List of FC Schalke 04 players

FC Schalke 04 is a German football club based in Gelsenkirchen. The club was founded in 1904. They currently compete in the Bundesliga.

The following are lists of Schalke 04 players since the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963 and notable club players of the pre-Bundesliga era.

Players

Bundesliga era

All 453 players who made at least one appearance in a competitive match for Schalke 04 since August 1963 are listed below. 424 of them played in the Bundesliga.
289 players scored at least one goal for the club. 260 of them found the net in the Bundesliga, which is a record for the league.[1]

  Member of the Schalke 04 Hall of Fame ("Ehrenkabine") – 20 players (*)

  Played for their senior national team in their Schalke 04 career – 129 players, 36 for Germany (# = international caps as a Schalke player)

  Still active for Schalke 04 – 26 players (^)

Position (Pos): GK = Goalkeeper, DF = Defender, MF = Midfielder, FW = Forward

League membership: Bundesliga (1963–1981, 1982–1983, 1984–1988, 1991–current), 2. Bundesliga (1981–1982, 1983–1984, 1988–1991)

Total competitive matches (2371): Bundesliga (1764), DFB-Pokal (195), 2. Bundesliga (190), UEFA Cup / Europa League (100), Champions League (70), Ligapokal (22), Cup Winners' Cup (14), UI Cup (12), Supercup (2), Relegation play-offs (2)

Statistics correct as of 4 August 2020.

A • B • C • D • E • F • G • H • I • J • K • L • M • N • O • P • Q • R • S • T • U • V • W • Z

Klaus Fichtel made 556 appearances for Schalke between 1965 and 1988.

Klaus Fischer scored 226 goals in 349 appearances for Schalke between 1970 and 1981.

Olaf Thon made 384 appearances for Schalke between 1983 and 2002.

Gerald Asamoah made 381 appearances for Schalke between 1999 and 2013.

Ingo Anderbrügge made 355 appearances for Schalke between 1988 and 1999.

Benedikt Höwedes made 335 appearances for Schalke between 2007 and 2017.

Jens Lehmann made 312 appearances for Schalke between 1988 and 1998.

Mike Büskens made 302 appearances for Schalke between 1992 and 2002.

Ebbe Sand scored 104 goals in 282 appearances for Schalke between 1999 and 2006.

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scored 126 goals in 240 appearances for Schalke between 2010 and 2017.

Marcelo Bordon made 231 appearances for Schalke between 2004 and 2010.

Raúl scored 40 goals in 98 appearances for Schalke between 2010 and 2012.

