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FC Schalke 04 Esports
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| Org Location |  Germany | ||
| Region | Europe | ||
| Head Coach | Dylan Falco | ||
| Partner | AOK Nordwest Konami Deutsche Glasfaser | ||
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FC Schalke 04 Esports is the esports division of German sports club FC Schalke 04.
History
FC Schalke 04 Esports was announced on May 16, 2016, having purchased the EU LCS Summer 2016 seed and roster of Elements.[1] Their roster included Steve, Gilius, MrRalleZ, and sprattel from Elements's Spring Season lineup, with Fox from Unicorns of Love replacing Eika. With the acquisition, FC Schalke 04 became the second professional sports organization to sign a League of Legends team, after Beşiktaş acquired Aces High in 2015.
2016 Season
Although Schalke began the summer split with a respectable 3-5-2 match record, in fourth place, they had slid to eighth by the split's end and were required to compete in the 2017 Spring Promotion tournament. There, they lost 1-3 to Team ROCCAT and 1-3 to Misfits, becoming the only 2016 Summer EU LCS team to be relegated. By the end of the year, all the team's players had departed.
2017 Season
Starting from scratch in the new year, FC Schalke signed Smittyj, loulex, SELFIE, Upset, and VandeR.[2] With the exception of the rookie Upset, each of the team's players had at least a full split of LCS experience. Now competing in the 2017 Challenger Series, Schalke became the first ever European team to go undefeated throughout an entire CS regular season, posting a 5-0-0 series record. In their playoff series however they were upset by Misfits Academy and did not qualify for promotion back to EU LCS.
After this failure they replaced loulex, Selfie and VandeR with Memento, Caedrel and Norskeren. With this roster they stayed once again undefeated in regular season of the Challenger Series Summer Split with a 3-2-0 record and managed to beat Red Bulls 3-1 in playoffs to qualify for EU LCS 2018 Spring Promotion. After beating Mysterious Monkeys in round 1 they lost the first qualifying round against Giants in a close 2-3 series. In the second qualifying round they faced off against Ninjas in Pyjamas and swept them 3-0 to qualify for the EU LCS.
2018 Season
For their second attempt in the EU LCS Schalke 04 rebuilt their roster by signing Vizicsacsi from UOL, Pridestalker from Giants, nukeduck and VandeR from Team Vitality to play alongside AD Carry prospect Upset and bringing in Boris from Splyce and Guilhoto from Giants as new coaches. The team struggled in their first split and missed playoffs with a 8th place finish at 7-11.
Going into Summer Split they brought in jungle veteran Amazing who helped the team to perform more consistently and lead the roster to finish Regular Season in a 3-way-tie for 2nd which saw them go into playoffs as 3rd seed after losing against Team Vitality and beating G2 Esports. Fighting their way past Splyce and Vitality into their first EU LCS final against Fnatic they had hopes of upsetting them but ultimately were not good enough and lost 1-3. Therefore they went into Regional Finals as 1st seed and favourites as they could watch their opponent play but ended up disappointing everyone's expectations and lost convincingly 1-3 missing out on representing Europe at the 2018 Season World Championship.
2019 Season
On November 20, Riot Games announced Schalke 04 as one of the ten partner teams for the LEC 2019 Spring Split.[3]
They ended up once again rebuilding their roster around Upset and picked up Odoamne from Splyce, Memento from Team ROCCAT, IgNar who returned from LCK team bbq Olivers and rookie Abbedagge. They started off well in the first round of Spring Split looking like a top 3 team but could not keep it up and dropped throughout the second half of the split ending in 7th place after losing a tiebreaker game for 6th against SK Gaming.
Timeline
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- February (approx.), kev1n joins as sub.
- February (approx.), kev1n leaves.
- April 3, Pride moves to sub.[8] Liq leaves managerial role.[9]
- May 31, Amazing joins.[10]
- November 19, Vizicsacsi, Nukeduck, Vander, Pride, and Boris' contracts expire. Guilhoto's coaching contract expires.[11] Amazing leaves.[12]
- November 20, Nukeduck and Vander's departures are confirmed.[13][14]
- November 21, Guilhoto's departure is confirmed.[15] Fabian Broich leaves psychologist role.[16]
- November 23, Dylan Falco joins as head coach.[17] Boris moves to coach. Vizicsacsi's departure is confirmed.[18]
- November 25, Memento rejoins.[19]
- November 30, Abbedagge joins.[20]
- December 6, DLim joins as assistant coach.[21]
- December 11, IgNar joins.[22]
- December 12, Odoamne joins.[23]
- December 20, Boris leaves coaching role.[24]
- January 13, Smittyj, loulex, SELFIE, Upset, and Vander join. Veteran joins as head coach. Nodriza joins as head analyst. Nyph leaves coaching role.[25]
- January 27, Rexxx and FD GOD join as subs.
