2018–19 SV Darmstadt 98 season

The 2018–19 SV Darmstadt 98 season was the 121st season in the football club's history and their 19th overall season in the second tier of German football, the 2. Bundesliga. It was the club's second consecutive season in the second division, since relegation from the Bundesliga in 2016-17.

SV Darmstadt 98

2018–19 season
Chairman	Klaus Rüdiger Fritsch
Manager	Dirk Schuster
Stadium	Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Squad

Squad information

As of 12 August, 2020[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Marcel Schuhen 4 MF  ISL Victor Pálsson 5 DF  GER Patric Pfeiffer 6 MF  GER Marvin Mehlem 7 FW  GER Felix Platte 8 MF  GER Fabian Schnellhardt 9 FW  GER Johannes Wurtz 11 MF  GER Tobias Kempe 13 GK  GER Carl Klaus 14 MF  KOR Paik Seung-ho 15 DF  GER Mathias Wittek 17 DF  GER Lars Lukas Mai (on loan from Bayern Munich) 18 MF  AUT Mathias Honsak 19 FW  TUR Serdar Dursun

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF  GER Immanuel Höhn 22 FW  GER Aaron Seydel 23 DF  GER Nicolai Rapp (on loan from Union Berlin) 26 DF  GER Matthias Bader 27 MF  GER Tim Skarke 30 MF  GER Adrian Stanilewicz 31 GK  GER Florian Stritzel 32 DF  GER Fabian Holland (Captain) 33 MF  GER Braydon Manu 34 MF  GER Leon Müller 36 DF  GER Silas Zehnder 37 DF  GER Patrick Herrmann 39 FW  GER Ensar Arslan 40 FW  GER Erich Berko

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	NAT	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Sources
19	Forward	Serdar Dursun	26		Yes	Greuther Fürth	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2021	Unknown	[2]
28	Defender	Marcel Franke	25		Yes	Norwich City	Loan	Summer	30 June 2019		[3]
20	Midfielder	Marcel Heller	32		Yes	FC Augsburg	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2020	€350,000	[4]
2	Defender	Sebastian Hertner	26		Yes	Erzgebirge Aue	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2020	Free	[5]
40	Defender	Tim Rieder	24		Yes	FC Augsburg	Loan	Summer	30 June 2019	Free	[6]
22	Goalkeeper	Rouven Sattelmaier	30		Yes	Bradford City	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	Free	[7]
9	Forward	Johannes Wurtz	26		Yes	VfL Bochum	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2021	€100,000	[8]
8	Forward	Selim Gündüz	23		Yes	VfL Bochum	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2020	Free	[9]
38	Goalkeeper	Max Grün	31		Yes	VfL Wolfsburg	Free Transfer	Summer	30 June 2020	Free	[10]

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	NAT	Moving to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee	Sources
-	Forward	Baris Atik	23		TSG Hoffenheim	End of loan	Summer	-
-	Defender	Patrick Banggaard	24		Pafos FC	Loan	Summer	-
-	Defender	Romain Brégerie	31		FC Ingolstadt	End of loan	Summer	-
-	Defender	Joao da Cunha	19		Unknown	Contract termination	Summer	-
-	Defender	Manasse Eshelé	19	DR Congo	TSV Havelse	Contract termination	Summer	Free
-	Midfielder	Kevin Grosskreutz	28		KFC Uerdingen	Transfer	Summer	€350,000
-	Midfielder	Dong-Won Ji	26		FC Augsburg	End of loan	Summer	-
-	Forward	Jamie Maclaren	25		Hibernian FC	Loan	Summer	Free
-	Goalkeeper	Joël Mall	27		Pafos FC	Transfer	Summer	–
-	Forward	Artur Sobiech	28		Lechia Gdańsk	Transfer	Summer	Free
-	Midfielder	Julian von Haacke	23		SV Meppen	Loan	Summer	–
-	Forward	SIlas Zehnder	19		Viktoria Aschaffenburg	Loan	Summer	–
-	Defender	Markus Steinhöfer	32		Unknown	Contract termination	Summer	–
-	Midfielder	Romuald Lacazette	24		1860 Munich	Loan	Summer	–
-	Defender	Peter Niemeyer	34		Unknown	End of contract	Summer	–
-	Forward	Jan Rosenthal	31		-	End of Career	Summer	-

