2011–12 1. FSV Mainz 05 season

1. FSV Mainz 05

2011–12 season
Manager	Thomas Tuchel
Bundesliga	13th
DFB-Pokal	3rd Round
Europa League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Andreas Ivanschitz (5) All: Andreas Ivanschitz (6)
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The 2011–12 1. FSV Mainz 05 season is the club's 106th year of existence. They participated in the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Europa League.

Review and events

On 19 November, the match against Mainz 05 was cancelled after the referee for the match, Babak Rafati, attempted suicide.^[1] The match was eventually rescheduled for 13 December.^[2]

Mainz 05 were eliminated from the DFB-Pokal by Holstein Kiel.^[3]

For the winter break, Mainz 05 returned to practice on 3 January 2012 at 10:00 CET (UTC+01) and had training camp in Llucmajor, Majorca, from 6 January to 12 January.^[4]

Match results

Bundesliga

Mainz 05 v Bayer Leverkusen

7 August 2011 1	Mainz 05	2–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Svensson  27' Allagui  32' Polanski  66' Bungert  74' Toprak  86' (o.g.)	Match Report	Augusto  43' Bender  84's	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 32,443 Referee: Michael Weiner (Ottenstein)

SC Freiburg v Mainz 05

13 August 2011 2	SC Freiburg	1–2	Mainz 05	Freiburg
15:30 CEST	Cissé  90+1'	Match Report	Choupo-Moting  50',  79' Risse  64',  90+3'	Stadium: badenova-Stadion Attendance: 20,600 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

Mainz 05 v Schalke 04

21 August 2011 3	Mainz 05	2–4	Schalke 04	Mainz
15:30 CEST	Ivanschitz  7' Soto  12'	Match Report	Papadopoulos  5' Huntelaar  57' Höwedes  64' Matip  81' Fuchs  90'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 33,500 Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)

Hannover 96 v Mainz 05

28 August 2011 4	Hannover 96	1–1	Mainz 05	Hanover
15:30 CEST	Abdellaoue  30' Schmiedebach  90+2' Stindl  90+3'	Match Report	Allagui  2'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 40,420 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

Mainz 05 v 1899 Hoffenheim

10 September 2011 5	Mainz 05	0–4	1899 Hoffenheim	Mainz
15:30 CEST		Match Report	Firmino  16' Babel  45+2' (pen.), 74' Noveski  85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Mainz 05

17 September 2011 6	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–1	Mainz 05	Kaiserslautern
18:30 CEST	Svensson  24' (o.g.) Shechter  54' Tiffert  73'	Match Report	Choupo-Moting  15' Ivanschitz  75' Kirchhoff  78'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 43,952 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

Mainz 05 v Borussia Dortmund

24 September 2011 7	Mainz 05	1–2	Borussia Dortmund	Mainz
15:30 CEST	N. Müller  33' Pospěch  90'	Match Report	Perišić  64' Piszczek  90'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

1. FC Nürnberg v Mainz 05

1 October 2011 8	1. FC Nürnberg	3–3	Mainz 05	Nuremberg
15:30 CEST	Feulner  6' Mak  20' Wollscheid  28' Klose  58' Pekhart  82'	Match Report	Bungert  32' Choupo-Moting  45' Ivanschitz  52'	Stadium: easyCredit-Stadion Attendance: 38,107 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

Mainz 05 v FC Augsburg

15 October 2011 9	Mainz 05	0–1	FC Augsburg	Mainz
15:30 CEST	Noveski  58' Ujah  83' Svensson  87'		Möhrle  57' Callsen-Bracker  82' (pen.) Bellinghausen  90+3'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 30,195 Referee: Marco Fritz (Korb)

Hertha BSC v Mainz 05

22 October 2011 10	Hertha BSC	0–0	Mainz 05	Berlin
15:30 CEST	Niemeyer  80'	Match Report	Allagui  79' Kirchhoff  80' Choupo-Moting  90'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 47,064 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

Mainz 05 v Werder Bremen

29 October 2011 11	Mainz 05	1–3	Werder Bremen	Mainz
18:30 CEST	Kirchhoff  6' Bungert  23' Soto  89'	Match Report	Pizarro  29',  76' Hunt  47' Ignjovski  50' Wagner  76' Prödl  78' Schmitz  89'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 34.000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

