2017–18_SV_Darmstadt_98_season

Darmstadt 98
2017–18 season
Chairman	Klaus Rüdiger Fritsch
Manager	Torsten Frings; (until 9 December); Dirk Schuster; (from 11 December)
Stadium	Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
2. Bundesliga	10th
DFB-Pokal	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Tobias Kempe; (11 goals); All: ; Tobias Kempe; (11 goals)
Highest home attendance	17,400
Lowest home attendance	13,650
Average home league attendance	15,848
Biggest win	Darmstadt 3–0 St Pauli; Jahn Regensburg 0–3 Darmstadt
Biggest defeat	FC Ingolstadt 3–0 Darmstadt
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2017–18 SV Darmstadt 98 season

Darmstadt 98 2017–18 football season

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 back in the second division, since relegation from the Bundesliga in 2016–17.

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"Frings holt Ex-Werderaner Von Haacke" [Frings signs ex-werder footballer Von Haacke] (in German). 6 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

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"Medojevic soll beim SVD für Kompaktheit sorgen" [Medojevic meant to make Darmstadt more compacy] (in German). 19 January 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2018.

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"Schuster über Ji: "Ist universell einsetzbar"" [Schuster about Ji:"Is universally playable"] (in German). 26 January 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2018.

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"Vertrag bis 2021: Platte zurück am Bölle" [Contract til 2021: Platte back at the Böllw] (in German). 28 August 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2018.

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"The Lilies sign McKinze Gaines II and Lacazette" (in German). 22 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

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"MacLaren wechselt nach Deutschland" (in German). 7 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

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"Mall komplettiert Darmstadts Torhueter Trio" (in German). 1 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

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"Lilien verpflichten Sobiech" (in German). 20 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.

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"Floria Stritzel kommt nach Darmstadt" (in German). 31 May 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

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"Mehlem will sich in Darmstadt weiter entwickeln" (in German). 23 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

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"Lilien holen McKinze Gaines II und Lacazette" (in German). 22 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

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"Kempe kehrt zu den Lilien zurück" (in German). 7 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}

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"Fix: Grosskreutz unterschreibt in Darmstadt" (in German). 11 April 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

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"Stark leihweise zum FSV Frankfurt" (in German). 3 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-03. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

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"Profi-Verträge für Zehnder, Schmieder, Petri und Kern" (in German). 18 May 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

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"Eshele erhält Profivertrag / Leihe zum FSV Frankfurt" (in German). 27 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

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"Eshele erhält Profivertrag / Leihe zum FSV Frankfurt" (in German). 27 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		2. Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	POR	Daniel Heuer Fernandes	29	0	28	0	1	0
23	GK	SUI	Joël Mall	5	0	5	0	0	0
31	GK	GER	Florian Stritzel	1	0	1	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	BRA	João Renato da Cunha	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	BRA	Joevin Jones	16	4	16	4	0	0
4	DF	TUR	Aytaç Sulu	34	3	33	3	1	0
13	DF	GER	Markus Steinhöfer	16	0	15	0	1	0
17	DF	GER	Sandro Sirigu	19	0	19	0	0	0
19	DF	GER	Kevin Großkreutz	28	3	27	3	1	0
21	DF	GER	Immanuel Höhn	19	1	19	1	0	0
28	DF	GER	Leo Petri	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF	GER	Fabian Holland	32	1	32	1	0	0
33	DF	FRA	Romain Bregerie	14	1	14	1	0	0
35	DF	GER	Niklas Kern	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF	GER	Paul Schmieder	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	DF	DEN	Patrick Banggaard	9	0	8	0	1	0
Midfielders
5	MF	SRB	Slobodan Medojevic	12	0	12	0	0	0
6	MF	GER	Marvin Mehlem	21	2	21	2	0	0
8	MF	GER	Julian Von Haacke	6	0	5	0	1	0
9	MF	KOR	Ji Dong-Won	16	2	16	2	0	0
10	MF	GER	Jan Rosenthal	12	0	12	0	0	0
11	MF	GER	Tobias Kempe	31	11	30	11	1	0
18	MF	GER	Peter Niemeyer	4	0	4	0	0	0
25	MF	GER	Yannick Stark	29	3	29	3	0	0
28	MF	TUR	Baris Atik	5	0	5	0	0	0
34	MF	TUR	Hamit Altintop	4	0	4	0	0	0
36	MF	COD	Wilson Kamavuaka	26	2	25	2	1	0
38	MF	FRA	Romuald Lacazette	4	0	3	0	1	0
-	MF	TUR	Hamit Altintop	8	0	7	0	1	0
Forwards
7	FW	GER	Felix Platte	21	5	21	5	0	0
15	FW	USA	Terrence Boyd	24	4	24	4	0	0
20	DF	POL	Artur Sobiech	23	3	22	2	1	1
27	FW	USA	McKinze Gaines	3	0	2	0	1	0
40	FW	GER	Silas Zehnder	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	FW	AUS	Jamie Maclaren	8	0	7	0	1	0
-	MF	SVN	Roman Bezjak	8	0	7	0	1	0

