The Lilies have their home game against SC Freiburg on Sunday (April 14/3:30pm). The sports club is an opponent coming to the Merck Stadium at the Böllenfalltor who is still in the fight for the European places. Before the Darmstadt team face Freiburg, you will find all the important facts about the game here. What gives hope for victory? What are the strengths of the sports club? You can find out in our top facts about the game.
On the 12th matchday, captain Fabian Holland’s team played at SC Freiburg’s Europa-Park Stadium for the first time. This has been the Breisgauer’s home stadium since 2021, previously the SCF played in the Dreisamstadion. At the Lilien’s debut in the new stadium at the end of November, Lieberknecht’s team immediately scored a point. Mathias Honsak scored with a deflected shot in the 18th minute to give SVD the lead, but Lucas Höler levelled before the half-time whistle. In the second half, both teams failed to take the lead despite good chances, so the score remained 1-1 after 90 minutes.
In the 98ers‘ last home game against the sports club from Freiburg, the Lilien fans were able to celebrate an unchallenged 3-0 home win. At that time, Torsten Frings was still on the sidelines for the South Hesse team, while Christian Streich had already been in office as head coach of FC Freiburg for five years at the time. In the sold-out Jonathan-Heimes Stadium, Felix Platte, Jerome Gondorf and Sven Schipplock scored for a confident home win. Players like Fabian Holland and Christian Günther already played against each other back then, and both defensive players are now captains of their teams.
The sports club scored just over a third of Freiburg’s goals via set piece play. Streich’s team was successful 14 times after a stationary ball, the fifth best value in the league. What’s exciting is that the SCF has comparatively very few corners; with 111 corners, the Breisgauers are in 16th place in the league ranking. The fact that the Freiburg team can do a lot with high balls is shown by the fact that they have already been successful nine times from crosses – a league best . It will be important for the Lilies to allow few set pieces and not to often put the opponent in cross situations.
This season things didn’t go so smoothly for the sports club against the promoted teams Heidenheim and Darmstadt. Only one point could be gained from these two duels in the first half of the season; the return games are still pending. Things went much better last season, with the SCF picking up a solid twelve points from the four games against then-promoted Bremen and Schalke with a goal difference of 10:1. The last time Freiburg had a negative record against promoted teams was in the 2019/20 season. At that time, three new teams, Cologne, Union and Paderborn, played in the Bundesliga. Christian Streich’s team was only able to win two duels and had to admit defeat four times.
The three defenders Jannik Müller, Christoph Zimmermann and Fabian Holland have four yellow cards. Klaus Gjasula is ready to play again after serving his suspension against Mainz; he received his fifth yellow card in the 2-2 draw in Bochum. Freiburg has to do without striker Lucas Höler, the 29-year-old currently has ten scorer points, but received his fifth warning in the 64th minute in the last game against Leipzig.
| Games | Wins | Draws | Defeats | Goals | |
| Home | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23:20 |
| Away | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18:22 |
| Overall | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 41:42 |
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.