[2] In June 2021, FC Schalke 04 announced that it would sell its LEC slot to Team BDS, a Swiss esports organisation, for 26.5 million euros.

[4] The club also announced former Rot-Weiß Oberhausen and Sportfreunde Siegen midfielder and SK Gaming co-founder Tim Reichert as Head of eSport.

Schalke finished eighth in the 2016 Summer EU LCS and was relegated to the European League of Legends Challenger Series after losing a promotion match to Misfits Gaming.

[2] On 30 September, Schalke released most of its roster: SmittyJ, Memento, Caedrel and Norskeren all announced their free agency via Twitter.

[citation needed] Riot Games announced on 20 November 2018 that Schalke would be one of ten franchise partners participating in the newly rebranded League of Legends European Championship (LEC).

[14] Despite a strong start to the regular season, Schalke ended in seventh place with a 9–9 record, barely missing playoffs.

Their initial results were poor, with an awful 1 win and 10 loss record, and were on the verge of being mathematically eliminated from playoff contention.

Schalke proceeded to mount a dark horse "miracle run", however, after making adjustments to their jungle and bot lane positions.