Name		Nation	#	Pos	Years		League		Total
							Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hans-Joachim Abel				FW	1982–1984		63	23	73	29
Mathias Abel				DF	2006		1	0	4	0
Rüdiger Abramczik	*		19	FW	1973–1980, 1987		202	44	235	58
Volker Abramczik				FW	1981–1984		55	13	61	13
Ibrahim Afellay			3	MF	2012		10	2	15	4
Victor Agali			7	FW	2001–2004		54	14	74	20
Aílton				FW	2004–2005		29	14	44	20
Jörg Albracht				GK	1995		2	0	2	0
Alcides				DF	2003		6	0	10	0
Ünal Alpuğan				MF	1999–2000		42	1	44	1
Halil Altıntop			21	FW	2006–2009		96	16	129	22
Hamit Altıntop			32	MF	2003–2007		113	8	160	14
Ingo Anderbrügge	*			MF	1988–1999		316	82	355	88
Markus Anfang				MF	1997		3	0	5	0
Anthony Annan			4	MF	2011, 2014		12	0	14	0
Dennis Aogo				DF	2013–2017		65	0	92	3
Gerald Asamoah	*		43	FW	1999–2010, 2013		279	44	381	64
Donis Avdijaj			2	FW	2016–2017		9	2	12	2
Danilo Avelar				DF	2011		3	0	3	0
Kaan Ayhan				MF	2013–2015		30	1	39	1
Mimoun Azaouagh				MF	2006–2007		9	0	16	1
Abdul Rahman Baba			6	DF	2016, 2018		16	0	26	1
Holger Badstuber				DF	2017		10	0	12	0
Zlatan Bajramović			12	MF	2005–2007		64	6	91	8
Manfred Bär				FW	1980–1981		2	0	2	0
Tranquillo Barnetta			9	MF	2012–2015		44	3	60	3
Michel Bastos				MF	2013		14	4	16	5
Alexander Baumjohann				MF	2006, 2010–2012		30	0	47	0
Hans-Jürgen Becher				DF	1960–1971		201	2	229	4
Karl-Heinz Bechmann				MF	1962–1967		75	7	81	8
Timo Becker				DF	2019–	^	10	0	11	0
Rachid Belarbi				MF	1988–1990		45	0	48	0
Younès Belhanda			1	MF	2016		15	2	17	2
Nabil Bentaleb			16	MF	2016–	^	73	12	97	19
Ulrich van den Berg				DF	1972–1976		60	4	77	6
Klaus Berge				MF	1983–1985, 1987		36	2	43	2
Winfried Berkemeier				MF	1979–1980		29	5	34	5
Manfred Berz				MF	1959–1965		30	8	34	9
Marinus Bester				FW	1993		5	0	6	0
Til Bettenstaedt				FW	1995		1	0	1	0
Klaus Beverungen				MF	1970–1974		49	6	67	7
Siegmar Bieber				MF	1989–1990		8	1	8	1
André Bistram				FW	1986–1987		38	9	39	9
Ulrich Bittcher				MF	1976–1983		206	29	234	31
Horst Blechinger				FW	1966–1968		64	6	68	8
Kevin-Prince Boateng			6	MF	2013–2015		46	6	60	7
Sebastian Boenisch				DF	2005–2006		9	0	14	0
Jörg Böhme			10	MF	2000–2004		101	23	131	31
Mario Boljat				MF	1979		9	2	10	2
Hans Bongartz			4	MF	1974–1978		131	24	156	28
Marcelo Bordon	*			DF	2004–2010		168	14	231	18
Rainer Borgmeier				FW	1992–1993		2	0	2	0
Aleksandr Borodyuk		/	6	FW	1989–1993		124	41	130	42
Nassim Boujellab				MF	2019–	^	18	0	21	0
Can Bozdogan				MF	2020–	^	3	0	3	0
Nico Braun			9	FW	1971–1973		35	14	52	23
Josef Broden				GK	1959–1965		5	0	5	0
Kai Bruckmann				MF	1994		1	0	1	0
Jeffrey Bruma				DF	2019		9	0	12	0
Hans-Günter Bruns				DF	1975–1976		20	2	22	2
Theo Bücker				MF	1981–1983		54	5	61	5
Rainer Budde				MF	1972–1975		50	12	59	14
Dieter Burdenski				GK	1970–1971		3	0	6	0
Henning Bürger				DF	1991		5	0	6	0
Guido Burgstaller			16	FW	2017–	^	95	24	119	32
Michael Büskens	*			MF	1992–2002		257	13	302	17
Júnior Caiçara				DF	2015–2016		26	0	41	1
Daniel Caligiuri				MF	2017–2020		108	17	130	21
Jonas Carls				DF	2019		1	0	1	0
Angelos Charisteas				FW	2011		4	1	5	1
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting			15	FW	2014–2017		82	18	106	22
Bent Christensen			9	FW	1991–1993		49	8	52	9
Christian Clemens				MF	2013–2014		19	0	28	0
