2011–12 FC Schalke 04 season

The 2011–12 season was the 108th season in Schalke 04's history. The team competed in the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Europa League. The team's top scorer was Klaas-Jan Huntelaar with 29 goals in the Bundesliga and 48 in total.

Schalke 04
2011–12 season
PresidentJosef Schnusenberg
Head coachRalf Rangnick (stepped down on 22 September 2011)
Seppo Eichkorn (caretaker; until 26 September 2011)
Huub Stevens (from 26 September 2011)
StadiumVeltins-Arena
Bundesliga3rd
DFB-PokalRound 3
UEFA Europa LeagueQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (29)

All:
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (48)

Review and events

Competitions

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Borussia Dortmund (C) 34 25 6 3 80 25 +55 81 2012–13 UEFA Champions League group stage
2 Bayern Munich 34 23 4 7 77 22 +55 73
3 Schalke 04 34 20 4 10 74 44 +30 64
4 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 17 9 8 49 24 +25 60 2012–13 UEFA Champions League play-off round
5 Bayer Leverkusen 34 15 9 10 52 44 +8 54 2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2012. Source: kicker
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. The 2011–12 DFB-Pokal champions (Borussia Dortmund) and runners-up (Bayern Munich) qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, thus the three Europa League places were distributed through league positions.

