FC Schalke 04 prepares for Bundesliga season with Austrian training camp

FC Schalke 04 spent a week at its training camp in the Stubaital region of Austria ahead of the 2026‑27 Bundesliga season. The squad moved to the new Elva Premium hotel, where players stay in shared apartments and cycle a few minutes to the training ground. Two friendly matches were scheduled, against Ukrainian side FC Kharkiv and Japanese club Fagiano Okayama, and a dinner with club executives was held. A delegation described as “royal” visited to discuss details of an upcoming friendly with Real Madrid. Coach Miron Muslic used the camp to outline transfer plans, praising recent signing Robin Gosens and indicating a desire for additional signings. In parallel, the club named Nathalie van den Meulenhof as chair of the influential Wahlausschuss, the body that decides which candidates may run for the supervisory board.