2015–16 FC Schalke 04 season

The 2015–16 FC Schalke 04 season was the 112th season in the club's football history. In 2015–16 the club plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It is the club's 23rd consecutive season in the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1991.

Schalke 04
2015–16 season
PresidentClemens Tönnies
Head coachAndré Breitenreiter
StadiumVeltins-Arena
Bundesliga5th
DFB-PokalRound 2
UEFA Europa LeagueRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague: Huntelaar (12)
All: Huntelaar (16)
Highest home attendance62,271
(21 Nov 15 vs. Bayern
24 Jan 16 vs. Bremen
18 Mar 16 vs. Mönchengladbach
23 Apr 16 vs. Leverkusen
7 May 16 vs. Augsburg)
Lowest home attendance42,447
(1 Oct 15 vs. Tripoli)

Transfers

In
No.Pos.NameAgeNATMoving fromTypeTransfer WindowContract endsTransfer feeSources
21 MF Alessandro Schöpf 21 1. FC Nürnberg Transfer Winter 2019 €5,000,000 [1]
11 MF Younès Belhanda 25 Dynamo Kyiv Loan Winter 2016 Free [2]
16 FW Fabian Reese 18 Schalke 04 U19 Promoted Winter 2019 — [3]
20 DF Thilo Kehrer 19 Schalke 04 II Promoted Winter 2019 — [4]
FW Felix Schröter 20 1. FC Heidenheim End of Loan Winter 2018 — [5]
5 MF Johannes Geis 21 Mainz 05 Transfer Summer 2019 €12,000,000 [6]
31 DF Matija Nastasić 22 Manchester City Transfer Summer 2019 €9,500,000 [7]
9 FW Franco Di Santo 26 Werder Bremen Transfer Summer 2019 €6,000,000 [8]
3 DF Júnior Caiçara 26 Ludogorets Razgrad Transfer Summer 2018 €4,500,000 [9]
35 GK Alexander Nübel 18 SC Paderborn Transfer Summer 2018 €200,000 [10]
27 DF Sascha Riether 32 SC Freiburg Transfer Summer 2016 Free [11]
23 MF Pierre-Emile Højbjerg 20 Bayern Munich Loan Summer 2016 €1,000,000 [12]
30 GK Michael Gspurning 34 Schalke 04 II Promoted Summer 2016 — [13]
— FW Felix Schröter 19 Schalke 04 II Promoted Summer 2018 — [14]
36 FW Felix Platte 19 Schalke 04 U19 Promoted Summer 2018 — [15]
19 MF Leroy Sané 19 Schalke 04 U19 Promoted Summer 2017 — [16]
14 DF Kyriakos Papadopoulos 23 Bayer Leverkusen End of Loan Summer 2016 — —
28 DF Felipe Santana 29 Olympiacos End of Loan Summer 2016 — —

Out
No.Pos.NameAgeNATMoving toTypeTransfer WindowTransfer feeSources
28 DF Felipe Santana 29 Kuban Krasnodar Transfer Winter Free [17]
— MF Kevin-Prince Boateng 28 Milan Transfer Winter Free [18]
36 FW Felix Platte 19 Darmstadt 98 Loan Winter Free [19]
24 DF Kaan Ayhan 21 Eintracht Frankfurt Loan Winter Free [20]
10 MF Julian Draxler 21 VfL Wolfsburg Transfer Summer €36,000,000 [21]
17 MF Jefferson Farfán 30 Al-Jazira Transfer Summer €7,000,000 [22]
14 DF Kyriakos Papadopoulos 23 Bayer Leverkusen Transfer Summer €6,500,000 [23]
27 MF Tranquillo Barnetta 30 Philadelphia Union Transfer Summer Free [24]
23 DF Christian Fuchs 29 Leicester City Transfer Summer Free [25]
37 DF Pascal Itter 20 SV Grödig Transfer Summer Free [26]
20 FW Chinedu Obasi 29 Free agent End of contract Summer Free
— FW Felix Schröter 19 1. FC Heidenheim Loan Summer Free [27]
40 GK Timon Wellenreuther 19 Mallorca Loan Summer Free [28]
28 GK Christian Wetklo 35 Schalke 04 II Intern Summer — [29]
3 MF Jan Kirchhoff 24 Bayern Munich End of Loan Summer — —
31 DF Matija Nastasić 22 Manchester City End of Loan Summer — —

Kit

Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: Gazprom

Home
Home Alt.
Away
Away Alt.
Away Alt. 2
Third
Third Alt.

