2016–17 SV Darmstadt 98 season
# 2016–17 SV Darmstadt 98 season

The 2016–17 SV Darmstadt 98 season is the 119th season in the football club's history and 2nd consecutive and 4th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2015. Darmstadt 98 will also participate in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. It is the 96th season for Darmstadt in the Jonathan-Heimes-Stadion am Böllenfalltor, located in Darmstadt, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

## Players

### Squad

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 | POR | Daniel Heuer Fernandes |
| 2 | DF | GER | Leon Guwara (on loan from Werder Bremen) |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Alexander Milošević (on loan from Beşiktaş) |
| 4 | DF | TUR | Aytaç Sulu (Captain) |
| 5 | DF | GER | Benjamin Gorka |
| 6 | MF | BIH | Mario Vrančić |
| 7 | DF | UKR | Artem Fedetskyi |
| 8 | MF | GER | Jérôme Gondorf |
| 9 | FW | GER | Dominik Stroh-Engel |
| 10 | MF | GER | Jan Rosenthal |
| 13 | DF | GER | Markus Steinhöfer |
| 15 | FW | USA | Terrence Boyd |
| 16 | FW | CRO | Antonio Čolak (on loan from 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 17 | DF | GER | Sandro Sirigu |
| 18 | MF | GER | Peter Niemeyer |
| 19 | FW | GER | Felix Platte (on loan from Schalke 04) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | GER | Marcel Heller |
| 21 | DF | GER | Immanuel Höhn |
| 22 | FW | UKR | Denys Oliynyk |
| 24 | GK | UKR | Ihor Berezovskyi |
| 26 | DF | DEN | Patrick Banggaard |
| 31 | GK | GER | Michael Esser |
| 32 | DF | GER | Fabian Holland |
| 33 | FW | GER | Sidney Sam (on loan from Schalke 04) |
| 34 | MF | TUR | Hamit Altıntop |
| 35 | MF | GER | Johannes Wolff |
| 36 | DF | COD | Wilson Kamavuaka |
| 36 | DF | GER | Can Luca Aydogan |
| 37 | MF | GER | Liam Fisch |
| 38 | MF | GER | Daniel Thur |
| 39 | FW | GER | Sven Schipplock (on loan from Hamburger SV) |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### 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 % |
| Bundesliga | 27 August 2016 | 20 May 2017 | Matchday 1 | 18th (relegated) | 34 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 28 | 63 | −35 | 020.59 |
| DFB-Pokal | 21 August 2016 | 26 October 2016 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 35 | 64 | −29 | 022.22 |

Last updated: 27 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 33 | 61 | −28 | 38 | |
| 15 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 37 | |
| 16 | VfL Wolfsburg (O) | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 34 | 52 | −18 | 37 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 17 | FC Ingolstadt (R) | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 32 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | Darmstadt 98 (R) | 34 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 28 | 63 | −35 | 25 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |

**Results summary**

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

Last updated: 27 May 2017. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | D |
| Position | 16 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |

## Statistics

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | POR | Daniel Heuer Fernandes | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | UKR | Ihor Berezovskyi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | GER | Michael Esser | 30 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | GER | Leon Guwara | 17 | 0 | 11+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Alexander Milošević | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | TUR | Aytaç Sulu | 29 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Benjamin Gorka | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | UKR | Artem Fedetskyi | 17 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | GER | Markus Steinhöfer | 7 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | GER | Sandro Sirigu | 31 | 2 | 17+13 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | GER | Immanuel Höhn | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | DEN | Patrick Banggaard | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | GER | Can Luca Aydogan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | GER | Fabian Holland | 28 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | GER | Liam Fisch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | BIH | Mario Vrančić | 25 | 4 | 18+5 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Jérôme Gondorf | 31 | 4 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Jan Rosenthal | 19 | 0 | 10+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GER | Peter Niemeyer | 17 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GER | Marcel Heller | 34 | 4 | 31+1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | MF | TUR | Hamit Altıntop | 16 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | GER | Johannes Wolff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | COD | Wilson Kamavuaka | 8 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | GER | Daniel Thur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | GER | Dominik Stroh-Engel | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | SVN | Roman Bezjak | 12 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | USA | Terrence Boyd | 7 | 1 | 5+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | CRO | Antonio Čolak | 24 | 7 | 12+10 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 19 | FW | GER | Felix Platte | 9 | 2 | 6+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | UKR | Denys Oliynyk | 4 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | GER | Sidney Sam | 13 | 2 | 11+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | GER | Sven Schipplock | 25 | 3 | 12+11 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 40 | FW | GER | Silas Zehnder | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 11 | FW | NGA | Victor Obinna | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Florian Jungwirth | 16 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | TUN | Änis Ben-Hatira | 11 | 1 | 8+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | HUN | László Kleinheisler | 13 | 1 | 10+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |

Last updated: 20 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 16 | FW | | Antonio Čolak | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 6 | MF | | Mario Vrančić | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 8 | MF | | Jérôme Gondorf | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 20 | MF | | Marcel Heller | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 39 | FW | | Sven Schipplock | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | DF | | Aytaç Sulu | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 17 | DF | | Sandro Sirigu | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 19 | FW | | Felix Platte | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 33 | FW | | Sidney Sam | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 15 | FW | | Terrence Boyd | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 22 | FW | | Denys Oliynyk | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 28 | MF | | Änis Ben-Hatira | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 30 | MF | | László Kleinheisler | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 28 | 7 | 35 |

Last updated: 20 May 2017

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 31 | GK | | Michael Esser | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 3 | 1 | 4 |

Last updated: 29 April 2017

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Total | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | DF | | Leon Guwara | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Alexander Milošević | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Aytaç Sulu | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Mario Vrančić | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | | Artem Fedetskyi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Jérôme Gondorf | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Jan Rosenthal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | | Terrence Boyd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | | Antonio Čolak | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Sandro Sirigu | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Peter Niemeyer | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Felix Platte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Marcel Heller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Immanuel Höhn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Florian Jungwirth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Patrick Banggaard | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | | Änis Ben-Hatira | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | | Michael Esser | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | | Fabian Holland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | | Sidney Sam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | | Hamit Altıntop | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | | Wilson Kamavuaka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | | Sven Schipplock | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 64 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 5 | 0 |

Last updated: 13 May 2017

