2018–19 SV Darmstadt 98 season

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)

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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Marcel Schuhen (3rd captain)
2 DF Spain ESP Sergio López
3 DF Spain ESP Guille Bueno (on loan from Borussia Dortmund)
4 DF Germany GER Christoph Zimmermann
5 DF Croatia CRO Matej Maglica
7 FW Sweden SWE Isac Lidberg
8 MF Germany GER Luca Marseiler
9 FW Scotland SCO Fraser Hornby
11 MF Germany GER Tobias Kempe (vice-captain)
13 MF Germany GER Marco Thiede
15 MF Bulgaria BUL Fabian Nürnberger
16 MF Germany GER Andreas Müller
17 MF Germany GER Kai Klefisch
18 MF Germany GER Philipp Förster
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Germany GER Fynn Lakenmacher
20 DF Serbia SRB Aleksandar Vukotić
21 MF Germany GER Merveille Papela
22 GK Poland POL Karol Niemczycki
26 DF Germany GER Matthias Bader
28 MF Germany GER Paul Will
29 FW Sweden SWE Oscar Vilhelmsson
30 GK Germany GER Alexander Brunst
32 DF Germany GER Fabian Holland (captain)
34 FW France FRA Killian Corredor
38 DF Germany GER Clemens Riedel
42 FW Germany GER Fabio Torsiello
45 GK Germany 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 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

Main article: 2018–19 2. Bundesliga

League table

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

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 Yellow card 54'
Sulu Yellow card 64'
Heuer Yellow card 71'		 Report Michel Yellow card 45'
Tietz Yellow card 62'
Schonlau Yellow card 72', soccer ball with red X77
Ritter Yellow card 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 Yellow card 37'
Neudecker 52'
Ziereis Yellow card 75'
Buchtmann 85'
Sobota Yellow card 87'		 Report Kempe Yellow card 49'
Medojević Yellow card 75'
Sulu Yellow card 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 Yellow card 45+2' Report Franke 11', Yellow card 21'
Holland Yellow card 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 Yellow card 63'
Kempe 90'		 Report Linsmayer Yellow card 38'
Klingmann 46'
Gíslason Yellow card 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 Yellow card 36'
Wahlqvist Yellow card 45'
Ebert 54'
Heise 60'		 Report Heller 18'
Holland Yellow card 79'
Boyd Yellow card 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', Yellow card 70' Report Voglsammer Yellow card 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 Yellow card 29' Yellow-red card 51'
Kinsombi 70'		 Report Kempe 29', 39', Yellow card 45'
Dursun Yellow card 56'
Mehlem Yellow card 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 Yellow card 29'
Kamavuaka Yellow card 47'
Dursun 89'		 Summary Hunt 13'
van Drongelen Yellow card 39'
Holtby 45'
Sakai Yellow card 90+2'
Pollersbeck Yellow card 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 Yellow card 44'
Adamyan Yellow card 45'
Grüttner 55'		 Report Heller Yellow card 26'
Jones 36', Yellow card 41'
Holland Yellow card 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 Yellow card 60', 76'		 Report Wittek Yellow card 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 Yellow card 13' Yellow-red card 69'
Kempe Yellow card 37'
Dursun 43'
Hammann 60' (o.g.)
Sulu 80'		 Report Erdmann Yellow card 37' Yellow-red card 63'
Bülter 71'
Rother Yellow card 83'
Müller Yellow card 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 Yellow card 26'
Rieder Yellow card 35'
Sulu Yellow card 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 Yellow card 8'
Franke Yellow card 60'
Rieder Yellow card 61'		 Report Höger Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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 Yellow card 28'
Wurtz Yellow card 54'
Kempe 83' (pen.)		 Report Lezcano 2' (pen.)
Röcher Yellow card 48'
Kittel Yellow card 53'
Gaus Yellow card 73'
Krauße Yellow card 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 Yellow card 14'
Testroet 50' (64)
Caucutala Yellow card 66'
Männel Yellow card 85'
Kalig Yellow card 87'
Kempe Yellow card 88'		 Report Stark Yellow card 28'
Sulu Yellow card 56'
Dursun Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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

Main article: 2018–19 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

  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. 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.