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Sources
8	Midfielder	Julian Von Haacke	23	Yes	NEC Nijmegen	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2020	€200,000	^[1]
5	Midfielder	Slobodan Medojevic	27	Yes	Eintracht Frankfurt	Transfer	Winter	30 June 2019		^[2]
5	Midfielder	Ji Dong-Won	26	Yes	FC Augsburg	Loan	Winter	30 June 2018		^[3]
7	Forward	Felix Platte	21	Yes	FC Schalke 04	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2021	€800,000	^[4]
38	Midfielder	Romuald Lacazette	23	Yes	TSV 1860 Munich	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2020	Free	^[5]
9	Forward	Jamie Maclaren	23	No	Brisbane Roar	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2020	Free	^[6]
23	Goalkeeper	Joël Mall	30	Yes	Grasshopper Club Zürich	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	Free	^[7]
20	Forward	Artur Sobiech	27	Yes	Free agent	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	Free	^[8]
31	Goalkeeper	Florian Stritzel	23	Yes	Karlsruher SC	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2020	Free	^[9]
6	Midfielder	Marvin Mehlem	19	Yes	Karlsruher SC	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2020	€200,000	^[10]
27	Forward	McKinze Gaines	19	No	VfL Wolfsburg	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2020	unknown	^[11]
11	Midfielder	Tobias Kempe	28	Yes	FC Nürnberg	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2020	unknown	^[12]
19	Defender	Kevin Grosskreutz	28	Yes	Free agent	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	Free	^[13]
14	Forward	Roman Bezjak	28	Yes	HNK Rijeka	Loan return	Summer	30 June 2019	Free	^{[citation needed]}
25	Midfielder	Yannick Stark	26	Yes	FSV Frankfurt	Loan return	Summer	30 June 2018	Free	^[14]
40	Forward	Silas Zehnder	18	Yes	Darmstadt 98 U19	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2021	Free	^[15]
28	Defender	Leo Petri	18	Yes	Darmstadt 98 U19	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2018	Free	^[15]
39	Defender	Paul Schmieder	18	Yes	Darmstadt 98 U19	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2018	Free	^[15]
35	Defender	Niklas Kern	18	Yes	Darmstadt 98 U19	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2018	Free	^[15]
–	Forward	Manassé Eshele	18	Yes	Darmstadt 98 U19	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2020	Free	^[16]

