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Bundesliga Home Challenge: S04 beat VfL, Boujellab 'scores' three

FC Schalke 04 beat VfL Wolfsburg in the latest instalment of the "Bundesliga Home Challenge" on Sunday (5.4). Once again, FIFA pro Tim "Tim Latka" Schwartmann and midfielder Nassim Boujellab represented the Royal Blues, running our 5-1 winners.

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4/5/2020

S04 receives donation from friends at Hebei

The corona pandemic is currently putting the whole world on hold. In these challenging times, friends and allies are more important than ever. For this reason, those responsible at Hebei China Fortune FC delivered a special gift to the Schalke office in Shanghai on Monday (March 30th).

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4/2/2020

Bundesliga Home Challenge: S04 to face VfL Wolfsburg

Over 2 million fans followed the "Bundesliga Home Challenge" last weekend. Now four other teams have joined the showcase initiated by the DFL. This Sunday (April 5th), the Royal Blues will take on VfL Wolfsburg in round two. The match will kick off at 18:50 CEST. Former head coach and now member of the advisory board Huub Stevens agreed to take on the role of FIFA coach for the duration of the "Bundesliga Home Challenge".

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4/1/2020

“Tim Latka” wins Kick It E-Sports Tournament, Donates Prize Money Back to Partner Organization

As part of growing initiatives around the world to stay at home and flatten the curve, FC Schalke 04 partner, Kick It 3v3, hosted a digital FIFA tournament this past weekend, drawing a massive 844 competitors from across the globe. The field included none other than Schalke’s own Tim “Tim Latka” Schwartmann, who has been a member of the Royal Blues' FIFA team since 2016.

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3/30/2020

Bundesliga Home Challenge: Winning start in front of 4,500 Schalke fans

As football continues to be sidelined by the ongoing coronavirus crisis, 26 Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 clubs have come together for the inaugural “Bundesliga Home Challenge” tournament. FC Schalke 04 opened their account on Saturday (28.3) against FC St. Pauli. Schalke’s professional gamer Tim "Tim Latka" Schwartmann won his opening match 1-0, before Nassim Boujellab dominated his fixture 3-1 in front of 4,500 watching Schalke fans.

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3/29/2020

Schalke to start cyber training

David Wagner made the decision on Friday (27/3) that the first team’s work at home will now include cyber training.

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3/27/2020

FC Schalke 04 players waive their salaries

The first-team players at FC Schalke 04 had already made it clear that they wanted to help out the club and its staff during the ongoing coronavirus crisis. Now, they have agreed with the club’s leadership that they will waive parts of their salaries and bonuses until 30th June 2020.

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3/27/2020

S04 to take part in the “Bundesliga Home Challenge"

In the absence of football as a result of the ongoing Corona pandemic, 26 clubs from the top two divisions in Germany are coming together to participate in the “Bundesliga Home Challenge”. This DFL initiative is an online competition using FIFA simulations. Schalke’s first game is this coming Saturday (28th March) at 18:00 CET against St. Pauli.

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3/26/2020

Jean-Clair Todibo named as February’s Player of the Month

In a neck-and-neck race, Jean-Clair Todibo narrowly received more votes (36%) than Ahmed Kutucu to win February’s Player of the Month award, presented by Hagedorn.

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3/21/2020

Schalke players training individually until next Monday

FC Schalke 04’s squad will all be placed on individual training regimes up until the end of this week (22nd March). Team training will resume on the following day (23rd March) but will take place behind closed doors.

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3/16/2020

“It’s about protecting the club’s existence”

All Bundesliga fixtures have been postponed until 2nd April due to fears surrounding the outbreak of Coronavirus, and the restrictions imposed because of it. Christian Seifert, CEO of the DFL, announced the news during a press conference on Monday afternoon (16th March).

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3/16/2020

Friendly against FC Zenit postponed

The friendly against FC Zenit, which was due to take place on 29th March at the newly re-opened Parkstadion, has been postponed. The Russian Champions will not travel to Gelsenkirchen due to the coronavirus.

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3/11/2020