All: Nabil Bentaleb (8 goals)
Highest home attendance	62,271
Lowest home attendance	45,755
Average home league attendance	60,941
Biggest win	Schalke 5–2 Nürnberg Schalke 4–1 Düsseldorf
Biggest defeat	Manchester City 7–0 Schalke
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2018–19 FC Schalke 04 season was the 115th season in the football club's history and 28th consecutive and 51st 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 also were participating in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and the first-tier continental cup, the UEFA Champions League. This was the 18th season for Schalke in the Veltins-Arena, located in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The season covered a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Players

Squad information

As of 18 May 2019^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Ralf Fährmann (captain) 2 MF  USA Weston McKennie 3 DF  MAR Hamza Mendyl 5 DF  SRB Matija Nastasić 6 MF  ESP Omar Mascarell 7 FW  GER Mark Uth 8 MF  GER Suat Serdar 10 MF  ALG Nabil Bentaleb 11 MF  UKR Yevhen Konoplyanka 13 MF  GER Sebastian Rudy 14 FW  WAL Rabbi Matondo 15 FW  TUR Ahmed Kutucu 17 DF  FRA Benjamin Stambouli 18 MF  GER Daniel Caligiuri 19 FW  AUT Guido Burgstaller

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF  GER Sascha Riether 22 FW  GER Steven Skrzybski 23 FW  GER Cedric Teuchert 24 DF  GER Bastian Oczipka 25 MF  MAR Amine Harit 26 DF  SEN Salif Sané 27 DF  NED Jeffrey Bruma (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg) 28 MF  AUT Alessandro Schöpf 34 GK  AUT Michael Langer 35 GK  GER Alexander Nübel 36 FW  SUI Breel Embolo 41 MF  MAR Nassim Boujellab 42 DF  GER Jonas Carls 44 DF  AUS George Timotheou

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	From	Type	Window	Ends	Fee in €	Source
41	MF	Nassim Boujellab	Schalke 04 II	Promoted	Season (Matchday 28)	2022	—	[2]
14	FW	Rabbi Matondo	Manchester City	Transfer	Winter	2023	9,000,000	[3]
27	DF	Jeffrey Bruma	VfL Wolfsburg	Loan	Winter	2019	Free	[4]
15	FW	Ahmed Kutucu	Schalke 04 U19	Promoted	Winter	2022	—	[5]
13	MF	Sebastian Rudy	Bayern Munich	Transfer	Summer	2022	16,000,000	[6]
8	MF	Suat Serdar	Mainz 05	Transfer	Summer	2022	10,500,000	[7]
6	MF	Omar Mascarell	Real Madrid	Transfer	Summer	2022	10,000,000	[8]
26	DF	Salif Sané	Hannover 96	Transfer	Summer	2022	7,000,000	[9]
3	DF	Hamza Mendyl	Lille OSC	Transfer	Summer	2023	6,000,000	[10]
22	FW	Steven Skrzybski	Union Berlin	Transfer	Summer	2021	3,200,000	[11]
7	FW	Mark Uth	1899 Hoffenheim	Transfer	Summer	2022	Free	[12]
4	DF	Benedikt Höwedes	Juventus	End of loan	Summer	2020	—	—
16	MF	Johannes Geis	Sevilla	End of loan	Summer	2019	—	—
23	DF	Coke	Levante	End of loan	Summer	2019	—	—
33	FW	Donis Avdijaj	Roda JC Kerkrade	End of loan	Summer	2019	—	—
30	FW	Haji Wright	SV Sandhausen	End of loan	Summer	2020	—	—
21	DF	Luke Hemmerich	VfL Bochum	End of loan	Summer	2020	—	—
16	FW	Fabian Reese	Greuther Fürth	End of loan	Summer	2020	—	—

