# 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.

## Squad
### Squad information

    As of 6 September 2020
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 37 | +0 | 036.36 |
Last updated: 2 February 2021 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |