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1. Fussballand Sportverein Mainz 05 E. V., usually abbreviated to 1. FSV Mainz 05, Mainz 05 (German pronunciation: [maInts nUl 'fYnf] (listen)) or simply Mainz (German pronunciation: [maInts] (listen)), is a German sports club, founded in 1905 and based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. 1. FSV Mainz 05 play in the Bundesliga which is the top division of the German football league The club was most recently promoted prior to this season's 2009-2010 campaign. Main rivals for the club include Eintracht Frankfurt and 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Apart from the football division 1. FSV Mainz 05 have handball and table tennis divisions.

1. History

1.1. Early years

An unsuccessful attempt to create a football club within the city of 1903 was followed two years later with the successful establishment of 1. Mainzer Fussballclub Hassia 1905. After several years of playing within the Suddeutschen Fussballverband (South German Football League) in 1905, the club joined forces into FC Hermannia 07 - the former football club that was part of Mainzer TV 1817 - to create 1. Mainzer Footballverein Hassia 05. The club dropped "Hassia" from its name in the month of August 1912. Another merger, following World War I, in 1919, along with Sportverein 1908 Mainz, resulted in the creation of 1. Mainzer Fussball- und Sportverein 05. Die Nullfunfer ("05") was a solid team that won numerous regional league championships during the years between wars. They also qualified for the first tournament of the championships at national level in 1921 after having won the Kreisliga Hessen.

1.2. Play during the Nazi era

In the latter part of the 1920s and the early 1930s the club had decent results in the Main-Hessen-Regionalliga - Gruppe Hessen, including first-place finishing in 1932 and 33. This earned the team an entry into the Gauliga Sudwest, one of 16 first division leagues that were created during the reorganization of German football during the Third Reich. The club was able to play only one season at the level before they were relegated due to the intense game they could not match. Karl Scherm scored in 23 of 44 matches for Mainz in his final season. The year 1938 was the time that Mainz became the merger together with Reichsbahn SV Mainz and played as Reichsbahn SV Mainz 05 until the closing in World War II.

1.3. Long march to the Bundesliga

Following World War II, the club was again a part of the top leagues in the German league, known as Oberliga Sudwest, but were never more than a mid-table team. They was a top-flight team until the establishment of the professional league called the Bundesliga in 1963. They continued for a period of second division team for the majority of the next four decades. They resigned for a period during the latter part of the 1970s until the mid 1980s - from the Amateur Oberliga Sudwest (III) due to an array of financial difficulties. Mainz won honours as the German amateur champions in 1982.

The club was reintroduced to professional football and was promoted up to 2. Bundesliga for one season in 1988-89, with Bodo Hertlein as the president and then returning for a longer run in 1990-91. At first, they were constant being relegated, and had to fight each year to avoid being relegated. Under the unconventional coach Wolfgang Frank, Mainz became one of the first teams within German football to introduce the flat four zone defense in place of the man-to man defence, which was popular at the time using libero.

Mainz was unsuccessful in three different attempts to get to the top division in the years 1996-97, 2001-02 and 2002-03. They also had fourth-place finishes that were close to being out from the zone of promotion. The most recent failed attempt was a stinging disappointment when they were not promoted within the final minute of their final match in the league. A year earlier, Mainz became the best non-promoted team in the two. Bundesliga having scored 64 points. But, the team's determination brought rewards after it was promoted into the Bundesliga in 2003-2004 under the direction of head Coach Jurgen Klopp. The club spent for three years in top division but were dropped at the close 2007-06 season. Mainz later secured promotion to the top division just 2 years after, just after the 2008-09 season.

Mainz was also able to participate for the 2005/06 UEFA Cup in their debut Bundesliga season, as Germany's nominated team for the Fair Play draw which acknowledges positive behavior respect for your opponent as well as respect for the official and the conduct of the crowd as well as team officials, and warnings and disqualifications. Because of the Bruchweg stadium's small capacity the home games in UEFA Cup were played in Frankfurt's Commerzbank-Arena. After beating Armenian team Mika as well as Icelandic team Keflavik at the qualifier rounds Mainz fell to champions Sevilla by 2-0 in the opening round.

In the season 2010-11, Mainz equalled the Bundesliga record for the start of the season with their first win in seven matches of the season. The season ended with their highest finish so far, finishing in fifth position and earned them a second place in the UEFA Europa League where they were knocked out in the third round of qualifying through Romanian Club Gaz Metan Medias.

