FC Schalke 04 Esports

Overview

Statistics

Match History

FC Schalke 04 Esports
Team Information
Location:	Germany
Region:	Europe
Head Coach:	Mitch "Krepo" Voorspoels
Sponsor(s):	AOK Nordwest Quersus
History
Created:	Football Club 1904-05-04 LoL Division 2016-05-16
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Current Roster

FC Schalke 04 Esports is the E-Sports division of German sports club FC Schalke 04.

History

FC Schalke 04 Esports was announced on May 16th, 2016, having purchased the EU LCS Summer 2016 seed and roster of Elements. 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. 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.

Timeline

• 2018
• 2017
• 2016

• February (approx.), kev1n joins as sub.
• February (approx.), kev1n leaves.
• April 3rd, Pride moves to sub. Liq leaves managerial role.

• January 13th, Smittyj, loulex, SELFIE, Upset, and Vander join. Veteran joins as head coach. Nodriza joins as head analyst. Nyph leaves coaching role.
• January 27th, Rexxx and FD GOD join as subs.
• April 30th, SELFIE and Vander leave. FD GOD and Rexxx leave.
• May 1st, Veteran leaves coaching role.
• May 22nd, Memento, Caedrel, and Norskeren join. loulex leaves.
• May (approx.), Veteran rejoins as head coach.
• June 2nd, Kadir joins as a sub.
• June 7th, Nikola Senpai joins as a sub.
• June 29th, Kadir leaves.
• September 30th, Smittyj, Memento, Caedrel, Norskeren, and Nikola Senpai leave.
• October 23rd, Veteran leaves coaching role.
• October 24th, Liq joins as Head of Esports. Krepo (now Boris) joins as head coach. Tim Reichert moves to Chief Gaming Officer.
• November 21st, Vizicsacsi, Pridestalker (now Pride), and Nukeduck join. Vander rejoins.
• December 22nd, André Guilhoto joins as strategic coach. Nicolas Farnir joins as team manager.

• May 16th, team is announced. Steve, Gilius, Fox, MrRalleZ, and sprattel join.
• May 19th, dexter, Eika, and Sola join as subs.
• August (approx.), dexter, Eika, and Sola leave.
• October 14th, Gilius and sprattel leave.
• October 28th, Rudy, Hatrixx, NightSniper, and Visdom join for 2016 GeForce Cup.
• October 30th, Steve and MrRalleZ leave.
• November 1st, Fox leaves.

Player Roster

Active

R	C	ID	Name	Role	Contract Ends	Joined
		Vizicsacsi	Tamás Kiss	01 Top	2018-11-19	2017-11-21
		Nukeduck	Erlend Våtevik Holm	03 Mid	2018-11-19	2017-11-21
		Upset	Elias Lipp	04 AD	2019-11-18	2017-01-13
		Vander	Oskar Bogdan	05 Support	2018-11-19	2017-11-21
		Pride	Milo Wehnes	07 Sub/Jungle	2018-11-19	2017-11-21
		Boris	Mitch Voorspoels	10 Sub/Support	2018-11-19	2017-10-24

Temporary Subs

	ID	Name	Role	Replacing	Tournament
	Rudy	Rudy Beltran	02 Jungle	None	2016 GeForce Cup
	Hatrixx	Jørgen Elgåen	03 Mid	Fox
	NightSniper	Ian de Schepper	04 AD	MrRalleZ
	Visdom	Benjamin Larsen	05 Support	None

