After three years, a cup match will finally take place again at the Merck Stadium. On October 29th, the Lilies will host FC Schalke 04 in the second round of the DFB Cup at 8:45pm. Advance ticket sales for the match will be divided into three phases. Phase 1, season holders starts next Wednesday (September 10th) at 12pm both online and in the ticket shop at Bölle. You can find all further ticket information in this release.
Our premium partner ENTEGA is once again providing unique stadium experiences this season. You can win two VIP fan seats in the main stand at every home game and also receive access to the ENTEGA VIP Lounge.
When bunker shots meet relationship building in the Rhine-Main area, and relationship building alternates with bogeys, it's clear: SV Darmstadt 98 invites you to play golf. For the second time, the club organised the Lilien Golf Tournament for its partners and sponsors at the Gernsheim Golf Resort. The tournament was characterised not only by athletic achievement, but above all by a sense of community.
The Lilies in the far north. On October 4th, SV 98 will visit Holstein Kiel. Kickoff is at 1pm. Member presales for this match begin next Friday (September 12th at 12pm) – both online and in the ticket shop at the Merck Stadium. You can find all further ticket information in this post.
The German Football League (DFL) officially scheduled second division matchdays 8 to 14 on Thursday (September 4th). The Lilies will play twice on Saturday evenings during this period: The home games against Arminia Bielefeld (November 1st at 8:30pm) and SpVgg Greuther Fürth (November 22nd at 8:30pm) will be floodlit games at the Merck Stadium at Böllenfalltor.
The Lilies used the international break to play a friendly against SV Waldhof Mannheim. Florian Kohfeldt's team drew 5-5 (1-2) with the third-division side at the Merck Stadium at Böllenfalltor. Bialek and Lakenmacher each scored twice, with Furukawa also scoring.
From the soccer field to the tennis court! SV Darmstadt 98 visited TEC Darmstadt for a team event on Tuesday afternoon (September 2nd) and completed a joint tennis training session. In addition, the Lilies' two national team players are in action, SV 98 members can still register for the biggest team photo in Lilies' history, and the Darmstadt fan squad celebrated a big away win. You can read all about it in our weekly column "Lilien Across the Board."
Nico Beigang made his professional debut for SV Darmstadt 98 in the 2000/01 season – a five-minute cameo in a Regionalliga match against VfR Mannheim (1-1). The trained striker remained loyal to the Lilies for eight seasons, scoring a total of 45 goals in 152 league matches. In the summer of 2007, he moved to Stuttgarter Kickers, then to SSV Jahn Regensburg in 2008, Sportfreunde Lotte in 2010, and finally, six months later, to SpVgg Weiden. At these four stops, Beigang made a further 86 competitive appearances and scored 16 goals. How does Nico Beigang look back on his time at Darmstadt? How did he end up at the Lilies? And what is he actually doing today? The former 98 striker reveals all in an interview for our new section "What's He Actually Doing?"
Anne Baumann is now a member of the Supervisory Board of the German Football League (DFL). Baumann, who serves as a member of the Executive Committee for Finance at SV 98, was unanimously appointed to the board by representatives of the 2. Bundesliga at the DFL General Assembly (September 3rd).
Björn Müller will no longer serve as sporting director at the Lilies' Merck Youth Performance Center (NLZ) on Kastanienallee at his own request. The 48-year-old will take up the position of sporting director of Hertha BSC's football academy, effective immediately.