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The Royal Blues are the Bundesliga’s club of chaos and are currently not top notch in any area. But the decline had long been evident. The overview.
No Bundesliga club is currently sinking into chaos like FC Schalke 04: in 18th place from 24 Bundesliga games without a win. There is a rumble in the cabin. The management plan also gives an unhappy image. The bitter truth: Schalke is a candidate for relegation in the 2020/21 season.
But the decline had been evident for a long time. The chronicle of the bankruptcy in Gelsenkirchen at a glance:
►Saison 2018/19: A devastating summer break for S04 – because Leon Goretzka (free transfer to Bayern), Max Meyer (free transfer to Crystal Palace), Benedikt Höwedes (for five million euros at Lok Moscow) and Thilo Kehrer (for 37 million at PSG) are out ) the club. Sebastian Rudy (for 16 million from FC Bayern), Suat Serdar (for 11 million from Mainz 05), Omar Mascarell (for ten million from Real Madrid) and Rabbi Matondo (for nine million from Manchester City) replace them. .
►29. September 2018: After the second place of the previous year under the guidance of the new coach Domenico Tedesco, Schalke started in a disastrous way. It wasn’t until matchday six that S04 took their first win of the season, the first five games were lost.
►22. December 2018: Schalke finished the first half of the season in 14th place.
►23. February 2019: Ultimately, largely unlucky sporting director Christian Heidel ironically resigns shortly after a 3-0 defeat to his former club Mainz. In charge of Heidel since 2016, Sead Kolasinac’s departure (to Arsenal in 2018) is also free.
►5. March 2019: Jochen Schneider soon assumes the position of Heidel sports director.
►12. March 2019: S04 loses 7-0 in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 at Manchester City.
►14. March 2019: Schalke fires the coach Domenico Tedesco. Club legends Huub Stevens and Mike Büskens will take over together on an interim basis until the end of the season.
Unfortunate in the end: Domenico Tedesco had to go to Schalke soon. (Source: imago images)
►May 9, 2019: David Wagner is the new coach of Schalke. This was announced by the Royal Blues after the 47-year-old had previously reported a commitment. Wagner takes over for the 2019/20 season, he had already caused a sensation in England when he rose dramatically to the Premier League with Huddersfield Town in 2017.
►18. May 2019: Only two wins in the last ten official matches of the season: Schalke finished the 2018/19 season in 14th place, by far the worst record since 2011, when the miners led by Felix Magath and then by Ralf Rangnick also arrived. Only 14 °.
Bringer of Hope: David Wagner at Schalke presentation in June 2019 (Source: imago images)
►1. August 2019: At the “Craft Day” in Paderborn, Schalke supervisory board chairman Clemens Tönnies had a serious dropout: he found financing for power plants in Africa reasonable, Tönnies said in a speech – and continued: “Then Africans would stop cutting trees and stop producing babies when it’s dark. ” Following the racism scandal, the longtime club boss is also harshly criticized from within his own club.
►6. August 2019: Tönnies announces that his offices in the association will be suspended for three months. Earlier, after a meeting lasting several hours, Schalke’s Honorary Council had announced “that the accusation of racism raised against S04 president Clemens Tönnies is unfounded”. However, the entrepreneur “violated the prohibition of discrimination anchored in the statutes and in the declaration of intent of the association”. Here, too, the inconsistency of the subjects involved is criticized.
Clemens Tönnies: The statements from Schalke’s supervisory board continue to cause a stir at the Revierklub. (Source: RHR-Foto images / imago)
►Saison 2019/20: Schalke lends Ralf Fährmann (first to Norwich City, then to Brann / Norway), Rudy (again at Hoffenheim) and Mark Uth (at 1. FC Köln), who were once bearers of hope. In addition, Breel Embolo, brought from Basel in 2016 for 26.5 million euros, went to Borussia Mönchengladbach for only eleven million.
►September 28, 2019: Four wins in their first six games, the last 3-1 at RB Leipzig – Schalke have started the season well under Wagner and are currently in fourth place.
