{{Short description|German association football club}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{About|the men's team|the women's team|1. FSV Mainz 05 (women)}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Mainz 05 | fullname = 1. Fußball- und Sport-Verein Mainz 05 e.V. | image = 1. FSV Mainz 05 logo.svg | upright = 0.85 | founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1905|3|16}}<ref name="Anfang">{{cite web|title=Chronik&nbsp;– Der Anfang|url=http://www.mainz05.de/mainz05/verein/chronik/der-anfang.html|publisher=Mainz 05|access-date=12 February 2013|language=de|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124101249/http://www.mainz05.de/mainz05/verein/chronik/der-anfang.html|archive-date=24 January 2013}}</ref> | nickname = ''Die Nullfünfer'' (the 05ers),{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}<br>''Karnevalsverein'' (Carnival club){{citation needed|date=January 2024}} | ground = MEWA Arena | capacity = 33,305<ref name="1. FSV Mainz 05 - Stadium">{{cite web | url=https://www.mainz05.de/en/stadium-stadium | title=1. FSV Mainz 05 – Stadium }}</ref> | chrtitle = Board Member | chairman = Stefan Hofmann (Chairman) <br> Christian Heidel (Strategy, Sport & Communication Director) <br> Jochen Röttgermann (Marketing Director) | mgrtitle = Head coach | manager = Urs Fischer | league = {{German football updater|FSVMainz}} | season = {{German football updater|FSVMainz2}} | position = {{German football updater|FSVMainz3}} | website = {{URL|https://www.mainz05.de/|mainz05.de}} | current = 2025–26 1. FSV Mainz 05 season | pattern_la1 = _mainz2526H | pattern_b1 = _mainz2526H | pattern_ra1 = _mainz2526H | pattern_sh1 = | pattern_so1 = _classicfootball | leftarm1 = ed2834 | body1 = ed2834 | rightarm1 = ed2834 | shorts1 = ffffff | socks1 = ed2834 | pattern_la2 = _mainz2526a | pattern_b2 = _mainz2526a | pattern_ra2 = _mainz2526a | pattern_sh2 = _mainz2526a | pattern_so2 = _classicfootball | leftarm2 = 32318C | body2 = 32318C | rightarm2 = 32318C | shorts2 = 32318C | socks2 = DE49B1 | pattern_la3 = _mainz2526t | pattern_b3 = _mainz2526t | pattern_ra3 = _mainz2526t | pattern_sh3 = _mainz2526t | pattern_so3 = _classicfootball | leftarm3 = DBD7CB | body3 = DBD7CB | rightarm3 = DBD7CB | shorts3 = DBD7CB | socks3 = DBD7CB }} '''1. Fußball- und Sport-Verein Mainz 05 e. V.''', usually shortened to '''1. FSV Mainz 05''' or simply '''Mainz 05''' ({{IPA|de|ˌmaɪnts nʊl ˈfʏnf|-|De-Mainz 05.ogg}}), is a German professional sports club, founded in 1905 and based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Mainz 05 play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system, having most recently been promoted ahead of the 2009–10 season. The club's main local rivals are Eintracht Frankfurt and Kaiserslautern. In addition to the football division, Mainz 05 have handball and table tennis departments.

==History== ===Early years=== A failed attempt to start a football club in the city in 1903 was followed up two years later by the successful creation of '''1. Mainzer Fussballclub Hassia 1905'''. After a number of years of play in the Süddeutschen Fußballverband (South German Football League), the club merged with FC Hermannia 07&nbsp;– the former football side of Mainzer TV 1817&nbsp;– to form '''1. Mainzer Fussballverein Hassia 05''', which dropped "Hassia" from its name in August 1912. Another merger after World War I, in 1919, with Sportverein 1908 Mainz, resulted in the formation of '''1. Mainzer Fußball- und Sportverein 05'''. ''Die Nullfünfer'' ("05") was a solid club that earned several regional league championships in the period between the wars and qualified for the opening round of the national championships in 1921, after winning the Kreisliga Hessen.<ref name="Anfang"/>

===Play during the Nazi era=== In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the club played in the Bezirksliga Main-Hessen&nbsp;– Gruppe Hessen, and the results included first-place finishes in 1932 and 1933. The results merited the team a place in the Gauliga Südwest, one of 16 new first-division leagues formed in the re-organization of German football under the Third Reich. The club played only a single season at that level before being relegated, due to the high intensity play that they were unable to keep up with.{{vague|date=January 2024}} Karl Scherm scored in 23 out of 44 matches with Mainz during his last season. In 1938, Mainz was forced into a merger with Reichsbahn SV Mainz and played as '''Reichsbahn SV Mainz 05''' until the end of World War II.<ref name="Anfang"/>

