2015–16 SV Darmstadt 98 season

SV Darmstadt 98
2015–16 season
Chairman	Klaus Rüdiger Fritsch
Manager	Dirk Schuster
Stadium	Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Bundesliga	14th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 SV Darmstadt 98 season is the club's 118th season. This will be the club's third season in the Bundesliga overall and its first since its most recent promotion.

Background

Darmstadt 98 will be playing in their 118th overall season,^[1] and third overall in the top-flight Bundesliga, after they were promoted following a 1–0 win over FC St. Pauli on the final matchday of the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga season.^[2] This is their second-straight promotion after they were promoted from the 3. Liga the previous year.^[3] The promotion finished a 33-year run outside of top-flight football.^[1] They had previously played in the Bundesliga in the 1978–79 and 1981–82 seasons.^[2]

Friendlies

Pre-season

Win Draw Loss

26 June 2015 (2015-06-26)	Viktoria Urberach	0–9	Darmstadt 98	Rödermark, Germany
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Zunic 10' Kempe 23', 41' Stroh-Engel 35' Winter 39' Ivana 59' Exslager 70', 75' Sailer 84'	Attendance: 2000

7 July 2015 (2015-07-07)	TSG Balingen	0–1	Darmstadt 98	Balingen, Germany
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Stark 30'	Stadium: Au-Stadion Attendance: 1500

11 July 2015 (2015-07-11)	Kehler FV	0–10	Darmstadt 98	Klosterreichenbach, Germany
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Sulu 6' Stroh-Engel 8', 21' Rausch 15' Stegmayer 59' (pen.) Sailer 60', 73', 89' Winter 70' Stark 90'	Attendance: 650

18 July 2015 (2015-07-18)	Darmstadt 98	2–3	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	Darmstadt, Germany
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rosenthal 22' Rausch 50'	Report	Erb 54' Tyrala 73' (pen.) Pigl 90'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Daniel Schlager

28 July 2015 (2015-07-28)	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	1–3	Darmstadt 98	Aschaffenburg, Germany
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Amouzouvi 67'	Report	Kempe 38' (pen.) Sailer 53', 76'	Stadium: Stadion am Schönbusch Attendance: 4,132 Referee: Simon Marx

31 July 2015 (2015-07-31)	Darmstadt 98	3–1	Real Betis	Darmstadt, Germany
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jungwirth 24' Stroh-Engel 42' Rosenthal 89'	Report	Cejudo 15'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 9,100

Mid-season

Win Draw Loss

4 September 2015 (2015-09-04)	Borussia Neunkirchen	2–6	Darmstadt 98	Neunkirchen, Germany
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ljaic 37' Flätgen 55'	Report	Wagner 3', 13' (pen.), 39', 84' Kempe 26' Ivana 36'	Stadium: Ellenfeldstadion Attendance: 500

9 October 2015 (2015-10-09)	Darmstadt 98	2–0	RM Hamm Benfica	Ginsheim, Germany
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sirigu 74' Sailer 81'	[www.sv98.de/home/lilien/aktuelles/nachrichten-ansicht/news/lilien-siegen-mit-20-gegen-hamm-benfica/ Report]

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	FC Augsburg	34	9	11	14	42	52	−10	38
13	Werder Bremen	34	10	8	16	50	65	−15	38
14	Darmstadt 98	34	9	11	14	38	53	−15	38
15	1899 Hoffenheim	34	9	10	15	39	54	−15	37
16	Eintracht Frankfurt (O)	34	9	9	16	34	52	−18	36	Qualification for the relegation play-offs

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-offs.^[4]
(O) Play-off winners

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	9	11	14	38	53	−15	38	2	6	9	15	29	−14	7	5	5	23	24	−1

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
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	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	D	D	D	W	W	L	L	W	L
Position	9	11	12	11	12	10	9	10	9	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	14	11	13	14	14	14	15	14	13	13	13	11	13	14	13	14

Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2016. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 1	Darmstadt 98	2–2	Hannover 96	Darmstadt
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Heller 31', 54' Sulu 58'	Report	Marcelo 34' Benschop 48' Sulu 62' (o.g.) Sobiech 79'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Felix Brych

22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 2	Schalke 04	1–1	Darmstadt 98	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Draxler 47', 68'	Report	Rausch 9' Sailer 52' Wagner 90+4'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,565 Referee: Benjamin Brand

29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 3	Darmstadt 98	0–0	TSG Hoffenheim	Darmstadt
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Niemeyer 25' Gondorf 54' Garics 62'	Report	Zuber 14' Uth 25'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Marco Fritz

