2017–18 SV Darmstadt 98 season

The 2017–18 SV Darmstadt 98 season was the 120th season in the football club's history and their 18th overall season in the second tier of German football, the 2. Bundesliga. It was the club's first season back in the second division, since relegation from the Bundesliga in 2016–17.

Darmstadt 98
2017–18 season
ChairmanKlaus Rüdiger Fritsch
ManagerTorsten Frings
(until 9 December)
Dirk Schuster
(from 11 December)
StadiumMerck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
2. Bundesliga10th
DFB-PokalFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Tobias Kempe
(11 goals)
All:
Tobias Kempe
(11 goals)
Highest home attendance17,400
Lowest home attendance13,650
Average home league attendance15,848
Biggest winDarmstadt 3–0 St Pauli
Jahn Regensburg 0–3 Darmstadt
Biggest defeatFC Ingolstadt 3–0 Darmstadt

Squad

Appearances and goals
No. Pos Nat Player Total2. BundesligaDFB-Pokal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Daniel Heuer Fernandes 29028010
23 GK Joël Mall 505000
31 GK Florian Stritzel 101000
Defenders
2 DF João Renato da Cunha 000000
3 DF Joevin Jones 16416400
4 DF Aytaç Sulu 34333310
13 DF Markus Steinhöfer 16015010
17 DF Sandro Sirigu 19019000
19 DF Kevin Großkreutz 28327310
21 DF Immanuel Höhn 19119100
28 DF Leo Petri 000000
32 DF Fabian Holland 32132100
33 DF Romain Bregerie 14114100
35 DF Niklas Kern 000000
39 DF Paul Schmieder 000000
- DF Patrick Banggaard 908010
Midfielders
5 MF Slobodan Medojevic 12012000
6 MF Marvin Mehlem 21221200
8 MF Julian Von Haacke 605010
9 MF Ji Dong-Won 16216200
10 MF Jan Rosenthal 12012000
11 MF Tobias Kempe 3111301110
18 MF Peter Niemeyer 404000
25 MF Yannick Stark 29329300
28 MF Baris Atik 505000
34 MF Hamit Altintop 404000
36 MF Wilson Kamavuaka 26225210
38 MF Romuald Lacazette 403010
- MF Hamit Altintop 807010
Forwards
7 FW Felix Platte 21521500
15 FW Terrence Boyd 24424400
20 DF Artur Sobiech 23322211
27 FW McKinze Gaines 302010
40 FW Silas Zehnder 000000
- FW Jamie Maclaren 807010
- MF Roman Bezjak 807010

Last updated: 13 May 2018
Source: Competitions

Transfers

In
No.Pos.NameAgeNATEUMoving fromTypeTransfer WindowContract endsTransfer feeSources
8 Midfielder Julian Von Haacke 23 Yes NEC Nijmegen Transfer Summer 30 June 2020 €200,000 [1]
5 Midfielder Slobodan Medojevic 27 Yes Eintracht Frankfurt Transfer Winter 30 June 2019 [2]
5 Midfielder Ji Dong-Won 26 Yes FC Augsburg Loan Winter 30 June 2018 [3]
7 Forward Felix Platte 21 Yes FC Schalke 04 Transfer Summer 30 June 2021 €800,000 [4]
38 Midfielder Romuald Lacazette 23 Yes TSV 1860 Munich Transfer Summer 30 June 2020 Free [5]
9 Forward Jamie Maclaren 23 No Brisbane Roar Transfer Summer 30 June 2020 Free [6]
23 Goalkeeper Joël Mall 30 Yes Grasshopper Club Zürich Transfer Summer 30 June 2019 Free [7]
20 Forward Artur Sobiech 27 Yes Free agent Transfer Summer 30 June 2019 Free [8]
31 Goalkeeper Florian Stritzel 23 Yes Karlsruher SC Transfer Summer 30 June 2020 Free [9]
6 Midfielder Marvin Mehlem 19 Yes Karlsruher SC Transfer Summer 30 June 2020 €200,000 [10]
27 Forward McKinze Gaines 19 No VfL Wolfsburg Transfer Summer 30 June 2020 unknown [11]
11 Midfielder Tobias Kempe 28 Yes FC Nürnberg Transfer Summer 30 June 2020 unknown [12]
19 Defender Kevin Grosskreutz 28 Yes Free agent Transfer Summer 30 June 2019 Free [13]
14 Forward Roman Bezjak 28 Yes HNK Rijeka Loan return Summer 30 June 2019 Free
25 Midfielder Yannick Stark 26 Yes FSV Frankfurt Loan return Summer 30 June 2018 Free [14]
40 Forward Silas Zehnder 18 Yes Darmstadt 98 U19 Transfer Summer 30 June 2021 Free [15]
28 Defender Leo Petri 18 Yes Darmstadt 98 U19 Transfer Summer 30 June 2018 Free [15]
39 Defender Paul Schmieder 18 Yes Darmstadt 98 U19 Transfer Summer 30 June 2018 Free [15]
35 Defender Niklas Kern 18 Yes Darmstadt 98 U19 Transfer Summer 30 June 2018 Free [15]
– Forward Manassé Eshele 18 Yes Darmstadt 98 U19 Transfer Summer 30 June 2020 Free [16]