Kit information

Adidas continues its supply of the Schalke 04 kit, a relationship dating back to the 1975–76 season. Gazprom is the current sponsor, dating back to the middle of the 2006–07 season.

  • Home: Previous season's blue home shirt, white shorts and blue socks confirmed as the current home kit with white three Adidas stripes due to Schalke 04's two-season home kit tradition.
  • Home alternate: Same as home but including blue alternate shorts.
  • Away: The away kit features a Marseille-inspired traditional home kit with light grey hoop, aqua blue three Adidas stripes, aqua blue shorts with white three Adidas stripes and white socks.
  • Away alternate: Same as away kit but including white shorts with aqua blue three Adidas stripes and white socks.
  • Away alternate 2: Same as away kit but including aqua blue shorts with white three Adidas stripes and aqua blue socks.
  • Third: The third kit with white three Adidas stripes features a gradiented-hoop pattern, running from dark green to green, with black sleeve, all black back panel and all black shorts.
  • Third alternate: Same as third kit but including green shorts with white three Adidas stripes and green socks.

Kit usage
KitDescriptionUsage
HomeBlue body with white shorts and blue socks.Used in all home Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal, UEFA Europa League, friendly matches (against Twente), away Bundesliga matches against Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Mainz 05, FC Ingolstadt and away friendly matches against Wolfsberger AC.
Home alt.Blue body with blue shorts and blue socks.Used in away matches against VfB Stuttgart, FC Augsburg, 1. FC Köln, VfL Wolfsburg, Borussia Mönchengladbach and friendly match against Lechia Gdańsk.
AwayWhite-light grey hoop with aqua shorts and white socks.Used in away matches against Bayer Leverkusen and Eintracht Frankfurt, UEFA Europa League away match against Shakhtar Donetsk and friendly matches against VfL Osnabrück, Udinese.
Away alt. IWhite-light grey hoop body with white shorts and socks.Used in away matches against Werder Bremen, Darmstadt 98, Hannover 96.
Away alt. IIWhite-light grey hoop with aqua shorts and aqua socks.Used in UEFA Europa League away match against Sparta Prague.
ThirdDark green to green gradient hoop body with black sleeve, back panel, shorts and socks.Used in away matches against Hamburger SV, 1899 Hoffenheim, friendly matches against Austria Klagenfurt, Porto, all-DFB Pokal opponent's white-blue, sky blue and yellow-blue home kit away matches and UEFA Europa League away matches against APOEL and Asteras Tripoli.
Third alt.Dark green to green gradient hoop body with black sleeve and back panel, green shorts and socks.Used in away match against Hertha BSC.

Kit record
Type Shirt Shorts Socks Record
G W D L GF GA GD
Home Blue White Blue 23 11 5 7 39 34 +5
Home Alt. Blue Blue Blue 6 2 0 4 7 11 −4
Away White Light blue White 5 0 3 2 1 7 −6
Away Alt. I White White White 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8
Away Alt. II White Light blue Light blue 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0
Third Green Black Black 4 4 0 0 13 0 +13
Third Alt. Green Green Green 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2
Home (Season 2016/2017) Blue White Blue 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
44 20 10 14 71 57 +14
Updated: 14 May 2016

