2021–22 SV Darmstadt 98 season

The 2021–22 season was SV Darmstadt 98's 124th season in existence and the club's fifth consecutive season and 22nd season overall in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. The club also participated in the DFB-Pokal.

SV Darmstadt 98

2021–22 season
Chairman	Klaus Rüdiger Fritsch
Manager	Torsten Lieberknecht
Stadium	Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
2. Bundesliga	4th
DFB-Pokal	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Luca Pfeiffer (17) All: Luca Pfeiffer (18)
Home colours Away colours
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Background and pre-season

Main article: 2020–21 SV Darmstadt 98 season

Darmstadt 98 finished the 2020–21 season in 7th place, 11 points below the automatic promotion places and 13 points below the promotion play-off place.^[1] Manager Markus Anfang left the club at the end of the previous season and was replaced by Torsten Lieberknecht in June 2021.^[2]

Pre-season

Pre-season match details

Date	Time	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.

Competitions

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2021–22 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
2	Werder Bremen (P)	34	18	9	7	65	43	+22	63	Promotion to Bundesliga
3	Hamburger SV	34	16	12	6	67	35	+32	60	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Darmstadt 98	34	18	6	10	71	46	+25	60
5	FC St. Pauli	34	16	9	9	61	46	+15	57
6	1. FC Heidenheim	34	15	7	12	43	45	−2	52

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 away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.^[3]
(P) Promoted

Matches

2. Bundesliga match details

Match	Date	Time	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	League position	Ref.
1	24 July 2021	13:30	Jahn Regensburg	Home	0–2	—	4,500	15th	^[4]
2	30 July 2021	18:30	Karlsruher SC	Away	0–3	—	9,750	16th	^[5]
3	15 August 2021	13:30	FC Ingolstadt	Home	6–1	Tietz 29', 45+4', Pfeiffer 39', 66', Manu 90+4'	4,506	12th	^[6]
4	22 August 2021	13:30	Hamburger SV	Away	2–2	Tietz 14' (pen.), 45+4'	17,950	10th	^[7]
5	28 August 2021	13:30	Hannover 96	Home	4–0	Pfeiffer 21', Tietz 45+1', Schnellhardt 70', Krajnc 87' (o.g.)	6,050	8th	^[8]
6	12 September 2021	13:30	Hansa Rostock	Away	1–2	Kempe 66' (pen.)	14,500	11th	^[9]
7	19 September 2021	13:30	Dynamo Dresden	Home	1–0	Kempe 14'	7,020	9th	^[10]
8	24 September 2021	18:30	1. FC Heidenheim	Away	1–2	Tietz 52'	5,095	12th	^[11]
9	3 October 2021	13:30	SV Sandhausen	Home	6–1	Tietz 2', 59', Pfeiffer 35', 57', Goller 47', Karic 73'	4,457	9th	^[12]
10	17 October 2021	13:30	Werder Bremen	Home	3–0	Holland 45', Pfeiffer 65', 71'	13,000	6th	^[13]
11	23 October 2021	13:30	Holstein Kiel	Away	1–1	Pfeiffer 41'	7,009	7th	^[14]
12	29 October 2021	18:30	1. FC Nürnberg	Home	2–0	Pfeiffer 11', Schindler 59' (o.g.)	13,000	6th	^[15]
13	7 November 2021	13:30	Schalke 04	Away	4–2	Tietz 11', 63', Honsak 23', Goller 89'	51,327	4th	^[16]
14	20 November 2021	13:30	FC St. Pauli	Home	4–0	Tietz 6', Manu 29', Pfeiffer 39', 41'	13,000	2nd	^[17]
15	27 November 2021	13:30	Erzgebirge Aue	Away	2–1	Pfeiffer 62', Seydel 75'	0^[a]	2nd	^[18]
16	3 December 2021	18:30	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Home	1–3			2nd
17	11 December 2021	13:30	SC Paderborn	Away	1–0			2nd
18	19 December 2021	13:30	Jahn Regensburg	Away	2–0			2nd
19	15 January 2022	20:30	Karlsruher SC	Home	2–2			2nd
20	22 January 2022	13:30	FC Ingolstadt	Away	2–0			1st
21	6 February 2022	13:30	Hamburger SV	Home	0–5			1st
22	13 February 2022	13:30	Hannover 96	Away	2–2			4th
23	20 February 2022	13:30	Hansa Rostock	Home	1–1			3rd
24	26 February 2022	20:30	Dynamo Dresden	Away	1–0			2nd
25	4 March 2022	18:30	1. FC Heidenheim	Home	3–2			2nd
26	11 March 2022	18:30	SV Sandhausen	Home	1–1			1st
27	19 March 2022	20:30	Werder Bremen	Away	0–1			3rd
28	2 April 2022	13:30	Holstein Kiel	Home	3–1			2nd
29	9 April 2022	20:30	1. FC Nürnberg	Away	1–3			4th
30	17 April 2022	13:30	Schalke 04	Home	2–5			4th
31	23 April 2022	20:30	FC St. Pauli	Away	2–1			3rd
32	30 April 2022	20:30	Erzgebirge Aue	Home	6–0			2nd
33	6 May 2022	18:30	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Away	1–2			4th
34	15 May 2022	15:30	SC Paderborn	Home	3–0			4th

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2021–22 DFB-Pokal

DFB-Pokal match details

Round	Date	Time	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
First round	6 August 2021	20:45	1860 Munich	Away	1–1 (3–4 p)	Pfeiffer 80'	4,158	^[19]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.