Out
No.Pos.NameAgeNATMoving toTypeTransfer WindowTransfer feeSources
31 GK Michael Esser 29 Hannover 96 Transfer Summer €2,000,000
8 MF Jérôme Gondorf 29 Werder Bremen Transfer Summer €1,200,000
8 MF Mario Vrancic 28 Norwich City Transfer Summer €750,000
– FW Manassé Eshele 18 FSV Frankfurt Loan Summer – [17]
27 DF Can Luka Aydogan 18 unknown End of Contract Summer Free
24 GK Igor Berezovsky 26 unknown End of Contract Summer Free
5 GK Benjamin Gorka 33 unknown End of Contract Summer –
37 FW Liam Fisch 18 VfB Ginsheim Transfer Summer Free
35 DF Johannes Wolff 18 unknown End of Contract Summer –
9 FW Dominik Stroh-Engel 31 Karlsruher SC End of Contract Summer Free
22 FW Denys Oliynyk 30 Desna Chernihiv End of Contract Summer –
38 DF Daniel Thur 19 unknown End of Contract Summer –
20 FW Marcel Heller 31 FC Augsburg End of Contract Summer –
7 DF Artem Fedetskyy 32 Karpaty Lviv End of Contract Summer –
16 FW Antonio Colak 23 1899 Hoffenheim End of Loan Summer –
33 FW Sidney Sam 29 Schalke 04 End of Loan Summer –
19 FW Felix Platte 21 Schalke 04 End of Loan Summer –
2 FW Leon Guwara 21 Werder Bremen End of Loan Summer –
39 FW Sven Schipplock 28 Hamburger SV End of Loan Summer –

Friendlies

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss

23 June 2017 (2017-06-23) SG Modau0–8Darmstadt 98Ober-Ramstadt, Germany
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report McKinze Gaines  17'
Holland  20'
Boyd  23', 34', 35', 42', 63'
Mehlem  72'		 Stadium: Lohberg Arena
Attendance: 1600
1 July 2017 (2017-07-01) Viktoria Griesheim0–8Darmstadt 98Griesheim, Germany
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Bezjak  16', 36', 56'
McKinze Gaines  19'
Boyd  57', 63'
Stark  65', 70'		 Stadium: Stadion am Hegelsberg
7 July 2017 (2017-07-07) Wormatia Worms0–4Darmstadt 98Worms, Germany
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report McKinze Gaines  15'
Von Haacke  47'
Bezjak  75', 85'		 Stadium: EWR-Arena
Attendance: 736
11 July 2017 (2017-07-11) Darmstadt 982–0Association of Spanish FootballersWindischgarsten, Austria
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00) McKinze Gaines  41'
Steinhöfer  85'		 [ Report]
11 July 2017 (2017-07-11) Darmstadt 983–0FC Vysocina JihlavaWindischgarsten, Austria
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Boyd  13', 19'
Banggaard  32'		 Report
16 July 2017 (2017-07-16) Darmstadt 984–3SV WallernWindischgarsten, Austria
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Mehlem  3'
Maclaren  19', 52'
Cunha  87'		 Report Lindorfer  4'
Zachhuber  38'
Ibrahimovic  60'
16 July 2017 (2017-07-16) Darmstadt 982–1Çaykur RizesporWindischgarsten, Austria
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Stark  24'
Kempe  72'		 Report Kwueke  3'
22 July 2017 (2017-07-22) Darmstadt 982–2Fulham FCDarmstadt, Germany
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Sulu  43'
Mehlem  68'		 Report Sulu (o.g.)
Fredericks  64'		 Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga
Main article: 2017–18 2. Bundesliga

