2017–18 SV Darmstadt 98 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 return in the second division, since relegation from the Bundesliga in 2016–17.

Darmstadt 98
2017–18 season
ChairmanKlaus Rüdiger Fritsch
ManagerTorsten Frings
(until 9 December)
Dirk Schuster
(from 11 December)
StadiumMerck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
2. Bundesliga10th
DFB-PokalFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Tobias Kempe
(11 goals)

All:
Tobias Kempe
(11 goals)
Highest home attendance17,400
Lowest home attendance13,650
Average home league attendance15,848
Biggest winDarmstadt 3–0 St Pauli
Jahn Regensburg 0–3 Darmstadt
Biggest defeatFC Ingolstadt 3–0 Darmstadt

Squad

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total 2. Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
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

Last updated: 13 May 2018
Source: Competitions

Transfers

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No. Pos. Name Age NAT 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 NAT 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

Friendlies

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Pre-season

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  Win   Draw   Loss

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
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
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'

Competitions

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  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

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League table

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Pos Team 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
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results summary

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Results by round

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Matches

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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
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
10 September 2017 5 Darmstadt 98 1–2 VfL Bochum Darmstadt
13:30 CET
Report
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
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
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
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
28 October 2017 12 Darmstadt 98 1–1 Holstein Kiel Darmstadt
13:00
Report
Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 15,500
Referee:   Benjamin Brand
4 November 2017 13 Eintracht Braunschweig 2–2 Darmstadt 98 Braunschweig
13:00
Report
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 20,190
Referee:   Patrick Alt
17 November 2017 14 Darmstadt 98 1–2 SV Sandhausen Darmstadt
18:30
Report
Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 14,650
Referee:   Christian Dietz
24 November 2017 15 Union Berlin 3–3 Darmstadt 98 Berlin
18:30
Report
Stadium: Alte Försterei
Attendance: 21,108
Referee:   Timo Gerach
3 December 2017 16 Darmstadt 98 0–1 Jahn Regensburg Darmstadt
13:30
Report
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
Report
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
18 March 2018 27 1. FC Nürnberg 1–1 Darmstadt 98 Nürnberg
13:30 Möhwald   47'
Margreitter   78'
Report Boyd   18' Stadium: Grundig-Stadion
Attendance: 27007
Referee: Daniel Schlager
2 April 2018 28 Darmstadt 98 1–0 Fortuna Düsseldorf Darmstadt
20:30 Holland   12'  
Kempe   38'
Sulu   43'
Kamavuaka   48'
Stark   75'
Jones   84'
Report Schauerte   28'
Zimmer   83'
Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 17,400
Referee: Tobias Reichel
7 April 2018 29 Holstein Kiel 0–0 Darmstadt 98 Kiel
13:00 Patrick Herrmann   19'
Peitz   24'
Weilandt   80'
Report Mehlem   55' Stadium: Holstein-Stadion
Attendance: 10,483
Referee: René Rohde
15 April 2018 30 Darmstadt 98 1–1 Eintracht Braunschweig Darmstadt
13:30 Sulu   52'
Kempe (73 p)
Report Medojevic   o.g.' (39)
Hofmann   40'
Moll   62'
Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 16,226
Referee: Robert Hartmann
21 April 2018 31 SV Sandhausen 1–1 Darmstadt 98 Sandhausen
13:00 Linsmayer   10'
Stefan Kulovits   29'
Karl   46'
Sukuta-Pasu   62'
Förster   88'
Report Mehlem   45+1'
Kempe (50 p)
Medojevic   82'
Stadium: Hardtwaldstadion
Attendance: 10,269
Referee: Timo Gerach
28 April 2018 32 Darmstadt 98 3–1 Union Berlin Darmstadt
13:00 Holland   12'
Platte   22', 35'
Report Fürstner   9'
Trimmel   21'
Redondo   79'
Parensen   87'
Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 16,570
Referee: Thorben Siewer
6 May 2018 33 Jahn Regensburg 0–3 Darmstadt 98 Regensburg
15:30 Geipl   52' Report Jones   29'
Kempe
  41'
Dong-Won Ji   68'
Kempe   73'
Stadium: Continental Arena
Attendance: 15,210
Referee: Sven Jablonski
13 May 2018 34 Darmstadt 98 1–0 Erzgebirge Aue Darmstadt
Holland   72'
Kempe   86'
Summary Köpke   64'
Fandrich   81'
Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 17,400
Referee: Sören Storks

DFB-Pokal

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12 August 2017 (2017-08-12) First round Jahn Regensburg 3–1 Darmstadt 98 Regensburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report Sobiech   40' Stadium: Continental Arena
Attendance: 8,919
Referee: Martin Petersen

References

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  1. ^ "Frings holt Ex-Werderaner Von Haacke" [Frings signs ex-werder footballer Von Haacke] (in German). 6 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Medojevic soll beim SVD für Kompaktheit sorgen" [Medojevic meant to make Darmstadt more compacy] (in German). 19 January 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Schuster über Ji: "Ist universell einsetzbar"" [Schuster about Ji:"Is universally playable"] (in German). 26 January 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Vertrag bis 2021: Platte zurück am Bölle" [Contract til 2021: Platte back at the Böllw] (in German). 28 August 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  5. ^ "The Lilies sign McKinze Gaines II and Lacazette" (in German). 22 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  6. ^ "MacLaren wechselt nach Deutschland" (in German). 7 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Mall komplettiert Darmstadts Torhueter Trio" (in German). 1 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Lilien verpflichten Sobiech" (in German). 20 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Floria Stritzel kommt nach Darmstadt" (in German). 31 May 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  10. ^ "Mehlem will sich in Darmstadt weiter entwickeln" (in German). 23 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  11. ^ "Lilien holen McKinze Gaines II und Lacazette" (in German). 22 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  12. ^ "Kempe kehrt zu den Lilien zurück" (in German). 7 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.[permanent dead link]
  13. ^ "Fix: Grosskreutz unterschreibt in Darmstadt" (in German). 11 April 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  14. ^ "Stark leihweise zum FSV Frankfurt" (in German). 3 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-03. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  15. ^ a b c d "Profi-Verträge für Zehnder, Schmieder, Petri und Kern" (in German). 18 May 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  16. ^ "Eshele erhält Profivertrag / Leihe zum FSV Frankfurt" (in German). 27 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  17. ^ "Eshele erhält Profivertrag / Leihe zum FSV Frankfurt" (in German). 27 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.