Matches

6 August 2011 1VfB Stuttgart3 – 0Schalke 04Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Cacau  37'
Harnik  57'
Okazaki  89'
Report Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
Man of the Match: Ulreich
13 August 2011 2Schalke 045 – 11. FC KölnGelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Huntelaar  42' (pen.), 47', 84'
Holtby  48'
Raúl  59'
Report Podolski  12' Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,673
Referee: Guido Winkmann
Man of the Match: Huntelaar
21 August 2011 3Mainz 052 – 4Schalke 04Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Ivanschitz  7'
Soto  12'
Report Huntelaar  57'
Höwedes  64'
Matip  81'
Fuchs  90'
Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Günter Perl
Man of the Match: Farfán
28 August 2011 4Schalke 041 – 0Borussia MönchengladbachGelsenkirchen
17:30 CEST (UTC+02) Raúl  64' Report Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,673
Referee: Felix Zwayer
Man of the Match: Farfán
11 September 2011 5VfL Wolfsburg2 – 1Schalke 04Wolfsburg
17:30 CEST (UTC+02) Mandžukić  33', 82' Report Raúl  13' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
Man of the Match: Mandžukić
18 September 2011 6Schalke 040 – 2Bayern MunichGelsenkirchen
17:30 CEST (UTC+02) Report Petersen  21'
Müller  75'
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,673
Referee: Florian Meyer
Man of the Match: Ribéry
24 September 2011 7Schalke 044 – 2SC FreiburgGelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Farfán  33'
Huntelaar  62'
Holtby  67'
Raúl  75'
Report Cissé  2'
Jendrišek  83'
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 60,545
Referee: Markus Wingenbach
Man of the Match: Farfán
2 October 2011 8Hamburger SV1 – 2Schalke 04Hamburg
17:30 CEST (UTC+02) Petrić  37' Report Huntelaar  13', 73' Stadium: Imtech Arena
Attendance: 54,237
Referee: Knut Kircher
Man of the Match: Huntelaar
15 October 2011 9Schalke 041 – 21. FC KaiserslauternGelsenkirchen
18:30 CEST (UTC+02) Huntelaar  62' (pen.) Report Tiffert  30' (pen.)
Kouemaha  72'
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,673
Referee: Peter Sippel
Man of the Match: Kouemaha
23 October 2011 10Bayer Leverkusen0 – 1Schalke 04Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Report Farfán  82' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Felix Zwayer
Man of the Match: Unnerstall
29 October 2011 11Schalke 043 – 11899 HoffenheimGelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Raúl  28'
Huntelaar  73' (pen.), 76'
Report Ibišević  63' Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 60,384
Referee: Tobias Welz
Man of the Match: Holtby
6 November 2011 12Hannover 962 – 2Schalke 04Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Papadopoulos  26' (o.g.)
Abdellaoue  59'
Report Pukki  26', 73' Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
Man of the Match: Pukki
19 November 2011 13Schalke 044 – 01. FC NürnbergGelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Huntelaar  13', 66'
Raúl  39'
Holtby  84'
Report Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,673
Referee: Knut Kircher
Man of the Match: Huntelaar
26 November 2011 14Borussia Dortmund2 – 0Schalke 04Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Lewandowski  16'
Santana  61'
Report Stadium: Signal-Iduna-Park
Attendance: 80,720
Referee: Florian Meyer
Man of the Match: Lewandowski
4 December 2011 15Schalke 043 – 1FC AugsburgGelsenkirchen
17:30 CET (UTC+01) Huntelaar  16'
Fuchs  66'
Raúl  84'
Report Mölders  47' Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 58,641
Referee: Markus Wingenbach
Man of the Match: Fuchs
9 December 2011 16Hertha BSC1 – 2Schalke 04Berlin
20:30 CET (UTC+01) Ramos  84' Report Huntelaar  19'
Pukki  44'
Stadium: Olympic Stadium (Berlin)
Attendance: 52,382
Referee: Günter Perl
Man of the Match: Huntelaar
17 December 2011 17Schalke 045 – 0Werder BremenGelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+01) Raúl  15', 20', 63'
Papadopoulos  67'
Huntelaar  70'
Report Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,673
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
Man of the Match: Raúl
21 January 2012 18Schalke 043 – 1VfB StuttgartGelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Matip  3'
Höger  45+1'
Papadopoulos  57'
Draxler  80'
Report Hajnal  29'
Okazaki  87'
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,673
Referee: Felix Brych
28 January 2012 191. FC Köln1 – 4Schalke 04Cologne
18:30 CET (UTC+01) Podolski  4'
Geromel  18'
Brečko  78'
Report Uchida  35'
Matip  53'
Marica  60', 72'
Huntelaar  78' (pen.)
Höger  82'
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Jochen Drees
4 February 2012 20Schalke 041 – 1Mainz 05Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Obasi  59' Report Zidan  15' Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 60,557
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
11 February 2012 21Borussia Mönchengladbach3 – 0Schalke 04Mönchengladbach
18:30 CET (UTC+01) Reus  2'
Hanke  15'
Arango  32'
Report Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 54,049
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
19 February 2012 22Schalke 044 – 0VfL WolfsburgGelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Raúl  10'
Huntelaar  15', 72'
Matip  49'
Report Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 60,511
Referee: Peter Sippel
26 February 2012 23Bayern Munich2 – 0Schalke 04Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Ribéry  36', 55' Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 69,000
Referee: Michael Weiner
3 March 2012 24SC Freiburg2 – 1Schalke 04Freiburg
15:30 (CET) (UTC+01) Freis  18'
Caligiuri  66' (pen.)
Pukki  72' Stadium: badenova-Stadion
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Marco Fritz
11 March 2012 25Schalke 043 – 1Hamburger SVGelsenkirchen
17:30 (CET) (UTC+01) Pukki  5'
Metzelder  26'
Huntelaar  33' (pen.)
Kačar  45' Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,673
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
18 March 2012 261. FC Kaiserslautern1 – 4Schalke 04Kaiserslautern
15:30 (CET) (UTC+01) Rodnei  3' Holtby  39'
Huntelaar  45'
Raúl  51'
Farfán  81'
Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 49,780
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
24 March 2012 27Schalke 042 – 0Bayer LeverkusenGelsenkirchen
18:30 (CET) (UTC+01) Huntelaar  18', 86' Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,673
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
1 April 2012 281899 Hoffenheim1 – 1Schalke 04Sinsheim
17:30 CEST (UTC+02) Rudy  19'
Salihović  30' (pen.)
Vorsah  71'
Jones  23'
Unnerstall  29'
Papadopoulos  39'
Matip  42'
Huntelaar  80' (pen.)
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 30,150
Referee: Markus Schmidt
8 April 2012 29Schalke 043 – 0Hannover 96Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Raúl  6', 47'
Huntelaar  63'
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,673
Referee: Tobias Stieler
11 April 2012 301. FC Nürnberg4 – 1Schalke 04Nuremberg
20:00 CEST (UTC+02) Balitsch  25'
Simons  37' (pen.)
Didavi  45', 87'
Holtby  85' Stadium: easyCredit-Stadion
Attendance: 44,031
Referee: Florian Meyer
14 April 2012 31Schalke 041 – 2Borussia DortmundGelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Farfán  9' Piszczek  17'
Kehl  63'
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,673
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
22 April 2012 32FC Augsburg1 – 1Schalke 04Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Langkamp  6' Huntelaar  38' Stadium: SGL arena
Attendance: 30,660
Referee: Christian Dingert
28 April 2012 33Schalke 044 – 0Hertha BSCGelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Huntelaar  32', 88'
Holtby  73'
Raúl  84'
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,673
Referee: Günter Perl
5 May 2012 34Werder Bremen2 – 3Schalke 04Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Pizarro  41' (pen.), 82' Draxler  30'
Huntelaar  65', 74'
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Deniz Aytekin