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee	Sources
31	GK	Michael Esser	29	Hannover 96	Transfer	Summer	€2,000,000
8	MF	Jérôme Gondorf	29	Werder Bremen	Transfer	Summer	€1,200,000
8	MF	Mario Vrancic	28	Norwich City	Transfer	Summer	€750,000
–	FW	Manassé Eshele	18	FSV Frankfurt	Loan	Summer	–	^[17]
27	DF	Can Luka Aydogan	18	unknown	End of Contract	Summer	Free
24	GK	Igor Berezovsky	26	unknown	End of Contract	Summer	Free
5	GK	Benjamin Gorka	33	unknown	End of Contract	Summer	–
37	FW	Liam Fisch	18	VfB Ginsheim	Transfer	Summer	Free
35	DF	Johannes Wolff	18	unknown	End of Contract	Summer	–
9	FW	Dominik Stroh-Engel	31	Karlsruher SC	End of Contract	Summer	Free
22	FW	Denys Oliynyk	30	Desna Chernihiv	End of Contract	Summer	–
38	DF	Daniel Thur	19	unknown	End of Contract	Summer	–
20	FW	Marcel Heller	31	FC Augsburg	End of Contract	Summer	–
7	DF	Artem Fedetskyy	32	Karpaty Lviv	End of Contract	Summer	–
16	FW	Antonio Colak	23	1899 Hoffenheim	End of Loan	Summer	–
33	FW	Sidney Sam	29	Schalke 04	End of Loan	Summer	–
19	FW	Felix Platte	21	Schalke 04	End of Loan	Summer	–
2	FW	Leon Guwara	21	Werder Bremen	End of Loan	Summer	–
39	FW	Sven Schipplock	28	Hamburger SV	End of Loan	Summer	–

23 June 2017 (2017-06-23)	SG Modau	0–8	Darmstadt 98	Ober-Ramstadt, Germany
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	McKinze Gaines 17' Holland 20' Boyd 23', 34', 35', 42', 63' Mehlem 72'	Stadium: Lohberg Arena Attendance: 1600

1 July 2017 (2017-07-01)	Viktoria Griesheim	0–8	Darmstadt 98	Griesheim, Germany
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Bezjak 16', 36', 56' McKinze Gaines 19' Boyd 57', 63' Stark 65', 70'	Stadium: Stadion am Hegelsberg

2017–18_SV_Darmstadt_98_season

2017–18 SV Darmstadt 98 season

Squad

Appearances and goals

Transfers

In

Out

Friendlies

Pre-season

Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

DFB-Pokal

References

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7 July 2017 (2017-07-07)	Wormatia Worms	0–4	Darmstadt 98	Worms, Germany
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	McKinze Gaines 15' Von Haacke 47' Bezjak 75', 85'	Stadium: EWR-Arena Attendance: 736

11 July 2017 (2017-07-11)	Darmstadt 98	2–0	Association of Spanish Footballers	Windischgarsten, Austria
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	McKinze Gaines 41' Steinhöfer 85'	[ Report]

11 July 2017 (2017-07-11)	Darmstadt 98	3–0	FC Vysocina Jihlava	Windischgarsten, Austria
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Boyd 13', 19' Banggaard 32'	Report

16 July 2017 (2017-07-16)	Darmstadt 98	4–3	SV Wallern	Windischgarsten, Austria
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mehlem 3' Maclaren 19', 52' Cunha 87'	Report	Lindorfer 4' Zachhuber 38' Ibrahimovic 60'

16 July 2017 (2017-07-16)	Darmstadt 98	2–1	Çaykur Rizespor	Windischgarsten, Austria
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Stark 24' Kempe 72'	Report	Kwueke 3'

22 July 2017 (2017-07-22)	Darmstadt 98	2–2	Fulham FC	Darmstadt, Germany
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sulu 43' Mehlem 68'	Report	Sulu (o.g.) Fredericks 64'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Union Berlin	34	12	11	11	54	46	+8	47
9	FC Ingolstadt	34	12	9	13	47	45	+2	45
10	Darmstadt 98	34	10	13	11	47	45	+2	43
11	SV Sandhausen	34	11	10	13	35	33	+2	43
12	FC St. Pauli	34	11	10	13	35	48	−13	43

