It was the expectedly tricky away game: Against a passionate home side who demanded everything from Darmstadt, SV 98 took a point on matchday 26. After the break, Fabian Nürnberger was particularly in the spotlight, first scoring an own goal and then the equaliser. Read about his own experience of the evening and how the other key players assessed the 1-1 draw in the post-match interviews.
„Congratulations to 1. FC Magdeburg for a very good performance. I have to say clearly that we lacked the final coordination to disrupt Magdeburg’s possession game. In the first 60 minutes, FCM was clearly the better team. They deservedly took the lead, even if the goal was unusual. Nevertheless, Magdeburg could have been 1-0 up in the first half as well. I have great respect for my team for not losing their heads after going 1-0 down – despite all the setbacks we’ve had this week. The lads showed a certain stability on the pitch. It was important that we played the last half hour the way we did. Therefore, we’ll take the point. Looking at the 90 minutes as a whole, it’s a somewhat fortunate point against a very strong Magdeburg team that showed no signs of uncertainty. You have to put on a top-class away performance here to win. We didn’t do that.“
„Thanks, Flo. It’s really tough for me today. Because we lost 1-1. I don’t even know if we could have played better, with more passion and intensity. That’s how we want to play. We were completely dominant in the first half; we should have been 2-0 up. Darmstadt’s goal simply shows their quality. Even with few chances, they’re brutally efficient. It hurts me to only draw 1-1 in this game.“
„We are aware that Magdeburg is strong at home and had a few chances to win the game today. Therefore, we’ll take the point, even though we would have liked to win. We didn’t manage to find the spaces after winning the ball as effectively as we had planned. We wanted to be more clinical with the ball, so overall it was a difficult away game.“
„My own goal was very bitter. I was a bit lucky with my goal, but that’s part of the game. We had a few counter-attacking opportunities in the second half, but given Magdeburg’s performance today, we can definitely live with the point. Of course, we would have liked to get three points away from home again, but Magdeburg played a superb first half, especially before the break. Overall, though, we didn’t do too badly defensively.“
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).
