2018–19 FC Schalke 04 season

The 2018–19 FC Schalke 04 season was the 115th season in the football club's history and 28th consecutive and 51st overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1991. In addition to the domestic league, Schalke 04 also were participating in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and the first-tier continental cup, the UEFA Champions League. This was the 18th season for Schalke in the Veltins-Arena, located in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The season covered a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Schalke 04

2018–19 season
President	Clemens Tönnies
Manager	Domenico Tedesco (until 14 March) Huub Stevens (interim, from 14 March)
Stadium	Veltins-Arena
Bundesliga	14th
DFB-Pokal	Quarter-finals
Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Daniel Caligiuri (7 goals) All: Nabil Bentaleb (8 goals)
Highest home attendance	62,271
Lowest home attendance	45,755
Average home league attendance	60,941
Biggest win	Schalke 5–2 Nürnberg Schalke 4–1 Düsseldorf
Biggest defeat	Manchester City 7–0 Schalke
Home colours Away colours Third colours
All statistics correct as of 25 May 2019.

Players

Squad information

As of 18 May 2019[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Ralf Fährmann (captain) 2 MF  USA Weston McKennie 3 DF  MAR Hamza Mendyl 5 DF  SRB Matija Nastasić 6 MF  ESP Omar Mascarell 7 FW  GER Mark Uth 8 MF  GER Suat Serdar 10 MF  ALG Nabil Bentaleb 11 MF  UKR Yevhen Konoplyanka 13 MF  GER Sebastian Rudy 14 FW  WAL Rabbi Matondo 15 FW  TUR Ahmed Kutucu 17 DF  FRA Benjamin Stambouli 18 MF  GER Daniel Caligiuri 19 FW  AUT Guido Burgstaller

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF  GER Sascha Riether 22 FW  GER Steven Skrzybski 23 FW  GER Cedric Teuchert 24 DF  GER Bastian Oczipka 25 MF  MAR Amine Harit 26 DF  SEN Salif Sané 27 DF  NED Jeffrey Bruma (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg) 28 MF  AUT Alessandro Schöpf 34 GK  AUT Michael Langer 35 GK  GER Alexander Nübel 36 FW   SUI Breel Embolo 41 MF  MAR Nassim Boujellab 42 DF  GER Jonas Carls 44 DF  AUS George Timotheou

In

No.	Pos	Player	From	Type	Window	Ends	Fee in €	Source
41	MF	Nassim Boujellab	Schalke 04 II	Promoted	Season (Matchday 28)	2022	—	[2]
14	FW	Rabbi Matondo	Manchester City	Transfer	Winter	2023	9,000,000	[3]
27	DF	Jeffrey Bruma	VfL Wolfsburg	Loan	Winter	2019	Free	[4]
15	FW	Ahmed Kutucu	Schalke 04 U19	Promoted	Winter	2022	—	[5]
13	MF	Sebastian Rudy	Bayern Munich	Transfer	Summer	2022	16,000,000	[6]
8	MF	Suat Serdar	Mainz 05	Transfer	Summer	2022	10,500,000	[7]
6	MF	Omar Mascarell	Real Madrid	Transfer	Summer	2022	10,000,000	[8]
26	DF	Salif Sané	Hannover 96	Transfer	Summer	2022	7,000,000	[9]
3	DF	Hamza Mendyl	Lille OSC	Transfer	Summer	2023	6,000,000	[10]
22	FW	Steven Skrzybski	Union Berlin	Transfer	Summer	2021	3,200,000	[11]
7	FW	Mark Uth	1899 Hoffenheim	Transfer	Summer	2022	Free	[12]
4	DF	Benedikt Höwedes	Juventus	End of loan	Summer	2020	—	—
16	MF	Johannes Geis	Sevilla	End of loan	Summer	2019	—	—
23	DF	Coke	Levante	End of loan	Summer	2019	—	—
33	FW	Donis Avdijaj	Roda JC Kerkrade	End of loan	Summer	2019	—	—
30	FW	Haji Wright	SV Sandhausen	End of loan	Summer	2020	—	—
21	DF	Luke Hemmerich	VfL Bochum	End of loan	Summer	2020	—	—
16	FW	Fabian Reese	Greuther Fürth	End of loan	Summer	2020	—	—