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 Union Berlin 34 12 11 11 54 46 +8 47
9 FC Ingolstadt 34 12 9 13 47 45 +2 45
10 Darmstadt 98 34 10 13 11 47 45 +2 43
11 SV Sandhausen 34 11 10 13 35 33 +2 43
12 FC St. Pauli 34 11 10 13 35 48 −13 43
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results summary

Results by round

Matches
29 July 2017 1Darmstadt 981–0Greuther FürthDarmstadt
15:30 CET Sulu  56' Report Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 16100
Referee: Sören Storks
4 August 2017 21. FC Kaiserslautern1–1Darmstadt 98Kaiserslautern
20:30 CET Halfar  39' Report Kamavuaka  72' Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 30,786
Referee: Robert Hartmann
18 August 2017 3Darmstadt 983–0FC St. PauliDarmstadt
18:30 CET
Report Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 17,400
Referee: Arne Aarnink
25 August 2017 4MSV Duisburg1–2Darmstadt 98Duisburg
18:30 CET Stoppelkamp  25'
Fröde  53'
Iljutcenko  85'		 Summary Marvin Mehlem  35'
Stark  88'
Maclaren  90+1'		 Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
Attendance: 16,297
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck
10 September 2017 5Darmstadt 981–2VfL BochumDarmstadt
13:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Benedikt Kempkes
17 September 2017 6Darmstadt 984–3Arminia BielefeldDarmstadt
13:30 CET Großkreutz  31'  64'
Hamit Altıntop  39'
Höhn  53'
Sobiech  84'		 Report Prietl  18'
Voglsammer  30'
Klos  35'
Behrendt  70'
Brandy  90+3'		 Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 15,700
Referee: Florian Badstübner
20 September 2017 71. FC Heidenheim2–2Darmstadt 98Heidenheim
18:30 CET Dovedan  32'
Halloran  60'
Wittek  79'
Griesbeck  87'		 Report Sobiech  35'
Hamit Altıntop  51'
Sulu  55'  85'
Höhn  66'
von Haacke  89'
Steinhöfer  90+1'		 Stadium: Voith-Arena
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Patrick Alt
24 September 2017 8Darmstadt 983–3Dynamo DresdenDarmstadt
13:30 CET Marvin Mehlem  17'
Kempe  30'  90+2'
Sulu  79'
Großkreutz  80'
Boyd  90'		 Report Konrad  23'  34'  80'
Kreuzer  45+1'
Müller  54'
Ballas  58'
Lambertz  90+4'		 Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Sven Waschitzki
29 September 2017 9Ingolstadt 043–0Darmstadt 98Ingolstadt
18:30 Kutschke  30' (pen.)  34'
Pledl  39'  79'
Kittel  60'		 Report Höhn  37'
Sirigu  44'
Marvin Mehlem  53'		 Stadium: Audi Sportpark
Attendance: 8,746
Referee: Timo Gerach
16 October 2017 10Darmstadt 983–41. FC NürnbergDarmstadt
20:30 Stark  6'  60'
Platte  72'
Löwen  87' (o.g.)		 Report Teuchert  23'  58'
Möhwald  36'
Ishak  51'
Leibold  74'		 Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 17,100
Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus
20 October 2017 11Fortuna Düsseldorf1–0Darmstadt 98Düsseldorf
18:30 Kujović  2'
Raman  16'
Neuhaus  69'
Hoffmann  90+2'		 Report Großkreutz  7'
Platte  63'
Holland  87'
Hamit Altıntop  90'		 Stadium: Esprit Arena
Attendance: 27,674
Referee: Frank Willenborg
28 October 2017 12Darmstadt 981–1Holstein KielDarmstadt
13:00
Report
Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 15,500
Referee: Benjamin Brand
4 November 2017 13Eintracht Braunschweig2–2Darmstadt 98Braunschweig
13:00
Report
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 20,190
Referee: Patrick Alt
17 November 2017 14Darmstadt 981–2SV SandhausenDarmstadt
18:30
Report
Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 14,650
Referee: Christian Dietz
24 November 2017 15Union Berlin3–3Darmstadt 98Berlin
18:30
Report
Stadium: Alte Försterei
Attendance: 21,108
Referee: Timo Gerach
3 December 2017 16Darmstadt 980–1Jahn RegensburgDarmstadt
13:30
Report
Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 14,650
Referee: Sven Waschitzki
8 December 2017 17Erzgebirge Aue1–0Darmstadt 98Aue
18:30 Soukou  35' Report Steinhöfer  13'
Sulu  50'
Sobiech  89'
Stark  90+4'		 Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion
Attendance: 6,400
Referee: Florian Heft
17 December 2017 18Greuther Fürth1–1Darmstadt 98Fürth
