Coach overnight | Cup focus

Immanuel Höhn has had a turbulent past six months. “72 hours between the end of his career and the first competitive game as a coach,” writes the 32-year-old on his own LinkedIn profile. The former Lilien central defender, who was under contract at the Böllenfalltor from 2016 to 2021, wanted to end his professional career with SV 98’s upcoming cup opponents. Höhn played for FC Teutonia 05 Ottensen from September 2023 until spring 2024. Then suddenly things happened very quickly. “It wasn’t just a jump into the cold, but straight into the ice,” said the Mainz native, who was appointed interim head coach of Teutonia on February 27th this year until the summer. Just as a teammate with the boys in the dressing room. Then suddenly the coach makes the announcements. A challenge, a roller coaster ride of emotions. In his first coaching position, Höhn led Teutonia Ottensen to ninth place in the Regionalliga Nord and also won the Hamburg State Cup, which is why his men qualified for the DFB Cup. Or as Höhn himself summarises: “From player to coach overnight and at the end there is a cup victory that fills me with great pride.”

Keep your head up – let’s move on! This week, SV Darmstadt 98 is continuing to prepare intensively for the upcoming duel in the DFB Cup against Teutonia Ottensen – a team from Hamburg, based in the Regionalliga Nord. A sure-fire success? Absolutely not. “The DFB Cup is never a sure-fire success – as we unfortunately saw last year. “It is always unpleasant to play against regional league teams,” explained Clemens Riedel in a media round after the training session on Wednesday (August 14th). The Lilies want to ensure a turning point with a positive result at the weekend after losing two games in the 2nd Bundesliga. SV 98’s number 38 says: „We have to do our best and hope to be able to take some momentum with us from the game on Sunday – to the Bölle, to the home game against Nürnberg.“.“

The CSD 2024 is just around the corner! The annual Christopher Street Day will take place in Darmstadt on Saturday (August 17th) – under the motto “Dazzle against trash! Darmstadt remains colourful.” An event of solidarity and support and acceptance of the LGBTQIA2S+ community. The patron of this year’s CSD is Mayor Hanno Benz. The day starts with a demonstration parade at 12 p.m. at Karolinenplatz, while the program starts at 10 a.m. A colorful supporting program awaits all guests.

• When? On 17/08, starting at 10am
• Where? Karolinenplatz, Darmstadt
• What’s happening? The exact schedule is available here.

SV Darmstadt 98 also calls on you to take part in the Christopher Street Day in Darmstadt. We Lilies stand for diversity and tolerance. And we are committed to opposing any form of discrimination.

On Wednesday evening, the fan team collected their first point of the season. After an opening day defeat they collected a 1-1 with Germania Eberstadt II in Pfungstadt. Alexander Schwamberger opened the scoring for the visitors but they were pegged back in the second half as Julian Schreiber netted in the 77th minute to share the spoils.

Have you always dreamed of working behind the scenes in professional football? And get involved in this exciting area? Now is the perfect opportunity to make that dream come true! We are currently looking for committed employees for various positions: sales, technical management and the implementation of the “Bölle Bande” kids club. Positions in the youth performance center are also currently available. You can find the complete list of all open positions. You can find the full list of available positions here.

We would like to congratulate our team doctor on his birthday. On Tuesday (August 13th), Dr. Ingo Schwinnen celebrated his 56th birthday. He has been an integral part of the Lilien family for well over a decade. We would like to wish you all the best on your special day and would like to thank you very much for your dedicated work, which often takes place in the background but is crucial for the health of our players.