Out

No.	Pos	Player	To	Type	Window	Fee in €	Source
29	DF	Naldo	AS Monaco	Transfer	Winter	2,000,000	[13]
9	FW	Franco Di Santo	Rayo Vallecano	Transfer	Winter	Free	[14]
16	MF	Johannes Geis	1. FC Köln	Transfer	Winter	Free	[15]
14	DF	Abdul Rahman Baba	Chelsea	End of loan	Winter	—	[16]
20	DF	Thilo Kehrer	Paris Saint-Germain	Transfer	Summer	37,000,000	[17]
4	DF	Benedikt Höwedes	Lokomotiv Moscow	Transfer	Summer	5,000,000	[18]
23	DF	Coke	Levante	Transfer	Summer	1,500,000	[19]
32	MF	Bernard Tekpetey	SC Paderborn	Transfer	Summer	150,000	[20]
8	MF	Leon Goretzka	Bayern Munich	Transfer	Summer	Free	[21]
7	MF	Max Meyer	Crystal Palace	Transfer	Summer	Free	[22]
33	FW	Donis Avdijaj	Willem II	Transfer	Summer	Free	[23]
21	DF	Luke Hemmerich	Erzgebirge Aue	Transfer	Summer	Free	[24]
—	DF	Joshua Bitter	Werder Bremen II	Transfer	Summer	Free	[25]
—	FW	Felix Schröter	FV Illertissen	Transfer	Summer	Free	[26]
3	DF	Pablo Insua	Huesca	Loan	Summer	Free	[27]
16	FW	Fabian Reese	Greuther Fürth	Loan	Summer	Free	[28]
22	FW	Marko Pjaca	Juventus	End of loan	Summer	—	—

Club

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Away

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Third

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Fourth

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Southampton F.C. v Schalke 04

5 July 2018 (2018-07-05) Friendly	Southampton F.C.	3–3	Schalke 04	Kunshan, China
20:05 CST (UTC+8)	Redmond 45+1' Reed 48' Hesketh 68'	Report	Konoplyanka 21' Serdar 54' Skrzybski 84'	Stadium: Kunshan Sports Centre Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Ma Ning, (China)

Hebei China Fortune F.C. v Schalke 04

11 July 2018 (2018-07-11) Friendly	Hebei China Fortune F.C.	1–3	Schalke 04	Langfang, China
19:30 CST (UTC+8)	Dong 66'	Report	Teuchert 86' Uth 87' Jin 90+1' (o.g.)	Stadium: Langfang Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Fu Ming, (China)

Schwarz-Weiß Essen v Schalke 04

21 July 2018 (2018-07-21) Friendly	Schwarz-Weiß Essen	0–1	Schalke 04	Essen, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Teuchert 6'	Stadium: Uhlenkrugstadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Lukas Luthe, (Germany)

Erzgebirge Aue v Schalke 04

29 July 2018 (2018-07-29) Friendly	Erzgebirge Aue	1–0	Schalke 04	Aue, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Herrmann 76' (pen)	Report		Stadium: Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 15,250 Referee: Felix-Benjamin Schwermer, (Germany)

Angers v Schalke 04

5 August 2018 (2018-08-05) Friendly	Angers	0–1	Schalke 04	Mittersill, Austria
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Burgstaller 15'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Bernd Hirschbichler, (Austria)

Schalke 04 v Fiorentina

11 August 2018 (2018-08-11) Friendly	Schalke 04	3–0	Fiorentina	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	McKennie 69' Skrzybski 75' Teuchert 84'	Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 17,131 Referee: Markus Wollenweber, (Germany)

Zenit v Schalke 04

18 November 2018 (2018-11-18) Friendly	Zenit	2–1	Schalke 04	Saint Petersburg, Russia
15:00 MSK (UTC+2)	Kranevitter 6' Ozdoyev 78' (pen)	Report	Skrzybski 35'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 41,214 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin, (Russia)

KRC Genk v Schalke 04

11 January 2019 (2019-01-11) Friendly	KRC Genk	2–2	Schalke 04	Benidorm, Spain
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Dewaest 17' Trossard 30'	Report	Uth 19' Schöpf 57'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal Guillermo Amor Attendance: 700 Referee: Campo Hernandez, (Spain)

Sevilla v Schalke 04

22 March 2019 (2019-03-22) A. Puerta Trophy	Sevilla	2–0	Schalke 04	Seville, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Mesa 35' Munir 72' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Mario Melero López, (Spain)