===Long march to the Bundesliga=== 260px|thumb|Historical chart of 1. FSV Mainz league performance After World War II, the club again joined the upper ranks of league play in Germany's Oberliga Südwest, but were never better than a mid-table side. It played in the top flight until the founding of the new professional league, the Bundesliga, in 1963 and would go on to play as a second division side for most of the next four decades.{{vague|date=January 2024|reason='but were never better... It played'? was/were, it/they?}} They withdrew for a time&nbsp;– from the late 1970s into the late 1980s&nbsp;– to the Amateur Oberliga Südwest (III), as the result of a series of financial problems.{{vague|date=January 2024|reason=what sort of 'series of financial problems'? and back to 'they', from 'it?}}<ref name="Nachkriegsjahre">{{cite web|title=Chronik&nbsp;– Nachkriegsjahre|url=http://www.mainz05.de/mainz05/verein/chronik/die-nachkriegsjahre.html|publisher=Mainz 05|access-date=12 February 2013|language=de|archive-date=24 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124161513/http://www.mainz05.de/mainz05/verein/chronik/die-nachkriegsjahre.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Mainz'' earned honours as the German amateur champions in 1982.<ref name="Bis Heute">{{cite web|title=Chronik&nbsp;– Bis Heute|url=http://www.mainz05.de/mainz05/verein/chronik/bis-heute.html|publisher=Mainz 05|access-date=12 February 2013|language=de|archive-date=24 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124025109/http://www.mainz05.de/mainz05/verein/chronik/bis-heute.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The club returned to professional play with promotion to the 2. Bundesliga for a single season in 1988–89 with Bodo Hertlein as president, before finally returning for an extended run in 1990–91. Initially, they were perennial relegation candidates, struggling hard each season to avoid being sent down. However, under unorthodox trainer Wolfgang Frank, Mainz became one of the first clubs in German football to adopt a flat four zone defence, as opposed to the then-popular man-to-man defence using a ''libero''.<ref name="Bis Heute"/>

Mainz had three unsuccessful attempts to get to the top flight in 1996–97, 2001–02, and 2002–03, with close fourth-place finishes just out of the promotion zone. The last of those attempts stung{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} as they were denied promotion in the 93rd minute of the last match of the season. One year earlier, Mainz became the best non-promoted team of all time in the 2. Bundesliga, with 64 points accumulated. However, the club's persistence paid dividends{{technical inline|date=January 2024}} after promotion to the Bundesliga in 2003–04 under head coach Jürgen Klopp. The club played three seasons in the top flight, but were relegated at the end of the 2006–07 season. Mainz secured promotion to the top flight again two years later, after the 2008–09 season.<ref name="Bis Heute"/>

Mainz also earned a spot in the 2005–06 UEFA Cup in their debut Bundesliga season as Germany's nominee in the Fair Play draw which acknowledges positive play, respect for one's opponent, respect for the referee, the behaviour of the crowd and of team officials, as well as cautions and dismissals.{{vague|date=January 2024|reason=explain 'cautions and dismissals' for the reader. or provide links.}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Mainz set for European debut|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/01aa-0ea7de058e01-0213526488bf-1000--mainz-set-for-european-debut/|publisher=UEFA|access-date=4 August 2011|date=2 June 2005|archive-date=25 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225190957/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/newsid=307473.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Due to the Bruchweg stadium's limited capacity, the home matches in UEFA Cup were played in Frankfurt's Commerzbank-Arena.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mainz 05 weicht nach Frankfurt aus|url=http://www.netzeitung.de/sport/343332.html|publisher=netzeitung.de|access-date=4 August 2011|language=de|date=11 June 2005|archive-date=23 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323104842/http://www.netzeitung.de/sport/343332.html|url-status=live}}</ref> After defeating Armenian club Mika and Icelandic club Keflavík in the qualifying rounds, Mainz lost to eventual champions Sevilla 2–0 on aggregate in the first round.<ref>{{cite web|title=Keine Sensation in Mainz, Sevilla siegt 2:0|url=http://www.n-tv.de/sport/Sevilla-siegt-2-0-article159552.html|publisher=n-tv.de|access-date=4 August 2011|language=de|date=29 September 2005|archive-date=19 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019172746/http://www.n-tv.de/sport/Sevilla-siegt-2-0-article159552.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the 2010–11 season, Mainz equalled the Bundesliga starting record by winning their first seven matches that season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hamburg end Mainz's record bid|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=ger/news/newsid=1546041.html|publisher=UEFA|access-date=4 August 2011|date=16 October 2010|archive-date=17 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217184614/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=ger/news/newsid=1546041.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> They ended the season with their best finish to date in fifth place, good enough to secure them their second entry to the UEFA Europa League,<ref>{{cite web|title=Season review: Germany|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=ger/news/newsid=1643518.html|publisher=UEFA|access-date=4 August 2011|date=23 June 2011|archive-date=5 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705184923/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=ger/news/newsid=1643518.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> where they were eliminated in the third qualifying round by Romanian club Gaz Metan Mediaș.<ref name="Bis Heute"/>

