2022–23 SV Darmstadt 98 season

The 2022–23 season is the 125th in the history of SV Darmstadt 98 and their sixth consecutive season in the second division. The club will participate in the 2. Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal.

SV Darmstadt 98

2022–23 season
President	Klaus Rüdiger Fritsch
Head coach	Torsten Lieberknecht
Stadium	Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
2. Bundesliga	1st
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Phillip Tietz (6) All: Phillip Tietz (8)
Home colours Away colours
← 2021–22 2023–24 →
All statistics correct as of 13 November 2022.

Players

As of 12 July 2022^[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 3 DF   SWE Thomas Isherwood 5 DF   GER Patric Pfeiffer 6 MF   GER Marvin Mehlem 8 MF   GER Fabian Schnellhardt 9 FW   GER Phillip Tietz 11 MF   GER Tobias Kempe 13 GK   GER Morten Behrens 14 MF   DEN Magnus Warming (on loan from Torino) 17 MF   GER Frank Ronstadt 18 MF   AUT Mathias Honsak 19 DF   AUT Emir Karic 20 DF   GER Jannik Müller

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 GK   GER Steve Kroll 22 FW   GER Aaron Seydel 23 MF   ALB Klaus Gjasula 26 DF   GER Matthias Bader 28 MF   FRA Yassin Ben Balla 29 FW   SWE Oscar Vilhelmsson 30 MF   GER Alexander Brunst 32 DF   GER Fabian Holland (Captain) 33 MF   GHA Braydon Manu 35 MF   SLE John Peter Sesay 36 FW   GER André Leipold 38 MF   GER Clemens Riedel

On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   GER Henry Crosthwaite (at TuS Rot-Weiß Koblenz)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Rot-Weiß Darmstadt   v   Darmstadt 98

18 June 2022 Friendly	Rot-Weiß Darmstadt	0–7	Darmstadt 98	Darmstadt
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Waldsportpark

Viktoria Griesheim   v   Darmstadt 98

24 June 2022 Friendly	Viktoria Griesheim	0–8	Darmstadt 98	Griesheim
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Kunstrasenplatz Griesheim

Wehen Wiesbaden   v   Darmstadt 98

22 September 2022 Friendly	Wehen Wiesbaden	4–4	Darmstadt 98	Taunusstein
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion am Halberg

Darmstadt 98   v   Young Boys

17 December 2022 Friendly	Darmstadt 98	2–0	Young Boys	Darmstadt
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor

Wehen Wiesbaden   v   Darmstadt 98

7 January 2022 Friendly	Wehen Wiesbaden	1–1	Darmstadt 98	Oliva
13:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Oliva Nova Golf & Beach Resort Campo 1

Darmstadt 98   v   CFR Cluj

13 January 2022 Friendly	Darmstadt 98	1–0	CFR Cluj	Oliva
13:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Oliva Nova Golf & Beach Resort Campo 1

Darmstadt 98   v   Wil

21 January 2023 Friendly	Darmstadt 98	1–0	Wil	Darmstadt
13:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga	16 July 2022	28 May 2023	Matchday 1	17	10	6	1	27	15	+12	058.82
DFB-Pokal	1 August 2022		First round	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
Total				19	12	6	1	32	16	+16	063.16

Last updated: 13 November 2022
Source: Soccerway

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2022–23 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Darmstadt 98 (X)	30	19	7	4	48	24	+24	64	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	1. FC Heidenheim	30	17	9	4	61	31	+30	60
3	Hamburger SV	30	17	5	8	60	41	+19	56	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	SC Paderborn	30	15	5	10	61	37	+24	50
5	FC St. Pauli	30	14	8	8	47	35	+12	50

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2023. 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.^[2]
(X) Assured of the promotion play-offs but may still be promoted directly

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
22	14	7	1	37	17	+20	49	7	5	0	20	8	+12	7	2	1	17	9	+8

