SV Darmstadt 98

Darmstadt 98
Full name	Sportverein Darmstadt 1898 e.V.
Nickname(s)	Die Lilien (The Lilies)
Founded	22 May 1898
Ground	Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Capacity	17,810[citation needed]
President	Klaus Rüdiger Fritsch
Manager	Torsten Lieberknecht
League	Bundesliga
2023–24	Bundesliga, 18th of 18 (relegated)
Website	Club website
	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^[1] basketball, hiking, futsal, judo, and table tennis.

The football department competed in the Bundesliga for the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons after a 33-year run in lower leagues. Darmstadt 98 were promoted again to the Bundesliga in 2023, however they did not avoid relegation the following season.

^ "Wir Lilien. Sind der Verein". WIR LILIEN (in German). SV Darmstadt 98. Archived from the original on 30 September 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.

[1] "Wir Lilien. Sind der Verein". WIR LILIEN (in German). SV Darmstadt 98. Archived from the original on 30 September 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.

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