2009–10 FC Schalke 04 season

The 2009–10 season was the 106th season in Schalke 04's history. The team competed in the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal.

Schalke

2009–10 season
President	Josef Schnusenberg
Head coach	Felix Magath
Stadium	Veltins-Arena
Bundesliga	2nd
DFB-Pokal	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Kevin Kurányi (18) All: Kevin Kurányi (20)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

Season summary

Schalke's first season under Felix Magath saw a welcome return to the Champions League after a season's absence.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Manuel Neuer 2 DF  GER Heiko Westermann (captain) 3 DF  NOR Tore Reginiussen 4 DF  GER Benedikt Höwedes 5 DF  BRA Marcelo Bordon 6 MF  GER Albert Streit[notes 1] 7 MF  CHN Hao Junmin 8 MF  BRA Mineiro 9 FW  BRA Edu 10 MF  CRO Ivan Rakitić[notes 2] 11 MF  GER Alexander Baumjohann 12 MF  GER Peer Kluge 13 MF  GER Jermaine Jones[notes 3] 14 FW  GER Gerald Asamoah[notes 4] 15 MF  BRA Zé Roberto 16 MF  CZE Jan Morávek 17 FW  PER Jefferson Farfán 18 DF  BRA Rafinha 19 FW  SUI Mario Gavranović

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  GRE Vasilis Pliatsikas 21 MF  GER Lukas Schmitz 22 FW  GER Kevin Kurányi[notes 5] 23 MF  TUR Emin Yalın[notes 6] 24 DF  GER Christian Pander 25 DF  PER Carlos Zambrano 26 MF  GER Danny Latza 27 FW  URU Vicente Sánchez 28 MF  GER Christoph Moritz 29 FW  GER Bogdan Müller[notes 7] 30 MF  GEO Levan Kenia 31 FW  GER David Loheider 32 DF  CMR Joël Matip[notes 8] 33 GK  GER Mathias Schober 34 FW  MKD Besart Ibraimi 35 GK  GER Mohamed Amsif[notes 9] 39 DF  GER Marvin Pachan 40 MF  SRB Predrag Stevanović[notes 10]

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  GEO Levan Kobiashvili (to Hertha BSC) 7 FW  GER Lewis Holtby (on loan to Bochum) 19 MF  TUR Halil Altıntop[notes 11] (to Eintracht Frankfurt)

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  URU Carlos Grossmüller (on loan to Danubio) 29 DF  SVK Ľuboš Hanzel (on loan from Spartak Trnava)

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Player Name	Previous Club
7 July 2009	MF	Lewis Holtby	Alemannia Aachen
13 August 2009	MF	Mineiro	Chelsea
2 July 2009	MF	Jan Morávek	Bohemians 1905
2 July 2009	MF	Vasilis Pliatsikas	AEK Athens
2 July 2009	MF	Emin Yalin	1. FC Nürnberg II

Kits

Home

Home Alternate

Away

Third

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	First appearance / Info
Home	Blue	Blue	Blue
Home Alt.	Blue	White	Blue	Bundesliga, Match 7, September 26 in Dortmund
Away	Black	Black	Black
Third	White	White	White

Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 2009–10 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich (C)	34	20	10	4	72	31	+41	70	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Schalke 04	34	19	8	7	53	31	+22	65
3	Werder Bremen	34	17	10	7	71	40	+31	61	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4	Bayer Leverkusen	34	15	14	5	65	38	+27	59	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5	Borussia Dortmund	34	16	9	9	54	42	+12	57

Source: kicker.de^{[dead link]} (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	19	8	7	53	31	+22	65	11	2	4	29	15	+14	8	6	3	24	16	+8

Source: Soccerway

Matches

1. FC Nürnberg v Schalke 04

8 August 2009 1	1. FC Nürnberg	1–2	Schalke 04	Nuremberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mnari  25' Wolf  64' Mintál 88'	Report	Kurányi 36', 50' Westermann  64'	Stadium: easyCredit-Stadion Referee: Knut Kircher Assistant referees: Robert Kempter, Stefan Lupp Fourth official: Wolfgang Walz

Schalke 04 v VfL Bochum

16 August 2009 2	Schalke 04	3–0	VfL Bochum	Gelsenkirchen
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Moritz 38' Westermann 45+1',  55' Farfán 76'	Report	Epalle  21' Freier  63'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Günter Perl Assistant referees: Josef Maier, Georg Schalk Fourth official: Stefan Trautmann

