Training begins on 25 June - pre-season open day on 26 July
02.06.2009
The schedule for Schalke's first pre-season under new boss Felix Magath is now almost complete. Training for the first-team squad will commence on Thursday, 25 June. The precise time will be announced in due course. Another warm-up match is set to take place during the training camp in Herzlake. The pre-season schedule at a glance:
Thursday, 25 June 2009: Start of training
(Club complex, Gelsenkirchen)
Tuesday, 30 June 2009: Hochsauerlandkreis XI versus FC Schalke 04
(Dünnefeld-Stadion, Meschede, kick-off 1900)
Saturday, 4 July: Victoria National Team versus FC Schalke 04
(Stadion Hohenhorst, Recklinghausen, 1530)
Monday, 6 July – Saturday, 11 July: Training camp in Herzlake
Saturday, 11 July: Rapid Vienna versus Schalke 04
(Gerhard-Hanappi-Stadion, Vienna, 2030)
Saturday, 18 July: T-Home Cup semi-finals, with FC Schalke 04, Bayern Munich, Hamburger SV, VfB Stuttgart (VELTINS Arena, Gelsenkirchen)
Saturday, 19 July: T-Home Cup final round
(VELTINS Arena, Gelsenkirchen)
Saturday, 25 July: Union Berlin versus FC Schalke 04
(Stadion An der Alten Försterei, Berlin, 1530)
Saturday, 26 July: Schalke Pre-Season Open Day
(VELTINS Arena, Gelsenkirchen, 1100)
Friday, 31 July – Sunday, 2 August: DFB Cup First Round Proper
The kick-off times for the T-Home Cup have yet to be fixed.
