Müller against Müller | All the best YB

When Manuel Neuer and Thomas Müller lifted the World Cup trophy into the Brazilian night sky of Rio de Janeiro, Andreas Müller was just 13 years old. On July 13, 2014, he sat excitedly in front of the television, looking up at his idols. Play against such players yourself? A childhood dream. The Darmstadt native is now a Bundesliga professional himself and has made nine appearances in the German top league. Manuel Neuer and Thomas Müller, on the other hand, have played exactly 960 first division games together. “It’s something nice to be able to play against the record champions,” said Lilien-Müller happily in a media round on Wednesday (March 13). Well aware of the SVD’s table situation. A journalist confronted him that because they had only collected 13 points so far, many would already write off SV Darmstadt 98. “It’s best if everyone writes us off,” replied Müller and explained: “If no one expects us, it’s even nicer to be able to cause a surprise.”

What do four high school students have to do with the 16-time Swiss champion? Very easy. It was precisely these four who founded FC Young Boys on March 14, 1898, which has celebrated numerous successes and trophies since 1925 under the name BSC Young Boys. In addition to 16 championship titles, the club from Bern also has eight cup trophies in its showcase. In the current season of the Swiss Super League, YB is also in first place in the table with a one point lead and is in a neck-and-neck race with Servette Geneva. We wish our friends from Bern good luck in the championship fight! We would also like to warmly congratulate the BSC Young Boys on their 126th club anniversary.

On March 12, 2008 – 16 years ago on Tuesday – SV Darmstadt 98 officially filed an application to open insolvency proceedings. The club was insolvent in every respect and the situation simply seemed hopeless. A very dark chapter in our club’s history. But we went through these dark times together and once again impressively showed what the solidarity of the lily community can achieve. We have illuminated the entire, formative story for you, including the unthinkable rescue of the SVD under the leadership of Hans Kessler, in our YouTube documentary “The Lilies Stay There”.

Success series extended! The SV Darmstadt 98 fan team remains undefeated in 2024. The second team has been without defeat for four matches, collecting three wins and one draw. The Lilies won the last three points last Sunday (March 10th) against the second representative of Germania from Pfungstadt. The game? A pure spectacle. If the Darmstadt team went into the locker room with a 2-1 lead, things got really high in the second half of the game. Four more Lilien goals plus two goals from the Pfungstädter ensured a 6:3 victory for the SV 98 fan team. This means that the second team is now in fourth place in the district league C with 41 points and remains hot for something countable. The Blue-Whites have their next chance of doing so on Sunday during the international break (March 24th), when they visit TSV Eschollbrücken at 3 p.m. Good luck, guys!

Special award for a special person. As part of the district football day last Friday (March 8th), Helmut “Bubu” Koch was honored with the letter of honor for his services to SV Darmstadt 98. The 75-year-old once played for the Lilies from 1967 to 1972, and from 2009 to 2019 he worked as a supervisor for the first team for a total of ten years. He has also looked after the traditional Lilien team since 1999. You can find out more about Helmut “Bubu” Koch in our “Lily Heads” section, in which we portrayed him.

Tom Eilers, the appointed executive representative for the licensed player area of SV Darmstadt 98, can look forward to his 54th day of honor next Sunday (March 17th). We wish you a happy birthday, Tom!