Off to the Hanseatic city of Hamburg. No, it's not going to Hamburger SV this time. Not even to FC St. Pauli. In the first round of the DFB Cup, the Lilies will face FC Teutonia 05 Ottensen from the Hamburg-Ottensen district of the same name. However, the game will not be played in the Hoheluft stadium of the regional league team. Kick-off next Sunday (August 18th) is at 3:30pm in the Millerntor Stadium - so there's still enough time to take a closer look at the Lilies' cup opponents. Who is the head coach? How many times has Ottensen been represented in the DFB Cup? And how did Teutonia start the current season?
Regional League North. FC Teutonia 05 Ottensen plays there. The season is already three match days old. But the Hamburgers don’t seem to have really arrived in the league yet. The troops from the Altona district have one point to their credit so far. On the first matchday, Ottensen drew 1-1 against Blau-Weiß Lohne. This was followed by a clear 2:5 defeat at VfB Oldenburg and a 1:3 defeat against Werder Bremen II. In addition, FC Teutonia 05 Ottensen, who recently won the Hamburg State Cup three years in a row, had to say goodbye from this competition early on. In the second round, the Black and Whites lost 7:8 on penalties to the sixth division club Kosova Hamburg.
His name is Christian Stark, the center forward of FC Teutonia 05 Ottensen. He is something of a built-in goal guarantee for the team. Because if anyone scores for the team from Hamburg-Ottensen in the regional league, it is the 26-year-old. All four of Teutonia’s goals this season so far have been scored by Stark. In his 109 regional league appearances – in the north and south-west seasons – he has now scored 22 goals and prepared a further twelve goals.
But the Bad Hersfeld native, who once played seven international matches for the German U19 national team, has only been under contract in Ottensen since this summer. However, Hamburg is not new territory for the 1.82 meter tall attacker. Trained at HSV in his youth, he played in the Hanseatic city for both the second representative of the Rothosen and FC St. Pauli II. Stark finally ended up at Teutonia via Kickers Offenbach, Rot-Weiß Koblenz and ETSV Hamburg.
“I am looking forward to the new task at Teutonia. “I’m looking forward to the club and of course to the time with the team,” says the new head coach of FC Teutonia 05 Ottensen, full of anticipation during his introduction. His name is Nabil Toumi and he takes over from interim coach Immanuel Höhn. Since July 1st, the helm of the traditional club from Hamburg-Ottensen has been in his hands. Meanwhile, Toumi began his coaching career at Hamburger TB, where he was able to gain a lot of experience as an assistant coach alongside former Pauli and Cologne coach Timo Schultz. He then worked with various youth teams at FC St. Pauli before leading the Hamburg Oberliga team TSV Buchholz 08 as head coach.
After a year-long break in the 2023/24 season, he is now returning to the sidelines with renewed vigour. This time at the Kreuze in Hamburg. Crosses? Teutonia trains there on the local Kreuzkirche sports field, hence the nickname. “We are pleased that we were able to win Nabil, a coach from Hamburg, for us. By filling the coaching position, we have taken an important step in the planning for the new season,” emphasises the sporting director, Liborio Mazzagatti, about the commitment of the new face to the black and whites.
The club from Hamburger-Ottensen looks back on a long history in Hamburg football and, in the recent past, also on successes at regional level. The Black and Whites won the Hamburg State Cup three times in a row (2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24). The 2-1 win in the final against Altona on May 21, 2022 brought the Teutons qualification for the DFB Cup for the first time. In the first round, the North Germans met the Bundesliga club from Leipzig – and lost by a score of 8-0. A result that was to be repeated in the second DFB Cup appearance a year later: Teutonia also had to admit defeat 0-8 against Bayer Leverkusen. In the new cup season there will now be a duel with Darmstadt 98 in round one. Both teams are meeting each other for the first time.
On Sunday (Oct 18th), SV Darmstadt 98 will visit Karlsruher SC. The side from Baden differs from the Lilies in several key respects. Furthermore, the match will see SV 98 cross paths with a former player once again. Find out here about other connections between the two clubs, as well as some particularly interesting statistics ahead of the encounter.
On Tuesday evening (October 13th), the SilberLilien took part in SV Darmstadt 98’s Stolperstein tour for the first time. Along the approximately six-kilometre route, the participants made several stops to learn more about the fates of Jewish club members who were persecuted and driven out during the Holocaust.
From new grassroots sports offerings and a look back at the club's history to birthdays and the latest updates from the media briefing—there is plenty to report from SV Darmstadt 98 again this week. In "Lilien Across the Board," we round up the news, insights, and stories from life at the club.
Tickets for the home match against 1. FC Heidenheim on November 22nd are available for purchase now.
SV Darmstadt 98's U21 team proved their mettle at home against KSV Hessen Kassel II in the Hessenliga on Sunday (Oct. 11th). After a convincing 90-minute performance, the Young Lilies secured another three points, finishing with a decisive 4–0 victory that lifts them to sixth place in the standings.
The Lilies overturned an early deficit to celebrate a 3–1 home victory against Energie Cottbus—a win that boosts confidence and confirms the progress being made. Read our analysis to find out why there is still work to be done and what positives SV 98 takes away from the match.
This season, too, Lilien fans will be doubly rewarded for every home goal scored by SV Darmstadt 98. In addition to the joy and excitement of the goals, the team's supporters will receive 98 litres of Krombacher Pils for every home goal scored by Darmstadt at the Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor.
After the international break, Darmstadt 98 returned to the Bölle with a home win! Against Energie Cottbus, SV Darmstadt 98 put on a spirited performance in front of their home crowd and rewarded themselves with three points after an intense match. We've compiled the post-match reactions for you here:
Despite falling behind, Darmstadt secured their second consecutive home win! Darmstadt defeated Energie Cottbus 3-1 (1-1). The home side equalised after conceding an early goal in the four-minute period through Weißhaupt before halftime. Vukotic headed his team into the lead in the second half, before Lührs sealed the victory with the third goal. This home win brings Darmstadt's season total to seven points.
Homegame at Böllenfalltor (10/10, 1pm): Florian Kohfeldt has made two changes to his starting XI compared to the away match in Wolfsburg three weeks ago. Richter and Mikelbrencis come into the starting lineup for Sickinger (calf issues) and Lannert (illness).
On Saturday afternoon (October 10th, 1pm), SV 98 hosts Energie Cottbus at the Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor for Matchday 7. What do the two head coaches have to say ahead of kick-off? Who is officiating the match, and where can you follow the action live? As always, we have compiled all the key information regarding the game against Cottbus in our "Matchday Guide" feature.
