The 2017–18 SV Darmstadt 98 season was the 120th season in the football club's history and their 18th overall season in the second tier of German football, the 2. Bundesliga. It was the club's first season return in the second division, since relegation from the Bundesliga in 2016–17.
Squad
Appearances and goals
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers
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! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
Transfers
In No.Pos.NameAgeNATEUMoving fromTypeTransfer WindowContract endsTransfer feeSources 8 Midfielder Julian Von Haacke Yes NEC Nijmegen Transfer Summer 30 June 2020 €200,000 5 Midfielder Slobodan Medojevic Yes Eintracht Frankfurt Transfer Winter 30 June 2019 5 Midfielder Ji Dong-Won Yes FC Augsburg Loan Winter 30 June 2018 7 Forward Felix Platte Yes FC Schalke 04 Transfer Summer 30 June 2021 €800,000 38 Midfielder Romuald Lacazette Yes TSV 1860 Munich Transfer Summer 30 June 2020 Free 9 Forward Jamie Maclaren No Brisbane Roar Transfer Summer 30 June 2020 Free 23 Goalkeeper Joël Mall Yes Grasshopper Club Zürich Transfer Summer 30 June 2019 Free 20 Forward Artur Sobiech Yes Free agent Transfer Summer 30 June 2019 Free 31 Goalkeeper Florian Stritzel Yes Karlsruher SC Transfer Summer 30 June 2020 Free 6 Midfielder Marvin Mehlem Yes Karlsruher SC Transfer Summer 30 June 2020 €200,000 27 Forward McKinze Gaines No VfL Wolfsburg Transfer Summer 30 June 2020 unknown 11 Midfielder Tobias Kempe Yes FC Nürnberg Transfer Summer 30 June 2020 unknown 19 Defender Kevin Grosskreutz Yes Free agent Transfer Summer 30 June 2019 Free 14 Forward Roman Bezjak Yes HNK Rijeka Loan return Summer 30 June 2019 Free 25 Midfielder Yannick Stark Yes FSV Frankfurt Loan return Summer 30 June 2018 Free 40 Forward Silas Zehnder Yes Darmstadt 98 U19 Transfer Summer 30 June 2021 Free 28 Defender Leo Petri Yes Darmstadt 98 U19 Transfer Summer 30 June 2018 Free 39 Defender Paul Schmieder Yes Darmstadt 98 U19 Transfer Summer 30 June 2018 Free 35 Defender Niklas Kern Yes Darmstadt 98 U19 Transfer Summer 30 June 2018 Free – Forward Manassé Eshele Yes Darmstadt 98 U19 Transfer Summer 30 June 2020 Free
Out No.Pos.NameAgeNATMoving toTypeTransfer WindowTransfer feeSources 31 GK Michael Esser Hannover 96 Transfer Summer €2,000,000 8 MF Jérôme Gondorf Werder Bremen Transfer Summer €1,200,000 8 MF Mario Vrancic Norwich City Transfer Summer €750,000 – FW Manassé Eshele FSV Frankfurt Loan Summer – 27 DF Can Luka Aydogan unknown End of Contract Summer Free 24 GK Igor Berezovsky unknown End of Contract Summer Free 5 GK Benjamin Gorka unknown End of Contract Summer – 37 FW Liam Fisch VfB Ginsheim Transfer Summer Free 35 DF Johannes Wolff unknown End of Contract Summer – 9 FW Dominik Stroh-Engel Karlsruher SC End of Contract Summer Free 22 FW Denys Oliynyk Desna Chernihiv End of Contract Summer – 38 DF Daniel Thur unknown End of Contract Summer – 20 FW Marcel Heller FC Augsburg End of Contract Summer – 7 DF Artem Fedetskyy Karpaty Lviv End of Contract Summer – 16 FW Antonio Colak 1899 Hoffenheim End of Loan Summer – 33 FW Sidney Sam Schalke 04 End of Loan Summer – 19 FW Felix Platte Schalke 04 End of Loan Summer – 2 FW Leon Guwara Werder Bremen End of Loan Summer – 39 FW Sven Schipplock Hamburger SV End of Loan Summer –
Friendlies
Pre-season
Competitions
Bundesliga
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
DFB-Pokal
References