Transfer News: Stark Strengthens U21’s
The U21 team of SV Darmstadt 98 can welcome a familiar face to their ranks for the upcoming season: Yannick Stark will play for the Lilies in the Hessenliga in the future.
26.01.2025 / English
Matchday Compact: All Information for the Paderborn Game
Fancy this stadium. Interested in this team. Looking forward to seeing you fans. The Lilies will play their first home game of the new year on Sunday afternoon (January 26th/1:30pm) – SC Paderborn will be visiting the Merck Stadium at Böllenfalltor. We will provide you with all the important information about the 19th second division matchday.
Game day quote:
Our idea and our aim is to completely understand how the respective opponent wants to play football. But we always want to push through our game – with its different facets.
Opponents View:
Lukas Kwasniok, head coach of SC Paderborn, at the press conference before the duel: „Darmstadt has an extremely complete team that covers all facets of the game. It will be a tough nut to crack.“
Also present at the Paderborn press conference was Marvin Mehlem, who had been active for the Lilies for a total of seven years until the summer. He says: „I’m looking forward to playing at Böllenfalltor again. But what’s most important is that we want to take three points.“
The Officials:
- Referee: Martin Petersen
- Assistants: Alexander Sather and Robert Wessel
- Fourth Official: Felix Grund
- VAR: Michael Bacher and Patrick Ittrich
Weather Forecast:
It is expected to be around 7 degrees with cloudy skies. The chance of precipitation is 20 percent.
Who shows and comments on Darmstadt 98 against SC Paderborn live on TV?
The match between SV Darmstadt 98 and SC Paderborn will be broadcast by pay-TV channel Sky. Preliminary reporting begins at 1 p.m. Christian Straßburger will sit in front of the microphone at the commentary station.
Software AG Matchcenter
Match day! And so back into matchday mode. You can of course follow the match between SV Darmstadt 98 and SC Paderborn again on Sunday afternoon in the Software AG Matchcenter on our homepage. Just click on the orange button! There we provide you with numerous bits of Live-Data from the game.
All followers can listen to the game in full length on our Fanradio. Photos and video highlights from the game will be on our Facebook and Bluesky as well as our WhatsApp-Channel. Even more photos can be found on Instagram.
Lilies win in Walldorf
SV Darmstadt 98 won their fourth pre-season friendly. The Lilies defeated regional league side FC-Astoria Walldorf 4-1 (0-0) after 120 minutes.
After the friendly match: Meet & Greet at the training camp
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.
Transfer News: Lannert Becomes Part of the Lilies
SV 98 remains active in the transfer market. The "Lilies" have signed Christopher Lannert from Arminia Bielefeld.
Intensive Week of Friendlies | Media Day at the Bölle
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.
Bundesliga Confirms Matchdays 3 to 6
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.
Transfer News: Kleinhansl Signs for SV 98
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.
Lilies continue their scoring spree
Third test, third clear victory. SV 98 won the match against FC 08 Homburg 5-1 (3-0).
Focused Energy becomes a premium partner of SV 98
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.
Transfer News: Corredor moves to Nantes
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.
Logistical information for the home match against Homburg
On Tuesday (July 14, 6pm), SV Darmstadt 98 hosts Regionalliga side FC Homburg and asks fans to take note of the following information.
Starting Wednesday: Member pre-sale for the first home match against Kiel
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.