2009–10 FC Schalke 04 season

Schalke
2009–10 season
President	Josef Schnusenberg
Head coach	Felix Magath
Stadium	Veltins-Arena
Bundesliga	2nd
DFB-Pokal	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Kevin Kurányi (18); All: ; Kevin Kurányi (20)
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 season was the 106th season in Schalke 04's history. The team competed in the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal.

Season summary

Schalke's first season under Felix Magath saw a welcome return to the Champions League after a season's absence.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Manuel Neuer
2	DF	GER	Heiko Westermann (captain)
3	DF	NOR	Tore Reginiussen
4	DF	GER	Benedikt Höwedes
5	DF	BRA	Marcelo Bordon
6	MF	GER	Albert Streit^{[notes 1]}
7	MF	CHN	Hao Junmin
8	MF	BRA	Mineiro
9	FW	BRA	Edu
10	MF	CRO	Ivan Rakitić^{[notes 2]}
11	MF	GER	Alexander Baumjohann
12	MF	GER	Peer Kluge
13	MF	GER	Jermaine Jones^{[notes 3]}
14	FW	GER	Gerald Asamoah^{[notes 4]}
15	MF	BRA	Zé Roberto
16	MF	CZE	Jan Morávek
17	FW	PER	Jefferson Farfán
18	DF	BRA	Rafinha
19	FW	SUI	Mario Gavranović


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	GRE	Vasilis Pliatsikas
21	MF	GER	Lukas Schmitz
22	FW	GER	Kevin Kurányi^{[notes 5]}
23	MF	TUR	Emin Yalın^{[notes 6]}
24	DF	GER	Christian Pander
25	DF	PER	Carlos Zambrano
26	MF	GER	Danny Latza
27	FW	URU	Vicente Sánchez
28	MF	GER	Christoph Moritz
29	FW	GER	Bogdan Müller^{[notes 7]}
30	MF	GEO	Levan Kenia
31	FW	GER	David Loheider
32	DF	CMR	Joël Matip^{[notes 8]}
33	GK	GER	Mathias Schober
34	FW	MKD	Besart Ibraimi
35	GK	GER	Mohamed Amsif^{[notes 9]}
39	DF	GER	Marvin Pachan
40	MF	SRB	Predrag Stevanović^{[notes 10]}

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	GEO	Levan Kobiashvili (to Hertha BSC)
7	FW	GER	Lewis Holtby (on loan to Bochum)
19	MF	TUR	Halil Altıntop^{[notes 11]} (to Eintracht Frankfurt)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	URU	Carlos Grossmüller (on loan to Danubio)
29	DF	SVK	Ľuboš Hanzel (on loan from Spartak Trnava)

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Player Name	Previous Club
7 July 2009	MF	Lewis Holtby	Alemannia Aachen
13 August 2009	MF	Mineiro	Chelsea
2 July 2009	MF	Jan Morávek	Bohemians 1905
2 July 2009	MF	Vasilis Pliatsikas	AEK Athens
2 July 2009	MF	Emin Yalin	1. FC Nürnberg II

Kits

Home

Home Alternate

Away

Third

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	First appearance / Info
Home	Blue	Blue	Blue
Home Alt.	Blue	White	Blue	Bundesliga, Match 7, September 26 in Dortmund
Away	Black	Black	Black
Third	White	White	White

Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich (C)	34	20	10	4	72	31	+41	70	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Schalke 04	34	19	8	7	53	31	+22	65	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Werder Bremen	34	17	10	7	71	40	+31	61	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4	Bayer Leverkusen	34	15	14	5	65	38	+27	59	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5	Borussia Dortmund	34	16	9	9	54	42	+12	57	Qualification to Europa League play-off round

Source: kicker.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	19	8	7	53	31	+22	65	11	2	4	29	15	+14	8	6	3	24	16	+8

Source: Soccerway

Matches

8 August 2009 1	1. FC Nürnberg	1–2	Schalke 04	Nuremberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mnari 25' Wolf 64' Mintál 88'	Report	Kurányi 36', 50' Westermann 64'	Stadium: easyCredit-Stadion Referee: Knut Kircher Assistant referees: Robert Kempter, Stefan Lupp Fourth official: Wolfgang Walz

16 August 2009 2	Schalke 04	3–0	VfL Bochum	Gelsenkirchen
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Moritz 38' Westermann 45+1', 55' Farfán 76'	Report	Epalle 21' Freier 63'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Günter Perl Assistant referees: Josef Maier, Georg Schalk Fourth official: Stefan Trautmann

