List of FC Schalke 04 seasons explained

FC Schalke 04 is a German football club based in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia.

Key

• Pld = Matches played
• W = Matches won
• D = Matches drawn
• L = Matches lost
• Pts = Points

• NH = Not held
• QR = Qualifying Round
• GS = Group stage
• R1 = Round 1
• R2 = Round 2
• R3 = Round 3

• R4 = Round 4
• R32 = Round of 32
• R16 = Round of 16
• QF = Quarter-finals
• SF = Semi-finals
• F = Final

Champions

Runners-up

Promoted

Relegated

First Tier

Second Tier

Top scorer shown in bold when he was also the league's highest or joint highest scorer.

Early years (until 1933)

Season	League								Western German Champ.	German Champ.	Top scorer(s) (league)
	Div.	Tier	Pld	W	D	L	Pts				Player(s)	Goals
1922–24	Emscher-Kreisliga	2	17	13	2	2	28	1st	–	–
1924–26	Emscher-Kreisliga	2	22	16	3	3	35	1st	–	–
1926–27	1. Ruhrbezirksklasse	1	16	14	2	0	30	1st	2nd	R16	Ernst Kuzorra	21
1927–28	1. Ruhrbezirksklasse	1	16	9	6	1	24	1st	3rd	R16	Ernst Kuzorra	16
1928–29	1. Ruhrbezirksklasse	1	16	13	1	2	27	1st	1st	QF	Fritz Szepan	18
1929–30	1. Ruhrbezirksklasse	1	18	16	0	2	32	1st	1st	QF	Ernst Kuzorra	34
1930–31	1. Ruhrbezirksklasse	1	16	6	1	9	13	6th	–	–	Wilhelm Kellner	8
1931–32	1. Ruhrbezirksklasse	1	18	16	0	2	32	1st	W	SF	Hermann Nattkämper	19
1932–33	1. Ruhrbezirksklasse	1	18	15	1	2	31	1st	W	RU	Hermann Nattkämper	23

Gauliga era (1933–1945)

Season	League								German Champ.	DFB- Pokal	Top scorer(s) (league)
	Div.	Tier	Pld	W	D	L	Pts				Player(s)	Goals
1933–34	Gauliga Westfalen	1	18	16	1	1	33	1st	W	NH	Hermann Nattkämper	24
1934–35	Gauliga Westfalen	1	18	12	4	2	28	1st	W		Adolf Urban	11
1935–36	Gauliga Westfalen	1	18	17	1	0	35	1st	SF	RU	Adolf Urban	19
1936–37	Gauliga Westfalen	1	18	17	1	0	35	1st	W	RU	Ernst Poertgen	22
1937–38	Gauliga Westfalen	1	18	16	2	0	34	1st	RU	W	Ernst Kuzorra	21
1938–39	Gauliga Westfalen	1	18	13	5	0	31	1st	W	–	Adolf Urban	12
1939–40	Gauliga Westfalen	1	18	15	2	1	32	1st	W	–	Hermann Eppenhoff	27
1940–41	Gauliga Westfalen	1	22	21	1	0	43	1st	RU	R3	Hermann Eppenhoff	28
1941–42	Gauliga Westfalen	1	18	15	2	1	32	1st	W	RU	Hermann Eppenhoff Ernst Kalwitzki	18
1942–43	Gauliga Westfalen	1	18	17	1	0	35	1st	QF	RU	Fritz Szepan	16
1943–44	Gauliga Westfalen	1	18	16	1	1	33	1st	R2	SF	Fritz Szepan	15
1944–45	Gauliga Westfalen	1	The season was abandoned due to World War II

Oberliga era (1945–1963)

