Lidberg celebrates debut | Nürnberger = long-running favourite

What a week for Isac Lidberg! The Lilien striker first put SV Darmstadt 98 on the road to victory with his goal against Hertha BSC, then he was quickly called up for the Swedish senior national team. And then he celebrated his debut for his home country. On Tuesday evening (November 19th), Lidberg came on as a substitute for four-time goalscorer Viktor Gyökeres in the 89th minute of Sweden’s 6-0 win against Azerbaijan – and thus made his debut in Sweden’s uniform. Meanwhile, it was an enormously successful international break for the Swedish national team. National coach Jon Dahl Tomasson’s team also won 2-1 against Slovakia in the previous group game of the UEFA Nations League – Lidberg was not used in this game. The Scandinavians secured first place in Group 1 of League C and promotion to League B of the Nations League.

Will Fabian Nürnberger become a long-time favourite for the Bulgarian national team? There are a total of five international matches on the Darmstadt player’s resume with a total playing time of 450 minutes – nothing more is possible. Nürnberger was also on the field for the full distance in the two international matches against Luxembourg and Belarus. And successfully too. His team won the duel with Luxembourg 1-0 away, and the Bulgarians then picked up another important point at home against Belarus. With the four points gained from the last two group games of the UEFA Nations League, Bulgaria landed in second place behind Northern Ireland in Group 3 of League C. This means that Nürnberger and Co. qualified for two playoff games next March, in which Bulgaria is playing for possible promotion to League B of the Nations League.

For a good cause! In recent weeks, the traditional team of SV Darmstadt 98 auctioned off their special jerseys, which they wore in the duel with the legends of FC Barcelona. This raised 3,033.74 euros, which the traditional Lilien team handed over to the support association of the Darmstadt Children’s Hospital Princess Margaret e.V. last Friday (November 15th) – the check was handed over to Gabi Hoffmann (chairwoman of the support association) and Dr. Sebastian Becker (Senior Medical Director of the Children’s Clinic).

Three games, three wins and 18 goals scored as well as the best offensive in the competition with a total of 59 goals this season: What a brilliant week for the SV Darmstadt 98 fan team. In the district league C Darmstadt, the “zwote Zwote” initially won on last Wednesday evening (November 13th) against FTG Pfungstadt II furiously with 9:1. At the weekend (November 17th) the league leader of VFR Eberstadt was a guest at Ostendstrasse in Pfungstadt. And there too the SVD impressively showed its skills and won 5:3. But that’s not enough. Few training sessions, but one game after another? No problem for the Lilies fan team. Coach Andreas Degenhardt’s team also triumphed on Tuesday evening (November 19th) with a 4-2 away win at the second representative of Germania Eberstadt. Particularly worth mentioning: Deniz Guellueoglu scored a brace against both Eberstadt teams and was recorded as a goalscorer three times against Pfungstadt.

Thanks to the three wins, the Lilies have a sniff of the promotion places. With 34 points, the “zwote Zwote” is currently in third place in the district league table – just one point behind second-placed FC Ober-Ramstadt II, who, however, have played one less game. Things won’t continue for the people of Darmstadt until December. In a home game on Ostendstrasse in Pfungstadt they welcome the SKG Nieder-Beerbach. Kick-off on Sunday (December 1st) is at 5:30pm.

Peter Niemeyer celebrates his 41st birthday on Friday (November 22nd). The midfielder played a total of 55 competitive games for the Lilies from 2015 to 2018. The Böllenfalltor was also the last stop in his active playing career. Today, the 40-year-old is the head of licensing at Werder Bremen and can therefore look forward to seeing the Lilies again in the round of 16 of the DFB Cup in December. We wish you all the best for your birthday on Friday, Peter!