Mainz 05 v VfB Stuttgart

4 November 2011 12	Mainz 05	3–1	VfB Stuttgart	Mainz
20:30 CET	N. Müller  48' Ujah  53', 64' Ivanschitz  60' (pen.),  61' Polanski  83'	Match Report	Okazaki  14' Cacau  50' Ulreich  60' Rodríguez  67', 90+4'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)

Mainz 05 v Bayern Munich

27 November 2011 13	Mainz 05	3–2	Bayern Munich	Mainz
17:30 CET	Ivanschitz  11' Baumgartlinger  23' Bungert  59',  74' Caligiuri  65' Wetklo  84'	Match Report	Luiz Gustavo  50' Van Buyten  56', 79' Gómez  67'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg

VfL Wolfsburg v Mainz 05

3 December 2011 14	VfL Wolfsburg	2–2	Mainz 05	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET	Mandžukić  10' Kirchhoff  41' (o.g.) Benaglio  69' Hasebe  76', 85'	Match Report	Allagui  37' Ivanschitz  70' (pen.) Choupo-Moting  81'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 24,321 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

Mainz 05 v Hamburger SV

10 December 2011 15	Mainz 05	0–0	Hamburger SV	Mainz
17:30 CET	Pospěch  36'	Match Report		Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann (Wangen)

1. FC Köln v Mainz 05

13 December 2011 16	1. FC Köln	1–1	Mainz 05	Cologne
20:30 CET	Jemal  29' Podolski  85' Brečko  88'	Match Report	Gavranović  16' Svensson  24' Allagui  48',  70' Baumgartlinger  62'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 44,800 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Mainz 05

18 December 2011 17	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–0	Mainz 05	Mönchengladbach
17:30 CET	Nordtveit  45+1' Dante  46' Herrmann  5',  86'	Match Report	Pospěch  85' Allagui  90' Bungert  90+3'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 49,089 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen) Man of the Match: Herrmann

Bayer Leverkusen v Mainz 05

22 January 2012 18	Bayer Leverkusen	3–2	Mainz 05	Leverkusen
17:30 CET	Pospěch  10' (o.g.) Friedrich  32',  35' Bender  70'	Match Report	Polanski  50' Caligiuri  53'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 24,365 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

Mainz 05 v SC Freiburg

29 January 2012 19	Mainz 05	3–1	SC Freiburg	Mainz
17:30 CET	Choupo-Moting  3', 17' Polanski  6' (pen.) Noveski  59' Bungert  69'	Match Report	Diagne  4' Ginter  52' Krmaš  68' Schmid  78'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 30,938 Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)

Schalke 04 v Mainz 05

4 February 2012 20	Schalke 04	1–1	Mainz 05	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET	Obasi  13',  59' Fuchs  90+2'	Match Report	Zidan  15' Kirchhoff  41' Pospěch  77'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,557 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

Mainz 05 v Hannover 96

11 February 2012 21	Mainz 05	1–1	Hannover 96	Mainz
15:30 CET	Zidan  7' Bungert  18' Szalai  39' Wetklo  90+3'	Match Report	Stindl  17' Pinto  77' Sobiech  90' Schlaudraff  90+2'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 30,173 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

1899 Hoffenheim v Mainz 05

17 February 2012 22	1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	Mainz 05	Sinsheim
20:30 CET	Noveski  9' (o.g.)	Match Report	Zidan  29' Zabavník  81'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 24,300 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Obertshausen)

Mainz 05 v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

25 February 2012 23	Mainz 05	4–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Mainz
15:30 CET	Zidan  2' Szalai  17' N. Müller  30' Choupo-Moting  74' Kirchhoff  81'	Report	Dick  44' Derstroff  60' Jørgensen  68'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Knut Kircher

Borussia Dortmund v Mainz 05

3 March 2012 24	Borussia Dortmund	2–1	Mainz 05	Dortmund
18:30 CET	Błaszczykowski  26' Kagawa  77'	Report	Zidan  74'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 80,720 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

