Hello and welcome to the English part of the SV Darmstadt 98 website! This page is run on a volunteer basis but will be updated on a regular basis with news and features that you will also see on the German site. As time goes on, we will look to expand the content on the site and bring you more and more information.
The long-awaited three points are finally here! In a hard-fought but also disjointed match on Friday evening, Darmstadt showed character and didn't let setbacks get them down, even if not everything went perfectly during the 90 minutes. We've compiled the post-match reactions for you here:
A crucial home win for Darmstadt! SV Darmstadt 98 defeated Arminia Bielefeld 2-1 (1-0). Lee (3') gave the home side an early lead, and after the visitors from East Westphalia equalised, Smit (86') sealed the victory with a penalty.
Darmstadt host Arminia Bielefeld. Florian Kohfeldt has made three changes to his starting lineup compared to the defeat in Kaiserslautern. Carlo Sickinger starts in place of Hiroki Akiyama, who is out with a thigh injury. Returning player Marco Richter replaces Lars Kehl in the starting eleven, and Hojae Lee starts instead of Lance Duijvestijn.
Floodlight Friday! On Friday evening (Sept. 11, 6:30pm), SV 98 takes on Arminia Bielefeld in Matchday 5 action. What do the two head coaches have to say ahead of kick-off? Who is officiating the match? And where can you follow the game? As always, we’ve gathered all the key information about the match against Bielefeld for you in "Matchday Guide."
For the upcoming home match on Friday (September 11, 2026, at 6:30pm), SV 98 asks you to take note of the following information. Starting this season, we are introducing dedicated entrances for women at the west side of the stadium. Additionally, there is a "Bölle Bande" family entrance offering easier access at Karl-Hess-Platz.
The SV Darmstadt 98 U21 team won 3-1 (0-0) against SV Rot-Weiss Walldorf. In a heated match, Patrick Kurt's team prevailed and remain undefeated at home.
Ahead of the first evening match of the season against Arminia Bielefeld (September 11th, 6:30pm), our head coach Florian Kohfeldt spoke about returning player Marco Richter, the bond between fans and the team, and the upcoming opponent. We've summarised the most important points for you here:
Arminia Bielefeld hosted SV Arminia Hannover and delivered a performance that remains unmatched to this day. DSC Bielefeld swept aside their opponents with an 11-0 victory. It was not only an extraordinary rout, but also remains the biggest win in the history of the 2. Bundesliga.
On Thursday (September 10), the Bundesliga finalised the exact scheduling for Matchdays 7 through 13. For Matchday 7, we host Energie Cottbus on a Saturday. A week later, we travel on a Sunday to face Karlsruher SC at the Wildpark, before welcoming FC St. Pauli to the Böllenfalltor for a Friday evening match under the floodlights on Matchday 9. The following two matchdays—at home against Magdeburg and away in Nürnberg—are both scheduled for Saturdays. Matchdays 12 and 13 will subsequently take place on Friday evenings.
A familiar face is returning to SV 98: The "Lilies" have signed Marco Richter. The 28-year-old previously played for the South Hessian club on loan last season. Richter had agreed to the termination of his contract with 1. FSV Mainz 05 on September 1st, making it possible to sign the attacking midfielder even after the transfer window had closed.
September 10th marks the tenth anniversary of a very special moment in the recent history of SV Darmstadt 98. During the Hessian derby against Eintracht Frankfurt on that day in 2016, Sandro Sirigu scored the decisive goal—and secured an unforgettable 1–0 home victory for the Lilien—shortly before the final whistle with a delivery that was actually intended as a cross. Ten years later, we spoke with him again about that special goal, his memories of his time at the Bölle, and his enduringly close connection to SV 98.
On Friday (September 11th), Arminia Bielefeld will be visiting the Böllenfalltor stadium. For two players, the match will be a reunion with their former club. Christopher Lannert will face Arminia for the first time since his move to Darmstadt, while Marvin Mehlem will be celebrating his birthday at the Bölle. Find out here what other connections exist between the two clubs and which statistics are particularly interesting ahead of the match.
We are an association in the sense of German association law. Historically, the strength of us lilies is based on the connection between the world of work and university at the merger of the two clubs FK Olympia 1898 and Darmstädter SC. We live our appreciation for the diversity of people and their ways of life. Exclusion of any kind has no place with us.
We are aware of our roots of the founding family Ensgraber and their supporting persons as well as our club history which has had many ups and downs. We have always achieved our greatest sporting successes under special conditions, whether in disciplines such as athletics, field handball, judo or table tennis, whether as after-work professionals or as football prodigies – always as a close-knit community. After overcoming the threat of insolvency and starting over in 2008, we are successfully working towards the common goal of positioning and establishing ourselves in German professional football. Always with the aim of embodying a football club that is a role model for society, fights against discrimination and exclusion and stands up for Darmstadt and the region.
The mission statement that has now been developed will help us to consistently and ambitiously continue the path that SV Darmstadt 1898 e.V. has chosen in the future.