Hubert Clute-Simon				MF	1982–1984		48	12	56	13
Coke				DF	2017		9	1	10	1
Heinz Crawatzo				DF	1964–1965		27	2	29	2
Simon Cziommer				MF	2003, 2005		2	0	9	1
Dietmar Danner				MF	1980–1981		19	0	19	0
Ciprian Deac			6	MF	2010–2011		2	0	5	0
Chad Deering			2	MF	1993–1994		6	0	6	0
Michael Delura				FW	2003–2005		23	4	30	4
Herbert Demange				FW	1977–1979		31	4	38	5
Franco Di Santo				FW	2015–2018		71	5	88	12
Bernd Dierßen				MF	1983–1987		124	13	139	16
Bernard Dietz				DF	1982–1986		135	8	158	11
Serhiy Dikhtiar				FW	1994–1995		13	2	16	3
Herbert Dittrich				FW	1967–1968		4	0	4	0
Thomas Dooley			18	DF	1995–1997		28	3	35	3
Kristijan Đorđević				MF	2001–2002		10	0	16	0
Norbert Dörmann				DF	1977–1979		27	2	33	2
Julian Draxler			15	FW	2011–2015		119	18	170	30
Manfred Drexler				MF	1979–1985		129	28	144	35
Manfred Dubski				MF	1972–1978		73	2	97	4
Arnold Dybek				MF	1997		1	0	1	0
Vilson Džoni				DF	1979–1981		55	6	58	7
Dieter Eckstein				FW	1993–1995		30	4	31	5
Reiner Edelmann				FW	1987–1990		95	12	101	12
Edu				FW	2010–2013		43	5	57	7
Peter Ehmke				FW	1972–1974		40	6	50	12
Yves Eigenrauch				DF	1990–2001		236	4	269	5
René Eijkelkamp				FW	1997–1999		44	6	56	9
Norbert Eilenfeldt				MF	1984–1985		17	1	18	1
Norbert Elgert	*			FW	1975, 1978–1982		77	17	85	18
Josef Elting				GK	1965–1970		64	0	70	0
Breel Embolo			18	FW	2016–2019		48	10	61	12
Peter Endrulat				GK	1974		1	0	1	0
Orlando Engelaar			1	MF	2008–2009		25	0	35	1
Hermann Erlhoff				MF	1967–1970		75	8	87	8
Fabian Ernst			4	MF	2005–2009		106	1	146	3
Christian Erwig				FW	2007		1	0	1	0
Sergio Escudero				DF	2010–2012		12	0	22	0
Ralf Fährmann				GK	2008, 2011–	^	178	0	234	0
Jefferson Farfán			28	FW	2008–2015		170	39	228	53
Klaus Fichtel	*		23	DF	1965–1980, 1985–1988		477	14	556	17
Christos Figas				MF	1988		3	0	5	0
Klaus Fischer	*		30	FW	1970–1981		295	182	349	226
Egon Flad				MF	1989–1992		74	6	77	6
Michael Fonfara				FW	1988		2	0	2	0
Steffen Freund				MF	1991–1993		53	3	56	3
Karl-Heinz Frey				FW	1972		9	0	19	2
Marvin Friedrich				DF	2014–2016		7	0	9	0
Christian Fuchs			26	DF	2011–2015		99	4	136	8
Andreas Gaber				MF	1991		3	0	3	0
Jürgen-Michael Galbierz				DF	1968–1971		27	1	30	1
Thomas Gaßmann				DF	1988		2	0	2	0
Mario Gavranović			2	FW	2010–2011		10	0	14	4
Hans-Jürgen Gede				MF	1975–1977		33	2	39	3
Holger Gehrke				GK	1992–1993		40	0	41	0
Winfried Geier				DF	1979–1984		87	5	95	5
Johannes Geis				MF	2015–2017		46	2	61	5
Waldemar Gerhardt				FW	1959–1965		52	20	58	25
Fabian Giefer				GK	2015–2016		2	0	3	0
Martin Giesel				MF	1987–1988		17	1	18	1
Eduard Glieder			2	FW	2003–2004		16	2	17	2
Bjarne Goldbæk			1	MF	1987–1989		74	8	79	11
Benjamin Goller				MF	2018		0	0	1	0
Michaël Goossens			4	FW	1997–1999		51	5	64	8
Leon Goretzka			16	MF	2013–2018		116	14	147	19
Dieter Götz				FW	1987–1988		19	6	20	6
Bernd Grabosch				MF	1986		11	0	12	0
Siegfried Grams				DF	1966		1	0	1	0
Werner Grau				FW	1964–1966		12	3	14	5
Jürgen Gredig				DF	1991–1992		5	0	5	0
Michael Gregoritsch				FW	2020		14	1	16	1
Frode Grodås			5	GK	1998–2001		3	0	6	0
Volkmar Groß				GK	1977–1978		35	0	45	0
Carlos Grossmüller			1	MF	2007–2008		13	1	22	1
Michael Gspurning				GK	2015		0	0	1	0
Günter Güttler				DF	1990–1994		119	4	125	5
