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Soichiro Kozuki signs a professional contract valid until 2025

Another talent from the U23s has made the step up to the first team. Attacker Soichiro Kozuki has put pen to paper on a professional contract valid until the end of the 2024/25 season. The deal also includes an automatic extension based on a certain number of appearances. All other details of the contract will remain undisclosed.

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Plans for Christmas: How the players are going to spend the holidays

Good food, a Christmas tradition here or there, but above all the opportunity to see friends and family once again and to spend time with their nearest and dearest. schalke04.de spoke with Danny Latza, Tom Krauß, Dominick Drexler, Jordan Larsson and Justin Heekeren about their plans for the holidays.

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Niklas Tauer becomes S04’s first January signing

The Royal Blues have completed their first transfer of the January window, securing Niklas Tauer on a one-and-a-half-year loan deal from 1. FSV Mainz 05. The transfer details are undisclosed.

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Kerim Calhanoglu joins SV Sandhausen on loan

FC Schalke 04 have agreed to loan Kerim Calhanoglu to second-division side SV Sandhausen for the remainder of the season. The 20-year-old is still under contract with the Royal Blues until summer 2024. The financial details remain undisclosed.

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Florian Flick joins Nürnberg on loan

Schalke midfielder Florian Flick has joined 1. FC Nürnberg on loan until the end of the 2022/23 season. The 22-year-old has a contract running until 30th June 2024 with the Royal Blues. The two clubs have agreed not to disclose any further details of the loan agreement.

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FC Schalke 04 and Benaimino Molinari mutually agree to end contract

FC Schalke 04 and Beniamino Molinari have on Saturday (3/12) come to a mutual agreement to end their contract early. The assistant coach was not present at Saturday morning’s open training session. The 42-year-old joined the club in summer 2022.

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New distribution of roles among coaching team and backroom staff

On Thursday (1st December), Schalke get their intensive preparation for the final 19 Bundesliga games of the 2022/23 underway – all built around the aim of staying up. In order to prepare his side as best as possible for this challenge, Thomas Reis has reshuffled the responsibilities among his coaching staff. This should allow the coaches’ specific expertise to be channeled even better.

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Thomas Ouwejan out for three games with knee injury

FC Schalke 04 will be without Thomas Ouwejan for the remaining three games in 2022. The left-back suffered an injury to his MCL in his left knee in Sunday’s game against SC Freiburg (30/10).

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Schalke 04 to take on relegation battle with Thomas Reis as head coach

Thomas Reis takes over as head coach of the first team with immediate effect. The 49-year-old signed a contract with FC Schalke 04 on Thursday (27.10.) and will also be on the pitch to lead his first training session on Thursday.

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Rouven Schröder leaves FC Schalke 04

Sporting director Rouven Schröder has departed FC Schalke 04 with immediate effect. The man who put together the team that got promoted last season has informed the board that he would like to leave the club before the end of his contract due to personal reasons. Dr. Bernd Schröder, Christina Rühl-Hamers and Peter Knäbel have accepted his request.

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FC Schalke 04 sign centre-back Timothée Kolodziejczak

Timothée Kolodziejczak, who has been on trial at Schalke recently, has signed a contract valid until the end of the 2022/23 season. He will wear the number 15 for the Royal Blues.

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Matthias Kreutzer to take charge of the game against Hertha BSC

FC Schalke 04’s sporting management and board have agreed that Matthias Kreutzer will take charge of Sunday’s away game at Hertha BSC (17:30 CEST) as interim coach. The 39-year-old previously took on this responsibility in last season’s 3-0 away win against Ingolstadt. Kreutzer will be supported by Mike Büskens, Beniamino Molinari and Simon Henzler.

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