On the final matchday of the 2022–23 season, Mainz secured a 2–2 draw against league leaders Borussia Dortmund at their stadium, causing the latter to lose the title to Bayern Munich on goal difference.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/borussia-dortmund-mainz-live-team-news-match-stats-champions-bellingham-reus-23583 |title=Heartache for Borussia Dortmund as Mainz draw hands title to Bayern Munich |publisher=Bundesliga |date=27 May 2023 }}</ref>

The 2023–24 season was challenging for Mainz, as they spent most of it in 17th place, with only two wins by matchday 25. However, they drastically improved under coach Bo Henriksen, remaining unbeaten in their last nine matches and winning five of them, including the final two against Borussia Dortmund and VfL Wolfsburg. This impressive run lifted them from 16th to 13th place, ensuring their continued presence in the Bundesliga.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/bundesliga-great-escape-artists-mainz-add-another-resurrection-to-folklore-started-by-jurgen-klopp-27379 |title=Bundesliga great escape artists Mainz add another resurrection to folklore started by Jürgen Klopp |publisher=Bundesliga |date=18 May 2024 }}</ref> In the 2024–25 season, Mainz surged to third place by late March 2025 after a 3–1 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach, raising hopes of first-ever UEFA Champions League qualification.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.zdf.de/video/kurzfassungen/bundesliga-fussball-highlights-zusammenfassung-100/borussia-moenchengladbach-fsv-mainz-05-highlights-zusammenfassung-saison-2024-25-100 |title=Bundesliga: 3:1-Sieg in M'gladbach: Mainz 05 nun Dritter |publisher=ZDF |language=de |date=9 March 2025 }}</ref> However, a 2–2 home draw with SC Freiburg, followed by a 3–1 away defeat to Dortmund, triggered a seven-match winless streak that saw Mainz slip to seventh place with two games remaining in the season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.swr.de/sport/fussball/fsv-mainz-05/verspielt-mainz-05-noch-europa-100.html |title="Tut richtig weh": Mainz 05 verpasst Sprung auf Champions-League-Rang vier |publisher=SWR.de |language=de |date=19 April 2025 }}</ref> They eventually finished sixth, qualifying for the Conference League.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/mainz-05-season-to-remember-henriksen-burkardt-amiri-europe-32206 |title=Flying 05ers: Mainz and Bo Henriksen have had a season to remember in 2024/25 |publisher=Bundesliga |date=16 May 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Gjerulff |first=Rune |url=https://bulinews.com/m05-b04 |title=Hard-fought draw secures European spot for Mainz |publisher=Bundesliga News |date=17 May 2025 }}</ref>

