2021–22 FC Schalke 04 season

The 2021–22 FC Schalke 04 season was the 118th season in the football club's history and their sixth season in the 2. Bundesliga, where they were relegated from the Bundesliga the previous season after spending 30 consecutive seasons in the league. In addition to the domestic league, Schalke 04 participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This was the 21st season for Schalke in the Veltins-Arena, located in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The season covered a period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

Schalke 04

2021–22 season
Managing board	Bernd Schröder Peter Knäbel Christina Rühl-Hamers
Head coach	Dimitrios Grammozis (until 6 March) Mike Büskens (from 7 March)
Stadium	Veltins-Arena
2. Bundesliga	1st (promoted)
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Simon Terodde (30) All: Simon Terodde (30)
Home colours Away colours
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Players

Note: Players' appearances and goals only in their Schalke career.

As of end of 2021–22 season.^[1]

No.	Name	Nat.	Pos.	Age	Contract		League		Total
					began	ends	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Ralf Fährmann		GK	33	Jul 2011	Jun 2025	206	0	267	0
30	Martin Fraisl		GK	29	Jul 2021	Jun 2022	26	0	26	0
34	Michael Langer		GK	37	Aug 2017	Jun 2022	5	0	5	0
Defenders
2	Thomas Ouwejan		DF	26	Jul 2021	Jun 2022	28	3	30	3
3	Ko Itakura		DF	25	Aug 2021	Jun 2022	31	4	32	4
5	Marius Lode		DF	29	Jan 2022	Jun 2024	6	0	6	0
16	Andreas Vindheim		DF	26	Jan 2022	Jun 2022	7	1	7	1
26	Salif Sané		DF	31	Jul 2018	Jun 2022	70	4	82	6
33	Malick Thiaw		DF	20	Jul 2020	Jun 2024	54	3	58	3
35	Marcin Kamiński		DF	30	Jul 2021	Jun 2023	31	2	33	2
41	Henning Matriciani		DF	22	Sep 2021	Jun 2024	13	0	13	0
Midfielders
4	Victor Pálsson		MF	31	Jul 2021	Jun 2023	28	0	30	0
7	Darko Churlinov		MF	21	Aug 2021	Jun 2022	22	2	23	2
8	Danny Latza (captain)		MF	32	Jul 2021	Jun 2023	18	2	19	2
10	Rodrigo Zalazar		MF	22	Aug 2021	Jun 2022	30	6	32	7
14	Dong-gyeong Lee		MF	24	Jan 2022	Jun 2022	1	0	1	0
17	Florian Flick		MF	22	May 2021	Jun 2024	31	1	32	1
18	Marc Rzatkowski		MF	32	Sep 2021	Jun 2022	2	0	2	0
24	Dominick Drexler		MF	32	Jul 2021	Jun 2023	23	3	24	3
27	Reinhold Ranftl		MF	30	Jul 2021	Jun 2024	15	0	16	0
36	Blendi Idrizi		MF	24	Jun 2021	Jun 2024	25	2	27	2
38	Mehmet-Can Aydın		MF	20	Jun 2021	Jun 2025	24	1	25	1
39	Yaroslav Mikhaylov		MF	19	Jul 2021	Jun 2022	8	0	10	1
42	Kerim Çalhanoğlu		MF	19	Sep 2020	Jun 2024	14	0	15	0
Forwards
9	Simon Terodde		FW	34	Jul 2021	Jun 2023	30	30	32	30
11	Marius Bülter		FW	29	Jul 2021	Jun 2024	32	10	34	12
21	Marvin Pieringer		FW	22	Jul 2021	Jun 2022	24	2	26	2

