2009–10 FC Schalke 04 season

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Schalke
2009–10 season
PresidentJosef Schnusenberg
Head coachFelix Magath
StadiumVeltins-Arena
Bundesliga2nd
DFB-PokalSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Kevin Kurányi (18)

All:
Kevin Kurányi (20)

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

Season summary[edit]

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

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

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 Germany GER Manuel Neuer
2 DF Germany GER Heiko Westermann (captain)
3 DF Norway NOR Tore Reginiussen
4 DF Germany GER Benedikt Höwedes
5 DF Brazil BRA Marcelo Bordon
6 MF Germany GER Albert Streit[notes 1]
7 MF China CHN Hao Junmin
8 MF Brazil BRA Mineiro
9 FW Brazil BRA Edu
10 MF Croatia CRO Ivan Rakitić[notes 2]
11 MF Germany GER Alexander Baumjohann
12 MF Germany GER Peer Kluge
13 MF Germany GER Jermaine Jones[notes 3]
14 FW Germany GER Gerald Asamoah[notes 4]
15 MF Brazil BRA Zé Roberto
16 MF Czech Republic CZE Jan Morávek
17 FW Peru PER Jefferson Farfán
18 DF Brazil BRA Rafinha
19 FW Switzerland SUI Mario Gavranović
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Greece GRE Vasilis Pliatsikas
21 MF Germany GER Lukas Schmitz
22 FW Germany GER Kevin Kurányi[notes 5]
23 MF Turkey TUR Emin Yalın[notes 6]
24 DF Germany GER Christian Pander
25 DF Peru PER Carlos Zambrano
26 MF Germany GER Danny Latza
27 FW Uruguay URU Vicente Sánchez
28 MF Germany GER Christoph Moritz
29 FW Germany GER Bogdan Müller[notes 7]
30 MF Georgia (country) GEO Levan Kenia
31 FW Germany GER David Loheider
32 DF Cameroon CMR Joël Matip[notes 8]
33 GK Germany GER Mathias Schober
34 FW North Macedonia MKD Besart Ibraimi
35 GK Germany GER Mohamed Amsif[notes 9]
39 DF Germany GER Marvin Pachan
40 MF Serbia SRB Predrag Stevanović[notes 10]

Left club during season[edit]

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 Georgia (country) GEO Levan Kobiashvili (to Hertha BSC)
7 FW Germany GER Lewis Holtby (on loan to Bochum)
19 MF Turkey TUR Halil Altıntop[notes 11] (to Eintracht Frankfurt)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Uruguay URU Carlos Grossmüller (on loan to Danubio)
29 DF Slovakia SVK Ľuboš Hanzel (on loan from Spartak Trnava)

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

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

Kits[edit]

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[edit]

Bundesliga[edit]

League table[edit]

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

DFB-Pokal[edit]

Matches[edit]

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[edit]

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

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Yalın was born in Frankfurt, West Germany, but also holds Turkish citizenship.
  7. ^ Müller was born in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Kazakhstan), but also holds German citizenship.
  8. ^ Matip was born in Bochum, Germany, but also qualified to represent Cameroon internationally and made his international debut for Cameroon in March 2010.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Stevanović was born in Essen, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Serbia internationally and represented them at U-19 level.
  11. ^ 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.