FC Schalke 04
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Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as Schalke 04, and abbreviated as S04, is a professional sports club from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It i
1900s typical mining structure in the Ruhr, source of the Schalke nickname Die Knappen – from an old German word for "miners"– because the team drew so many of its players and supporters from the coalmine workers of Gelsenkirchen.
FC Schalke 04 supporters in 1941 (Score table says "Kriegsmeistershaft" - "War championship")
Commonly regarded as the greatest S04 player of all time alongside Fritz Szepan, Ernst Kuzorra is also commonly regarded as one of the greatest German forwards and led S04 to become the dominant team in German football winning six German championships and one DFB-Pokal from 1934 to 1942. Ernst Kuzorra was one of the main axes of what became known as the "Schalker Kreisel; a system that used quick and short passing", to confuse and overwhelm the opponent.
Fans displaying their colours at the Veltins-Arena
Edin Džeko
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Edin Džeko is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club Schalke 04 and captains the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Nicknamed the "Bosnian Diamond" or simply t
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…DF GER Timo Becker 6 MF GER Ron Schallenberg 7 FW SEN Christian Gomis 8 DF GER Robin Gosens (on loan from Fiorentina) 9 FW MLI Moussa Sylla 10 FW BIH Edin Džeko 11 FW FRA Bryan Lasme 13 MF JPN Satoshi Tanaka 14 MF GER Janik Bachmann 15 FW DEN Emil Højlund 17 DF SUI Adrian Gantenbein No. Pos. Nation Player 19…
Džeko with Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2015
Džeko celebrating the 2008–09 Bundesliga title with VfL Wolfsburg
Džeko celebrates winning the FA Cup with Manchester City
Džeko in City colours in 2011