Transfers

In

Player	Nat.	Pos.	From	Type	Window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
Marius Lode		DF	Bodø/Glimt	End of contract	Winter	2024	—	[2]
Dong-gyeong Lee		MF	Ulsan Hyundai	Loan with option to buy	Winter	2022	—	[3]
Andreas Vindheim		DF	Sparta Prague	Loan with option to buy	Winter	2022	—	[4]
Marius Bülter		FW	Union Berlin	Transfer	Summer	2024	€800,000	[5]
Victor Pálsson		MF	Darmstadt 98	Transfer	Summer	2023	€700,000	[6]
Reinhold Ranftl		MF	LASK	Transfer	Summer	2024	€650,000	[7]
Dominick Drexler		MF	1. FC Köln	Transfer	Summer	2023	Free	[8]
Dries Wouters		DF	Genk	Transfer	Summer	2024	Free	[9]
Martin Fraisl		GK	ADO Den Haag	End of contract	Summer	2022	—	[10]
Marcin Kamiński		DF	VfB Stuttgart	End of contract	Summer	2023	—	[11]
Danny Latza		MF	Mainz 05	End of contract	Summer	2023	—	[12]
Marc Rzatkowski		MF	Free agent	End of contract	Summer	2022	—	[13]
Simon Terodde		FW	Hamburger SV	End of contract	Summer	2022	—	[14]
Ko Itakura		DF	Manchester City	Loan with option to buy	Summer	2022	—	[15]
Thomas Ouwejan		DF	AZ Alkmaar	Loan with option to buy	Summer	2022	—	[16]
Marvin Pieringer		FW	SC Freiburg	Loan with option to buy	Summer	2022	—	[17]
Rodrigo Zalazar		MF	Eintracht Frankfurt	Loan with option to buy	Summer	2022	—	[18]
Darko Churlinov		MF	VfB Stuttgart	Loan	Summer	2022	—	[19]
Yaroslav Mikhaylov		MF	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Loan	Summer	2022	—	[20]
Mehmet-Can Aydın		MF	Schalke 04 II	Promoted	Summer	2022	—	—
Florian Flick		MF	Schalke 04 II	Promoted	Summer	2023	—	[6]
Blendi Idrizi		MF	Schalke 04 II	Promoted	Summer	2023	—	[21]
Henning Matriciani		DF	Schalke 04 II	Promoted	Summer	2024	—	[22]
Jonas Carls		DF	Vitória Guimarães	Loan return	Summer	2022	—	—
Ozan Kabak		DF	Liverpool	Loan return	Summer	2023	—	—
Ahmed Kutucu		FW	Heracles Almelo	Loan return	Summer	2022	—	—
Rabbi Matondo		FW	Stoke City	Loan return	Summer	2023	—	—
Sebastian Rudy		MF	1899 Hoffenheim	Loan return	Summer	2022	—	—
Markus Schubert		GK	Eintracht Frankfurt	Loan return	Summer	2023	—	—

Out

Player	Nat.	Pos.	To	Type	Window	Transfer fee	Ref.
Timo Becker		DF	Hansa Rostock	Loan	Winter	—	[23]
Dries Wouters		DF	Mechelen	Loan	Winter	—	[24]
Weston McKennie		MF	Juventus	Transfer	Summer	€18,500,000[a]	[25]
Suat Serdar		MF	Hertha BSC	Transfer	Summer	€8,000,000	[26]
Matthew Hoppe		FW	Mallorca	Transfer	Summer	€3,500,000	[27]
Benito Raman		FW	Anderlecht	Transfer	Summer	€3,500,000	[28]
Bernard Tekpetey		FW	Ludogorets Razgrad	Transfer	Summer	€900,000[b]	[29]
Ahmed Kutucu		FW	İstanbul Başakşehir	Transfer	Summer	€600,000	[30]
Matija Nastasić		DF	Fiorentina	Transfer	Summer	€500,000	[31]
Jonas Carls		DF	SC Paderborn	Transfer	Summer	Free	[32]
Markus Schubert		GK	Vitesse	Transfer	Summer	Free	[33]
Mark Uth		FW	1. FC Köln	Transfer	Summer	Free	[34]
Omar Mascarell		MF	Elche	Released	Summer	—	[35]
Sebastian Rudy		MF	1899 Hoffenheim	Released	Summer	—	[36]
Nabil Bentaleb		MF	Free agent	End of contract	Summer	—	[37]
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar		FW	Retired	End of contract	Summer	—	[38]
Shkodran Mustafi		DF	Levante	End of contract	Summer	—	[37]
Bastian Oczipka		DF	Union Berlin	End of contract	Summer	—	[37]
Alessandro Schöpf		MF	Arminia Bielefeld	End of contract	Summer	—	[37][39]
Steven Skrzybski		FW	Holstein Kiel	End of contract	Summer	—	[37]
Benjamin Stambouli		DF	Adana Demirspor	End of contract	Summer	—	[37]
Ozan Kabak		DF	Norwich City	Loan with option to buy[c]	Summer	—	[40]
Can Bozdoğan		MF	Beşiktaş	Loan with option to buy	Summer	—	[41]
Rabbi Matondo		FW	Cercle Brugge	Loan with option to buy	Summer	—	[42]
Levent Mercan		MF	Fatih Karagümrük	Loan with option to buy	Summer	—	[43]
Nassim Boujellab		MF	Ingolstadt 04	Loan	Summer	—	[44]
Amine Harit		MF	Marseille	Loan	Summer	—	[45]
Hamza Mendyl		DF	Gaziantep	Loan	Summer	—	[46]
Sead Kolašinac		DF	Arsenal	End of loan	Summer	—	[38]
Kilian Ludewig		DF	Red Bull Salzburg	End of loan	Summer	—	[37]
Gonçalo Paciência		FW	Eintracht Frankfurt	End of loan	Summer	—	[37]
Frederik Rønnow		GK	Eintracht Frankfurt	End of loan	Summer	—	[37]
William		DF	VfL Wolfsburg	End of loan	Summer	—	[37]