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

8 July 2015 (2015-07-08) FriendlyAustria Klagenfurt 1–3 Schalke 04Klagenfurt, Austria
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Rep  49' Report Huntelaar  12'
Göcer[30]  82'
Choupo-Moting  87'		 Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Thomas Fröhlacher (Austria)
10 July 2015 (2015-07-10) FriendlyWolfsberger AC 3–1 Schalke 04Wolfsberg, Austria
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Drescher  5'
Hellquist  11'
Trdina  90'		 Report Huntelaar  57' Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena
Attendance: 3,985
Referee: Helmut Trattnig (Austria)
14 July 2015 (2015-07-14) FriendlyUdinese 1–1 Schalke 04Klagenfurt, Austria
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Di Natale  81' Report Huntelaar  38' Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Stefan Krassnitzer (Austria)
19 July 2015 (2015-07-19) FriendlyVfL Osnabrück 2–3 Schalke 04Osnabrück, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Savran  11', 56' Report Júnior Caiçara  39'
Ayhan  74'
Huntelaar  77'		 Stadium: osnatel ARENA
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Dr. Riem Hussein (Germany)
22 July 2015 (2015-07-22) FriendlyLechia Gdańsk 0–1 Schalke 04Gdańsk, Poland
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Sané  44' Stadium: PGE Arena Gdańsk
Attendance: 7,700
Referee: Tomasz Tobiański (Poland)
27 July 2015 (2015-07-27) FriendlySchalke 04 0–0 PortoGütersloh, Germany
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Heidewaldstadion
Attendance: 7,513
Referee: Dr. Martin Thomsen (Germany)
2 August 2015 (2015-08-02) FriendlySchalke 04 1–1 TwenteGelsenkirchen, Germany
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Geis  28' Report Olaitan  86' Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 33,315
Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany)
18 January 2016 (2016-01-18) FriendlyArminia Bielefeld 1–0 Schalke 04Bielefeld, Germany
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Schuppan  17' Report Stadium: Schüco-Arena
Attendance: 11,916
Referee: Sören Storks (Germany)

Florida Cup 2016
10 January 2016 (2016-01-10) Round 1Fort Lauderdale Strikers 0–2 Schalke 04Orlando, United States
19:30 EST (UTC-05:00) Report Di Santo  30'
Sané  57'		 Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,104
Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald (United States)
13 January 2016 (2016-01-13) Round 2Atlético Mineiro 3–0 Schalke 04Fort Lauderdale, United States
18:30 EST (UTC-05:00) Silva  8'
Patric  81'
Lucas Cândido  83'		 Report Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 2,504
Referee: Ted Unkel (United States)

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga
Main article: 2015–16 Bundesliga

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Bayer Leverkusen 34 18 6 10 56 40 +16 60 Qualification to Champions League group stage
4 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 17 4 13 67 50 +17 55 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5 Schalke 04 34 15 7 12 51 49 +2 52 Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
6 Mainz 05 34 14 8 12 46 42 +4 50
7 Hertha BSC 34 14 8 12 42 42 0 50 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-offs.[31]
Notes:
  1. Since the winners of the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal, Bayern Munich, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Mainz 05; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, Hertha BSC.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 15 7 12 51 49  +2 52 8 5 4 28 24  +4 7 2 8 23 25  −2