==Recent seasons== {{List missing criteria|reason=how recent is 'recent'? who decides this? why does this section begin in 1999?|date=January 2024}} The recent season-by-season performance of the club:<ref>{{cite web |title=Willkommen beim Deutschen Fußball-Archiv |access-date=24 February 2016 |website=Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv |url=http://www.f-archiv.de/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224103852/http://www.f-archiv.de/ |archive-date=24 February 2016 |url-status=live |language=de |trans-title=Welcome to the German Football Archives}} Historical German domestic league tables</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=News > Ergebnisse & Tabellen |access-date=24 February 2016 |url=http://www.fussball.de/fussball-ergebnisse-die-top-ligen-bei-fussball-de/id_45692854/index |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140721093340/http://www.fussball.de/fussball-ergebnisse-die-top-ligen-bei-fussball-de/id_45692854/index |archive-date=21 July 2014 |url-status=dead |language=de |trans-title=News > Results and Tables}} Tables and results of all German football leagues</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! Season ! Division ! Tier ! Position |- style="text-align:center;" | 1999–00 | rowspan="5" style="text-align:left;" | 2. Bundesliga | rowspan=5| II | 9th |- style="text-align:center;" | 2000–01 | 14th |- style="text-align:center;" | 2001–02 | rowspan="2" | 4th |- style="text-align:center;" | 2002–03 |- style="text-align:center;" | 2003–04 | style="background:#ddffdd"| 3rd ↑ |- style="text-align:center;" | 2004–05 | rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Bundesliga | rowspan=3| I | rowspan="2" | 11th |- style="text-align:center;" | 2005–06 |- style="text-align:center;" | 2006–07 | style="background:#ffcccc"| 16th ↓ |- style="text-align:center;" | 2007–08 | rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | 2. Bundesliga | rowspan=2| II | 4th |- style="text-align:center;" | 2008–09 | style="background:#ddffdd"| 2nd ↑ |- style="text-align:center;" | 2009–10 | rowspan="18" style="text-align:left;" | Bundesliga | rowspan=18| I | 9th |- style="text-align:center;" | 2010–11 | 5th |- style="text-align:center;" | 2011–12 | rowspan="2" | 13th |- style="text-align:center;" | 2012–13 |- style="text-align:center;" | 2013–14 | 7th |- style="text-align:center;" | 2014–15 | 11th |- style="text-align:center;" | 2015–16 | 6th |- style="text-align:center;" | 2016–17 | 15th |- style="text-align:center;" | 2017–18 | 14th |- style="text-align:center;" | 2018–19 | 12th |- style="text-align:center;" | 2019–20 | 13th |- style="text-align:center;" | 2020–21 | 12th |- style="text-align:center;" | 2021–22 | 8th |- style="text-align:center;" | 2022–23 | 9th |- style="text-align:center;" | 2023–24 | 13th |- style="text-align:center;" | 2024–25 | 6th |- style="text-align:center;" | 2025–26 | 10th |- style="text-align:center;" | 2026–27 | |} ;Key {| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" | style="background:#ddffdd"| ↑ <small>Promoted</small> | style="background:#ffcccc"| ↓ <small>Relegated</small> |}

==Stadium== The club plays its home matches at Mewa Arena, a new stadium opened in 2011 with a capacity of 33,305.<ref name="1. FSV Mainz 05 - Stadium">{{cite web | url=https://www.mainz05.de/en/stadium-stadium | title=1. FSV Mainz 05 – Stadium }}</ref> The first event held at the new arena was the LIGA total! Cup 2011, which took place from 19 July through to 20 July 2011, with the other participants being Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Hamburger SV.<ref>[http://www.coface-arena.de/fileadmin/content/downloads/pressemitteilungen/Presseinfo_Mainz_05_2011_02_17.pdf LIGA total! Cup 2011 in der Mainzer Coface Arena] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919162128/http://www.coface-arena.de/fileadmin/content/downloads/pressemitteilungen/Presseinfo_Mainz_05_2011_02_17.pdf |date=19 September 2011 }} Press release</ref>

''Die Nullfünfer'' previously played at the Bruchwegstadion, built in 1928, and modified several times over the years{{vague|date=January 2024|reason='several times over the years'... anything more specific?}} to hold a crowd of over 20,300 spectators.<ref name="Bis Heute"/> Averaging crowds of about 15,000 while in the 2. Bundesliga, the team's hard won{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} recent{{when|date=January 2024}} success had them regularly filling their venue.{{clarify|date=January 2024|reason=which venue? is this still Die Nullfünfer?}} The average home league attendance during the 2015–16 season in the Mewa Arena was 30,324 spectators.{{vague|date=January 2024|reason=did the club play at Die Nullfünfer during the 2015–16 season? this section is contradicting itself.}}<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=n.d. |title=1. Bundesliga Zuschauer 2015/16 |url=https://www.kicker.de/bundesliga/zuschauer/2015-16 |language=de |newspaper=Kicker Online |location=Nuremberg |publisher=Olympia-Verlag GmbH |access-date=15 May 2016 |archive-date=15 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515174250/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/spieltag/1-bundesliga/2015-16/zuschauer-der-saison.html |url-status=live }}</ref> {{Wide image|CofaceArenaInnen.jpg|750px|A panorama view of the Mewa Arena}}