Heinz van Haaren				MF	1968–1972		126	10	154	16
Tamás Hajnal				MF	1999–2000		8	0	8	0
Tomasz Hajto			30	DF	2000–2004		104	6	141	9
Mike Hanke			5	FW	2002–2005		58	7	87	23
Wilfried Hannes				DF	1986–1988		48	4	49	4
Ľuboš Hanzel				DF	2009		1	0	1	0
Junmin Hao			10	MF	2010–2011		14	0	19	0
Markus Happe				DF	1999–2001		26	1	28	1
Amine Harit			10	MF	2017–	^	74	10	88	11
Frank Hartmann				MF	1984–1986		52	20	57	24
Franz Hasil			2	MF	1968–1969		23	5	25	5
Dieter Heimen				GK	1987		2	0	2	0
Christofer Heimeroth				GK	2004–2005		8	0	9	0
Oliver Held				MF	1995–2001		96	4	110	5
Markus Heppke				MF	2006		1	0	2	0
Matthias Herget				DF	1989–1990		19	0	20	0
Christian Herrmann				DF	1988		1	0	1	0
Günther Herrmann			2	MF	1963–1967		110	22	119	27
Hendrik Herzog				DF	1991–1995		73	9	78	10
Norbert Heßling				MF	1972		0	0	1	0
Antoine Hey				MF	1992–1993		19	0	19	0
Timo Hildebrand				GK	2011–2013		39	0	58	0
Herbert Höbusch				MF	1967–1969		53	0	58	0
Uwe Höfer				MF	1977–1980		10	2	13	4
Jonas Hofmann				MF	2020		1	0	1	0
Marco Höger				MF	2011–2016		88	7	127	7
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg			10	MF	2015–2016		23	0	30	0
Dragan Holcer				DF	1981–1982		12	0	12	0
Lewis Holtby			1	MF	2009, 2011–2013		55	10	79	13
Paul Holz				MF	1971–1974		59	3	73	5
Marco van Hoogdalem				DF	1997–2003		151	10	193	14
Tim Hoogland				DF	2004–2007, 2012–2014		34	0	42	1
Egon Horst				DF	1960–1964		39	1	42	1
Benedikt Höwedes			44	DF	2007–2017		240	12	335	23
Hartmut Huhse				DF	1971–1975		113	1	142	1
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar			40	FW	2010–2017		175	82	240	126
Besart Ibraimi			2	FW	2010		2	0	2	0
Uwe Igler				FW	1989		10	0	10	0
Pablo Insua				DF	2018		1	0	1	0
Abdul Iyodo				FW	2002		4	0	6	0
Michael Jakobs				DF	1983–1988		134	7	149	10
Norbert Janzon				FW	1981–1983		58	15	61	16
Kurt Jara			7	MF	1980–1981		31	2	32	2
Erik Jendrišek			5	FW	2010		3	0	5	0
Jermaine Jones		/	32	MF	2007–2013		129	7	185	10
Walter Junghans				GK	1982–1987		148	0	168	0
José Manuel Jurado				MF	2010–2012		46	3	72	9
Ozan Kabak			1	DF	2019–	^	26	3	28	3
Ali Karimi				MF	2011		1	0	2	0
Günter Karnhof				MF	1955–1965		34	1	37	1
Gerd Kasperski				MF	1968		7	3	7	3
Markus Kaya				MF	1999		1	0	1	0
Thilo Kehrer				DF	2016–2018		45	4	59	4
Levan Kenia			13	MF	2008–2009		11	0	14	1
Jonjoe Kenny				DF	2019–2020		31	2	34	2
Nico van Kerckhoven			26	DF	1998–2004		134	5	164	6
Jan Kirchhoff				DF	2014–2015		16	0	20	0
Hans-Peter Kirchwehm				FW	1967		2	0	3	0
Thomas Kläsener				DF	2003–2006		32	1	49	2
Jürgen Klein				DF	1972–1974		27	0	36	0
Uwe Kleina				DF	1963–1966		19	0	21	0
Gerhard Kleppinger				DF	1984–1987		97	12	106	13
Mario Klinger				MF	2005		0	0	1	0
Michael Klinkert				DF	1987–1989		63	9	69	9
Harald Klose				FW	1963–1968		58	7	63	7
Peer Kluge				MF	2010–2011		38	1	52	1
Denis Klyuyev				MF	1997–1998		24	1	28	1
Sven Kmetsch				MF	1998–2003		88	3	108	5
Levan Kobiashvili			44	MF	2003–2009		168	9	233	17
Johan de Kock			1	DF	1996–1999		83	6	104	8
Stefan Kohn				FW	1995		12	5	13	5
Sead Kolašinac			18	DF	2012–2017		94	4	123	4
Fabijan Komljenović				MF	1994		2	0	2	0
Yevhen Konoplyanka			26	MF	2016–2019		57	6	78	13
Thomas Kortmann				MF	1989		3	0	3	0
Roland Kosien				FW	1972		2	0	4	0
