GERMAN giants Schalke are at risk of going extinct in the event that they undergo one other relegation.
The seven-time Bundesliga champions spent 29 years within the high tier previous to their relegation in 2021.
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They secured quick promotion after profitable the second division, however have been then relegated once more on the finish of the 2022/23 marketing campaign.
And they're now in a determined state of affairs in the direction of the underside of the two. Bundesliga.
Schalke sit fifteenth out of 18 groups and are solely above the 2 automated relegation spots by advantage of aim distinction.
Again-to-back defeats to Hamburger and Kaiserslautern gave compounded their current turmoil.
However issues might but get a complete lot worse for the facet that play in entrance of greater than 62,000 folks on the Veltins-Area.
In response to Sky Germany, relegation to the third tier might imply the membership ceases to exist.
That's as a result of a licence for the division can be "basically impossible".
And it's understood that would go away the membership "dead".
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It means their crunch relegation six-pointer towards sixteenth place Eintracht Braunschweig on Saturday might show essential in figuring out their future.
It's a outstanding thought that Schalke might exit of enterprise given the dimensions of the membership.
They personal the fifth-biggest stadium in Germany - behind solely Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, Hertha Berlin and Turkgucu Munich.
They lifted six league titles between 1934 and 1942 - and added one other to their trophy cupboard in 1958.
Schalke's greatest achievement of the final 30 years got here in 1997 after they received the Uefa Cup, beating Inter Milan on penalties in a two-legged last.
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