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Gelsenkirchen (AP) - Bundesliga club FC Schalke 04 has not yet made an official application for police protection after the fan attacks on Wednesday night.

"The association has not yet asked for it," said a spokesman for the police in Gelsenkirchen: "But we are doing a risk analysis one way or another.

And depending on what we come to, we would also work independently. "

Sports director Peter Knäbel said: "We will train with increased attention."

After returning from the 1-0 defeat at Arminia Bielefeld on Tuesday, which sealed Schalke's relegation to the 2nd Bundesliga, the team was received by 500 to 600 supporters, according to the police, and sometimes faced with "massive aggression".

Eggs flew, players fled and there are said to have been kicks against professionals.

The Gelsenkirchen police now want to investigate the events with an investigative commission.

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Schalke statement on the incidents