Competitions

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2018–19 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Jahn Regensburg	34	12	13	9	55	54	+1	49
9	FC St. Pauli	34	14	7	13	46	53	−7	49
10	Darmstadt 98	34	13	7	14	45	53	−8	46
11	VfL Bochum	34	11	11	12	49	50	−1	44
12	Dynamo Dresden	34	11	9	14	41	48	−7	42

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Play-off.[11]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	13	7	14	45	53	−8	46	9	4	4	25	17	+8	4	3	10	20	36	−16

Last updated: 3 February 2018.
Source: 2. Bundesliga

Matches

Darmstadt 98 v SC Paderborn 07

5 August 2018 (2018-08-05) 1	Darmstadt 98	1–0	SC Paderborn 07	Darmstadt
15:30	Dursun  52' Holland  54' Sulu  64' Heuer  71'	Report	Michel  45' Tietz  62' Schonlau  72', 77 Ritter  86'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 15,400 Referee: B. Dankert

FC St. Pauli v Darmstadt 98

10 August 2018 (2018-08-10) 2	FC St. Pauli	2–0	Darmstadt 98	Hamburg
20:30	Flum  37' Neudecker  52' Ziereis  75' Buchtmann  85' Sobota  87'	Report	Kempe  49' Medojević  75' Sulu  78'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,140 Referee: G. Winkmann

Darmstadt 98 v MSV Duisburg

24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) 3	Darmstadt 98	3–0	MSV Duisburg	Darmstadt
18:30	Heller  68' Dursun  74' Kempe  86'	Report		Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 15,170 Referee: Robert Hartmann

1. FC Heidenheim v Darmstadt 98

10 August 2018 (2018-08-10) 4	1. FC Heidenheim	0–1	Darmstadt 98	Heidenheim
20:30	Dovedan  45+2'	Report	Franke  11',  21' Holland  45+2'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 10,350 Referee: Alexander Sather

Darmstadt 98 v SV Sandhausen

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 5	Darmstadt 98	1–1	SV Sandhausen	Darmstadt
13:00	Wurtz  63' Kempe  90'	Report	Linsmayer  38' Klingmann  46' Gíslason  71'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 15,103 Referee: Johann Pfeifer

Dynamo Dresden v Darmstadt 98

22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 6	Dynamo Dresden	4–1	Darmstadt 98	Dresden
13:00	Koné  3',  90+1' Đumić  36' Wahlqvist  45' Ebert  54' Heise  60'	Report	Heller  18' Holland  79' Boyd  85'	Stadium: Stadion Dresden Attendance: 26,530 Referee: Benedikt Kempkes

Darmstadt 98 v Arminia Bielefeld

25 September 2018 (2018-09-25) 7	Darmstadt 98	1–2	Arminia Bielefeld	Darmstadt
18:30	Sulu  66',  70'	Report	Voglsammer  72' Massimo  90' Hartherz  90+3'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 14,210 Referee: Pascal Müller

Holstein Kiel v Darmstadt 98

28 September 2018 (2018-09-28) 8	Holstein Kiel	4–2	Darmstadt 98	Kiel
18:30	Girth  12' Mühling  23' Serra  32' Dehm  29'  51' Kinsombi  70'	Report	Kempe  29',  39',  45' Dursun  56' Mehlem  84'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 8,527 Referee: Timo Gerach

Darmstadt 98 v Hamburger SV

5 October 2018 (2018-10-05) 9	Darmstadt 98	1–2	Hamburger SV	Darmstadt
18:30	Kempe  29' Kamavuaka  47' Dursun  89'	Summary	Hunt  13' van Drongelen  39' Holtby  45' Sakai  90+2' Pollersbeck  90+4'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,400 Referee: Christian Dietz

SSV Jahn Regensburg v Darmstadt 98

21 October 2018 (2018-10-21) 10	SSV Jahn Regensburg	1–1	Darmstadt 98	Regensburg
13:30	Nandzik  44' Adamyan  45' Grüttner  55'	Report	Heller  26' Jones  36',  41' Holland  65'	Stadium: Continental Arena Attendance: 10,907 Referee: Tobias Reichel

Darmstadt 98 v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

26 October 2018 (2018-10-26) 11	Darmstadt 98	2–0	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Darmstadt
18:30	Kempe  23' Dursun  60',  76'	Report	Wittek  62'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 14,050 Referee: René Rohde

