Schalke 04 had one of its best ever seasons, winning the German Cup. They almost won the league too, hindered only by a late Patrik Andersson free kick for Bayern Munich in stoppage time against Hamburg. Nonetheless, Schalke still qualified for the Champions League for the first time.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

Left club during season

Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Results by Round

Matches

Schalke 04–Köln 2–1

1–0 Ebbe Sand

2–0 Émile Mpenza

2–1 Tomasz Hajto

Hansa Rostock-Schalke 04 0–4

0–1 Émile Mpenza

0–2 Émile Mpenza

0–3 Ebbe Sand

0–4 Émile Mpenza

Schalke 04-Energie Cottbus 3–0

1–0 Ebbe Sand

2–0 Ebbe Sand

3–0 Ebbe Sand

1860 Munich-Schalke 04 1–1

0–1 Émile Mpenza

1–1 Markus Beierle

Schalke 04-Werder Bremen 1–1

0–1 Aílton

1–1 Jörg Böhme

Borussia Dortmund-Schalke 04 0–4

0–1 Jörg Böhme

0–2 Émile Mpenza

0–3 Jörg Heinrich

0–4 Ebbe Sand

Hamburg-Schalke 04 2–0

1–0 Marek Heinz

2–0 Mehdi Mahdavikia

Schalke 04-Eintracht Frankfurt 4–0

1–0 Jörg Böhme

2–0 Radoslav Latal

3–0 Jörg Böhme

4–0 Markus Happe

Freiburg-Schalke 04 3–1

1–0 Andreas Zeyer

1–1 Tomasz Wałdoch

2–1 Adel Sellimi

3–1 Abder Ramdane

Schalke 04-Bayer Leverkusen 0–0

Kaiserslautern-Schalke 04 3–2

0–1 Ebbe Sand

0–2 Tomasz Wałdoch

1–2 Harry Koch

2–2 Miroslav Klose

3–2 Olaf Marschall

Schalke 04-Bayern Munich 3–2

0–1 Giovane Élber

1–1 Andreas Möller

1–2 Paulo Sérgio

2–2 Gerald Asamoah

3–2 Ebbe Sand

Hertha Berlin-Schalke 04 0–4

0–1 Ebbe Sand

0–2 Ebbe Sand

0–3 Jörg Böhme

0–4 Ebbe Sand

Schalke 04-Bochum 2–1

1–0 Youri Mulder

1–1 Marijo Marić

2–1 Ebbe Sand

Wolfsburg-Schalke 04 2–0

1–0 Claus Thomsen

2–0 Charles Akonnor

Schalke 04-Stuttgart 2–1

1–0 Radoslav Latal

1–1 Ioan Ganea

2–1 Tomasz Wałdoch

Unterhaching-Schalke 04 0–2

0–1 Ebbe Sand

0–2 Marco van Hoogdalem

Köln-Schalke 04 2–2

0–1 Jörg Böhme

0–2 Gerald Asamoah

1–2 Georgi Donkov

2–2 Carsten Cullmann

Schalke 04-Hansa Rostock 2–0

1–0 Jörg Böhme

2–0 Jiří Němec

Energie Cottbus-Schalke 04 4–1

1–0 Vasile Miriuță

2–0 Sebastian Helbig

2–1 Ebbe Sand

3–1 Andrzej Kobylański

4–1 Antun Labak

Schalke 04-1860 Munich 2–0

1–0 Émile Mpenza

2–0 Émile Mpenza

Werder Bremen-Schalke 04 2–1

1–0 Claudio Pizarro

2–0 Fabian Ernst

2–1 Ebbe Sand

Schalke 04-Borussia Dortmund 0–0

Schalke 04-Hamburg 0–1

0–1 Erik Meijer

Eintracht Frankfurt-Schalke 04 0–0

Schalke 04-Freiburg 0–0

Bayer Leverkusen-Schalke 04 0–3

0–1 Boris Živković

0–2 Émile Mpenza

0–3 Gerald Asamoah

Schalke 04–Kaiserslautern 5–1

1–0 Tomasz Wałdoch

2–0 Tomasz Wałdoch

3–0 Ebbe Sand

3–1 Miroslav Klose

4–1 Émile Mpenza

5–1 Ebbe Sand

Bayern Munich-Schalke 04 1–3

1–0 Carsten Jancker

1–1 Ebbe Sand

1–2 Ebbe Sand

1–3 Ebbe Sand

Schalke 04-Hertha Berlin 3–1

0–1 Sebastian Deisler

1–1 Marco van Hoogdalem

2–1 Émile Mpenza

Bochum-Schalke 04 1–1

1–0 Paul Freier

1–1 Émile Mpenza

Schalke 04-Wolfsburg 2–1

1–0 Ebbe Sand

2–0 Émile Mpenza

2–1 Andrzej Juskowiak

Stuttgart-Schalke 04 1–0

1–0 Krassimir Balakov

Schalke 04-Unterhaching 5–3

0–1 André Breitenreiter

0–2 Mirosław Spiżak

1–2 Nico van Kerckhoven

2–2 Gerald Asamoah

2–3 Jan Seifert

3–3 Jörg Böhme

4–3 Jörg Böhme

5–3 Ebbe Sand

Statistics

Top scorers

Bundesliga

Ebbe Sand 22

Émile Mpenza 13

Jörg Böhme 9

Tomasz Wałdoch 5

Transfers

In

Andreas Möller - Borussia Dortmund

Tomasz Hajto - MSV Duisburg

Jörg Böhme - Arminia Bielefeld

Out

Andreas Müller - retired

References

Notes

FC Schalke 04 seasons

Schalke 04

2000–01 FC Schalke 04 season