►15. December 2019: The 1-0 win against Eintracht Frankfurt on Matchday 15 will be from a do it brutal overshadowed by Schalke goalkeeper Alexander Nübel to SGE midfielder Mijat Gacinovic. The U21 national team goalkeeper, courted by Bayern, flies off the pitch with red after his kung fu kick. Nübel was subsequently disqualified for the foul for four games.
►21. December 2019: Schalke finished the first half of the season in sixth place, well above expectations.
►22. December 2019: Several media reports unanimously: Alexander Nübel moves to FC Bayern Munich for the 2020/21 season. Months of speculation preceded the move. Experts criticize the young goalkeeper for the decision to sit on the bench only in Monaco. “As of now, a young, ambitious and extremely talented goalkeeper is changing the captain’s armband, the regular seat at a big club and the fans’ love for a reserve role,” writes Lothar Matthäus. On 4 January 2020, FC Bayern confirmed their commitment.
►4. February 2020: Schalke win the first knockout round of the DFB Cup 3-2 against Hertha BSC. However, the victory is overshadowed by the racist slurs of Schalke fans against Hertha defender Jordan Torunarigha. The DFB also condemns the club 50,000 euro fine.
►29. February 2020: The discussion on Nübel, which arose as a result of the fixed amendment, has intensified. Schalke loses 3-0 at 1. FC Köln on Matchday 24 is the sixth consecutive winless game and Nübel looks unhappy with his return from sending off. Wagner replaces him from the next match with Markus Schubert.
►30. May 2020: After Schubert was unable to convince in his appearances, Wagner returned to Nübel ahead of matchday 29 against Werder Bremen, who will be on target for the final matches of the season.
Unhappy farewell to Schalke: Alexander Nübel did not always make a good impression. (Source: imago images)
►3. June 2020: Schalke have now dropped to 10th and have been winless for ten competitive matches. There is also a storm of indignation when the club asks fans who are requesting ticket refunds as part of the ghost games to fill out a so-called hardship application. “It was a fundamental own goal. An incredible mistake”, admits sporting director Schneider.
►27. June 2020: At the end of the season, S04 received another whopping 4-0 against SC Freiburg. 16 games without a win – new club record. At the final table, Schalke are still in twelfth place, miraculously, with 39 points: only nine have been won in the second half of the season.
►June 30, 2020: Tönnies declares his immediate resignation from all offices at Schalke. The entrepreneur had already had coronal outbreaks in his slaughterhouses
►1. July 2020: In the midst of the sporting crisis, Schalke’s management explains. “We will continue with our team of coaches”, emphasizes sporting director Schneider and expresses his confidence in Wagner. The coach himself explains the downward trend: “I’m responsible for it”.
►28. July 2020: The association encounters financial difficulties in the Corona crisis. The state of North Rhine-Westphalia takes on a guarantee for the club. Schalke closed the 2019 financial year with liabilities of 197 million euros. At the start of the Corona crisis, Schalke board member Alexander Jobst spoke of a “potentially life-threatening” situation at Schalke.
►Season 2020/21: events move to Schalke.
►18. September 2020: At the start of the season, the Schalke team will be dismantled by FC Bayern – at 8-0 in Munich, the team disintegrates into its components.
►27. September 2020: A day after the 1: 3 matchday two against Werder Bremen, Schalke manager David Wagner fired. Manuel Baum was introduced as his successor three days later.
►23. November 2020: After losing 2-0 to VfL Wolfsburg on Matchday 8, Schalke have not won in 24 Bundesliga games. As reported by “Bild”, assistant coach Naldo and striker Vedad Ibisevic will take part in the substitution training the day after the match. come together.
►24. November 2020: Staff clearing at S04: Schalke casts Vedad Ibisevic out, midfielders Amine Harit and Nabil Bentaleb suspended. Technology director Michael Reschke also has to leave.
And the riots over Schalke remain.
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