FC Schalke 04 is a German football club based in Gelsenkirchen. The club was founded in 1904. They currently compete in the Bundesliga.
The following are lists of Schalke 04 players since the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963 and notable club players of the pre-Bundesliga era.
Player: All 538 players who made at least one appearance in a competitive match for Schalke 04 since August 1963 are listed below. 469 of them played in the Bundesliga. 329 players scored at least one goal for the club. 280 of them scored in the Bundesliga.
Nation:
German championship participations: (titles in bold):
1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1958, 1962
Total competitive matches (since 1922): Oberliga West (468), Gauliga Westfalen (206), Gauliga Ruhr (141), German championship (116), DFB-Pokal (53), Western German championship (43), Westphalian / Western German Cup (41), Emscher-Kreisliga (39), Landesliga Westfalen (34), European Cup (7), Bundesliga, i.a.
| Player | Club career | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=45 | Apps! | Goals | Won | width=45 | Apps! | Goals | ||||||
| align=left colspan=2 | 1936–1942 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 86 | 26 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=2 | 1932–1948 | 68 | 1 | 6 | 220 | 1 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=2 | 1947–1949 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 119 | 93 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=2 | 1939–1952 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 199 | 13 | ||||||
| align=left bgcolor=e3effa | 1949–1955 | 39 | 26 | 3 | 277 | 146 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=2 | 1933–1944 | 52 | 11 | 6 | 190 | 38 | ||||||
| 0 | 0 | align=left bgcolor=e3effa | 1904–1914 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| align=left colspan=2 | 1938–1947 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 172 | 78 | ||||||
| align=left bgcolor=e3effa | 1933–1944 | 66 | 54 | 6 | 253 | 195 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=2 | 1955–1965 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 202 | 2 | ||||||
| align=left bgcolor=e3effa | 1950–1962 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 425 | 168 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=2 | 1937–1947 | 44 | 0 | 4 | 199 | 5 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=2 | 1956–1962 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 126 | 29 | ||||||
| align=left bgcolor=e3effa | 1955–1965 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 265 | 88 | ||||||
| align=left bgcolor=e3effa | 1956–1968 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 256 | 77 | ||||||
| align=left bgcolor=e3effa | 1923–1949 | 79 | 48 | 6 | 466 | 445 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=2 | 1948–1957 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 241 | 66 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=2 | 1930–1937 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 146 | 0 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=2 | 1930–1936 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 128 | 90 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=2 | 1958–1965 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 174 | 39 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=2 | 1953–1961 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 198 | 0 | ||||||
| align=left bgcolor=e3effa | 1934–1938 | 24 | 28 | 2 | 101 | 104 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=2 | 1927–1937 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 160 | 5 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=2 | 1924–1935 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 166 | 102 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=2 | 1960–1965 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 9 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=2 | 1934–1948 | 48 | 0 | 4 | 241 | 9 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=2 | 1951–1953, 1955–1959 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 140 | 70 | ||||||
| align=left bgcolor=e3effa | 1916–1928, 1930–1931 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||||||
| align=left bgcolor=e3effa | 1925–1949 | 87 | 56 | 6 | 437 | 311 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=2 | 1929–1933 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 24 | ||||||
| align=left bgcolor=e3effa | 1932–1948 | 77 | 7 | 6 | 349 | 61 | ||||||
| align=left bgcolor=e3effa | 1932–1943 | 46 | 30 | 6 | 153 | 124 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=2 | 1942–1943, 1949–1956 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 218 | 16 | ||||||
| width=140 | Player! | width=90 | Years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=e3effa align=left | 1916–1928 | |||
| bgcolor=e3effa align=left | 1928–1948 | |||
| 1948 | ||||
| bgcolor=e3effa align=left | 1949–1955 | |||
| bgcolor=e3effa align=left | 1955–1962 | |||
| bgcolor=e3effa align=left | 1962–1968 | |||
| 1968–1969 | ||||
| bgcolor=e3effa align=left | 1969–1972 | |||
| 1972–1976 | ||||
| bgcolor=e3effa align=left | 1976–1980 | |||
| 1980–1981 | ||||
| bgcolor=e3effa align=left | 1981 | |||
| 1981–1983 | ||||
| 1983–1985 | ||||
| 1985–1986 | ||||
| 1986–1987 | ||||
| 1987–1988 | ||||
| 1988–1992 | ||||
| 1992–1993 | ||||
| 1993–1994 | ||||
| 1994–1995 | ||||
| bgcolor=e3effa align=left | 1995–1996 | |||
| 1996–1997 | ||||
| bgcolor=e3effa align=left | 1997–2000 | |||
| bgcolor=e3effa align=left |  | 2000–2004 | ||
| 2004–2005 | ||||
| 2005–2006 | ||||
 | 2006–2009 | |||
 | 2009 | |||
| 2009–2010 | ||||
| 2010–2011 | ||||
| bgcolor=e3effa align=left | 2011–2017 | |||
| 2017–2019 | ||||
| 2019 | ||||
 | 2020–2021 | |||
 | 2021 | |||
| 2021–2023 | ||||
| 2023–2024 | ||||
 | 2024– |