Kohfeldt premiere in the Merck Stadium. When the new head coach makes his debut, the Lilies will host Eintracht from Braunschweig on Saturday (September 14th/1pm). Will a team achieve their long-awaited first win of the season? Before the ball rolls at the Böllenfalltor on Saturday, we will provide you with the most important facts and figures about the game.
Florian Kohfeldt has coached 150 Bundesliga games in his coaching career to date. Now the debut in the 2nd Bundesliga awaits. At the same time, the duel with Eintracht Braunschweig is of course also Kohfeldt’s debut as Lilien head coach. In addition, the 41-year-old has never met Braunschweig in his coaching career to date.
Four teams are still waiting for their first win of this second division season after four match days. Including SV 98 and Eintracht Braunschweig. While the Lilies were able to collect at least one point in the home game against Nürnberg, the Lions‘ points account is still completely empty. Will one of the two teams achieve their first success of this round on Saturday?
Despite the weak points tally, both the Darmstadt team and the guests from the north have had a good duel record so far. Braunschweig has won 50.93 percent of duels to date, the fourth-best record in the league. The Lilies are in sixth place in this statistic with 50.66 percent. With 49 duels won, Braunschweig’s Sven Köhler is one of the top 10 players in this statistic.
The home team has won 12 of the 24 previous duels between the Lilies and Eintracht Braunschweig. The distribution is identical, both teams won six times each on their own surface. All Lilies would certainly have no objection to a continuation of these statistics on Saturday.
Eintracht Braunschweig’s squad includes two players with a Lily past. Defender Leon Bell Bell once laced up his boots for SV 98 as a youth before joining the youth team at 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Sebastian Polter has fresher memories of the Böllenfalltor. The striker played for the Lilies on loan in the second half of last season and played nine games.
| Games | Wins | Draws | Defeats | Goals | |
| Home | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23:14 |
| Away | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8:21 |
| Overall | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 31:35 |
Attention Lilien fans: During SV Darmstadt 98’s training camp in Bad Wörishofen (Allgäu region)—taking place from July 19th to July 26th, 2026—there will once again be an opportunity to meet the team, chat with the players, and, of course, get autographs and photos. The fan meet-up is scheduled for Saturday, July 25th, following the friendly match against SG Sonnenhof Großaspach. Kick-off for the match is at 12pm.
SV 98 remains active in the transfer market. The "Lilies" have signed Christopher Lannert from Arminia Bielefeld.
Friendly matches, fundraising campaigns, and plenty of photos—that’s what the week looked like for SV 98 and the club’s community. Between their 5–1 victory over FC Homburg and the upcoming friendly in Walldorf this Friday (July 17), the „Lilies“ showed their best side for the cameras. In addition, the SV 98 legends team will face an Odenwald select squad on Sunday (July 19th). You can also win great prizes in competitions taking place in Erbach and at the pop-up store in downtown Darmstadt. Lilies Across the Board brings you all the latest news from life at SV 98.
The Bundesliga finalised the match schedules for matchdays three through six on Wednesday (July 15th): Darmstadt's home game against Hannover 96 on matchday three will take place on Sunday. This will be followed by their away game against 1. FC Kaiserslautern on Saturday at 1pm. The home game against Arminia Bielefeld on Friday evening and the away game in Wolfsburg, also on Friday evening, have also been confirmed.
The Lilies can welcome another new arrival at the Böllenfalltor: Florian Kleinhansl will now wear the SV 98 jersey. The 25-year-old joins on a free transfer following the expiration of his contract with 1. FC Kaiserslautern on June 30th.
Third test, third clear victory. SV 98 won the match against FC 08 Homburg 5-1 (3-0).
SV Darmstadt 98 and the fusion energy company Focused Energy are entering into an official partnership. The aim of the collaboration is to more closely link top-level football and high technology from the Darmstadt region and to jointly generate momentum for innovation and future societal issues.
Killian Corredor will be playing in his home country again in the future. SV 98 has reached an agreement with FC Nantes on the transfer of the Frenchman.
On Tuesday (July 14, 6pm), SV Darmstadt 98 hosts Regionalliga side FC Homburg and asks fans to take note of the following information.
A home game against KSV! SV Darmstadt 98 hosts Holstein Kiel for the opening matchday of the 2. Bundesliga season this Saturday (August 8 at 1pm). Here’s how you can be there: the member pre-sale for the new season's first home game begins this coming Wednesday (July 15) at 12pm —available online and at the ticket shop at the Merck-Stadion, as usual. You can find all further details in this announcement.
For every home goal scored by the "Lilies," SV Darmstadt 98 fans were doubly rewarded during the recent 2025/26 second-division season. Beyond the joy and excitement, supporters received 98 litres of Krombacher Pils for every goal Darmstadt scored at the Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor.
In recent days, various media outlets have published reports and graphics regarding the distribution of TV revenue for the 2026/27 season. Some of these reports included not only specific figures but also a comparison to the previous season. This comparison indicates a supposed revenue increase of €1.4 million for SV 98 compared to the 2025/26 season.