3 of 4 | Fan team starts preparations

The trip to Nürnberg? It has often been worth it for Lily fans in the past. SV Darmstadt 98 has won three of the last four duels in the Max Morlock Stadium against 1. FC Nürnberg. However, all of the encounters were competitive games. In the 2019/20 season, the South Hesse team won 2-1 away – Dario Dumic scored the decisive goal with a long-range shot in the 89th minute. The winning goal came even later in the 2020/21 season. It was Nicolai Rapp who headed SV 98 to a 3-2 away win in the third minute of stoppage time. In the 2022/23 Bundesliga promotion season – the last meeting with FCN at the Max Morlock Stadium – the Lilies won 1-0 with an own goal from the hosts. Feel free to get the next away threesome in Nuremberg on Friday evening (January 31st/6:30pm), Lilien!

The ball has been rolling again on the pitches of the 2nd Bundesliga. The situation is different in the district league C in Darmstadt: The fan team of SV Darmstadt 98 is currently on winter break and the league season does not continue until the beginning of March. But the “Zwote Zwote” will start preparing for the remaining second half of the district league next weekend. Coach Andreas Degenhardt’s team has a total of four test games ahead of them. The duel with SG Arheilgen II begins on Sunday (02.02/12:30pm).

You can find an overview of all upcoming games for the Lilien fan team here:

Pass Mainz 05! That was the goal of the eFootball players from SV Darmstadt 98 on the last matchday in the Virtual Bundesliga (VBL). A plan that didn’t work, however. The eLilien had to admit defeat to the Rheinhessen – the Darmstadt team lost 2:4 in the doubles, plus there was a 4:4 and a 3:6 defeat in the two singles games. The SV 98 eFootballers are currently in seventh place in the VBL table and are already looking at the next challenge. On the virtual pitch, the South Hesse team will duel with FC Bayern Munich, who are in second place, on Thursday (January 30th/7pm). The game can be viewed on our Livestream on the Twitch-Channel SV 98. Or you can stop by the gaming lounge in the Loop5 shopping center in Weiterstadt.

The U21 of SV Darmstadt 98 is currently in the middle of preparing for the start of competitive games in the Hessenliga in 2025. Before the duel with VfB 1905 Marburg awaits on February 16th, the Junglilien still have two test matches ahead of them. U21 head coach Daniel Petrowsky’s team will test against Wormatia Worms next Saturday (February 1st/2pm), and the dress rehearsal against VfB Bodenheim (February 8th/2pm) is scheduled to take place a week later. The U21s were also in action last weekend, but lost the friendly against SV Gonsenheim 1-2.

All upcoming games at a glance:

“We are pleased that Fabio has the opportunity to gain match practice at third division level,” said Paul Fernie about the loan of Fabio Torsiello, which was announced last week. The attacker will hunt for goals for SpVgg Unterhaching until the summer and try to collect as much playing time as possible. And last weekend, the 19-year-old celebrated his debut in the third division. In his new club’s 3-1 defeat against FC Ingolstadt, he was both in the starting line-up and on the field for the entire game. Next Sunday (February 2nd) Torsiello will celebrate his 20th birthday. We warmly congratulate you and wish you much success in Unterhaching, Fabio!