Darmstadt 98 v 1. FC Magdeburg

3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 12	Darmstadt 98	3–1	1. FC Magdeburg	Darmstadt
13:00	Holland  13'  69' Kempe  37' Dursun  43' Hammann  60' (o.g.) Sulu  80'	Report	Erdmann  37'  63' Bülter  71' Rother  83' Müller  85'	Stadium: Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 15,410 Referee: B. Cortus

VfL Bochum v SV Darmstadt 98

12 November 2018 (2018-11-12) 13	VfL Bochum	1–0	SV Darmstadt 98	Bochum
20:30	Weilandt  62'	Report	Kempe  26' Rieder  35' Sulu  89'	Stadium: Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 12,022 Referee: Dr. Martin Thomsen

Darmstadt 98 v 1. FC Köln

24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 14	Darmstadt 98	0–3	1. FC Köln	Darmstadt
13:00	Stark  8' Franke  60' Rieder  61'	Report	Höger  25' Terrode  55' Czichos  66' Cordoba  69'	Stadium: Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Florian Heft

Union Berlin v SV Darmstadt 98

1 December 2018 (2018-12-01) 15	Union Berlin	3–1	SV Darmstadt 98	Berlin
13:00	Andersson  28' (42) Sulu Template:O.g.	Report	Sulu  44' Dursun  73'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 21,474 Referee: Marco Fritz

Darmstadt 98 v FC Ingolstadt 04

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 16	Darmstadt 98	1–1	FC Ingolstadt 04	Darmstadt
13:00	Kempe  28' Wurtz  54' Kempe  83' (pen.)	Report	Lezcano  2' (pen.) Röcher  48' Kittel  53' Gaus  73' Krauße  82'	Stadium: Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 16,579 Referee: Alexander Sather

Erzgebirge Aue v SV Darmstadt 98

16 December 2018 (2018-12-16) 17	Erzgebirge Aue	2–2	SV Darmstadt 98	Aue
13:30	Riese  14' Testroet  50' (64) Caucutala  66' Männel  85' Kalig  87' Kempe  88'	Report	Stark  28' Sulu  56' Dursun  62' Höhn  76' Mehlem  78'	Stadium: Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 7,400 Referee: Timo Gerach

SC Paderborn v SV Darmstadt 98

23 December 2018 (2018-12-23) 18	SC Paderborn	6–2	SV Darmstadt 98	Bochum
13:30	Tekpetey  16' (75), 84' Michel  50' (77) Gueye  88'	Report	Mehlem  32' Jones  65'	Stadium: Benteler-Arena Attendance: 11,547 Referee: Tobias Reichel

Darmstadt 98 v FC St Pauli

29 January 2019 (2019-01-29) 19	Darmstadt 98	2–1	FC St Pauli	Darmstadt
20:30	Heller  81' Dursun  89'	Report	Miyaichi  37'	Stadium: Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 11,800 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

MSV Duisburg v SV Darmstadt 98

1 February 2019 (2019-02-01) 20	MSV Duisburg	2–3	SV Darmstadt 98	Duisburg
18:30	Wolze  8' Nielsen  25' Iljutcenko  59'	Report	Bertram  73' Moritz  88'	Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Attendance: 11,213 Referee: Thorben Siewer

Darmstadt 98 v 1. FC Heidenheim

10 February 2019 (2019-02-10) 21	Darmstadt 98	1–2	1. FC Heidenheim	Darmstadt
13:30	Palsson  59' Wurtz  84'	Report	Glatzel  34', pen' (59)	Stadium: Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 10,120 Referee: Michael Bacher

SV Sandhausen v SV Darmstadt 98

15 February 2019 (2019-02-15) 22	SV Sandhausen	1–1	SV Darmstadt 98	Sandhausen
18:30	Schleusner  24'	Report	Kempe  34' (pen.)	Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Attendance: 7,624 Referee: Lasse Kolowski

Darmstadt 98 v Dynamo Dresden

23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 23	Darmstadt 98	2–0	Dynamo Dresden	Darmstadt
13:00	Kempe  43' (pen.) Dursun  85'	Report		Stadium: Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 11,330 Referee: Patrick Alt

Arminia Bielefeld v SV Darmstadt 98

3 March 2019 (2019-03-03) 24	Arminia Bielefeld	1–0	SV Darmstadt 98	Bielefeld
13:30	Klos  40'	Report		Stadium: [[]] Attendance: 15,011 Referee: Martin Petersen

Darmstadt 98 v Holstein Kiel

9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 25	Darmstadt 98	3–2	Holstein Kiel	Darmstadt
13:00	Mehlem  19' Dursun  41' Franke  62'	Report	Honsak  33' Mühling  65'	Stadium: Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 10,210 Referee: Benedikt Kempkes

