# 2021–22 SV Darmstadt 98 season

The 2021–22 season was SV Darmstadt 98's 124th season in existence and the club's fifth consecutive season and 22nd season overall in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. The club also participated in the DFB-Pokal.

## Background and pre-season

Darmstadt 98 finished the 2020–21 season in 7th place, 11 points below the automatic promotion places and 13 points below the promotion play-off place. Manager Markus Anfang left the club at the end of the previous season and was replaced by Torsten Lieberknecht in June 2021.

### Pre-season

Pre-season match details :
| Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref. |

## Competitions
### 2. Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Werder Bremen (P) | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 65 | 43 | +22 | 63 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 67 | 35 | +32 | 60 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Darmstadt 98 | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 71 | 46 | +25 | 60 | |
| 5 | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 61 | 46 | +15 | 57 | |
| 6 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 52 | |

#### Matches

2. Bundesliga match details :
| Match | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | League position |
| 1 | 24 July 2021 | 13:30 | Jahn Regensburg | Home | 0–2 | — | 4,500 | 15th |
| 2 | 30 July 2021 | 18:30 | Karlsruher SC | Away | 0–3 | — | 9,750 | 16th |
| 3 | 15 August 2021 | 13:30 | FC Ingolstadt | Home | 6–1 | Tietz 29', 45+4', L. Pfeiffer 39', 66', Schnellhardt 45+2', Manu 90+4' | 4,506 | 12th |
| 4 | 22 August 2021 | 13:30 | Hamburger SV | Away | 2–2 | Tietz 14' (pen.), 45+4' | 17,950 | 10th |
| 5 | 28 August 2021 | 13:30 | Hannover 96 | Home | 4–0 | L. Pfeiffer 21', Tietz 45+1', Schnellhardt 70', Krajnc 87' (o.g.) | 6,050 | 8th |
| 6 | 12 September 2021 | 13:30 | Hansa Rostock | Away | 1–2 | Kempe 66' (pen.) | 14,500 | 11th |
| 7 | 19 September 2021 | 13:30 | Dynamo Dresden | Home | 1–0 | Kempe 14' | 7,020 | 9th |
| 8 | 24 September 2021 | 18:30 | 1. FC Heidenheim | Away | 1–2 | Tietz 52' | 5,095 | 12th |
| 9 | 3 October 2021 | 13:30 | SV Sandhausen | Home | 6–1 | Tietz 2', 59', L. Pfeiffer 35', 57', Goller 47', Karic 73' | 4,457 | 9th |
| 10 | 17 October 2021 | 13:30 | Werder Bremen | Home | 3–0 | Holland 45', L. Pfeiffer 65', 71' | 13,000 | 6th |
| 11 | 23 October 2021 | 13:30 | Holstein Kiel | Away | 1–1 | L. Pfeiffer 41' | 7,009 | 7th |
| 12 | 29 October 2021 | 18:30 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Home | 2–0 | L. Pfeiffer 11', Schindler 59' (o.g.) | 13,000 | 6th |
| 13 | 7 November 2021 | 13:30 | Schalke 04 | Away | 4–2 | Tietz 11', 63', Honsak 23', Goller 89' | 51,327 | 4th |
| 14 | 20 November 2021 | 13:30 | FC St. Pauli | Home | 4–0 | Tietz 6', Manu 29', L. Pfeiffer 39', 41' | 13,000 | 2nd |
| 15 | 27 November 2021 | 13:30 | Erzgebirge Aue | Away | 2–1 | L. Pfeiffer 62', Seydel 75' | 0 | 2nd |
| 16 | 3 December 2021 | 18:30 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Home | 1–3 | Tietz 85' pen. | 12,450 | 2nd |
| 17 | 11 December 2021 | 13:30 | SC Paderborn | Away | 1–0 | P. Pfeiffer 81' | 2,924 | 2nd |
| 18 | 19 December 2021 | 13:30 | Jahn Regensburg | Away | 2–0 | | | 2nd |
| 19 | 15 January 2022 | 20:30 | Karlsruher SC | Home | 2–2 | | | 2nd |
| 20 | 22 January 2022 | 13:30 | FC Ingolstadt | Away | 2–0 | | | 1st |
| 21 | 6 February 2022 | 13:30 | Hamburger SV | Home | 0–5 | | | 1st |
| 22 | 13 February 2022 | 13:30 | Hannover 96 | Away | 2–2 | | | 4th |
| 23 | 20 February 2022 | 13:30 | Hansa Rostock | Home | 1–1 | | | 3rd |
| 24 | 26 February 2022 | 20:30 | Dynamo Dresden | Away | 1–0 | | | 2nd |
| 25 | 4 March 2022 | 18:30 | 1. FC Heidenheim | Home | 3–2 | | | 2nd |
| 26 | 11 March 2022 | 18:30 | SV Sandhausen | Home | 1–1 | | | 1st |
| 27 | 19 March 2022 | 20:30 | Werder Bremen | Away | 0–1 | | | 3rd |
| 28 | 2 April 2022 | 13:30 | Holstein Kiel | Home | 3–1 | | | 2nd |
| 29 | 9 April 2022 | 20:30 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Away | 1–3 | | | 4th |
| 30 | 17 April 2022 | 13:30 | Schalke 04 | Home | 2–5 | | | 4th |
| 31 | 23 April 2022 | 20:30 | FC St. Pauli | Away | 2–1 | | | 3rd |
| 32 | 30 April 2022 | 20:30 | Erzgebirge Aue | Home | 6–0 | | | 2nd |
| 33 | 6 May 2022 | 18:30 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Away | 1–2 | | | 4th |
| 34 | 15 May 2022 | 15:30 | SC Paderborn | Home | 3–0 | | | 4th |

### DFB-Pokal

DFB-Pokal match details :
| Round | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref. |
| First round | 6 August 2021 | 20:45 | 1860 Munich | Away | 1–1 (3–4 p) | Pfeiffer 80' | 4,158 | |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Name | Club | Return | Ref. |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |

### Loans out

| Date | Position | Name | Club | Return | Ref. |

## Appearances and goals

    Source:
    Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
    Players with names struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
    Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Darmstadt.
    Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
Players included in matchday squads :
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 7 | MF | GER | Benjamin Goller * | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Fabian Schnellhardt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GER | Phillip Tietz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | GER | Morten Behrens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | GER | Luca Pfeiffer * | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| 18 | MF | AUT | Mathias Honsak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | AUT | Emir Karic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | GER | Jannik Müller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | GER | Lasse Sobiech | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | GER | Matthias Bader | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | POL | Adrian Stanilewicz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | GER | Fabian Holland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | SLE | John Peter Sesay | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 |
| 38 | DF | GER | Clemens Riedel | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 |
| 40 | FW | GER | Erich Berko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | GER | Philipp Sonn | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| 43 | MF | AUT | Nemanja Celic | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
Players not included in matchday squads :
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name |
| 1 | GK | GER | Marcel Schuhen |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Thomas Isherwood |
| 5 | DF | GER | Patric Pfeiffer |
| 6 | MF | GER | Marvin Mehlem |
| 11 | MF | GER | Tobias Kempe |
| 17 | DF | GER | Frank Ronstadt |
| 21 | GK | GER | Steve Kroll |
| 22 | FW | GER | Aaron Seydel |
| 27 | MF | GER | Tim Skarke |
| 33 | MF | GER | Braydon Manu |
| 34 | MF | GER | Leon Müller |
| 37 | GK | GER | Antonis Makatounakis |
| 39 | FW | GER | Ensar Arslan |