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA
ResultWDLWWWWLWLDLLDWLWLWWLDDWWLWLDLLWDW
Position3495433333457868665456764547777675
Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2016. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches
15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 1Werder Bremen0–3Schalke 04Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Gebre Selassie  34' (o.g.)
Choupo-Moting  68'
Aogo  77'
Höger  80'
Huntelaar  85'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Daniel Siebert
22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 2Schalke 041–1Darmstadt 98Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Draxler  47',  68' Report Rausch  9'
Sailer  52'
Wagner  90+4'		 Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,565
Referee: Benjamin Brand
28 August 2015 (2015-08-28) 3VfL Wolfsburg3–0Schalke 04Wolfsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Dost  17'
Luiz Gustavo  51'
R. Rodríguez  59' (pen.)
Klose  61'		 Report Riether  52'
Aogo  73'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Felix Brych
13 September 2015 (2015-09-13) 4Schalke 042–1Mainz 05Gelsenkirchen
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Matip  37',  84'
Huntelaar  61'		 Report Bengtsson  24'
Latza  40'
Mallı  42'
Bell  73'		 Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 60,083
Referee: Robert Hartmann
20 September 2015 (2015-09-20) 5VfB Stuttgart0–1Schalke 04Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Klein  20'
Insúa  44'
Šunjić  75'		 Report Di Santo  49'
Sané  52',  53'
Aogo  61'		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 48,510
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
23 September 2015 (2015-09-23) 6Schalke 042–0Eintracht FrankfurtGelsenkirchen
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Höger  12'
Matip  76'
Kolašinac  87'
Sané  90+1'		 Report Russ  65'
Abraham  79'		 Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 60,104
Referee: Felix Zwayer
26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 7Hamburger SV0–1Schalke 04Hamburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Djourou  83' Report Geis  19'
Sané  60'
Neustädter  64'
Fährmann  90'		 Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 53,192
Referee: Jochen Drees
4 October 2015 (2015-10-04) 8Schalke 040–31. FC KölnGelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Geis  79'
Meyer  90+2'		 Report Modeste  45'
Bittencourt  50'
Risse  69'
Gerhardt  79'
Zoller  84'		 Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,723
Referee: Knut Kircher
17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 9Schalke 042–1Hertha BSCGelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Di Santo  17'
Höwedes  27',  63'
Geis  75'
Meyer  90+2'		 Report Haraguchi  16'
Ibišević  18'
Langkamp  60'
Darida  70'
Kalou  73'
Hegeler  84'		 Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,336
Referee: Marco Fritz
25 October 2015 (2015-10-25) 10Borussia Mönchengladbach3–1Schalke 04Mönchengladbach
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Stindl  32'
Wendt  52'
Raffael  70',  72'
Korb  84'		 Report Júnior Caiçara  27'
Christensen  44' (o.g.)
Höwedes  72'
Matip  80'
Geis  80'		 Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park
Attendance: 54,010
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 11Schalke 041–1FC IngolstadtGelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Höwedes  60'
Sané  77'		 Report Levels  39'
Groß  61'
Hinterseer  72'		 Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 60,144
Referee: Florian Meyer
8 November 2015 (2015-11-08) 12Borussia Dortmund3–2Schalke 04Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Kagawa  30'
Ginter  43'
Aubameyang  47',  48'
Schmelzer  82'
Weigl  89'		 Report Huntelaar  33', 71'
Goretzka  38'
Júnior Caiçara  46'
Di Santo  60'
Platte  90+1'		 Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 79,956
Referee: Felix Brych
21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 13Schalke 041–3Bayern MunichGelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Meyer  17'
Huntelaar  61'
Højbjerg  82'		 Report Goretzka  9' (o.g.)
Martínez  69'
Müller  90+2'		 Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 62,271
Referee: Tobias Stieler
29 November 2015 (2015-11-29) 14Bayer Leverkusen1–1Schalke 04Leverkusen
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Tah  8'
Riether  85' (o.g.)		 Report Choupo-Moting  38',  50'
Goretzka  75'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Marco Fritz
4 December 2015 (2015-12-04) 15Schalke 043–1Hannover 96Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Riether  9'
Geis  51' (pen.)
Huntelaar  73'
Di Santo  82'		 Report Marcelo  51'
Saint-Maximin  81'		 Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,229
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
13 December 2015 (2015-12-13) 16FC Augsburg2–1Schalke 04Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Kohr  3'
Koo  27'
Hong  34'
Caiuby  90+2'		 Report Kolašinac  32',  70' Stadium: WWK ARENA
Attendance: 28,410
Referee: Florian Meyer
18 December 2015 (2015-12-18) 17Schalke 041–01899 HoffenheimGelsenkirchen
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Choupo-Moting  28'
Goretzka  90+1'		 Report Strobl  57'
Rudy  58'		 Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 60,749
