2011–12 1. FSV Mainz 05 season

1. FSV Mainz 05
2011–12 season
ManagerThomas Tuchel
Bundesliga13th
DFB-PokalThird round
Europa LeagueThird qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague: Andreas Ivanschitz (5)
All: Andreas Ivanschitz (6)

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

7 August 2011 1 Mainz 05 2–0 Bayer Leverkusen Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Svensson Yellow card 27'
Allagui 32'
Polanski Yellow card 66'
Bungert Yellow card 74'
Toprak 86' (o.g.)		 Match Report Augusto Yellow card 43'
Bender Yellow card 84's		 Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 32,443
Referee: Michael Weiner (Ottenstein)
13 August 2011 2 SC Freiburg 1–2 Mainz 05 Freiburg
15:30 CEST Cissé 90+1' Match Report Choupo-Moting Yellow card 50', 79'
Risse 64', Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: badenova-Stadion
Attendance: 20,600
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)
21 August 2011 3 Mainz 05 2–4 Schalke 04 Mainz
15:30 CEST Ivanschitz 7'
Soto 12'		 Match Report Papadopoulos Yellow card 5'
Huntelaar 57'
Höwedes 64'
Matip 81'
Fuchs 90'		 Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 33,500
Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)
28 August 2011 4 Hannover 96 1–1 Mainz 05 Hanover
15:30 CEST Abdellaoue 30'
Schmiedebach Yellow card 90+2'
Stindl Yellow card 90+3'		 Match Report Allagui 2' Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 40,420
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)
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)
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 Yellow card 75'
Kirchhoff Yellow card 78'		 Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 43,952
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)
24 September 2011 7 Mainz 05 1–2 Borussia Dortmund Mainz
15:30 CEST N. Müller 33'
Pospěch Yellow card 90'		 Match Report Perišić 64'
Piszczek 90'		 Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)
1 October 2011 8 1. FC Nürnberg 3–3 Mainz 05 Nuremberg
15:30 CEST Feulner 6'
Mak 20'
Wollscheid Yellow card 28'
Klose Yellow card 58'
Pekhart 82'		 Match Report Bungert 32'
Choupo-Moting 45'
Ivanschitz 52'		 Stadium: easyCredit-Stadion
Attendance: 38,107
Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)
15 October 2011 9 Mainz 05 0–1 FC Augsburg Mainz
15:30 CEST Noveski Yellow card 58'
Ujah Yellow card 83'
Svensson Yellow card 87'		 [1] Möhrle Yellow card 57'
Callsen-Bracker 82' (pen.)
Bellinghausen Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 30,195
Referee: Marco Fritz (Korb)
22 October 2011 10 Hertha BSC 0–0 Mainz 05 Berlin
15:30 CEST Niemeyer Yellow card 80' Match Report Allagui Yellow card 79'
Kirchhoff Yellow card 80'
Choupo-Moting Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 47,064
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)
29 October 2011 11 Mainz 05 1–3 Werder Bremen Mainz
18:30 CEST Kirchhoff Yellow card 6'
Bungert 23'
Soto Yellow card 89'		 Match Report Pizarro 29', Yellow card 76'
Hunt 47'
Ignjovski Yellow card 50'
Wagner Yellow card 76'
Prödl 78'
Schmitz Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 34.000
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)
4 November 2011 12 Mainz 05 3–1 VfB Stuttgart Mainz
20:30 CET N. Müller Yellow card 48'
Ujah 53', 64'
Ivanschitz 60' (pen.), Yellow card 61'
Polanski Red card 83'		 Match Report Okazaki Yellow card 14'
Cacau 50'
Ulreich Yellow card 60'
Rodríguez Yellow card 67' Yellow-red card 90+4'		 Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)
27 November 2011 13 Mainz 05 3–2 Bayern Munich Mainz
17:30 CET Ivanschitz 11'
Baumgartlinger Yellow card 23'
Bungert Yellow card 59', 74'
Caligiuri 65'
Wetklo Yellow card 84'		 Match Report Luiz Gustavo Yellow card 50'
Van Buyten 56', 79'
Gómez Yellow card 67'		 Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg
3 December 2011 14 VfL Wolfsburg 2–2 Mainz 05 Wolfsburg
15:30 CET Mandžukić 10'
Kirchhoff 41' (o.g.)
Benaglio Yellow card 69'
Hasebe Yellow card 76' Yellow-red card 85'		 Match Report Allagui Yellow card 37'
Ivanschitz 70' (pen.)
Choupo-Moting 81'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,321
Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)
10 December 2011 15 Mainz 05 0–0 Hamburger SV Mainz
17:30 CET Pospěch Yellow card 36' Match Report Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Robert Hartmann (Wangen)
13 December 2011 16 1. FC Köln 1–1 Mainz 05 Cologne
20:30 CET Jemal Yellow card 29'
Podolski 85'
Brečko Yellow card 88'		 Match Report Gavranović Yellow card 16'
Svensson Yellow card 24'
Allagui Yellow card 48', 70'
