2018–19 SV Darmstadt 98 season

SV Darmstadt 98
2018–19 season
Chairman	Klaus Rüdiger Fritsch
Manager	Dirk Schuster
Stadium	Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
2. Bundesliga	10th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Serdar Dursun (11); All: ; Serdar Dursun (11)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 season was the 121st season in the history of SV Darmstadt 98 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.

Squad

Squad information

As of 24 September 2024^[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 (3rd captain)
2	DF	ESP	Sergio López
3	DF	ESP	Guille Bueno (on loan from Borussia Dortmund)
4	DF	GER	Christoph Zimmermann
5	DF	CRO	Matej Maglica
7	FW	SWE	Isac Lidberg
8	MF	GER	Luca Marseiler
9	FW	SCO	Fraser Hornby
11	MF	GER	Tobias Kempe (vice-captain)
13	MF	GER	Marco Thiede
15	MF	BUL	Fabian Nürnberger
16	MF	GER	Andreas Müller
17	MF	GER	Kai Klefisch
18	MF	GER	Philipp Förster


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	GER	Fynn Lakenmacher
20	DF	SRB	Aleksandar Vukotić
21	MF	GER	Merveille Papela
22	GK	POL	Karol Niemczycki
26	DF	GER	Matthias Bader
28	MF	GER	Paul Will
29	FW	SWE	Oscar Vilhelmsson
30	GK	GER	Alexander Brunst
32	DF	GER	Fabian Holland (captain)
34	FW	FRA	Killian Corredor
38	DF	GER	Clemens Riedel
42	FW	GER	Fabio Torsiello
45	GK	GER	Max Wendt

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	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
-	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	Ji Dong-won	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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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' Terodde 55' Czichos 66' Cordoba 69'	Stadium: Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Florian Heft

1 December 2018 (2018-12-01) 15	Union Berlin	3–1	SV Darmstadt 98	Berlin
13:00	Andersson 28' (42) Sulu 65' (o.g.)	Report	Sulu 44' Dursun 73'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 21,474 Referee: Marco Fritz

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

^ 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

^ "Kader: Darmstadt 98" (in German). SV Darmstadt 98. 3 July 2015. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
^ "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.
^ "Lilien leihen Franke aus" [Lilies loan Franke] (in German). 28 June 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "Lilies loan Tim Rieder from FC Augsburg" (in German). 7 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^ "Lilies sign Sattelmaier" (in German). 13 August 2018. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^ "Wurtz verstärkt Lilien offensive" (in German). 23 August 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
^ "Lilien verpflichten Selim Gündüz" (in German). 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^ "Lilien verpflichten Max Grün" (in German). 3 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
^ "Spielordnung" [Match rules] (PDF). DFL.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 1 July 2018. p. 3. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

[12] 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.

[1] "Kader: Darmstadt 98" (in German). SV Darmstadt 98. 3 July 2015. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. 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.

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