FC Schalke 04 is a German football club based in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia.

Key

Champions Runners-up Promoted Relegated First Tier Second Tier

Top scorer shown in bold when he was also the league's highest or joint highest scorer.

Early years (until 1933)

Season League Western
German
Champ. 		German
Champ. 		Top scorer(s) (league)
Div. Tier Pld W D L Pts Pos. Player(s) Goals
1922–24 Emscher-Kreisliga 2 17 13 2 2 28 1st – –
1924–26 Emscher-Kreisliga 2 22 16 3 3 35 1st – –
1926–27 1. Ruhrbezirksklasse 1 16 14 2 0 30 1st 2nd R16 Ernst Kuzorra 21
1927–28 1. Ruhrbezirksklasse 1 16 9 6 1 24 1st 3rd R16 Ernst Kuzorra 16
1928–29 1. Ruhrbezirksklasse 1 16 13 1 2 27 1st 1st QF Fritz Szepan 18
1929–30 1. Ruhrbezirksklasse 1 18 16 0 2 32 1st 1st QF Ernst Kuzorra 34
1930–31 1. Ruhrbezirksklasse 1 16 6 1 9 13 6th – – Wilhelm Kellner 8
1931–32 1. Ruhrbezirksklasse 1 18 16 0 2 32 1st W SF Hermann Nattkämper 19
1932–33 1. Ruhrbezirksklasse 1 18 15 1 2 31 1st W RU Hermann Nattkämper 23

Gauliga era (1933–1945)

Season League German
Champ. 		DFB-
Pokal 		Top scorer(s) (league)
Div. Tier Pld W D L Pts Pos. Player(s) Goals
1933–34 Gauliga Westfalen 1 18 16 1 1 33 1st W NH Hermann Nattkämper 24
1934–35 Gauliga Westfalen 1 18 12 4 2 28 1st W Adolf Urban 11
1935–36 Gauliga Westfalen 1 18 17 1 0 35 1st SF RU Adolf Urban 19
1936–37 Gauliga Westfalen 1 18 17 1 0 35 1st W RU Ernst Poertgen 22
1937–38 Gauliga Westfalen 1 18 16 2 0 34 1st RU W Ernst Kuzorra 21
1938–39 Gauliga Westfalen 1 18 13 5 0 31 1st W – Adolf Urban 12
1939–40 Gauliga Westfalen 1 18 15 2 1 32 1st W – Hermann Eppenhoff 27
1940–41 Gauliga Westfalen 1 22 21 1 0 43 1st RU R3 Hermann Eppenhoff 28
1941–42 Gauliga Westfalen 1 18 15 2 1 32 1st W RU Hermann Eppenhoff
Ernst Kalwitzki 		18
1942–43 Gauliga Westfalen 1 18 17 1 0 35 1st QF RU Fritz Szepan 16
1943–44 Gauliga Westfalen 1 18 16 1 1 33 1st R2 SF Fritz Szepan 15
1944–45 Gauliga Westfalen 1 The season was abandoned due to World War II

Oberliga era (1945–1963)

Key

OL = Oberliga West, LL = Landesliga Westfalen Gruppe 1
EC = European Cup

Season League German
Champ. 		DFB-
Pokal 		Europe Top scorer(s) (league) Avg.
attend.
Div. Tier Pld W D L Pts Pos. Comp. Round Player(s) Goals
1945–46 LL 1 16 13 2 1 28 1st NH NH NH Germany Heinz Hinz [de] 14
1946–47 LL 1 18 16 2 0 34 1st[a] Germany Herbert Burdenski 30
1947–48 OL 1 24 9 6 9 24 6th – Germany Herbert Burdenski 12 16,000
1948–49 OL 1 24 6 6 12 18 12th – five players 4 14,500
1949–50 OL 1 30 17 3 10 37 6th – Germany Erwin Ebert [de]
Germany Paul Matzkowski [de] 		12 24,294
1950–51 OL 1 30 18 6 6 42 1st GS Germany Hans Kleina [de] 23 23,800
1951–52 OL 1 30 18 4 8 40 2nd GS Germany Bernhard Klodt 16 23,800
1952–53 OL 1 30 14 5 11 33 6th – R1 Germany Günter Siebert 15 19,466
1953–54 OL 1 30 16 7 7 39 3rd – – Germany Otto Laszig [de] 16 26,400
1954–55 OL 1 30 11 8 11 30 6th – RU Germany Helmut Sadlowski [de] 10 18,333
1955–56 OL 1 30 18 5 7 41 2nd GS – – Germany Helmut Sadlowski [de] 14 16,266
1956–57 OL 1 30 15 6 9 36 4th – – – Germany Günter Siebert 16 19,333
1957–58 OL 1 30 16 9 5 41 1st W – – Germany Willi Soya 17 25,933
1958–59 OL 1 30 9 9 12 27 11th – – EC QF Germany Hans Nowak 13 19,733
1959–60 OL 1 30 15 4 11 34 4th – – – Germany Waldemar Gerhardt 11 23,800
1960–61 OL 1 30 11 13 6 35 3rd – – – Germany Manfred Berz [de]
Germany Waldemar Gerhardt 		13 24,066
1961–62 OL 1 30 18 7 5 43 2nd GS SF – Germany Willi Koslowski 14 26,466
1962–63 OL 1 30 13 9 8 35 6th – R1 – Germany Waldemar Gerhardt 13 24,133