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 4	Bayer Leverkusen	0–1	Darmstadt 98	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Papadopoulos 35' Wendell 41' Bellarabi 90+2'	Report	Sulu 8' Mathenia 68'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,396 Referee: Peter Sippel

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 5	Darmstadt 98	0–3	Bayern Munich	Darmstadt
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Wagner 73' Sulu 78'	Report	Vidal 20' Coman 62' Rode 63' Martínez 80'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

22 September 2015 (2015-09-22) 6	Darmstadt 98	2–1	Werder Bremen	Darmstadt
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Holland 28' Wagner 31' (pen.), 84' Niemeyer 40' Díaz 88'	Report	Bartels 10' 88' Jóhannsson 19' Wiedwald 30'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Guido Winkmann

27 September 2015 (2015-09-27) 7	Borussia Dortmund	2–2	Darmstadt 98	Dortmund
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Aubameyang 63', 71'	Report	Heller 17', 54' Wagner 45+4' Sulu 90'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,359 Referee: Robert Hartmann

2 October 2015 (2015-10-02) 8	Darmstadt 98	2–3	Mainz 05	Darmstadt
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Heller 27' Caldirola 52' Sailer 57'	Report	Bell 15' Latza 21' Mallı 24' de Blasis 64' Karius 70'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Florian Meyer

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 9	FC Augsburg	0–2	Darmstadt 98	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Baier 61' Caiuby 67'	Report	Wagner 7' Niemeyer 29' Heller 47' Garics 66' Caldirola 85'	Stadium: WWK ARENA Attendance: 30,009 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 10	Darmstadt 98	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Darmstadt
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rausch 59' Wagner 62'	Report	Dante 75' Caligiuri 78'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 15,800 Referee: Günter Perl

1 November 2015 (2015-11-01) 11	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	Darmstadt 98	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tytoń 33' Die 54' Klein 58' Garics 68' (o.g.) Werner 90+4'	Report	Garics 61' Díaz 90+1'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 55,200 Referee: Robert Hartmann

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) 12	Darmstadt 98	1–1	Hamburger SV	Darmstadt
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Wagner 25' Gondorf 45' Heller 47' Niemeyer 52' Garics 56'	Report	Lasogga 29' (pen.) Djourou 57' Gregoritsch 85'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

22 November 2015 (2015-11-22) 13	FC Ingolstadt	3–1	Darmstadt 98	Ingolstadt
17:40 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hartmann 54', 60' (pen.), 88' Bauer 58' Groß 63'	Report	Rosenthal 2' Sulu 9', 90+2' Niemeyer 49'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 14,551 Referee: Knut Kircher

27 November 2015 (2015-11-27) 14	Darmstadt 98	0–0	1. FC Köln	Darmstadt
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Garics 45' Sulu 74'	Report	Zoller 80'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

6 December 2015 (2015-12-06) 15	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1	Darmstadt 98	Frankfurt
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Seferovic 39' Stendera 58' Zambrano 59' Russ 87'	Report	Sulu 30' Holland 50' Niemeyer 58' Mathenia 85'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 51,500 Referee: Felix Brych

12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 16	Darmstadt 98	0–4	Hertha BSC	Darmstadt
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gondorf 38' Wagner 39' Rausch 58' Vrančić 76'	Report	Ibišević 12', 50' Plattenhardt 26' Langkamp 38' Kalou 77'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Günter Perl

20 December 2015 (2015-12-20) 17	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–2	Darmstadt 98	Mönchengladbach
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Xhaka 38' Stindl 44', 45+1' Nordtveit 51' Wendt 86'	Report	Heller 28', 65' Niemeyer 38' Caldirola 45+2' Holland 60' Wagner 67'	Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 53,610 Referee: Benjamin Brand

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 18	Hannover 96	1–2	Darmstadt 98	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Almeida 10' Sané 44' Schulz 81'	Report	Niemeyer 22' Wagner 25', 31', 47' Gondorf 42' Rausch 77' Garics 84'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 35,600 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) 19	Darmstadt 98	0–2	Schalke 04	Darmstadt
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rausch 55' Niemeyer 66' Rajković 83'	Report	Meyer 43', 59' Sané 53' Goretzka 84'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

7 February 2016 (2016-02-07) 20	TSG Hoffenheim	0–2	Darmstadt 98	Sinsheim
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Amiri 73'	Report	Sulu 33' Heller 73' Niemeyer 81' Rajković 82', 85'	Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 26,231 Referee: Christian Dingert

