Darmstadt 98
SVD1898- Country
- Germany
- Venue
- Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor • Darmstadt
- Capacity
- 16,500
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Where the club stands among the world's teams on current strength. Moves after every match: beating a stronger side counts more.
Key players
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The season's most-used players; the rating breaks ties on minutes.
Club Profile
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Basic facts from the provider: code, founding year, country, ground.
- Team
- Darmstadt 98
- Short code
- SVD
- Founded
- 1898
- Country
- Germany
- Stadium
- Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
- City
- Darmstadt
Stadium
Staff
Achievements
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Wins and podium places per competition; a card opens the competition.
Season Cycle
1 activei
Everything the club is in now, then the last finished seasons; a row opens the competition.
Active seasons
Season timeline
DFB PokalAug 2025 – May 2026 · finished2025/2026DFB PokalAug 2024 – May 2025 · finished2024/2025
BundesligaAug 2023 – May 2024 · finished2023/2024DFB PokalAug 2023 – May 2024 · finished2023/2024DFB PokalJul 2022 – Jun 2023 · finished2022/2023DFB PokalAug 2021 – May 2022 · finished2021/2022DFB PokalSept 2020 – May 2021 · finished2020/2021DFB PokalAug 2019 – Jul 2020 · finished2019/2020DFB PokalAug 2018 – May 2019 · finished2018/2019DFB PokalAug 2017 – May 2018 · finished2017/2018Goalkeepers
3Defenders
12
Florian KleinhanslGermany4
Grayson DettoniUnited States6
Patric PfeifferGermany14Meldin DreskovicMontenegro15
Fabian NürnbergerGermany18
Raoul PetrettaGermany20Aleksandar VukoticSerbia25
William MikelbrencisFrance26
Matthias BaderGermany28Christopher LannertGermany45Max PfisterGermany49
Yannik LührsGermanyMidfielders
9
Forwards
8
Staff
Former coaches
Absentees
3Transfers
11
Marco RichterTBC → 10 Sept 2026free / n/aWilliam MikelbrencisHamburger SV → 29 Aug 2026free / n/a
Milan SmitStoke City → 14 Aug 2026free / n/aChristopher LannertDSC Arminia Bielefeld → 16 Jul 2026free / n/aFlorian KleinhanslKaiserslautern → 15 Jul 2026free / n/a
Hiroki Akiyama1 Jul 2026€250k
Ibrahim El KadiriDe Graafschap → 1 Jul 2026€500kRaoul PetrettaToronto → 20 Jan 2026free / n/a
Alexander Brunst1 Jul 2022free / n/aMatthias BaderFC Köln → 31 Jan 2020€450k
Marcel SchuhenSandhausen → 1 Jul 2019free / n/aHow the current squad arrived, from SportMonks' transfer records.
Expiring contracts
6Contracts that run out within the next 12 months.
Season statistics
DFB Pokal 2026/2027- Played
- 1
- Wins
- 1 (H 0 · A 1) · 100%
- Draws
- 0 (H 0 · A 0)
- Losses
- 0 (H 0 · A 0)
- Goals scored
- 2 (H 0 · A 2) · 2/match
- Goals conceded
- 1 (H 0 · A 1) · 1/match
- Clean sheets
- 0 · 0%
- Both teams scored
- 100%
- Failed to score
- 0%
- Possession (avg)
- 53%
- Shots / match
- 13.0
- Corners / match
- 5.0
- Attacks / match
- 127.0
- Dangerous attacks / match
- 91.0
- Offsides / match
- 4.0
- Fouls / match
- 5.0
- Tackles / match
- 23.0
- Average rating
- 6.94
When the goals come
Goals scored (purple) and conceded (blue) in 15-minute bands.
- Season's best rated
- Milan Smit · 7.98
Elo strength
World rankingWhat is Elo?
Elo moves after every match by the gap between the expected and the actual result: an underdog's win is worth a lot, a favourite's little. The number is projected onto a 100 scale; the world ranking puts the club at #263 right now with 66.0 points. The 181 days shown are the window the provider gives.
Elo score over the window the provider gives; it moves after every match by the gap between the expected and the actual result.
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