2024–25 SV Darmstadt 98 season

The 2024–25 season will be the 127th season in the history of SV Darmstadt 98 and the second consecutive season in 2. Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the DFB-Pokal.

SV Darmstadt 98

2024–25 season
Manager	Torsten Lieberknecht (until 1 September) Florian Kohfeldt (from 7 September)[1]
Stadium	Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
2. Bundesliga	15th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
← 2023–24

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Killian Corredor	Rodez AF	Undisclosed	15 August 2024	[2]
FW	Isac Lidberg	FC Utrecht	€1,000,000	16 August 2024
DF	Guille Bueno	Borussia Dortmund II	Loan	22 August 2024	[3]
MF	Philipp Förster	Unattached	Free	23 September 2024
DF	Marco Thiede	Unattached	Free	24 September 2024

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Luca Pfeiffer	VfB Stuttgart	Loan return	30 June 2024	[4]
MF	Bartol Franjić	VfL Wolfsburg	Loan return	30 June 2024	[4]
MF	Tim Skarke	Union Berlin	Loan return	30 June 2024	[4]
MF	Gerrit Holtmann	VfL Bochum	Loan return	30 June 2024	[4]
MF	Julian Justvan	TSG Hoffenheim	Loan return	30 June 2024	[4]
FW	Henry Crosthwaite	BFC Dynamo	End of contract	1 July 2024	[4][5]
MF	Klaus Gjasula	Re-signed for Darmstadt	End of contract	1 July 2024	[4][6]
MF	Mathias Honsak	1. FC Heidenheim	End of contract	1 July 2024	[4][7]
MF	Braydon Manu	PEC Zwolle	End of contract	1 July 2024	[4][8]
DF	Emir Karić	Sturm Graz	End of contract	1 July 2024	[4][9]
DF	Thomas Isherwood	AIK	End of contract	1 July 2024	[4][10]
GK	Morten Behrens	Preußen Münster	End of contract	1 July 2024	[4][11]
FW	Aaron Seydel		End of contract	1 July 2024	[4]
MF	Fabian Schnellhardt		End of contract	1 July 2024	[4]
DF	Jannik Müller		End of contract	1 July 2024	[4]
DF	Christoph Klarer	Birmingham City	Undisclosed	20 July 2024	[12]

Friendlies

Pre-season

SpVgg Hainstadt v Darmstadt 98

29 June 2024 Friendly	SpVgg Hainstadt	0–16	Darmstadt 98
13:00

SV Beerfelden v Darmstadt 98

3 July 2024 Friendly	SV Beerfelden	0–24	Darmstadt 98
18:30

SV Münster v Darmstadt 98

6 July 2024 Friendly	SV Münster	1–8	Darmstadt 98
13:00

FSV Frankfurt v Darmstadt 98

10 July 2024 Friendly	FSV Frankfurt	1–0	Darmstadt 98	Frankfurt
19:00				Stadium: PSD Bank Arena

Darmstadt 98 v Swift Hesperange

13 July 2024 Friendly	Darmstadt 98	5–1	Swift Hesperange	Darmstadt
16:00				Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor

Darmstadt 98 v 1. FC Saarbrücken

20 July 2024 Friendly	Darmstadt 98	1–2	1. FC Saarbrücken
13:00	7'		4' 28'

Darmstadt 98 v Coventry City

27 July 2024 Friendly	Darmstadt 98	2–0	Coventry City
13:30

Pre-season

Mainz 05 v Darmstadt 98

4 September 2024 Friendly	Mainz 05	0–1	Darmstadt 98
14:00

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga	4 August 2024	18 May 2025	Matchday 1	9	2	3	4	17	20	−3	022.22
DFB-Pokal	18 August 2024		First round	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Total				10	3	3	4	20	21	−1	030.00

Last updated: 20 October 2024
Source: Competitions

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2024–25 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Karlsruher SC	23	9	6	8	43	43	0	33
11	Greuther Fürth	23	8	5	10	34	43	−9	29
12	Darmstadt 98	23	7	7	9	40	37	+3	28
13	Schalke 04	23	7	6	10	39	43	−4	27
14	Hertha BSC	23	7	5	11	32	36	−4	26

Updated to match(es) played on 23 February 2025. Source: Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[13]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)

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
9	2	3	4	17	20	−3	9	1	2	2	8	7	+1	1	1	2	9	13	−4

Last updated: 20 October 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	D	W
Position	16	17	16	17	16	14	16	16	13

Updated to match(es) played on 20 October 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 4 July 2024.^[14]