1. Fee may eventually rise to €25,000,000. He was previously loaned for €4,500,000 loan fee for the 2020–21 season
2. He was previously loaned for €400,000 loan fee for the 2020–21 season
3. €4,000,000 loan fee. Option to buy for €13,000,000 could become an obligation to buy under certain conditions.

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Schalke 04 v PSV Wesel-Lackhausen

23 June 2021 (2021-06-23) 1	Schalke 04	8–0	PSV Wesel-Lackhausen	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Latza 15' Terodde 25', 35', 38' Raman 29' Mendyl 53' Kutucu 70' Thiaw 87'	Report		Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 1,000

Schalke 04 v Hamborn 07

27 June 2021 (2021-06-27) 2	Schalke 04	14–0	Hamborn 07	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Raman 4' Sané 10' Idrizi 15' Pieringer 35' Mikhaylov 46', 70' Becker 48' Mercan 54' Terodde 57' (pen.), 63', 78' Kamiński 73' Boujellab 87' Aydın 88'	Report		Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 1,000

Schalke 04 v Zenit Saint Petersburg

3 July 2021 (2021-07-03) 3	Schalke 04	0–0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Kufstein, Austria
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Kufstein Arena Attendance: 1,000

Schalke 04 v Shakhtar Donetsk

9 July 2021 (2021-07-09) 4	Schalke 04	0–0	Shakhtar Donetsk	Mittersill, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 650

Schalke 04 v Vitesse

16 July 2021 (2021-07-16) 5	Schalke 04	3–2	Vitesse	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Terodde 53', 65' Idrizi 83'	Report	Manhoef 73' Oroz 88'	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 1,000

Schalke 04 v SSVg Velbert

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 6	Schalke 04	7–0	SSVg Velbert	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pieringer 1', 5', 16' Çalhanoğlu 23' Harit 27', 43' Bozdoğan 75'	Report		Stadium: Training ground Attendance: 0

Schalke 04 v Eupen

2 September 2021 (2021-09-02) 7	Schalke 04	1–5	Eupen	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mikhaylov 49'	Report	Nuhu 10', 29', 37' Keita 44' N'Dri 47'	Stadium: Training ground Attendance: 0

VfB Lübeck v Schalke 04

7 October 2021 (2021-10-07) 8	VfB Lübeck	0–2	Schalke 04	Lübeck, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Bülter 37' Hanraths 85'	Stadium: Stadion Lohmühle Attendance: 3,003

Schalke 04 v Fortuna Sittard

8 January 2022 (2022-01-08) 9	Schalke 04	1–1	Fortuna Sittard	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
13:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Pieringer 41'	Report	Ferati 52'	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 0

1. FC Köln v Schalke 04

27 January 2022 (2022-01-27) 10	1. FC Köln	2–2	Schalke 04	Cologne, Germany
13:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Modeste 28' Andersson 46'	Report	Bülter 10' Pieringer 73'	Stadium: Franz-Kremer Stadion Attendance: 0

Schalke 04 v FC Utrecht

24 March 2022 (2022-03-24) 11	Schalke 04	1–0	FC Utrecht	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Drexler 13'	Report		Stadium: Training ground Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga	23 July 2021	15 May 2022	Matchday 1	Winners	34	20	5	9	72	44	+28	058.82
DFB-Pokal	8 August 2021	26 October 2021	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	050.00
Total					36	21	5	10	76	46	+30	058.33