Willi Koslowski	*		3	FW	1955–1965		39	12	46	16
Jarosław Kotas				DF	1988–1990		37	1	41	1
Willi Kraus				FW	1963, 1966–1968		36	16	39	17
Franz Krauthausen				MF	1973–1975		6	0	6	0
Erwin Kremers			15	FW	1971–1978		212	50	260	54
Helmut Kremers			8	MF	1971–1980		226	45	274	59
Manfred Kreuz	*			FW	1956–1968		83	17	91	19
Michael Kroninger				MF	1990–1992		33	2	36	2
Mladen Krstajić			28	DF	2004–2009		131	7	183	9
Thomas Kruse				DF	1978–1988		262	6	285	8
Waldemar Ksienzyk				MF	1994–1995		25	1	31	1
Günter Kuczinski				DF	1972		0	0	1	0
Harald Kügler				MF	1980–1982		45	11	48	11
Timo Kunert				MF	2007		1	0	1	0
Kevin Kurányi			23	FW	2005–2010		162	71	209	87
Marco Kurz				DF	1995–1998		58	0	67	0
Ahmed Kutucu			1	FW	2018–	^	38	5	44	6
Karl-Heinz Kuzmierz				MF	1970		2	0	3	0
Hans-Georg Lambert				FW	1963		1	0	1	0
Fabian Lamotte				DF	2004–2005		10	1	11	1
Thomas Lander				FW	1976–1979		21	3	27	3
Alexander Langlitz				FW	2011		0	0	1	0
Søren Larsen			8	FW	2005–2008		51	10	73	15
Lennart Larsson			10	MF	1977–1979		26	3	27	3
Radoslav Látal			44	MF	1994–2001		187	14	225	14
Danny Latza				MF	2009		3	0	3	0
Joseph Laumann				FW	2005		1	0	2	0
Thorsten Legat				MF	2000		4	0	4	0
Jens Lehmann			2	GK	1988–1998		274	2	312	2
Uwe Leifeld				FW	1991–1993		30	2	30	2
Reinhard Libuda	*		24	FW	1962–65, 1968–72, 1974		190	20	225	26
Lincoln				MF	2004–2007		83	20	117	31
Thomas Linke			2	DF	1992–1998		175	13	205	16
Heinz-Dieter Lömm				MF	1965–1966		5	0	6	0
Werner Lorant				MF	1982–1983		18	0	21	0
Peter Løvenkrands			7	FW	2006–2008		44	6	61	9
Jürgen Luginger				MF	1988–1994		191	9	204	13
Herbert Lütkebohmert	*			MF	1968–1979		286	28	351	33
Volodymyr Lyutyi			3	FW	1989–1991		45	9	48	10
Pavel Mačák				GK	1984–1987		17	0	18	0
Richard Mademann				DF	1990–1993		52	0	54	1
Hami Mandıralı			3	MF	1998–1999		22	3	25	5
Hans-Dieter Mangold				FW	1980		2	0	3	0
Helmut Manns				FW	1971–1973		19	1	32	2
Carsten Marell				MF	1988–1989		17	1	21	1
Enver Marić				GK	1976–1978		47	0	60	0
Ciprian Marica			12	FW	2011–2013		34	5	52	9
Carsten Marquardt				FW	1985–1990		82	10	88	12
Omar Mascarell				MF	2018–	^	37	0	45	0
Aníbal Matellán				MF	2001–2003		43	1	66	1
Joël Matip			27	DF	2009–2016		194	17	258	23
Klaus Matischak				FW	1963–1964		22	18	25	21
Rabbi Matondo			3	FW	2019–	^	27	2	29	2
Martin Max				FW	1995–1999		109	33	133	39
Philipp Max				DF	2014		2	0	2	0
Weston McKennie			19	MF	2017–	^	75	4	91	5
Caspar Memering				MF	1984–1985		17	1	20	1
Hamza Mendyl			2	DF	2018–	^	9	0	16	0
Levent Mercan				MF	2019–	^	5	0	6	1
Christoph Metzelder				DF	2010–2013		52	2	74	2
Max Meyer			4	MF	2013–2018		146	17	192	22
Bernd Michel				FW	1968–1969		4	0	5	0
Jörg Mielers				DF	1988–1989		33	0	37	0
Radmilo Mihajlović				FW	1991–1993		58	12	60	12
Christian Mikolajczak				MF	2000–2001		13	0	13	0
Mineiro				MF	2009–2010		7	0	7	0
Juan Miranda				DF	2019–2020		11	0	12	0
Manuel Mirbach				MF	1987–1988		6	0	6	0
Mike Möllensiep				FW	1997		2	0	2	0
Andreas Möller				MF	2000–2003		86	6	112	11
Jan Morávek			2	MF	2009–2011		13	2	20	2
Christoph Moritz				MF	2009–2013		54	1	69	1
Émile Mpenza			18	FW	2000–2003		79	28	96	33
Horst Mühlmann				GK	1962–1966		42	0	45	0
Youri Mulder			9	FW	1993–2002		177	33	202	44
Andreas Müller				MF	1988–2000		286	30	323	32
