2011–12 FC Schalke 04 season

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Veltins-Arena
Bundesliga3rd
DFB-PokalRound 3
DFL-SupercupWinners
UEFA Europa LeagueQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (29)

All:
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (48)

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.

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 Qualification to 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 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5 Bayer Leverkusen 34 15 9 10 52 44 +8 54 Qualification to Europa League group stage[a]
Source: kicker
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

Matches

VfB Stuttgart v Schalke 04
6 August 2011 1
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 2
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 3
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 4
UTC+02
)
Raúl 64' Report Stadium:
Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,673
Referee: Felix Zwayer
Man of the Match: Farfán
11 September 2011 5
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 6
UTC+02
)
Report Petersen 21'
Müller 75'
Stadium:
Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,673
Referee: Florian Meyer
Man of the Match: Ribéry
24 September 2011 7
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 8
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 9
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 10
UTC+02
)
Report Farfán 82' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Felix Zwayer
Man of the Match: Unnerstall
29 October 2011 11
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 12
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 13
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
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 15
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 16
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 17
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 18
UTC+01
)
Matip 3'
Höger Yellow card 45+1'
Papadopoulos 57'
Draxler 80'
Report
Hajnal Yellow card 29'
Okazaki
87'
Stadium:
Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,673
Referee: Felix Brych
28 January 2012 19
UTC+01
)
Podolski 4'
Geromel Yellow card 18'
Brečko Red card 78'
Report Uchida Yellow card 35'
Matip Yellow card 53'
Marica 60', 72'
Huntelaar 78' (pen.)
Höger 82'
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Jochen Drees
4 February 2012 20
UTC+01
)
Obasi 59' Report Zidan 15' Stadium:
Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 60,557
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
11 February 2012 21
UTC+01
)
Reus 2'
Hanke 15'
Arango 32'
Report Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 54,049
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
19 February 2012 22
UTC+01
)
Raúl 10'
Huntelaar 15', 72'
Matip 49'
Report Stadium:
Veltins-Arena

Attendance: 60,511
Referee: Peter Sippel
26 February 2012 23
UTC+01
)
Ribéry 36', 55' Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 69,000
Referee: Michael Weiner
3 March 2012 24
UTC+01
)
Freis 18'
Caligiuri 66' (pen.)
Pukki 72' Stadium: badenova-Stadion
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Marco Fritz
11 March 2012 25
UTC+01
)
Pukki 5'
Metzelder 26'
Huntelaar 33' (pen.)
Kačar 45' Stadium:
Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,673
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
18 March 2012 26
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 27
UTC+01
)
Huntelaar 18', 86' Stadium:
Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,673
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
1 April 2012 28
UTC+02
)
Rudy Yellow card 19'
Salihović 30' (pen.)
Vorsah Yellow card 71'
Jones Yellow card 23'
Unnerstall Yellow card 29'
Papadopoulos Yellow card 39'
Matip Yellow card 42'
Huntelaar 80' (pen.)
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 30,150
Referee: Markus Schmidt
8 April 2012 29
UTC+02
)
Raúl 6', 47'
Huntelaar 63'
Stadium:
Veltins-Arena

Attendance: 61,673
Referee: Tobias Stieler
11 April 2012 30
UTC+02
)
Balitsch 25'
Simons 37' (pen.)
Didavi 45', 87'
Holtby 85' Stadium:
easyCredit-Stadion
Attendance: 44,031
Referee: Florian Meyer
14 April 2012
UTC+02
)
Farfán 9' Piszczek 17'
Kehl 63'
Stadium:
Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,673
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
22 April 2012 32
UTC+02
)
Langkamp 6' Huntelaar 38' Stadium:
SGL arena

Attendance: 30,660
Referee: Christian Dingert
28 April 2012 33
UTC+02
)
Huntelaar 32', 88'
Holtby 73'
Raúl 84'
Stadium:
Veltins-Arena

Attendance: 61,673
Referee: Günter Perl
5 May 2012 34
UTC+02
)
Pizarro 41' (pen.), 82' Draxler 30'
Huntelaar 65', 74'
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Deniz Aytekin