Last updated: 16 May 2022
Source: Soccerway

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2021–22 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Schalke 04 (C, P)	34	20	5	9	72	44	+28	65	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	Werder Bremen (P)	34	18	9	7	65	43	+22	63
3	Hamburger SV	34	16	12	6	67	35	+32	60	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Darmstadt 98	34	18	6	10	71	46	+25	60
5	FC St. Pauli	34	16	9	9	61	46	+15	57

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.^[47]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	20	5	9	72	44	+28	65	10	2	5	40	27	+13	10	3	4	32	17	+15

Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W
Position	13	8	9	13	9	7	11	8	4	3	3	3	5	7	6	8	4	4	6	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	4	4	1	1	2	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2022. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.^[48]

Schalke 04 v Hamburger SV

23 July 2021 (2021-07-23) 1	Schalke 04	1–3	Hamburger SV	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Terodde 7'	Report	Glatzel 53' Heyer 86' Jatta 90'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 19,770

Holstein Kiel v Schalke 04

1 August 2021 (2021-08-01) 2	Holstein Kiel	0–3	Schalke 04	Kiel
13:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Terodde 2', 21' Bülter 68'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 4,100

Schalke 04 v Erzgebirge Aue

13 August 2021 (2021-08-13) 3	Schalke 04	1–1	Erzgebirge Aue	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Drexler 32'	Report	Härtel 86'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 20,126

Jahn Regensburg v Schalke 04

21 August 2021 (2021-08-21) 4	Jahn Regensburg	4–1	Schalke 04	Regensburg
13:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Beste 8' Breitkreuz 55' Otto 73' Singh 86'	Report	Terodde 81'	Stadium: Jahnstadion Attendance: 5,324

Schalke 04 v Fortuna Düsseldorf

28 August 2021 (2021-08-28) 5	Schalke 04	3–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bülter 15' Terodde 46', 90'	Report	Appelkamp 12'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 25,000

SC Paderborn v Schalke 04

12 September 2021 (2021-09-12) 6	SC Paderborn	0–1	Schalke 04	Paderborn
13:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Terodde 63'	Stadium: Benteler-Arena Attendance: 8,500

Schalke 04 v Karlsruher SC

17 September 2021 (2021-09-17) 7	Schalke 04	1–2	Karlsruher SC	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Terodde 15'	Report	Choi 1' Wanitzek 88'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 25,000

Hansa Rostock v Schalke 04

25 September 2021 (2021-09-25) 8	Hansa Rostock	0–2	Schalke 04	Rostock
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Terodde 42', 49'	Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 14,500

Schalke 04 v Ingolstadt 04

3 October 2021 (2021-10-03) 9	Schalke 04	3–0	Ingolstadt 04	Gelsenkirchen
13:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bülter 25' Aydın 65' Terodde 77'	Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 26,546

Hannover 96 v Schalke 04

15 October 2021 (2021-10-15) 10	Hannover 96	0–1	Schalke 04	Hannover
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Kamiński 90+5'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 39,500

Schalke 04 v Dynamo Dresden

23 October 2021 (2021-10-23) 11	Schalke 04	3–0	Dynamo Dresden	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ouwejan 20' Bülter 78' Kamiński 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 54,526

1. FC Heidenheim v Schalke 04

29 October 2021 (2021-10-29) 12	1. FC Heidenheim	1–0	Schalke 04	Heidenheim
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Husing 89'	Report		Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 10,000

Schalke 04 v Darmstadt 98

7 November 2021 (2021-11-07) 13	Schalke 04	2–4	Darmstadt 98	Gelsenkirchen
13:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Pfeiffer 8' (o.g.) Pieringer 88'	Report	Tietz 11', 63' Honsak 23' Goller 89'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 51,327

Werder Bremen v Schalke 04

20 November 2021 (2021-11-20) 14	Werder Bremen	1–1	Schalke 04	Bremen
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Füllkrug 90+9' (pen.)	Report	Terodde 82'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 42,000

Schalke 04 v SV Sandhausen

27 November 2021 (2021-11-27) 15	Schalke 04	5–2	SV Sandhausen	Gelsenkirchen
13:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Ouwejan 58' Bülter 64', 76' Zhirov 72' (o.g.) Zalazar 82'	Report	Ritzmaier 47' Testroet 74'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 46,319

FC St. Pauli v Schalke 04

4 December 2021 (2021-12-04) 16	FC St. Pauli	2–1	Schalke 04	Hamburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Burgstaller 20', 39'	Report	Zalazar 75'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 19,950