Last updated: 25 February 2023.
Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D
Position	16	12	9	3	2	2	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 25 February 2023. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.^[3]

Jahn Regensburg v Darmstadt 98

16 July 2022 1	Jahn Regensburg	2–0	Darmstadt 98	Regensburg
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mees   1' Albers   67'		Pfeiffer   37'	Stadium: Jahnstadion Regensburg Referee: Patrick Alt

Darmstadt 98 v SV Sandhausen

22 July 2022 2	Darmstadt 98	2–1	SV Sandhausen	Darmstadt
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Manu   9' Mehlem   55'		Zhirov   24'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Referee: Nicolas Winter

Eintracht Braunschweig v Darmstadt 98

7 August 2022 3	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–1	Darmstadt 98	Braunschweig
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pherai   20' Kaufmann   70'	Report	Schnellhardt   45' Manu   57' Holland   77' Vilhelmsson   86'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 16,731 Referee:   Max Burda

Darmstadt 98 v Hansa Rostock

13 August 2022 4	Darmstadt 98	4–0	Hansa Rostock	Darmstadt
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tietz   3'   54' Holland   5' Mehlem   18'   41' Warming   68' Kempe   74' (pen.)	Report	Ingelsson   12' Roßbach   22' Malone   74'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 14,120 Referee:   Florian Heft

Hamburg v Darmstadt 98

19 August 2022 5	Hamburg	1–2	Darmstadt 98	Hamburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Meffert   55' Opoku   60'   64' Glatzel   62' Königsdörffer   87'   89'	Report	Pfeiffer   4' Tietz   7'   61' Gjasula   30'   58' Holland   65' Bader   69'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 43,943 Referee:   Robert Schröder

Darmstadt 98 v Heidenheim

27 August 2022 6	Darmstadt 98	2–2	Heidenheim	Darmstadt
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Holland   9' Müller   17' Manu   36' Ronstadt   76'	Report	Beck   10' Sessa   54' Mainka   65'   70' Kleindienst   82'   87' Föhrenbach   88' Kühlwetter   90+4'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 13,280 Referee:   Arne Aarnink

Darmstadt 98 v Arminia Bielefeld

4 September 2022 7	Darmstadt 98	1–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Darmstadt
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Manu   8'	Report	Vasiliadis   19' Okugawa   69' Hack   90+4'   90+5'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 13,000 Referee:   Daniel Schlager

Kaiserslautern v Darmstadt 98

11 September 2022 8	Kaiserslautern	3–3	Darmstadt 98	Kaiserslautern
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Luthe   45+1' Redondo   74'   87' Wunderlich   77' (pen.)	Report	Schnellhardt   36' Kempe   45+2' (pen.) Tietz   49' Schuhen   67' Seydel   90'   90+1'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 38,380 Referee:   Marco Fritz

Darmstadt 98 v Nürnberg

17 September 2022 9	Darmstadt 98	2–0	Nürnberg	Darmstadt
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kempe   8' Tietz   27' Ronstadt   90+2'	Report	Wekesser   58' Valentini   60' Geis   70'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 14,500 Referee:   Christian Dingert

Paderborn v Darmstadt 98

30 September 2022 10	Paderborn	1–2	Darmstadt 98	Paderborn
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Leipertz   3'	Report	Manu   10' Müller   24'   90+2' Pfeiffer   71'	Stadium: Home Deluxe Arena Attendance: 11,238 Referee:   Benjamin Cortus

Darmstadt 98 v Fortuna Düsseldorf

8 October 2022 11	Darmstadt 98	1–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Darmstadt
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Manu   29' Müller   44' Pfeiffer   72'   90+4' Mehlem   78' Holland   88' Karic   90'	Report	Iyoha   64' Sobottka   79' Klarer   90+4' Marcel Mansfeld   90+4'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 15,850 Referee:   Max Burda

