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They took the name FC Schalke 04 and adopted the now familiar blue and white kit from which their second nickname would derive, Die Königsblauen (English: The Royal Blues). The following year, the club became the dominant local side, based on a style of play that used short, sharp, man-to-man passing to move the ball.
After twenty years of existence and a couple of failed mergers and name changes, the club took the name Schalke 04 in 1924, with the "04" in the title standing for the year of their foundation. Along with the name change came the new blue-and-white jerseys, which were the basis for the club's most famous nickname: the Royal Blues.
bundesliga. Welcome back, Schalke! The Royal Blues return to the Bundesliga. 10.05.2022. Schalke will make a Bundesliga comeback for the 2022/23 season after securing promotion to rubberstamp a ...
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Thirty kilometers east of Gelsenkirchen in a city known to Schalke fans only as "Lüdenscheid North," Borussia Dortmund supporters have a song about their local rivals from "Herne West." It's called "Am Tag als der FC Schalke starb" or "On the day that FC Schalke died." There are several candidates for that precise day in Schalke's recent history, n...
For over two decades, Schalke 04 has been synonymous with the name of Clemens Tönnies. A local billionaire who made his estimated €1.4 billion fortune in Germany's meat processing industry, Tönnies, 64, joined Schalke's supervisory board in 1994 and became its chairman in 2001. Under his stewardship, Schalke established themselves as one of the top...
Between 2010 and 2016, Schalke almost halved their debts through regular Champions League and Europa League qualification and the lucrative sales of big-name players including Neuer (Bayern Munich, €30 million), Draxler (Wolfsburg, €43 million) and Sané (Manchester City €52 million). But Tönnies wanted more. The odd Champions League qualification w...
Heidel replaced Weinzierl with Domenico Tedesco, the young German-Italian tactician who had just rescued second-division side Erzgebirge Aue from relegation. Under Tedesco, Schalke stormed to a 2nd-place finish in a season which also featured an unforgettable derby away at Borussia Dortmund when Schalke came from 0-4 down to draw 4-4. When they the...
On Friday, January 17, 2020, Schalke beat Borussia Mönchengladbach to go fifth in the Bundesliga, mid-way through David Wagner's first season at the club. Little did anyone know that it would be 357 days before Schalke won again in the league, or about what other existential threats the club would face. By the time the Bundesliga was put on hold in...
On the final day of last season, Schalke lost 4-0 away at Freiburg, extending the winless run to 16 games. Simultaneously, hundreds of Schalke supporters protested outside the club's offices in Gelsenkirchen. Tönnies resigned, but David Wagner, on a three-year contract, kept his job into a second season. "A massive mistake," believes Kemmer. Wagner...
In March, as Schalke's inevitable relegation edged closer, local media reported that a group of 14 influential people with close links to the club had contacted Ralf Rangnick, proposing to install the former Hoffenheim and RB Leipzig boss as director of sport and figurehead of a rebuild. But Rangnick, a former Schalke coach (2004-05 and 2011), rule...
Jul 30, 2013 · FC Schalke 04 has one of the largest and most loyal fanbases of any of the German football teams. However, their name is not widely known outside of Europe.
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Straight back up: FC Schalke 04 return to the Bundesliga after one season in the second tier. After a bumpy start to the season and mixed phase at the turn of the year, the Royal Blues produced an impressive finish to their league campaign – winning eight of the last nine games of the season.
Apr 23, 2024 · The club was rechristened “FC Schalke 04” in 1912, adopting the royal blue and white colours that would soon become synonymous with their identity. In these formative years, Schalke played in local amateur leagues, their matches more a community gathering than the spectacle they would grow into.
