For the Lovers — Mainz 05
When Mainz rock the Bundesliga: Fifth place, 58 points, 18 wins and a goal difference of plus 13 made the 2010/11 season Mainz’s best Bundesliga campaign to date.
For the Lovers
When Mainz rock the Bundesliga: Fifth place, 58 points, 18 wins and a goal difference of plus 13 made the 2010/11 season Mainz’s best Bundesliga campaign to date.
When Mainz rock the Bundesliga: Fifth place, 58
When Mainz rock the Bundesliga: Fifth place, 58 points, 18 wins and a goal difference of plus 13 made the 2010/11 season Mainz’s best Bundesliga campaign to date.
When Mainz rock the Bundesliga: Fifth place, 58 points, 18 wins and a goal difference of plus 13 made the 2010/11 season Mainz’s best Bundesliga campaign to date. Seven straight opening wins tied a league record, one Bayern only took away from them again in 2015.
Best second-division season: Mainz managed that in 2001/02,
Best second-division season: Mainz managed that in 2001/02, collecting 64 points and a goal difference of plus 28 — and still not going up.
Best second-division season: Mainz managed that in 2001/02, collecting 64 points and a goal difference of plus 28 — and still not going up. Even that success carries a little something for Mainz haters.
The legendary win in Dortmund: Mainz fans will
The legendary win in Dortmund: Mainz fans will always link the 2017/18 season with the club’s early survival thanks to a 2:1 win at a listless Borussia Dortmund on matchday 33.
The legendary win in Dortmund: Mainz fans will always link the 2017/18 season with the club’s early survival thanks to a 2:1 win at a listless Borussia Dortmund on matchday 33. It was Mainz’s first victory ever away to Dortmund after six straight defeats there.
Mainz can beat Bayern too: By December 2019,
Mainz can beat Bayern too: By December 2019, Mainz had beaten Bayern Munich four times, but none of those wins was more memorable than the victories of September 2010 and November 2011.
Mainz can beat Bayern too: By December 2019, Mainz had beaten Bayern Munich four times, but none of those wins was more memorable than the victories of September 2010 and November 2011. In 2010, then-leaders Mainz ruined Bayern’s Oktoberfest mood with a 2:1 win. In 2011, goals by Ivanschitz, Caligiuri and Bungert gave them a 3:2 victory over the table-toppers.
The Eintracht scarecrow: Frankfurt and Mainz lie only
The Eintracht scarecrow: Frankfurt and Mainz lie only 42 kilometers apart, and in the Rhine-Main rivalry Mainz regularly drive Eintracht to despair.
The Eintracht scarecrow: Frankfurt and Mainz lie only 42 kilometers apart, and in the Rhine-Main rivalry Mainz regularly drive Eintracht to despair. As of December 2019, Frankfurt had still never won a Bundesliga match in Mainz since 2005/06. The numbers in Frankfurt looked only marginally better, and in 2019 Eintracht even blew a possible Champions League place thanks to a 2:0 defeat against Mainz.
The 2015/16 season: Mainz’s greatest achievement did not
The 2015/16 season: Mainz’s greatest achievement did not come under Klopp or Tuchel, but under Martin Schmidt.
The 2015/16 season: Mainz’s greatest achievement did not come under Klopp or Tuchel, but under Martin Schmidt. Sixth place meant only the second-best league finish in club history, but it also brought the club into the Europa League group stage for the first time. In Group C they finished third behind Anderlecht and Saint-Étienne, though they did beat Azerbaijani side Gabala twice.
Biggest wins: Most of Mainz’s heaviest wins come
Biggest wins: Most of Mainz’s heaviest wins come from their long stretches in the second division and old Regionalliga Südwest.
Biggest wins: Most of Mainz’s heaviest wins come from their long stretches in the second division and old Regionalliga Südwest. There was a 9:1 against Sportfreunde Eisbachtal and an 8:0 against the almost-Bundesliga side SV Alsenborn in 1973/74. In the second division, the biggest statement came in 1994/95 with a 7:1 against local rivals FSV Frankfurt. Their biggest away win in professional football has happened twice: 5:0 at Rot-Weiß Erfurt in 1991/92, and 5:0 at Werder Bremen on December 17, 2019. In the Bundesliga, the motto seems to be: Nullfünf love five-nil. Mainz have won 5:0 four times, against Paderborn, against Freiburg twice, and in Bremen in 2019/20.
For the Lovers — Update 2020–2026
Bo Svensson’s rescue mission in the second half of 2020/21 was one of the great coaching performances of the recent Bundesliga era.
Bo Svensson’s rescue mission in the second half
Bo Svensson’s rescue mission in the second half of 2020/21 was one of the great coaching performances of the recent Bundesliga era.
Bo Svensson’s rescue mission in the second half of 2020/21 was one of the great coaching performances of the recent Bundesliga era. From seventeenth place on matchday 17 to a secure mid-table finish — with one of the best second halves in the league. In the following season, 2021/22, Svensson firmly planted Mainz in the top half and at times produced spectacular attacking football.