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 21	Darmstadt 98	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Darmstadt
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Wagner 28' Gondorf 37' Rosenthal 69' Sulu 84' Heller 85' Niemeyer 88' Rausch 90+2'	Report	Wendell 23' Sulu 62' (o.g.) Brandt 77' Ramalho 90' Çalhanoğlu 90+2'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 16,800 Referee: Jochen Drees

20 February 2016 (2016-02-20) 22	Bayern Munich	3–1	Darmstadt 98	Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rafinha 39' Müller 49', 71' Kimmich 50' Lewandowski 84'	Report	Wagner 26'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Michael Weiner

27 February 2016 (2016-02-27) 23	Werder Bremen	2–2	Darmstadt 98	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ujah 33' Wiedwald 43' Yatabaré 45+1' S. García 47' Pizarro 89'	Report	Rajković 36' Wagner 44' (pen.) Sulu 57', 82' Niemeyer 71'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,396 Referee: Robert Hartmann

2 March 2016 (2016-03-02) 24	Darmstadt 98	0–2	Borussia Dortmund	Darmstadt
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Ramos 38' Durm 53' Subotić 81'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

6 March 2016 (2016-03-06) 25	Mainz 05	0–0	Darmstadt 98	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Donati 57'	Report	Jungwirth 42' Gondorf 45' Rajković 63' Niemeyer 84' Vrančić 86'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Benjamin Brand

12 March 2016 (2016-03-12) 26	Darmstadt 98	2–2	FC Augsburg	Darmstadt
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vrančić 12' Wagner 40' Heller 90+1' Holland 90+5'	Report	Feulner 63' Finnbogason 90' (pen.) Max 90+1'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Bastian Dankert

19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) 27	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Darmstadt 98	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Schürrle 45+1', 90+3'	Report	Wagner 82' Gondorf 89'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,422 Referee: Markus Schmidt

2 April 2016 (2016-04-02) 28	Darmstadt 98	2–2	VfB Stuttgart	Darmstadt
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Wagner 26' Niemeyer 51', 62' Jungwirth 70' Rausch 88' Heller 90'	Report	Gentner 45' Rupp 45+3' Klein 90'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) 29	Hamburger SV	1–2	Darmstadt 98	Hamburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	N. Müller 33' Spahić 90' Cléber 90+1' Holtby 90+1'	Report	Jungwirth 26' Sulu 38' Caldirola 45+1' Gondorf 54'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Peter Sippel

16 April 2016 (2016-04-16) 30	Darmstadt 98	2–0	FC Ingolstadt	Darmstadt
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rausch 46', 51' Wagner 68', 85'	Report	Christiansen 71' Leckie 75' Matip 89'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 15,600 Referee: Michael Weiner

23 April 2016 (2016-04-23) 31	1. FC Köln	4–1	Darmstadt 98	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Modeste 4', 35' Risse 52', 75' Gerhardt 59' Lehmann 72'	Report	Gondorf 12', 81' Garics 86'	Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Christian Dingert

30 April 2016 (2016-04-30) 32	Darmstadt 98	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Darmstadt
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vrančić 12' Mathenia 55' Jungwirth 86'	Report	Seferovic 19' Huszti 37' Hasebe 56' Aigner 83'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 14,800 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

7 May 2016 (2016-05-07) 33	Hertha BSC	1–2	Darmstadt 98	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Darida 14' Ibišević 55' Skjelbred 80' Jarstein 84'	Report	Gondorf 24', 52' Wagner 82', 84' 87'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 60,280 Referee: Felix Brych

14 May 2016 (2016-05-14) 34	Darmstadt 98	0–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Darmstadt
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Platte 45' Garics 52' Holland 80'	Report	Hazard 31' Hahn 63'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Peter Sippel

DFB-Pokal

7 August 2015 (2015-08-07) Round 1	TuS Erndtebrück	0–5	Darmstadt 98	Siegen
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Campagna 2' Kröner 67' Böhmer 81'	Report	Sailer 9' Stroh-Engel 10', 66' Heller 57' Holland 59' Rausch 84'	Stadium: Leimbachstadion Attendance: 7,857 Referee: Florian Heft

27 October 2015 (2015-10-27) Round 2	Darmstadt 98	2–1	Hannover 96	Darmstadt
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Caldirola 30' Sulu 74' Wagner 79'	Report	Andreasen 51' Sobiech 75' Albornoz 86' Sané 90'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 15,900 Referee: Daniel Siebert

