The 2000/01 Schalke 04 home shirt featured a royal blue design with white trim on the collar and sleeves, staying true to the club’s traditional colours. It carried the Veltins sponsor across the chest alongside the club crest. Paired with white shorts and blue socks, the kit offered a clean and classic look. Worn by players such as Émile Mpenza, Ebbe Sand, and Jörg Böhme, this shirt is remembered as the one Schalke wore during their historic DFB-Pokal triumph and their dramatic second-place finish in the Bundesliga, earning them the nickname “Meister der Herzen” (Champions of the Heart).