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	25 August 2018	18 May 2019	Matchday 1	14th	34	8	9	17	37	55	−18	023.53
DFB-Pokal	17 August 2018	3 April 2019	First round	Quarter-finals	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	050.00
Champions League	18 September 2018	12 March 2019	Group stage	Round of 16	8	3	2	3	8	14	−6	037.50
Total					46	13	12	21	52	73	−21	028.26

Last updated: 25 May 2019
Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 2018–19 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Mainz 05	34	12	7	15	46	57	−11	43
13	SC Freiburg	34	8	12	14	46	61	−15	36
14	Schalke 04	34	8	9	17	37	55	−18	33
15	FC Augsburg	34	8	8	18	51	71	−20	32
16	VfB Stuttgart (R)	34	7	7	20	32	70	−38	28	Qualification for the relegation play-offs

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off^[29]
(R) Relegated

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	8	9	17	37	55	−18	33	4	3	10	16	28	−12	4	6	7	21	27	−6

Last updated: 25 May 2019.
Source: Bundesliga

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	D	D
Position	11	15	17	18	18	17	15	16	15	14	14	14	12	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	14

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2019. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

VfL Wolfsburg v Schalke 04

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 1	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	Schalke 04	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Brooks 33' Ginczek 90+4'	Report	Bentaleb 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,621 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

Schalke 04 v Hertha BSC

2 September 2018 (2018-09-02) 2	Schalke 04	0–2	Hertha BSC	Gelsenkirchen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Duda 15', 90+6'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,181 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Schalke 04

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–1	Schalke 04	Mönchengladbach
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ginter 3' Herrmann 76'	Report	Embolo 90+3'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,022 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Schalke 04 v Bayern Munich

22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 4	Schalke 04	0–2	Bayern Munich	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Rodríguez 8' Lewandowski 64' (pen.)	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 62,271 Referee: Daniel Siebert

SC Freiburg v Schalke 04

25 September 2018 (2018-09-25) 5	SC Freiburg	1–0	Schalke 04	Freiburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Niederlechner 52'	Report		Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Frank Willenborg

Schalke 04 v Mainz 05

29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 6	Schalke 04	1–0	Mainz 05	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Schöpf 11'	Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,810 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Schalke 04

6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 7	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–2	Schalke 04	Düsseldorf
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	McKennie 47' Burgstaller 53'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Sven Jablonski

Schalke 04 v Werder Bremen

20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 8	Schalke 04	0–2	Werder Bremen	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	M. Eggestein 43', 66'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 62,271 Referee: Christian Dingert

RB Leipzig v Schalke 04

28 October 2018 (2018-10-28) 9	RB Leipzig	0–0	Schalke 04	Leipzig
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 41,939 Referee: Felix Brych

Schalke 04 v Hannover 96

3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 10	Schalke 04	3–1	Hannover 96	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bentaleb 57' (pen.) Embolo 71' Uth 85'	Report	Weydandt 70'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,959 Referee: Markus Schmidt

Eintracht Frankfurt v Schalke 04

11 November 2018 (2018-11-11) 11	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	Schalke 04	Frankfurt
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jović 61', 73' Haller 80'	Report		Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 50,700 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

Schalke 04 v 1. FC Nürnberg

24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 12	Schalke 04	5–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Skrzybski 26', 84' Harit 32' Burgstaller 70' Oczipka 90+3'	Report	Palacios Martínez 38' Zreľák 78'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 62,271 Referee: Guido Winkmann

1899 Hoffenheim v Schalke 04

1 December 2018 (2018-12-01) 13	1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	Schalke 04	Sinsheim
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kramarić 59' (pen.)	Report	Bentaleb 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Robert Kampka

Schalke 04 v Borussia Dortmund

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 14	Schalke 04	1–2	Borussia Dortmund	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Caligiuri 61' (pen.)	Report	Delaney 7' Sancho 74'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,767 Referee: Daniel Siebert

FC Augsburg v Schalke 04

15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 15	FC Augsburg	1–1	Schalke 04	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gregoritsch 13'	Report	Caligiuri 52'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 27,233 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Schalke 04 v Bayer Leverkusen

19 December 2018 (2018-12-19) 16	Schalke 04	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Wright 45+2'	Report	Dragović 26' Alario 35'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,548 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