13:30
Report
Stadium: Trolli Arena
Attendance: 8,210
Referee: Tobias Reichel
24 January 2018 19Darmstadt 98P–P1. FC KaiserslauternDarmstadt
18:30 Jones  20'
Medojevic  40'		 Report Jenssen  14'
Moritz  29'		 Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 17,400
Referee: Bastian Dankert
28 January 2018 20FC St. Pauli0–1Darmstadt 98Hamburg
13:30 Zander  90+3' Report Jones  7'
Jones  32'
Kempe  80'		 Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
Attendance: 29,546
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
4 February 2018 21Darmstadt 981–2MSV DuisburgDarmstadt
13:30 Engin  17'
Bomheuer  77'
Iljutcenko  85'		 Report Ji  37'
Ji  53'
Niemeyer  64'
Medojevic  84'		 Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 15,100
Referee: Lasse Koslowski
9 February 2018 22VfL Bochum2–1Darmstadt 98Bochum
18:30 Losilla  12'
Hinterseer  31'
Hinterseer  66'
Holland (o.g.)		 Report Bregerie  61'
Holland  76'		 Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION
Attendance: 14,520
Referee: René Rode
17 February 2018 23Arminia Bielefeld2–0Darmstadt 98Bielefeld
13:00 Schütz  25'
Dick  31'
Weihrauch  33'
Staude  84'
Kerschbaumer  90+3'		 Report Sobiech  26'
Höhn  43'
Sulu  74'		 Stadium: Schüco-Arena
Attendance: 15,236
Referee: Florian Badstübner
21 February 2018 19Darmstadt 981–21. FC KaiserslauternDarmstadt
18:30 Kempe  43'
Platte  90+1'		 Report Borrello  43'
Mwene  56'
Mwene  61'		 Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 17,400
Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus
25 February 2018 24Darmstadt 981–11. FC HeidenheimDarmstadt
13:30 Höhn 17
Großkreutz  18'
Kamavuaka  39'
Jones  60'		 Report Kraus  7'
Griesbeck  18'
Wittek  64'
Strauß  82'
Verhoek  90+2'		 Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 13,650
Referee: Dr Martin Thomsen
2 March 2018 25Dynamo Dresden0–2Darmstadt 98Dresden
18:30 Kreuzer  78' Report Jones  29'
Kempe  55'		 Stadium: DDV-Stadion Dresden
Attendance: 26,053
Referee: Tobias Reichel
10 March 2018 26Darmstadt 981–1Ingolstadt 04Darmstadt
13:00 Stark  22'
Sulu  54'
Kempe (67 p)
Ji  90'		 Report Leipertz  18'
Levels  37'
Gaus  42'
Schrök  45'
Wahl  75'		 Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Thorben Siewer
18 March 2018 271. FC Nürnberg1–1Darmstadt 98Nürnberg
13:30 Möhwald  47'
Margreitter  78'		 Report Boyd  18' Stadium: Grundig-Stadion
Attendance: 27007
Referee: Daniel Schlager
2 April 2018 28Darmstadt 981–0Fortuna DüsseldorfDarmstadt
20:30 Holland  12' 
Kempe  38'
Sulu  43'
Kamavuaka  48'
Stark  75'
Jones  84'		 Report Schauerte  28'
Zimmer  83'		 Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 17,400
Referee: Tobias Reichel
7 April 2018 29Holstein Kiel0–0Darmstadt 98Kiel
13:00 Patrick Herrmann  19'
Peitz  24'
Weilandt  80'		 Report Mehlem  55' Stadium: Holstein-Stadion
Attendance: 10,483
Referee: René Rohde
15 April 2018 30Darmstadt 981–1Eintracht BraunschweigDarmstadt
13:30 Sulu  52'
Kempe (73 p)		 Report Medojevic  o.g.' (39)
Hofmann  40'
Moll  62'		 Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 16,226
Referee: Robert Hartmann
21 April 2018 31SV Sandhausen1–1Darmstadt 98Sandhausen
13:00 Linsmayer  10'
Stefan Kulovits  29'
Karl  46'
Sukuta-Pasu  62'
Förster  88'		 Report Mehlem  45+1'
Kempe (50 p)
Medojevic  82'		 Stadium: Hardtwaldstadion
Attendance: 10,269
Referee: Timo Gerach
28 April 2018 32Darmstadt 983–1Union BerlinDarmstadt
13:00 Holland  12'
Platte  22', 35'		 Report Fürstner  9'
Trimmel  21'
Redondo  79'
Parensen  87'		 Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 16,570
Referee: Thorben Siewer
6 May 2018 33Jahn Regensburg0–3Darmstadt 98Regensburg
15:30 Geipl  52' Report Jones  29'
Kempe
 41'
Dong-Won Ji  68'
Kempe  73'		 Stadium: Continental Arena
Attendance: 15,210
Referee: Sven Jablonski
13 May 2018 34Darmstadt 981–0Erzgebirge AueDarmstadt
Holland  72'
Kempe  86'		 Summary Köpke  64'
Fandrich  81'		 Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 17,400
Referee: Sören Storks