21 August 2009 3	1899 Hoffenheim	0–0	Schalke 04	Sinsheim
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Vorsah 28' Salihović 36' Obasi 82' Eichner 84'	Report	Pliatsikas 17' Zambrano 30' Höwedes 64' Bordon 78'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Referee: Michael Weiner Assistant referees: Thomas Frank, Carsten Kadach Fourth official: Christian Schößling

29 August 2009 4	Schalke 04	0–1	SC Freiburg	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Cha 40'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Helmut Fleischer Assistant referees: Sönke Glindemann, Guido Kleve Fourth official: Frank Willenborg

13 September 2009 5	1. FC Köln	1–2	Schalke 04	Cologne
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Podolski 6' Petit 28' Novaković 31'	Report	Farfán 2' Neuer 35' Zambrano 37' Kobiashvili 46'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Referee: Jochen Drees Assistant referees: Torsten Bauer, Markus Wingenbach Fourth official: Mark Borsch

18 September 2009 6	Schalke 04	1–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Höwedes 80'	Report	Džeko 55', 81' Martins 90+2'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Manuel Gräfe Assistant referees: Markus Hacker, Sascha Thielert Fourth official: Dirk Margenberg

26 September 2009 7	Borussia Dortmund	0–1	Schalke 04	Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Farfán 31' Moritz 85'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Referee: Wolfgang Stark Assistant referees: Mike Pickel, Jan-Hendrik Salver Fourth official: Felix Zwayer

2 October 2009 8	Schalke 04	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Zambrano 48' Asamoah 66', 87' Farfán 74', 90+2' (pen.) Rafinha 79'	Report	Schwegler 2' Chris 86' Teber 88' Zimmermann 90+1'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Michael Kempter Assistant referees: Christian Leicher, Thorsten Schiffner Fourth official: Sönke Glindemann

17 October 2009 9	VfB Stuttgart	1–2	Schalke 04	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Magnin 33' Khedira 38' Cacau 58', 73' Tasci 77'	Report	Rakitić 24' Mineiro 43' Moritz 50' Kurányi 76' Farfán 90+3'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Referee: Felix Brych Assistant referees: Marco Achmüller, Robert Hartmann Fourth official: Josef Maier

25 October 2009 10	Schalke 04	3–3	Hamburger SV	Gelsenkirchen
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bordon 29' Kurányi 50', 90' Schmitz 62' Zambrano 86'	Report	Berg 26', 80' Trochowski 45' Mathijsen 52' Elia 53' Rozehnal 61' Jarolím 63'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Manuel Gräfe Assistant referees: Christoph Bornhorst, Markus Hacker Fourth official: Tobias Welz

31 October 2009 11	Schalke 04	2–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Farfán 10' Rafinha 78' Bordon 81' Kurányi 83' Sánchez 88'	Report	Schwaab 3' Kroos 29' Kießling 44' Reinartz 55'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Michael Weiner Assistant referees: Thomas Frank, Norbert Grudzinski Fourth official: Bastian Dankert

7 November 2009 12	Bayern Munich	1–1	Schalke 04	Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Van Buyten 31' Robben 57' Schweinsteiger 63'	Report	Sánchez 30' Kurányi 34' Matip 43' Schmitz 57' Zambrano 79'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Referee: Florian Meyer Assistant referees: Carsten Kadach, Frank Willenborg Fourth official: Christian Schößling

21 November 2009 13	Schalke 04	2–0	Hannover 96	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Rafinha 54' Farfán 69' Morávek 90+1'	Report	Schulz 42' Pinto 59'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Lutz Wagner Assistant referees: Bastian Dankert, Daniel Siebert Fourth official: Robert Kampka

28 November 2009 14	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–0	Schalke 04	Mönchengladbach
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Reus 5'	Report	Rafinha 33' Morávek 70' Neuer 82' Bordon 88' Holtby 90'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Referee: Wolfgang Stark Assistant referees: Mike Pickel, Jan-Hendrik Salver Fourth official: Christian Dingert

6 December 2009 15	Schalke 04	2–0	Hertha BSC	Gelsenkirchen
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kurányi 59' Bordon 70' Rafinha 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Janker 40' 86' Wichniarek 86' Cícero 90+3'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Knut Kircher Assistant referees: Christian Leicher, Stefan Lupp Fourth official: Thorsten Schriever

