2020–21 SV Darmstadt 98 season

SV Darmstadt 98
2020–21 season
Chairman	Klaus Rüdiger Fritsch
Manager	Dimitrios Grammozis
Stadium	Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
2. Bundesliga	10th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Serdar Dursun (21); All: ; Serdar Dursun (23)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 SV Darmstadt 98 season is the 123rd season in the football club's history and their 21st overall season in the second tier of German football, the 2. Bundesliga. It is the club's fourth consecutive season in the second division, since relegation from the Bundesliga in 2016–17. In addition to the domestic league, Darmstadt also participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Squad

Squad information

As of 6 September 2020^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Marcel Schuhen
4	MF	ISL	Victor Pálsson
5	DF	GER	Patric Pfeiffer
6	MF	GER	Marvin Mehlem
7	FW	GER	Felix Platte
8	MF	GER	Fabian Schnellhardt
11	MF	GER	Tobias Kempe
13	GK	GER	Carl Klaus
14	MF	KOR	Paik Seung-ho
15	DF	GER	Mathias Wittek
17	DF	GER	Lars Lukas Mai (on loan from Bayern Munich)
18	MF	AUT	Mathias Honsak
19	FW	TUR	Serdar Dursun
21	DF	GER	Immanuel Höhn


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	FW	GER	Aaron Seydel
23	DF	GER	Nicolai Rapp (on loan from Union Berlin)
26	DF	GER	Matthias Bader
27	MF	GER	Tim Skarke
29	FW	GER	Henry Crosthwaite
30	MF	POL	Adrian Stanilewicz
31	GK	GER	Florian Stritzel
32	DF	GER	Fabian Holland (Captain)
33	MF	GER	Braydon Manu
36	DF	GER	Silas Zehnder
37	DF	GER	Patrick Herrmann
39	FW	GER	Ensar Arslan
40	FW	GER	Erich Berko

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga	31 July 2020	May 2021	Matchday 1		19	6	4	9	30	34	−4	031.58
DFB-Pokal	13 September 2020	2 February 2021	First round	Round of 16	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	066.67
Total					22	8	5	9	37	37	+0	036.36

Last updated: 2 February 2021
Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	16	8	10	55	46	+9	56
6	Karlsruher SC	34	14	10	10	51	44	+7	52
7	Darmstadt 98	34	15	6	13	63	55	+8	51
8	1. FC Heidenheim	34	15	6	13	49	49	0	51
9	SC Paderborn	34	12	11	11	53	45	+8	47

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.^[2]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	15	6	13	63	55	+8	51	7	3	7	29	23	+6	8	3	6	34	32	+2

Last updated: 23 May 2021.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	W	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W
Position	13	14	10	10	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2021. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

19 September 2020 (2020-09-19) 1	SV Sandhausen	3–2	SV Darmstadt 98	Sandhausen
13:00	Keita-Ruel 30', 38' (pen.), 74'	Report	Honsak 19' Skarke 90+4'	Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Attendance: 754 Referee: Guido Winkmann

26 September 2020 (2020-09-26) 2	Darmstadt 98	0–0	Jahn Regensburg	Darmstadt
13:00		Report		Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 1,721 Referee: Patrick Alt

5 October 2020 (2020-10-05) 3	1. FC Nürnberg	2–3	SV Darmstadt 98	Nuremberg
20:30	Hack 3' Lohkemper 61'	Report	Dursun 55' Mehlem 76' Rapp 90+3'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 6,772 Referee: Sören Storks

24 October 2020 (2020-10-24) 5	Darmstadt 98	2–2	FC St. Pauli	Darmstadt
13:00	Dursun 45' (pen.), 76'	Report	Benatelli 80' Zalazar 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Fritz

28 October 2020 (2020-10-28) 4	VfL Osnabrück	1–1	SV Darmstadt 98	Osnabrück
18:30	Ihorst 78'	Report	Pálsson 30'	Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke Attendance: 0 Referee: Sören Storks

1 November 2020 6	Karlsruher SC	3–4	SV Darmstadt 98	Karlsruhe
13:30 CET	Hofmann 22' 81' Wanitzek 44' (pen.) Fröde 54' Kobald 59' 90+2'	Report	Kempe 9' 90+3' (pen.) Rapp 43' Pálsson 65' Dursun 77'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Aarne Aarnink
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

8 November 2020 7	SV Darmstadt 98	0–4	Paderborn	Darmstadt
13:30 CET	Rapp 6' 40' Mehlem 8' Mai 27' Stanilewicz 34'	Report	Schallenberg 13' 76' Führich 22' Srbeny 25' 35' 61' (pen.) Ananou 90+3'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 0 Referee: Florian Heft
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