Former

R	C	ID	Name	Role	Next Team	Joined	Left
		kev1n	Kevin Piotr Rubiszewski	06 Sub/Top	None	2018-02-??	2018-02-??
		Smittyj	Lennart Warkus	01 Top	H2k-Gaming	2017-01-13	2017-09-30
		Memento	Jonas Elmarghichi	02 Jungle	Team ROCCAT	2017-05-22	2017-09-30
		Caedrel	Marc Robert Lamont	03 Mid	H2k-Gaming	2017-05-22	2017-09-30
		Norskeren	Tore Hoel Eilertsen	05 Support	Team ROCCAT	2017-05-22	2017-09-30
		Nikola Senpai	Nikola Đorđević	09 Sub/AD	KlikTech	2017-06-07	2017-09-30
		Kadir	Kadircan Mumcuoğlu	07 Sub/Jungle	ÇİLEKLER	2017-06-02	2017-06-29
		loulex	Jean-Victor Burgevin	02 Jungle	G2 Esports	2017-01-13	2017-05-22
		SELFIE	Marcin Wolski	03 Mid	Tempo Storm	2017-01-13	2017-04-30
		FD GOD	Farid El-Hajjar	08 Sub/Mid	None	2017-01-27	2017-04-30
		Rexxx	Erik Reisswig	08 Sub/Mid	None	2017-01-27	2017-04-30
		VandeR	Oskar Bogdan	05 Support	Team Vitality	2017-01-13	2017-04-30
		Fox	Hampus Myhre	03 Mid	eUnited	2016-05-16	2016-11-01
		Steve	Etienne Michels	01 Top	Paris Saint-Germain	2016-05-16	2016-10-30
		MrRalleZ	Rasmus Skinneholm	04 AD	Fnatic Academy	2016-05-16	2016-10-30
		Gilius	Erberk Demir	02 Jungle	eUnited	2016-05-16	2016-10-14
		sprattel	Hampus Abrahamsson	05 Support	Paris Saint-Germain	2016-05-16	2016-10-14
		dexter	Marcel Feldkamp	07 Sub/Jungle	None	2016-05-19	2016-08-??
		Eika	Jérémy Valdenaire	08 Sub/Mid	Team-LDLC	2016-05-19	2016-08-??
		Sola	Nico Linke	09 Sub/AD	None	2016-05-19	2016-08-??

October 2016 Scouting

C	ID	Name	Role	Next Team
	Doxy	Rafael Adl Zarabi	01 Top	Virtus.pro
	Steve	Etienne Michels	01 Top	Paris Saint-Germain
	Broxah	Mads Brock-Pedersen	02 Jungle	Fnatic Academy
	Rudy	Rudy Beltran	02 Jungle	Team-LDLC
	Caedrel	Marc Robert Lamont	03 Mid	Distrikt
	FD GOD	Farid El-Hajjar	03 Mid	FC Schalke 04
	Hatrixx	Jørgen Elgåen	03 Mid	Tempo Storm
	P1noy	Kristoffer Pedersen	04 AD	ThunderX3 Baskonia
	Tabzz	Erik van Helvert	04 AD	Origen
	Toaster	Augustas Ruplys	04 AD	Distrikt
	Treatz	Erik Wessén	05 Support	Team ROCCAT
	Visdom	Benjamin Larsen	05 Support	G2 Esports

Organization

Current

C	ID	Name	Position
		Moritz Beckers-Schwarz	Chief Executive Officer
	Burke	Tim Reichert	Chief Gaming Officer
	Atomium	Nicolas Farnir	Team Manager
	Boris	Mitch Voorspoels	11 Head Coach
	Guilhoto	André Guilhoto	Strategic Coach
		Fabian Broich	Psychologist

Former

C	ID	Name	Position	Next Team
	Liq	Hans Christian Dürr	11 Head of Esports	None
	Veteran	Michael Archer	11 Head Coach	H2k-Gaming
	Nodriza	David Espinar Griñó	Head Analyst	ASUS ROG Army
	Patox	Christopher Gellner	Manager	None
	Nyph	Patrick Funke	11 Head Coach	None
	Maelk	Jacob Toft-Andersen	Manager	None