2. Recent seasons

The performance of the club season-to-season has been excellent. the club:

Season Division Tier Position
1999–00 2. Bundesliga II 9th
2000–01 2. Bundesliga 14th
2001–02 2. Bundesliga 4th
2002–03 2. Bundesliga 4th
2003–04 2. Bundesliga 3rd ↑
2004–05 Bundesliga I 11th
2005–06 Bundesliga 11th
2006–07 Bundesliga 16th ↓
2007–08 2. Bundesliga II 4th
2008–09 2. Bundesliga 2nd ↑
2009–10 Bundesliga I 9th
2010–11 Bundesliga 5th
2011–12 Bundesliga 13th
2012–13 Bundesliga 13th
2013–14 Bundesliga 7th
2014–15 Bundesliga 11th
2015–16 Bundesliga 6th
2016–17 Bundesliga 15th
2017–18 Bundesliga 14th
2018–19 Bundesliga 12th
2019–20 Bundesliga 13th
2020–21 Bundesliga 12th
2021–22 Bundesliga 8th
2022–23 Bundesliga
 

3. Stadium

The club plays their games at home in Mewa Arena, a new arena which was inaugurated in 2011. It has an capacity of 34,034. The first sporting event to be held in the new venue is that of the LIGA total! Cup 2011 that took place from 19 July until 20 July 2011 with the other players comprising Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Hamburger SV.

Die Nullfunfer previously played at the Bruchwegstadion that was constructed in 1928. It was changed several times throughout the years to host an audience of more than 20300 fans. With a typical attendance of 15,000 during the two. Bundesliga the team's recent successes has seen them consistently crowding their venues. The average attendance for home games for this season of 2015-16 was 29,324 people.

4. Club culture

Mainz is renowned as one of the three most important Carnival cities of Germany with the other two being Dusseldorf as well as Cologne. After each Mainzer goal in an home game it is the "Narrhallamarsch" is a well-known German carnival tune performed by the Mainzer team, is played.

5. Reserve team

The reserve team of the club 1. FSV Mainz 05 II, has , along with the progress of the senior team up to Bundesliga level, made it through the ranks. The team made it to Oberliga levels in the year 1999. Then, it was being promoted to the Regionalliga in 2003. After about two years, it was dropped to the Oberliga again. In 2008, they received promotion into the Regionalliga West again and when the league was cut in by 2012, the team was then relegated to in the brand new Regionalliga Sudwest. A third-place performance in this league in 2014 enabled the team to be part of the promotion round of the 3. Liga which did well over the Regionalliga Nordost champions and played at this level from 2014 to 2015.

6. European record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2005–06 UEFA Cup 1Q Armenia Mika 4–0 0–0 4–0
2Q Iceland Keflavík 2–0 2–0 4–0
1R Spain Sevilla 0–2 0–0 0–2
2011–12 UEFA Europa League 3Q Romania Gaz Metan MediaÈ™ 1–1 1–1 2–2[a]
2014–15 UEFA Europa League 3Q Greece Asteras Tripoli 1–0 1–3 2–3
2016–17 UEFA Europa League Group C Belgium Anderlecht 1–1 1–6 3rd
France Saint-Étienne 1–1 0–0
Azerbaijan Gabala 2–0 3–2

7. Honours

League

  • German amateur champions: 1982
  • Regionalliga Südwest (II) champions: 1973
  • Oberliga Südwest (III) champions: 1981, 1988, 1990
  • Amateurliga Südwest (III) champions: 1978

Regional

  • Kreisliga Hessen (I) champions: 1921
  • Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar (I) champions: 1927
  • Bezirksliga Main-Hessen (Hessen group) (I) champions: 1932, 1933
  • South West Cup (Tiers III-VII) winners: 1980, 1982, 1986

Youth

  • German under 19 champions: 2009
  • Under 17 Bundesliga South/Southwest champions: 2014

Individual Club Awards

  • DFB-Pokal semi-finalists: 2009
  • UEFA Fair Play selection: 2005

Reserve team

  • Oberliga Südwest (IV) champions: 2003, 2008
  • South West Cup winners: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

8. Players

Detail of the players as below mentioned.

