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Transitioning to the first team
Every season, the Knappenschmiede academy successfully sees talented young footballers make the transition to the FC Schalke 04 first team. And its work is nowhere near done, with more players following in the footsteps of previous Knappenschmiede products every year. The following players have made the jump to the Schalke first team since 1999:
2017
Luke Hemmerich
Weston McKennie
Haji Wright
2016
Joshua Bitter
Thilo Kehrer
Phil Neuman
Fabian Reese
Bernhard Tekpetey
2015
Felix Platte
Leroy Sane
2014
Donis Avdijaj
Marvin Friedrich
Pascal Itter
Timon Wellenreuther
2013
Kaan Ayhan
Max Meyer
2012
Philipp Hofmann
Sead Kolasinac
2011
Julian Draxler
Andreas Wiegel
2010
Lars Unnerstall
2009
Danny Latza
David Loheider
Joel Matip
Christoph Moritz
Marvin Pachan
Lukas Schmitz
Predrag Stevanovic
2008
Mohamed Amsif
Levan Kenia
Carlos Zambrano
2007
Ralf Fährmann
Benedikt Höwedes
2006
Sebastian Boenisch
Timo Kunert
Mesut Özil
2005
Niko Bungert
Markus Heppke
Manuel Neuer
2004
Alexander Baumjohann
Tim Hoogland
Kai Hesse
2003
Michael Delura
Christian Petereit
Charles Takyi
2002
Mike Hanke
Fabian Lamotte
Christian Pander
Volkan Ünlü
2001
Christofer Heimeroth
Filip Trojan
Benjamin Wingerter
2000
Benjamin Koch
Christian Mikolajczak
1999
Tamas Hajnal
Sergio Pinto
Krisztian Szollar
Toni Tapalovic