- April 30, SELFIE and Vander leave.[26][27] FD GOD and Rexxx leave.
- May 1, Veteran leaves coaching role.[28]
- May 22, Memento, Caedrel, and Norskeren join. loulex leaves.
- May (approx.), Veteran rejoins as head coach.
- June 2, Kadir joins as a sub.
- June 7, Nikola Senpai joins as a sub.[29]
- June 29, Kadir leaves.[30]
- September 30, Smittyj, Memento, Caedrel, Norskeren, and Nikola Senpai leave.[31][32][33][34][35]
- October 23, Veteran leaves coaching role.[36]
- October 24, Liq joins as Head of Esports. Krepo (now Boris) joins as head coach. Tim Reichert moves to Chief Gaming Officer.[37]
- November 21, Vizicsacsi, Pridestalker (now Pride), and Nukeduck join. Vander rejoins.[38]
- December 22, André Guilhoto joins as strategic coach.[39] Nicolas Farnir joins as team manager.[40]
- May 16, team is announced. Steve, Gilius, Fox, MrRalleZ, and sprattel join.[1]
- May 19, dexter, Eika, and Sola join as subs.
- August (approx.), dexter, Eika, and Sola leave.
- October 14, Gilius and sprattel leave.[41][42]
- October 28, Rudy, Hatrixx, NightSniper, and Visdom join for 2016 GeForce Cup.[43]
- October 30, Steve and MrRalleZ leave.
- November 1, Fox leaves.[44]
Player Roster
Active
| R | C | ID | Name | Role | Contract Ends | Joined |
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| Odoamne | Andrei Pascu | Top Laner | 2019-11-18 | 2018-12-12 | ||
| Memento | Jonas Elmarghichi | Jungler | 2020-11-16 | 2018-11-25 | ||
| Trick | Kim Gang-yun (김강윤) | Jungler | 2019-11-18 | 2019-04-08 | ||
| Abbedagge | Felix Braun | Mid Laner | 2020-11-16 | 2018-11-30 | ||
| Upset | Elias Lipp | Bot Laner | 2019-11-18 | 2017-01-13 | ||
| IgNar | Lee Dong-geun (이동근) | Support | 2019-11-18 | 2018-12-11 |
- Note: Teams are free to switch players between their LEC and Academy rosters as long as their roster for each game complies with the rules outlined in their respective ERL. Therefore, more players are eligible to start than are listed on this page - we will only list those that do play.
Temporary Subs
| ID | Name | Role | Replacing | Tournament | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy | Rudy Beltran | Jungler | None | 2016 GeForce Cup | |
| Hatrixx | Jørgen Elgåen | Mid Laner | Fox | ||
| NightSniper | Ian de Schepper | Bot Laner | MrRalleZ | ||
| Visdom | Benjamin Larsen | Support | None |
Former
| R | C | ID | Name | Role | Next Team | Joined | Left |
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| Boris | Mitch Voorspoels | Sub/Sup |  G2 Esports |
2017-10-24 | 2018-12-20 | ||
| Vizicsacsi | Tamás Kiss | Top Laner |  Splyce |
2017-11-21 | 2018-11-23 | ||
| Nukeduck | Erlend Våtevik Holm | Mid Laner |  Origen |
2017-11-21 | 2018-11-20 | ||
| Vander | Oskar Bogdan | Support |  Rogue Esports Club |
2017-11-21 | 2018-11-20 | ||
| Amazing | Maurice Stückenschneider | Jungler |  FC Schalke 04 Evolution |
2018-05-31 | 2018-11-19 | ||
| Pride | Milo Wehnes | Sub/Jun |  GamersOrigin |
2017-11-21 | 2018-11-19 | ||
| kev1n | Kevin Piotr Rubiszewski | Sub/Top | None | 2018-02-?? | 2018-02-?? | ||
| Smittyj | Lennart Warkus | Top Laner |  H2k-Gaming |
2017-01-13 | 2017-09-30 | ||
| Memento | Jonas Elmarghichi | Jungler |  Team ROCCAT |
2017-05-22 | 2017-09-30 | ||
| Caedrel | Marc Robert Lamont | Mid Laner | H2k-Gaming |
2017-05-22 | 2017-09-30 | ||
| Norskeren | Tore Hoel Eilertsen | Support | Team ROCCAT |
2017-05-22 | 2017-09-30 | ||
| Nikola Senpai | Nikola Đorđević | Sub/Bot |  KlikTech |
