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From summer: Marseiler becomes a Lily
The Lilies have strengthened themselves with an offensive player: Luca Marseiler, currently the third division with Viktoria Köln, will play for SV Darmstadt 98 from the new season.
Paul Fernie: „Luca Marseiler has the necessary greed and passion that we want to see. He sees the new league as a great opportunity for himself and wants to prove himself, it’s exactly this fire and motivation that we need. We are happy that he is decided in favor of us despite other offers and we absolutely trust him to help us in the second division.“
Torsten Lieberknecht: „We appreciate Luca’s creativity, his technique and his one-on-one skills. He also demonstrated his goal threat and his grit in Köln. Ultimately, he took the detour via the 3rd league and was there „His performance has attracted the attention of higher-class clubs. I am confident that with his variable position profile he will be a valuable piece of the puzzle for our squad.“
Luca Marseiler: „I’m really looking forward to getting started with Darmstadt in preparation and then getting to know my new teammates. The club’s overall development in the recent past is impressive; good work has been done here for many years. Those in charge have „They put a lot of effort into me in Darmstadt and showed me a clear concept of how they see my role and want to approach the coming season.“
The 27-year-old was trained in the youth ranks of Bayern Munich and SpVgg Unterhaching. The Munich native spent a total of six years for Unterhaching in the men’s division before Marseiler moved to SC Paderborn in 2021 and from there was loaned to Viktoria Köln. After a loan season in 2021/22, Köln signed him permanently. For Viktoria, Marseiler has scored 13 goals and prepared nine goals in 32 third division games so far this season.
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Foto: SV 98 
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Foto: SV 98 
Young Lilies: Coach swap between U21 and U19
SV 98 is making changes to the head coaching positions for its U21 and U19 teams for the upcoming season. Sebastian Schmitt, who has been in charge of the U21s since February, will now coach the U19s. Conversely, the current U19 coach, Patrick Kurt, will take over the position with the U21s.
The fan shop at Bölle will remain closed on Monday.
The SV Darmstadt 98 fan shop at the Merck Stadium at Böllenfalltor will be closed next Monday (June 22nd). It will reopen on Tuesday (June 23rd) with its regular opening hours.
From Japan to Canada | „I want to show what I’m capable of“
Where are the Darmstadt 98 players spending their summer holidays? We'll give you a brief overview. Furthermore, SV 98 welcomed their first new signing, Noah Weißhaupt, to the Böllenfalltor stadium this week, and the club's veterans team will be playing two matches again this weekend. We'll keep you up-to-date with all the latest news from SV Darmstadt 98 in our "Lilies Across the Board" section.
Children’s play day at Bölle: Ticket sales for the Homburg test match start on June 18th.
At the Merck Stadium at Böllenfalltor against FC Homburg: Ticket sales for the friendly match on July 14, 2026, at 6pm against the regional league team begin on June 18 at noon. Tickets are available as usual at the ticket office at the stadium and in our online ticket shop. We would also like to draw your attention to this very special match day: The friendly against FC Homburg will put our youngest fans in the spotlight, giving them their first ever children's match day at the stadium, an event never before seen at the Merck Stadium.
Transfer News: Torsiello stays in Aachen
Fabio Torsiello will also play for Alemannia Aachen next season. SV 98 is loaning the 21-year-old attacking player to the third-division club for another season. Aachen also has an option to sign him permanently.
Transfer News: Lilies Sign Weißhaupt
SV 98 has secured an offensive boost. Noah Weißhaupt will wear the Lilies' jersey in the future. The 24-year-old is transferring from SC Freiburg to Darmstadt.
Training start postponed to June 28th.
For organisational reasons, SV 98 is postponing the first team training session of its summer preparation to June 28th. The session was originally scheduled for June 27th at the SV Winterkasten grounds in the Odenwald region.
Final rehearsal against Portsmouth FC
Darmstadt 98 will play their final pre-season friendly against English Championship side Portsmouth FC. The match will take place on August 1st at 2pm at the Merck Stadium at Böllenfalltor.
For members: Season ticket sales start Friday
The season is currently suspended, and the start of the new second division season is still some time away. Nevertheless, attention is already turning to the upcoming season: Starting Friday (June 12th) at 12 noon, club members without a current season ticket can purchase their season ticket for the 2026/27 season. Tickets will be available both online and at the ticket office at the stadium.
‚Exemplary of the path we want to take‘
With the sales of Fraser Hornby and Isac Lidberg, SV 98 has generated considerable transfer revenue. We spoke with President Markus Pfitzner about the right moment for such transfers and the balancing act between financial stability and sporting ambition.
Lilies Across the Board: Traditional team in double action this weekend
This coming weekend (June 13th & 14th), the veterans team will be playing two matches. We'll give you all the details. We also celebrated two birthdays this week and have several events coming up. At the same time, we're keeping an eye on how our partner club, San Antonio FC, is doing. We've compiled all this and more for you in this edition of Lilies Across the Board.
