Editing Gelsenkirchen (section)

==Sport==
[[File:080110 schalke arena germany.JPG|thumb|[[Arena AufSchalke]], the stadium of 2. Bundesliga club FC Schalke 04]]
Gelsenkirchen is home of the football club [[FC Schalke 04]], currently in the [[2. Bundesliga]], the second tier of German football. The club has won 7 Bundesliga titles. Schalke's home ground is [[Arena AufSchalke]]. It was one of 12 German cities to host matches during the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]], hosting matches between [[Poland national football team|Poland]] and [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]], [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] and [[Serbia national football team|Serbia and Montenegro]], [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] and [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]], and [[United States men's national soccer team|USA]] and [[Czech Republic national football team|Czech Republic]]. It is also host to four matches during [[UEFA Euro 2024|the 2024 European Championships]].

German football players [[İlkay Gündoğan]], [[Mesut Özil]], [[Olaf Thon]] and [[Manuel Neuer]] were born in Gelsenkirchen. German football manager [[Michael Skibbe]] was also born in Gelsenkirchen. Turkish footballer [[Hamit Altıntop|Hamit Altintop]] was also born here 

Since 1912, Gelsenkirchen owns the [[harness racing]] track [[Trabrennbahn Gelsenkirchen]] (also referred as GelsenTrabPark).