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
24 January 2016 (2016-01-24) 18Schalke 041–3Werder BremenGelsenkirchen
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Matip  4'
Kolašinac  77'		 Report Grillitsch  35'
Fritz  43'
Pizarro  53',  80'
Junuzović  58'
Ujah  89'		 Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 62,271
Referee: Christian Dingert
30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) 19Darmstadt 980–2Schalke 04Darmstadt
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Rausch  55'
Niemeyer  66'
Rajković  83'		 Report Meyer  43',  59'
Sané  53'
Goretzka  84'		 Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Daniel Siebert
6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) 20Schalke 043–0VfL WolfsburgGelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Huntelaar  24',  26'
Geis  35',  49'
Schöpf  87'		 Report Kruse  30'
Bendtner  58'
Knoche  62'		 Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,483
Referee: Tobias Welz
12 February 2016 (2016-02-12) 21Mainz 052–1Schalke 04Mainz
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Bussmann  33'
Latza  43'
Baumgartlinger  79'
Donati  81'
Balogun  90+3'		 Report Júnior Caiçara  45+1'
Belhanda  46'		 Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 32,107
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
21 February 2016 (2016-02-21) 22Schalke 041–1VfB StuttgartGelsenkirchen
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Belhanda  14',  69'
Schöpf  75'
Sané  81'		 Report Didavi  28'
Harnik  74'		 Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,262
Referee: Bastian Dankert
28 February 2016 (2016-02-28) 23Eintracht Frankfurt0–0Schalke 04Frankfurt
19:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Hasebe  90+1' Report Aogo  88'
Meyer  90+1'		 Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 43,500
Referee: Felix Brych
2 March 2016 (2016-03-02) 24Schalke 043–2Hamburger SVGelsenkirchen
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Meyer  37'
Neustädter  43'
Júnior Caiçara  60'
Huntelaar  66'
Schöpf  77'		 Report N. Müller  4'
Djourou  40'  45'
Kačar  90+1'		 Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 60,856
Referee: Günter Perl
5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 251. FC Köln1–3Schalke 04Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Maroh  2'
Bittencourt  33'		 Report Huntelaar  2' (pen.)
Meyer  23'
Di Santo  76'		 Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION
Attendance: 49,300
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
11 March 2016 (2016-03-11) 26Hertha BSC2–0Schalke 04Berlin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Ibišević  42'
Skjelbred  56'
Stark  65'
Ciğerci  90+1'		 Report Júnior Caiçara  26' Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 51,424
Referee: Tobias Welz
18 March 2016 (2016-03-18) 27Schalke 042–1Borussia MönchengladbachGelsenkirchen
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Hinteregger  59' (o.g.)
Kolašinac  64'
Goretzka  83'		 Report Christensen  79' Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 62,271
Referee: Marco Fritz
2 April 2016 (2016-04-02) 28FC Ingolstadt3–0Schalke 04Ingolstadt
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Hartmann  29' (pen.)
Groß  38'
Hinterseer  45+2'
Lezcano  65'		 Report Meyer  34'
Júnior Caiçara  35'
Sané  41'
Neustädter  80'
Matip  90'		 Stadium: Audi Sportpark
Attendance: 15,200
Referee: Daniel Siebert
10 April 2016 (2016-04-10) 29Schalke 042–2Borussia DortmundGelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Kolašinac  45'
Sané  51'
Riether  52'
Huntelaar  66' (pen.)
Højbjerg  71'
Belhanda  81'
Neustädter  87'		 Report Şahin  31'
Kagawa  49'
Ginter  56'
Papastathopoulos  64'
Durm  72'		 Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,670
Referee: Felix Zwayer
16 April 2016 (2016-04-16) 30Bayern Munich3–0Schalke 04Munich
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Lewandowski  54', 65'
Vidal  73'		 Report Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Tobias Welz
23 April 2016 (2016-04-23) 31Schalke 042–3Bayer LeverkusenGelsenkirchen
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Choupo-Moting  14'
Júnior Caiçara  27'
Sané  29',  38'
Højbjerg  52'		 Report Toprak  5'
Bender  33'
Brandt  54'
Bellarabi  56'
Hernández  60',  90+1'		 Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 62,271
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
30 April 2016 (2016-04-30) 32Hannover 961–3Schalke 04Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Sobiech  21' Report Choupo-Moting  11'
Huntelaar  45'
Schöpf  80'		 Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 46,900
Referee: Günter Perl
7 May 2016 (2016-05-07) 33Schalke 041–1FC AugsburgGelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Goretzka  51'
Huntelaar  82'		 Report Baier  52',  89'
Finnbogason  62'
Gouweleeuw  69'
Caiuby  80'
Stafylidis  85'		 Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 62,271
Referee: Christian Dingert
14 May 2016 (2016-05-14) 341899 Hoffenheim1–4Schalke 04Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Uth  41'
Rudy  59'		 Report Huntelaar  7'
Choupo-Moting  14'
Sané  56'
Höwedes  68'
Schär  89' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 30,150
Referee: Felix Brych