Mainz 05 v 1. FC Nürnberg

10 March 2012 25	Mainz 05	2–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Mainz
15:30 CET	N. Müller  2' Szalai  6', 84' Zidan  22'	Report	Balitsch  4' Hloušek  34' Wollscheid  57' Schäfer  62' Didavi  64' Feulner  71'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

FC Augsburg v Mainz 05

17 March 2012 26	FC Augsburg	2–1	Mainz 05	Augsburg
15:30 CET	Koo  43' Langkamp  51' Hosogai  71' Bellinghausen  83'	Report	Allagui  36' Zabavník  63' Wetklo  90+1'	Stadium: Augsburg Arena Attendance: 30,025 Referee: Michael Weiner

Mainz 05 v Hertha BSC

24 March 2012 27	Mainz 05	1–3	Hertha BSC	Mainz
15:30 CET	Choupo-Moting  58' Kirchhoff  73'	Report	Ben-Hatira  41' Ramos  52', 69' Lell  88'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 33,152 Referee: Peter Sippel

Werder Bremen v Mainz 05

31 March 2012 28	Werder Bremen	0–3	Mainz 05	Bremen
15:30 CET	Fritz  54'	Report	Szalai  18' Choupo-Moting  48', 74' Zabavník  62' Soto  63'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,132 Referee: Knut Kircher

VfB Stuttgart v Mainz 05

7 April 2012 29	VfB Stuttgart	4–1	Mainz 05	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST	Hajnal  8' Ibišević  49', 85' Kuzmanović  65' (pen.) Okazaki  89'	Report	Ivanschitz  3' (pen.) Polanski  65'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 55,100 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Mainz 05 v 1. FC Köln

10 April 2012 30	Mainz 05	4–0	1. FC Köln	Mainz
20:00 CEST	Polanski  19' (pen.) Zidan  31' N. Müller  37' Szalai  54',  54' Choupo-Moting  82'	Report		Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Felix Brych

Bayern Munich v Mainz 05

14 April 2012 31	Bayern Munich	0–0	Mainz 05	Munich
18:30 CEST	Badstuber  23'	Report	N. Müller  62'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 69,000 Referee: Markus Schmidt

Mainz 05 v VfL Wolfsburg

20 April 2012 32	Mainz 05	0–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Mainz
20:30 CEST		Report	Madlung  21'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 31,069 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Hamburger SV v Mainz 05

28 April 2012 33	Hamburger SV	0–0	Mainz 05	Hamburg
15:30 CEST		Report	Caligiuri  38'	Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 56,537 Referee: Florian Meyer

Mainz 05 v Borussia Mönchengladbach

5 May 2012 34	Mainz 05	0–3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mainz
15:30 CEST		Report	Reus  31', 62' De Camargo  69'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

DFB-Pokal

SVN Zweibrücken v Mainz 05

31 July 2011 First round	SVN Zweibrücken	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Mainz 05	Homburg
17:30 CEST	Dausend  35' Ellermann  73' Nazarov  84' Maul  116'	Match Report	Zabavník  88', 88' Slišković  95' Allagui  115'	Stadium: Waldstadion Homburg Attendance: 7,165 Referee: Harm Osmers (Hanover)

Hannover 96 v Mainz 05

26 October 2011 Second round	Hannover 96	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Mainz 05	Hanover
19:00 CEST	Cherundolo  93' Pinto  115'	Match Report	Ivanschitz  93',  104'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 30,100 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

Holstein Kiel v Mainz 05

21 December 2011 Round of 16	Holstein Kiel	2–0	Mainz 05	Kiel
19:00 CET	Ujah  6' (o.g.) Heider  43' S. Müller  64'	Match Report		Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 10.649 Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)

UEFA Europa League

Mainz 05 v Gaz Metan Mediaș

28 July 2011 3QR-1st Leg	Mainz 05	1–1	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Mainz, Germany
20:30 CEST	Bungert  31' Pospěch  66' Svensson  90+6'	Match Report	Todea  29' Hoban  42' Bawab  60',  81' Khubutia  90'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 15,800 Referee: Steven McLean (Scotland)

