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	10th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Serdar Dursun (21) All: Serdar Dursun (23)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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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
					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

Main article: 2020–21 2. 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

SV Sandhausen v SV Darmstadt 98

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

Darmstadt 98 v Jahn Regensburg

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

1. FC Nürnberg v SV Darmstadt 98

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

Darmstadt 98 v FC St. Pauli

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

VfL Osnabrück v SV Darmstadt 98

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

Karlsruher SC v SV Darmstadt 98

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

SV Darmstadt 98 v Paderborn

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

Erzgebirge Aue v SV Darmstadt 98

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

SV Darmstadt 98 v Eintracht Braunschweig

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

Fortuna Düsseldorf v SV Darmstadt 98

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

SV Darmstadt 98 v Hamburger SV

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

Greuther Fürth v SV Darmstadt 98

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

SV Darmstadt 98 v Würzburger Kickers

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

Bochum v SV Darmstadt 98

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

SV Darmstadt 98 v Hannover 96

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

Heidenheim v SV Darmstadt 98

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

SV Darmstadt 98 v Holstein Kiel

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

SV Darmstadt 98 v Sandhausen

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

Jahn Regensburg v SV Darmstadt 98

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

Main article: 2020–21 DFB-Pokal

1. FC Magdeburg v Darmstadt 98

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

Dynamo Dresden v Darmstadt 98

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

Holstein Kiel v Darmstadt 98

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