VfB Stuttgart v Schalke 04

22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 17	VfB Stuttgart	1–3	Schalke 04	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	González 76'	Report	Skrzybski 10' Sané 70' Kutucu 78'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 54,022 Referee: Felix Brych

Schalke 04 v VfL Wolfsburg

20 January 2019 (2019-01-20) 18	Schalke 04	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Gelsenkirchen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Caligiuri 8' (pen.), 78'	Report	Rexhbeçaj 20'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 58,827 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Hertha BSC v Schalke 04

25 January 2019 (2019-01-25) 19	Hertha BSC	2–2	Schalke 04	Berlin
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Grujić 39' Ibišević 45+4'	Report	Konoplyanka 17' Uth 44'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 43,027 Referee: Felix Brych

Schalke 04 v Borussia Mönchengladbach

2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) 20	Schalke 04	0–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Kramer 85' Neuhaus 90+1'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 62,271 Referee: Marco Fritz

Bayern Munich v Schalke 04

9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) 21	Bayern Munich	3–1	Schalke 04	Munich
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bruma 11' (o.g.) Lewandowski 27' Gnabry 57'	Report	Kutucu 25'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Schalke 04 v SC Freiburg

16 February 2019 (2019-02-16) 22	Schalke 04	0–0	SC Freiburg	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 58,271 Referee: Frank Willenborg

Mainz 05 v Schalke 04

23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 23	Mainz 05	3–0	Schalke 04	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Onisiwo 18', 84' Mateta 73'	Report		Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 26,005 Referee: Sven Jablonski

Schalke 04 v Fortuna Düsseldorf

2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 24	Schalke 04	0–4	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Lukebakio 35' (pen.) Kownacki 62', 84' Raman 68'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,322 Referee: Felix Brych

Werder Bremen v Schalke 04

8 March 2019 (2019-03-08) 25	Werder Bremen	4–2	Schalke 04	Bremen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Rashica 31', 73' Kruse 51' (pen.) Harnik 90+4'	Report	Embolo 26', 85'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Martin Petersen

Schalke 04 v RB Leipzig

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) 26	Schalke 04	0–1	RB Leipzig	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Werner 14'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 59,913 Referee: Guido Winkmann

Hannover 96 v Schalke 04

31 March 2019 (2019-03-31) 27	Hannover 96	0–1	Schalke 04	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Serdar 39'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 44,500 Referee: Sven Jablonski

Schalke 04 v Eintracht Frankfurt

6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 28	Schalke 04	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Serdar 21'	Report	Rebić 13' Jović 90+9' (pen.)	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,842 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

1. FC Nürnberg v Schalke 04

12 April 2019 (2019-04-12) 29	1. FC Nürnberg	1–1	Schalke 04	Nuremberg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kubo 82'	Report	Nastasić 85'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Robert Kampka

Schalke 04 v 1899 Hoffenheim

20 April 2019 (2019-04-20) 30	Schalke 04	2–5	1899 Hoffenheim	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Caligiuri 60' (pen.) Burgstaller 90'	Report	Belfodil 25', 80' Kramarić 45' Szalai 65' Amiri 73'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 58,958 Referee: Christian Dingert

Borussia Dortmund v Schalke 04

27 April 2019 (2019-04-27) 31	Borussia Dortmund	2–4	Schalke 04	Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Götze 14' Witsel 85'	Report	Caligiuri 18' (pen.), 62' Sané 28' Embolo 86'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 80,196 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Schalke 04 v FC Augsburg

5 May 2019 (2019-05-05) 32	Schalke 04	0–0	FC Augsburg	Gelsenkirchen
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 59,841 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Bayer Leverkusen v Schalke 04

11 May 2019 (2019-05-11) 33	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	Schalke 04	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Havertz 31'	Report	Burgstaller 47'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Schalke 04 v VfB Stuttgart

18 May 2019 (2019-05-18) 34	Schalke 04	0–0	VfB Stuttgart	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,676 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2018–19 DFB-Pokal

1. FC Schweinfurt v Schalke 04

17 August 2018 (2018-08-17) First round	1. FC Schweinfurt	0–2	Schalke 04	Schweinfurt
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Bentaleb 24' (pen.) Jabiri 75' (o.g.)[30]	Stadium: Willy-Sachs-Stadion Attendance: 15,060 Referee: Arne Aarnink

