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Line 99: ===Schalke 04=== After missing out on the role as assistant manager for the [[Germany national football team\|~~German~~Germany national team]] to [[Joachim Löw]], Rangnick was hired by [[FC Schalke 04\|Schalke 04]] on 28 September 2004,<ref name="Ralf Rangnick übernimmt S04">{{cite news\|title=Ralf Rangnick übernimmt S04\|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/startseite/305076/artikel_ralf-rangnick-uebernimmt-s04.html\|access-date=1 February 2013\|newspaper=kicker\|date=28 September 2004\|language=de}}</ref> after [[Jupp Heynckes]] left just weeks into the [[2004–05 Bundesliga\|2004–05 season]]. Rangnick again tasted European action as the club had earned a [[2004–05 UEFA Cup\|UEFA Cup]] spot via the [[2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup\|UEFA Intertoto Cup]]. His first match was in the UEFA Cup.<ref name="2004–05 season">{{cite web\|title=FC Schalke 04\|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/2004-05/fc-schalke-04-2/vereinstermine.html\|website=kicker.de\|publisher=kicker\|access-date=3 January 2017\|language=de}}</ref> Schalke won 4–0 against [[FK Liepājas Metalurgs\|Metalurgs Liepājas]].<ref name="2004–05 season"/> He led them through the group phase, but they exited in the knockout rounds to [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk\|Shakhtar Donetsk]].<ref name="2004–05 season"/> However, the [[2004–05 DFB-Pokal\|DFB-Pokal]] was to prove more successful, as Rangnick took the club to [[2005 DFB-Pokal Final\|the final]], where they fell 2–1 to Bayern Munich.<ref name="2004–05 season"/> Bayern would also pip Rangnick's side in the league as Schalke ended as runners-up.<ref>{{cite web\|title=1. Bundesliga – Spieltag / Tabelle\|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/spieltag/1-bundesliga/2004-05/34/0/spieltag.html\|website=kicker.de\|publisher=kicker\|access-date=3 January 2017\|language=de}}</ref> The next season started well, with Rangnick defeating former club VfB Stuttgart 1–0 and securing the [[2005 DFL-Ligapokal]].<ref name="2005–06 season">{{cite web\|title=FC Schalke 04 " Fixtures & Results 2005/2006\|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/teams/fc-schalke-04/2006/3/\|publisher=World Football\|access-date=3 January 2017}}</ref> Their second-place league finish of the previous year had also qualified them for the [[2005–06 UEFA Champions League]], Rangnick's first entry into the prestigious competition. However, the team would fail to progress beyond the group stage, and sat ten points off the pace in the [[2005–06 Bundesliga\|Bundesliga]],<ref>{{cite web\|title=Germany " Bundesliga 2005/2006 " 16. Round\|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/schedule/bundesliga-2005-2006-spieltag/16/\|publisher=World Football\|access-date=3 January 2017}}</ref> as well as having crashed 0–6 in the [[2005–06 DFB-Pokal\|DFB-Pokal]] to [[Eintracht Frankfurt]].<ref name="2005–06 season"/> Shortly before the winter break, these results prompted the club to dismiss Rangnick on 12 December 2005.<ref name="Ralf Rangnick muss gehen">{{cite news\|title=Ralf Rangnick muss gehen\|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/startseite/324945/artikel_ralf-rangnick-muss-gehen.html\|access-date=1 February 2013\|newspaper=kicker\|date=12 December 2005\|language=de}}</ref> He left with a record of 36 wins, 15 draws and 14 losses.<ref name="FC Schalke 04 - Trainerhistorie">{{cite web\|title=FC Schalke 04\|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/2013-14/fc-schalke-04-2/trainer.html\|publisher=kicker\|access-date=17 January 2014\|language=de}}</ref>

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