KeyOL = Oberliga West, LL = Landesliga Westfalen Gruppe 1
EC = European Cup

Season	League								German Champ.	DFB- Pokal	Europe		Top scorer(s) (league)		Avg. attend.
	Div.	Tier	Pld	W	D	L	Pts						Player(s)	Goals
1945–46	LL	1	16	13	2	1	28	1st	NH	NH	NH			14
1946–47	LL	1	18	16	2	0	34	1st					Herbert Burdenski	30
1947–48	OL	1	24	9	6	9	24	6th	–				Herbert Burdenski	12	16,000
1948–49	OL	1	24	6	6	12	18	12th	–				five players	4	14,500
1949–50	OL	1	30	17	3	10	37	6th	–					12	24,294
1950–51	OL	1	30	18	6	6	42	1st	GS					23	23,800
1951–52	OL	1	30	18	4	8	40	2nd	GS				Bernhard Klodt	16	23,800
1952–53	OL	1	30	14	5	11	33	6th	–	R1			Günter Siebert	15	19,466
1953–54	OL	1	30	16	7	7	39	3rd	–	–				16	26,400
1954–55	OL	1	30	11	8	11	30	6th	–	RU				10	18,333
1955–56	OL	1	30	18	5	7	41	2nd	GS	–	–			14	16,266
1956–57	OL	1	30	15	6	9	36	4th	–	–	–		Günter Siebert	16	19,333
1957–58	OL	1	30	16	9	5	41	1st	W	–	–		Willi Soya	17	25,933
1958–59	OL	1	30	9	9	12	27	11th	–	–	EC	QF	Hans Nowak	13	19,733
1959–60	OL	1	30	15	4	11	34	4th	–	–	–		Waldemar Gerhardt	11	23,800
1960–61	OL	1	30	11	13	6	35	3rd	–	–	–		Waldemar Gerhardt	13	24,066
1961–62	OL	1	30	18	7	5	43	2nd	GS	SF	–		Willi Koslowski	14	26,466
1962–63	OL	1	30	13	9	8	35	6th	–	R1	–		Waldemar Gerhardt	13	24,133

Bundesliga era (1963–present)

KeyBL = Bundesliga, 2BL = 2. Bundesliga
CL = Champions League, EL = Europa League, CWC = Cup Winners' Cup, UC = UEFA Cup, IC = Intertoto Cup
LP = Ligapokal, SC = Supercup