1. FC Köln v Schalke 04

31 October 2018 (2018-10-31) Second round	1. FC Köln	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Schalke 04	Cologne
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Córdoba 43'	Report	Bentaleb 88' (pen.)	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Harm Osmers
	Penalties
	Höger Özcan Terodde Guirassy Risse Hector Drexler		Burgstaller Nastasić Caligiuri Harit Bentaleb Rudy Uth

Schalke 04 v Fortuna Düsseldorf

6 February 2019 (2019-02-06) Round of 16	Schalke 04	4–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Gelsenkirchen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Kutucu 30' Sané 48', 87' Uth 53'	Report	Hennings 71'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 56,638 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Schalke 04 v Werder Bremen

3 April 2019 (2019-04-03) Quarter-finals	Schalke 04	0–2	Werder Bremen	Gelsenkirchen
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Rashica 65' Klaassen 72'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,597 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Porto	6	5	1	0	15	6	+9	16	Advance to knockout phase
2	Schalke 04	6	3	2	1	6	4	+2	11
3	Galatasaray	6	1	1	4	5	8	−3	4	Transfer to Europa League
4	Lokomotiv Moscow	6	1	0	5	4	12	−8	3

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Schalke 04 v Porto

18 September 2018 (2018-09-18) 1	Schalke 04	1–1	Porto	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Embolo 64'	Report	Otávio 75' (pen.)	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 45,755[31] Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

Lokomotiv Moscow v Schalke 04

3 October 2018 (2018-10-03) 2	Lokomotiv Moscow	0–1	Schalke 04	Moscow, Russia
19:55 MSK (UTC+3) 18:55 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	McKennie 88'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 21,471[32] Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Galatasaray v Schalke 04

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24) 3	Galatasaray	0–0	Schalke 04	Istanbul, Germany
22:00 TRT (UTC+3) 21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Türk Telekom Stadium Attendance: 46,667[33] Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Schalke 04 v Galatasaray

6 November 2018 (2018-11-06) 4	Schalke 04	2–0	Galatasaray	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Burgstaller 4' Uth 57'	Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 54,740[34] Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

Porto v Schalke 04

28 November 2018 (2018-11-28) 5	Porto	3–1	Schalke 04	Porto, Portugal
20:00 WET (UTC±0) 21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Militão 52' Corona 55' Marega 90+4'	Report	Bentaleb 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 41,603[35] Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Schalke 04 v Lokomotiv Moscow

11 December 2018 (2018-12-11) 6	Schalke 04	1–0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Schöpf 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 48,883[36] Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

Round of 16

Schalke 04 v Manchester City

20 February 2019 (2019-02-20) First leg	Schalke 04	2–3	Manchester City	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bentaleb 38' (pen.), 45' (pen.)	Report	Agüero 18' Sané 85' Sterling 90'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 54,417[37] Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

Manchester City v Schalke 04

12 March 2019 (2019-03-12) Second leg	Manchester City	7–0 (10–2 agg.)	Schalke 04	Manchester, England
20:00 GMT (UTC±0) 21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Agüero 35' (pen.), 38' Sané 43' Sterling 56' B. Silva 71' Foden 78' Jesus 84'	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 51,518[38] Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Statistics