We want to establish ourselves in the top group of the 2nd Bundesliga with economic stability in the long term and challenge the top 20 in German professional football.
As a grassroots, contemporary club, we are committed to ensuring that sport, and especially football, lives up to its role model function in all areas as an integral part of our society.
We are one of the most successful German football clubs and want to establish ourselves in the top group of the 2nd Bundesliga in the long term. We look forward boldly and want to challenge the top 20 clubs in Germany in all areas.
We fight for maximum sporting success, but always while maintaining our economic stability and our social roots within our club life. This is and remains the guiding principle of our daily actions.
As an association, we stand for democratic participation, maintaining the 50+1 rule and maintaining standing room and socially acceptable ticket prices. We are all responsible for the success of our club.
That’s why we think and act in a team-oriented manner and contribute together to the success of our SV Darmstadt 1898 e.V. Our youth performance center is the contact point for the best youth players in our city and our region. We accompany you on your path to professional football and beyond in your personal development. We see ourselves as partners of the region’s clubs. Together with them, we form the basis for youth and young talent work in football.
We fight for social openness and tolerance and focus on the interests of our members and fans. Respect and respect are crucial factors for us when dealing with one another.
We as a club and our “Bölle” are an emotional home for our members, fans, active members, employees and for our coaching team as well as our partners, sponsors and of course for people from all walks of life – from Darmstadt, our region and all of Germany.
We are a multi-disciplinary association. Our amateur sports departments are successful regionally, nationally and internationally. In football, we are known throughout Germany as the “Lilies of the Böllenfalltor” and are developing into a nationally recognized and unique club that combines tradition with innovation and modernity.
In a social and ecological sense, we are committed to sustainable business practices. We do not understand sustainability in the context of special fields of action or individual disciplines, but rather see it as a meaningful networking of social, ecological and economic aspects with all our cross-departmental and cross-association activities.
We are an integral part of our hometown and our home region. We have had a symbiotic relationship with the city from the very beginning.
Just like our city, the digital city of Darmstadt, we see digitalization as an opportunity for us, our members, fans, partners and sponsors. Proximity to fans and the grassroots remains an integral part of our DNA.
We are aware of our origins and our values. Our maxim is the constant combination of tradition and modernity.
We mean what we say. We keep what we promise.
We are always approachable, friendly and open, because we act according to our philosophy: cosmopolitan, member-oriented, with social responsibility – and we live that.
We are looking for the challenge. With our football and our enthusiasm for our club, we want to create identification and be an emotional home.
We are proud of our independence as a club and, on this basis, present ourselves as an ambitious partner with an eye on the future. We always strive for the best for our club, on and off the pitch.
We want to inspire and inspire by resolutely living and communicating our sporting ambition, social responsibility and role model function.
In all our actions, as a close-knit community, we look forward courageously and passionately. Successes and defeats bring us together; setbacks do not deter us from our path.
Darmstadt sports club has been a registered association under German association law since 1898. The foundation of our club is its members, who have accompanied, guided and shaped it through well over 100 years of club history.
Membership not only offers the opportunity to best support the youth and the club’s social projects but is also an important building block for the healthy further development of our club. Be it as an active member in one of our popular sports departments, as a passive member with full voting rights at general meetings (98 euros annual fee) or as a supporting member without such voting rights (60 euros annual fee) – in total, SV 98 brings together over 11,000 members who support the club.
Members of SV Darmstadt 98 receive pre-purchase rights for tickets for home and away games, a wide range of information from club life and other exclusive benefits such as a voucher booklet, our member magazine “Der98er” or of course the official membership card for each new season. We also always try to include the opinions of our members when voting. Be it via surveys or the opportunity to help design things like jerseys and the like. Comprehensive support for our members is important to us and should be expanded further in the future.
Membership in SV 98 is not just a purely formal act, but a clear commitment and active support of our lilies as a grassroots, social and sporting sports club with many advantages and opportunities for participation.
Memberships can be taken out simply and easily via the homepage www.wirlilien.de. We ask that children and young people use the printed membership application.
Memberships can be taken out simply and easily via the homepage www.wirlilien.de. For children and young people, we ask you to use the printed membership application, which you can find as a PDF here.
Sam Donovan
My name is Sam and live in England. As previously mentioned, I maintain this page on a volunteer basis as I work full-time as a high school Maths teacher. I’ve loved football for as long as I can remember and still have memories of watching Euro 96 and attending my first game in the same year with my grandad.
I’ve been volunteering with the club since 2019 when I started to run the International Twitter account. However, I’ve supported the club since before that. On a trip to Germany in 2014, I met someone who was from Darmstadt, and they began to tell me about the club. As luck would have it, I was able to find a stream of the game of “The Miracle of Bielefeld” and I was hooked from that moment. I think what drew me to the club was the passion shown by the players and the supporters but also the spirit and being viewed as an underdog.
My first game seeing Darmstadt play live was in August 2015 when we drew away to Schalke. My first trip to the Böllenfalltor was in 2017 when we again played Schalke but won 2-1 with a stoppage time winner.