12 December 2009 16	Werder Bremen	0–2	Schalke 04	Bremen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Boenisch 51' Hunt 61' Frings 75'	Report	Kurányi 47', 63' Morávek 72' Farfán 85'	Stadium: Weserstadion Referee: Helmut Fleischer Assistant referees: Sönke Glindemann, Guido Kleve Fourth official: Norbert Grudzinski

18 December 2009 17	Schalke 04	1–0	Mainz 05	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Farfán 12'	Report	Polanski 88'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Deniz Aytekin Assistant referees: Walter Hofmann, Georg Schalk Fourth official: Dirk Margenberg

17 January 2010 18	Schalke 04	1–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kurányi 48' Edu 85'	Report	Gündoğan 34' Pinola 49' Ottl 88'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Michael Kempter Assistant referees: Mark Borsch, Tobias Welz Fourth official: Christian Bandurski

23 January 2010 19	VfL Bochum	2–2	Schalke 04	Bochum
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hashemian 82' Mavraj 86' Šesták 90+2'	Report	Sánchez 5' Kurányi 42'	Stadium: RewirpowerSTADION Referee: Wolfgang Stark Assistant referees: Mike Pickel, Jan-Hendrik Salver Fourth official: Frank Willenborg

30 January 2010 20	Schalke 04	2–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kurányi 19' Rakitić 43' Schmitz 49' Matip 79'	Report	Eichner 7' Salihović 37' Beck 40' Nilsson 86'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Florian Meyer Assistant referees: Carsten Kadach, Frank Willenborg Fourth official: Frederick Assmuth

6 February 2010 21	SC Freiburg	0–0	Schalke 04	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Williams 88'	Report	Baumjohann 32' Schmitz 66' Rakitić 87'	Stadium: Badenova-Stadion Referee: Jochen Drees Assistant referees: Torsten Bauer, Tobias Christ Fourth official: Volker Wezel

14 February 2010 22	Schalke 04	2–0	1. FC Köln	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Matip 28', 45+1' Rafinha 74' Farfán 81'	Report	Schorch 5'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Peter Gagelmann Assistant referees: Matthias Anklam, Sascha Thielert Fourth official: Thorsten Schriever

21 February 2010 23	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	Schalke 04	Wolfsburg
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pekarík 45' Grafite 71', 77'	Report	Kurányi 30'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Referee: Helmut Fleischer Assistant referees: Sönke Glindemann, Christian Leicher Fourth official: Patrick Ittrich

26 February 2010 24	Schalke 04	2–1	Borussia Dortmund	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kurányi 54' Höwedes 66' Rakitić 83' Schmitz 89'	Report	Şahin 47' (pen.) Valdez 56' Błaszczykowski 68' Bender 76' Großkreutz 90+2'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Manuel Gräfe Assistant referees: Markus Hacker, Tobias Welz Fourth official: Stefan Trautmann

6 March 2010 25	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–4	Schalke 04	Frankfurt
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Meier 52' Schwegler 73'	Report	Matip 12' Höwedes 15' Zambrano 54' Rakitić 80' Rafinha 85' Kurányi 89'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Referee: Guido Winkmann Assistant referees: Christian Bandurski, Dirk Margenberg Fourth official: Daniel Siebert

12 March 2010 26	Schalke 04	2–1	VfB Stuttgart	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Höwedes 28' Edu 46' Kurányi 55' Rafinha 70'	Report	Niedermeier 17' Tasci 50', 72'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Lutz Wagner Assistant referees: Christoph Bornhorst, Norbert Grudzinski Fourth official: Stefan Lupp

21 March 2010 27	Hamburger SV	2–2	Schalke 04	Hamburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Van Nistelrooy 40' Jansen 57' Pitroipa 77'	Report	Kluge 14' Höwedes 56' Kurányi 62' Rakitić 68' (pen.)	Stadium: HSH Nordbank Arena Referee: Wolfgang Stark Assistant referees: Robert Kempter, Jan-Hendrik Salver Fourth official: Thomas Metzen

27 March 2010 28	Bayer Leverkusen	0–2	Schalke 04	Leverkusen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schwaab 13' Kroos 40' Kadlec 88'	Report	Kurányi 11', 27' Bordon 42' Rakitić 59'	Stadium: BayArena Referee: Michael Weiner Assistant referees: Thomas Frank, Norbert Grudzinski Fourth official: Robert Kampka

