At 6:30pm on a rather unremarkable Friday evening, the floodlights shone on the Fürth football pitch. It was the 21st matchday of the second division, when 1. FC Magdeburg visited the SpVgg Greuther Fürth. The encounter had been dubbed a "relegation battle" beforehand, but that this very match would go down in the history books of the 2. Bundesliga as "historic" was something no one could have predicted.
Eighth minute: 1-0 for Greuther Fürth. What followed was pure spectacle. 13th, 15th, 23rd, 29th, and 33rd minutes: From 1-0 down – within just 20 minutes – to 5-1 up. A record! Those were 20 minutes in which Magdeburg completely turned on the style. 20 minutes that no club in the 2. Bundesliga had ever used so efficiently. But that wasn’t the end of it. The Fürth team also wanted to put on a show. At halftime, it was 3-5 from Fürth’s perspective. Eight goals in 45 minutes? The highest-scoring halftime in the history of the 2. Bundesliga! Only in the match between Kaiserslautern and Meppen in 1997 were eight goals also scored before the halftime whistle – 6-2, the score at the break back then.
Despite pulling a goal back, Fürth’s hopes of a comeback were dashed – the final score was 5-4. Such a goal fest is a rare occurrence in a player’s career, unless, of course, you’re playing for Magdeburg or Fürth this season. The first leg was no less exciting, with Fürth winning 5-4. For Magdeburg, however, the victory in the return leg proved to be their last win in the recent second division matches. Subsequently, FCM suffered defeats against Bielefeld (0-2), Schalke (3-5), Karlsruhe (1-3), and Elversberg (0-1). As a result, Magdeburg slipped to the bottom of the table ahead of their match against SV Darmstadt 98 next Friday evening (March 13th, 6:30pm).
| Top Scorer | Top Assists |
| Mateusz Zukowski – 11 Goals | Baris Atik – 10 Assists |
| Rayan Ghrieb – 4 Goals | Alexander Nollenberger – 3 Assists |
| Baris Atik – 4 Goal | Rayan Ghrieb – 3 Assists |
| Maximillian Breunig – 3 Goals | Laurin Ulrich – 3 Assists |
| Alexander Nollenberger – 3 Goals | Mateusz Zukowski – 2 Assists |
Petrik Sander
Coach of 1. FC MagdeburgAttention! Danger lurks from outside the area. Even if the Magdeburg lads are facing an impenetrable defense, they still have an ace up their sleeve. With 35 goals this season, Petrik Sander’s team may only have an average tally, but… The FCM players have realised that goals aren’t only scored from inside the box. 1. FC Magdeburg boasts the league-wide record for goals from outside the penalty area: Magdeburg has already netted seven goals this season without ever having to enter the box. They also lead the league in overall shots from outside the penalty area (162). So, beware of FCM’s long-range efforts!
He is currently the beacon of light for 1. FC Magdeburg in the relegation zone. Already hailed by many media outlets as a beacon of hope, Mateusz Zukowski’s goals are expected to keep the traditional East German club in the league. The Polish striker has already racked up eleven goals and three assists, meaning he is involved in over a third of all Magdeburg’s goals. This year alone, he has eight scorer points, six of which he collected in the two matches against Greuther Fürth and Schalke 04.
Until recently, it was completely unforeseeable that the Pole possessed such goalscoring qualities. He started his career as a right-back. And even before his move to Magdeburg, Zukowski was more at home on the wing. Just five goals in over one hundred top-flight matches in Poland hardly suggested the kind of breakthrough he’s currently experiencing in Magdeburg. But FCM believed in the 24-year-old, who had gained plenty of experience in his home country and even spent a year and a half under contract with the prestigious Glasgow Rangers.
Zukowski has been a club player since this season. But every beginning was difficult: due to a foot injury, he didn’t make his first competitive appearance for FCM until November. This fact makes it all the more remarkable that the Polish youth player has already contributed to 14 goals. Petrik Sander, head coach of 1. FC Magdeburg, emphasised the importance of the centre forward after the 5-4 victory in Fürth in February (where Zukowski scored a hat trick): „He is incredibly important for us because he brings a power and dynamism that we completely lacked.“ Zukowski himself summed it up in a few words: „I’m hungry for goals,“ said the Polish striker for 1. FC Magdeburg.
