Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V. (FC Schalke 04, Schalke 04 yoki shunchaki S04) Shimoliy Reyn-Vestfaliya shtatining Gelsenkirchen shahridagi Schalke tumanida asos solingan nemis futbol klubidir. 1930- va 1940-yillarning boshlarida katta muvaffaqiyatlarga erishgan bu guruh hozir ham Germaniyaning eng mashhur futbol klublaridan biri sanaladi. 2014-yil mart oyi holatiga koʻra, 158 000 ta aʼzoga ega boʻlgan[2] ushbu klub kattaligi boʻyicha Germaniyada ikkkinchi, jahonda esa uchinchi sport klubidir.[3]
Schalke 04 Yevropadagi ilk gʻalabasiga 1997-yili Milanda Internasionale futbol klubini magʻlub etib, UEFA kubogini qoʻlga kiritish orqali erishdi. Papa Jan Pol 1987-yilda Park stadionida boʻlib oʻtgan tantanali marosimda klubning faxriy aʼzosi boʻldi.
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- Jenrich Burkh: Royal Blue Planet, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3-89533-446-4.
- Stefan Goch / Norbert Silver Bach: Between blue and white is gray, Essen 2005, ISBN 3-89861-433-6.
- Hardy Green: Faith, Love, Schalke. The complete history of FC Schalke 04, The Workshop, Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-89533-747-5.
- Helmut Wood: Schalke is priceless, Gelsenkirchen, 1991, ISBN 3-924984-30-1 .
- Helmut Wood: Schalke smile. Curiosities and concrete of fans and dreamers — experienced and collected, Gelsenkirchen 1984, ISBN 3-9800764-6-6.
- William Herbert Koch: The Royal Blues: the phenomenon Schalke 04, Düsseldorf 1973, ISBN 3-7700-0365-9.
- Olivier Kruschinski: Blue and white for a lifetime. A season with Schalke, Herten 2005, ISBN 3-938152-04-4.
- Georg Röwekamp: The legend lives on. The history of FC Schalke 04, Göttingen 1996 [and newer edition], ISBN 3-89533-164-3.
- Schalke Fan Initiative (Eds.), The tip of the Eichbergs. Most scandals of FC Schalke 04. plain text, Essen 2005, ISBN 3-89861-393-3.
- Jörg Seven Eick, Thomas Spiegel, Gerd Voss (Eds.): 100 Schalke years — 100 stories Schalke. Plain text, Essen 2004, ISBN 3-89861-321-6.
- Matt Ford: „Bundesliga: Schalke relegated for first time in 30 years“. 2021. https://www.dw.com/en/bundesliga-schalke-relegated-for-first-time-in-30-years/a-57270976
