FC Schalke 04 has agreed on another test match for the ongoing 2023/2024 summer preparation.

When FC Schalke 04 will move into their training camp in Austria, the German second division club will also test against a Polish first division team.

FC Schalke 04 against Górnik Zabrze: That will be the name of the test match on 15 July (3.30 pm) at the Waldstadion zu Mittersill. Fans can already purchase e-tickets – here. S04 will be on site in Mittersill from 8 to 16 July and will prepare for their second division opener at Hamburger SV (28 July, 20.30).

Zabrze, sixth in the table in the past 2022/2023 Ekstraklasa season in Poland, also have a player in their squad that every football fan knows. Lukas Podolski, 2006 World Champion and former professional of 1. FC Köln and FC Bayern München, plays for the traditional Polish club. The miners’ club from Upper Silesia has been Polish champion 14 times.

An overview of Schalke’s preparation schedule:

Medical examinations: 24/25 June

Start of training: 26 June

1st test match: 01 July

2nd test match: 06 July

Training camp in Mittersill: 08 July – 16 July

Last test match before league start: 22 July

Schalke day: 23 July

1st matchday

Friday, 28 July, 8:30 p.m.

Hamburger SV – FC Schalke 04

Saturday, 29 July, 1 p.m.

1st FC Kaiserslautern – FC St. Pauli

Hannover 96 – SV Elversberg

VfL Osnabrück – Karlsruher SC

SV Wehen Wiesbaden – 1. FC Magdeburg

Fortuna Düsseldorf – Hertha BSC (20:30)

Sunday, 30 July, 1:30 p.m.

Greuther Fürth – SC Paderborn 07

Hansa Rostock – 1. FC Nürnberg

Eintracht Braunschweig – Holstein Kiel

Matchday 2

Friday, 4 August, 6:30 p.m.

Hertha BSC – SV Wehen Wiesbaden

SC Paderborn 07 – VfL Osnabrück

Saturday, 15 August, 1 p.m.

FC St. Pauli – Fortuna Düsseldorf

Holstein Kiel – Greuther Fürth

SV Elversberg – Hansa Rostock

FC Schalke 04 1. FC Kaiserslautern (8:30 pm)

Sunday, 6 August, 1:30 p.m.

Karlsruher SC – Hamburger SV

1. FC Magdeburg – Eintracht Braunschweig

1. FC Nuremberg – Hannover 96