Dragan Mutibarić				GK	1975		2	0	3	0
Naldo				DF	2016–2018		60	8	80	9
Matija Nastasić			12	DF	2015–	^	107	1	139	2
Jiří Němec	*		64	MF	1993–2002		256	6	307	8
Manuel Neuer			20	GK	2005–2011		156	0	203	0
Gerhard Neuser				MF	1965–1970		143	19	162	25
Roman Neustädter		/	5	MF	2012–2016		122	7	161	8
Alex Nielsen				MF	1988–1989		15	0	15	0
Norbert Nigbur	*		6	GK	1966–1976, 1979–1982		393	0	455	0
Žarko Nikolić				DF	1966–1967		11	0	11	0
Hans Nowak			15	DF	1958–1965		47	3	53	5
Alexander Nübel				GK	2016–2020		46	0	53	0
Chinedu Obasi				FW	2012–2014		35	4	51	5
Branko Oblak			10	MF	1975–1977		49	5	61	6
Bastian Oczipka				DF	2017–	^	84	1	96	1
Michael Opitz				MF	1980–1988		224	12	246	14
Niels Oude Kamphuis			1	MF	1999–2005		134	8	173	9
Mesut Özil				MF	2006–2007		30	0	39	1
Helmut Pabst				GK	1972–1973		11	0	14	0
Christian Pander			2	DF	2002–2011		78	5	108	9
Kyriakos Papadopoulos			16	DF	2010–2014		61	3	97	7
Wolfgang Patzke				MF	1986–1988		21	4	22	4
Miguel Pereira			11	FW	1993–1995, 1997–1999		16	1	18	1
Sladan Peric				DF	2000		0	0	1	0
Reinhard Pfeiffer				FW	1971		1	0	1	0
Sérgio Pinto				MF	1999, 2003–2004		23	0	30	1
Hans Pirkner			4	FW	1969–1971		47	8	59	11
Marko Pjaca			6	FW	2018		7	2	9	2
Felix Platte				FW	2015		3	0	4	0
Nicolas Plestan				DF	2010		3	0	4	0
Vasileios Pliatsikas			3	MF	2009–2011		9	0	12	0
Heinz Pliska				MF	1965–1968		75	2	80	2
Manfred Pohlschmidt				FW	1967–1971		106	26	125	31
Christian Poulsen			32	MF	2002–2006		111	3	162	6
Michael Prus				DF	1986–1996		220	0	239	2
Teemu Pukki			20	FW	2011–2013		37	8	47	8
Alfred Pyka				MF	1965–1967		58	5	61	5
Marco Quotschalla				FW	2010		0	0	1	0
Raffael				MF	2013		16	2	16	2
Rafinha			1	DF	2005–2010		153	7	198	10
Ivan Rakitić			32	MF	2007–2011		97	12	135	16
Benito Raman			1	FW	2019–	^	25	4	28	7
Raúl	*			FW	2010–2012		66	28	98	40
Friedel Rausch				DF	1962–1971		170	6	194	6
Oliver Reck				GK	1998–2002		112	1	132	1
Fabian Reese				FW	2015–2017, 2019		13	0	16	0
Ralf Regenbogen				FW	1985–1986, 1997		30	3	33	4
Tore Reginiussen				DF	2010		1	0	1	0
Sascha Riether				DF	2015–2019		23	0	30	0
Manfred Ritschel				MF	1977–1978		22	0	26	0
Darío Rodríguez			27	DF	2002–2007		102	6	142	9
Frank Rost			3	GK	2002–2006		130	0	196	0
Dietmar Roth				DF	1985–1987		50	0	55	0
Sebastian Rudy			1	MF	2018–	^	21	0	28	0
Rolf Rüssmann	*		20	DF	1969–1980		304	30	375	46
Werner Ruthmann				DF	1989–1991		7	0	9	0
Alban Sabah				DF	2011		0	0	1	0
Sidney Sam				MF	2014–2016		13	0	22	0
Vicente Sánchez			5	FW	2008–2010		50	3	60	4
Ebbe Sand	*		51	FW	1999–2006		214	73	282	104
Peter Sandhofe				GK	1979–1980		30	0	31	0
Andreas Sandt				GK	1981		1	0	1	0
Leroy Sané			4	FW	2014–2016		47	11	57	13
Salif Sané			10	DF	2018–	^	45	4	56	6
Felipe Santana				DF	2013–2014		24	1	32	1
Hans Sarpei			2	DF	2010–2011		9	0	18	0
Dietmar Schacht				DF	1989–1991		67	7	70	7
Dieter Schatzschneider				FW	1984–1986		47	10	53	11
Klaus Scheer				MF	1969–1975		165	38	203	48
Uwe Scherr				MF	1992–1996		82	2	91	4
Max Schierenberg				MF	1992–1995, 1997–1999		17	0	20	0
Mathias Schipper				DF	1976–1979, 1982–1988		221	7	258	10
Günter Schlipper				MF	1989–1992		111	15	118	16
Lukas Schmitz				DF	2009–2011		52	2	70	2
Mathias Schober				GK	1997–1999, 2008–2012		30	0	39	0
Frank Schön				DF	1995–1996		12	0	13	0