2017-06-07 | 2017-09-30 | ||
| Kadir | Kadircan Mumcuoğlu | Sub/Jun |  ÇİLEKLER |
2017-06-02 | 2017-06-29 | ||
| loulex | Jean-Victor Burgevin | Jungler | G2 Esports |
2017-01-13 | 2017-05-22 | ||
| SELFIE | Marcin Wolski | Mid Laner |  Tempo Storm |
2017-01-13 | 2017-04-30 | ||
| FD GOD | Farid El-Hajjar | Sub/Mid | None | 2017-01-27 | 2017-04-30 | ||
| Rexxx | Erik Reisswig | Sub/Mid | None | 2017-01-27 | 2017-04-30 | ||
| VandeR | Oskar Bogdan | Support |  Team Vitality |
2017-01-13 | 2017-04-30 | ||
| Fox | Hampus Myhre | Mid Laner |  eUnited |
2016-05-16 | 2016-11-01 | ||
| Steve | Etienne Michels | Top Laner |  Paris Saint-Germain |
2016-05-16 | 2016-10-30 | ||
| MrRalleZ | Rasmus Skinneholm | Bot Laner |  Fnatic Academy |
2016-05-16 | 2016-10-30 | ||
| Gilius | Erberk Demir | Jungler | eUnited |
2016-05-16 | 2016-10-14 | ||
| sprattel | Hampus Abrahamsson | Support | Paris Saint-Germain |
2016-05-16 | 2016-10-14 | ||
| dexter | Marcel Feldkamp | Sub/Jun |  Retired |
2016-05-19 | 2016-08-?? | ||
| Eika | Jérémy Valdenaire | Sub/Mid |  Team-LDLC |
2016-05-19 | 2016-08-?? | ||
| Sola | Nico Linke | Sub/Bot | None | 2016-05-19 | 2016-08-?? |
October 2016 Scouting
| C | ID | Name | Role | Next Team |
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| Doxy | Rafael Adl Zarabi | Top Laner |  Virtus.pro
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| Steve | Etienne Michels | Top Laner | Paris Saint-Germain
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| Broxah | Mads Brock-Pedersen | Jungler | Fnatic Academy
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| Rudy | Rudy Beltran | Jungler | Team-LDLC
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| Caedrel | Marc Robert Lamont | Mid Laner |  Distrikt
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| FD GOD | Farid El-Hajjar | Mid Laner | FC Schalke 04
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| Hatrixx | Jørgen Elgåen | Mid Laner | Tempo Storm
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| P1noy | Kristoffer Pedersen | Bot Laner |  ThunderX3 Baskonia
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| Tabzz | Erik van Helvert | Bot Laner | Origen
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| Toaster | Augustas Ruplys | Bot Laner | Distrikt
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| Treatz | Erik Wessén | Support | Team ROCCAT
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| Visdom | Benjamin Larsen | Support | G2 Esports
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Organization
Current
| C | ID | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burke | Tim Reichert | Managing Director | |
| Atomium | Nicolas Farnir | Team Manager | |
| Emilie Farnir | Performance Manager | ||
| Dylan Falco | Dylan Falco | Head Coach | |
| F1RE | Jose Maria Iznardo | Head Analyst |
Former
| C | ID | Name | Position | Next Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DLim | David Lim | Assistant Coach |  Excel Esports
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| Boris | Mitch Voorspoels | Head Coach | G2 Esports
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| Guilhoto | André Guilhoto | Strategic Coach | Origen
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| Fabian Broich | Psychologist | Origen
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| Liq | Hans Christian Dürr | Head of Esports |  Riot Games Inc.
