FC Schalke 04

FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly FC Schalke 04, is a German football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia.

Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major successes have been rare since the club's heyday in the 1930s and early 1940s. The football team is the biggest part of a large sports club with more than 75,000 members (September 2008) making it the second largest sports club in Germany. Other activities offered by the club include basketball, handball, and track and field. FC Schalke 04 won its first major European trophy in 1997 by defeating Inter Milan on penalty kicks for the UEFA Cup in Milan.

Pope John Paul II became an honorary member of the club in 1987 after celebrating a mass in the Parkstadion. Schalke has a rivalry with the club of Borussia Dortmund (see Revierderby) and also has a friendly relationship with 1. FC Nuremberg. The mascot of the club is called Erwin (also Ährwin.)

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