FC Schalke 04 II

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FC Schalke 04 II
FC Schalke 04 Logo.svg
Full nameFußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V.
Nickname(s)Die Königsblauen (The Royal Blues)
Die Knappen (The Miners)
Founded1904 (club)
GroundParkstadion
Capacity5,000
Executive BoardJochen Schneider
Alexander Jobst
Peter Peters
Gerald Asamoah
Coach Jakob Fimpel
League Regionalliga West (IV)
2023–24 5th

FC Schalke 04 II are the reserve team of German association football club FC Schalke 04. Until 2005 the team played as FC Schalke 04 Amateure.

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The team has qualified for the first round of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, on two occasions. They currently play in the tier four Regionalliga West.

History

The team first made an appearance in the highest football league in Westphalia when it won promotion to the tier three Verbandsliga Westfalen in 1964 but was relegated again in 1966. It made a return to the league in 1978 when the Oberliga Westfalen was established as the tier above the Verbandsliga but was once more relegated in 1980. It returned to the league for a third time in 1986 and played there until 1992 when a division championship took the team up to the Oberliga Westfalen. [1]

The team played for three seasons against relegation in the Oberliga until 1995, when it dropped back to the Verbandsliga. It returned to the Oberliga again in 1997, now as a much stronger side. A league championship in the Oberliga earned the club promotion to the Regionalliga Nord in 2003 but it was relegated again immediately. Four more Oberliga seasons followed until 2008 when the team qualified for the new Regionalliga West where it has played since. [2] [3]

The team has played in the DFB-Pokal twice, qualifying for the first round in 1994–95 and 2001–02, going out to VfL Wolfsburg in 1994 and VfL Bochum in 2001. [4] [5]

Honours

The team's honours:

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club: [6] [7]

YearDivision Tier Position
1999–2000 Oberliga Westfalen IV2nd
2000–01Oberliga Westfalen5th
2001–02Oberliga Westfalen2nd
2002–03Oberliga Westfalen1st↑
2003–04 Regionalliga Nord III16th↓
2004–05Oberliga WestfalenIV3rd
2005–06Oberliga Westfalen3rd
2006–07Oberliga Westfalen2nd
2007–08Oberliga Westfalen2nd↑
2008–09 Regionalliga West 15th
2009–10Regionalliga West12th
2010–11Regionalliga West11th
2011–12Regionalliga West11th
2012–13Regionalliga West3rd
2013–14Regionalliga West6th
2014–15Regionalliga West11th
2015–16Regionalliga West10th
2016–17Regionalliga West16th↓
2017–18Oberliga WestfalenV6th
2018–19Oberliga Westfalen1st↑
2019–20 Regionalliga West IV12th
2020–21Regionalliga West8th
2021–22Regionalliga West9th
2022–23Regionalliga West9th
2023–24Regionalliga West5th
2024–25Regionalliga West14th
2025–26Regionalliga West
Promoted Relegated

Stadium

Since the 2020–21 season FC Schalke 04 II play at the Parkstadion Gelsenkirchen.

Players

Current squad

As of 23 August 2025 [8]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
3 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Max Lamby
4 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Anas Bouda
5 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Magnus Rösner
6 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Paul Pöpperl
7 MF Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Tristan Osmani
8 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Emil Zeil
9 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Gerrit Wegkamp
10 MF Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Timothé Rupil
14 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Andri Buzolli
16 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Tim Dietrich
17 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Bojan Potnar
No.Pos.NationPlayer
18 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Mika Khadr
19 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Jean-Paul Ndiaye
20 MF Flag of Kosovo.svg  KOS Edion Gashi
22 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Linus Weik
23 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Jakob Sachse
24 MF Flag of South Korea.svg  KOR In-gyom Jung
25 MF Flag of France.svg  FRA Yassin Ben Balla
31 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Faaris Yusufu
32 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Luca Happe
MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Arış Bayındır
MF Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR Ayman Gülaşı

Current technical staff

PositionName
Head coach Flag of Germany.svg Jakob Fimpel
Assistant coach Flag of Germany.svg Willi Landgraf
Assistant coach Flag of Poland.svg Tomasz Wałdoch
Forward coach Flag of Germany.svg Martin Max
Goalkeeping coach Flag of Germany.svg Christian Wetklo
Athletics coach Flag of Germany.svg Markus Zetlmeisl

Managers since 1992

References

  1. Historic German football league tables (in German) Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 29 January 2015
  2. Oberliga Westfalen tables and results (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 29 January 2015
  3. Regionalliga West tables and results (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 29 January 2015
  4. 1994–95 DFB-Pokal (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 29 January 2015
  5. 2001–02 DFB-Pokal (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 29 January 2015
  6. Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) Historical German domestic league tables
  7. Fussball.de – Ergebnisse (in German) Tables and results of all German football leagues
  8. "Kader U23". FC Schalke 04 (in German). Retrieved 30 June 2025.