Sportverein Darmstadt 1898 e.V. - more commonly known simply as Darmstadt 98 - is a German professional football club based in Darmstadt, Hesse and currently playing in the country's top tier Bundesliga. The club plays home games at Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor.
Founded in 1898 at FC Olympic Darmstadt, the club soon became known as Rasen-Sportverein Olympia before a merger with Darmstädter Sport Club 1905 in 1919. The current Sportverein Darmstadt 1898 is a collective sports club with football, basketball, hiking, judo, table tennis, and futsal teams. The football club shot up the German league system from the early 2010s onwards and reached the top tier in 2015/16 before being relegated a couple of seasons later. Most recently, the club was promoted back to the Bundesliga at the end of the 2022/23 season.
