FC Schalke 04

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Veltins Arena, the home stadium of the FC Schalke 04.
Veltins Arena, the home stadium of the FC Schalke 04.

The FC Gelsenkirchen Schalke 04 (FC Schalke 04 or S04) is a successful and popular German football club.

It plays in Gelsenkirchen. With more than 60,000 members at present is it the second largest Sportsclub of Germany and has departments for football, basketball, table tennis, handball and athletics. Since August 2001 the association plays its home plays in the Veltins arena (to 30 June 2005 arena AufSchalke), one of the most modern stages of the world. In the coat of arms a white G is to be recognized, which stands for Gelsenkrichen.

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The football team is playing their home plays in the Veltins Arena.