It is constantly emphasized in relation to the "lilies" that they simply do not lose anymore.
16 second division, two cup and now in the long winter break five friendlies are in a row.
No other team in professional football in this country has such a record to offer.
That makes you strong and it gets stuck in the minds of your opponents.
"We are Heiner, nobody beats us," the fans like to chant - and the line has rarely been so coherent.
SV Darmstadt 98 not only has a team that doesn't lose, but also one that often wins.
Numbers that can act like additional muscle armor for the body and fresh air for the mind: In the past two years, the SVD has won 38 of 69 second division games (15 draws, 16 defeats), i.e. more than every second match.
The “lilies” start from pole position in the round that continues this Saturday (1 p.m. in the FAZ live ticker for the second division and on Sky) with the home game against Jahn Regensburg.
They spent the 76 days without competitive games as winter champions at the top of the table, the path back to the Bundesliga is crystal clear in front of them.
At least the seven-point cushion in fourth place should not be used up, which would mean a place in the promotion relegation.
What speaks for Darmstadt
The Darmstadt team are doing the same as in the successful previous season, when they played for the top of the table for a long time.
Namely something like the much-cited mantra of the English royal family: Never explain, never complain.
Transferred to Darmstadt conditions: Don't publicly proclaim your ambitions for promotion, and don't seem too frustrated if it doesn't work out.
Now, of course, they are going into the second half as the league leaders after a formidable first half of the season with 36 points.
In the club's recent history, they have already proven that the "Lilien" - based on the club's down-to-earth self-image - can be good hunters of the supposedly better-off.
It is not yet known whether they will be able to defend themselves against the attacks of the competition as the hunted.
The fact that they have a well-established, well-established and functioning team speaks for the south of Hesse.
A team in which almost nobody has Bundesliga appearances and most of whom could not count on getting the chance to do so soon or at all.
The historic opportunity for the individual professionals, the club (third possible promotion in the club's history) and the coach Torsten Lieberknecht (about two years ago released from the third division club Duisburg) will join forces for the main prize.
The cup highlight at Eintracht Frankfurt in February is also electrifying.
However, a danger lurks due to the ongoing staff shortage.
The experience of the first half of the season taught us that the "lilies", overstrained due to various failures, only just saved themselves in the (early) winter break.
Now there are question marks again behind important players.
Patric Pfeiffer, Klaus Gjasula and the almost permanently injured Aaron Seydel are out of action after injuries sustained in the training camp in Spain.
The long-term injured Mathias Honsak (not used in the first half) and Magnus Warming (just recovered) are wobbly candidates with no match practice.
It is uncertain what role Keanan Bennetts, who was still signed in the old year and was then without a club, can and will play.
There remains an acute bottleneck in the attack, which the Darmstadt team wanted to fix on the transfer market all winter – but so far have not been able to adequately.
“Almost everyone in Germany and Europe is always looking for good attackers.
It's not a new phenomenon that these players are in high demand," said sports director Carsten Wehlmann of the FAZ.
"We've always said that if everything fits, then we'll try to implement it.
If we don't all have that conviction, then that's okay because we have a lot of confidence in this squad for the second half of the season."
Phillip Tietz (six goals this season) is the only attacker in the squad who has experience in the second division and is fit for action. His partner Braydon Manu (four goals) is actually a non-specialist in this position.
The 19-year-old Oscar Vilhelmsson (one goal this season) has made physical progress for the sometimes rough second division football, especially over the winter break, but it would be extremely courageous to put the hopes of the necessary goals on his shoulders in an escalating battle for promotion.
It is important to prevent the Bundesliga chance, which may be unique for years to come, due to a lack of trained attackers.
"Of course it's annoying for us and the boys that they are injured at this point, but we know how strong our group is.
In the first half of the season we've shown several times that we can absorb and compensate for that," said Wehlmann.
They were still a winning team.