FC Schalke 04 in European football

FC Schalke 04 in European football
Club	FC Schalke 04
Seasons played	24
First entry	1958–59 European Cup
Latest entry	2018–19 UEFA Champions League
Titles
Champions League	0
Europa League	1 1997;
Cup Winners' Cup	0
Super Cup	0

This is the list of all Schalke 04's European matches.

Summary

Key

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

As of 6 June 2025^[1]

By competition

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%	First season	Last season
UEFA Champions League / European Cup	73	29	17	27	104	110	−6	039.73	1958–59	2018–19
UEFA Champions League Qualifying	4	2	1	1	5	7	−2	050.00	2008–09	2013–14
UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup	98	50	26	22	164	92	+72	051.02	1976–77	2016–17
UEFA Europa League Qualifying	2	1	0	1	6	3	+3	050.00	2011–12	2011–12
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	14	9	2	3	21	14	+7	064.29	1969–70	1972–73
Total	191	91	46	54	300	226	+74	047.64

Defunct competitions indicated in italics.

By ground

Ground	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Home	95	59	19	17	170	93	+77	062.11
Away	95	31	27	37	127	132	−5	032.63
Neutral^[a]	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Total	191	91	46	54	300	226	+74	047.64

^ Playoff match in the 1958–59 European Cup vs. Kjøbenhavns Boldklub in Enschede, Netherlands

By country of opposition

Country	Pld	W	D	L	Win%
Austria	2	1	0	1	050.00
Belarus	2	2	0	0	100.00
Belgium	6	3	1	2	050.00
Bulgaria	4	3	1	0	075.00
Croatia	4	3	1	0	075.00
Cyprus	6	4	2	0	066.67
Czech Republic^[a]	8	3	3	2	037.50
Denmark	5	3	0	2	060.00
East Germany	2	0	0	2	000.00
England	19	4	4	11	021.05
Finland	2	1	0	1	050.00
France	9	5	2	2	055.56
Germany	2	0	2	0	000.00
Greece	10	6	2	2	060.00
Hungary	1	1	0	0	100.00
Ireland	4	2	1	1	050.00
Israel	4	3	1	0	075.00
Italy	12	6	2	4	050.00
Latvia	2	2	0	0	100.00
Netherlands	10	4	1	5	040.00
Norway	2	2	0	0	100.00
Poland	4	1	2	1	025.00
Portugal	12	6	3	3	050.00
Romania	6	4	2	0	066.67
Russia	4	4	0	0	100.00
Scotland	1	1	0	0	100.00
Slovenia	2	1	1	0	050.00
Spain	27	8	7	12	029.63
Sweden	2	1	1	0	050.00
Switzerland	3	2	1	0	066.67
Turkey	8	3	4	1	037.50
Ukraine	4	0	2	2	000.00
Yugoslavia	2	2	0	0	100.00
Total	191	91	46	54	047.64

^ Including Czechoslovakia

UEFA competitions

1950–2000

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1958–59	European Cup	R1	Kjøbenhavns Boldklub	5–2	0–3	5–5, 3–1^[a]
		R2	Wolverhampton	2–1	2–2	4–3
		QF	Atlético Madrid	1–1	0–3	1–4
1969–70	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Shamrock Rovers	3–0	1–2	4–2
		R2	IFK Norrköping	1–0	0–0	1–0
		QF	Dinamo Zagreb	1–0	3–1	4–1
		SF	Manchester City	1–0	1–5	2–5
1972–73	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Slavia Sofia	2–1	3–1	5–2
		R2	Cork Hibernians	3–0	0–0	3–0
		QF	Sparta Prague	2–1	0–3	2–4
1976–77	UEFA Cup	R1	Porto	3–2	2–2	5–4
		R2	Sportul Studenţesc	4–0	1–0	5–0
		R3	R.W.D. Molenbeek	1–1	0–1	1–2
1977–78	UEFA Cup	R1	Fiorentina	2–1	3–0^[b]	5–1
1977–78	UEFA Cup	R2	1. FC Magdeburg	1–3	2–4	3–7
1996–97	UEFA Cup	R1	Roda JC	3–0	2–2	5–2
		R2	Trabzonspor	1–0	3–3	4–3
		R3	Club Brugge	2–0	1–2	3–2
		QF	Valencia	2–0	1–1	3–1
		SF	Tenerife	2–0^(aet)	0–1	2–1
		Final	Internazionale	1–0	0–1	1–1 (4–1 p)
1997–98	UEFA Cup	R1	Hajduk Split	2–0	3–2	5–2
		R2	Anderlecht	1–0	2–1	3–1
		R3	Braga	2–0	0–0	2–0
		QF	Internazionale	1–1^(aet)	0–1	1–2
1998–99	UEFA Cup	R1	Slavia Prague	1–0	0–1	1–1 (4–5 p)

^ Playoff match played in Enschede, Netherlands
^ Match originally ended 0–0, but UEFA invalidated this game and awarded a 3–0 victory to Schalke 04 as Fiorentina fielded an ineligible player.

