For FC Schalke 04, a club steeped in tradition with an unmatched fanbase and a legacy of 7 German championships and 5 DFB-Pokals, maintaining excellence both on and off the pitch is non-negotiable. That’s why Schalke has turned to XPS Network to bring all their departments together, simplify workflows, and enhance player development.

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It was for us the point to bring everything in one platform and to connect with each other, and to give every person who is involved the simplest access to XPS.
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- Alexander Storck, Athletic Director

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For Schalke, one of the biggest challenges was managing data and reports across departments. With too many tools, Excel sheets, and paperwork, communication often became inefficient.

By introducing XPS, the club has brought everything into one platform, streamlining workflows and ensuring that everyone, from coaches to medical staff, has quick and easy access to the information they need.

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We use XPS Health to connect all our departments, the athletic department with our medical department. It’s always been an issue that we had a lot of paperwork, a lot of different Excel sheets. XPS helped us solve that.
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- Alexander Storck, Athletic Director

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For the Schalke players, XPS provides clear, actionable insights that help them prepare and perform better. They can watch videos before training sessions, provide post-training feedback via XPS Forms, and monitor their progress in daily readiness questionnaires.

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It’s great to have the opportunity to watch the videos before each training session in the XPS app. Before and after each training, we provide the training load and fitness level feedback.
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- Max Grüger, A-Team Midfielder

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This level of feedback isn’t just for individual improvement—it allows coaches to adapt training programs in real-time to match the team’s needs. “Based on the data our coaches receive in XPS Reports, they can then adapt our training load, so we train more targeted and smarter,” says

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A key part of Schalke’s success with XPS Network is its API integration with Catapult, which enables smooth GPS data transfer between systems. This connection allows Schalke’s coaching and performance staff to analyze Catapult’s player tracking data directly within XPS Reports, ensuring a centralized hub for all performance insights.

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We can display GPS data in XPS Reports thanks to the API integration with Catapult, and have everything available in one platform.
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- Alexander Storck, Athletic Director