Notes

  1. ^ Defeated by Borussia Dortmund in the Westfalen Championship, played between the winners of the two groups.

Bundesliga era (1963–present)

Key

BL = Bundesliga, 2BL = 2. Bundesliga
CL = Champions League, EL = Europa League, CWC = Cup Winners' Cup, UC = UEFA Cup, IC = Intertoto Cup
LP = Ligapokal, SC = Supercup

Season League DFB-
Pokal 		Europe Other Top scorer(s) (league) Avg.
attend.
Div. Tier Pld W D L Pts Pos. Comp. Rd Comp. Rd Player(s) Goals
1963–64 BL 1 30 12 5 13 29 8th QF – – Germany Klaus Matischak 18 23,993
1964–65 BL 1 30 7 8 15 22 16th SF – – Germany Waldemar Gerhardt 11 26,467
1965–66 BL 1 34 10 7 17 27 14th R2 – – Germany Manfred Kreuz 9 29,588
1966–67 BL 1 34 12 6 16 30 15th QF – – Germany Günter Herrmann 8 25,118
1967–68 BL 1 34 11 8 15 30 15th R2 – – Germany Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp 12 22,765
1968–69 BL 1 34 14 7 13 35 7th RU – – Germany Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp 7 23,412
1969–70 BL 1 34 11 12 11 34 9th R2 CWC SF – Germany Manfred Pohlschmidt 9 20,118
1970–71 BL 1 34 15 6 13 36 6th SF – – Germany Klaus Fischer 15 20,676
1971–72 BL 1 34 24 4 6 52 2nd W – – Germany Klaus Fischer 22 28,529
1972–73 BL 1 34 10 8 16 28 15th R2 CWC QF LP SF Luxembourg Nico Braun
Germany Erwin Kremers 		10 21,412
1973–74 BL 1 34 16 5 13 37 7th R1 – – Germany Klaus Fischer 21 42,441
1974–75 BL 1 34 16 7 11 39 7th R3 – – Germany Klaus Fischer 17 39,988
1975–76 BL 1 34 13 11 10 37 6th R3 – – Germany Klaus Fischer 29 34,212
1976–77 BL 1 34 17 9 8 43 2nd R4 UC R3 – Germany Klaus Fischer 24 37,576
1977–78 BL 1 34 14 6 14 34 9th QF UC R2 – Germany Klaus Fischer 20 35,694
1978–79 BL 1 34 9 10 15 28 15th R3 – – Germany Klaus Fischer 21 34,218
1979–80 BL 1 34 12 9 13 33 8th SF – – Germany Klaus Fischer 7 26,265
1980–81 BL 1 34 8 7 19 23 17th R1 – – Germany Norbert Elgert 10 28,506
1981–82 2BL 2 38 19 13 6 51 1st R1 – – Germany Norbert Janzon 13 24,221
1982–83 BL 1 34 8 6 20 22 16th[a] QF – – Germany Hans-Joachim Abel 9 27,882
1983–84 2BL 2 38 23 9 6 55 2nd SF – – Germany Klaus Täuber 19 15,574
1984–85 BL 1 34 13 8 13 34 8th R3 – – Germany Klaus Täuber 18 28,265
1985–86 BL 1 34 11 8 15 30 10th QF – – Germany Klaus Täuber 16 19,008
1986–87 BL 1 34 12 8 14 32 13th R1 – – Germany Jürgen Wegmann 10 23,000
1987–88 BL 1 34 8 7 19 23 18th R1 – – Germany Olaf Thon 14 23,041
1988–89 2BL 2 38 13 10 15 36 12th R3 – – Germany Ingo Anderbrügge 14 14,989
1989–90 2BL 2 38 16 11 11 43 5th R1 – – Germany Peter Sendscheid 18 27,011
1990–91 2BL 2 38 23 11 4 57 1st R3 – – Soviet Union Aleksandr Borodyuk 13 34,637
1991–92 BL 1 38 11 12 15 34 11th R2 – – Germany Ingo Anderbrügge
Germany Peter Sendscheid 		7 47,469
1992–93 BL 1 34 11 12 11 34 10th R2 – – Germany Ingo Anderbrügge 10 41,724
1993–94 BL 1 34 10 9 15 29 14th R3 – – Germany Ingo Anderbrügge 9 35,501