3 April 2010 29	Schalke 04	1–2	Bayern Munich	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bordon 23' 90+4' Kurányi 31', 90+3' Rafinha 67'	Report	Ribéry 25' Müller 26' Altıntop 34' 41' Demichelis 45+1' Butt 90+1'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Manuel Gräfe Assistant referees: Christian Dingert, Markus Hacker Fourth official: Felix Zwayer

10 April 2010 30	Hannover 96	4–2	Schalke 04	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Westermann 17' (o.g.) Ya Konan 29', 90+2', 74' Pinto 75' Balitsch 80' Schulz 82' Cherundolo 89'	Report	Schmitz 43' Edu 46' Rakitić 52' (pen.)	Stadium: AWD-Arena Referee: Peter Gagelmann Assistant referees: Matthias Anklam, Sascha Thielert Fourth official: Michael Emmer

17 April 2010 31	Schalke 04	3–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Rakitić 8', 47' (pen.) Farfán 45' Höwedes 71'	Report	Bobadilla 16', 33' Matmour 44'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Deniz Aytekin Assistant referees: Christian Leicher, Thorsten Schiffner Fourth official: Thorsten Schriever

24 April 2010 32	Hertha BSC	0–1	Schalke 04	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kobiashvili 34' Lustenberger 37'	Report	Westermann 31', 87'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Referee: Jochen Drees Assistant referees: Torsten Bauer, Tobias Welz Fourth official: Christoph Bornhorst

1 May 2010 33	Schalke 04	0–2	Werder Bremen	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Rafinha 70'	Report	Özil 55', 60' Almeida 64' Borowski 73'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Knut Kircher Assistant referees: Stefan Lupp, Tobias Stieler Fourth official: Stefan Trautmann

8 May 2010 34	Mainz 05	0–0	Schalke 04	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Karhan 74' Ivanschitz 78'	Report	Neuer 74' Rafinha 76'	Stadium: Bruchwegstadion Referee: Babak Rafati Assistant referees: Norbert Grudzinski, Holger Henschel Fourth official: Guido Kleve

DFB-Pokal

1 August 2009 First round	Germania Windeck	0–4	Schalke 04	Cologne
19:30 UTC+2		Report (in German)	Zambrano 10' Kurányi 43' Kenia 68' Höwedes 85'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)

22 September 2009 Second round	VfL Bochum	0–3	Schalke 04	Bochum
20:30 UTC+2		Report (in German)	Westermann 10' Altıntop 56' Fuchs 76' (o.g.)	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 29,592 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

28 October 2009 Round of 16	1860 München	0–3	Schalke 04	Munich
19:00 UTC+1		Report (in German)	Rafinha 41' Höwedes 48', 81'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 28,500 Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)

10 February 2010 Quarter-finals	VfL Osnabrück	0–1	Schalke 04	Osnabrück
20:30 UTC+1		Report (in German)	Kurányi 59'	Stadium: Osnatel-Arena Attendance: 16,130 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)

24 March 2010 Semi-finals	Schalke 04	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Bayern Munich	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 GMT+1		Report (in German)	Robben 112'	Stadium: Arena AufSchalke Attendance: 61,673 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

References

^ "FootballSquads - FC Schalke 04 - 2009/10".

Notes

^ Streit was born in Bucharest, Romania, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented them at U-16, U-17, U-18, and B level.
^ Rakitić was born in Möhlin, Switzerland, and represented them at U-16, U-17, U-19 and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Croatia through his parents and made his international debut for Croatia in September 2007.
^ Jones was born in Frankfurt, West Germany, and represented them at U-20, U-21 and B level and made his international debut for Germany in 2008, but also qualified to represent the United States through his father and made his international debut for the United States in October 2010.
^ Asamoah was born in Mampong, Ghana, but was raised in Germany from the age of 12 and made his international debut for Germany in May 2001.
^ Kurányi was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally through his father and Panama through his mother and represented Germany at U-20, U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Germany in March 2003.
^ Yalın was born in Frankfurt, West Germany, but also holds Turkish citizenship.
^ Müller was born in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Kazakhstan), but also holds German citizenship.
^ Matip was born in Bochum, Germany, but also qualified to represent Cameroon internationally and made his international debut for Cameroon in March 2010.
^ Amsif was born in Düsseldorf, West Germany, and represented them at U-18, U-19 and U-20 level, but also qualified to represent Morocco internationally and made his international debut for Morocco in 2011.
^ Stevanović was born in Essen, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Serbia internationally and represented them at U-19 level.
^ Altıntop was born in Gelsenkirchen, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented them at U-18, U-20, U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Turkey in 2005.