Karlsruher SC v Darmstadt 98

15 October 2022 12	Karlsruher SC	1–2	Darmstadt 98	Karlsruhe
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Schleusener   19' Nebel   43' Jensen   90+4'	Report	Pfeiffer   49'   53' Schuhen   54' Brunst   57' Kempe   86' Tietz   88'	Stadium: BBBank Wildpark Attendance: 19,391 Referee:   Alexander Sather

Darmstadt 98 v Holstein Kiel

21 October 2022 13	Darmstadt 98	1–1	Holstein Kiel	Darmstadt
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Karic   55' Mehlem   67' Zimmermann   71' Bader   72'	Report	Skrzybski   35' Porath   49' Kirkeskov   72'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 14,650 Referee:   Christian Dingert

FC St Pauli v Darmstadt 98

29 October 2022 14	FC St Pauli	1–1	Darmstadt 98	Hamburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Fazliji   48' Saliakas   65' Aremu   67' Daschner   69'	Report	Mehlem   33' Ronstadt   60'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee:   Bastian Dankert

Darmstadt 98 v Hannover 96

4 November 2022 15	Darmstadt 98	1–0	Hannover 96	Darmstadt
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mehlem   62'	Report	Neumann   30' Kunze   39' Muroya   45' Börner   81'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 15,475 Referee:   Benjamin Cortus

1. FC Magdeburg v Darmstadt 98

10 November 2022 16	1. FC Magdeburg	0–1	Darmstadt 98	Magdeburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Piccini   54' Atik   54' Bittroff   85' Müller   90'	Report	Kempe   42' Pfeiffer   50'   78' Vilhelmsson   87' Holland   89'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 18,788 Referee:   Wolfgang Haslberger

Darmstadt 98 v Greuther Fürth

13 November 2022 17	Darmstadt 98	1–1	Greuther Fürth	Darmstadt
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Karic   2' Pfeiffer   33' Holland   90+1'	Report	Michalski   42' Jung   44'   48' Haddadi   54'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 15,080 Referee:   Harm Osmers

Darmstadt 98 v Jahn Regensburg

28 January 2023 18	Darmstadt 98	2–0	Jahn Regensburg	Darmstadt
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mehlem   15' Manu   18' Holland   29'	Report	Kennedy   21' Mees   63'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 15,798 Referee:   Daniel Schlager

Sandhausen v Darmstadt 98

3 February 2023 19	Sandhausen	0–4	Darmstadt 98	Sandhausen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Esswein   30' Kinsombi   57' Ajdini   84'	Report	Honsak   6'   25' Schnellhardt   31' Vilhelmsson   55' Karic   89'	Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Attendance: 7,254 Referee:   Matthias Jöllenbeck

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2022–23 DFB-Pokal

FC Ingolstadt v Darmstadt 98

1 August 2022 First round	FC Ingolstadt	0–3	Darmstadt 98	Ingolstadt
18:01 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Tietz   15' Kempe   42' (pen.) Warming   84'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 5,298 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Darmstadt 98 v Borussia Mönchengladbach

18 October 2022 Second round	Darmstadt 98	2–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Darmstadt
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Tietz   23' Kempe   40' Holland   57' Mehlem   63' Karic   78' Seydel   79'	Report	Weigl   43' Netz   48'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 15,850 Referee: Robert Schröder

Eintracht Frankfurt v Darmstadt 98

7 February 2023 (2023-02-07) Round of 16	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–2	Darmstadt 98	Frankfurt
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Kolo Muani   6', 90' Borré   34',   44' Ndicka   45+5' Tuta   48' Kamada   62' Rode   64'	Report	Honsak   29', 31' Holland   34' Müller   45+3' Kempe   80' Manu   83' Bennetts   90+6'	Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 49,500 Referee: Felix Zwayer

References

1. "Kader: Darmstadt 98" (in German). SV Darmstadt 98. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
2. "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). DFB.de. German Football Association. p. 214. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
3. "DFL veröffentlicht 2. Bundesliga-Spielplan 2022/23 im Juni". kicker.de (in German). Kicker (sports magazine). 25 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.