Schalke 04 v 1. FC Nürnberg

10 December 2021 (2021-12-10) 17	Schalke 04	4–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Ouwejan 20' Schäffler 66' (o.g.) Churlinov 85' Itakura 90+4'	Report	Nürnberger 49'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 15,000

Hamburger SV v Schalke 04

18 December 2021 (2021-12-18) 18	Hamburger SV	1–1	Schalke 04	Hamburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Glatzel 2'	Report	Itakura 87'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 15,000

Schalke 04 v Holstein Kiel

16 January 2022 (2022-01-16) 19	Schalke 04	1–1	Holstein Kiel	Gelsenkirchen
13:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Terodde 73'	Report	Mühling 67'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 750

Erzgebirge Aue v Schalke 04

22 January 2022 (2022-01-22) 20	Erzgebirge Aue	0–5	Schalke 04	Aue
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Terodde 36' Vindheim 38' Latza 51', 63' Pieringer 72'	Stadium: Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 1,000

Schalke 04 v Jahn Regensburg

5 February 2022 (2022-02-05) 21	Schalke 04	2–1	Jahn Regensburg	Gelsenkirchen
13:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Terodde 63' Thiaw 73'	Report	Albers 32'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 10,000

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Schalke 04

13 February 2022 (2022-02-13) 22	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–1	Schalke 04	Düsseldorf
13:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Narey 47' Hennings 56'	Report	Idrizi 42'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 10,000

Schalke 04 v SC Paderborn

18 February 2022 (2022-02-18) 23	Schalke 04	2–0	SC Paderborn	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Bülter 22' Churlinov 74'	Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 10,000

Karlsruher SC v Schalke 04

26 February 2022 (2022-02-26) 24	Karlsruher SC	1–1	Schalke 04	Karlsruhe
13:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Choi 34'	Report	Terodde 27'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 15,000

Schalke 04 v Hansa Rostock

5 March 2022 (2022-03-05) 25	Schalke 04	3–4	Hansa Rostock	Gelsenkirchen
13:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Terodde 33', 43', 83'	Report	Ingelsson 25' Verhoek 40' Breier 56' Fröling 90+5'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 28,790

Ingolstadt 04 v Schalke 04

13 March 2022 (2022-03-13) 26	Ingolstadt 04	0–3	Schalke 04	Ingolstadt
13:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Zalazar 55' Thiaw 71' Drexler 81'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 7,593

Schalke 04 v Hannover 96

19 March 2022 (2022-03-19) 27	Schalke 04	2–1	Hannover 96	Gelsenkirchen
13:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Itakura 43' Zalazar 54'	Report	Teuchert 50'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 55,152

Dynamo Dresden v Schalke 04

1 April 2022 (2022-04-01) 28	Dynamo Dresden	1–2	Schalke 04	Dresden
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Will 70'	Report	Terodde 45' (pen.), 51'	Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion Attendance: 30,273

Schalke 04 v 1. FC Heidenheim

9 April 2022 (2022-04-09) 29	Schalke 04	3–0	1. FC Heidenheim	Gelsenkirchen
13:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Drexler 35' Itakura 52' Terodde 90+6'	Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 57,126

Darmstadt 98 v Schalke 04

17 April 2022 (2022-04-17) 30	Darmstadt 98	2–5	Schalke 04	Darmstadt
13:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tietz 11', 34'	Report	Terodde 14', 29' Bülter 42', 48', 62'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 14,500

Schalke 04 v Werder Bremen

23 April 2022 (2022-04-23) 31	Schalke 04	1–4	Werder Bremen	Gelsenkirchen
13:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Terodde 88'	Report	Gruev 9' Füllkrug 26' Ducksch 51', 53'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 62,271

SV Sandhausen v Schalke 04

29 April 2022 (2022-04-29) 32	SV Sandhausen	1–2	Schalke 04	Sandhausen
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Diekmeier 83'	Report	Terodde 71', 90+1'	Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Attendance: 12,355

Schalke 04 v FC St. Pauli

7 May 2022 (2022-05-07) 33	Schalke 04	3–2	FC St. Pauli	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Terodde 47' (pen.), 71' Zalazar 78'	Report	Matanovic 9', 17'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 62,271

1. FC Nürnberg v Schalke 04

15 May 2022 (2022-05-15) 34	1. FC Nürnberg	1–2	Schalke 04	Nuremberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Schleimer 86'	Report	Zalazar 15' Terodde 88'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 50,000

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2021–22 DFB-Pokal

FC Villingen v Schalke 04

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08) First round	FC Villingen	1–4	Schalke 04	Villingen-Schwenningen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Plavci 31'	Report	Bülter 17', 51' Zalazar 49' Mikhaylov 79'	Stadium: MS-Technologie-Arena Attendance: 4,992

1860 Munich v Schalke 04

26 October 2021 (2021-10-26) Second round	1860 Munich	1–0	Schalke 04	Munich
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lex 5'	Report		Stadium: Grünwalder Stadion Attendance: 15,000

Statistics

As of end of 2021–22 season.

