Darmstadt 98

Germany · Bundesliga 2015/16 – 2023/24 · 2. Bundesliga now · Manager: Florian Kohfeldt (#882 in the world) since Sep 2024

#295 World rank · club rating

1,700 Club rating

14th in 2. Bundesliga

Darmstadt 98 played 3 Bundesliga seasons (2015/16 – 2023/24) and are in 2. Bundesliga now. Dimitris Grammozis (Mar 2019 – Jun 2020) had the best points per game of them (1.60 in 47 matches) and took the club rating from 1,646 to 1,805.

Darmstadt 98 managers

10 spells since 2008 · newest first

Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected

Florian Kohfeldt #882 now Sep 2024 – present · PPG 1.42 current Sep 2024 – present 81 30-25-26 1.42 1,699 → 1,681 −18 −3.8 +0.01

Torsten Lieberknecht #339 now Jul 2021 – Aug 2024 · PPG 1.39 Jul 2021 – Aug 2024 110 44-21-45 1.39 1,758 → 1,677 −81 −28.7 +0.10

Ovid Hajou (stand-in) 24 Feb 2024 24 Feb 2024 1 0-1-0 +4.0

Ovid Hajou (stand-in) 11 Nov 2023 11 Nov 2023 1 0-1-0 +0.9

Markus Anfang #553 now Sep 2020 – May 2021 · PPG 1.51 Sep 2020 – May 2021 37 16-8-13 1.51 1,756 → 1,871 +114 +22.3 +0.09

Dimitris Grammozis Mar 2019 – Jun 2020 · PPG 1.60 Mar 2019 – Jun 2020 47 20-15-12 1.60 1,646 → 1,805 +158 +35.8 +0.09

Dirk Schuster #623 now Dec 2017 – Feb 2019 · PPG 1.29 Dec 2017 – Feb 2019 42 14-12-16 1.29 1,793 → 1,639 −154 −28.4 −0.16

Torsten Frings Jan 2017 – Dec 2017 · PPG 0.97 Jan 2017 – Dec 2017 36 9-8-19 0.97 1,767 → 1,624 −143 −36.6 +0.07

Ramon Berndroth Dec 2016 · PPG 0.00 caretaker Dec 2016 1 0-0-1 0.00 1,747 → 1,740 −8 −1.5 −0.11

Norbert Meier Aug 2016 – Dec 2016 · PPG 0.65 Aug 2016 – Dec 2016 17 3-2-12 0.65 1,847 → 1,729 −118 −26.8 −0.05

Dirk Schuster #623 now Aug 2013 – May 2016 · PPG 1.42 Aug 2013 – May 2016 76 27-27-22 1.42 1,395 → 1,876 +481 +75.6

Before 2015/16 · 1 spell, Aug 2008 – Aug 2008

Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected

Gerhard Kleppinger Aug 2008 · PPG 0.00 Aug 2008 1 0-0-1 0.00 0.0

Before 2015/16 the source names the manager on fewer matches, so these rows can miss games.

Torsten Lieberknecht is the longest-serving: 110 matches over 3 years (Jul 2021 – Aug 2024). Dirk Schuster added the most coach rating: +75.6 over 76 matches.

Club rating - the club's rating at the manager's first rated match → after the last. Coach rating - what the spell added to the manager's coach rating. Vs expected - average result per match above what the club rating predicted. Stand-in - a caretaker who covered a few matches during another manager's spell, folded under that spell. Every competition we hold, lower divisions included.

Club rating

since 2015/16 · line by manager

1,700Club ratingWeek 46, 2026

#295World rankof 943 active clubs

#142. Bundesligaof 26 clubs

1,903Peak since 2015/16Feb 2026 · low 1,576, Feb 2019

Colour changes with each manager (8 since 2015/16) · hover a point for the name

Darmstadt 98's club rating peaked at 1,903 in February 2026, under Florian Kohfeldt, its highest since 2015/16; the low was 1,576 in February 2019, under Dirk Schuster.

One point per month: the club's rating before its last rated match of the month, the manager's part left out. World rank among the 943 clubs with a match in the last 12 months and 30+ rated matches. The rating describes results so far - it doesn't predict the next game. How the club rating works ›

Next matches

next 14 days

Darmstadt 98 play in 2. Bundesliga now - our fixture list covers the top 5 leagues and European games with a top-5 club.

Cards and corners

a game · by season

Season GP Cards Agst Lg 2nd half Corners Agst Lg

2023/24 34 2.56 1.85 2.16 75% 3.38 5.35 4.98

2016/17 34 2.41 1.88 2.05 67% 3.76 6.53 4.56

2015/16 34 2.62 1.88 2.06 3.44 6.03 4.77

Darmstadt 98 won 3.38 corners a game in 2023/24, their fewest in any season since 2015/16 and 32% below the Bundesliga's average side (4.98).

League matches only (Bundesliga), from 2015/16 - European and cup games carry no card or corner data. Lg = the league's average side that season. Bold green / red = 15%+ above / below it. Bundesliga cards table › · corners table ›

Half-time / full-time

102 league matches since 2015/16

FT winFT W FT drawFT D FT lossFT L

HT winHT W 1010% 66% 55%

HT drawHT D 99% 1212% 2121%

HT lossHT L 00% 55% 3433%

Points won from behindPts from behind

losing at half-time in 39 matches

Points dropped from aheadPts dropped

winning at half-time in 21 matches

1st half · W 21 · D 42 · L 39 GD −27

2nd half · W 17 · D 29 · L 56 GD −79

League matches since 2015/16. Each half scored as its own match: 2nd half = goals after the break only.

Referees at Darmstadt 98

6 referees with 5+ matches · most matches first

Referee MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Cards/g Club avg +/−

Robert Hartmann 7 0-2-5 0.29 2.57 2.53 +2%

Benjamin Brand 6 0-2-4 0.33 3.50 2.51 +39%

Felix Brych 6 2-1-3 1.17 2.67 2.51 +6%

Guido Winkmann 5 1-0-4 0.60 2.20 2.51 −13%

Sascha Stegemann 5 2-2-1 1.60 2.00 2.53 −21%

Wolfgang Stark 5 1-2-2 1.00 2.80 2.51 +11%

League matches since 2015/16 with the referee named (102). Cards = Darmstadt 98's own yellows and reds. Club avg = their cards a game in the same seasons with every referee. Under 10 matches the gap is grey: too few to call. Referees aren't drawn at random - the big games go to the senior ones - so a gap here describes, it doesn't prove a bias.

Quick answers

4 questions · from the tables on this page

Who is Darmstadt 98's manager?

Florian Kohfeldt, #882 in this week's coach world ranking, since September 2024 - 81 matches, 30 won (1.42 points per game).

How many managers has Darmstadt 98 had since 2015?

8, counting 1 caretaker. Plus 2 stand-ins: caretakers for a few matches during another manager's spell.

Who is Darmstadt 98's longest-serving manager?

Torsten Lieberknecht: 110 matches from July 2021 to August 2024.

How many cards a game do Darmstadt 98 get?

2.56 a game in the Bundesliga in 2023/24, against 2.16 for the league's average side.

The coach rating describes, it doesn't predict. It measures what a manager's teams did against what was expected of them. Match chances come from the club rating, calibrated on 85,718 league matches. How the rating works ›

Source: spells, ratings and ranks from the weekly ranking (Week 46, 2026); season stats updated nightly; next matches refreshed every hour.