Darmstadt 98 2017–18 football season
Darmstadt 98 2017–18 seasonChairman Manager Torsten Frings (until 9 December) Dirk Schuster (from 11 December) Stadium Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor 2. Bundesliga 10th DFB-Pokal First Round Top goalscorer League: Tobias Kempe (11 goals) All: Tobias Kempe (11 goals) Highest home attendance 17,400 Lowest home attendance 13,650 Average home league attendance 15,848 Biggest win Darmstadt 3–0 St Pauli Jahn Regensburg 0–3 Darmstadt Biggest defeat FC Ingolstadt 3–0 Darmstadt
The 2017–18 SV Darmstadt 98 season was the 120th season in the football club's history and their 18th overall season in the second tier of German football , the 2. Bundesliga . It was the club's first season back in the second division, since relegation from the Bundesliga in 2016–17 .
Squad [ ]
Appearances and goals [ ]
Transfers [ ]
In [ ]
No.
Pos.
Name
Age
NAT
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer Window
Contract ends
Transfer fee
Sources
8
Midfielder
Julian Von Haacke
23
Yes
NEC Nijmegen
Transfer
Summer
30 June 2020
€200,000
[1]
5
Midfielder
Slobodan Medojevic
27
Yes
Eintracht Frankfurt
Transfer
Winter
30 June 2019
[2]
5
Midfielder
Ji Dong-Won
26
Yes
FC Augsburg
Loan
Winter
30 June 2018
[3]
7
Forward
Felix Platte
21
Yes
FC Schalke 04
Transfer
Summer
30 June 2021
€800,000
[4]
38
Midfielder
Romuald Lacazette
23
Yes
TSV 1860 Munich
Transfer
Summer
30 June 2020
Free
[5]
9
Forward
Jamie Maclaren
23
No
Brisbane Roar
Transfer
Summer
30 June 2020
Free
[6]
23
Goalkeeper
Joël Mall
30
Yes
Grasshopper Club Zürich
Transfer
Summer
30 June 2019
Free
[7]
20
Forward
Artur Sobiech
27
Yes
Free agent
Transfer
Summer
30 June 2019
Free
[8]
31
Goalkeeper
Florian Stritzel
23
Yes
Karlsruher SC
Transfer
Summer
30 June 2020
Free
[9]
6
Midfielder
Marvin Mehlem
19
Yes
Karlsruher SC
Transfer
Summer
30 June 2020
€200,000
[10]
27
Forward
McKinze Gaines
19
No
VfL Wolfsburg
Transfer
Summer
30 June 2020
unknown
[11]
11
Midfielder
Tobias Kempe
28
Yes
FC Nürnberg
Transfer
Summer
30 June 2020
unknown
[12]
19
Defender
Kevin Grosskreutz
28
Yes
Free agent
Transfer
Summer
30 June 2019
Free
[13]
14
Forward
Roman Bezjak
28
Yes
HNK Rijeka
Loan return
Summer
30 June 2019
Free
[citation needed ]
25
Midfielder
Yannick Stark
26
Yes
FSV Frankfurt
Loan return
Summer
30 June 2018
Free
[14]
40
Forward
Silas Zehnder
18
Yes
Darmstadt 98 U19
Transfer
Summer
30 June 2021
Free
[15]
28
Defender
Leo Petri
18
Yes
Darmstadt 98 U19
Transfer
Summer
30 June 2018
Free
[15]
39
Defender
Paul Schmieder
18
Yes
Darmstadt 98 U19
Transfer
Summer
30 June 2018
Free
[15]
35
Defender
Niklas Kern
18
Yes
Darmstadt 98 U19
Transfer
Summer
30 June 2018
Free
[15]
–
Forward
Manassé Eshele
18
Yes
Darmstadt 98 U19
Transfer
Summer
30 June 2020
Free
[16]
Out [ ]
No.
Pos.
Name
Age
NAT
Moving to
Type
Transfer Window
Transfer fee
Sources
31
GK
Michael Esser
29
Hannover 96
Transfer
Summer
€2,000,000
8
MF
Jérôme Gondorf
29
Werder Bremen
Transfer
Summer
€1,200,000
8
MF
Mario Vrancic
28
Norwich City
Transfer
Summer
€750,000
–
FW
Manassé Eshele
18
FSV Frankfurt
Loan
Summer
–
[17]
27
DF
Can Luka Aydogan
18
unknown
End of Contract
Summer
Free
24
GK
Igor Berezovsky
26
unknown
End of Contract
Summer
Free
5
GK
Benjamin Gorka
33
unknown
End of Contract
Summer
–
37
FW
Liam Fisch
18
VfB Ginsheim
Transfer
Summer
Free
35
DF
Johannes Wolff
18
unknown
End of Contract
Summer
–
9
FW
Dominik Stroh-Engel
31
Karlsruher SC
End of Contract
Summer
Free
22
FW
Denys Oliynyk
30
Desna Chernihiv
End of Contract
Summer
–
38
DF
Daniel Thur
19
unknown
End of Contract
Summer
–
20
FW
Marcel Heller
31
FC Augsburg
End of Contract
Summer
–
7
DF
Artem Fedetskyy
32
Karpaty Lviv
End of Contract
Summer
–
16
FW
Antonio Colak
23
1899 Hoffenheim
End of Loan
Summer
–
33
FW
Sidney Sam
29
Schalke 04
End of Loan
Summer
–
19
FW
Felix Platte
21
Schalke 04
End of Loan
Summer
–
2
FW
Leon Guwara
21
Werder Bremen