Baumgartlinger Yellow card 62'		 Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 44,800
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)
18 December 2011 17 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–0 Mainz 05 Mönchengladbach
17:30 CET Nordtveit Yellow card 45+1'
Dante Yellow card 46'
Herrmann 5', Yellow card 86'		 Match Report Pospěch Yellow card 85'
Allagui Yellow card 90'
Bungert Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 49,089
Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)
Man of the Match: Herrmann
22 January 2012 18 Bayer Leverkusen 3–2 Mainz 05 Leverkusen
17:30 CET Pospěch 10' (o.g.)
Friedrich Yellow card 32', 35'
Bender 70'		 Match Report Polanski 50'
Caligiuri 53'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 24,365
Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)
29 January 2012 19 Mainz 05 3–1 SC Freiburg Mainz
17:30 CET Choupo-Moting 3', 17'
Polanski 6' (pen.)
Noveski Yellow card 59'
Bungert Yellow card 69'		 Match Report Diagne Red card 4'
Ginter Yellow card 52'
Krmaš 68'
Schmid Yellow card 78'		 Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 30,938
Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)
4 February 2012 20 Schalke 04 1–1 Mainz 05 Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET Obasi Yellow card 13', 59'
Fuchs Yellow card 90+2'		 Match Report Zidan 15'
Kirchhoff Yellow card 41'
Pospěch Yellow card 77'		 Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 60,557
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)
11 February 2012 21 Mainz 05 1–1 Hannover 96 Mainz
15:30 CET Zidan 7'
Bungert Yellow card 18'
Szalai Yellow card 39'
Wetklo Yellow card 90+3'		 Match Report Stindl Yellow card 17'
Pinto Yellow card 77'
Sobiech 90'
Schlaudraff Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 30,173
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)
17 February 2012 22 1899 Hoffenheim 1–1 Mainz 05 Sinsheim
20:30 CET Noveski 9' (o.g.) Match Report Zidan 29'
Zabavník Yellow card 81'		 Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 24,300
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Obertshausen)
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 Yellow card 81'		 Report Dick Yellow card 44'
Derstroff Yellow card 60'
Jørgensen Yellow card 68'		 Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Knut Kircher
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
10 March 2012 25 Mainz 05 2–1 1. FC Nürnberg Mainz
15:30 CET N. Müller 2'
Szalai Yellow card 6' Yellow-red card 84'
Zidan 22'		 Report Balitsch Yellow card 4'
Hloušek Yellow card 34'
Wollscheid Yellow card 57'
Schäfer Yellow card 62'
Didavi 64'
Feulner Yellow card 71'		 Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
17 March 2012 26 FC Augsburg 2–1 Mainz 05 Augsburg
15:30 CET Koo 43'
Langkamp 51'
Hosogai Yellow card 71'
Bellinghausen Yellow card 83'		 Report Allagui 36'
Zabavník Yellow card 63'
Wetklo Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Augsburg Arena
Attendance: 30,025
Referee: Michael Weiner
24 March 2012 27 Mainz 05 1–3 Hertha BSC Mainz
15:30 CET Choupo-Moting 58'
Kirchhoff Yellow card 73'		 Report Ben-Hatira 41'
Ramos 52', 69'
Lell Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 33,152
Referee: Peter Sippel
31 March 2012 28 Werder Bremen 0–3 Mainz 05 Bremen
15:30 CET Fritz Yellow card 54' Report Szalai 18'
Choupo-Moting 48', 74'
Zabavník Yellow card 62'
Soto Yellow card 63'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 40,132
Referee: Knut Kircher
7 April 2012 29 VfB Stuttgart 4–1 Mainz 05 Stuttgart
15:30 CEST Hajnal 8'
Ibišević 49', 85'
Kuzmanović 65' (pen.)
Okazaki Yellow card 89'		 Report Ivanschitz 3' (pen.)
Polanski Yellow card 65'		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 55,100
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
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', Yellow card 54'
Choupo-Moting Yellow card 82'		 Report Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Felix Brych
14 April 2012 31 Bayern Munich 0–0 Mainz 05 Munich
18:30 CEST Badstuber Yellow card 23' Report N. Müller Yellow card 62' Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 69,000
Referee: Markus Schmidt
20 April 2012 32 Mainz 05 0–0 VfL Wolfsburg Mainz
20:30 CEST Report Madlung Yellow card 21' Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 31,069
Referee: Robert Hartmann
28 April 2012 33 Hamburger SV 0–0 Mainz 05 Hamburg
15:30 CEST Report Caligiuri Yellow card 38' Stadium: Imtech Arena
Attendance: 56,537
Referee: Florian Meyer
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

