# 2015–16 SV Darmstadt 98 season

The 2015–16 SV Darmstadt 98 season is the club's 118th season. This will be the club's third season in the Bundesliga overall and its first since its most recent promotion.

## Background

Darmstadt 98 will be playing in their 118th overall season, and third overall in the top-flight Bundesliga, after they were promoted following a 1–0 win over FC St. Pauli on the final matchday of the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga season. This is their second-straight promotion after they were promoted from the 3. Liga the previous year. The promotion finished a 33-year run outside of top-flight football. They had previously played in the Bundesliga in the 1978–79 and 1981–82 seasons.

## Friendlies
### Pre-season

Win  Draw  Loss

### Mid-season

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 42 | 52 | −10 | 38 | |
| 13 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 50 | 65 | −15 | 38 | |
| 14 | Darmstadt 98 | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 38 | |
| 15 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 39 | 54 | −15 | 37 | |
| 16 | Eintracht Frankfurt (O) | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 34 | 52 | −18 | 36 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 14 May 2016. Source: Bundesliga

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | D | D | D | W | W | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 |

#### Matches
### DFB-Pokal
## Squad
### Squad and statistics

As of 15 August 2015
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | GER | Patrick Platins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Michael Stegmayer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | TUR | Aytaç Sulu | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Benjamin Gorka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | BIH | Mario Vrančić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | GER | Marco Sailer | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Jérôme Gondorf | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GER | Dominik Stroh-Engel | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Jan Rosenthal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | GER | Tobias Kempe | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | AUT | György Garics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | GER | Sandro Wagner | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | CRC | Júnior Díaz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | GER | Sandro Sirigu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GER | Peter Niemeyer | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | GER | Felix Platte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GER | Marcel Heller | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Florian Jungwirth | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | GER | Yannick Stark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SVK | Milan Ivana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | GER | Christian Mathenia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | GER | Fabian Holland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Luca Caldirola | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | GER | Konstantin Rausch | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | DF | SRB | Slobodan Rajković | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | GER | Jan Finger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | AFG | Ali Kazimi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | GER | Nick Volk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | GER | Noel Wembacher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | POL | Łukasz Załuska | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer Window | Contract ends | Transfer fee |
| 6 | Midfielder | Mario Vrančić | 26 | Yes | SC Paderborn | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2017 | €500,000 |
| 10 | Midfielder | Jan Rosenthal | 29 | Yes | Eintracht Frankfurt | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2017 | Free |
| 13 | Defender | György Garics | 31 | Yes | Bologna | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2017 | undisclosed |
| 14 | Forward | Sandro Wagner | 27 | Yes | Hertha BSC | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2017 | Free |
| 15 | Defender | Júnior Díaz | 31 | No | Mainz 05 | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2017 | Free |
| 18 | Midfielder | Peter Niemeyer | 31 | Yes | Hertha BSC | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2018 | Free |
| 32 | Defender | Fabian Holland | 24 | Yes | Hertha BSC | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2017 | €300,000 |
| 33 | Defender | Luca Caldirola | 24 | Yes | Werder Bremen | Loan | Summer | 30 June 2016 | €100,000 |
| 34 | Midfielder | Konstantin Rausch | 25 | Yes | VfB Stuttgart | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2016 | Free |
| 35 | Defender | Slobodan Rajković | 26 | Yes | Hamburger SV | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2017 | Free |
| 36 | Midfielder | Jan Finger | 18 | Yes | Darmstadt 98 U19 | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2016 | Free |
| 37 | Midfielder | Ali Kazimi | 18 | Yes | Darmstadt 98 U19 | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2016 | Free |
| 38 | Defender | Nick Volk | 17 | Yes | Darmstadt 98 U19 | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2016 | Free |
| 39 | Defender | Noel Wembacher | 18 | Yes | Darmstadt 98 U19 | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2016 | Free |
| 40 | Goalkeeper | Łukasz Załuska | 33 | Yes | Celtic | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2016 | Free |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee |
| 10 | FW | Maurice Exslager | 24 | 1. FC Köln | End of Loan | Summer | – |
| 13 | FW | Ronny König | 32 | Chemnitzer FC | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 14 | DF | Leon Balogun | 27 | Mainz 05 | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 17 | MF | Hanno Behrens | 25 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 18 | DF | Romain Brégerie | 28 | FC Ingolstadt | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 28 | FW | Jan Rosenthal | 29 | Eintracht Frankfurt | End of Loan | Summer | – |
| 31 | GK | Marius Sauss | 22 | Lupo Martini Wolfsburg | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 32 | DF | Fabian Holland | 24 | Hertha BSC | End of Loan | Summer | – |
| | DF | Marco Komenda | 18 | Sportfreunde Siegen | End of Contract | Summer | – |
| | DF | Janik Bachmann | 19 | Hannover 96 II | End of Contract | Summer | Free |
| | DF | Serkan Fırat | 21 | unknown | End of Contract | Summer | – |
| | DF | Timon Fröhlich | 19 | unknown | End of Contract | Summer | – |