SV Darmstadt 98
Also known as S.V. Darmstadt 98
association football club in Germany
Key facts
- Full name
- Sportverein Darmstadt 1898 e.V.
- Nickname
- Die Lilien (The Lilies)
- Founded
- 22 May 1898 ; 128 years ago ( 1898-05-22 )
- Stadium
- Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
- Capacity
- 17,810
- President
- Markus Pfitzner
- Head coach
- Florian Kohfeldt
- League
- 2. Bundesliga
- 2025 26
- 2. Bundesliga, 5th of 18
- Website
- sv98.de
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.sv98.de
Article
Current season
Sportverein Darmstadt 1898 e.V., commonly known as Darmstadt 98 ( German pronunciation: [ˌdaʁmʃtat ʔaxtʔʊntˈnɔɪ̯nt͡sɪç] ), is a German professional association football club based in Darmstadt, Hesse. The club was founded on 22 May 1898 as FC Olympia Darmstadt. Early in 1919, the association was briefly known as Rasen-Sportverein Olympia before merging with Darmstädter Sport Club 1905 on 11 November that year to become Sportverein Darmstadt 98. Merger partner SC was the product of a 1905 union between Viktoria 1900 Darmstadt and Germania 1903 Darmstadt. The footballers are today part of a sports club which also offers its over 13,500 members basketball, hiking, futsal, judo, and table tennis.