DFB-Pokal
Main article: 2015–16 DFB-Pokal
8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) Round 1MSV Duisburg0–5Schalke 04Duisburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Grote  26'
Bajić  27'  31'
Wolze  62'		 Report Huntelaar  3'
Nastasić  39'
Geis  45+1'
Di Santo  62'
Goretzka  85'		 Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
Attendance: 30,600
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
28 October 2015 (2015-10-28) Round 2Schalke 040–2Borussia MönchengladbachGelsenkirchen
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Júnior Caiçara  55'
Højbjerg  81'		 Report Wendt  15'
Stindl  42'
Hazard  53' (pen.)		 Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 60,655
Referee: Tobias Stieler

UEFA Europa League
Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League

Group stage
Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group K
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Schalke 04 6 4 2 0 15 3 +12 14 Advance to knockout phase
2 Sparta Prague 6 3 3 0 10 5 +5 12
3 Asteras Tripoli 6 1 1 4 4 12 −8 4
4 APOEL 6 1 0 5 3 12 −9 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
17 September 2015 (2015-09-17) 1APOEL 0–3 Schalke 04Nicosia, Cyprus
21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00) Makrides  50'
Vander  72'
De Vincenti  77'		 Report Geis  10'
Matip  28'
Huntelaar  35', 71'
Di Santo  38'		 Stadium: GSP Stadium
Attendance: 13,512
Referee: Tony Chapron (France)
1 October 2015 (2015-10-01) 2Schalke 04 4–0 Asteras TripoliGelsenkirchen, Germany
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Di Santo  28', 37', 44' (pen.)
Huntelaar  84'		 Report Ederson  44'
Goian  46'		 Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 42,447
Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)
22 October 2015 (2015-10-22) 3Schalke 04 2–2 Sparta PragueGelsenkirchen, Germany
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Di Santo  6'
Højbjerg  35'
Sané  73'		 Report Fatai  50'
Lafata  63'
Nhamoinesu  68'
Hybš  87'		 Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 51,244
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
5 November 2015 (2015-11-05) 4Sparta Prague 1–1 Schalke 04Prague, Czech Republic
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00) Lafata  6',  82'
Jiráček  53'
Matějovský  66'
Dočkal  70'		 Report Geis  20' (pen.),  78'
Højbjerg  66'		 Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 17,352
Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez (Spain)
26 November 2015 (2015-11-26) 5Schalke 04 1–0 APOELGelsenkirchen, Germany
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Neustädter  80'
Choupo-Moting  86'		 Report Vinícius  50'
Carlão  62'		 Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 43,117
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
10 December 2015 (2015-12-10) 6Asteras Tripoli 0–4 Schalke 04Tripoli, Greece
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Choupo-Moting  23',  37', 78'
Di Santo  29'
Højbjerg  85'
Meyer  86'		 Stadium: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium
Attendance: 2,501
Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

Knockout phase
Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League knockout phase
Round of 32
18 February 2016 (2016-02-18) First legShakhtar Donetsk 0–0 Schalke 04Lviv, Ukraine
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00) Kucher  79'  86'
Gladkiy  84'		 Report Sané  77' Stadium: Arena Lviv
Attendance: 23,615
Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)
25 February 2016 (2016-02-25) Second legSchalke 04 0–3
(0–3 agg.)		 Shakhtar DonetskGelsenkirchen, Germany
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Goretzka  35' Report Ismaily  2'
Marlos  26',  53'
Stepanenko  32'
Taison  43'
Ferreyra  63'
Kovalenko  77'		 Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 45,308
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Team statistics
Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 15 August 2015 14 May 2016 Matchday 1 5th Place 34 15 7 12 51 49 +2 044.12
DFB-Pokal 8 August 2015 28 October 2015 Round 1 Round 2 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 050.00
Europa League 17 September 2015 25 February 2016 Group stage Round of 32 8 4 3 1 15 6 +9 050.00
Total 44 20 10 14 71 57 +14 045.45
Updated: 14 May 2016

