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FC Schalke 04
About FC Schalke 04
FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e.V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04, is one of the most successful and well-known football clubs in Germany with seven German championships, five successes in the German Cup and the victory in the 1997 UEFA Cup. As a registered association, the Royal Blues delimit themselves from investor-funded and group-owned clubs and own unique and valuable selling points. The essential business areas of the traditional club are football, the training of young football players in the so-called Knappenschmiede and the Knappen-Fußballschule as well as the marketing of the multifunctional VELTINS-Arena, the home stadium of the Royal Blues. FC Schalke 04 stands for the values of tradition, success and passion and is, with more than 150,000 members, one of the three largest clubs in Germany and one of the five largest in the world. The strategic expansion fields include digitization, internationalization, Esports and the construction project "Berger Feld". In the fiscal year 2017, the club, with a total of 480 employees, achieved a turnover of more than EUR 240 million. As an attractive employer in the city of Gelsenkirchen as well as in the region, the club is an important local figurehead and complies its social responsibility with its own foundation Schalke hilft!.
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Signals from FC Schalke 04
9 published signals
Research & Knowledge
FC Schalke 04 published a study showing that home games in Gelsenkirchens Innenstadt increased the average passant frequency by 13.9 percent, resulting in approximately 2.600 additional passants per home game.
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Partnerships
FC Schalke 04 appointed IDV as an official partner for the 2026/2027 season.
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Partnerships
FC Schalke 04 partnerschaftlich begrüßt FOGO als Exklusiv-Partner bis zum 30. Juni 2028
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Partnerships
FC Schalke 04 became a premium partner of Sport Auto Plus.
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Sales & Marketing
FC Schalke 04 released the exclusive Sky Original Doku film Mythos Schalke – Ein Leben lang in the second Bundesliga week in many cinemas across Germany.
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People
FC Schalke 04 announced that Dirk Oberschulte-Beckmann, known as the Quatscher, will no longer serve as the new stadium moderator for the club after his departure.
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Partnerships
FC Schalke 04 partnerschaftlich begrüßt BAUHAUS Deutschland als Premium-Partner bis 2028
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People
FC Schalke 04 has signed Schalke 04's international striker Hee Chan Hwang from the English Championship Club Wolverhampton Wanderers on loan until June 2027.
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Partnerships
FC Schalke 04 and SIB Seiboth Ingenieure Planen + Bauen GmbH planen gemeinsame Wege for the partnership of SIB becoming an official partner of FC Schalke 04.
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