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	3rd 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 their 106th year of existence. They participated in the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and the 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 knocked out of the German Cup by Holstein Kiel.^[3]

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

Match results

Bundesliga

Mainz 05 v Bayer Leverkusen

07.08.2011 1	Mainz 05	2–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Allagui  32' Toprak  86' (o.g.)	Match Report		Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 32.443 Referee: Michael Weiner (Ottenstein)

SC Freiburg v Mainz 05

13.08.2011 2	SC Freiburg	1–2	Mainz 05	Freiburg
15:30 CEST	Cissé  90+1'	Match Report	64' Risse  80' Choupo-Moting	Stadium: badenova-Stadion Attendance: 20.600 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

Mainz 05 v Schalke 04

24.08.2011 3	Mainz 05	2–4	Schalke 04	Mainz
15:30 CEST	Ivanschitz  7' Soto  12'	Match Report	57' Huntelaar  64' Höwedes  81' Matip  90' Fuchs	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 34.000 Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)

Hannover 96 v Mainz 05

28.04.2011 4	Hannover 96	1–1	Mainz 05	Hanover
15:30 CEST	Abdellaoue  30'	Match Report	2' Allagui	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 40.420 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

Mainz 05 v 1899 Hoffenheim

10.09.2011 5	Mainz 05	0–4	1899 Hoffenheim	Mainz
15:30 CEST		Match Report	16' Firmino  45+2' (pen.), 74' Babel  85' (o.g.) Noveski	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 31.500 Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Mainz 05

17.09.2011 6	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–1	Mainz 05	Kaiserslautern
18:30 CEST	Svensson  24' (o.g.) Shechter  54' Tiffert  73'	Match Report	15' Choupo-Moting	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 43.952 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

Mainz 05 v Borussia Dortmund

24.09.2011 7	Mainz 05	1–2	Borussia Dortmund	Mainz
15:30 CEST	N. Müller  33'	Match Report	64' Perišić  90' Piszczek	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 34.000 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

1. FC Nuremberg v Mainz 05

01.10.2011 8	1. FC Nuremberg	3–3	Mainz 05	Nuremberg
15:30 CEST	Feulner  5' Mak  19' Pekhart  82'	Match Report	32' Bungert  45' Choupo-Moting  52' Ivanschitz	Stadium: easyCredit-Stadion Attendance: 38.107 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

Mainz 05 v FC Augsburg

15.10.2011 9	Mainz 05	0–1	FC Augsburg	Mainz
15:30 CEST			82' (pen.) Callsen-Bracker	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 30.195 Referee: Marco Fritz (Korb)

Hertha BSC v Mainz 05

22.10.2012 10	Hertha BSC	0–0	Mainz 05	Berlin
15:30 CEST		Match Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 47.064 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

Mainz 05 v Werder Bremen

29.10.2011 11	Mainz 05	1–3	Werder Bremen	Mainz
18:30 CEST	Bungert  23'	Match Report	29' Pizarro  47' Hunt  78' Prödl	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 34.000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

Mainz 05 v VfB Stuttgart

04.11.2011 12	Mainz 05	3–1	VfB Stuttgart	Mainz
20:30 CET	Ujah  53', 64' Ivanschitz  60' (pen.)	Match Report	50' Cacau	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 34.000 Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)

Mainz 05 v Bayern Munich

27.11.2011 13	Mainz 05	3–2	Bayern Munich	Mainz
17:30 CET	Ivanschitz  11' Caligiuri  65' Bungert  74'	Match Report	56', 79' Van Buyten	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 34.000 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg

VfL Wolfsburg v Mainz 05

03.12.2011 14	VfL Wolfsburg	2–2	Mainz 05	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET	Mandžukić  10' Kirchhoff  41' (o.g.)	Match Report	41' (pen.) Ivanschitz  81' Choupo-Moting	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 24.321 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

Mainz 05 v Hamburger SV

10.12.2011 15	Mainz 05	0–0	Hamburger SV	Mainz
17:30 CET (UTC+01)		Match Report		Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 34.000 Referee: Robert Hartmann (Wangen)

1. FC Köln v Mainz 05

13.12.2011 16	1. FC Köln	1–1	Mainz 05	Cologne
20:30 CET (UTC+01)	Podolski  85'	Match Report	70' Allagui	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 44.800 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Mainz 05

18.12.2011 17	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–0	Mainz 05	Mönchengladbach
17:30 CET (UTC+01)	Herrmann  5'	Match Report		Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 49.089 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen) Man of the Match: Herrmann

Bayer Leverkusen v Mainz 05

22.01.2012 18	Bayer Leverkusen	3–2	Mainz 05	Leverkusen
17:30 CET (UTC+01)	Pospěch  10' (o.g.) Friedrich  35' Bender  70'	Match Report	Polanski  50' Caligiuri  53'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 24.365 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

Mainz 05 v SC Freiburg

29.01.2012 19	Mainz 05	3–1	SC Freiburg	Mainz
17:30 CET (UTC+01)	Choupo-Moting  3', 17' Polanski  6' (pen.)	Match Report	Krmaš  68'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 30.938 Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)

Schalke 04 v Mainz 05

04.02.2012 20	Schalke 04	1–1	Mainz 05	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Obasi  59'	Match Report	Zidan  15'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60.557 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

Mainz 05 v Hannover 96

11.02.2012 21	Mainz 05	1–1	Hannover 96	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Zidan  7'	Match Report	Sobiech  90'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 30.173 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

Hoffenheim v Mainz 05

17.02.2012 22	Hoffenheim	1–1	Mainz 05	Sinsheim
20:30 CET (UTC+01)	Noveski  9' (o.g.)	Match Report	Zidan  29'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 24.300 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Obertshausen)

DFB-Pokal

SVN Zweibrücken v Mainz 05

31.07.2011 First round	SVN Zweibrücken	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Mainz 05	Homburg
17:30 CEST	Maul  116'	Match Report	95' Slišković  115' Allagui	Stadium: Waldstadion Homburg Attendance: 7.165 Referee: Harm Osmers (Hanover)

Hannover 96 v Mainz 05

26.10.2011 Second round	Hannover 96	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Mainz 05	Hanover
19:00 CEST		Match Report	93' Ivanschitz	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 30.100 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

Holstein Kiel v Mainz 05

21.12.2011 Round of 16	Holstein Kiel	2–0	Mainz 05	Kiel
19:00 CET	Ujah  6' (o.g.) Müller  64'	Match Report		Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 10.649 Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)

Europa League

Mainz 05 v Gaz Metan Mediaș

28.07.2011 3QR-1st Leg	Mainz 05	1–1	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Mainz, Germany
20:30 CEST	Bungert  31'	Match Report	60' Bawab	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 15.800 Referee: Steven McLean (Scotland)

Gaz Metan Mediaș v Mainz 05

04.08.2011 3QR-2nd Leg	Gaz Metan Mediaș	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (4–3 p)	Mainz 05	Mediaș, Romania
19:00 CEST	Bawab  62'	Match Report	31' Risse	Stadium: Stadionul Gaz Metan Attendance: 6.000 Referee: Tamas Bognar (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	SpVgg 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	SpVgg 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	SpVgg 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

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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.