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Schalke play in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system, following relegation from the Bundesliga in 2022–23. As of 2023, the club has 178,000 members, [2] making it the second-largest football club in Germany and the fourth-largest club in the world in terms of membership. [3]
- 4 May 1904; 119 years ago as Westfalia Schalke
- 2. Bundesliga
The team fans waving their blue and white flags. History. The club come from a small mining town and would become one of the clubs that symbolized the rise of the working-class in German football hierarchy. One of the early versions of the club was called Westfalia Schalke and formed in 1904.
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1972: FC Schalke 04 lift the DFB Cup for the second time, thrashing FC Kaiserslautern 5-0, the highest win ever in a German cup final at the time. 1973: The club moves to a new stadium. Built for the 1974 World Cup, the Park Stadium has a capacity of 70,900.
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Nov 26, 2023 · They secured respectable league positions and reaffirmed their status as a top-flight club, but it wouldn’t be until 1997 when they won the UEFA Cup, shining on the European stage. FC Schalke 04’s influence persisted into the new millennium, with memorable Champions League campaigns and notable finishes in the Bundesliga.
Sep 20, 2018 · From being multiple German champions in the 1930s to winning the DFB Cup in 2011, with a whole lot of history in between, bundesliga.com looks at ten things you need to know about Schalke...
First international cap as a Schalke 04 player: Ernst Kuzorra – 20 November 1927; Most international caps as a Schalke 04 player: Fritz Szepan – 34 (1929–1939) Most international goals as a Schalke 04 player: Adolf Urban – 11 (1935–1942) World Cup winner: Bernhard Klodt ; All time Most appearances
