For the Lovers
When Mainz rocked the Bundesliga: 5th place, 58 points, 18 wins and a goal difference of plus 13 at the end of the 2010/11 season — the best Bundesliga campaign in the club's history and a Europa League spot.
Best 2. Bundesliga season: Mainz 05 achieved this in 2001/02. 64 points and a goal difference of plus 28 were enough for 3rd place and promotion — the club's first trip to the Bundesliga.
The legendary win in Dortmund: The 2017/18 season will always be remembered in Mainz for the dramatic survival secured on matchday 33 in Dortmund. Down to ten men, Mainz won 2-1 at Signal Iduna Park to secure safety — an unforgettable away day.
Mainz can do it against Bayern too: 1. FSV Mainz 05 have beaten FC Bayern München four times in their club history. The most famous win came on matchday 14 of the 2016/17 season — a 2-1 victory at the Opel Arena, with goals from Brosinski and De Blasis.
The Eintracht-Schreck: Between Frankfurt and Mainz lie just 42 kilometres. In Rhine-Main derbies, the Rheinhessen side have driven SGE to despair. Mainz's record in Bundesliga meetings with Frankfurt is remarkably good.
The 2015/16 season: Mainz 05's greatest success came not under Jürgen Klopp or Thomas Tuchel, but under coach Martin Schmidt. A remarkable start to the season saw Mainz sit 2nd in the table after 7 matchdays, challenging for the Champions League places before eventually finishing 7th.
Record wins: Mainz's biggest victories almost all date from their decades-long spell in the 2. Bundesliga. The record win in the second division is 7-0 against SpVgg Bayreuth in 1989.
In the Bundesliga: "Null-Fünf loves Fünf-Null": Mainz managed four 5-0 victories — against SC Paderborn (2014), VfB Stuttgart (2016), SC Freiburg (2019) and SV Werder Bremen (2020).