Once cheered on in front of the television, now an opponent in the Bundesliga: Andreas Müller is looking forward to the home game against the German record champions on Saturday (March 16th/3:30 p.m.) – in particular the duel with the two world champions from 2014, Thomas Müller and Manuel Neuer. In addition, our friends from Bern are celebrating their 126th club anniversary, a dark chapter in our club's history is celebrating its 16th anniversary and the second team remains unbeaten in their fourth competitive game in the new year. You can read about these and other topics in our weekly round up.
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!
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.
SV Darmstadt 98 successfully completed their second pre-season friendly, defeating Verbandsliga side VfR Fehlheim 8-0 (4-0).