DFB-Pokal

31 July Round 1
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 2
UTC+02
)
Report Huntelaar 81'
Matip 83'
Stadium: Wildparkstadion
Attendance: 28,916
Referee: Günter Perl
Man of the Match: Unnerstall
21 December Round 3
UTC+01
)
Arango 18'
Reus 56', 88'
Report Draxler 70' Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 54,057
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
Man of the Match: Reus

DFL-Supercup

23 July 2011 (2011-07-23) Final Schalke 04 0–0
(4–3 p)
Borussia Dortmund Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CEST Report Attendance: 61,673
Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)
Penalties

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

18 August 2011
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
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 Germany 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 Israel Maccabi Haifa 6 2 0 4 10 12 −2 6
4
AEK Larnaca
6 1 2 3 4 11 −7 5
Source: Soccerway
Schalke 04 Germany v Israel Maccabi Haifa
29 September 2011
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
3 November 2011
UTC+01
)
Report Stadium:
Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 52,077
Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)
Man of the Match: Unnerstall
1 December 2011
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
Maccabi Haifa Israel v Germany Schalke 04
14 December 2011
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
UTC+01
)
Darida 22' Report Huntelaar 75' Stadium:
Synot Tip Arena
Attendance: 11,435
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France
)
23 February 2012 Second leg Schalke 04 Germany 3–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 agg.)
Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň Gelsenkirchen, 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 leg Twente Netherlands 1–0 Germany Schalke 04 Enschede, 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 leg Schalke 04 Germany 4–1
(4–2 agg.)
Netherlands Twente Gelsenkirchen, 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 leg Schalke 04 Germany 2–4 Spain Athletic Bilbao Gelsenkirchen, Germany
21:05 (CEST) Raúl 22', 60'
Höger Yellow card 54'
Uchida Yellow card 67'
Huntelaar Yellow card 76'
Report Iturraspe Yellow card 8'
Llorente 20', 73'
Amorebieta Yellow card 63'
Pérez Yellow card 80'
De Marcos 81'
Muniain 90+3'
Stadium:
Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal
)
5 April 2012 Second leg Athletic Bilbao Spain 2–2
(6–4 agg.)
Germany Schalke 04 Bilbao, Spain
21:05 (CET) Ibai 41'
Martínez Yellow card 53'
Susaeta 55'
De Marcos Yellow card 72'
Report Obasi Yellow card 28'
Huntelaar 29'
Raúl 52'
Matip Yellow card 75'
Papadopoulos Yellow card 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]
Player Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Europa League Totals
Player Nat. Birthday at Schalke 04 since Previous club Matches Goals Matches Goal Matches Goals Matches Goals
Goalkeepers
Ralf Fährmann Germany 27 September 1988 2011 Eintracht Frankfurt 9 0 0 0 4 0 13 0
Timo Hildebrand Germany 5 April 1979 2011
Sporting CP
0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Mathias Schober Germany 8 April 1976 2007
Hansa Rostock
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lars Unnerstall Germany 20 July 1990 2008 Preußen Münster 8 0 2 0 3 0 13 0
Defenders
Sergio Escudero Spain 2 September 1989 2010
Real Murcia
1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
Christian Fuchs Austria 20 July 1986 2011 Mainz 05 16 2 2 0 7 2 25 4
Tim Hoogland Germany 11 June 1985 2010 Mainz 05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Benedikt Höwedes Germany 29 February 1988 2001 SG Herten-Langenbochum 13 1 2 0 6 0 21 1
Christoph Metzelder Germany 5 November 1980 2010
Real Madrid
6 0 0 0 2 0 8 0
Kyriakos Papadopoulos Greece 23 February 1992 2010 Olympiacos 15 0 2 1 7 2 24 3
Hans Sarpei Ghana 28 June 1976 2010 Bayer Leverkusen 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Atsuto Uchida Japan 27 March 1988 2010 Kashima Antlers 5 0 0 0 5 0 10 0
Midfielders
Alexander Baumjohann Germany 23 January 1987 2010 Bayern Munich 6 0 1 0 5 0 12 0
Julian Draxler Germany 20 September 1993 2001 SSV Buer 07/28 15 0 1 0 8 2 24 2
Marco Höger Germany 16 September 1989 2011 Alemannia Aachen 10 0 2 0 7 0 19 0
Lewis Holtby Germany 18 September 1990 2011 Mainz 05 16 3 2 2 7 1 25 6
Jermaine Jones United States 3 November 1981 2011 Blackburn Rovers 9 0 2 0 3 0 14 0
José Manuel Jurado Spain 3 November 1981 2010 Atlético Madrid 10 0 1 0 5 0 16 0
Levan Kenia Georgia (country) 18 October 1990 2008
Lokomotivi Tbilisi
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Peer Kluge Germany 22 November 1980 2010 1. FC Nürnberg 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Joël Matip Cameroon 8 August 1991 2000 VfL Bochum 14 1 2 1 7 1 23 3
Jan Morávek Czech Republic 1 November 1989 2011 1. FC Kaiserslautern 6 0 2 0 4 0 12 0
Christoph Moritz Germany 27 January 1990 2011 Alemannia Aachen 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
Forwards
Jefferson Farfán Peru 26 October 1984 2008 PSV 10 2 1 0 5 0 16 2
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Netherlands 12 August 1983 2010
Milan
15 14 2 5 7 6 24 25
Ciprian Marica Romania 2 October 1985 2011 VfB Stuttgart 10 0 2 0 6 1 18 1
Chinedu Obasi Nigeria 1 June 1986 2012 1899 Hoffenheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Teemu Pukki Finland 29 March 1990 2011 HJK 7 5 1 0 01 01 8 5
Raúl Spain 27 June 1977 2010
Real Madrid
16 7 2 2 5 1 23 10
Andreas Wiegel Germany 21 July 1991 2006 SC Paderborn 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
  • 1.^ Teemu Pukki played four matches and scored two goals in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and played two matches and scored three goals in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League for HJK.