Season	League								DFB- Pokal	Europe		Other		Top scorer(s) (league)		Avg. attend.
	Div.	Tier	Pld	W	D	L	Pts							Player(s)	Goals
1963–64		1	30	12	5	13	29	8th	QF	–		–		Klaus Matischak	18	23,993
1964–65		1	30	7	8	15	22	16th	SF	–		–		Waldemar Gerhardt	11	26,467
1965–66		1	34	10	7	17	27	14th	R2	–		–		Manfred Kreuz	9	29,588
1966–67		1	34	12	6	16	30	15th	QF	–		–		Günter Herrmann	8	25,118
1967–68		1	34	11	8	15	30	15th	R2	–		–		Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp	12	22,765
1968–69		1	34	14	7	13	35	7th	RU	–		–		Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp	7	23,412
1969–70		1	34	11	12	11	34	9th	R2	CWC	SF	–		Manfred Pohlschmidt	9	20,118
1970–71		1	34	15	6	13	36	6th	SF	–		–		Klaus Fischer	15	20,676
1971–72		1	34	24	4	6	52	2nd	W	–		–		Klaus Fischer	22	28,529
1972–73		1	34	10	8	16	28	15th	R2	CWC	QF	LP	SF	Nico Braun Erwin Kremers	10	21,412
1973–74		1	34	16	5	13	37	7th	R1	–		–		Klaus Fischer	21	42,441
1974–75		1	34	16	7	11	39	7th	R3	–		–		Klaus Fischer	17	39,988
1975–76		1	34	13	11	10	37	6th	R3	–		–		Klaus Fischer	29	34,212
1976–77		1	34	17	9	8	43	2nd	R4	UC	R3	–		Klaus Fischer	24	37,576
1977–78		1	34	14	6	14	34	9th	QF	UC	R2	–		Klaus Fischer	20	35,694
1978–79		1	34	9	10	15	28	15th	R3	–		–		Klaus Fischer	21	34,218
1979–80		1	34	12	9	13	33	8th	SF	–		–		Klaus Fischer	7	26,265
1980–81		1	34	8	7	19	23	17th	R1	–		–		Norbert Elgert	10	28,506
1981–82		2	38	19	13	6	51	1st	R1	–		–		Norbert Janzon	13	24,221
1982–83		1	34	8	6	20	22	16th	QF	–		–		Hans-Joachim Abel	9	27,882
1983–84		2	38	23	9	6	55	2nd	SF	–		–		Klaus Täuber	19	15,574
1984–85		1	34	13	8	13	34	8th	R3	–		–		Klaus Täuber	18	28,265
1985–86		1	34	11	8	15	30	10th	QF	–		–		Klaus Täuber	16	19,008
1986–87		1	34	12	8	14	32	13th	R1	–		–		Jürgen Wegmann	10	23,000
1987–88		1	34	8	7	19	23	18th	R1	–		–		Olaf Thon	14	23,041
1988–89		2	38	13	10	15	36	12th	R3	–		–		Ingo Anderbrügge	14	14,989
1989–90		2	38	16	11	11	43	5th	R1	–		–		Peter Sendscheid	18	27,011
1990–91		2	38	23	11	4	57	1st	R3	–		–		Aleksandr Borodyuk	13	34,637
1991–92		1	38	11	12	15	34	11th	R2	–		–		Ingo Anderbrügge Peter Sendscheid	7	47,469
1992–93		1	34	11	12	11	34	10th	R2	–		–		Ingo Anderbrügge	10	41,724
1993–94		1	34	10	9	15	29	14th	R3	–		–		Ingo Anderbrügge	9	35,501
1994–95		1	34	10	11	13	31	11th	QF	–		–		Hendrik Herzog	8	39,883
1995–96		1	34	14	14	6	56	3rd	R3	–		–		Martin Max	11	38,310
1996–97		1	34	11	10	13	43	12th	R2	UC	W	–		Martin Max	12	39,122
1997–98		1	34	13	13	8	52	5th	R2	UC	QF	–		Marc Wilmots	7	50,285
1998–99		1	34	10	11	13	41	10th	R2	UC	R1	LP	R1	Martin Max Youri Mulder	6	43,555
1999–2000		1	34	8	15	11	39	13th	R3	–		–		Ebbe Sand	14	40,543
2000–01		1	34	18	8	8	62	2nd	W	–		–		Ebbe Sand	22	46,599
2001–02		1	34	18	7	9	61	5th	W	CL	GS	LP	F	Ebbe Sand	11	60,440
2002–03		1	34	12	13	9	49	7th	R3	UC	R3	LP	F	Victor Agali	7	60,583
2003–04		1	34	13	11	10	50	7th	R2	IC	W	–		Ebbe Sand	8	61,041
										UC	R2
2004–05		1	34	20	3	11	63	2nd	RU	IC	W	–		Aílton	14	61,383
										UC	R32
2005–06		1	34	16	13	5	61	4th	R2	CL	GS	LP	W	Kevin Kurányi Søren Larsen	10	61,244
										UC	SF
2006–07		1	34	21	5	8	68	2nd	R2	UC	R1	LP	SF	Kevin Kurányi	15	61,348
2007–08		1	34	18	10	6	64	3rd	R3	CL	QF	LP	F	Kevin Kurányi	15	61,274
2008–09		1	34	14	8	12	50	8th	QF	CL	QR3	–		Kevin Kurányi	13	61,387
										UC	GS
2009–10		1	34	19	8	7	65	2nd	SF	–		–		Kevin Kurányi	18	61,316
2010–11		1	34	11	7	16	40	14th	W	CL	SF	SC	RU	Raúl	13	61,320
2011–12		1	34	20	4	10	64	3rd	R3	EL	QF	SC	W	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	29	61,218
2012–13		1	34	16	7	11	55	4th	R3	CL	R16	–		Julian Draxler Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	10	61,171
2013–14		1	34	19	7	8	64	3rd	R3	CL	R16	–		Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	12	61,569
2014–15		1	34	13	9	12	48	6th	R1	CL	R16	–		Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	9	61,578
2015–16		1	34	15	7	12	52	5th	R2	EL	R32	–		Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	12	61,386
2016–17		1	34	11	10	13	43	10th	QF	EL	QF	–		Guido Burgstaller	9	60,703
2017–18	BL	1	34	18	9	7	63	2nd	SF	–		–		Guido Burgstaller	11	61,297
2018–19	BL	1	34	8	9	17	33	14th	QF	CL	R16	–		Daniel Caligiuri	7	60,895
2019–20	BL	1	34	9	12	13	39	12th	QF	–		–		Suat Serdar	7	60,868
2020–21	BL	1	34	3	7	24	16	18th	R3	–		–		Matthew Hoppe	6	0
2021–22	2BL	2	34	20	5	9	65	1st	R2	–		–		Simon Terodde	30	33,469
2022–23	BL	1	34	7	10	17	31	17th	R2	–		–		Marius Bülter	11	61,154
2023–24	2BL	2	34	12	7	15	43	10th	R2	–		–		Kenan Karaman	13	61,502

References

• FC Schalke 04 at Fußballdaten.de (in German)
• FC Schalke 04 at WorldFootball.net