1994–95 BL 1 34 10 11 13 31 11th QF – – Germany Hendrik Herzog 8 39,883
1995–96 BL 1 34 14 14 6 56 3rd R3 – – Germany Martin Max 11 38,310
1996–97 BL 1 34 11 10 13 43 12th R2 UC W – Germany Martin Max 12 39,122
1997–98 BL 1 34 13 13 8 52 5th R2 UC QF – Belgium Marc Wilmots 7 50,285
1998–99 BL 1 34 10 11 13 41 10th R2 UC R1 LP R1 Germany Martin Max
Netherlands Youri Mulder 		6 43,555
1999–2000 BL 1 34 8 15 11 39 13th R3 – – Denmark Ebbe Sand 14 40,543
2000–01 BL 1 34 18 8 8 62 2nd W – – Denmark Ebbe Sand 22 46,599
2001–02 BL 1 34 18 7 9 61 5th W CL GS LP F Denmark Ebbe Sand 11 60,440
2002–03 BL 1 34 12 13 9 49 7th R3 UC R3 LP F Nigeria Victor Agali 7 60,583
2003–04 BL 1 34 13 11 10 50 7th R2 IC W – Denmark Ebbe Sand 8 61,041
UC R2
2004–05 BL 1 34 20 3 11 63 2nd RU IC W – Brazil Aílton 14 61,383
UC R32
2005–06 BL 1 34 16 13 5 61 4th R2 CL GS LP W Germany Kevin Kurányi
Denmark Søren Larsen 		10 61,244
UC SF
2006–07 BL 1 34 21 5 8 68 2nd R2 UC R1 LP SF Germany Kevin Kurányi 15 61,348
2007–08 BL 1 34 18 10 6 64 3rd R3 CL QF LP F Germany Kevin Kurányi 15 61,274
2008–09 BL 1 34 14 8 12 50 8th QF CL QR3 – Germany Kevin Kurányi 13 61,387
UC GS
2009–10 BL 1 34 19 8 7 65 2nd SF – – Germany Kevin Kurányi 18 61,316
2010–11 BL 1 34 11 7 16 40 14th W CL SF SC RU Spain Raúl 13 61,320
2011–12 BL 1 34 20 4 10 64 3rd R3 EL QF SC W Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 29 61,218
2012–13 BL 1 34 16 7 11 55 4th R3 CL R16 – Germany Julian Draxler
Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 		10 61,171
2013–14 BL 1 34 19 7 8 64 3rd R3 CL R16 – Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 12 61,569
2014–15 BL 1 34 13 9 12 48 6th R1 CL R16 – Cameroon Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting
Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 		9 61,578
2015–16 BL 1 34 15 7 12 52 5th R2 EL R32 – Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 12 61,386
2016–17 BL 1 34 11 10 13 43 10th QF EL QF – Austria Guido Burgstaller 9 60,703
2017–18 BL 1 34 18 9 7 63 2nd SF – – Austria Guido Burgstaller 11 61,297
2018–19 BL 1 34 8 9 17 33 14th QF CL R16 – Germany Daniel Caligiuri 7 60,895
2019–20 BL 1 34 9 12 13 39 12th QF – – Germany Suat Serdar 7 60,868[b]
2020–21 BL 1 34 3 7 24 16 18th R3 – – United States Matthew Hoppe 6 0[c]
2021–22 2BL 2 34 20 5 9 65 1st R2 – – Germany Simon Terodde 30 33,469[d]
2022–23 BL 1 34 7 10 17 31 17th R2 – – Germany Marius Bülter 11 61,154

Notes

  1. ^ Defeated by Bayer Uerdingen in the relegation play-off.
  2. ^ Only counting matches where spectators were allowed.
  3. ^ All home matches were played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  4. ^ Only counting matches where spectators were allowed. Some matches had attendance limitation.

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