22 November 2020 8	Erzgebirge Aue	3–0	SV Darmstadt 98	Aue
13:30 CET	Testroet 7' 56' (pen.) Rizzuto 70' Nazarov 90+3'	Report	Mai 55' Skarke 70'	Stadium: Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Thomsen
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

27 November 2020 9	SV Darmstadt 98	4–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Darmstadt
18:30 CET	Kempe 6' (pen.) 36' (pen.) Dursun 7' 33'	Report	Wiebe 15' Kammerbauer 25' Schultz 35' Otto 72'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexander Sather
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

4 December 2020 10	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–2	SV Darmstadt 98	Düsseldorf
18:30 CET	Hennings 56' Morales 59' Karaman 77' Kownacki 89'	Report	Dursun 50' Schnellhardt 55' Kempe 67' (pen.) Mai 80'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Patrick Alt
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

12 December 2020 11	SV Darmstadt 98	1–2	Hamburger SV	Darmstadt
13:00 CET	Hermann 29' 74' Kempe 78' Holland 89'	Report	Wintzheimer 7' Gjasula 36' Ulreich 40' Terodde 70' 87'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Winter
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

15 December 2020 12	Greuther Fürth	0–4	SV Darmstadt 98	Fürth
18:30 CET	Sarpei 18'	Report	Skarke 17' Mai 24' 83' Dursun 45' 49' Schnellhardt 52' Höhn 76' Rapp 84'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 0 Referee: Christian Dingert
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

19 December 2020 13	SV Darmstadt 98	2–0	Würzburger Kickers	Darmstadt
13:00 CET	Holland 19' Kempe 55' Skarke 90+3' Platte 90+4'	Report	Lotrič 49' Hoffmann 84'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 0 Referee: Patrick Ittrich
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

2 January 2021 14	Bochum	2–1	SV Darmstadt 98	Bochum
13:00 CET	Gamboa 10' Bella-Kotchap 13' Kempe 82' (o.g.) Pantović 83' Ganvoula 90+2'	Report	Kempe 80'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Sven Waschitzki
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

10 January 2021 15	SV Darmstadt 98	1–2	Hannover 96	Darmstadt
13:30 CET	Seydel 68' Höhn 84' Skarke 86'	Report	Ducksch 45' 50' Franke 57'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 0 Referee: Patrick Alt
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

17 January 2021 16	Heidenheim	3–0	SV Darmstadt 98	Heidenheim an der Brenz
13:30 CET	Kühlwetter 49' Mainka 59' Busch 61' Thomalla 83'	Report		Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Hartmann (referee)
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

24 January 2021 17	SV Darmstadt 98	0–2	Holstein Kiel	Darmstadt
13:30 CET	Rapp 34' Pfeiffer 49' Schnellhardt 78' Dursun 79' Kempe 84'	Report	Höhn 55' (o.g.)	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 0 Referee: Aarne Aarnink
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

27 January 2021 18	SV Darmstadt 98	2–1	Sandhausen	Darmstadt
18:30 CET	Mehlem 36' 48' Pálsson 89'	Report	Zhirov 1' Kister 43' Diekmeier 45+1' Taffertshofer 82' Peña 90+4'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Reichel
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

30 January 2021 19	Jahn Regensburg	1–1	SV Darmstadt 98	Regensburg
13:00 CET	Nachreiner 43' Stolze 69' Saller 79' Wekesser 88' Caliskaner 90+7'	Report	Sharke 30' Holland 60' Platte 87' Schuhen 90'	Stadium: Jahnstadion Regensburg Attendance: 0 Referee: Florian Heft
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

DFB-Pokal

13 September 2020 (2020-09-13) First round	1. FC Magdeburg	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Darmstadt 98	Magdeburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Müller 14' Beck 26'	Report	Mehlem 53' Kempe 66' Honsak 100'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) Second round	Dynamo Dresden	0–3	Darmstadt 98	Dresden
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Schnellhardt 24' Paik 59' Dursun 71'	Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Sven Jablonski

2 February 2021 Round of 16	Holstein Kiel	1–1 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p)	Darmstadt 98	Kiel
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Serra 58' Mühling 71'	Report	Skarke 79' Mehlem 85' Dursun 86'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Sören Storks
	Penalties
	Wahl Arslan Serra Porath Lee Bartels Hauptmann Kirkeskov Lorenz		Mehlem Dursun Holland Mai Paik Höhn Honsak Rapp Skarke

Notes

References

^ "Kader: Darmstadt 98" (in German). SV Darmstadt 98. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
^ "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). DFB.de. German Football Association. p. 214. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

External links

Official website

[1] "Kader: Darmstadt 98" (in German). SV Darmstadt 98. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.

[2] "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). DFB.de. German Football Association. p. 214. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

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