Transfers

In

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU

Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
GK Germany Ralf Fährmann 22 EU Eintracht Frankfurt Transfer Summer 2015 Free [6]
DF Austria Christian Fuchs 24 EU Mainz 05 Transfer Summer 2015 Undisclosed [7]
MF Germany Marco Höger 21 EU Alemannia Aachen Transfer Summer 2014 Undisclosed [8]
FW Germany Andreas Wiegel 19 EU Youth system Contract Summer 2013 Free [9]
FW Finland Teemu Pukki 21 EU HJK Finland Summer 2014 [10]
GK Germany Timo Hildebrand 32 EU Free agent S Summer 2012 Free [11]

Out

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU

Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
GK Germany Manuel Neuer 25 EU Bayern Munich Transfer Summer [12]
DF Germany Christian Pander 27 EU Hannover 96 Free Agent Summer Free [13]
DF Norway Tore Reginiussen 25 Non-EU OB Denmark Transfer Summer [14]
DF Germany Lukas Schmitz 22 EU Werder Bremen Transfer Summer [15]
FW Germany
Marvin Pourie
20 EU Silkeborg IF Denmark Transfer Summer [16]
DF France Nicolas Plestan 30 EU Released Summer Free [17]
FW Germany Gerald Asamoah 32 EU Contract terminated Summer Free [18]
FW China Hao Junmin 24 Non-EU
Shandong Luneng Taishan China
Transfer Summer [19]
FW Switzerland Mario Gavranović 21 Non-EU Mainz 05 Transfer Summer [20]

Coaching staff

- Felix Magath (Head Coach)

Kits

Home
Home Alternate
Home Alt. 2
Home Alt. 3
Home Alt. 4
Away
Away Alternate
Third
Third Alternate
Type Shirt Shorts Socks First appearance / Info
Home Blue White Blue / White
Home Alt. Blue Blue Blue / White Bundesliga, Match 3, August 21 against Mainz 05
Home Alt. 2 Blue Blue White Bundesliga, Match 8, October 2 against Hamburger SV
Home Alt. 3 Blue White Blue Bundesliga, Match 12, November 6 against Hannover 96
Home Alt. 4 Blue Blue Blue Bundesliga, Match 32, April 22 against FC Augsburg
Away White White White
Away Alt. White Blue White Bundesliga, Match 5, September 11 against VfL Wolfsburg
Third Ultrabeauty Navy Navy
Third Alt. Ultrabeauty Ultrabeauty Ultrabeauty UEFA EL, Play-off, August 15 against HJK

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