DFB-Pokal

31 July Round 1FC Teningen1 11Schalke 04Freiburg
17:30 CEST (UTC+02) Kirstein  20' Report Huntelaar  3', 22', 39', 64'
Papadopoulos  7'
Raúl  13', 32'
Holtby  57', 75'
Gavranović  70', 78'
Stadium: Badenova-Stadion
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Tobias Stieler
26 October Round 2Karlsruher SC0 2Schalke 04Karlsruhe
19:00 CEST (UTC+02) Report Huntelaar  81'
Matip  83'
Stadium: Wildparkstadion
Attendance: 28,916
Referee: Günter Perl
Man of the Match: Unnerstall
21 December Round 3Borussia Mönchengladbach3 1Schalke 04Mönchengladbach
20:30 CET (UTC+01) Arango  18'
Reus  56', 88'
Report Draxler  70' Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 54,057
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
Man of the Match: Reus

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

18 August 2011 First legHJK 2 – 0 Schalke 04Helsinki, Finland
18:30 CEST (UTC+02) Pukki  18', 54' Report Stadium: Finnair Stadium
Attendance: 10,700
Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (Spain)
Man of the Match: Pukki
25 August 2011 Second legSchalke 04 6 – 1
(6 – 3 agg.)
HJKGelsenkirchen, Germany
20:20 CEST (UTC+02) Huntelaar  15' (pen.), 25', 49' (pen.), 63'
Papadopoulos  56'
Draxler  82'
Report Pukki  20' Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 52,034
Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)
Man of the Match: Huntelaar

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Schalke 04 6 4 2 0 13 2 +11 14 Advance to knockout phase
2 Steaua București 6 2 2 2 9 11 2 8
3 Maccabi Haifa 6 2 0 4 10 12 2 6
4 AEK Larnaca 6 1 2 3 4 11 7 5
Source:
15 September 2011 1Steaua București 0 – 0 Schalke 04Cluj-Napoca, Romania
21:05 CEST (UTC+02) Report Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Michail Koukoulakis (Greece)
Man of the Match: Höwedes
29 September 2011 2Schalke 04 3 – 1 Maccabi HaifaGelsenkirchen, Germany
19:00 CEST (UTC+02) Fuchs  8', 65'
Jurado  81'
Report Vered  35' Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 49,070
Referee: Manuel Jorge Neves Moreira de Sousa (Portugal)
Man of the Match: Fuchs
20 October 2011 3AEK Larnaca 0 – 5 Schalke 04Nicosia, Cyprus
19:00 CEST (UTC+02) Report Holtby  23'
Huntelaar  35', 88'
Matip  40'
Draxler  87'
Stadium: GSP Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)
Man of the Match: Huntelaar
3 November 2011 4Schalke 04 0 – 0 AEK LarnacaGelsenkirchen, Germany
21:05 CET (UTC+01) Report Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 52,077
Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)
Man of the Match: Unnerstall
1 December 2011 5Schalke 04 2 – 1 Steaua BucureștiGelsenkirchen, Germany
19:00 CET (UTC+01) Papadopoulos  25'
Raúl  57'
Report Rusescu  33' Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 53,123
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
Man of the Match: Raúl
14 December 2011 6Maccabi Haifa 0 – 3 Schalke 04Haifa, Israel
21:05 CET (UTC+01) Buljat  8' (o.g.)
Marica  84'
Wiegel  90+2'
Stadium: Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Fredy Fautrel (France)