==Club culture== {{Commons|1. FSV Mainz 05 kits}} Mainz is known for being one of the three foremost carnival cities in Germany, the others being Düsseldorf and Cologne. After every Mainzer goal scored at a home match, the "Narrhallamarsch", a famous German carnival tune, is played.<ref name="origin">{{cite web |title=Der Narrhallamarsch |date=8 September 2011 |access-date=24 February 2016 |url=http://www.swr.de/fastnacht/wissenswertes/der-narrhallamarsch/-/id=2675174/did=2714312/nid=2675174/18dirpp/index.html |language=de |trans-title=The Narrhalla March |archive-date=24 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224201036/http://www.swr.de/fastnacht/wissenswertes/der-narrhallamarsch/-/id=2675174/did=2714312/nid=2675174/18dirpp/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 27 October 2023, Mainz sacked footballer Anwar El Ghazi after a social media post where called for an end to the post-7 October Israeli offensive in Gaza. El Ghazi was accused of antisemitism by Mainz after his comments where he condemned "apartheid" and "genocide" in Gaza.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1. FSV Mainz 05 – Mainz 05 stellt Anwar El Ghazi frei |url=https://www.mainz05.de/news/mainz-05-stellt-anwar-el-ghazi-frei |access-date=1 March 2025 |website=1. FSV Mainz 05 |language=de}}</ref> In November 2023, Mainz Labour Court found Mainz guilty of wrongful dismissal and the club was ordered to honour Anwar El Ghazi's contract in full, including salary, contract extension, and bonuses.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mainz wrong to sack El Ghazi over Gaza comments, court rules – DW – 07/12/2024 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/court-mainz-wrong-to-sack-el-ghazi-over-gaza-comments/a-69646908 |access-date=18 October 2024 |website=dw.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Reserve team== {{main|1. FSV Mainz 05 II}} The club's reserve team, Mainz 05 II, has also, with the rise of the senior side to Bundesliga level, risen through the ranks.{{vague|date=January 2024|reason='has also, with the rise... risen through the ranks'?}} The team first reached Oberliga level in 1999, followed by promotion to the Regionalliga in 2003.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} After playing there for two seasons, the team dropped to the Oberliga once more.{{vague|date=January 2024|reason='once more'? but this is the first time to drop?}}{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} In 2008, it won promotion to the Regionalliga West again and when this league was reduced in size in 2012, it entered the new Regionalliga Südwest.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} A third-place finish in this league in 2014 allowed the team to enter the promotion round to the 3. Liga, where it was successful against the Regionalliga Nordost champions and played at this level in 2014–15.

==European record== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Season ! Competition ! Round ! Opponent ! Home ! Away ! Aggregate |- | rowspan="3"| 2005–06 | rowspan="3"| UEFA Cup | 1Q | {{fbaicon|ARM}} Mika | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;"| 4–0 | align="center" style="background: #ffffdd;"| 0–0 | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;"| '''4–0''' |- | 2Q | {{fbaicon|ISL}} Keflavík | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;"| 2–0 | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;"| 2–0 | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;"| '''4–0''' |- | 1R | {{fbaicon|ESP}} Sevilla | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 0–2 | align="center" style="background: #ffffdd;"| 0–0 | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| '''0–2''' |- | 2011–12 | UEFA Europa League | 3Q | {{fbaicon|ROU}} Gaz Metan Mediaș | align="center" style="background: #ffffdd;"| 1–1 | align="center" style="background: #ffffdd;"| 1–1 {{aet}} | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| '''2–2 {{pso|3–4}}''' |- | 2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | 3Q | {{fbaicon|GRE}} Asteras Tripolis | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;"| 1–0 | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 1–3 | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| '''2–3''' |- | rowspan="3"| 2016–17 | rowspan="3"| UEFA Europa League | rowspan="3"| Group C | {{fbaicon|BEL}} Anderlecht | align="center" style="background: #ffffdd;"| 1–1 | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 1–6 | align="center" rowspan=3 style="background: #FFBBBB;"| '''3rd''' |- | {{fbaicon|FRA}} Saint-Étienne | align="center" style="background: #ffffdd;"| 1–1 | align="center" style="background: #ffffdd;"| 0–0 |- | {{fbaicon|AZE}} Gabala | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;"| 2–0 | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;"| 3–2 |- | rowspan="9"| 2025–26 | rowspan="9"| UEFA Conference League | PO | {{fbaicon|NOR}} Rosenborg | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;"| 4–1 | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 1–2 | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;"| '''5–3''' |- | rowspan="6"| LP | {{fbaicon|CYP}} Omonia | {{n/a}} | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;"| 1–0 | align="center" rowspan=6 style="background: #BBF3BB;"| '''7th''' |- | {{fbaicon|BIH}} Zrinjski Mostar | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;"| 1–0 | {{n/a}} |- | {{fbaicon|ITA}} Fiorentina | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;"| 2–1 | {{n/a}} |- | {{fbaicon|ROU}} Universitatea Craiova | {{n/a}} | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 0–1 |- | {{fbaicon|POL}} Lech Poznań | {{n/a}} | align="center" style="background: #ffffdd;"| 1–1 |- | {{fbaicon|TUR}} Samsunspor | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;"| 2–0 | {{n/a}} |- | R16 | {{fbaicon|CZE}} Sigma Olomouc | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;"| 2–0 | align="center" style="background: #ffffdd;"| 0–0 | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;"| '''2–0''' |- | QF | {{fbaicon|FRA}} Strasbourg | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;"| 2–0 | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 0–4 | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| '''2–4''' |} ;Notes * '''1Q''': First qualifying round * '''2Q''': Second qualifying round * '''3Q''': Third qualifying round * '''PO''': Play-off round * '''LP''': League phase * '''1R''': First round * '''R16''': Round of 16

