Overview

• Islacker begins her non-playing administrative role on July 1, 2025.
• Schalke anticipates her professional background will refine internal processes and strengthen organizational structures.
• The 36-year-old Olympic champion retired in summer 2023 but briefly returned with Viktoria Köln and scored the goal that secured VfB Stuttgart’s second-division promotion.
• Schalke’s women narrowly missed promotion to the Regionalliga last season, finishing second in the Westfalenliga behind Borussia Dortmund.
• Boris Liebing, Schalke’s women’s football director, said her appointment will inject fresh perspectives and new momentum into the department.