Gaz Metan Mediaș v Mainz 05

4 August 2011 3QR-2nd Leg	Gaz Metan Mediaș	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (4–3 p)	Mainz 05	Mediaș, Romania
19:00 CEST	Buzean  49' Bawab  62' Trtovac  64' Pleșca  111'	Match Report	Baumgartlinger  24' Risse  31' Polanski  144'	Stadium: Stadionul Gaz Metan Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

Player information

Roster and statistics

As of 16 December 2011

Squad Season 2011-12
Player					Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Europa League		Totals
Player	Nat.	Birthday	at Mainz since	Previous club	Matches	Goals	Matches	Goal	Matches	Goals	Matches	Goals
Goalkeepers
Heinz Müller		30 May 1978	2009	Barnsley	10	0	0	0	1	0	11	0
Christian Wetklo		11 April 1980	2000	Rot-Weiss Essen	3	0	2	0	1	0	6	0
Loris Karius		22 June 1993	2011	Manchester City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
Niko Bungert		24 October 1986	2008	Kickers Offenbach	15	3	2	0	2	1	19	4
Malik Fathi		29 October 1983	2010	Spartak Moscow	12	0	2	0	0	0	14	0
Eugen Gopko		5 January 1991	2006	TuS Neuhausen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jan Kirchhoff		1 October 1990	2007	Eintracht Frankfurt	13	0	2	0	0	0	15	0
Nikolče Noveski		28 April 1979	2004	Erzgebirge Aue	11	0	1	0	2	0	14	0
Zdeněk Pospěch		14 December 1978	2011	Copenhagen	14	0	1	0	2	0	17	0
Fabian Schönheim		14 February 1987	2011	Wehen Wiesbaden	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bo Svensson		4 August 1979	2007	Borussia Mönchengladbach	7	0	1	0	2	0	10	0
Radoslav Zabavník		16 September 1980	2010	Terek Grozny	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Midfielders
Julian Baumgartlinger		2 January 1988	2011	Austria Wien	11	0	2	0	1	0	14	0
Marco Caligiuri		14 April 1984	2010	Greuther Fürth	14	1	1	0	1	0	16	1
Florian Heller		10 March 1982	2008	Erzgebirge Aue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andreas Ivanschitz		15 October 1983	2009	Panathinaikos	14	5	1	1	2	0	17	6
Yunus Mallı		24 February 1992	2011	Borussia Mönchengladbach	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
Nicolai Müller		24 February 1992	2011	Greuther Fürth	10	1	0	0	0	0	10	1
Eugen Polanski		17 March 1986	2009	Getafe	8	0	0	0	2	0	10	0
Marcel Risse		17 December 1989	2010	Bayer Leverkusen	10	1	2	0	2	1	14	2
Elkin Soto		4 August 1980	2007	Guayaquil	14	1	2	0	2	0	18	1
Zoltán Stieber		16 October 1988	2011	Alemannia Aachen	6	0	1	0	1	0	8	0
Forwards
Sami Allagui		28 May 1986	2010	Greuther Fürth	13	3	1	1	2	0	16	4
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting		16 October 1988	2011	Hamburger SV	16	4	2	0	1	0	19	0
Mario Gavranović		22 November 1989	2011	Schalke 04	4	0	1	2	1	0	6	2
Shawn Parker		7 March 1993	2005	Wehen Wiesbaden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ádám Szalai		9 December 1987	2010	Real Madrid	12	3	0	0	0	0	12	3
Anthony Ujah		14 October 1990	2011	Lillestrøm	8	2	1	0	2	0	11	2
Deniz Yılmaz		26 February 1988	2011	Bayern Munich	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

In

N P Nat. Name Age EU Moving from Type Transfer window Ends Transfer fee Ref. Out N P Nat. Name Age EU Moving to Type Transfer window Transfer fee Source Sources "Rafati nach Suizidversuch außer Lebensgefahr". kicker (in German). 19 November 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2011. "Köln gegen Mainz am 13. Dezember". kicker (in German). 21 November 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2011. "Kiel schafft die Sensation!". kicker. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2011. "Ab in den Süden". kicker (in German). 23 December 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2011.