==Honours== ;League *German amateur champions: 1982{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} *Regionalliga Südwest (II) champions: 1973{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} *Oberliga Südwest (III) champions: 1981, 1988, 1990{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} *Amateurliga Südwest (III) champions: 1978{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

;Regional *Kreisliga Hessen (I) champions: 1921{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} *Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar (I) champions: 1927{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} *Bezirksliga Main-Hessen (Hessen group) (I) champions: 1932, 1933{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} *South West Cup (Tiers III-VII) winners: 1980, 1982, 1986{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

;Youth *German under 19 champions: 2009, 2023{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} *Under 17 Bundesliga South/Southwest champions: 2014{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

;Individual Club Awards *DFB-Pokal semi-finalists: 2009{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} *UEFA Fair Play selection: 2005{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

;Reserve team *Oberliga Südwest (IV) champions: 2003, 2008{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} *South West Cup winners: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

==Players== ===Current squad=== {{updated|2 February 2026}}<ref name="Mannschaft">{{cite web|url=https://www.mainz05.de/profis/team/mannschaft/|title=Mannschaft|website=mainz05.de|access-date=26 July 2018|archive-date=15 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190915155027/https://www.mainz05.de/profis/team/mannschaft/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/clubs/1-fsv-mainz-05/squad|title=1. FSV Mainz 05 Squad|website=bundesliga.com|access-date=11 October 2021|archive-date=11 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011093127/https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/clubs/1-fsv-mainz-05/squad|url-status=live}}</ref> {{Fs start|hidenote=yes}} {{Fs player|no=1|nat=GER|name=Lasse Rieß|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=2|nat=AUT|name=Phillipp Mwene|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=4|nat=AUT|name=Stefan Posch|pos=DF|other={{small|on loan from Como}}}} {{Fs player|no=5|nat=GER|name=Maxim Leitsch|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=6|nat=JPN|name=Kaishū Sano|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=KOR|name=Lee Jae-sung|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=8|nat=GER|name=Paul Nebel|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=GER|name=Nadiem Amiri|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=GER|name=Armindo Sieb|pos=FW|other={{small|on loan from Bayern Munich}}}} {{fs player|no=14|nat=DEN|name=William Bøving|pos=FW}} {{fs player|no=15|nat=USA|name=Lennard Maloney|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=GER|name=Stefan Bell|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=GER|name=Benedict Hollerbach|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=AUS|name=Kasey Bos|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=FRA|name=Anthony Caci|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=GER|name=Phillip Tietz|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=GER|name=Danny da Costa|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=22|nat=AUT|name=Nikolas Veratschnig|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat=SUR|name=Sheraldo Becker|pos=FW|other={{small|on loan from Osasuna}}}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=JPN|name=Sōta Kawasaki|pos=MF|other={{small|on loan from Kyoto Sanga}}}} {{Fs player|no=25|nat=NOR|name=Andreas Hanche-Olsen|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=26|nat=COD|name=Silas|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=GER|name=Robin Zentner|pos=GK|other=}} {{Fs player|no=28|nat=GER|name=Niklas Tauer|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=30|nat=SUI|name=Silvan Widmer|pos=DF|other={{small|captain}}}} {{Fs player|no=31|nat=GER|name=Dominik Kohr|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=33|nat=GER|name=Daniel Batz|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=35|nat=GER|name=Louis Babatz|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=36|nat=ESP|name=Fabio Moreno Fell|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=38|nat=GER|name=Jeremiah Debrah|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=39|nat=GER|name=Tim Müller|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=42|nat=GER|name=Daniel Gleiber|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=44|nat=GER|name=Nelson Weiper|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=46|nat=GER|name=Philipp Schulz|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=47|nat=GER|name=Maxim Dal|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=48|nat=POL|name=Kacper Potulski|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=49|nat=GER|name=Pit Zuther|pos=GK}} {{Fs end}}

