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Final pre-season friendly confirmed – Royal Blues to play Wiesbaden

FC Schalke 04 have arranged another friendly ahead of the 2025/26 season. During the club’s eight-day training camp in Stubaital, Miron Muslic’s team will play SV Wehen Wiesbaden at 11:00 CEST on Saturday, 12th July at the training ground in Neustift.

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S04 to host FC Twente in friendly at the Parkstadion

FC Schalke 04 will play a pre-season friendly against friends FC Twente on Saturday, 19th July at the Parkstadion (14:00 CEST).

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Miron Muslic: Implement our collective gameplan step-by-step

The Royal Blues played their opening friendly fixture of the new season on Saturday (28/6), which marked the conclusion of an intensive first week of pre-season training. The 9-1 win in Nordhorn over the ‘Best of Grafschaft’, a team made up of the best footballers from the region of Grafschaft Bentheim, provided head coach Miron Muslic with the chance to gain some important first impressions.

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9-1 win in friendly against ‘Best of Grafschaft’

Miron Muslic’s first game in charge of FC Schalke 04 ended in a 9-1 victory. S04’s friendly on Saturday (28/6) was against the ‘Best of Grafschaft’, a team made up of the best footballers from the region of Grafschaft Bentheim. Pape Meïssa Ba (2), Amin Younes, Henning Matriciani, Timo Becker, Peter Remmert, Anton Donkor, Mauro Zalazar and Bojan Potnar were all on the scoresheet for the Royal Blues.

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S04 to play Panathinaikos and FC St. Gallen during training camp in Austria

During the club’s eight-day stay in Neustift im Stubaital in Austria, the Royal Blues will play Greek side Panathinaikos and Swiss club FC St. Gallen in friendlies.

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Royal Blues to play Sevilla in pre-season friendly

The highlight of this year’s ‘Schalke Day’ (Saturday, 26/7), presented by SUN MINIMEAL, will be a friendly against Sevilla a week before the start of the season. Kick off against the Spanish side is at 17:00 CEST at the VELTINS-Arena and tickets are available now.

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Pre-season friendly against Rot Weiss Ahlen

FC Schalke 04 have added a further friendly to their pre-season plans, with the Royal Blues set to face Oberliga side Rot Weiss Ahlen on Sunday, 20th July.

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Kees van Wonderen on match practice, fitness levels and youngsters from the academy

Kees van Wonderen was pleased with the 1-0 friendly win over FC Groningen on Wednesday night (19/3). “I’m satisfied with the performance,” said the Schalke head coach after the game. Aymen Barkok scored the only goal of the evening in the 18th minute from the penalty spot after Peter Remmert was brought down in the box.

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S04 defeat FC Groningen in friendly at the Parkstadion

Aymen Barkok scored the only goal of the game on Wednesday evening (19/3) against Dutch top-flight side FC Groningen. Around 1,500 fans were in attendance as the midfielder netted from the penalty spot in the 18th minute.

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Two friendlies confirmed for summer pre-season

The Royal Blue's pre-season plans are starting to take shape, with two friendlies already confirmed ahead of the 2025/26 season.

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S04 to play friendly against FC Groningen

The Royal Blues have arranged a friendly for the upcoming international break. Kees van Wonderen’s side will play FC Groningen on Wednesday, 19th March. Kick-off at the Parkstadion will be at 18:00 CET.

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Fast start helps S04 defeat FC Zürich 3-0

FC Schalke 04 won their second friendly of their winter training camp on Thursday afternoon (9/1). The Royal Blues beat Swiss first-division side FC Zürich 3-0 at the Titanic Sports Center in Belek thanks to goals from Moussa Sylla, Marcin Kaminski and Emil Højlund (penalty).