Squad statistics
Squad Season 2015–16
NoNATPlayerAgeContract endsAll A BL ABL  Cup ACup  EL AEL  
Goalkeepers
1Ralf Fährmann2730 June 2019 43 (0)0100 34 (0)0100 1 (0)0000 8 (0)0000
30Michael Gspurning3530 June 2016 1 (0)0000 0 (0)0000 1 (0)0000 0 (0)0000
34Fabian Giefer2530 June 2018 0 (0)0000 0 (0)0000 0 (0)0000 0 (0)0000
35Alexander Nübel1930 June 2018 0 (1)0000 0 (1)0000 0 (0)0000 0 (0)0000
Defenders
2Marvin Friedrich2030 June 2018 0 (3)0000 0 (2)0000 0 (0)0000 0 (1)0000
3Júnior Caiçara2730 June 2018 31 (1)0800 22 (1)0700 2 (0)0100 7 (0)0000
4Benedikt Höwedes (C)2830 June 2020 14 (5)1400 10 (5)1400 1 (0)0000 3 (0)0000
6Sead Kolašinac2230 June 2017 24 (6)1500 18 (5)1500 1 (0)0000 5 (1)0000
15Dennis Aogo2930 June 2017 25 (5)0400 20 (3)0400 2 (0)0000 3 (2)0000
20Thilo Kehrer1930 June 2019 0 (1)0000 0 (1)0000 0 (0)0000 0 (0)0000
22Atsuto Uchida2830 June 2018 0 (0)0000 0 (0)0000 0 (0)0000 0 (0)0000
24Kaan Ayhan2130 June 2017 2 (3)0000 0 (1)0000 0 (0)0000 2 (2)0000
27Sascha Riether3330 June 2016 16 (4)0300 14 (3)0300 1 (0)0000 1 (1)0000
28Felipe Santana3030 June 2016 0 (0)0000 0 (0)0000 0 (0)0000 0 (0)0000
31Matija Nastasić2330 June 2019 2 (0)1000 1 (0)0000 1 (0)1000 0 (0)0000
32Joël Matip2430 June 2016 41 (0)4200 34 (0)3200 2 (0)0000 5 (0)1000
Midfielders
5Johannes Geis2230 June 2019 35 (2)4601 27 (1)2401 1 (0)1000 7 (1)1200
7Max Meyer2030 June 2018 31 (10)6400 27 (5)5400 1 (1)0000 3 (4)1000
8Leon Goretzka2130 June 2018 32 (2)2600 23 (2)1500 2 (0)1000 7 (0)0100
10Julian Draxler2230 June 2018 4 (0)1100 3 (0)1100 1 (0)0000 0 (0)0000
11Younès Belhanda2630 June 2016 10 (7)2200 8 (7)2200 0 (0)0000 2 (0)0000
12Marco Höger2630 June 2016 3 (3)0200 3 (2)0200 0 (0)0000 0 (1)0000
18Sidney Sam2830 June 2018 1 (5)0000 0 (2)0000 0 (0)0000 1 (3)0000
19Leroy Sané2030 June 2019 29 (13)9500 23 (10)8400 0 (2)0000 6 (1)1100
21Alessandro Schöpf2230 June 2019 6 (9)3100 5 (8)3100 0 (0)0000 1 (1)0000
23Pierre-Emile Højbjerg2030 June 2016 17 (13)0700 13 (10)0300 0 (1)0100 4 (2)0300
33Roman Neustädter2830 June 2016 33 (5)0500 26 (4)0400 0 (1)0000 7 (0)0100
—Kevin-Prince Boateng2930 June 2016 0 (0)0000 0 (0)0000 0 (0)0000 0 (0)0000
Forwards
9Franco Di Santo2730 June 2019 20 (14)8400 13 (12)2300 2 (0)1000 5 (2)5100
13Eric M. Choupo-Moting2730 June 2017 27 (9)9200 21 (7)6100 1 (1)0000 5 (1)3100
16Fabian Reese1830 June 2019 0 (1)0000 0 (1)0000 0 (0)0000 0 (0)0000
25Klaas-Jan Huntelaar3230 June 2017 37 (3)16200 29 (2)12200 2 (0)1000 6 (1)3000
36Felix Platte2030 June 2018 0 (1)0100 0 (1)0100 0 (0)0000 0 (0)0000
—Felix Schröter2030 June 2018 0 (0)0000 0 (0)0000 0 (0)0000 0 (0)0000
Total—677701—476401—5200—151000
Last updated: 29 May 2016

Players in white left the club during the season.

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