When does Schalke 04 play? Watch S04 vs SV Darmstadt live on TV and stream

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Status: 13.09.2024, 22:33

From: Christian Keiter

All Schalke games of the 2024/25 season can be seen live on TV and stream. But which channel is broadcasting S04? Here is the overview.

Gelsenkirchen – FC Schalke 04 will be back in the 2nd Bundesliga after their lucky relegation. The Royal Blues are also represented in the DFB Cup. Fans only need a single subscription to watch all S04 games live on TV and stream in the 2024/25 season.

When does Schalke 04 play? Watch S04 vs SV Darmstadt live on TV and stream

When does Schalke 04 play? And against whom? S04 will next play in the 2nd Bundesliga against SV Darmstadt. Kick-off is on Friday (20 September) at 6:30 p.m. Heaven Broadcasts the party live on TV and stream. RUHR24 also reports in the S04 live ticker.

• Friday (20 September), 6.30 p.m.: FC Schalke 04 – SV Darmstadt (2. Bundesliga, 6th matchday)
• Saturday (28 September), 8.30 p.m.: Preußen Münster – FC Schalke 04 (2. Bundesliga, 7th matchday)
• Saturday (5 October), 8.30 p.m.: FC Schalke 04 – Hertha BSC (2. Bundesliga, 8th matchday)

Watch Schalke games live on TV and stream: 2. Bundesliga on Sky, Sport1 and Sat.1

To be able to watch all Schalke games of the 2024/25 season live, S04 fans only need a Sky subscription. Several of the “Knappen” games will also be shown on free TV. A DAZN subscription is not required.

With the Sky subscription, Schalke 04 fans can watch every competitive game of the new season. The pay-TV broadcaster retains the rights to all games in the 2nd Bundesliga, regardless of whether they take place on a Friday evening, Saturday or Sunday.

Schalke 04 live on TV and stream: Sport1 shows the top games of the 2nd Bundesliga on free TV

Other TV stations have at least acquired small rights packages for the 2nd Bundesliga. Sat.1, for example, is allowed to show the season opener and the two relegation games on free TV. Unlike last year, Schalke 04 will not open the 2nd Bundesliga this year. That honor goes to 1. FC Köln and HSV (2 August, 8.30 p.m.).

Sport1 has an even larger rights package. The sports channel shows the respective second division top game on Saturday evening (kick-off time 8.30 p.m.) live on free TV. This affected Schalke 04 on the first match day in the opening match against Eintracht Braunschweig in the Veltins Arena.

If you missed a game, there are various ways to watch highlights from the 2nd Bundesliga. On Friday evening, ARD shows highlights on the One channel. On Saturday evening, the Sportschau is broadcast as usual on Das Erste, and ZDF is also allowed to show the best scenes later in the “Sportstudio”. On Sundays, Sport1 retains the rights for the highlights of the Friday and Saturday games.

An overview of the TV rights of the 2nd Bundesliga in the 2024/25 season

Opening game: Sky and Sat.1
Games on Friday at 6.30pm: Heaven
Games on Saturday at 1pm: Heaven
Games on Saturday at 8.30pm: Sky and Sport1
Games on Sunday at 1.30pm: Heaven
Relegation (promotion and relegation): Sky and Sat.1
Highlights on free TV: ARD/ZDF (Friday and Saturday evening), Sport1 (Sunday)

Watch S04 games live on TV and stream: DFB Cup on Sky and ARD/ZDF

S04 fans with a Sky subscription won’t miss a single game of their team in the DFB Cup either. As in the 2nd Bundesliga, the pay-TV channel will show all of the competition’s games. Several games will also be shown on free TV on the public broadcasters ARD and ZDF.

In the first round, the two major German broadcasters will show a total of four matches live on free TV, and in the second round there will be two live matches. In addition, three round of 16 matches, three quarter-finals, both semi-finals and the final in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium will be broadcast live on ARD and ZDF.

On free TV, ARD and ZDF also own the rights to the highlights of the cup matches. The same applies to Sport1, but the highlights are only shown there the following day from 6 a.m. On pay TV, Sky offers highlights in addition to the live broadcasts, as does the streaming service DAZN.

An overview of the TV rights for the DFB Cup in the 2024/25 season

1. Main round: Sky (all games), ARD/ZDF (four games)
2. Main round: Sky (all games), ARD/ZDF (two games)
Round of 16: Sky (all games), ARD/ZDF (three games)
Quarterfinals: Sky (all games), ARD/ZDF (three games)
Semi-final: Sky and ARD/ZDF
final: Sky and ARD/ZDF
Highlights on free TV: Sport1 (from 6 am the following day), ARD/ZDF
Highlights in Pay TV: Sky, DAZN