Darmstadt 98 transfers

Darmstadt 98 net spend since 2015

Darmstadt 98 have spent €22m on disclosed transfer fees since July 2015 and received €30m: a net profit of €7m on transfers.

That covers 80 signings (39 for a disclosed fee, 34 free, 7 undisclosed) and 74 departures (24 sold for a disclosed fee, 33 free, 17 undisclosed). Loans are counted apart: 19 in, 19 out.

Record signing: Christoph Klarer, €2m from Fortuna Düsseldorf (Jul 2023). Record sale: Christoph Klarer, €4m to Birmingham City (Jul 2024).

Darmstadt 98 transfer spending by season

Darmstadt 98 record signings

1. Christoph Klarer · €2m from Fortuna Düsseldorf · Jul 2023
2. Filip Stojilkovic · €2m from Sion · Jan 2023
3. Fraser Hornby · €2m from Reims · Jul 2023
4. Patric Pfeiffer · €1m from FC Augsburg · Jul 2025
5. Oscar Vilhelmsson · €1m from IFK Göteborg · Jul 2022

Darmstadt 98 record sales

1. Christoph Klarer · €4m to Birmingham City · Jul 2024
2. Fraser Hornby · €4m to VfL Wolfsburg · Jul 2026
3. Isac Lidberg · €4m to Borussia Mönchengladbach · Jul 2026
4. Phillip Tietz · €2m to FC Augsburg · Jul 2023
5. Kilian Corredor · €2m to Nantes · Jul 2026

Darmstadt 98 trading record: profit on players bought and sold

On the 42 players Darmstadt 98 both signed and sold since July 2015 (academy graduates and free signings cost nothing), sales brought in €23m against €15m paid: a trading profit of €8m.

Academy graduates sold since July 2015 brought in €2m across 1 player, led by Clemens Riedel (€2m to Espanyol, Aug 2025).

• Isac Lidberg: signed for €1m (Aug 2024), sold to Borussia Mönchengladbach for €4m (Jul 2026): profit €3m
• Phillip Tietz: signed free (Jul 2021), sold to FC Augsburg for €2m (Jul 2023): profit €2m
• Fraser Hornby: signed for €2m (Jul 2023), sold to VfL Wolfsburg for €4m (Jul 2026): profit €2m
• Clemens Riedel: academy graduate (Jul 2021), sold to Espanyol for €2m (Aug 2025): profit €2m
• Christoph Klarer: signed for €2m (Jul 2023), sold to Birmingham City for €4m (Jul 2024): profit €2m

• Filip Stojilkovic: signed for €2m (Jan 2023), sold to Cracovia Kraków for €500k (Jul 2025): loss €2m
• Oscar Vilhelmsson: signed for €1m (Jul 2022), sold to Preußen Münster for €300k (Jul 2025): loss €900k
• Felix Platte: signed for €800k (Aug 2017), left free for Paderborn (Jul 2021): loss €800k
• Immanuel Höhn: signed for €750k (Jul 2016), left free for Sandhausen (Jul 2021): loss €750k
• Mathias Honsak: signed for €750k (Jul 2019), left free for Heidenheim (Jul 2024): loss €750k

Darmstadt 98 ins and outs 2026/27: who left and who came in, by position

Darmstadt 98 have made 14 signings and 9 departures in 2026/27, plus 1 loan in. Who left each position and who came in:

• Defence: out Leon Klassen (to Grazer AK), Matej Maglica (to Kocaelispor); in Yannik Lührs (from Hoffenheim II), William Mikelbrencis (free from Hamburger SV).
• Midfield: out nobody; in Lance Duijvestijn (from Sparta Rotterdam), Carlo Sickinger (free from Elversberg), Marco Richter (free from a club outside our record).
• Attack: out Isac Lidberg (to Borussia Mönchengladbach), Fraser Hornby (to VfL Wolfsburg), Bartosz Bialek (left free for Wieczysta Kraków); in Noah Weißhaupt (from SC Freiburg), Milan Smit (loan from Stoke City).
• Position unknown: out Serhat-Semih Güler (left free for Sportfreunde Siegen), Paul Will (to SpVgg Greuther Fürth), Kilian Corredor (to Nantes), Sergio López Galache (left free for Granada); in Lars Kehl (free from Osnabrück), Hiroki Akiyama (from Albirex Niigata), Ibrahim El Kadiri (from De Graafschap), Grayson Dettoni (from Bayern München II), Nicolas Verkooijen (free from Jong PSV), Florian Kleinhansl (free from Kaiserslautern), Christopher Lannert (from DSC Arminia Bielefeld), Ho-Jae Lee (from Pohang Steelers).

Darmstadt 98 club-trained players

On the record we can verify, 3 players club-trained at Darmstadt 98 now play for other clubs we track, led by Clemens Riedel (Espanyol, TT Value €4m), Daniel Kasper (Vaduz, TT Value €1m) and Janik Bachmann (Schalke 04, TT Value €560k).

• Clemens Riedel · Espanyol · €4m
• Daniel Kasper · Vaduz · €1m
• Janik Bachmann · Schalke 04 · €560k

We count a player as club-trained when his record shows him registered with the club for three entire seasons or 36 months between the ages of 15 and 21 (UEFA's home-grown test), wherever he started and whatever he cost; time on loan counts for the club that borrowed him.