Out

No.	Pos	Player	To	Type	Window	Fee in €	Source
29	DF	Naldo	AS Monaco	Transfer	Winter	2,000,000	[13]
9	FW	Franco Di Santo	Rayo Vallecano	Transfer	Winter	Free	[14]
16	MF	Johannes Geis	1. FC Köln	Transfer	Winter	Free	[15]
14	DF	Abdul Rahman Baba	Chelsea	End of loan	Winter	—	[16]
20	DF	Thilo Kehrer	Paris Saint-Germain	Transfer	Summer	37,000,000	[17]
4	DF	Benedikt Höwedes	Lokomotiv Moscow	Transfer	Summer	5,000,000	[18]
23	DF	Coke	Levante	Transfer	Summer	1,500,000	[19]
32	MF	Bernard Tekpetey	SC Paderborn	Transfer	Summer	150,000	[20]
8	MF	Leon Goretzka	Bayern Munich	Transfer	Summer	Free	[21]
7	MF	Max Meyer	Crystal Palace	Transfer	Summer	Free	[22]
33	FW	Donis Avdijaj	Willem II	Transfer	Summer	Free	[23]
21	DF	Luke Hemmerich	Erzgebirge Aue	Transfer	Summer	Free	[24]
—	DF	Joshua Bitter	Werder Bremen II	Transfer	Summer	Free	[25]
—	FW	Felix Schröter	FV Illertissen	Transfer	Summer	Free	[26]
3	DF	Pablo Insua	Huesca	Loan	Summer	Free	[27]
16	FW	Fabian Reese	Greuther Fürth	Loan	Summer	Free	[28]
22	FW	Marko Pjaca	Juventus	End of loan	Summer	—	—

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

5 July 2018 Friendly	Southampton F.C.	3–3	Schalke 04	Kunshan, China
20:05 CST (UTC+8)	Redmond  45+1' Reed  48' Hesketh  68'	Report	Konoplyanka  21' Serdar  54' Skrzybski  84'	Stadium: Kunshan Sports Centre Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Ma Ning, (China)

11 July 2018 Friendly	Hebei China Fortune F.C.	1–3	Schalke 04	Langfang, China
19:30 CST (UTC+8)	Dong  66'	Report	Teuchert  86' Uth  87' Jin  90+1' (o.g.)	Stadium: Langfang Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Fu Ming, (China)

21 July 2018 Friendly	Schwarz-Weiß Essen	0–1	Schalke 04	Essen, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Teuchert  6'	Stadium: Uhlenkrugstadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Lukas Luthe, (Germany)

29 July 2018 Friendly	Erzgebirge Aue	1–0	Schalke 04	Aue, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Herrmann  76' (pen)	Report		Stadium: Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 15,250 Referee: Felix-Benjamin Schwermer, (Germany)

5 August 2018 Friendly	Angers	0–1	Schalke 04	Mittersill, Austria
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Burgstaller  15'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Bernd Hirschbichler, (Austria)

11 August 2018 Friendly	Schalke 04	3–0	Fiorentina	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	McKennie  69' Skrzybski  75' Teuchert  84'	Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 17,131 Referee: Markus Wollenweber, (Germany)

18 November 2018 Friendly	Zenit	2–1	Schalke 04	Saint Petersburg, Russia
15:00 MSK (UTC+2)	Kranevitter  6' Ozdoyev  78' (pen)	Report	Skrzybski  35'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 41,214 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin, (Russia)

11 January 2019 Friendly	KRC Genk	2–2	Schalke 04	Benidorm, Spain
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Dewaest  17' Trossard  30'	Report	Uth  19' Schöpf  57'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal Guillermo Amor Attendance: 700 Referee: Campo Hernandez, (Spain)

22 March 2019 A. Puerta Trophy	Sevilla	2–0	Schalke 04	Seville, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Mesa  35' Munir  72' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Mario Melero López, (Spain)

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	25 August 2018	18 May 2019	Matchday 1	14th	34	8	9	17	37	55	−18	023.53
DFB-Pokal	17 August 2018	3 April 2019	First round	Quarter-finals	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	050.00
Champions League	18 September 2018	12 March 2019	Group stage	Round of 16	8	3	2	3	8	14	−6	037.50
Total					46	13	12	21	52	73	−21	028.26

Last updated: 25 May 2019

Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Mainz 05	34	12	7	15	46	57	−11	43
13	SC Freiburg	34	8	12	14	46	61	−15	36
14	Schalke 04	34	8	9	17	37	55	−18	33
15	FC Augsburg	34	8	8	18	51	71	−20	32
16	VfB Stuttgart (R)	34	7	7	20	32	70	−38	28	Qualification to relegation play-offs

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Play-off.[29]
(R) Relegated.

