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Schalke's U23 starts their preparation for the season: test matches are coming up!
FC Schalke 04's U23s will begin their season preparation on June 18, 2025 with test games, including against Kickers Emden.
Schalke's U23 starts their preparation for the season: test matches are coming up!
Next Wednesday, June 18th, the FC Schalke 04 U23s will start preparing for the new 2025/2026 season in the Regionalliga West. Coach Jakob Fimpel has planned a lot for this and ordered the first performance diagnostics, which should serve as a foundation for an intensive training phase for the young talents. The team will be challenged on the pitch for the first time on Thursday, June 19th, before playing their first test match on Monday, June 23rd at 11 a.m. against the Young Elite Academy. This takes place on the Schalke club grounds, where the practice sessions and competitions are intended to promote fitness and team chemistry.
From June 25th to July 1st, the team will go to the training camp in Billerbeck in Münsterland. There will be another test match against the northern regional league team Kickers Emden on Friday, June 27th. In addition to this duel, there are also other test games in the pipeline: On Sunday, July 6th, the opponent is the U23 FC Iserlohn, and on Saturday, July 12th, TuS Koblenz will be challenged in Jülich-Barmen. There is great anticipation for the start of the season, which is scheduled for the last weekend in July, even if the exact schedule has yet to be published once the schedules of the major leagues have been finalized, as media-sportservice.de reports.
Sporting context and challenges
In the games, the U23 hopes to overcome the deficit and find their form. The league opener is scheduled for January 25th, where KFC Uerdingen is waiting for Schalke - a duel that should urgently bring in three points for staying in the league. According to ruhr24.de, captain Tim Albutat explained that the team is again keeping an eye on the gap to the front teams and is making the last win before the winter break Hope.
Preparation of other U23 teams
FC Schalke's U23s are not the only team preparing for the season. Fortuna Düsseldorf's U23 team will also begin their preparations on Monday. Coach Jens Langeneke has also set up a tight program that includes test games and a training camp. The first test is against Blau-Weiß Lohne on July 10th, while the team travels to Frankfurt a week later. There will be further test games against Rot-Weiß Walldorf and FSV Frankfurt. This information comes from a report by fupa.net and shows that U23 teams across the country are preparing intensively for the upcoming season.
The coming weeks will be crucial for Schalke 04's U23s. With a clear plan, targeted preparation and the will to get out of the bottom of the table, the team can count on the support of the fans, who can look forward to an exciting season.