2000–2010

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
2001–02	Champions League	Group C	Panathinaikos	0–2	0–2	4th
			Arsenal	4–1	1–3
			Mallorca	0–1	4–0
2002–03	UEFA Cup	R1	Gomel	4–0	4–1	8–1
		R2	Legia Warszawa	0–0	3–2	3–2
		R3	Wisła Kraków	1–4	1–1	2–5
2003–04	UI Cup	R3	Dacia Chişinău	2–1	1–0	3–1
		SF	Slovan Liberec	2–1	0–0	2–1
		Finals	SV Pasching	0–0	2–0	2–0
	UEFA Cup	R1	Kamen Ingrad	1–0	0–0	1–0
	UEFA Cup	R2	Brøndby	2–1	1–2	3–3 (1–3 p)
2004–05	UI Cup	R3	Vardar	5–0	2–1	7–1
		SF	Esbjerg fB	3–0	3–1	6–1
		Finals	Slovan Liberec	2–1	1–0	3–1
	UEFA Cup	R1	Liepājas Metalurgs	5–1	4–0	9–1
		Group A	Basel	1–1	N/A	2nd
			Heart of Midlothian	N/A	1–0
			Ferencvárosi	2–0	N/A
			Feyenoord	N/A	1–2
		R32	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–1	1–1	1–2
2005–06	Champions League	Group E	PSV Eindhoven	3–0	0–1	3rd
			Milan	2–2	2–3
			Fenerbahçe	2–0	3–3
	UEFA Cup	R32	Espanyol	2–1	3–0	5–1
		R16	Palermo	3–0	0–1	3–1
		QF	Levski Sofia	1–1	3–1	4–2
		SF	Sevilla	0–0	0–1^(aet)	0–1
2006–07	UEFA Cup	R1	Nancy	1–0	1–3	2–3
2007–08	Champions League	Group B	Valencia	0–1	0–0	2nd
			Rosenborg	3–1	2–0
			Chelsea	0–0	0–2
		R16	Porto	1–0	0–1	1–1 (4–1 p)
		QF	Barcelona	0–1	0–1	0–2
2008–09	Champions League	QR3	Atlético Madrid	1–0	0–4	1–4
	UEFA Cup	R1	APOEL	1–1	4–1	5–2
		Group A	Paris Saint-Germain	3–1	N/A	5th
			Racing Santander	N/A	1–1
			Manchester City	0–2	N/A
			Twente	N/A	1–2

2010-2019

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
2010–11	Champions League	Group B	Lyon	3–0	0–1	1st
			Benfica	2–0	2–1
			Hapoel Tel Aviv	3–1	0–0
		R16	Valencia	3–1	1–1	4–2
		QF	Internazionale	2–1	5–2	7–3
		SF	Manchester United	0–2	1–4	1–6
2011–12	Europa League	PO	HJK Helsinki	6–1	0–2	6–3
		Group J	AEK Larnaca	0–0	5–0	1st
			Maccabi Haifa	3–1	3–0
			FCSB	2–1	0–0
		R32	Viktoria Plzeň	3–1^(aet)	1–1	4–2
		R16	Twente	4–1	0–1	4–2
		QF	Athletic Bilbao	2–4	2–2	4–6
2012–13	Champions League	Group B	Arsenal	2–2	2–0	1st
			Montpellier	2–2	1–1
			Olympiacos	1–0	2–1
		R16	Galatasaray	2–3	1–1	3–4
2013–14	Champions League	PO	PAOK	1–1	3–2	4–3
		Group E	Chelsea	0–3	0–3	2nd
			Basel	2–0	1–0
			FCSB	3–0	0–0
		R16	Real Madrid	1–6	1–3	2–9
2014–15	Champions League	Group G	Chelsea	0–5	1–1	2nd
			Maribor	1–1	1–0
			Sporting CP	4–3	2–4
		R16	Real Madrid	0–2	4–3	4–5
2015–16	Europa League	Group K	APOEL	1–0	3–0	1st
			Asteras Tripolis	4–0	4–0
			Sparta Prague	2–2	1–1
		R32	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–3	0–0	0–3
2016–17	Europa League	Group I	Nice	2–0	1–0	1st
			Red Bull Salzburg	3–1	0–2
			Krasnodar	2–0	1–0
		R32	PAOK	1–1	3–0	4–1
		R16	Mönchengladbach	1–1	2–2	3–3 (a)
		QF	Ajax	3–2^(aet)	0–2	3–4
2018–19	Champions League	Group D	Galatasaray	2–0	0–0	2nd
			Lokomotiv Moscow	1–0	1–0
			Porto	1–1	1–3
		R16	Manchester City	2–3	0–7	2–10

Last updated: 12 March 2019
Note: Schalke 04 score always listed first.

