2011–12 1. FSV Mainz 05 season

1. FSV Mainz 05
2011–12 season
Manager	Thomas Tuchel
Bundesliga	13th
DFB-Pokal	Third round
Europa League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Andreas Ivanschitz (5); All: Andreas Ivanschitz (6)
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

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. The match was eventually rescheduled for 13 December.

Mainz 05 were eliminated from the DFB-Pokal by Holstein Kiel.

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.

Match results

Bundesliga

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)

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)

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)

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)

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 75' Kirchhoff 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 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 28' Klose 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 58' Ujah 83' Svensson 87'	[1]	Möhrle 57' Callsen-Bracker 82' (pen.) Bellinghausen 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 80'	Match Report	Allagui 79' Kirchhoff 80' Choupo-Moting 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 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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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)

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)

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

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)

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^[update]

Squad Season 2011-12
Player					Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Europa League		Totals
Player	Nat.	Date of birth (age)	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.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source

Out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source

Notes

^ Age as of 7 August 2011.

References

^ "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.

[5] Age as of 7 August 2011.

[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.