SV Darmstadt 98 will host Eintracht Braunschweig next Saturday (September 13th, 1pm) at the Merck Stadium at Böllenfalltor. We've summarised the most important information from the press conference for you.
Personnel update: Paul Will and Matthias Bader are still out. All other players are available for selection.
At the beginning of the week, when all the international players returned, we reviewed the Lautern game. The last 10-15 minutes were especially important to discuss, after our previously highly commanding performance. This could have been one of the most important games of the season if we draw the right conclusions from it. Otherwise, we had a great tennis team event with TEC Darmstadt during the international break. Then came the friendly against Waldhof Mannheim, which also served its purpose and in which some players like Fynn Lakenmacher and Bartosz Bialek showed their skills. We also took a few days off so we can start this week with full focus.
We’re looking forward to the home game and to creating a great atmosphere with our fans, and hopefully being successful. We want to work on feeling better on Saturday than we did after the Lautern game.
I expect confident opponents who started the season very well and were eliminated from the cup after a tough fight against VfB Stuttgart. Braunschweig is a team that plays very intensely. They try to act boldly, press boldly, and bravely search for balls deep. You can feel the impact that my colleague has had. They’re a team that places a lot of value on intensity and physicality.
In Yardimci, you have a powerful and tall player who is also very fast, reaching a speed of 36 kilometers per hour. Conteh and Heußer are extremely hard runners. Gomez and Di Michele Sánchez are players who can decide a game with individual actions. In Köhler, you have a strong footballer who now mostly plays centrally. This is a team that has definitely changed its squad structure compared to last year. There’s more courage in the game now, more dynamism, and more technique.
I can be a lot more certain about what will happen on Saturday compared to my first home game against Braunschweig. I can rely on my team more because we’ve been working together longer now, know more about each other and have a different physical foundation. Everything that has happened in between has been exciting, thrilling, fantastic and sometimes sobering. I think a deep emotional connection to the club and the region has grown between the first home game and the home game on Saturday. It’s not just a job for me, it’s also emotion and passion. This feeling has really developed that this has become a club close to my heart. That – coupled with knowing about my team, that we can trust each other because we know more about each other – makes things different.
Darmstadt 98 lost to Hannover 96 while playing with ten men and must continue to wait for their first win of this second division season. Read our analysis to find out what positives remain and why Darmstadt 98 had factored in setbacks on their chosen path.
Around the time of the home game against Hannover 96 on Sunday (August 30th), the Jonathan Heimes Square was officially inaugurated. Before kickoff, club president Markus Pfitzner and Martin Heimes, father of Jonathan Heimes, who died of cancer about ten years ago, gave speeches highlighting "Johnny's" importance and his commitment to people with cancer.
The Lilien Team Marathon is not just about athletic performance and the shared experience around the Böllenfalltor stadium – but also about making a difference together.
The SV Darmstadt 98 U21 team drew 2-2 (0-1) against SV Unter-Flockenbach. After a heated home game, the young Lilies had to settle for a frustrating, but ultimately deserved, draw. In this extremely balanced league, Patrick Kurt's team continues to grow week by week, gaining valuable experience.
An emotional match with many controversial moments unfolded on Sunday afternoon at the Merck Stadium at Böllenfalltor. Ultimately, Darmstadt suffered their first home defeat of the young season. We've compiled the post-match reactions for you.
Tried everything, but to no avail: SV 98 came up short in their home game against Hannover 96. The final score was 1-0 (0-0) to the visitors, whilst the Lilies had to play with ten men after Vukotic was sent off in the 20th minute.
Home game against Hannover! On matchday 3, Darmstadt 98 will host the ambitious Lower Saxons at the Merck Stadium at Böllenfalltor. Florian Kohfeldt has made three changes to his starting lineup compared to the victory in Jena. Hiroki Akiyama replaces the suspended Kai Klefisch, while Nicolas Verkooijen (making his first start) and Yosuke Furukawa start in place of Carlo Sickinger and Manolo Merx.
Weekend, Lilies fever! On Sunday (August 30th/1:30pm), the Lilies have their third matchday on the schedule. Hannover 96, the club from the Lower Saxon capital, will be visiting the Bölle. What do the two head coaches have to say before kickoff? Who will be refereeing the match? And where can you watch the game? As usual, we've compiled all the important information about the match against Hannover in our "Matchday Guide"
One day before their home game against Hannover 96, Darmstadt 98 have announced another new signing. William Mikelbrencis will now wear the SV 98 jersey. The 22-year-old Frenchman was under contract with Hamburger SV until June 30th.
In the press conference before the second home game of the still young season, our head coach spoke about, among other things, our team's attacking play and the past week. As usual, you can find the most important statements before the match against Hannover 96 (August 30th/1:30pm) here for you.
A second-division team on the Berlin Mount Olympus: Hannover 96 achieved something unique in 1992. On May 23, the Lower Saxony club defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach in the DFB Cup final, securing another major title in the club's history 38 years after their German championship win in 1954. Hannover became the first and, to this day, only "true" second-division team to win the DFB Cup, causing one of the biggest upsets in the competition's history.
