BACKROOM STAFF · 2025/26

SV Darmstadt 98 backroom staff

We hold the names of 21 people on SV Darmstadt 98's staff for 2025/26, beyond the players. Florian Kohfeldt manages the first team, with Darius Scholtysik and Martin Heck as assistant managers. SV Darmstadt 98's is the 17th longest staff list of the 19 2. Bundesliga clubs we hold.

STAFF NAMED21

COACHING6

MEDICAL6

SCOUTING AND ANALYSIS3

NATIONALITIES2

MEDIAN AGE40

Coaching staff

The manager, the assistants and the coaches at every level of the club, 6 people

SV Darmstadt 98 coaching staff in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Florian Kohfeldt	Manager	First team	42	Germany	KAS Eupen before that VfL Wolfsburg and SV Werder Bremen
Darius Scholtysik	Assistant manager	First team	58	Germany	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim before that Eintracht Braunschweig
Martin Heck	Assistant manager	First team	42	Germany	VfL Osnabrück before that 1. FC Köln
Alexander Kynaß	Goalkeeping coach	First team	36	Germany	KAS Eupen before that 1. FC Köln
Christopher Busse	Fitness coach	First team	35	Germany	1. FC Union Berlin before that FC Energie Cottbus
Florian Bauer	Fitness coach	First team	45	Germany	-

Medical and sports science

Doctors, physios and sports scientists, 6 people

SV Darmstadt 98 medical and sports science in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Alexander Lesch	Club doctor	First team	51	Germany	-
Ingo Schwinnen	Club doctor	First team	56	Germany	-
Philip Jessen	Club doctor	First team	50	Germany	-
David Ackermann	Physio	First team	36	Germany	-
Katrin Herbig	Physio	First team	40	-	-
Alexander Ryan	Sports scientist	First team	36	England	Wiesbaden

Scouting and analysis

Scouts, recruitment analysts and performance analysts, 3 people

SV Darmstadt 98 scouting and analysis in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Philipp Gründler	Chief scout	Club-wide	32	Germany	Wiesbaden
Immanuel Höhn	Performance analyst	First team	33	Germany	-
Maximilian Kohl	Performance analyst	First team	35	Germany	-

Football management

The people who run the football side, from the sporting director to the academy, 2 people

SV Darmstadt 98 football management in 2025/26: name, role, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Matthias Neumann	Technical director	34	Germany	-
Maximilian Mehring	Head of youth development	39	Germany	SV Sandhausen

Owners and directors

Who owns SV Darmstadt 98 and sits on its board

SV Darmstadt 98 owners and directors in 2025/26: name, role, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Markus Pfitzner	Chair	56	Germany	-
Paul Fernie	Director	38	England	Wiesbaden before that New York Red Bulls
Tom Eilers	Director	55	Germany	-
Uwe Kuhl	Director	63	Germany	-

Backroom staff at every 2. Bundesliga club

The names we hold at each club in the division, 2025/26

Hertha BSC 43 VfL Wolfsburg 41 1. FC Nürnberg 38 Dynamo Dresden 38 VfL Bochum 1848 38 Holstein Kiel 32 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 31 FC St. Pauli 30 1. FC Kaiserslautern 29 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895 28 Karlsruher SC 26 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 26 VfL Osnabrück 26 Hannover 96 24 Eintracht Braunschweig 23 FC Energie Cottbus 22 SV Darmstadt 98 21 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 18 1. FC Magdeburg 17

SV Darmstadt 98's list is the 17th longest of the 19, against a median of 28 across the division. Hertha BSC names the most, 43. 1. FC Magdeburg names the fewest, 17.

SV Darmstadt 98 against the 2. Bundesliga, department by department

Names held in each department, beside the average and the most at any one club

SV Darmstadt 98 staff by department against the 2. Bundesliga average and the largest department in the division, 2025/26.
DEPARTMENT	SV DARMSTADT 98	AVERAGE	MOST	AT
Coaching	6	9	15	Dynamo Dresden
Medical and sports science	6	6	10	VfL Wolfsburg
Scouting and analysis	3	7	17	VfL Wolfsburg
Football management	2	2	3	VfL Wolfsburg
Owners and directors	4	5	12	Dynamo Dresden

Backrooms the size of SV Darmstadt 98's, in every league

SV Darmstadt 98's 21 names make the joint 538th longest staff list of the 815 clubs we hold one for

Clubs ranked by the number of staff we hold for 2025/26, from 538th to 568th, with SV Darmstadt 98 among them.
#	CLUB	LEAGUE	STAFF
538	New York Red Bulls	Major League Soccer	21
538	OFI Crete	Superleague Greece	21
538	Peterborough United	League One	21
538	San Diego Football Club	Major League Soccer	21
538	San Jose Earthquakes	Major League Soccer	21
538	Sandefjord Fotball	Eliteserien	21
538	Sarpsborg 08 FF	Eliteserien	21
538	Seattle Sounders FC	Major League Soccer	21
538	Shenzhen Peng City	Chinese Super League	21
538	Shrewsbury Town	League Two	21
538	SV Darmstadt 98	2. Bundesliga	21
538	Toronto FC	Major League Soccer	21
538	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Major League Soccer	21
538	Viking FK	Eliteserien	21
538	Wellington Phoenix Football Club	A-League	21
568	Amiens SC	Ligue 2	20
568	Arsenal Fútbol Club de Sarandí	-	20
568	Burgos	La Liga 2	20
568	Charlotte Football Club	Major League Soccer	20
568	Cheltenham Town	League Two	20
568	Club Atlético Barracas Central	Super Liga	20

Where SV Darmstadt 98's former staff work now

On SV Darmstadt 98's staff in an earlier season and at another club in 2025/26, 7 people

People who worked at SV Darmstadt 98 in an earlier season and the club and job they hold in 2025/26.
NAME	ROLE NOW	NOW AT
Markus Anfang	Manager	Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895
Torsten Lieberknecht	Manager	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Florian Junge	Assistant manager	Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895
Frank Steinmetz	Assistant manager	Wiesbaden
Steve Kroll	Goalkeeping coach	SV Sandhausen
Björn Müller	Head of youth development	Hertha BSC
Alexander Klitzpera	Loan manager	VfL Wolfsburg

Frequently asked questions

Who is SV Darmstadt 98's manager?

Florian Kohfeldt is the SV Darmstadt 98 first-team manager, aged 42. Darius Scholtysik and Martin Heck are the assistant managers.

Who is the goalkeeping coach at SV Darmstadt 98?

Alexander Kynaß coaches the SV Darmstadt 98 first-team goalkeepers.

Who is SV Darmstadt 98's chief scout?

Philipp Gründler is chief scout at SV Darmstadt 98.

Who is SV Darmstadt 98's technical director?

Matthias Neumann is technical director at SV Darmstadt 98.

How many backroom staff do SV Darmstadt 98 have?

We hold the names of 21 people on SV Darmstadt 98's staff for 2025/26: 6 in coaching, 6 in medical and sports science, 3 in scouting and analysis, 2 in football management and 4 owners and directors. That is the 17th longest list of the 19 2. Bundesliga clubs we hold, against a median of 28. Across every league we hold, that list is the joint 538th longest of 815.

Where to next

For what SV Darmstadt 98 pays its squad, see SV Darmstadt 98 player wages. What each of these jobs pays across football is on backroom staff wages. Every club in the division is on 2. Bundesliga wages.