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	8	9	17	37	55	−18	33	4	3	10	16	28	−12	4	6	7	21	27	−6

Last updated: 25 May 2019.
Source: Bundesliga

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	D	D
Position	11	15	17	18	18	17	15	16	15	14	14	14	12	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	14

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2019. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

25 August 2018 1	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	Schalke 04	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Brooks  33' Ginczek  90+4'	Report	Bentaleb  85' (pen.)	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,621 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

2 September 2018 2	Schalke 04	0–2	Hertha BSC	Gelsenkirchen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Duda  15', 90+6'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,181 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

15 September 2018 3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–1	Schalke 04	Mönchengladbach
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ginter  3' Herrmann  76'	Report	Embolo  90+3'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,022 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

22 September 2018 4	Schalke 04	0–2	Bayern Munich	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Rodríguez  8' Lewandowski  64' (pen.)	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 62,271 Referee: Daniel Siebert

25 September 2018 5	SC Freiburg	1–0	Schalke 04	Freiburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Niederlechner  52'	Report		Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Frank Willenborg

29 September 2018 6	Schalke 04	1–0	Mainz 05	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Schöpf  11'	Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,810 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

6 October 2018 7	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–2	Schalke 04	Düsseldorf
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	McKennie  47' Burgstaller  53'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Sven Jablonski

20 October 2018 8	Schalke 04	0–2	Werder Bremen	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	M. Eggestein  43', 66'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 62,271 Referee: Christian Dingert

28 October 2018 9	RB Leipzig	0–0	Schalke 04	Leipzig
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 41,939 Referee: Felix Brych

3 November 2018 10	Schalke 04	3–1	Hannover 96	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bentaleb  57' (pen.) Embolo  71' Uth  85'	Report	Weydandt  70'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,959 Referee: Markus Schmidt

11 November 2018 11	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	Schalke 04	Frankfurt
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jović  61', 73' Haller  80'	Report		Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 50,700 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

24 November 2018 12	Schalke 04	5–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Skrzybski  26', 84' Harit  32' Burgstaller  70' Oczipka  90+3'	Report	Palacios Martínez  38' Zreľák  78'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 62,271 Referee: Guido Winkmann

1 December 2018 13	1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	Schalke 04	Sinsheim
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kramarić  59' (pen.)	Report	Bentaleb  73' (pen.)	Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Robert Kampka

8 December 2018 14	Schalke 04	1–2	Borussia Dortmund	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Caligiuri  61' (pen.)	Report	Delaney  7' Sancho  74'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,767 Referee: Daniel Siebert

15 December 2018 15	FC Augsburg	1–1	Schalke 04	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gregoritsch  13'	Report	Caligiuri  52'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 27,233 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

19 December 2018 16	Schalke 04	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Wright  45+2'	Report	Dragović  26' Alario  35'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,548 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

22 December 2018 17	VfB Stuttgart	1–3	Schalke 04	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	González  76'	Report	Skrzybski  10' Sané  70' Kutucu  78'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 54,022 Referee: Felix Brych

20 January 2019 18	Schalke 04	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Gelsenkirchen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Caligiuri  8' (pen.), 78'	Report	Rexhbeçaj  20'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 58,827 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

25 January 2019 19	Hertha BSC	2–2	Schalke 04	Berlin
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Grujić  39' Ibišević  45+4'	Report	Konoplyanka  17' Uth  44'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 43,027 Referee: Felix Brych

2 February 2019 20	Schalke 04	0–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Kramer  85' Neuhaus  90+1'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 62,271 Referee: Marco Fritz

9 February 2019 21	Bayern Munich	3–1	Schalke 04	Munich
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bruma  11' (o.g.) Lewandowski  27' Gnabry  57'	Report	Kutucu  25'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

16 February 2019 22	Schalke 04	0–0	SC Freiburg	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 58,271 Referee: Frank Willenborg

23 February 2019 23	Mainz 05	3–0	Schalke 04	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Onisiwo  18', 84' Mateta  73'	Report		Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 26,005 Referee: Sven Jablonski

2 March 2019 24	Schalke 04	0–4	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Lukebakio  35' (pen.) Kownacki  62', 84' Raman  68'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,322 Referee: Felix Brych

8 March 2019 25	Werder Bremen	4–2	Schalke 04	Bremen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Rashica  31', 73' Kruse  51' (pen.) Harnik  90+4'	Report	Embolo  26', 85'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Martin Petersen

16 March 2019 26	Schalke 04	0–1	RB Leipzig	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Werner  14'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 59,913 Referee: Guido Winkmann

31 March 2019 27	Hannover 96	0–1	Schalke 04	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Serdar  39'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 44,500 Referee: Sven Jablonski

