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Sebastian Polter scores in a 1-1 draw with FC Augsburg

A day before Schalke’s training camp in Austria finishes, the club played FC Augsburg in a friendly in Mittersill. Sebastian Polter equalised in a 1-1 draw on Sunday (17/7).

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S04 to face Augsburg instead of Udinese in Sunday’s friendly

A change has been made to the Royal Blues’s training camp schedule at short notice, with Sunday’s (17/7) planned friendly against Udinese not able to take place due to security reasons following discussions with the local authorities. FC Schalke 04 will instead play against FC Augsburg at the same time of 16:30 CEST.

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Frank Kramer: We brought good intensity

Frank Kramer almost had something to celebrate just before full-time against US Salernitana on Wednesday (13/07). A corner from Rodrigo Zalazar found Malick Thiaw in a wonderful position but the defender was unable to head home. Vincenzo Fiorillo, in net for the Serie A side, was there to parry and rescue a 0-0 draw for his team.

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Goalless draw against US Salernitana

In the first game with new main sponsor MeinAuto.de on the front of the shirt, FC Schalke 04 drew 0-0 with US Salernitana in a friendly on Wednesday evening (13/7). 1,850 fans saw S04 take on the Serie A side, captained by former Bundesliga star Franck Ribery, in Wörgl.

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3-1 friendly defeat to SV Meppen

FC Schalke 04 lost for the first time in pre-season on Saturday (9/7). SV Meppen defeated the Royal Blues 3-1 in their fourth friendly before the new season. Dominick Drexler put S04 ahead after 32 minutes, however goals from Marvin Pourie (35’), Luka Tankulic (43’) and David Blacha (57’) gave the third-division side the victory.

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Marvin Pieringer: I’m embracing the competition for places

After struggling to create many chances in the first half, FC Schalke 04’s performance in the second half of their friendly against SC Verl on Wednesday (6/7) was much better, and they were rewarded for this improvement with a 1-0 win against the third-tier side, their third victory and third clean sheet of pre-season. Marvin Pieringer was pleased with the team’s second-half showing.

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Schalke defeat SC Verl 1-0 in a pre-season friendly

FC Schalke 04 maintained their 100% record in pre-season by defeating SC Verl 1-0 in front of 2,500 fans at the Parkstadion on Wednesday evening (6/7). Henning Matriciani got the only goal of the game at the start of the second half.

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Praise and criticism after 7-0 win against Lohne

Three days after their 14-0 win over VfB Hüls, Schalke romped to a 7-0 victory over fourth division side Blau-Weiß Lohne on Saturday. Danny Latza opened the scoring in the tenth minute with a curling effort into the top corner and five more goals followed before the break. Head coach Frank Kramer was satisfied with his side’s performance in the first 45 minutes, but the boss had some words of criticism for his side after the second half.

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7-0 win against Lohne in the new third kit

FC Schalke 04 made it two wins from two at the start of pre-season by defeating Blau-Weiß Lohne 7-0 on Saturday afternoon (2/7) at the Heinz-Dettmer-Stadion. Danny Latza (2), Sebastian Polter (2) Florent Mollet, Simon Terodde and Marvin Pieringer got the goals for the Royal Blues.

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Frank Kramer: It’s important to always be hungry for goals

Following just over a week of training with his new side, Frank Kramer came away with a positive evaluation of FC Schalke 04’s first pre-season friendly. The key for the head coach was not the final score against Bezirksliga outfit VfB Hüls, but rather his team’s performance.

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A first outing for the new home kit and several debutants in a 14-0 win over VfB Hüls

FC Schalke 04’s first pre-season friendly ended in a comfortable victory. A week after returning to training, the Royal Blues won 14-0 against VfB Hüls, sporting their new home kit.

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S04 to face two Serie A clubs during training camp

FC Schalke 04 have arranged friendlies against two Italian clubs during their training camp in Mittersill, Austria.

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