As of end of 2018–2019 season

Squad statistics

No	Nat	Player	Age	Contract ends	Total					Bundesliga					DFB-Pokal					Champions League
					A	St				A	St				A	St				A	St
Goalkeepers
1		Ralf Fährmann (C)	36	30.06.2022	25	24	0	0	0	17	16	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	6	6	0	0	0
34		Michael Langer	39	30.06.2021	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35		Alexander Nübel	28	30.06.2020	22	22	0	1	1	18	18	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
Defenders
3		Hamza Mendyl	27	30.06.2023	16	13	0	5	0	9	7	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	5	0	0	0
5		Matija Nastasić	31	30.06.2022	37	37	1	7	1	28	28	1	6	1	3	3	0	1	0	6	6	0	0	0
14		Abdul Rahman Baba	30	–	4	3	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
17		Benjamin Stambouli	34	30.06.2020	27	26	0	5	0	21	20	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	5	0	2	0
21		Sascha Riether	41	30.06.2019	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24		Bastian Oczipka	35	30.06.2020	25	25	1	3	0	21	21	1	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
26		Salif Sané	34	30.06.2022	40	39	4	6	0	30	29	2	4	0	4	4	2	1	0	6	6	0	1	0
27		Jeffrey Bruma	32	30.06.2019	12	10	0	6	0	9	7	0	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0
29		Naldo	42	–	13	13	0	1	0	7	7	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0
42		Jonas Carls	27	30.06.2022	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44		George Timotheou	27	30.06.2020	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
2		Weston McKennie	26	30.06.2022	33	25	2	7	0	24	19	1	6	0	3	2	0	0	0	6	4	1	1	0
6		Omar Mascarell	31	30.06.2022	19	15	0	5	0	14	11	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	3	3	0	3	0
8		Suat Serdar	27	30.06.2022	35	27	2	4	2	26	20	2	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	7	5	0	1	0
10		Nabil Bentaleb	29	30.06.2021	34	25	8	6	0	25	19	3	4	0	3	2	2	2	0	6	4	3	0	0
11		Yevhen Konoplyanka	35	30.06.2020	21	13	1	0	1	13	7	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	6	5	0	0	0
13		Sebastian Rudy	34	30.06.2022	28	22	0	7	0	21	17	0	4	0	3	2	0	1	0	4	3	0	2	0
16		Johannes Geis	31	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18		Daniel Caligiuri	36	30.06.2020	40	39	7	9	0	31	31	7	9	0	3	2	0	0	0	6	6	0	0	0
25		Amine Harit	27	30.06.2021	25	15	1	1	0	18	12	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0
28		Alessandro Schöpf	30	30.06.2021	21	15	2	4	0	15	11	1	3	0	2	1	0	1	0	4	3	1	0	0
39		Benjamin Goller	25	30.06.2019	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0
41		Nassim Boujellab	25	30.06.2022	8	5	0	0	0	7	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7		Mark Uth	33	30.06.2022	29	23	4	6	0	20	15	2	3	0	4	3	1	1	0	5	5	1	2	0
9		Franco Di Santo	35	–	5	4	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
14		Rabbi Matondo	24	30.06.2023	8	2	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15		Ahmed Kutucu	24	30.06.2022	16	4	3	1	0	13	3	2	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
19		Guido Burgstaller	35	30.06.2022	33	22	5	5	0	24	17	4	4	0	3	3	0	1	0	6	2	1	0	0
22		Steven Skrzybski	31	30.06.2021	16	9	3	1	0	12	8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0
23		Cedric Teuchert	27	30.06.2021	9	3	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
36		Breel Embolo	27	30.06.2021	28	21	6	6	0	20	15	5	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	5	5	1	2	0
40		Haji Wright	26	30.06.2020	7	2	1	0	0	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total					46		51	97	5	34		37	71	5	4		6	10	0	8		8	16	0

Players in grey left the club during the season.

Goalscorers

Rank	Position	Nat	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Champions League	Total
1	MF		Nabil Bentaleb	3	2	3	8
2	MF		Daniel Caligiuri	7	0	0	7
3	FW		Breel Embolo	5	0	1	6
4	FW		Guido Burgstaller	4	0	1	5
5	DF		Salif Sané	2	2	0	4
	FW		Mark Uth	2	1	1	4
7	FW		Ahmed Kutucu	2	1	0	3
	FW		Steven Skrzybski	3	0	0	3
9	MF		Weston McKennie	1	0	1	2
	MF		Alessandro Schöpf	1	0	1	2
	MF		Suat Serdar	2	0	0	2
12	MF		Amine Harit	1	0	0	1
	MF		Yevhen Konoplyanka	1	0	0	1
	DF		Matija Nastasić	1	0	0	1
	DF		Bastian Oczipka	1	0	0	1
	FW		Haji Wright	1	0	0	1
Own goals				0	1	0	1
Total				37	7	8	52

Clean sheets

Rank	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Champions League	Total
1	Ralf Fährmann	3	1	2	6
	Alexander Nübel	4	0	2	6

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