15 December 2015 (2015-12-15) Round of 16	Bayern Munich	1–0	Darmstadt 98	Munich
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rafinha 9' Alonso 40'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 72,500 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Squad

Squad and statistics

As of 15 August 2015^[update]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	GER	Patrick Platins	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	GER	Michael Stegmayer	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	TUR	Aytaç Sulu	2	0	1	0	1	0
5	DF	GER	Benjamin Gorka	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	BIH	Mario Vrančić	1	0	0	0	1	0
7	FW	GER	Marco Sailer	2	1	1	0	1	1
8	MF	GER	Jérôme Gondorf	2	0	1	0	1	0
9	FW	GER	Dominik Stroh-Engel	2	2	1	0	1	2
10	MF	GER	Jan Rosenthal	2	0	1	0	1	0
11	MF	GER	Tobias Kempe	2	0	1	0	1	0
13	DF	AUT	György Garics	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	GER	Sandro Wagner	1	0	1	0	0	0
15	DF	CRC	Júnior Díaz	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	GER	Sandro Sirigu	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	GER	Peter Niemeyer	2	0	1	0	1	0
19	FW	GER	Felix Platte	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	GER	Marcel Heller	2	3	1	2	1	1
23	MF	GER	Florian Jungwirth	2	0	1	0	1	0
25	MF	GER	Yannick Stark	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	SVK	Milan Ivana	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	GER	Christian Mathenia	2	0	1	0	1	0
32	DF	GER	Fabian Holland	2	0	1	0	1	0
33	DF	ITA	Luca Caldirola	2	0	1	0	1	0
34	MF	GER	Konstantin Rausch	2	1	1	0	1	1
35	DF	SRB	Slobodan Rajković	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	GER	Jan Finger	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	AFG	Ali Kazimi	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF	GER	Nick Volk	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF	GER	Noel Wembacher	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	POL	Łukasz Załuska	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Sources
6	Midfielder	Mario Vrančić	26	Yes	SC Paderborn	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2017	€500,000	^[5]
10	Midfielder	Jan Rosenthal	29	Yes	Eintracht Frankfurt	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2017	Free	^[6]
13	Defender	György Garics	31	Yes	Bologna	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2017	undisclosed	^[7]
14	Forward	Sandro Wagner	27	Yes	Hertha BSC	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2017	Free	^[8]
15	Defender	Júnior Díaz	31	No	Mainz 05	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2017	Free	^[9]
18	Midfielder	Peter Niemeyer	31	Yes	Hertha BSC	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2018	Free	^[10]
32	Defender	Fabian Holland	24	Yes	Hertha BSC	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2017	€300,000	^[11]
33	Defender	Luca Caldirola	24	Yes	Werder Bremen	Loan	Summer	30 June 2016	€100,000	^[12]
34	Midfielder	Konstantin Rausch	25	Yes	VfB Stuttgart	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2016	Free	^[13]
35	Defender	Slobodan Rajković	26	Yes	Hamburger SV	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2017	Free	^[13]
36	Midfielder	Jan Finger	18	Yes	Darmstadt 98 U19	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2016	Free	^[14]
37	Midfielder	Ali Kazimi	18	Yes	Darmstadt 98 U19	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2016	Free	^[14]
38	Defender	Nick Volk	17	Yes	Darmstadt 98 U19	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2016	Free	^[14]
39	Defender	Noel Wembacher	18	Yes	Darmstadt 98 U19	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2016	Free	^[14]
40	Goalkeeper	Łukasz Załuska	33	Yes	Celtic	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2016	Free	^[15]

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee
10	FW	Maurice Exslager	24	1. FC Köln	End of Loan	Summer	–
13	FW	Ronny König	32	Chemnitzer FC	Transfer	Summer	Free
14	DF	Leon Balogun	27	Mainz 05	Transfer	Summer	Free
17	MF	Hanno Behrens	25	1. FC Nürnberg	Transfer	Summer	Free
18	DF	Romain Brégerie	28	FC Ingolstadt	Transfer	Summer	Free
28	FW	Jan Rosenthal	29	Eintracht Frankfurt	End of Loan	Summer	–
31	GK	Marius Sauss	22	Lupo Martini Wolfsburg	Transfer	Summer	Free
32	DF	Fabian Holland	24	Hertha BSC	End of Loan	Summer	–
	DF	Marco Komenda	18	Sportfreunde Siegen	End of Contract	Summer	–
	DF	Janik Bachmann	19	Hannover 96 II	End of Contract	Summer	Free
	DF	Serkan Fırat	21	unknown	End of Contract	Summer	–
	DF	Timon Fröhlich	19	unknown	End of Contract	Summer	–