===Out on loan=== {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=AUT|name=Konstantin Schopp|pos=DF|other={{small|at TSV Hartberg until 30 June 2026}}}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=KOR|name=Hong Hyun-seok|pos=MF|other={{small|at Gent until 30 June 2026}}}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=GER|name=Tom Krauß|pos=MF|other={{small|at 1. FC Köln until 30 June 2026}}}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=FIN|name=Otto Ruoppi|pos=MF|other={{small|at KuPS until 30 June 2026}}}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=GER|name=Marco Richter|pos=FW|other={{small|at Darmstadt 98 until 30 June 2026}}}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=FRA|name=Arnaud Nordin|pos=FW|other={{small|at Rennes until 30 June 2026}}}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=GER|name=Ben Bobzien|pos=FW|other={{small|at Dynamo Dresden until 30 June 2026}}}} {{Fs end}}

==Current coaching staff== {{updated|1 January 2024.}}<ref>{{cite web |title=1. FSV Mainz 05 Die Offizielle Website > Staff |access-date=4 January 2021 |website=Mainz05.de |url=http://www.mainz05.de/mainz05/en/profis/team/staff.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721105925/http://www.mainz05.de/mainz05/en/profis/team/staff.html |archive-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=live |language=en, de |trans-title=1. FSV Mainz 05 The Official Website > Staff}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mainz05.de/news/bo-svensson-neuer-cheftrainer/|title=Svensson neuer 05-Cheftrainer|publisher=1. FSV Mainz 05|access-date=4 January 2021|archive-date=5 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105113301/https://www.mainz05.de/news/bo-svensson-neuer-cheftrainer/|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" |Head coach |{{flagicon|SUI}} Urs Fischer |- |Assistant coach |{{flagicon|AUT}} Markus Hoffmann <br/> {{flagicon|DEN}} Michael Silberbauer <br/> {{flagicon|GER}} {{ill|Sören Hartung|de}} |- |Goalkeeper coach |{{flagicon|GER}} {{ill|Stephan Kuhnert|de}} |- |Assistant coach/Analysis |{{flagicon|GER}} Jannes Ehresmann <br/> {{flagicon|GER}} Sebastian Podsiadly |- |Performance manager |{{flagicon|GER}} Sven Herzog <br/> {{flagicon|GER}} Jonas Grünewald |- |Rehab coach |{{flagicon|GER}} Axel Busenkell |- |Team manager |{{flagicon|GER}} Darius Salbert |- |Integration adviser |{{flagicon|TUN}} Nejmeddin Daghfous |- |Medical director physiotherapy |{{flagicon|GER}} Steffen Tröster |- |Physiotherapist |{{flagicon|GER}} Nico Hölzel <br/> {{flagicon|GER}} Stefan Kamilli <br/> {{flagicon|GER}} Daniel Henkes |- |Equipment manager |{{flagicon|GER}} Walter Notter <br/> {{flagicon|GER}} Torsten Körner |- |Doctor |{{flagicon|GER}} Dr. Philipp Appelmann <br/> {{flagicon|GER}} Dr. Stefan Mattyasovszky <br/> {{flagicon|GER}} Dr. Kathrin Stelzer |}