Player LCS Participation

Player	2013				2014				2015				2016				2017				2018				EU	NA	Total
	Spring		Summer		Spring		Summer		Spring		Summer		Spring		Summer		Spring		Summer		Spring		Summer
	#	Team	#	Team	#	Team	#	Team	#	Team	#	Team	#	Team	#	Team	#	Team	#	Team	#	Team	#	Team
Steve											18		18		36										72	0	72
Gilius											4		18		36						18				76	0	76
Fox									18		18		18		36										90	0	90
MrRalleZ					28		28		18		12		18		36										140	0	140
Sprattel											8		18		36				29		18				109	0	109
Vizicsacsi									18		18		18		36		31		35		18				174	0	174
Pridestalker																			31		18				49	0	49
Nukeduck			28		2				18		18		18		36		30		27		18				195	0	195
Upset																					16				16	0	16
Vander					28		28		18		18		18		36				27		18				191	0	191
Krepo	28		28		25		28		8												2				66	53	119

For a full chart listing all LCS players, click here.

Only regular season games are listed. Last update: after LCS Spring 2018

Tournament Results

FC Schalke 04 Tournament Results

Date	Place	Prize	Event	Last Result	Roster
2018-03-17	A88th		EU LCS 2018 Spring	7 - 11 RR	Vizicsacsi,  Pride,  Nukeduck,   Vander,  Upset,  Boris,  Guilhoto
2017-08-25	I1Q		EU LCS 2018 Spring Promotion	3 : 0 NiP	Smittyj,  Memento,  Caedrel,  Upset,  Norskeren,  Veteran
2017-08-06	I1Q	€ 13,000	EUCS 2017 Summer Playoffs	3 : 1 RB	Smittyj,  Memento,  Caedrel,  Upset,  Norskeren
2017-07-16	A22nd		EUCS 2017 Summer	3 - 2 - 0 Group Stage	Smittyj,  Memento,  Caedrel,  Upset,  Norskeren
2017-03-26	I1NQ	€ 7,000	EUCS 2017 Spring Playoffs	1 : 3 MSF.A	Smittyj,  Loulex,  Selfie,  Upset,  Vander
2017-03-05	A11st		EUCS 2017 Spring	5 - 0 - 0 Group Stage	Smittyj,  Loulex,  SELFIE,  Upset,  Vander
2016-08-07	I1NQ		EU LCS 2017 Spring Promotion	1 : 3 MSF	Steve,  Gilius,  Fox,  MrRalleZ,  sprattel,  Nyph
2016-07-31	A88th		EU LCS 2016 Summer	3-9-6 RR	Steve,  Gilius,  Fox,  MrRalleZ,  sprattel,  Nyph
	A88th		2018 EU LCS Summer Season	0 - 0 RR
Total Prize: EUR 20,000

Articles

• 2018
• 2017
• 2016

• January 10th, Schalke 04's PR Work Has Been Fantastic and Deserves More Praise by Darius Matuschak on The Shotcaller
• January 18th, Schalke in the eSports premier class by Marco Gnyp on Sport 1
• April 3rd, Schalke 04 Esports announce upcoming roster changes for the EU LCS Summer Split by Darius Matuschak on The Shotcaller

• August 23rd, The real rematch: Schalke and Giants fight for EU LCS spot amid budding rivalry with Kelsey Moser for Slingshot Esports

• May 22nd, Summer 2016 EU LCS Team-by-Team Preview Day One: FC Schalke 04 (Podcast) by Rough Drafts on Soundcloud
• June 8th, How will the entrance of Schalke 04 impact esports? by Alexandre "DrPuppet" Weber on Slingshot
• July 28th, LCS Episode Schalke 04: A New Hope by Seidoz on Gamurs

Interviews

• 2017
• 2016

• August 4th, "The descent was absolutely unnecessary" with Sport1
• November 2nd, 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 23rd, Tim Reichert: "We have very ambitious players" with Sport1

Videos

• 2016

• May 19th, ESports Auf Schalke (German) by FC Schalke 04 on YouTube (English Translation)

Gallery

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  FC Schalke 04 Esports 2016 Season LCS Summer Roster

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  FC Schalke 04 Esports 2018 LCS Spring Roster Week 1 with Vander as ADC and Boris as starting support

External Links

• FC Schalke 04 on Wikipedia
• German S04 Esports Twitter Account