References

^ ^a ^b Hesse, Uli (26 May 2015). "Darmstadt's improbable rise to the Bundesliga". ESPN FC. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b Chaffer, Alex (24 May 2015). "Darmstadt promoted to Bundesliga, Karlsruhe to face Hamburg in playoff" (in German). Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
^ Chase, Jefferson (24 May 2015). "Darmstadt are the Bundesliga's new likeable underdogs". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
^ "Bundesliga 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
^ "Vrancic ist Darmstadts erster Neuzugang" [Vrancic is Darmstadt's first signing] (in German). 24 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
^ "Jan Rosenthal unterschreibt bis 2017 bei den Lilien" (in German). 25 June 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
^ "Österreichs Nationalspieler Garics wechselt zu den Lilien" (in German). 14 August 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
^ "Sandro Wagner unterschreibt bis 2017 bei den Lilien" [Sandro Wagner signs until 2017 for Die Lilien] (in German). 8 August 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
^ "Costa-ricanischer Nationalspieler Júnior Díaz unterschreibt bei den Lilien" (in German). 28 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
^ "Lilien verpflichten Peter Niemeyer von Hertha BSC" [The Lilien sign Peter Niemeyer off Herha BSC] (in German). 3 August 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
^ "Wechsel perfekt! Holland zu Darmstadt" [Transfer perfect! Holland to Darmstadt] (in German). 3 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
^ "Lilien leihen Luca Caldirola von Werder Bremen aus" [Perect: Lilien loan Luca Caldirola from Werder Bremen] (in German). 15 July 2015. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Perfekt: Lilien verpflichten Konstantin Rausch" [Perect: Lilien sign Konstantin Rausch] (in German). 6 July 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-07-08. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Lilien statten vier Talente mit Lizenzspielerverträgen aus" (in German). 17 July 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
^ "Lilien verpflichten Torhüter Lukasz Zaluska" (in German). 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.

[mstadt's_improbable_rise_to_the_Bundesliga-1] Hesse, Uli (26 May 2015). "Darmstadt's improbable rise to the Bundesliga". ESPN FC. Retrieved 26 May 2015.

[Darmstadt_promoted_to_Bundesliga,_Karlsruhe_to_face_Hamburg_in_playoff-2] Chaffer, Alex (24 May 2015). "Darmstadt promoted to Bundesliga, Karlsruhe to face Hamburg in playoff" (in German). Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 24 May 2015.

[3] Chase, Jefferson (24 May 2015). "Darmstadt are the Bundesliga's new likeable underdogs". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 24 May 2015.

[4] "Bundesliga 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 19 August 2015.

[5] "Vrancic ist Darmstadts erster Neuzugang" [Vrancic is Darmstadt's first signing] (in German). 24 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.

[6] "Jan Rosenthal unterschreibt bis 2017 bei den Lilien" (in German). 25 June 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.

[7] "Österreichs Nationalspieler Garics wechselt zu den Lilien" (in German). 14 August 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.

[8] "Sandro Wagner unterschreibt bis 2017 bei den Lilien" [Sandro Wagner signs until 2017 for Die Lilien] (in German). 8 August 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.

[9] "Costa-ricanischer Nationalspieler Júnior Díaz unterschreibt bei den Lilien" (in German). 28 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.

[10] "Lilien verpflichten Peter Niemeyer von Hertha BSC" [The Lilien sign Peter Niemeyer off Herha BSC] (in German). 3 August 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.

[11] "Wechsel perfekt! Holland zu Darmstadt" [Transfer perfect! Holland to Darmstadt] (in German). 3 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.

[12] "Lilien leihen Luca Caldirola von Werder Bremen aus" [Perect: Lilien loan Luca Caldirola from Werder Bremen] (in German). 15 July 2015. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

[sv98.de-13] "Perfekt: Lilien verpflichten Konstantin Rausch" [Perect: Lilien sign Konstantin Rausch] (in German). 6 July 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-07-08. Retrieved 6 July 2015.

[ReferenceA-14] "Lilien statten vier Talente mit Lizenzspielerverträgen aus" (in German). 17 July 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.

[15] "Lilien verpflichten Torhüter Lukasz Zaluska" (in German). 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]