Rudolf Schonhoff				FW	1975–1976		2	0	2	0
Alessandro Schöpf			22	MF	2016–	^	93	10	122	14
Ulrich Schröder				FW	1980–1981		2	0	2	0
Günther Schubert				GK	1976		3	0	4	0
Markus Schubert				GK	2019–	^	9	0	10	0
Willi Schulz			22	DF	1960–1965		52	2	57	2
Harald Schumacher				GK	1987–1988		33	0	34	0
Friedhelm Schütte				DF	1976		4	0	6	1
Markus Schwiderowski				DF	1992		4	0	4	0
Jochen Seitz				MF	2003–2004		18	2	25	2
Peter Sendscheid				FW	1989–1994		149	46	155	46
Klaus Senger				DF	1966–1971		102	3	113	3
Suat Serdar			3	MF	2018–	^	46	9	57	9
Thomas Siewert				DF	1980–1982		30	1	30	1
Michael Skibbe				FW	1984–1986		15	1	16	1
Steven Skrzybski				FW	2018–	^	12	3	17	4
Waldemar Słomiany				DF	1967–1970		52	5	62	6
Jürgen Sobieray				DF	1969–1979		210	14	239	17
Martin Spanring				DF	1992		8	0	8	0
Benjamin Stambouli				DF	2016–	^	81	0	106	0
Peter Stichler				DF	1981–1985		70	6	80	7
Albert Streit				MF	2008		14	0	15	0
Wim Suurbier			7	DF	1977–1978		12	0	15	0
Ádám Szalai			3	FW	2013–2014		28	7	40	9
Krisztián Szollár				DF	2000		1	0	1	0
Detlev Szymanek				FW	1980–1982		19	2	20	2
Filip Tapalović				MF	1998–1999		18	0	20	0
Jürgen Täuber				DF	1981		17	1	17	1
Klaus Täuber				FW	1983–1987		125	58	138	64
Stephan Täuber				MF	1986–1987		8	0	8	0
Bernard Tekpetey			2	FW	2016–2017		2	0	3	0
Cedric Teuchert				FW	2018–2019		9	0	15	0
Malick Thiaw				DF	2020–	^	4	0	4	0
Bernd Thiele				DF	1973–1982		189	6	215	6
Olaf Thon	*		40	DF	1983–1988, 1994–2002		333	66	384	75
George Timotheou				DF	2019		1	0	1	0
Jean-Clair Todibo				DF	2020		8	0	10	0
Michael Tönnies				FW	1978–1980		7	0	9	0
Gyula Toth				GK	1964–1965		21	0	25	0
Filip Trojan				FW	2002–2004		11	0	21	3
Uwe Tschiskale				FW	1988		16	4	16	4
İlyas Tüfekçi			1	FW	1981–1983		62	15	68	16
Atsuto Uchida			43	DF	2010–2016		104	1	153	2
Volkan Ünlü				GK	2004		4	0	4	0
Lars Unnerstall				GK	2011–2012		34	0	47	0
Mark Uth			1	FW	2018–	^	28	2	38	4
Gustavo Varela			13	MF	2002–2008		82	8	118	12
Sven Vermant			11	MF	2001–2005		98	6	138	7
Werner Vollack				GK	1988–1990		36	0	39	0
David Wagner			6	FW	1995–1997		29	2	36	3
Friedrich Wagner				DF	1978–1979		28	1	30	1
Hans-Joachim Wagner				DF	1972		0	0	2	0
Tomasz Wałdoch	*		23	DF	1999–2006		141	12	184	13
Uwe Wassmer				FW	1988–1989		35	10	40	14
Jürgen Wegmann				FW	1986–1987		28	10	28	10
Uwe Weidemann				MF	1995–1996		19	1	26	3
Werner Weikamp				FW	1965–1966		5	0	5	0
Timon Wellenreuther				GK	2015		8	0	10	0
Jürgen Welp				GK	1990–1991		6	0	8	0
Siegfried Werner				FW	1965–1966		9	1	9	1
Heiko Westermann			19	DF	2007–2010		92	12	123	18
Andreas Wiegel				FW	2011		0	0	1	1
Andreas Wildoer				MF	1989		1	0	1	0
Marc Wilmots	*		38	MF	1996–2003		138	27	178	38
Ludger Winkel				MF	1981		3	0	4	0
Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp				MF	1967–1971		101	30	122	37
Sascha Wolf				FW	1998–1999		14	3	14	3
Claus-Dieter Wollitz				MF	1987–1988		29	3	30	3
Michael Wollitz				DF	1987–1989		33	3	38	3
Thorsten Wörsdörfer				MF	1990–1991		12	1	12	1
Haji Wright				FW	2018–2019		7	1	7	1
Alban Wüst				FW	1969–1971		32	4	40	5
Wolfram Wuttke				MF	1979–1980, 1982–1983		48	10	57	10
Carlos Zambrano			11	DF	2009–2010		16	0	20	1
Zé Roberto				MF	2008		3	1	3	1
Thomas Zechel				MF	1990–1991		20	1	22	1