Hamburger SV v SV Darmstadt 98

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) 26	Hamburger SV	2–3	SV Darmstadt 98	Hamburg
13:00	Jatta  5' Lasogga  16'	Report	Mehlem  52' (92) Kempe  82'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 54,668 Referee: Florian Badstübner

Darmstadt 98 v Jahn Regensburg

30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 27	Darmstadt 98	1–1	Jahn Regensburg	Darmstadt
13:00	Dursun  55'	Report	Geipl  69'	Stadium: Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 10,385 Referee: Martin Thomsen

Greuther Fürth v SV Darmstadt 98

7 April 2019 (2019-04-07) 28	Greuther Fürth	2–1	SV Darmstadt 98	Fürth
13:30	Seguin  64' Reese  82'	Report	Wittek  94'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof I Thomas Sommer Attendance: 9,730 Referee: René Rohde

1. FC Magdeburg v SV Darmstadt 98

13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 29	1. FC Magdeburg	0–1	SV Darmstadt 98	Magdeburg
13:00		Report	Heller  87'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 17,413 Referee: Christian Dietz

Darmstadt 98 v VfL Bochum

21 April 2019 (2019-04-21) 30	Darmstadt 98	0–0	VfL Bochum	Darmstadt
13:30		Report		Stadium: Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 10,590 Referee: Sven Watschitzki

1. FC Köln v SV Darmstadt 98

26 April 2019 (2019-04-26) 31	1. FC Köln	1–2	SV Darmstadt 98	Köln
18:30	Cordoba  66'	Report	Dursun  34' Platte  76'	Stadium: Rhein-Energie-Stadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Marco Fritz

Darmstadt 98 v Union Berlin

5 May 2019 (2019-05-05) 32	Darmstadt 98	2–1	Union Berlin	Darmstadt
13:30	Stark  49' Wittek  77'	Report	Andersson  87'	Stadium: Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 11,510 Referee: Bastian Dankert

FC Ingolstadt v SV Darmstadt 98

12 May 2019 (2019-05-12) 33	FC Ingolstadt	3–0	SV Darmstadt 98	Ingolstadt
15:30	Kittel  21' Lezcano  45' Kutschke  55'	Report		Stadium: Audi-Sportpark Attendance: 10190 Referee: Martin Petersen

Darmstadt 98 v Erzgebirge Aue

19 May 2019 (2019-05-19) 34	Darmstadt 98	1–0	Erzgebirge Aue	Darmstadt
15:30	Kempe  15'			Stadium: Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 10570 Referee: Christian Dietz

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2018–19 DFB-Pokal

1. FC Magdeburg v Darmstadt 98

17 August 2018 (2018-08-17) First round	1. FC Magdeburg	0–1	Darmstadt 98	Magdeburg
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Kempe  3' (pen)	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 20,165 Referee: Robert Schröder

Darmstadt 98 v Hertha BSC

30 October 2018 (2018-10-30) Second round	Darmstadt 98	0–2	Hertha BSC	Darmstadt
18:45[note 1]		Report	Ibišević  64' Mittelstädt  88'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Robert Kampka

Notes

1. The Darmstadt 98 v Hertha BSC match, originally scheduled for 18:30 CET, was delayed to 18:45 CET due to a traffic jam around the stadium.

References

1. "Kader: Darmstadt 98" (in German). SV Darmstadt 98. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
2. "Dursun wechselt zu den Lilien" [Dursun moves to the lilies] (in German). 1 August 2018. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
3. "Lilien leihen Franke aus" [Lilies loan Franke] (in German). 28 June 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
4. "Heller kehrt nach Darmstadt zurück" [Heller returns to Darmstadt] (in German). 27 July 2018. Archived from the original on 30 July 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
5. "Hertner 'fits right' into Darmstadt's requirement profile" (in German). 28 May 2018. Archived from the original on 28 May 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
6. "Lilies loan Tim Rieder from FC Augsburg" (in German). 7 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
7. "Lilies sign Sattelmaier" (in German). 13 August 2018. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
8. "Wurtz verstärkt Lilien offensive" (in German). 23 August 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
9. "Lilien verpflichten Selim Gündüz" (in German). 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
10. "Lilien verpflichten Max Grün" (in German). 3 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
11. "Spielordnung" [Match rules] (PDF). DFL.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 1 July 2018. p. 3. Retrieved 27 July 2018.