31 July 2011 First round SVN Zweibrücken 1–2 (a.e.t.) Mainz 05 Homburg
17:30 CEST Dausend Yellow card 35'
Ellermann Yellow card 73'
Nazarov Yellow card 84'
Maul 116'		 Match Report Zabavník Yellow card 88' Yellow-red card 88'
Slišković 95'
Allagui 115'		 Stadium: Waldstadion Homburg
Attendance: 7,165
Referee: Harm Osmers (Hanover)
26 October 2011 Second round Hannover 96 0–1 (a.e.t.) Mainz 05 Hanover
19:00 CEST Cherundolo Yellow card 93'
Pinto Yellow card 115'		 Match Report Ivanschitz 93', Yellow card 104' Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 30,100
Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)
21 December 2011 Round of 16 Holstein Kiel 2–0 Mainz 05 Kiel
19:00 CET Ujah 6' (o.g.)
Heider Yellow card 43'
S. Müller 64'		 Match Report Stadium: Holstein-Stadion
Attendance: 10.649
Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)

UEFA Europa League

28 July 2011 3QR-1st Leg Mainz 05 1–1 Gaz Metan Mediaș Mainz, Germany
20:30 CEST Bungert 31'
Pospěch Yellow card 66'
Svensson Yellow card 90+6'		 Match Report Todea Yellow card 29'
Hoban Yellow card 42'
Bawab 60', Yellow card 81'
Khubutia Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 15,800
Referee: Steven McLean (Scotland)
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 Yellow card 49'
Bawab 62'
Trtovac Yellow card 64'
Pleșca Yellow card 111'		 Match Report Baumgartlinger Yellow card 24'
Risse 31'
Polanski Yellow card 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. Date of birth (age)[a] at Mainz since Previous club Matches Goals Matches Goal Matches Goals Matches Goals
Goalkeepers
Heinz Müller  GER (1978-05-30)30 May 1978 (aged 33) 2009 Barnsley 10 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
Christian Wetklo  GER (1980-04-11)11 April 1980 (aged 31) 2000 Rot-Weiss Essen 3 0 2 0 1 0 6 0
Loris Karius  GER (1993-06-22)22 June 1993 (aged 18) 2011 Manchester City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
Niko Bungert  GER (1986-10-24)24 October 1986 (aged 24) 2008 Kickers Offenbach 15 3 2 0 2 1 19 4
Malik Fathi  GER (1983-10-29)29 October 1983 (aged 27) 2010 Spartak Moscow 12 0 2 0 0 0 14 0
Eugen Gopko  GER (1991-01-05)5 January 1991 (aged 20) 2006 TuS Neuhausen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan Kirchhoff  GER (1990-10-01)1 October 1990 (aged 20) 2007 Eintracht Frankfurt 13 0 2 0 0 0 15 0
Nikolče Noveski  MKD (1979-04-28)28 April 1979 (aged 32) 2004 Erzgebirge Aue 11 0 1 0 2 0 14 0
Zdeněk Pospěch  CZE (1978-12-14)14 December 1978 (aged 32) 2011 Copenhagen 14 0 1 0 2 0 17 0
Fabian Schönheim  GER (1987-02-14)14 February 1987 (aged 24) 2011 Wehen Wiesbaden 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bo Svensson  DEN (1979-08-04)4 August 1979 (aged 32) 2007 Borussia Mönchengladbach 7 0 1 0 2 0 10 0