1899 Hoffenheim v Schalke 04

21 August 2009 3	1899 Hoffenheim	0–0	Schalke 04	Sinsheim
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Vorsah  28' Salihović  36' Obasi  82' Eichner  84'	Report	Pliatsikas  17' Zambrano  30' Höwedes  64' Bordon  78'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Referee: Michael Weiner Assistant referees: Thomas Frank, Carsten Kadach Fourth official: Christian Schößling

Schalke 04 v SC Freiburg

29 August 2009 4	Schalke 04	0–1	SC Freiburg	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Cha 40'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Helmut Fleischer Assistant referees: Sönke Glindemann, Guido Kleve Fourth official: Frank Willenborg

1. FC Köln v Schalke 04

13 September 2009 5	1. FC Köln	1–2	Schalke 04	Cologne
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Podolski 6' Petit  28' Novaković  31'	Report	Farfán 2' Neuer  35' Zambrano  37' Kobiashvili 46'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Referee: Jochen Drees Assistant referees: Torsten Bauer, Markus Wingenbach Fourth official: Mark Borsch

Schalke 04 v VfL Wolfsburg

18 September 2009 6	Schalke 04	1–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Höwedes 80'	Report	Džeko 55', 81' Martins  90+2'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Manuel Gräfe Assistant referees: Markus Hacker, Sascha Thielert Fourth official: Dirk Margenberg

Borussia Dortmund v Schalke 04

26 September 2009 7	Borussia Dortmund	0–1	Schalke 04	Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Farfán 31' Moritz  85'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Referee: Wolfgang Stark Assistant referees: Mike Pickel, Jan-Hendrik Salver Fourth official: Felix Zwayer

Schalke 04 v Eintracht Frankfurt

2 October 2009 8	Schalke 04	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Zambrano  48' Asamoah 66',  87' Farfán  74', 90+2' (pen.) Rafinha  79'	Report	Schwegler  2' Chris  86' Teber  88' Zimmermann  90+1'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Michael Kempter Assistant referees: Christian Leicher, Thorsten Schiffner Fourth official: Sönke Glindemann

VfB Stuttgart v Schalke 04

17 October 2009 9	VfB Stuttgart	1–2	Schalke 04	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Magnin  33' Khedira  38' Cacau  58', 73' Tasci  77'	Report	Rakitić 24' Mineiro  43' Moritz  50' Kurányi 76' Farfán  90+3'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Referee: Felix Brych Assistant referees: Marco Achmüller, Robert Hartmann Fourth official: Josef Maier

Schalke 04 v Hamburger SV

25 October 2009 10	Schalke 04	3–3	Hamburger SV	Gelsenkirchen
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bordon  29' Kurányi 50', 90' Schmitz 62' Zambrano  86'	Report	Berg 26', 80' Trochowski 45' Mathijsen  52' Elia  53' Rozehnal  61' Jarolím  63'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Manuel Gräfe Assistant referees: Christoph Bornhorst, Markus Hacker Fourth official: Tobias Welz

Schalke 04 v Bayer Leverkusen

31 October 2009 11	Schalke 04	2–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Farfán  10' Rafinha  78' Bordon  81' Kurányi 83' Sánchez 88'	Report	Schwaab  3' Kroos 29' Kießling 44' Reinartz  55'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Michael Weiner Assistant referees: Thomas Frank, Norbert Grudzinski Fourth official: Bastian Dankert

Bayern Munich v Schalke 04

7 November 2009 12	Bayern Munich	1–1	Schalke 04	Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Van Buyten 31' Robben  57' Schweinsteiger  63'	Report	Sánchez  30' Kurányi  34' Matip 43' Schmitz  57' Zambrano  79'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Referee: Florian Meyer Assistant referees: Carsten Kadach, Frank Willenborg Fourth official: Christian Schößling

Schalke 04 v Hannover 96

21 November 2009 13	Schalke 04	2–0	Hannover 96	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Rafinha  54' Farfán 69' Morávek 90+1'	Report	Schulz  42' Pinto  59'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Lutz Wagner Assistant referees: Bastian Dankert, Daniel Siebert Fourth official: Robert Kampka

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Schalke 04

28 November 2009 14	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–0	Schalke 04	Mönchengladbach
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Reus 5'	Report	Rafinha  33' Morávek  70' Neuer  82' Bordon  88' Holtby  90'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Referee: Wolfgang Stark Assistant referees: Mike Pickel, Jan-Hendrik Salver Fourth official: Christian Dingert