Squad statistics

No.	Player	Nat.	Pos.	Total					2. Bundesliga					DFB-Pokal
				Apps	St.				Apps	St.				Apps	St.
1	Ralf Fährmann		GK	8	8	0	0	0	6	6	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
30	Martin Fraisl		GK	26	26	0	3	0	26	26	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	Michael Langer		GK	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Thomas Ouwejan		DF	30	28	3	1	0	28	27	3	1	0	2	1	0	0	0
3	Ko Itakura		DF	32	31	4	3	0	31	30	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0
5	Marius Lode		DF	6	2	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Andreas Vindheim		DF	7	5	1	3	0	7	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	Salif Sané		DF	11	6	0	1	0	11	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Malick Thiaw		DF	32	29	2	3	1	31	28	2	3	0	1	1	0	0	1
35	Marcin Kamiński		DF	33	33	2	6	0	31	31	2	6	0	2	2	0	0	0
41	Henning Matriciani		DF	12	3	0	1	0	12	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Dries Wouters[a]		DF	3	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
31	Timo Becker[a]		DF	6	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
4	Victor Pálsson		MF	30	23	0	3	1	28	21	0	3	1	2	2	0	0	0
7	Darko Churlinov		MF	23	14	2	4	0	22	13	2	4	0	1	1	0	0	0
8	Danny Latza		MF	16	9	2	5	0	15	9	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0
10	Rodrigo Zalazar		MF	32	27	7	5	0	30	25	6	4	0	2	2	1	1	0
14	Dong-gyeong Lee		MF	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Florian Flick		MF	28	16	0	4	0	27	15	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	0
18	Marc Rzatkowski		MF	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Dominick Drexler		MF	24	21	3	5	0	23	20	3	5	0	1	1	0	0	0
27	Reinhold Ranftl		MF	16	11	0	2	0	15	10	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0
36	Blendi Idrizi		MF	24	9	1	3	0	22	9	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	0
38	Mehmet-Can Aydın		MF	19	9	1	2	0	18	8	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0
39	Yaroslav Mikhaylov		MF	10	5	1	1	0	8	4	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0
42	Kerim Çalhanoğlu		MF	11	7	0	2	0	10	7	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
9	Simon Terodde		FW	32	31	30	4	0	30	30	30	3	0	2	1	0	1	0
11	Marius Bülter		FW	34	30	12	2	0	32	28	10	2	0	2	2	2	0	0
21	Marvin Pieringer		FW	26	8	2	5	0	24	7	2	5	0	2	1	0	0	0
40	Keke Topp[b]		FW	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	Rufat Dadashov[c]		FW	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	Bleron Krasniqi[c]		FW	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	Matthew Hoppe[a]		FW	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total				36		73	68	2	34		69	66	1	2		4	2	1

1. Player transferred out during the season
2. Player from Schalke 04 U19
3. Player from Schalke 04 II

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Nat.	Pos.	2. Liga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	Simon Terodde		FW	30	0	30
2	Marius Bülter		FW	10	2	12
3	Rodrigo Zalazar		MF	6	1	7
4	Ko Itakura		DF	4	0	4
5	Dominick Drexler		MF	3	0	3
	Thomas Ouwejan		DF	3	0	3
7	Darko Churlinov		MF	2	0	2
	Marcin Kamiński		DF	2	0	2
	Danny Latza		MF	2	0	2
	Marvin Pieringer		FW	2	0	2
	Malick Thiaw		DF	2	0	2
12	Mehmet-Can Aydın		MF	1	0	1
	Blendi Idrizi		MF	1	0	1
	Andreas Vindheim		DF	1	0	1
	Yaroslav Mikhaylov		MF	0	1	1
Own goals				3	0	3
Total				72	4	76

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Nat.	2. Liga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	Martin Fraisl		8	0	8
2	Ralf Fährmann		1	0	1
	Michael Langer		1	0	1
Total			10	0	10

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