6 April 2019 28	Schalke 04	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Serdar  21'	Report	Rebić  13' Jović  90+9' (pen.)	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,842 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

12 April 2019 29	1. FC Nürnberg	1–1	Schalke 04	Nuremberg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kubo  82'	Report	Nastasić  85'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Robert Kampka

20 April 2019 30	Schalke 04	2–5	1899 Hoffenheim	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Caligiuri  60' (pen.) Burgstaller  90'	Report	Belfodil  25', 80' Kramarić  45' Szalai  65' Amiri  73'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 58,958 Referee: Christian Dingert

27 April 2019 31	Borussia Dortmund	2–4	Schalke 04	Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Götze  14' Witsel  85'	Report	Caligiuri  18' (pen.), 62' Sané  28' Embolo  86'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 80,196 Referee: Felix Zwayer

5 May 2019 32	Schalke 04	0–0	FC Augsburg	Gelsenkirchen
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 59,841 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

11 May 2019 33	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	Schalke 04	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Havertz  31'	Report	Burgstaller  47'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

18 May 2019 34	Schalke 04	0–0	VfB Stuttgart	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,676 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

DFB-Pokal

17 August 2018 First round	1. FC Schweinfurt	0–2	Schalke 04	Schweinfurt
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Bentaleb  24' (pen.) Jabiri  75' (o.g.)[30]	Stadium: Willy-Sachs-Stadion Attendance: 15,060 Referee: Arne Aarnink

31 October 2018 Second round	1. FC Köln	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Schalke 04	Cologne
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Córdoba  43'	Report	Bentaleb  88' (pen.)	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Harm Osmers
	Penalties
	Höger Özcan Terodde Guirassy Risse Hector Drexler		Burgstaller Nastasić Caligiuri Harit Bentaleb Rudy Uth

6 February 2019 Round of 16	Schalke 04	4–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Gelsenkirchen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Kutucu  30' Sané  48', 87' Uth  53'	Report	Hennings  71'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 56,638 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

3 April 2019 Quarter-finals	Schalke 04	0–2	Werder Bremen	Gelsenkirchen
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Rashica  65' Klaassen  72'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,597 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Porto	6	5	1	0	15	6	+9	16	Advance to knockout phase
2	Schalke 04	6	3	2	1	6	4	+2	11
3	Galatasaray	6	1	1	4	5	8	−3	4	Transfer to Europa League
4	Lokomotiv Moscow	6	1	0	5	4	12	−8	3

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

18 September 2018 1	Schalke 04	1–1	Porto	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Embolo  64'	Report	Otávio  75' (pen.)	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 45,755[31] Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

3 October 2018 2	Lokomotiv Moscow	0–1	Schalke 04	Moscow, Russia
19:55 MSK (UTC+3) 18:55 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	McKennie  88'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 21,471[32] Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

24 October 2018 3	Galatasaray	0–0	Schalke 04	Istanbul, Germany
22:00 TRT (UTC+3) 21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Türk Telekom Stadium Attendance: 46,667[33] Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

6 November 2018 4	Schalke 04	2–0	Galatasaray	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Burgstaller  4' Uth  57'	Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 54,740[34] Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

28 November 2018 5	Porto	3–1	Schalke 04	Porto, Portugal
20:00 WET (UTC±0) 21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Militão  52' Corona  55' Marega  90+4'	Report	Bentaleb  89' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 41,603[35] Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

11 December 2018 6	Schalke 04	1–0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Schöpf  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 48,883[36] Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

20 February 2019 First leg	Schalke 04	2–3	Manchester City	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bentaleb  38' (pen.), 45' (pen.)	Report	Agüero  18' Sané  85' Sterling  90'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 54,417[37] Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

12 March 2019 Second leg	Manchester City	7–0 (10–2 agg.)	Schalke 04	Manchester, England
20:00 GMT (UTC±0) 21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Agüero  35' (pen.), 38' Sané  43' Sterling  56' B. Silva  71' Foden  78' Jesus  84'	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 51,518[38] Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Statistics