29 July 2017 1	Darmstadt 98	1–0	Greuther Fürth	Darmstadt
15:30 CET	Sulu 56'	Report		Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 16100 Referee: Sören Storks

4 August 2017 2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–1	Darmstadt 98	Kaiserslautern
20:30 CET	Halfar 39'	Report	Kamavuaka 72'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 30,786 Referee: Robert Hartmann

18 August 2017 3	Darmstadt 98	3–0	FC St. Pauli	Darmstadt
18:30 CET	Großkreutz 56' Kempe 56' Stark 56'	Report		Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,400 Referee: Arne Aarnink

25 August 2017 4	MSV Duisburg	1–2	Darmstadt 98	Duisburg
18:30 CET	Stoppelkamp 25' Fröde 53' Iljutcenko 85'	Summary	Marvin Mehlem 35' Stark 88' Maclaren 90+1'	Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Attendance: 16,297 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

24 September 2017 8	Darmstadt 98	3–3	Dynamo Dresden	Darmstadt
13:30 CET	Marvin Mehlem 17' Kempe 30' 90+2' Sulu 79' Großkreutz 80' Boyd 90'	Report	Konrad 23' 34' 80' Kreuzer 45+1' Müller 54' Ballas 58' Lambertz 90+4'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Sven Waschitzki

29 September 2017 9	Ingolstadt 04	3–0	Darmstadt 98	Ingolstadt
18:30	Kutschke 30' (pen.) 34' Pledl 39' 79' Kittel 60'	Report	Höhn 37' Sirigu 44' Marvin Mehlem 53'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 8,746 Referee: Timo Gerach

20 October 2017 11	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–0	Darmstadt 98	Düsseldorf
18:30	Kujović 2' Raman 16' Neuhaus 69' Hoffmann 90+2'	Report	Großkreutz 7' Platte 63' Holland 87' Hamit Altıntop 90'	Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 27,674 Referee: Frank Willenborg

10 September 2017 5	Darmstadt 98	1–2	VfL Bochum	Darmstadt
13:30 CET	Sulu 24'	Report	Diamantakos 81' Kruse 86'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Benedikt Kempkes

17 September 2017 6	Darmstadt 98	4–3	Arminia Bielefeld	Darmstadt
13:30 CET	Großkreutz 31' 64' Hamit Altıntop 39' Höhn 53' Sobiech 84'	Report	Prietl 18' Voglsammer 30' Klos 35' Behrendt 70' Brandy 90+3'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 15,700 Referee: Florian Badstübner

20 September 2017 7	1. FC Heidenheim	2–2	Darmstadt 98	Heidenheim
18:30 CET	Dovedan 32' Halloran 60' Wittek 79' Griesbeck 87'	Report	Sobiech 35' Hamit Altıntop 51' Sulu 55' 85' Höhn 66' von Haacke 89' Steinhöfer 90+1'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Patrick Alt

16 October 2017 10	Darmstadt 98	3–4	1. FC Nürnberg	Darmstadt
20:30	Stark 6' 60' Platte 72' Löwen 87' (o.g.)	Report	Teuchert 23' 58' Möhwald 36' Ishak 51' Leibold 74'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,100 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

28 October 2017 12	Darmstadt 98	1–1	Holstein Kiel	Darmstadt
13:00	Platte 5' Hamit Altıntop 27'	Report	Kinsombi 33' Drexler 42' Mühling 78' Peitz 88'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Benjamin Brand

4 November 2017 13	Eintracht Braunschweig	2–2	Darmstadt 98	Braunschweig
13:00	Sulu 8' (o.g.) Biada 27' Yıldırım 88' Schönfeld 90+2'	Report	Marvin Mehlem 30' Kamavuaka 52' Sobiech 57' Stark 69'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 20,190 Referee: Patrick Alt