Radoslav Zabavník  SVK (1980-09-16)16 September 1980 (aged 30) 2010 Terek Grozny 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Midfielders
Julian Baumgartlinger  AUT (1988-01-02)2 January 1988 (aged 23) 2011 Austria Wien 11 0 2 0 1 0 14 0
Marco Caligiuri  GER (1984-04-14)14 April 1984 (aged 27) 2010 Greuther Fürth 14 1 1 0 1 0 16 1
Florian Heller  GER (1982-03-10)10 March 1982 (aged 29) 2008 Erzgebirge Aue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andreas Ivanschitz  AUT (1983-10-15)15 October 1983 (aged 27) 2009 Panathinaikos 14 5 1 1 2 0 17 6
Yunus Mallı  GER (1992-02-24)24 February 1992 (aged 19) 2011 Borussia Mönchengladbach 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
Nicolai Müller  GER (1992-02-24)24 February 1992 (aged 19) 2011 Greuther Fürth 10 1 0 0 0 0 10 1
Eugen Polanski  POL (1986-03-17)17 March 1986 (aged 25) 2009 Getafe 8 0 0 0 2 0 10 0
Marcel Risse  GER (1989-12-17)17 December 1989 (aged 21) 2010 Bayer Leverkusen 10 1 2 0 2 1 14 2
Elkin Soto  COL (1980-08-04)4 August 1980 (aged 31) 2007 Guayaquil 14 1 2 0 2 0 18 1
Zoltán Stieber  HUN (1988-10-16)16 October 1988 (aged 22) 2011 Alemannia Aachen 6 0 1 0 1 0 8 0
Forwards
Sami Allagui  GER (1986-05-28)28 May 1986 (aged 25) 2010 Greuther Fürth 13 3 1 1 2 0 16 4
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting  CMR (1988-10-16)16 October 1988 (aged 22) 2011 Hamburger SV 16 4 2 0 1 0 19 0
Mario Gavranović   SUI (1989-11-22)22 November 1989 (aged 21) 2011 Schalke 04 4 0 1 2 1 0 6 2
Shawn Parker  GER (1993-03-07)7 March 1993 (aged 18) 2005 Wehen Wiesbaden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ádám Szalai  HUN (1987-12-09)9 December 1987 (aged 23) 2010 Real Madrid 12 3 0 0 0 0 12 3
Anthony Ujah  NGA (1990-10-14)14 October 1990 (aged 20) 2011 Lillestrøm 8 2 1 0 2 0 11 2
Deniz Yılmaz  GER (1988-02-26)26 February 1988 (aged 23) 2011 Bayern Munich 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Transfers

In

No.
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 Moving from
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window 		Ends
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fee 		Source

Out

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window 		Transfer
fee 		Source

Notes

  1. ^ Age as of 7 August 2011.

References

  1. ^ "Rafati nach Suizidversuch außer Lebensgefahr". kicker (in German). 19 November 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  2. ^ "Köln gegen Mainz am 13. Dezember". kicker (in German). 21 November 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  3. ^ "Kiel schafft die Sensation!". kicker. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  4. ^ "Ab in den Süden". kicker (in German). 23 December 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2011.