Pre-Bundesliga era

Notable players for Schalke 04 before 1963 are listed below.

   Member of the Schalke 04 Hall of Fame ("Ehrenkabine") – 11 players (*)

   Played for their senior national team in their Schalke 04 career – 16 players (# = international caps as a Schalke player)

Position (Pos): GK = Goalkeeper, DF = Defender, MF = Midfielder, FW = Forward

German championship participations: (titles in bold):
1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1958, 1962

Total competitive matches (since 1922): Oberliga West (468), Gauliga Westfalen (206), Gauliga Ruhr (141), German championship (116), DFB-Pokal (53), Western German championship (43), Westphalian / Western German Cup (41), Emscher-Kreisliga (39), Landesliga Westfalen (34), European Cup (7), Bundesliga, i.a.

Ernst Kuzorra won six German championships with Schalke 04 between 1923 and 1949.

Name		Nation	#	Pos	Schalke career	German championship			Total
						Apps	Goals	Won	Apps	Goals
Walter Berg			1	MF	1936–1942	27	5	2	86	26
Hans Bornemann				DF	1932–1948	68	1	6	220	1
Herbert Burdenski			3	MF	1940–1942, 1947–1949	15	7	2	119	93
Willi Dargaschewski				MF	1939–1952	10	2	1	199	13
Hermann Eppenhoff	*		3	FW	1939–1944, 1949–1955	39	26	3	277	146
Rudolf Gellesch			20	MF	1933–1944	52	11	6	190	38
Wilhelm Gies	*			MF	1904–1914	0	0	0	0	0
Heinz Hinz				FW	1938–1947	28	4	3	172	78
Ernst Kalwitzki	*			FW	1933–1944	66	54	6	253	195
Günter Karnhof				MF	1955–1965	8	0	1	202	2
Bernhard Klodt	*		19	FW	1943–1948, 1950–1962	24	10	1	425	168
Hans Klodt			17	GK	1937–1947	44	0	4	199	5
Heinz Kördell			1	MF	1956–1962	4	3	1	126	29
Willi Koslowski	*		3	FW	1955–1965	8	5	1	265	88
Manfred Kreuz	*			FW	1956–1968	7	4	1	256	77
Ernst Kuzorra	*		12	FW	1923–1949	79	48	6	466	445
Paul Matzkowski				FW	1948–1957	19	2	1	241	66
Hermann Mellage				GK	1930–1937	31	0	3	146	0
Hermann Nattkämper				MF	1930–1936	30	10	2	128	90
Hans Nowak			15	DF	1958–1965	4	0	0	174	39
Manfred Orzessek				GK	1953–1961	11	0	1	198	0
Ernst Poertgen			3	FW	1934–1938	24	28	2	101	104
Valentin Przybylski				MF	1927–1937	33	0	3	160	5
Emil Rothardt				MF	1924–1935	23	14	2	166	102
Willi Schulz			22	DF	1960–1965	4	0	0	152	9
Otto Schweisfurth				DF	1934–1948	48	0	4	241	9
Günter Siebert				FW	1951–1953, 1955–1959	11	4	1	140	70
Thomas Student	*			DF	1916–1928, 1930–1931	1	0	0	27	0
Fritz Szepan	*		34	FW	1925–1949	87	56	6	437	311
Hans Tibulski			1	FW	1929–1933	5	3	0	40	24
Otto Tibulski	*		2	DF	1932–1948	77	7	6	349	61
Adolf Urban	*		21	FW	1932–1943	46	30	6	153	124
Walter Zwickhofer				MF	1942–1943, 1949–1956	13	0	1	218	16

Captains

All club captains since 1916.

  Honorary captain

Omar Mascarell is the current captain of Schalke 04.

Name Nat Years Thomas Student 1916–1928 Ernst Kuzorra 1928–1948 Otto Tibulski 1948 Hermann Eppenhoff 1949–1955 Bernhard Klodt 1955–1963 Manfred Kreuz 1963–1968 Heinz Pliska 1968–1969 Reinhard Libuda 1969–1972 Helmut Kremers 1972–1976 Klaus Fischer 1976–1980 Bernd Thiele 1980–1981 Klaus Fischer 1981

Name Nat Years Norbert Janzon 1981–1983 Manfred Drexler 1983–1985 Bernard Dietz 1985–1986 Walter Junghans 1986–1987 Wilfried Hannes 1987–1988 Andreas Müller 1988–1992 Günter Güttler 1992–1993 Holger Gehrke 1993–1994 Andreas Müller 1994–1995 Olaf Thon 1995–1996 Jens Lehmann 1996–1997 Olaf Thon 1997–2000

Name Nat Years Tomasz Wałdoch 2000–2004 Frank Rost 2004–2005 Ebbe Sand 2005–2006 Marcelo Bordon 2006–2009 Mladen Krstajić 2009 Heiko Westermann 2009–2010 Manuel Neuer 2010–2011 Benedikt Höwedes 2011–2017 Ralf Fährmann 2017–2019 Alexander Nübel 2019 Omar Mascarell 2020–

See also

• List of FC Schalke 04 records and statistics

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.

References

1. "FC Schalke 04: Ozan Kabak sorgt für beeindruckenden Bundesliga-Rekord" [Ozan Kabak ensures insanity record] (in German). Der Westen. 5 November 2019.