Knockout phase

Round of 32
16 February 2012 First legViktoria Plzeň 1 – 1 Schalke 04Prague, Czech Republic
19:00 CET (UTC+01) Darida  22' Report Huntelaar  75' Stadium: Synot Tip Arena
Attendance: 11,435
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
23 February 2012 Second legSchalke 04 3 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 2 agg.)
Viktoria PlzeňGelsenkirchen, Germany
21:05 Huntelaar  8', 106', 120+1' Report Rajtoral  88' Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Alan Kelly, Republic of Ireland
Round of 16
8 March 2012 First legTwente 1 – 0 Schalke 04Enschede, Netherlands
19:00 (CET) De Jong  61' (pen.) Report Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 30,000[1]
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
15 March 2012 Second legSchalke 04 4 – 1
(4 – 2 agg.)
TwenteGelsenkirchen, Germany
21:05 (CET) Huntelaar  29', 57' (pen.), 81'
Jones  71'
Report Janssen  14' Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
Quarter-finals
29 March 2012 First legSchalke 04 2 – 4 Athletic BilbaoGelsenkirchen, Germany
21:05 (CEST) Raúl  22', 60'
Höger  54'
Uchida  67'
Huntelaar  76'
Report Iturraspe  8'
Llorente  20', 73'
Amorebieta  63'
Pérez  80'
De Marcos  81'
Muniain  90+3'
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)
5 April 2012 Second legAthletic Bilbao 2 – 2
(6 – 4 agg.)
Schalke 04Bilbao, Spain
21:05 (CET) Ibai  41'
Martínez  53'
Susaeta  55'
De Marcos  72'
Report Obasi  28'
Huntelaar  29'
Raúl  52'
Matip  75'
Papadopoulos  79'
Stadium: San Mamés Stadium
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Player information

Roster and statistics

As of 10 December 2011

Squad Season 2011-12
Sources:[2][3][4][5]
PlayerBundesligaDFB-PokalEuropa LeagueTotals
PlayerNat.Birthdayat Schalke 04 sincePrevious clubMatchesGoalsMatchesGoalMatchesGoalsMatchesGoals
Goalkeepers
Ralf Fährmann27 September 19882011Eintracht Frankfurt900040130
Timo Hildebrand5 April 19792011Sporting CP00001010
Mathias Schober8 April 19762007Hansa Rostock00000000
Lars Unnerstall20 July 19902008Preußen Münster802030130
Defenders
Sergio Escudero2 September 19892010Real Murcia10001020
Christian Fuchs20 July 19862011Mainz 051622072254
Tim Hoogland11 June 19852010Mainz 0500000000
Benedikt Höwedes29 February 19882001SG Herten-Langenbochum1312060211
Christoph Metzelder5 November 19802010Real Madrid60002080
Kyriakos Papadopoulos23 February 19922010Olympiacos1502172243
Hans Sarpei28 June 19762010Bayer Leverkusen00001010
Atsuto Uchida27 March 19882010Kashima Antlers500050100
Midfielders
Alexander Baumjohann23 January 19872010Bayern Munich601050120
Julian Draxler20 September 19932001SSV Buer 07/281501082242
Marco Höger16 September 19892011Alemannia Aachen1002070190
Lewis Holtby18 September 19902011Mainz 051632271256
Jermaine Jones3 November 19812011Blackburn Rovers902030140
José Manuel Jurado3 November 19812010Atlético Madrid1001050160
Levan Kenia18 October 19902008Lokomotivi Tbilisi00000000
Peer Kluge22 November 198020101. FC Nürnberg30000030
Joël Matip8 August 19912000VfL Bochum1412171233
Jan Morávek1 November 198920111. FC Kaiserslautern602040120
Christoph Moritz27 January 19902011Alemannia Aachen20002040
Forwards
Jefferson Farfán26 October 19842008PSV1021050162
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar12 August 19832010Milan151425762425
Ciprian Marica2 October 19852011VfB Stuttgart1002061181
Chinedu Obasi1 June 198620121899 Hoffenheim00000000
Teemu Pukki29 March 19902011HJK7510010185
Raúl27 June 19772010Real Madrid16722512310
Andreas Wiegel21 July 19912006SC Paderborn00001111

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