2020–21 SV Darmstadt 98 season

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.

SV Darmstadt 98

2020–21 season
Chairman	Klaus Rüdiger Fritsch
Manager	Dimitrios Grammozis
Stadium	Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
2. Bundesliga	12th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Squad

Squad information

As of 6 September 2020[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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 Jon 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

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					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	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Jahn Regensburg	20	6	7	7	23	26	−3	25
12	1. FC Nürnberg	20	6	5	9	27	32	−5	23
13	Darmstadt 98	20	6	4	10	31	36	−5	22
14	FC St. Pauli	20	5	7	8	31	37	−6	22
15	VfL Osnabrück	20	6	4	10	21	31	−10	22

Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2021. 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
15	5	3	7	27	27	0	18	2	2	3	10	10	0	3	1	4	17	17	0

Last updated: 10 January 2021.
Source:

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	D	W	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	L
Position	13	14	10	10	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

Updated to match(es) played on 10 January 2021. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

19 September 2020 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 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 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 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 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	v	SV Darmstadt 98	Heidenheim an der Brenz
13:30 CET				Stadium: Voith-Arena

DFB-Pokal

13 September 2020 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 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

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.

External links

• Official website