==Coaching history== {{div col|colwidth=20em}} *{{flagicon|Hungary}} Tibor Hesser (1926–28) * Atwood (1928–29) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Julius Etz (1929–33) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Paul Oßwald (1933–35) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Helmut Schneider (1946–48) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Berno Wischmann (1950&nbsp;– October 50) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Hans Geiger (October 1950–52) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Georg Bayerer (1952–53) *{{flagicon|Hungary}} Emil Izsó (1953&nbsp;– Dec 54) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Gerd Higi (1955–57) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Josef Kretschmann (1957–59) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Heinz Baas (1959–66) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Erich Bäumler (1967–68) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Bernd Hoss (1971–74) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Uwe Klimaschefski (1 July 1974&nbsp;– 21 September 1974) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Gerd Menne (1 Oct 1974&nbsp;– 7 December 1975) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Gerd Higi ''(interim)'' (5 December 1975&nbsp;– 31 December 1975) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Horst Hülß (16 January 1976&nbsp;– 30 June 1980) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Herbert Dörenberg (1980&nbsp;– March 83) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Lothar Emmerich (March 1983–84) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Horst-Dieter Strich (1984–88) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Horst Hülß (1 July 1988&nbsp;– 13 February 1989) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Robert Jung (14 February 1989&nbsp;– 30 June 1992) *{{flagicon|Croatia}} Josip Kuze (1 July 1992&nbsp;– 15 October 1994) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Hermann Hummels (20 October 1994&nbsp;– 17 April 1995) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Horst Franz (18 April 1995&nbsp;– 13 September 1995) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Manfred Lorenz ''(interim)'' (14 September 1995&nbsp;– 23 September 1995) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Wolfgang Frank (25 September 1995&nbsp;– 2 March 1997) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Manfred Lorenz ''(interim)'' (3 March 1997&nbsp;– 10 March 1997) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Reinhard Saftig (11 March 1997&nbsp;– 23 August 1997) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Manfred Lorenz ''(interim)'' (23 August 1997&nbsp;– 15 September 1997) *{{flagicon|Austria}} Dietmar Constantini (24 August 1997&nbsp;– 9 April 1998) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Wolfgang Frank (9 April 1998&nbsp;– 17 April 2000) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Dirk Karkuth (18 April 2000&nbsp;– 30 June 2000) *{{flagicon|Belgium}} René Vandereycken (1 July 2000&nbsp;– 14 November 2000) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Manfred Lorenz ''(interim)'' (15 November 2000&nbsp;– 21 November 2000) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Eckhard Krautzun (21 November 2000&nbsp;– 28 February 2001) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Jürgen Klopp (28 February 2001&nbsp;– 30 June 2008) *{{flagicon|Norway}} Jörn Andersen (1 July 2008&nbsp;– 3 August 2009) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Thomas Tuchel (3 August 2009&nbsp;– 11 May 2014) *{{flagicon|Denmark}} Kasper Hjulmand (15 May 2014&nbsp;– 17 February 2015) *{{flagicon|Switzerland}} Martin Schmidt (17 February 2015 – 22 May 2017) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Sandro Schwarz (1 July 2017 – 10 November 2019) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Achim Beierlorzer (18 November 2019 – 28 September 2020) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Jan-Moritz Lichte (28 September 2020 – 28 December 2020) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Jan Siewert ''(interim)'' (28 December 2020 – 4 January 2021) *{{flagicon|Denmark}} Bo Svensson (4 January 2021 – 2 November 2023) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Jan Siewert (2 November 2023 – 12 February 2024) *{{flagicon|Denmark}} Bo Henriksen<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 February 2024 |title=Bo Henriksen wird der neue Trainer bei Mainz 05 |url=https://www.allgemeine-zeitung.de/sport/fussball/fussball-bundesliga/bo-henriksen-wird-der-neue-trainer-bei-mainz-05-3310035 |access-date=13 February 2024 |website=Allgemeine Zeitung |language=de |archive-date=13 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213095936/https://www.allgemeine-zeitung.de/sport/fussball/fussball-bundesliga/bo-henriksen-wird-der-neue-trainer-bei-mainz-05-3310035 |url-status=live }}</ref> (13 February 2024 – 3 December 2025) *{{flagicon|Germany}} Benjamin Hoffmann ''(interim)'' (3 December 2025 – 7 December 2025) *{{flagicon|Switzerland}} Urs Fischer (7 December 2025 – present) {{div col end}}

==See also== * The Football Club Social Alliance

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{Official website}} * [https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/clubs/1-fsv-mainz-05 1. FSV Mainz 05] at Bundesliga * [https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/teams/70853--mainz/ 1. FSV Mainz 05] at UEFA

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