End of Loan
Summer
–
39
FW
Sven Schipplock
28
Hamburger SV
End of Loan
Summer
–
Friendlies [ ]
Pre-season [ ]
Win
Draw
Loss
v Darmstadt 98
23 June 2017 (2017-06-23 ) 0–8 Darmstadt 98 show Ober-Ramstadt , Germany 17:30 CET (UTC+01:00 )
Report
McKinze Gaines 17' Holland 20' Boyd 23' , 34' , 35' , 42' , 63' Mehlem 72'
Stadium: Lohberg Arena Attendance: 1600
Viktoria Griesheim v Darmstadt 98
1 July 2017 (2017-07-01 ) Viktoria Griesheim 0–8 Darmstadt 98 show Griesheim , Germany16:00 CET (UTC+01:00 )
Report
Bezjak 16' , 36' , 56' McKinze Gaines 19' Boyd 57' , 63' Stark 65' , 70'
Stadium: Stadion am Hegelsberg
Wormatia Worms v Darmstadt 98
7 July 2017 (2017-07-07 ) Wormatia Worms 0–4 Darmstadt 98 show Worms , Germany 18:00 CET (UTC+01:00 )
Report
McKinze Gaines 15' Von Haacke 47' Bezjak 75' , 85'
Stadium: EWR-Arena Attendance: 736
Darmstadt 98 v FC Vysocina Jihlava
Darmstadt 98 v SV Wallern
Competitions [ ]
Win
Draw
Loss
Bundesliga [ ]
League table [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
8
Union Berlin
34
12
11
11
54
46
+8
47
9
FC Ingolstadt
34
12
9
13
47
45
+2
45
10
Darmstadt 98
34
10
13
11
47
45
+2
43
11
SV Sandhausen
34
11
10
13
35
33
+2
43
12
FC St. Pauli
34
11
10
13
35
48
−13
43
Source:
DFB Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Results summary [ ]
Results by round [ ]
Matches [ ]
1. FC Kaiserslautern v Darmstadt 98
Darmstadt 98 v FC St. Pauli
MSV Duisburg v Darmstadt 98
Darmstadt 98 v VfL Bochum
Darmstadt 98 v Arminia Bielefeld
1. FC Heidenheim v Darmstadt 98
Darmstadt 98 v Dynamo Dresden
Ingolstadt 04 v Darmstadt 98
Darmstadt 98 v Holstein Kiel
Eintracht Braunschweig v Darmstadt 98
4 November 2017 13 Eintracht Braunschweig 2–2 Darmstadt 98 show Braunschweig 13:00
Report
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 20,190 Referee: Patrick Alt
Darmstadt 98 v SV Sandhausen
Union Berlin v Darmstadt 98
24 November 2017 15 Union Berlin 3–3 Darmstadt 98 show Berlin 18:30
Report
Stadium: Alte Försterei Attendance: 21,108 Referee: Timo Gerach
Darmstadt 98 v Jahn Regensburg
Erzgebirge Aue v Darmstadt 98
8 December 2017 17 Erzgebirge Aue 1–0 Darmstadt 98 show Aue 18:30
Soukou 35'
Report
Steinhöfer 13' Sulu 50' Sobiech 89' Stark 90+4'
Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 6,400 Referee: Florian Heft
Darmstadt 98 v 1. FC Kaiserslautern
FC St. Pauli v Darmstadt 98
28 January 2018 20 FC St. Pauli 0–1 Darmstadt 98 show Hamburg 13:30
Zander 90+3'
Report
Jones 7' Jones 32' Kempe 80'
Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Sascha Stegemann
Darmstadt 98 v MSV Duisburg
VfL Bochum v Darmstadt 98
9 February 2018 22 VfL Bochum 2–1 Darmstadt 98 show Bochum 18:30
Losilla 12' Hinterseer 31' Hinterseer 66' Holland (o.g. )
Report
Bregerie 61' Holland 76'
Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 14,520 Referee:
Arminia Bielefeld v Darmstadt 98
Darmstadt 98 v 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Darmstadt 98 v 1. FC Heidenheim
Dynamo Dresden v Darmstadt 98
2 March 2018 25 Dynamo Dresden 0–2 Darmstadt 98 show Dresden 18:30
Kreuzer 78'
Report
Jones 29' Kempe 55'
Stadium: DDV-Stadion Dresden Attendance: 26,053 Referee:
Darmstadt 98 v Ingolstadt 04
Holstein Kiel v Darmstadt 98
Darmstadt 98 v Eintracht Braunschweig
SV Sandhausen v Darmstadt 98
21 April 2018 31 SV Sandhausen 1–1 Darmstadt 98 show Sandhausen 13:00
Linsmayer 10' Stefan Kulovits 29' Karl 46' Sukuta-Pasu 62' 88'
Report
Mehlem 45+1' Kempe (50 p )Medojevic 82'
Stadium: Hardtwaldstadion Attendance: 10,269 Referee:
Darmstadt 98 v Union Berlin
Jahn Regensburg v Darmstadt 98
6 May 2018 33 Jahn Regensburg 0–3 Darmstadt 98 show Regensburg 15:30
Geipl 52'
Report
Jones 29' Kempe 41' Dong-Won Ji 68' Kempe 73'
Stadium: Continental Arena Attendance: 15,210 Referee: Sven Jablonski
Darmstadt 98 v Erzgebirge Aue
DFB-Pokal [ ]
Jahn Regensburg v Darmstadt 98
References [ ]
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