Schalke 04 v Hertha BSC

6 December 2009 15	Schalke 04	2–0	Hertha BSC	Gelsenkirchen
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kurányi 59' Bordon  70' Rafinha 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Janker  40'  86' Wichniarek  86' Cícero  90+3'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Knut Kircher Assistant referees: Christian Leicher, Stefan Lupp Fourth official: Thorsten Schriever

Werder Bremen v Schalke 04

12 December 2009 16	Werder Bremen	0–2	Schalke 04	Bremen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Boenisch  51' Hunt  61' Frings  75'	Report	Kurányi 47',  63' Morávek 72' Farfán  85'	Stadium: Weserstadion Referee: Helmut Fleischer Assistant referees: Sönke Glindemann, Guido Kleve Fourth official: Norbert Grudzinski

Schalke 04 v Mainz 05

18 December 2009 17	Schalke 04	1–0	Mainz 05	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Farfán 12'	Report	Polanski  88'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Deniz Aytekin Assistant referees: Walter Hofmann, Georg Schalk Fourth official: Dirk Margenberg

Schalke 04 v 1. FC Nürnberg

17 January 2010 18	Schalke 04	1–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kurányi 48' Edu  85'	Report	Gündoğan  34' Pinola  49' Ottl  88'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Michael Kempter Assistant referees: Mark Borsch, Tobias Welz Fourth official: Christian Bandurski

VfL Bochum v Schalke 04

23 January 2010 19	VfL Bochum	2–2	Schalke 04	Bochum
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hashemian 82' Mavraj  86' Šesták 90+2'	Report	Sánchez 5' Kurányi 42'	Stadium: RewirpowerSTADION Referee: Wolfgang Stark Assistant referees: Mike Pickel, Jan-Hendrik Salver Fourth official: Frank Willenborg

Schalke 04 v 1899 Hoffenheim

30 January 2010 20	Schalke 04	2–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kurányi 19' Rakitić  43' Schmitz 49' Matip  79'	Report	Eichner  7' Salihović  37' Beck  40' Nilsson  86'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Florian Meyer Assistant referees: Carsten Kadach, Frank Willenborg Fourth official: Frederick Assmuth

SC Freiburg v Schalke 04

6 February 2010 21	SC Freiburg	0–0	Schalke 04	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Williams  88'	Report	Baumjohann  32' Schmitz  66' Rakitić  87'	Stadium: Badenova-Stadion Referee: Jochen Drees Assistant referees: Torsten Bauer, Tobias Christ Fourth official: Volker Wezel

Schalke 04 v 1. FC Köln

14 February 2010 22	Schalke 04	2–0	1. FC Köln	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Matip  28', 45+1' Rafinha  74' Farfán 81'	Report	Schorch  5'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Peter Gagelmann Assistant referees: Matthias Anklam, Sascha Thielert Fourth official: Thorsten Schriever

VfL Wolfsburg v Schalke 04

21 February 2010 23	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	Schalke 04	Wolfsburg
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pekarík  45' Grafite 71', 77'	Report	Kurányi 30'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Referee: Helmut Fleischer Assistant referees: Sönke Glindemann, Christian Leicher Fourth official: Patrick Ittrich

Schalke 04 v Borussia Dortmund

26 February 2010 24	Schalke 04	2–1	Borussia Dortmund	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kurányi  54' Höwedes 66' Rakitić 83' Schmitz  89'	Report	Şahin 47' (pen.) Valdez  56' Błaszczykowski  68' Bender  76' Großkreutz  90+2'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Manuel Gräfe Assistant referees: Markus Hacker, Tobias Welz Fourth official: Stefan Trautmann

Eintracht Frankfurt v Schalke 04

6 March 2010 25	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–4	Schalke 04	Frankfurt
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Meier 52' Schwegler  73'	Report	Matip 12' Höwedes 15' Zambrano  54' Rakitić 80' Rafinha  85' Kurányi 89'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Referee: Guido Winkmann Assistant referees: Christian Bandurski, Dirk Margenberg Fourth official: Daniel Siebert

Schalke 04 v VfB Stuttgart

12 March 2010 26	Schalke 04	2–1	VfB Stuttgart	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Höwedes  28' Edu 46' Kurányi 55' Rafinha  70'	Report	Niedermeier  17' Tasci 50',  72'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Lutz Wagner Assistant referees: Christoph Bornhorst, Norbert Grudzinski Fourth official: Stefan Lupp