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| Moritz Beckers-Schwarz | Chief Executive Officer | None | ||
| Veteran | Michael Archer | Head Coach | H2k-Gaming
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| Nodriza | David Espinar Griñó | Head Analyst |  Vega Squadron
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| Patox | Christopher Gellner | Manager | None | |
| Nyph | Patrick Funke | Head Coach | None | |
| Maelk | Jacob Toft-Andersen | Manager | None |
Player LCS Participation
LEC
| Player | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Games | |||||||
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| Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | ||
| MrRallez |  | |  | |  | | 143 | ||||||||
| Promisq | | | |  | | | | 130 | |||||||
| Fox |  | |  | | 91 | ||||||||||
| Gilius | | | | | | 87 | |||||||||
| Steve | | | | 74 | |||||||||||
| Nukeduck |  |  | | | | | | | | | | | 247 | ||
| Vander | | | | | | | | | | | | 230 | |||
| Vizicsacsi | | | | | | | | | | | 221 | ||||
| Boris |  | | | | 69 | ||||||||||
| Upset | | | | | 65 | ||||||||||
| Pride | | | 51 | ||||||||||||
| Amazing |  | | | | |  | | 151 | |||||||
| Odoamne | | | | | | | | | | | 216 | ||||
| Memento | |  | | | | 99 | |||||||||
| IgNar |  | | | | 92 | ||||||||||
| Abbedagge | | | 29 | ||||||||||||
| Trick | | | | | | 127 | |||||||||
Tournament Results
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
Highlight Videos
Articles
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- January 10, Schalke 04's PR Work Has Been Fantastic and Deserves More Praise by Darius Matuschak on The Shotcaller
- January 18, Schalke in the eSports premier class by Marco Gnyp on Sport 1
- April 3, Schalke 04 Esports announce upcoming roster changes for the EU LCS Summer Split by Darius Matuschak on The Shotcaller
- May 11, LoL: eSports-Königsklasse ohne S04? (German) by Florian Merz on Sport1
- June 21, Where it went wrong - Schalke's Problems in the first week of EU LCS by Alexandre "DrPuppet" Weber on Inven Global
- August 27, EU LCS: S04 Esports steht im Halbfinale der Playoffs (German) on Schalke04.de
- August 31, Four questions about the EU LCS Semifinalists by Kristine "Vaalia" Hutter on LoL Esports
- September 1, An Amazing story in the EU LCS by Xing Li on Dot Esports
- September 7, Can Schalke pull off one more victory to win the EU LCS? by Xing Li on Dot Esports
- August 23, The real rematch: Schalke and Giants fight for EU LCS spot amid budding rivalry with on Kelsey Moser for Slingshot Esports
- May 22, Summer 2016 EU LCS Team-by-Team Preview Day One: FC Schalke 04 (Podcast) by Rough Drafts on Soundcloud
- June 8, How will the entrance of Schalke 04 impact esports? by Alexandre "DrPuppet" Weber on Slingshot
- July 28, LCS Episode Schalke 04: A New Hope by Seidoz on Gamurs
Interviews
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- August 8, S04 Assistant Coach Guilhoto: "A lot of teams rely on their superstars to do well - Schalke doesnt." with Darius Matuschak on The Shotcaller
- August 31, VandeR and Upset believe in Schalke hype after quarterfinals win: "We can go even further" with Adel Chouadria on Cybersport
- September 4, Nukeduck: "The shift away from playing ADCs was the best thing that happened to our team" with Adel Chouadria on Cybersport
- August 4, "The descent was absolutely unnecessary" with on Sport1
- November 2, Schalke 04 Head of esports Liq on Krepo as a Coach: "He leads by example and has very high work ethics." with Darius Matuschak on The Shotcaller
- May 23, Tim Reichert: "We have very ambitious players" with on Sport1
Videos
- 2018
- 2016
- August 30, Semifinals: Schalke 04 vs. Team Vitality by LoL Esports on Youtube
- May 19, ESports Auf Schalke (German) by FC Schalke 04 on YouTube (English Translation)
See Also
Gallery
FC Schalke 04 Esports 2016 Season LCS Summer Roster
FC Schalke 04 Esports 2018 LCS Spring Roster Week 1 with Vander as ADC and Boris as starting support
FC Schalke 04 EU LCS 2018 Spring Roster
External Links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 FC Schalke 04 Confirms Esports Commitment mailings.trian.net
- ↑ VandeR, Selfie, loulex headline Schalke 04 Challenger roster thescoreesports.com
- ↑ Take a closer look at the LEC eu.lolesports.com
- ↑ FC Schalke 04 Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ FC Schalke 04 Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ FC Schalke 04 Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ League of Legends: Royal Blues sign Head Analyst Jose Maria Iznardo schalke04.de
- ↑ FC Schalke 04 Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ FC Schalke 04 Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ S04 Esports signs Maurice "Amazing" Stückenschneider schalke04.de
- ↑ Global Contract Database Archive - EU - 2018-11-18 lol.gamepedia.com
- ↑ Amazing's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ FC Schalke 04 Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Vander's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ FC Schalke 04 Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Fabian Broich's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ FC Schalke 04 Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ FC Schalke 04 Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ FC Schalke 04 Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ FC Schalke 04 Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ FC Schalke 04 Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ FC Schalke 04 Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ FC Schalke 04 Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ LEC 2019 Staff Update g2esports.com
- ↑ FC Schalke 04 Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ SELFIE's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ VandeR's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Veteran's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ FC Schalke 04 Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Kadir's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Smittyj's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Memento's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Caedrel's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Norskeren's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Nikola Senpai's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Veteran's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Voorspoels and Dürr new at S04 Esports esports.schalke04.de
- ↑ FC Schalke 04 Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Strategic Coach Announcement youtube.com
- ↑ Nicolas Farnir joins FC Schalke 04 as Team Manager schalke04.de
- ↑ Gilius's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ sprattel's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ FC Schalke 04 Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Fox's Tweet twitter.com