Loans in

Date	Position	Name	Club	Return	Ref.

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.

Loans out

Date	Position	Name	Club	Return	Ref.

Appearances and goals

Source:^[20][21]

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with names struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Darmstadt.

Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

Players included in matchday squads

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	2. Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Total
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
7	MF	GER	Benjamin Goller *	2	0	0	0	2	0
8	MF	GER	Fabian Schnellhardt	2	0	0	0	2	0
9	FW	GER	Phillip Tietz	2	0	0	0	2	0
13	GK	GER	Morten Behrens	2	0	0	0	2	0
16	FW	GER	Luca Pfeiffer *	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
18	MF	AUT	Mathias Honsak	1	0	0	0	1	0
19	DF	AUT	Emir Karic	2	0	0	0	2	0
20	DF	GER	Jannik Müller	2	0	0	0	2	0
24	DF	GER	Lasse Sobiech	2	0	0	0	2	0
26	DF	GER	Matthias Bader	2	0	0	0	2	0
30	MF	POL	Adrian Stanilewicz	1	0	0	0	1	0
32	DF	GER	Fabian Holland	2	0	0	0	2	0
35	MF	SLE	John Peter Sesay	0 (2)	0	0	0	0 (2)	0
38	DF	GER	Clemens Riedel	1 (1)	0	0	0	1 (1)	0
40	FW	GER	Erich Berko	1	0	0	0	1	0
41	MF	GER	Philipp Sonn	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
43	MF	AUT	Nemanja Celic	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0

Players not included in matchday squads

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name
1	GK	GER	Marcel Schuhen
3	DF	SWE	Thomas Isherwood
5	DF	GER	Patric Pfeiffer
6	MF	GER	Marvin Mehlem
11	MF	GER	Tobias Kempe
17	DF	GER	Frank Ronstadt
21	GK	GER	Steve Kroll
22	FW	GER	Aaron Seydel
27	MF	GER	Tim Skarke
33	MF	GER	Braydon Manu
34	MF	GER	Leon Müller
37	GK	GER	Antonis Makatounakis
39	FW	GER	Ensar Arslan

Notes

1. Match played behind closed doors

References

1. "Tabelle – 2. Bundesliga 2020/21". kicker (in German). Retrieved 18 July 2021.
2. "Lieberknecht übernimmt in Darmstadt".
3. "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). DFB.de. German Football Association. p. 214. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
4. "Singh und Gimber treffen gegen geschwächte Lilien".
5. "Weiter dezimiert, weiter ohne Punkt: Doppelter Hofmann sorgt bei Darmstadt für lange Gesichter".
6. "Pfeiffer und Tietz treffen doppelt: Darmstadt überrollt chancenlose Ingolstädter".
7. "Nach spektakulärer erster Hälfte: HSV nur 2:2 gegen Darmstadt".
8. "Kongeniales Duo Pfeiffer/Tietz lässt Darmstadt jubeln".
9. "Zwei Tore nach Standards: Debütant Fröde köpft Rostock zum Sieg".
10. "Trotz langer Unterzahl: Leidenschaftliche Darmstädter besiegen Dresden".
11. "Zwei Elfmeter, ein Joker-Tor: Heidenheimer Arbeitssieg gegen Darmstadt".
12. "Darmstadt völlig entfesselt: 6:1 beim SVS".
13. "3:0! Holland leitet per Traumtor Anfangs bittere Rückkehr ein".
14. "Rapp wartet weiter auf den ersten Sieg: Darmstadt punktet in Kiel".
15. "Ungeschlagen-Serie gerissen: Nürnberg verzweifelt am Darmstädter Defensiv-Bollwerk".
16. "Darmstadt unwiderstehlich: Schalke verliert schon wieder".
17. "Darmstadts Offensive rockt weiter: St. Pauli am Böllenfalltor chancenlos".
18. "Pfeiffer macht das Dutzend voll: Darmstadt nimmt auch die Hürde AUE".
19. "Nervenstarke Löwen bezwingen Darmstadt im Elfmeterschießen".
20. "FootballSquads - SV Darmstadt 98 - 2021/2022".
21. "SV Darmstadt 98 - Appearances 2. Bundesliga 2021/2022".