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
ChairmanKlaus Rüdiger Fritsch
ManagerDirk Schuster
StadiumMerck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
2. Bundesliga10th
DFB-PokalSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Serdar Dursun (11)

All:
Serdar Dursun (11)

Squad edit

Squad information edit

As of 1 February 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)
3 DF   SWE Thomas Isherwood
4 DF   GER Christoph Zimmermann
5 DF   CRO Matej Maglica
6 MF   GER Marvin Mehlem
7 MF   GER Braydon Manu
8 MF   GER Fabian Schnellhardt
9 FW   SCO Fraser Hornby
11 MF   GER Tobias Kempe (vice-captain)
13 GK   GER Morten Behrens
14 DF   AUT Christoph Klarer
15 MF   GER Fabian Nürnberger
16 MF   GER Andreas Müller
17 MF   GER Julian Justvan (on loan from Hoffenheim)
18 MF   AUT Mathias Honsak
19 DF   AUT Emir Karić
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF   GER Jannik Müller
22 FW   GER Aaron Seydel
23 MF   ALB Klaus Gjasula
24 FW   GER Luca Pfeiffer (on loan from Stuttgart)
25 FW   PHI Gerrit Holtmann (on loan from Bochum)
26 DF   GER Matthias Bader
27 FW   GER Tim Skarke (on loan from Union Berlin)
28 MF   CRO Bartol Franjić (on loan from Wolfsburg)
29 FW   SWE Oscar Vilhelmsson
30 GK   GER Alexander Brunst
32 DF   GER Fabian Holland (captain)
38 DF   GER Clemens Riedel
40 FW   GER Sebastian Polter (on loan from Schalke 04)
42 FW   GER Fabio Torsiello
45 GK   GER Max Wendt

Transfers edit

In edit

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 edit

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 edit

2. Bundesliga edit

League table edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

  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 edit

  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.