| Club: | SV Darmstadt 98 |
| Season: | 2018–19 |
| Chairman: | Klaus Rüdiger Fritsch |
| Manager: | Dirk Schuster |
| Stadium: | Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor |
| League: | 2. Bundesliga |
| League Result: | 10th |
| Cup1: | DFB-Pokal |
| Cup1 Result: | Second round |
| League Topscorer: | Serdar Dursun (11) |
| Season Topscorer: | Serdar Dursun (11) |
| Prevseason: | 2017–18 |
| Nextseason: | 2019–20 |
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The 2018–19 season was the 121st season in the history of SV Darmstadt 98 and their 19th overall season in the second tier of German football, the 2. Bundesliga. It was the club's second consecutive season in the second division, since relegation from the Bundesliga in 2016-17.
| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer Window | Contract ends | Transfer fee | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Forward | Serdar Dursun | Yes | Greuther Fürth | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2021 | Unknown | [1] | |||
| 28 | Defender | Marcel Franke | Yes | Norwich City | Loan | Summer | 30 June 2019 | [2] | ||||
| 20 | Midfielder | Marcel Heller | Yes | FC Augsburg | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2020 | €350,000 | [3] | |||
| 2 | Defender | Sebastian Hertner | Yes | Erzgebirge Aue | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2020 | Free | [4] | |||
| 40 | Defender | Tim Rieder | Yes | FC Augsburg | Loan | Summer | 30 June 2019 | Free | [5] | |||
| 22 | Goalkeeper | Rouven Sattelmaier | Yes | Bradford City | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2019 | Free | [6] | |||
| 9 | Forward | Johannes Wurtz | Yes | VfL Bochum | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2021 | €100,000 | [7] | |||
| 8 | Forward | Selim Gündüz | Yes | VfL Bochum | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2020 | Free | [8] | |||
| 38 | Goalkeeper | Max Grün | Yes | VfL Wolfsburg | Free Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2020 | Free | [9] |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee | Sources | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Forward | Baris Atik | TSG Hoffenheim | End of loan | Summer | - | ||||
| - | Defender | Patrick Banggaard | Pafos FC | Loan | Summer | - | ||||
| - | Defender | Romain Brégerie | FC Ingolstadt | End of loan | Summer | - | ||||
| - | Defender | Joao da Cunha | Unknown | Contract termination | Summer | - | ||||
| - | Defender | Manasse Eshelé | DR Congo | TSV Havelse | Contract termination | Summer | Free | |||
| - | Midfielder | Kevin Grosskreutz | KFC Uerdingen | Transfer | Summer | €350,000 | ||||
| - | Midfielder | Dong-Won Ji | FC Augsburg | End of loan | Summer | - | ||||
| - | Forward | Jamie Maclaren | Hibernian FC | Loan | Summer | Free | ||||
| - | Goalkeeper | Joël Mall | Pafos FC | Transfer | Summer | – | ||||
| - | Forward | Artur Sobiech | Lechia Gdańsk | Transfer | Summer | Free | ||||
| - | Midfielder | Julian von Haacke | SV Meppen | Loan | Summer | – | ||||
| - | Forward | SIlas Zehnder | Viktoria Aschaffenburg | Loan | Summer | – | ||||
| - | Defender | Markus Steinhöfer | Unknown | Contract termination | Summer | – | ||||
| - | Midfielder | Romuald Lacazette | 1860 Munich | Loan | Summer | – | ||||
| - | Defender | Peter Niemeyer | Unknown | End of contract | Summer | – | ||||
| - | Forward | Jan Rosenthal | - | End of Career | Summer | - |
See main article: 2018–19 2. Bundesliga.
See main article: 2018–19 DFB-Pokal.