Showing posts with label Felix Magath. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Felix Magath. Show all posts

Monday, August 9, 2010

Good News and Bad News for Schalke 04


Real Murcia left-back Sergio Escudero joins the Royal Blues on a four year contract. He started his career at Betis Valladolid but was signed up by Real Murcia in the summer of 2008. He is one of the most sought after or most targeted by European clubs to sign-up being one of the upcoming Spain under-21 international.

As he wears the number three shirt for the Royal Blues team wear, he looks forward to playing in the Bundesliga and to playing the first match in front of adoring fans. He saw how great fan support is for Schalke. He wants to be in the first team and will be training hard for that. When asked why he chose Schalke over other clubs interested in signing him up, this is what he had to say:

Sergio Escudero in his new team wear


“The chance to win things and the way the club is run. The very first time I spoke to Felix Magath I got the feeling he was desperate to sign me. That impressed me greatly and gave me a good feeling right from the outset.”
On the other hand, Brazilian right-back Rafinha has transferred from Schalke to Serie A club Genoa after 5 years playing with the Royal Blues.

And for the really bad news:


Even after seeing the much improved playing of Schalke, it was not enough to win over Bayern Munich in the relaunched DFL Super Cup on Saturday. Although they got into a good start, Thomas Muller and Miroslav Klose scored in the final 15 minutes. And though Magath really wanted the win and theSuper Cup trophy he could only say:

“But it was Bayern who got the goals. Ultimately they deserved to win on account of their first-half performance."
I feel really about Schalke losing to Bayern but I still love Schalke. Needless to say, congrats to Bayern and may the best team wins, next time. I may also do a write up about Thomas Müller next time....he is going good.

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Football 101: FC Schalke 04


FC Schalke 04


Full name Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V.
Nickname(s) Die Königsblauen (The Royal Blues)
Die Knappen (The Miners)
Founded 4 May 1904
Ground Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen
(Capacity: 61,673)
President Josef Schnusenberg
Manager Felix Magath
League
Bundesliga
2009–10 Bundesliga, 2nd



FC Schalke 04 Team Wear


FC Schalke 04 2010-2011 Current Squad



No. Position Player
1
GK
Manuel Neuer
3
DF
Sergio Escudero
4
DF
Benedikt Höwedes
6
DF
Tim Hoogland
7
FW
Raúl
8
MF
Hao Junmin
9
FW
Edu
10
MF
Ivan Rakitić
11
MF
Alexander Baumjohann
12
MF
Peer Kluge
13
MF
Lukas Schmitz
14
DF
Kyriakos Papadopoulos
17
FW
Jefferson Farfán
19
FW
Mario Gavranović
20
MF
Vasileios Pliatsikas
21
DF
Christoph Metzelder
22
DF
Atsuto Uchida
23
MF
Jermaine Jones
24
DF
Christian Pander
26
FW
Erik Jendrišek
28
MF
Christoph Moritz
29
FW
Bogdan Müller
30
MF
Levan Kenia
31
FW
David Loheider
32
DF
Joël Matip
33
GK
Mathias Schober
34
FW
Besart Ibraimi
36
GK
Lars Unnerstall
38
FW
Marvin Pourie
39
DF
Marvin Pachan
40
MF
Predrag Stevanović

POSITIONS
GK - Goalkeeper
DF - Defender
FW - Forward
MF - Midfielder

FC Schalke 04 Squad
1 Manuel Neuer Goalkeeper 11 Alexander Baumjohann Midfielder
33 Matthias Schober Goalkeeper 12 Peer Kluge Midfielder
36 Lars Unnerstall Goalkeeper 13 Lukas Schmitz Midfielder
2 Hans Sarpei Defender 18 Jurado Midfielder
2 Heiko Westermann Defender 19 Mario Gavranovic Midfielder
3 Sergio Escudero Defender 20 Vassilis Pliatsikas Midfielder
4 Benedikt Höwedes Defender 23 Jermaine Jones Midfielder
5 Nicolas Plestan Defender 27 Ciprian Deac Midfielder
6 Tim Hoogland Defender 28 Christoph Moritz Midfielder
14 Kyriakos Papadopoulos Defender 30 Lewan Kenia Midfielder
21 Christoph Metzelder Defender 7 Raúl Striker
22 Atsuto Uchida Defender 9 Edu Striker
24 Christian Pander Defender 17 Jefferson Agustin Farfán Striker
32 Joel Matip Defender 25 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Striker
8 Hao Junmin Midfielder 26 Erik Jendrisek Striker
10 Ivan Rakitic Midfielder - Felix Magath Manager/Coach

Source: Goal.com