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Youri Mulder: I’m looking forward to seeing our development under Miron

Youri Mulder was involved in the start of pre-season training on countless occasions as a Schalke player, but Saturday (21/6) marked the first opening session he has attended while serving as the club’s director of professional football.

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6/22/2025

Frank Baumann: We have a clear idea

FC Schalke 04 presented their new head coach Miron Muslic on Friday (20/6). Frank Baumann, who has been in his role as board member for sport for a couple of weeks now, also answered questions at the press conference, touching on the decision to hire the 42-year-old, the decisions informing the club’s squad planning and the make-up of the squad for the new season.

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6/20/2025

Kenan Karaman remains FC Schalke 04 club captain

Miron Muslic has already made one key decision ahead of leading his opening training session, specifically that to keep Kenan Karaman as club captain of FC Schalke 04 for the 2025/26 season. “He was the first player that I called up,” reported the new head coach, who made sure to gain an in-depth overview of his future squad before taking charge.

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6/20/2025

Miron Muslic: We want to be active and ramp up the intensity

Head coach Miron Muslic spoke to the media on Friday (20/6) in what was his first press conference since taking up the position. The 42-year-old spoke about various topics including his approach, playing style, coaching staff and the current squad. schalke04.de have summed up all the key quotes from today’s official presentation.

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6/20/2025

Schalke 04 to say farewell to seven players ahead of final game of the season

FC Schalke will be saying goodbye to a number of players ahead of their final home game of the 2024/25 season against SV Elversberg on Sunday (18/5, 15:30 CEST). Mehmet Can Aydin, Marcin Kaminski, Tobias Mohr, Michael Langer, Ralf Fährmann, Dominick Drexler and Aymen Barkok, whose contracts are all set to expire at the end of June, will all receive an official farewell from CEO Matthias Tillmann and director of professional football Youri Mulder around 50 minutes prior to kick-off at the VELTINS-Arena.

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5/16/2025

Kees van Wonderen: Full focus on the final few games

Before training began on Wednesday (23/4), Kees van Wonderen, together with the club’s sporting management, informed the team that he won’t be staying on as the club’s head coach after the end of this season. “It’s important for everyone that we all have clarity now,” said the Dutchman.

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4/24/2025

Positive result sees Schalke meet equity capital rule

FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e.V. published their financial figures for the first half of the 2024/25 season on Thursday (20/3). During the first half of the season (1/7 to 31/12/24), the Royal Blues recorded a consolidated profit of €6.6 million (previous year: -€2.4 million).

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3/20/2025

Merry Christmas from FC Schalke 04!

The Royal Blues wish a Happy Christmas to all of our fans and members.

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12/24/2024

AGM 2024: The most important takeaways

4,735 members, 4,700 of whom were entitled to vote, took part in the club's annual general meeting at the VELTINS-Arena on Saturday (16/11). schalke04.de has summarised the most important information and decisions from the seven-hour event.

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11/17/2024

Schalke 04 break even and forecast profit

FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e.V. have published the figures for the 2024 abbreviated fiscal year on Monday (28/10). Due to an amendment made at the Royal Blues’ annual general meeting last year, the club’s fiscal year will now run from 1st July to 30th June of the following calendar year. The figures presented relate to the period from 1st January 2024 until 30th June 2024, while the previous year’s figures cover the period from 1st January 2023 until 31st December 2023. As a result, only limited comparisons can be draw between the two periods.

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10/28/2024

S04 partner with Deutsche Krebshilfe for special edition shirt

What started in 1973 as a test run in Braunschweig soon became the norm in German football: shirt sponsors. FC Schalke 04 first ran out with a sponsor on the front of their shirts in the Bundesliga in the 1978/79 season. Günter Siebert, then president of the club, decided that the Royal Blues would promote a charitable cause in the form of the Deutsche Krebshilfe (German Cancer Aid).

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10/23/2024

Registered Cooperative Society: Shares for everyone who is a part of us

Shaping the future of our club independently and positively – that is the goal of the Registered Cooperative Society at Schalke. During an extended, intensive process, the club's leadership engaged in strategic discussions on how the Royal Blues can proactively address the changing challenges within the world of football and make the club fit for our objectives. The result of this is the founding of the Registered Cooperative Society at Schalke. As part of the overall process, there was also an exchange with members of the Schalke family on these very questions.

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10/16/2024