17 November 2017 14	Darmstadt 98	1–2	SV Sandhausen	Darmstadt
18:30	Großkreutz 42' Holland 45+1' Hamit Altıntop 55' Sulu 60' Banggaard 84' 87' Marvin Mehlem 90+2'	Report	Sukuta-Pasu 17' 71' Daghfous 64' Jansen 65'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 14,650 Referee: Christian Dietz

24 November 2017 15	Union Berlin	3–3	Darmstadt 98	Berlin
18:30	Prömel 2' 38' Daube 45' Polter 58' (pen.) Rosenthal 90+4' (o.g.)	Report	Sirigu 18' Banggaard 27' Boyd 29' 51' 61' Kempe 66' (pen.) Hamit Altıntop 72'	Stadium: Alte Försterei Attendance: 21,108 Referee: Timo Gerach

3 December 2017 16	Darmstadt 98	0–1	Jahn Regensburg	Darmstadt
13:30	Kamavuaka 73' Stark 80'	Report	Grüttner 52' George 70'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 14,650 Referee: Sven Waschitzki

8 December 2017 17	Erzgebirge Aue	1–0	Darmstadt 98	Aue
18:30	Soukou 35'	Report	Steinhöfer 13' Sulu 50' Sobiech 89' Stark 90+4'	Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 6,400 Referee: Florian Heft

17 December 2017 18	Greuther Fürth	1–1	Darmstadt 98	Fürth
13:30	Caligiuri 13' Wittek 45' Raum 60' Sontheimer 62'	Report	Kamavuaka 21' Stark 64' Hamit Altıntop 67' 90+4' Bejak 77'	Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 8,210 Referee: Tobias Reichel

24 January 2018 19	Darmstadt 98	P–P	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Darmstadt
18:30	Jones 20' Medojevic 40'	Report	Jenssen 14' Moritz 29'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,400 Referee: Bastian Dankert

28 January 2018 20	FC St. Pauli	0–1	Darmstadt 98	Hamburg
13:30	Zander 90+3'	Report	Jones 7' Jones 32' Kempe 80'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

4 February 2018 21	Darmstadt 98	1–2	MSV Duisburg	Darmstadt
13:30	Engin 17' Bomheuer 77' Iljutcenko 85'	Report	Ji 37' Ji 53' Niemeyer 64' Medojevic 84'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 15,100 Referee: Lasse Koslowski

9 February 2018 22	VfL Bochum	2–1	Darmstadt 98	Bochum
18:30	Losilla 12' Hinterseer 31' Hinterseer 66' Holland (o.g.)	Report	Bregerie 61' Holland 76'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 14,520 Referee: René Rode

17 February 2018 23	Arminia Bielefeld	2–0	Darmstadt 98	Bielefeld
13:00	Schütz 25' Dick 31' Weihrauch 33' Staude 84' Kerschbaumer 90+3'	Report	Sobiech 26' Höhn 43' Sulu 74'	Stadium: Schüco-Arena Attendance: 15,236 Referee: Florian Badstübner

21 February 2018 19	Darmstadt 98	1–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Darmstadt
18:30	Kempe 43' Platte 90+1'	Report	Borrello 43' Mwene 56' Mwene 61'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,400 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

25 February 2018 24	Darmstadt 98	1–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Darmstadt
13:30	Höhn 17 Großkreutz 18' Kamavuaka 39' Jones 60'	Report	Kraus 7' Griesbeck 18' Wittek 64' Strauß 82' Verhoek 90+2'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 13,650 Referee: Dr Martin Thomsen

2 March 2018 25	Dynamo Dresden	0–2	Darmstadt 98	Dresden
18:30	Kreuzer 78'	Report	Jones 29' Kempe 55'	Stadium: DDV-Stadion Dresden Attendance: 26,053 Referee: Tobias Reichel

10 March 2018 26	Darmstadt 98	1–1	Ingolstadt 04	Darmstadt
13:00	Stark 22' Sulu 54' Kempe (67 p) Ji 90'	Report	Leipertz 18' Levels 37' Gaus 42' Schrök 45' Wahl 75'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Thorben Siewer