While SV Darmstadt 98 commemorated its deceased members on Remembrance Sunday at Karl-Heß-Platz, the professional players made a strong statement of solidarity at Europaplatz, supporting the food distribution for homeless people. You can read about these and other topics in our weekly column "Lilies Across the Board".
On Remembrance Sunday, SV Darmstadt 98 commemorated those who had accompanied and enriched the club and the lives of its members at Karl-Heß-Platz. Special recognition was given to club members who had passed away in the past year. Vice President Volker Harr, along with Gerda Krüger and Peter Schmidt from the Council of Elders, spoke on behalf of SV 98.
On Sunday (November 23rd), Darmstadt 98 players Yōsuke Furukawa, Leon Klassen, Bartosz Bialek, and Merveille Papela supported the „Helping the Homeless in Darmstadt“ initiative and distributed hot meals to those in need. At Europaplatz, they handed out goulash and potato soup and took time for personal conversations. Club president Markus Pfitzner was also present and emphasised the importance of the initiative: „When you see how many people are standing on the streets here, how they are cold and hungry, then you know this is the right cause we’re supporting. That’s why we’re committed to this long-term, because there’s more poverty in our city than people care to admit!“
This coming Tuesday (December 2nd), SV Darmstadt 98 will kick off the pre-Christmas festivities at the Bölle stadium. From 4pm to 7pm, a Christmas tree sale will take place for charity! Darmstadt fans can look forward to great activities – from target shooting and attractive fan shop deals to stadium tours every hour on the hour. Stolz-Service will be serving mulled wine at their own kiosk on site. In addition, visitors can expect a variety of other highlights.
Darmstadt’s Blue Week started on Monday! Until November 30th, you can enjoy an 18.98% discount on a different category every day. There’s something for every Darmstadt fan throughout the week – so hurry!
The SV Darmstadt 98 second team suffered another defeat this weekend. They lost their match 5-0 and thus remain without a point.
Despite this setback, the focus is on the future: The next challenge awaits today. The Lilies will face sixth-placed Darmstadt TSG II. Kick-off for the second team is at 7:30pm on the artificial turf pitch on Ostendstraße, 64319 Pfungstadt.
On Sunday (November 30th), Daniel Petrowsky’s team travels to SV Rot-Weiss Walldorf. The U21s face the ninth-placed team in the league and face a challenging match. Kick-off is at 3:30pm in Walldorf.
The second showdown is complete! On Sunday, our eLilien team competed in the offline knockout phase in Frankfurt, where the winner of the event was determined among the top 16 teams. In the round of 16, they faced Preußen Münster. After a narrow 3-4 defeat in the first leg, the team showed a strong response in the second leg and celebrated a commanding 6-3 victory. With an aggregate score of 9-7, the Lilies deservedly advanced to the quarterfinals.
There, FC St. Pauli awaited them – and in the end, the eLilien were narrowly defeated. Nevertheless, the team can be proud of their performance and finished the offline event among the top eight teams. Incidentally, FC St. Pauli went on to win the showdown. The online preliminary rounds of the third showdown will take place on December 11th and 16th. The eLilien want to give it their all again to qualify for the next offline knockout round in Köln.
Not only an important factor for SV Darmstadt 98 on the pitch, but also in the spotlight off the field this week: Marco Richter celebrated his 28th birthday on Monday. We send our warmest congratulations to our attacking player on his special day – all the best, good health, and a successful new year!
Dear Marco, we hope you were able to enjoy your Monday and recharge your batteries. Now the focus is fully on the next challenge: the away game in Elversberg. Best of luck – together for the Lilies!
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).