Hamburger SV v Schalke 04

21 March 2010 27	Hamburger SV	2–2	Schalke 04	Hamburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Van Nistelrooy 40' Jansen  57' Pitroipa 77'	Report	Kluge  14' Höwedes  56' Kurányi 62' Rakitić 68' (pen.)	Stadium: HSH Nordbank Arena Referee: Wolfgang Stark Assistant referees: Robert Kempter, Jan-Hendrik Salver Fourth official: Thomas Metzen

Bayer Leverkusen v Schalke 04

27 March 2010 28	Bayer Leverkusen	0–2	Schalke 04	Leverkusen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schwaab  13' Kroos  40' Kadlec  88'	Report	Kurányi 11', 27' Bordon  42' Rakitić  59'	Stadium: BayArena Referee: Michael Weiner Assistant referees: Thomas Frank, Norbert Grudzinski Fourth official: Robert Kampka

Schalke 04 v Bayern Munich

3 April 2010 29	Schalke 04	1–2	Bayern Munich	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bordon  23'  90+4' Kurányi 31',  90+3' Rafinha  67'	Report	Ribéry 25' Müller 26' Altıntop  34'  41' Demichelis  45+1' Butt  90+1'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Manuel Gräfe Assistant referees: Christian Dingert, Markus Hacker Fourth official: Felix Zwayer

Hannover 96 v Schalke 04

10 April 2010 30	Hannover 96	4–2	Schalke 04	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Westermann 17' (o.g.) Ya Konan 29', 90+2',  74' Pinto  75' Balitsch 80' Schulz  82' Cherundolo  89'	Report	Schmitz  43' Edu 46' Rakitić 52' (pen.)	Stadium: AWD-Arena Referee: Peter Gagelmann Assistant referees: Matthias Anklam, Sascha Thielert Fourth official: Michael Emmer

Schalke 04 v Borussia Mönchengladbach

17 April 2010 31	Schalke 04	3–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Rakitić 8', 47' (pen.) Farfán 45' Höwedes  71'	Report	Bobadilla 16',  33' Matmour  44'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Deniz Aytekin Assistant referees: Christian Leicher, Thorsten Schiffner Fourth official: Thorsten Schriever

Hertha BSC v Schalke 04

24 April 2010 32	Hertha BSC	0–1	Schalke 04	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kobiashvili  34' Lustenberger  37'	Report	Westermann  31', 87'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Referee: Jochen Drees Assistant referees: Torsten Bauer, Tobias Welz Fourth official: Christoph Bornhorst

Schalke 04 v Werder Bremen

1 May 2010 33	Schalke 04	0–2	Werder Bremen	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Rafinha  70'	Report	Özil 55',  60' Almeida 64' Borowski  73'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Knut Kircher Assistant referees: Stefan Lupp, Tobias Stieler Fourth official: Stefan Trautmann

Mainz 05 v Schalke 04

8 May 2010 34	Mainz 05	0–0	Schalke 04	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Karhan 74' Ivanschitz  78'	Report	Neuer  74' Rafinha  76'	Stadium: Bruchwegstadion Referee: Babak Rafati Assistant referees: Norbert Grudzinski, Holger Henschel Fourth official: Guido Kleve

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2009–10 DFB-Pokal

Germania Windeck v Schalke 04

1 August 2009 First round	Germania Windeck	0–4	Schalke 04	Cologne
19:30 UTC+2		Report (in German)	Zambrano 10' Kurányi 43' Kenia 68' Höwedes 85'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)

VfL Bochum v Schalke 04

22 September 2009 Second round	VfL Bochum	0–3	Schalke 04	Bochum
20:30 UTC+2		Report (in German)	Westermann 10' Altıntop 56' Fuchs 76' (o.g.)	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 29,592 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

1860 München v Schalke 04

28 October 2009 Round of 16	1860 München	0–3	Schalke 04	Munich
19:00 UTC+1		Report (in German)	Rafinha 41' Höwedes 48', 81'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 28,500 Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)

VfL Osnabrück v Schalke 04

10 February 2010 Quarter-finals	VfL Osnabrück	0–1	Schalke 04	Osnabrück
20:30 UTC+1		Report (in German)	Kurányi 59'	Stadium: Osnatel-Arena Attendance: 16,130 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)

Schalke 04 v Bayern Munich

24 March 2010 Semi-finals	Schalke 04	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Bayern Munich	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 GMT+1		Report (in German)	Robben 112'	Stadium: Arena AufSchalke Attendance: 61,673 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)