As of end of 2018–2019 season

Squad statistics

No	Nat	Player	Age	Contract ends	Total					Bundesliga					DFB-Pokal					Champions League
					A	St				A	St				A	St				A	St
Goalkeepers
1		Ralf Fährmann (C)	32	30.06.2022	25	24	0	0	0	17	16	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	6	6	0	0	0
34		Michael Langer	36	30.06.2021	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35		Alexander Nübel	24	30.06.2020	22	22	0	1	1	18	18	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
Defenders
3		Hamza Mendyl	23	30.06.2023	16	13	0	5	0	9	7	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	5	0	0	0
5		Matija Nastasić	27	30.06.2022	37	37	1	7	1	28	28	1	6	1	3	3	0	1	0	6	6	0	0	0
14		Abdul Rahman Baba	26	–	4	3	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
17		Benjamin Stambouli	30	30.06.2020	27	26	0	5	0	21	20	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	5	0	2	0
21		Sascha Riether	37	30.06.2019	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24		Bastian Oczipka	32	30.06.2020	25	25	1	3	0	21	21	1	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
26		Salif Sané	30	30.06.2022	40	39	4	6	0	30	29	2	4	0	4	4	2	1	0	6	6	0	1	0
27		Jeffrey Bruma	29	30.06.2019	12	10	0	6	0	9	7	0	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0
29		Naldo	38	–	13	13	0	1	0	7	7	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0
42		Jonas Carls	23	30.06.2022	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44		George Timotheou	23	30.06.2020	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
2		Weston McKennie	22	30.06.2022	33	25	2	7	0	24	19	1	6	0	3	2	0	0	0	6	4	1	1	0
6		Omar Mascarell	28	30.06.2022	19	15	0	5	0	14	11	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	3	3	0	3	0
8		Suat Serdar	23	30.06.2022	35	27	2	4	2	26	20	2	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	7	5	0	1	0
10		Nabil Bentaleb	26	30.06.2021	34	25	8	6	0	25	19	3	4	0	3	2	2	2	0	6	4	3	0	0
11		Yevhen Konoplyanka	31	30.06.2020	21	13	1	0	1	13	7	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	6	5	0	0	0
13		Sebastian Rudy	30	30.06.2022	28	22	0	7	0	21	17	0	4	0	3	2	0	1	0	4	3	0	2	0
16		Johannes Geis	27	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18		Daniel Caligiuri	33	30.06.2020	40	39	7	9	0	31	31	7	9	0	3	2	0	0	0	6	6	0	0	0
25		Amine Harit	23	30.06.2021	25	15	1	1	0	18	12	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0
28		Alessandro Schöpf	26	30.06.2021	21	15	2	4	0	15	11	1	3	0	2	1	0	1	0	4	3	1	0	0
39		Benjamin Goller	22	30.06.2019	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0
41		Nassim Boujellab	21	30.06.2022	8	5	0	0	0	7	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7		Mark Uth	29	30.06.2022	29	23	4	6	0	20	15	2	3	0	4	3	1	1	0	5	5	1	2	0
9		Franco Di Santo	31	–	5	4	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
14		Rabbi Matondo	20	30.06.2023	8	2	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15		Ahmed Kutucu	20	30.06.2022	16	4	3	1	0	13	3	2	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
19		Guido Burgstaller	31	30.06.2022	33	22	5	5	0	24	17	4	4	0	3	3	0	1	0	6	2	1	0	0
22		Steven Skrzybski	28	30.06.2021	16	9	3	1	0	12	8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0
23		Cedric Teuchert	24	30.06.2021	9	3	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
36		Breel Embolo	23	30.06.2021	28	21	6	6	0	20	15	5	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	5	5	1	2	0
40		Haji Wright	22	30.06.2020	7	2	1	0	0	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total					46		51	97	5	34		37	71	5	4		6	10	0	8		8	16	0

Players in grey left the club during the season.

Goalscorers

Rank	Position	Nat	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Champions League	Total
1	MF		Nabil Bentaleb	3	2	3	8
2	MF		Daniel Caligiuri	7	0	0	7
3	FW		Breel Embolo	5	0	1	6
4	FW		Guido Burgstaller	4	0	1	5
5	DF		Salif Sané	2	2	0	4
	FW		Mark Uth	2	1	1	4
7	FW		Ahmed Kutucu	2	1	0	3
	FW		Steven Skrzybski	3	0	0	3
9	MF		Weston McKennie	1	0	1	2
	MF		Alessandro Schöpf	1	0	1	2
	MF		Suat Serdar	2	0	0	2
12	MF		Amine Harit	1	0	0	1
	MF		Yevhen Konoplyanka	1	0	0	1
	DF		Matija Nastasić	1	0	0	1
	DF		Bastian Oczipka	1	0	0	1
	FW		Haji Wright	1	0	0	1
Own goals				0	1	0	1
Total				37	7	8	52

Clean sheets

Rank	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Champions League	Total
1	Ralf Fährmann	3	1	2	6
	Alexander Nübel	4	0	2	6

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