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
2. Bundesliga	10th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Serdar Dursun (11) All: Serdar Dursun (11)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Squad

Squad information

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

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 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

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' Terodde   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   65' (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. 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. 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. 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. 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.