DFB-Pokal
Main article: 2017–18 DFB-Pokal
12 August 2017 (2017-08-12) First roundJahn Regensburg3–1Darmstadt 98Regensburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report Sobiech  40' Stadium: Continental Arena
Attendance: 8,919
Referee: Martin Petersen

References
  1. "Frings holt Ex-Werderaner Von Haacke" [Frings signs ex-werder footballer Von Haacke] (in German). 6 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  2. "Medojevic soll beim SVD für Kompaktheit sorgen" [Medojevic meant to make Darmstadt more compacy] (in German). 19 January 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  3. "Schuster über Ji: "Ist universell einsetzbar"" [Schuster about Ji:"Is universally playable"] (in German). 26 January 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  4. "Vertrag bis 2021: Platte zurück am Bölle" [Contract til 2021: Platte back at the Böllw] (in German). 28 August 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  5. "The Lilies sign McKinze Gaines II and Lacazette" (in German). 22 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  6. "MacLaren wechselt nach Deutschland" (in German). 7 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  7. "Mall komplettiert Darmstadts Torhueter Trio" (in German). 1 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  8. "Lilien verpflichten Sobiech" (in German). 20 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  9. "Floria Stritzel kommt nach Darmstadt" (in German). 31 May 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  10. "Mehlem will sich in Darmstadt weiter entwickeln" (in German). 23 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  11. "Lilien holen McKinze Gaines II und Lacazette" (in German). 22 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  12. "Kempe kehrt zu den Lilien zurück" (in German). 7 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  13. "Fix: Grosskreutz unterschreibt in Darmstadt" (in German). 11 April 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  14. "Stark leihweise zum FSV Frankfurt" (in German). 3 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-03. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  15. "Profi-Verträge für Zehnder, Schmieder, Petri und Kern" (in German). 18 May 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  16. "Eshele erhält Profivertrag / Leihe zum FSV Frankfurt" (in German). 27 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  17. "Eshele erhält Profivertrag / Leihe zum FSV Frankfurt" (in German). 27 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
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