SV Darmstadt 98 will once again prepare for the second half of the 2024/25 season in El Saler, Spain. From January 5th to 12th, the Lilies will be in the coastal town near Valencia. Training will take place as usual on the football facility at the team hotel “Parador de El Saler”. For the first time, SV 98 is offering its members an accompanied trip to the training camp.
In order to further optimise the club’s structures, avoid duplicate structures and strengthen the main office, Tom Eilers is moving to the management level at SV Darmstadt 98 to join the existing managing directors Michael Weilguny (commercial area) and Martin Kowalewski (Marketing & Sales). As a result, he no longer acts as an appointed member of the Executive Board.
Together against blood cancer. Before our home game against 1. FC Köln (10.18/6:30pm) there will be a campaign in the Merck Stadium to search for possible stem cell donors. Merck enables the corresponding DKMS campaign and makes its match day stand behind the DKMS south stand available for this purpose. Registering as a donor is free of charge and is possible from 4:30pm until kick-off.
After a weekend without club football due to internationals, the Lilies will be back on the pitch on Friday (18.10/18.30pm) hosting 1. FC Köln in the Merck Stadium at Böllenfalltor. On the day of the game you can save lives and register for free at the Merck stand with the German Bone Marrow Donor Registry – Put in your sticks and be a donor! We are also celebrating two Lily birthdays this week. In our weekly section “Lilies across the Board” we provide you with all the information from SV 98 club life.
The best offensive in the league travels to the Böllenfalltor. So far this season, 1. FC Köln has stood for one thing in particular: lots of goals. So far, 33 goals have been scored in games with “Effzeh” participation, a record. There are 31 goals in games in which the Lilies take part. So it's quite possible that spectators can expect some hits on Friday evening (06.10/6:30pm). Before the clash, we took a closer look at Köln.
A few days before Christmas, the Merck Stadium at Böllenfalltor will be transformed this year into an atmospheric backdrop for the largest Christmas choir in southern Hesse. Because on the last weekend before Christmas Eve, SV Darmstadt 98 Stadion GmbH is organizing the Darmstadt Christmas singing in the Merck Stadium at Böllenfalltor. Tickets for the event presented by Merck will be available from Friday (18.10/12pm).
Last year, the Merck Stadium at Böllenfalltor became a huge open-air bedroom for the first time. The campaign had a serious background: In order to draw attention to the issue of homelessness in Germany and especially in the Darmstadt region, SV 98 organised an overnight stay in the stadium for a good cause. This year the event will be held again; on the night of November 1st to 2nd, the Bölle will once again become a large open-air dormitory.
The U21's Junglilien are finding their way better and better in the Lotto Hessenliga and achieved their second win in a row on Sunday (October 13th): While the Lilies won 4-0 at home against Hornau the weekend before last, the Darmstadt team celebrated this one too with a convincing 3-1 away win against Hanauer SC, who are significantly higher in the table, over the weekend.
Paul Fernie has been in charge of the Lilies‘ sporting fortunes for almost exactly six months to the day. We used the current international break to look at the first few months of his term in office with the sports director and to take a look ahead. In an interview with sv98.de, the 37-year-old analyses the end of last season, the transfer phase this summer and the progress of the current second division season so far. Fernie also talks about the collaboration with Florian Kohfeldt and the development under the new head coach.
Game-free weekend? Not for Fabian Nürnberger. The Lilien professional is traveling again with the Bulgarian national team during the current international match period. Nuremberg and Bulgaria – his mother's home country – have two games in the UEFA Nations League waiting for him. While the Bulgarian selection will face Luxembourg on Saturday (12.10/6pm), the duel with Northern Ireland awaits on Tuesday (15.10/8:45pm).