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.^[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 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)^[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.	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.

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