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| Current League: 1. Bundesliga (Ger) |
| Nickname: Der K?ningsblauen |
| Year Founded: 1904 |
| Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
| Stadium: Arena Auf Schalke |
| Capacity: 61027 |
| Official Website: schalke04.de |
| Record Transfer Fees Paid: £6.09m for Emile Mpenza from Standard Liege in 2000 |
| Record Transfer Fees Received: £3.71m for Mesut Ozil from SV Werder Bremen in 2008 |
| Average age of players: 27 years |
| Number of foreigners: 11 |
| Longest serving player: Dario Rodriguez (5 years) |
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| Jermaine Jones (Eintracht Frankfurt, Bosman), Mathias Schober (Hansa Rostock, Bosman) | Mesut Ozil (SV Werder Bremen, £3.71m), Lincoln (Galatasaray, £3.36m), Mimoun Azaouagh (VfL Bochum, Undisc.), Sebastian Boenisch (SV Werder Bremen, Undisc.), Hamit Altintop (Bayern Munchen, Bosman), Michael Delura (Panionios, Free) |
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| No. | Name | Pos. | Age | Birthplace | Ht | Wt | Contr. | Signed | From | Fee |
| Goalkeepers |
| - | Manuel Neuer (Ger) | GK | 22 | Gelsenkirchen | 192 | 90 | 06/2012 | - | - | - |
| - | Mathias Schober (Ger) | GK | 32 | - | 190 | 90 | 06/2011 | 2007 | Hansa Rostock (Ger) | Bosman |
| Defenders |
| 18 | Rafinha (Bra) | RB | 22 | Londrina [PR] | 172 | 68 | 06/2011 | 2005 | Coritiba (Bra) | Undisc. |
| - | Christian Pander (Ger) | LB | 24 | M?nster | 186 | 80 | 06/2011 | - | - | - |
| - | Dario Rodriguez (Uru) | LB | 33 | - | 186 | 84 | 06/2008 | 2002 | Penarol (Uru) | £2.55m |
| - | Mladen Krstajic (Srb) | CD | 34 | - | 191 | 81 | 06/2009 | 2004 | SV Werder Bremen (Ger) | Bosman |
| - | Gustavo Schiavolin (Bra) | CD | 26 | Campinas [SP] | - | - | 06/2009 | 2007 | Parana (Bra) | Free |
| - | Mathias Abel (Ger) | DF | 26 | Kaiserslautern | 188 | 80 | 06/2010 | 2006 | FSV Mainz 05 (Ger) | Free |
| - | Marcelo Bordon (Bra) | DF | 32 | Ribeir?o Preto [SP] | 189 | 86 | 06/2011 | 2004 | VfB Stuttgart (Ger) | Undisc. |
| Midfielders |
| - | Zlatan Bajramovic (Bos) | MF | 28 | Hamburg | 182 | 83 | 06/2008 | 2005 | SC Freiburg (Ger) | Bosman |
| - | Fabian Ernst (Ger) | MF | 28 | Hannover | 183 | 80 | 06/2010 | 2005 | SV Werder Bremen (Ger) | Bosman |
| - | Levan Kobiashvili (Geo) | MF | 30 | Tiflis | 183 | 78 | - | 2003 | SC Freiburg (Ger) | Bosman |
| - | Timo Kunert (Ger) | MF | 21 | - | 175 | 66 | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | Gerald Asamoah (Ger) | RW | 29 | - | 180 | 85 | 06/2011 | - | - | - |
| - | Peter Lovenkrands (Den) | LW | 28 | Horsholm | 181 | 68 | 06/2009 | 2006 | Rangers (Sco) | Bosman |
| Forwards |
| 10 | Gustavo Varela (Uru) | FW | 29 | Montevideo | 174 | 72 | 06/2008 | 2002 | Nacional (Uru) | ?? |
| 9 | Soren Larsen (Den) | ST | 26 | - | 193 | 86 | 06/2009 | 2005 | Djurgardens IF (Swe) | ?? |
| - | Halil Altintop (Tur) | ST | 25 | Gelsenkirchen | 186 | 80 | 06/2010 | 2006 | 1.FC Kaiserslautern (Ger) | Bosman |
| - | Jermaine Jones (Ger) | ST | 26 | Frankfurt | 184 | 81 | 06/2011 | 2007 | Eintracht Frankfurt (Ger) | Bosman |
| - | Kevin Kuranyi (Ger) | ST | 26 | Rio de Janeiro | 188 | 78 | 06/2010 | 2005 | VfB Stuttgart (Ger) | Undisc. |