Darmstadt 98 v Fortuna Düsseldorf

4 August 2024 1	Darmstadt 98	0–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Darmstadt
13:30 UTC+2		Report	Vukotić 55' (o.g.) Rossmann 86'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,810 Referee: Robert Kampka

SC Paderborn v Darmstadt 98

11 August 2024 2	SC Paderborn	3–1	Darmstadt 98	Paderborn
13:30 UTC+2	Klaas 53' Bilbija 64' Ansah 83'	Report	Vilhelmsson 7'	Stadium: Home Deluxe Arena Attendance: 12,972 Referee: Patrick Schwengers

Darmstadt 98 v 1. FC Nürnberg

25 August 2024 3	Darmstadt 98	1–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Darmstadt
13:30 UTC+2	Lidberg 23'	Report	Ševčík 62'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,600 Referee: Max Burda

SV Elversberg v Darmstadt 98

31 August 2024 4	SV Elversberg	4–0	Darmstadt 98	Spiesen-Elversberg
13:00 UTC+2	Schnellbacher 5' Asllani 20', 59' Gerezgiher 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde Attendance: 9,443 Referee: Lukas Benen

Darmstadt 98 v Eintracht Braunschweig

14 September 2024 5	Darmstadt 98	1–1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Darmstadt
13:00 UTC+2	López 29'	Report	Szabó 86'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,076 Referee: Felix Prigan

Schalke 04 v Darmstadt 98

20 September 2024 6	Schalke 04	3–5	Darmstadt 98	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 UTC+2	Mohr 14' Sylla 34' Schallenberg 39'	Report	Hornby 45+5' (pen.) Lidberg 56', 76', 87' López 90+7'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,021 Referee: Florian Heft

Darmstadt 98 v 1. FC Magdeburg

28 September 2024 7	Darmstadt 98	1–2	1. FC Magdeburg	Darmstadt
13:00 UTC+2	Lidberg 11'	Report	Burcu 22' Krempicki 48'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,311 Referee: Michael Bacher

Karlsruher SC v Darmstadt 98

4 October 2024 8	Karlsruher SC	3–3	Darmstadt 98	Karlsruhe
18:30 UTC+2	Burnić 11' Jensen 28' Schleusener 77'	Report	Lidberg 15' Klefisch 54' Vukotić 74'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 31,034 Referee: Florian Lechner

Darmstadt 98 v 1. FC Köln

18 October 2024 9	Darmstadt 98	5–1	1. FC Köln	Darmstadt
18:30 UTC+2	Hornby 11', 40' Lidberg 54' Förster 65' Vukotić 90+4'	Report	Lemperle 38'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,810 Referee: Frank Willenborg

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2024–25 DFB-Pokal

Teutonia Ottensen v Darmstadt 98

18 August 2024 First round	Teutonia Ottensen	1–3	Darmstadt 98	Hamburg
15:30				Stadium: Stadion Hoheluft Referee: Florian Lechner

Dynamo Dresden v Darmstadt 98

30 October 2024 Second round	Dynamo Dresden	v	Darmstadt 98	Dresden
20:45				Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion

References

1. "Florian Kohfeldt ist neuer Lilien-Coach" (in German). SV Darmstadt 98. 7 September 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
4. "Vor Anpfiff: SV 98 verabschiedet 15 Spieler". www.sv98.de. 2024-05-12.
5. "Neuzugang: BFC Dynamo verpflichtet Henry-Jon Crosthwaite" [New signing: BFC Dynamo signs Henry-Jon Crosthwaite] (in German). BFC Dynamo. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
6. "Gjasula extends at SV 98". SV Darmstadt 98. 11 July 2024.
7. "Mathias Honsak wechselt zum 1. FC Heidenheim 1846!" [Mathias Honsak moves to 1. FC Heidenheim 1846!] (in German). 1. FC Heidenheim. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
8. "PEC Zwolle contracteert Braydon Manu" [PEC Zwolle signs Braydon Manu] (in Dutch). PEC Zwolle. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
9. "Emir Karić zvanično predstavljen u Sturmu". fokus.ba (in Bosnian). 13 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
10. "Thomas Isherwood till AIK Fotboll" [Thomas Isherwood to AIK Football] (in Swedish). AIK. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
11. "TORHÜTER MORTEN BEHRENS WECHSELT VOM BÖLLENFALLTOR AN DIE HAMMER STRASSE" [GOALKEEPER MORTEN BEHRENS MOVES FROM BÖLLENFALLTOR TO HAMMER STRASSE] (in German). Preußen Münster. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
12. "Klarer leaves SV 98". www.sv98.de. 2024-07-20.
13. "DFL–Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 7 June 2024. p. 3. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
14. "2024/25 Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists to be released on 4 July". bundesliga.com. 7 June 2024.