Friday evening. Floodlights. Darmstadt 98 travel to Magdeburg for the 26th matchday of the 2. Bundesliga. Kick-off is at 6:30pm on Friday (March 13th). What do both head coaches have to say before the match? Who will referee the game? And who will be on the commentary team for Sky? As usual, we've compiled all the important information about the match in Magdeburg for you in our "Matchday Guide" overview.
Ahead of Friday evening's match (March 13th/6:30pm), Florian Kohfeldt assesses 1. FC Magdeburg's playing style, provides a personnel update, and looks at his own team's preparations for the game. We have summarised the most important statements from our head coach's press conference here.
The journey from stadium to stadium is a good 466 kilometres, a distance SV Darmstadt 98 has to cover for their away match against 1. FC Magdeburg. On Friday evening (March 13th/6:30pm), the Lilies will be guests in the capital of Saxony-Anhalt for the 25th matchday of the second division. To help you prepare for your trip and everything else, here's the information you need for your visit to the stadium.
SV 98 continues its season-ending run with away games! And they’ll be doing so with as many Lilies fans as possible in the stands. First up, the team from southern Hesse visits Bielefeld’s Alm stadium on Saturday (April 4th, 1pm), before their next away trip takes them to SpVgg Greuther Fürth on Sunday (April 19th, 1:30pm). Advance ticket sales for season ticket holders and members for both matches begin this Friday (March 13th) at noon. All ticket information can be found in the press release.
SV Darmstadt 98 travels to the capital of Saxony-Anhalt on Friday, hoping to finally steal three points away from home. Meanwhile, 1. FC Magdeburg, currently bottom of the table, is under immense pressure in their fight to avoid relegation. What are the differences between these two teams? And where do they share any statistical similarities? We've compiled all the facts and figures about the clash between Darmstadt and 1. FC Magdeburg in this article. Here you'll find the top facts for Friday evening's match.
No goals conceded. And that's the tenth time this season. That's Marcel Schuhen's impressive record. But there's plenty happening off the pitch as well. Young player Landry Walker, who was trained at San Antonio FC, has flown in from San Antonio to visit Darmstadt 98. You can find this news and more updates from the youth teams to the young Lilies here in our section "Lilies Across the Board" – compiled weekly for you, news from and about the club.
We fought together. We celebrated together. We scored points together and celebrated spectacular football festivals. This season, our Merck Stadium at Böllenfalltor has once again become a true blue and white fortress. We were on the pitch, and you were in the stands. In 13 home games, we remained undefeated 13 times. Let's keep it that way in the final stretch of the season!
SV Darmstadt 98's U21 team suffered a 4-1 defeat at home against FC Gießen on Sunday. The team, currently twelfth in the table, hosted the favoured visitors, who secured third place with this victory.
Strengthening vocational training and further education in southern Hesse: To this end, the Darmstadt Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK Darmstadt) and SV Darmstadt 98 have entered into a cooperation agreement. IHK Managing Director Robert Lippmann and Martin Kowalewski, Managing Director for Marketing and Sales at SV Darmstadt 98, signed the corresponding cooperation agreement at the Böllenfalltor stadium.
Darmstadt 98 remain unbeaten in their 13th home game of the season with a 2-0 victory against Holstein Kiel. An early red card played into Darmstadt's hands in the match against the "Storks." As the game progressed, the team from southern Hesse took complete control, securing a comfortable win and celebrating Isac Lidberg's 13th goal of the season and Niklas Schmidt's first goal for Darmstadt. Analysis of the home victory follows.
For every home goal scored by the Lilies, SV Darmstadt 98 fans will be doubly rewarded in the 2025/26 season. In addition to the joy and excitement, the Lilies' supporters will also receive 98 litres of Krombacher Pils for every home goal scored by Darmstadt at the Merck Stadium at Böllenfalltor.
A fast-paced start, a disjointed first half after Marcus Müller's sending-off. However, Darmstadt showed a different side at the start of the second half. After an early double strike in the second half from goals by Isac Lidberg and Niklas Schmidt, the team from southern Hesse cruised to a comfortable home victory.