Non-UEFA competitions

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1961–62	Intertoto Cup	Group B1	IFK Göteborg	4–1	4–2	2nd
			La Chaux-de-Fonds	8–0	2–3
			Feyenoord	1–5	3–1
1964–65	Intertoto Cup	Group C3	Lens	2–1	2–2	3rd
			Polonia Bytom	2–0	0–6
			Degerfors IF	4–1	0–2
1967	Intertoto Cup	Group B2	Wacker Innsbruck	1–1	2–1	2nd
			Djurgården	2–0	1–4
			Zagłębie Sosnowiec	1–0	0–1
1973	Intertoto Cup	Group 7	Saint-Étienne	0–2	0–2	4th
			Feyenoord	1–2	3–4
			Standard Liège	1–2	1–3
1992	Intertoto Cup	Group 6	SM Caen	1–1	1–1	3rd
			RKC Waalwijk	4–2	3–2
			Lyngby BK	1–2	1–3

Record players

Key

CL = Champions League, CL Q = Champions League Qualifying, EL/UC = Europa League / UEFA Cup, EL Q = Europa League Qualifying, CWC = Cup Winners' Cup

As of 6 June 2025^[2]

Most appearances

#	Player	Schalke career	CL	CL Q	EL/UC	EL Q	Total
1	Benedikt Höwedes	2007–2017	35	4	25	2	66
2	Gerald Asamoah	1999–2010	17	2	32	–	51
3	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	2010–2017, 2021	25	–	22	2	49
4	Joël Matip	2009–2016	26	2	16	2	46
5	Ralf Fährmann	2008–2009, 2011–2025	16	–	22	2	40
	Jefferson Farfán	2008–2015	22	3	14	1	40
	Atsuto Uchida	2010–2017	29	2	7	2	40
8	Julian Draxler	2011–2015	23	2	11	2	38
9	/ Jermaine Jones	2007–2010, 2011–2014	21	4	12	–	37
10	Marcelo Bordon	2004–2010	16	2	18	–	36

Top goalscorers

Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made. Ø = goals per game

#	Player	Schalke career	CL	CL Q	EL/UC	EL Q	CWC	Total	Ø
1	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	2010–2017, 2021	13 (25)	–	14 (22)	4 (2)	–	31 (49)	0.63
2	Ebbe Sand	1999–2006	2 (9)	–	8 (22)	–	–	10 (31)	0.32
3	Mike Hanke	2001–2005	–	–	9 (13)	–	–	9 (13)	0.69
	Raúl	2010–2012	5 (12)	–	4 (10)	0 (1)	–	9 (23)	0.39
	Marc Wilmots	1996–2000, 2001–2003	0 (3)	–	9 (23)	–	–	9 (26)	0.35
6	Klaus Fischer	1970–1981	–	–	6 (8)	–	1 (1)	7 (9)	0.78
	Lincoln	2004–2007	3 (6)	–	4 (13)	–	–	7 (19)	0.37
	Kevin Kurányi	2005–2010	5 (14)	0 (2)	2 (13)	–	–	7 (29)	0.24
	Levan Kobiashvili	2003–2009	3 (11)	0 (1)	4 (23)	–	–	7 (35)	0.20
	Julian Draxler	2011–2015	4 (23)	1 (2)	1 (11)	1 (2)	–	7 (38)	0.18

References

^ "FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, Gelsenkirchen in international football competitions". EU football.info. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
^ "Rekordlisten". FC Schalke 04 (in German). Retrieved 11 September 2019.

External links

Schalke 04 – all matches, all goals in European football (in German)

[2] Playoff match in the 1958–59 European Cup vs. Kjøbenhavns Boldklub in Enschede, Netherlands

[3] Including Czechoslovakia

[4] Playoff match played in Enschede, Netherlands

[5] Match originally ended 0–0, but UEFA invalidated this game and awarded a 3–0 victory to Schalke 04 as Fiorentina fielded an ineligible player.

[1] "FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, Gelsenkirchen in international football competitions". EU football.info. Retrieved 3 August 2024.

[6] "Rekordlisten". FC Schalke 04 (in German). Retrieved 11 September 2019.

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