8.1. Current squad

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Finn Dahmen
3 DF Spain ESP Aarón Martín
4 MF Morocco MAR Aymen Barkok
5 DF Germany GER Maxim Leitsch
6 MF Germany GER Anton Stach
7 MF South Korea KOR Lee Jae-sung
8 MF Luxembourg LUX Leandro Barreiro
9 FW Austria AUT Karim Onisiwo
10 MF France FRA Angelo Fulgini
11 FW Denmark DEN Marcus Ingvartsen
16 DF Germany GER Stefan Bell
17 MF Germany GER Niklas Tauer
19 DF France FRA Anthony Caci
20 MF Switzerland  SUI Edimilson Fernandes
No, Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Germany GER Danny da Costa
27 GK Germany GER Robin Zentner (vice-captain)
29 FW Germany GER Jonathan Burkardt
30 DF Switzerland  SUI Silvan Widmer (captain)
31 MF Germany GER Dominik Kohr
32 GK Germany GER Lasse Rieß
36 FW Austria AUT Marlon Mustapha
37 FW Netherlands NED Delano Burgzorg
38 FW Germany GER Ben Bobzien
41 MF Germany GER Eniss Shabani
42 DF Germany GER Alexander Hack
44 FW Germany GER Nelson Weiper
MF Germany GER Philipp Schulz

8.2. Out on loan

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF France FRA Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel (at France RC Strasbourg Alsace until 30 June 2023)
MF Germany GER Paul Nebel (at Germany Karlsruher SC until 30 June 2023)
DF Angola ANG Anderson Lucoqui (at Germany FC Hansa Rostock until 30 June 2023)
MF Germany GER Merveille Papela (at Germany SV Sandhausen until 30 June 2023)

9. Current coaching staff

Head coach Denmark Bo Svensson
Assistant coach Germany Babak Keyhanfar
Assistant coach Germany Michael Falkenmayer
Fitness coach Germany Alex Busenkell
Fitness coach Germany Jonas Grünewald
Goalkeeping coach Germany Stephan Kuhnert
Analyst Germany Daniel Fischer

10. Managerial history

  • Germany Paul Oßwald (1933–35)
  • Germany Helmut Schneider (1946–48)
  • Germany Berno Wischmann (1950 – October 50)
  • Germany Hans Geiger (October 1950–52)
  • Germany Georg Bayerer (1952–53)
  • Hungary Emil Izsó (1953 – Dec 54)
  • Germany Heinz Baas (1959–66)
  • Germany Erich Bäumler (1967–68)
  • Germany Bernd Hoss (1971–74)
  • Germany Uwe Klimaschefski (1 July 1974 – 21 September 1974)
  • Germany Gerd Menne (1 Oct 1974 – 7 December 1975)
  • Germany Gerd Higi (interim) (5 December 1975 – 31 December 1975)
  • Germany Horst Hülß (16 January 1976 – 30 June 1980)
  • Germany Herbert Dörenberg (1980 – March 83)
  • Germany Lothar Emmerich (March 1983–84)
  • Germany Horst-Dieter Strich (1984–88)
  • Germany Horst Hülß (1 July 1988 – 13 February 1989)
  • Germany Robert Jung (14 February 1989 – 30 June 1992)
  • Croatia Josip Kuze (1 July 1992 – 15 October 1994)
  • Germany Hermann Hummels (20 October 1994 – 17 April 1995)
  • Germany Horst Franz (18 April 1995 – 13 September 1995)
  • Germany Manfred Lorenz (interim) (14 September 1995 – 23 September 1995)
  • Germany Wolfgang Frank (25 September 1995 – 2 March 1997)
  • Germany Manfred Lorenz (interim) (3 March 1997 – 10 March 1997)
  • Germany Reinhard Saftig (11 March 1997 – 23 August 1997)
  • Germany Manfred Lorenz (interim) (23 August 1997 – 15 September 1997)
  • Austria Dietmar Constantini (24 August 1997 – 9 April 1998)
  • Germany Wolfgang Frank (9 April 1998 – 17 April 2000)
  • Germany Dirk Karkuth (18 April 2000 – 30 June 2000)
  • Belgium René Vandereycken (1 July 2000 – 14 November 2000)
  • Germany Manfred Lorenz (interim) (15 November 2000 – 21 November 2000)
  • Germany Eckhard Krautzun (21 November 2000 – 28 February 2001)
  • Germany Jürgen Klopp (28 February 2001 – 30 June 2008)
  • Norway Jörn Andersen (1 July 2008 – 3 August 2009)
  • Germany Thomas Tuchel (3 August 2009 – 11 May 2014)
  • Denmark Kasper Hjulmand (15 May 2014 – 17 February 2015)
  • Switzerland Martin Schmidt (17 February 2015 – 22 May 2017)
  • Germany Sandro Schwarz (1 July 2017 – 10 November 2019)
  • Germany Achim Beierlorzer (18 November 2019 – 28 September 2020)
  • Germany Jan-Moritz Lichte (28 September 2020 – 28 December 2020)
  • Germany Jan Siewert (interim) (28 December 2020 – 4 January 2021)
  • Denmark Bo Svensson (4 January 2021 –)

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