Anyone who has followed German football in recent years will know that Schalke are not only a firm part of the furniture, but also the upper echelons of the game in the country.
A Bundesliga club for 30 consecutive years from 1991-2021, the Royal Blues also played in Europe every season bar one from 2001-02 through to 2018-19.
During their time competing across the continent, they reached the Champions League proper in seven of those 16 campaigns - and even reached the semi-final in 2010-11 - before losing to Manchester United.
Amid Bayern Munich's long-standing monopoly of German football, which has seen them win Bundesliga for 10 consecutive seasons, it is actually Schalke - who view themselves among rivals Borussia Dortmund as the 'best of the rest' - that have regularly come close to challenging the Bavarian giants.