FC Schalke 04 II

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.

FC Schalke 04 II
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
CoachTorsten Fröhling
LeagueRegionalliga West (IV)
2018–191st (Oberliga Westfalen)

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:

  • Oberliga Westfalen
    • Champions: 2003, 2019
    • Runners-up: (6) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2008
  • Westfalenliga
    • Champions: 1992, 1997
  • Westphalia Cup
    • Runners-up: 1994, 2001

Recent seasons

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

Year Division Tier Position
1999–2000 Oberliga Westfalen IV 2nd
2000–01 Oberliga Westfalen 5th
2001–02 Oberliga Westfalen 2nd
2002–03 Oberliga Westfalen 1st↑
2003–04 Regionalliga Nord III 16th↓
2004–05 Oberliga Westfalen IV 3rd
2005–06 Oberliga Westfalen 3rd
2006–07 Oberliga Westfalen 2nd
2007–08 Oberliga Westfalen 2nd↑
2008–09 Regionalliga West 15th
2009–10 Regionalliga West 12th
2010–11 Regionalliga West 11th
2011–12 Regionalliga West 11th
2012–13 Regionalliga West 3rd
2013–14 Regionalliga West 6th
2014–15 Regionalliga West 11th
2015–16 Regionalliga West 10th
2016–17 Regionalliga West 16th↓
2017–18 Oberliga Westfalen V 6th
2018–19 Oberliga Westfalen 1st↑
2019–20 Regionalliga West IV
↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated

Stadium

Since the 2008–09 season FC Schalke 04 II play at the Mondpalast-Arena in Herne.

Players

Current squad
As of 30 March 2020[8]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  POL Krystian Wozniak
— GK  GER Sören Ahlers
— GK  GER Michael Zadach
— DF  GER Phil Halbauer
— DF  GER Sandro Plechaty
— DF  GER Jonathan Riemer
— DF  GER Björn Liebnau
— DF  GER Mike Jordan
— DF  GER Fabian Lübbers
— DF  GER Timo Becker
— DF  GER Calvin Brackelmann
— DF  GER Bastian Frölich
— MF  GER Jason Ceka
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  GER Christian Eggert
— MF  GER Philip Fontein
— MF  GER Berkan Firat
— MF  USA Nick Taitague
— MF  LVA Jānis Grīnbergs
— MF  GER Jan Eric Hempel
— MF  GER Jonas Hofmann
— MF  ESP Umar Saho Sarho
— MF  LVA Eric Gueye
— MF  KVX Blendi Idrizi
— FW  GER Fatih Candan
— FW  GER Randy Manu Gyamenah
— FW  GER Luca Schuler

Current technical staff
Position Name
Sporting Management Gerald Asamoah
Head coach Torsten Fröhling
Assistant coach Tomasz Wałdoch
Goalkeeping coach Christian Wetklo
Fitness coach Markus Zetlmeisl
Physiotherapist Vasilelos Vyntra
Physiotherapist Christian Krabbe
Sports Psychologists Theresa Holst
Team caretaker Peter Nahke
Team caretaker Michael Bruske

Managers since 1992
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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 - Kappenschmiede" (in German). schalke04.de. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
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