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 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, Spain from 6 January to 12 January.^[4]

Match results

Bundesliga

1 07.08.2011	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)

2 13.08.2011	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)

3 24.08.2011	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)

4 28.04.2011	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)

5 10.09.2011	Mainz 05	0–4	TSG 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)

6 17.09.2011	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)

7 24.09.2011	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)

8 01.10.2011	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)

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

11 29.10.2011	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)

12 04.11.2011	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)

13 27.11.2011	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

14 03.12.2011	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)

16 13.12.2011	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)

17 18.12.2011	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

18 22.01.2012	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)

19 29.01.2012	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)

20 04.02.2012	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)

21 11.02.2012	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)

22 17.02.2012	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

First round 31.07.2011	SVN Zweibrücken	1–2 (aet)	Mainz 05	Homburg
17:30 CEST	Maul  116'	Match Report	95' Sliskovic  115' Allagui	Stadium: Waldstadion Homburg Attendance: 7.165 Referee: Harm Osmers (Hanover)

Second round 26.10.2011	Hannover 96	0–1 (aet)	Mainz 05	Hanover
19:00 CEST		Match Report	93' Ivanschitz	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 30.100 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

Round of 16 21.12.2011	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

3QR-1st Leg 28.07.2011	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)

3QR-2nd Leg 04.08.2011	Gaz Metan Mediaș	1–1 (aet) (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)
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Player information

Roster & 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		01978-05-30-000030 May 1978	2009	Barnsley F.C.	10	0	0	0	1	0	11	0
Christian Wetklo		01980-04-11-000011 April 1980	2000	Rot-Weiss Essen	3	0	2	0	1	0	6	0
Loris Karius		01993-06-22-000022 June 1993	2011	Manchester City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
Niko Bungert		01986-10-24-000024 October 1986	2008	Kickers Offenbach	15	3	2	0	2	1	19	4
Malik Fathi		01983-10-29-000029 October 1983	2010	Spartak Moscow	12	0	2	0	0	0	14	0
Eugen Gopko		01991-01-05-00005 January 1991	2006	TuS Neuhausen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jan Kirchhoff		01990-10-01-00001 October 1990	2007	Eintracht Frankfurt	13	0	2	0	0	0	15	0
Nikolce Noveski		01979-04-28-000028 April 1979	2004	Erzgebirge Aue	11	0	1	0	2	0	14	0
Zdenek Pospech		01978-12-14-000014 December 1978	2011	FC Copenhagen	14	0	1	0	2	0	17	0
Fabian Schönheim		01987-02-14-000014 February 1987	2011	Wehen Wiesbaden	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bo Svensson		01979-08-04-00004 August 1979	2007	Borussia Mönchengladbach	7	0	1	0	2	0	10	0
Radoslav Zabavník		01980-09-16-000016 September 1980	2010	Terek Grozny	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Midfielders
Julian Baumgartlinger		01988-01-02-00002 January 1988	2011	Austria Wien	11	0	2	0	1	0	14	0
Marco Caligiuri		01984-04-14-000014 April 1984	2010	Greuther Fürth	14	1	1	0	1	0	16	1
Florian Heller		01982-03-10-000010 March 1982	2008	Erzgebirge Aue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andreas Ivanschitz		01983-10-15-000015 October 1983	2009	Panathinaikos F.C.	14	5	1	1	2	0	17	6
Yunus Mallı		01992-02-24-000024 February 1992	2011	Borussia Mönchengladbach	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
Nicolai Müller		01992-02-24-000024 February 1992	2011	Greuther Fürth	10	1	0	0	0	0	10	1
Eugen Polanski		01986-03-17-000017 March 1986	2009	Getafe CF	8	0	0	0	2	0	10	0
Marcel Risse		01989-12-17-000017 December 1989	2010	Bayer Leverkusen	10	1	2	0	2	1	14	2
Elkin Soto		01980-08-04-00004 August 1980	2007	Club Atlético Guayaquil	14	1	2	0	2	0	18	1
Zoltán Stieber		01988-10-16-000016 October 1988	2011	Alemannia Aachen	6	0	1	0	1	0	8	0
Forwards
Sami Allagui		01986-05-28-000028 May 1986	2010	Greuther Fürth	13	3	1	1	2	0	16	4
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting		01988-10-16-000016 October 1988	2011	Hamburger SV	16	4	2	0	1	0	19	0
Mario Gavranović		01989-11-22-000022 November 1989	2011	Schalke 04	4	0	1	2	1	0	6	2
Shawn Parker		01993-03-07-00007 March 1993	2005	Wehen Wiesbaden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Adam Szalai		01987-12-09-00009 December 1987	2010	Real Madrid	12	3	0	0	0	0	12	3
Anthony Ujah		01990-10-14-000014 October 1990	2011	Lillestrøm SK	8	2	1	0	2	0	11	2
Deniz Yilmiz		01988-02-26-000026 February 1988	2011	Bayern Munich	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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