FSV Mainz 05

1. FSV Mainz 05

An unsuccessful attempt to create a football club within the city of 1903 was followed two years later with the successful establishment of 1. Mainzer Fussballclub Hassia 1905. After several years of playing within the Suddeutschen Fussballverband (South German Football League) in 1905, the club joined forces into FC Hermannia 07 - the former football club that was part of Mainzer TV 1817 - to create 1. Mainzer Footballverein Hassia 05. The club dropped "Hassia" from its name in the month of August 1912. Another merger, following World War I, in 1919, along with Sportverein 1908 Mainz, resulted in the creation of 1. Mainzer Fussball- und Sportverein 05. Die Nullfunfer ("05") was a solid team that won numerous regional league championships during the years between wars. They also qualified for the first tournament of the championships at national level in 1921 after having won the Kreisliga Hessen.

In the latter part of the 1920s and the early 1930s the club had decent results in the Main-Hessen-Regionalliga - Gruppe Hessen, including first-place finishing in 1932 and 33. This earned the team an entry into the Gauliga Sudwest, one of 16 first division leagues that were created during the reorganization of German football during the Third Reich. The club was able to play only one season at the level before they were relegated due to the intense game they could not match. Karl Scherm scored in 23 of 44 matches for Mainz in his final season. The year 1938 was the time that Mainz became the merger together with Reichsbahn SV Mainz and played as Reichsbahn SV Mainz 05 until the closing in World War II.

Following World War II, the club was again a part of the top leagues in the German league, known as Oberliga Sudwest, but were never more than a mid-table team. They was a top-flight team until the establishment of the professional league called the Bundesliga in 1963. They continued for a period of second division team for the majority of the next four decades. They resigned for a period during the latter part of the 1970s until the mid 1980s - from the Amateur Oberliga Sudwest (III) due to an array of financial difficulties. Mainz won honours as the German amateur champions in 1982.

The club was reintroduced to professional football and was promoted up to 2. Bundesliga for one season in 1988-89, with Bodo Hertlein as the president and then returning for a longer run in 1990-91. At first, they were constant being relegated, and had to fight each year to avoid being relegated. Under the unconventional coach Wolfgang Frank, Mainz became one of the first teams within German football to introduce the flat four zone defense in place of the man-to man defence, which was popular at the time using libero.

Mainz was unsuccessful in three different attempts to get to the top division in the years 1996-97, 2001-02 and 2002-03. They also had fourth-place finishes that were close to being out from the zone of promotion. The most recent failed attempt was a stinging disappointment when they were not promoted within the final minute of their final match in the league. A year earlier, Mainz became the best non-promoted team in the two. Bundesliga having scored 64 points. But, the team's determination brought rewards after it was promoted into the Bundesliga in 2003-2004 under the direction of head Coach Jurgen Klopp. The club spent for three years in top division but were dropped at the close 2007-06 season. Mainz later secured promotion to the top division just 2 years after, just after the 2008-09 season.

Mainz was also able to participate for the 2005/06 UEFA Cup in their debut Bundesliga season, as Germany's nominated team for the Fair Play draw which acknowledges positive behavior respect for your opponent as well as respect for the official and the conduct of the crowd as well as team officials, and warnings and disqualifications. Because of the Bruchweg stadium's small capacity the home games in UEFA Cup were played in Frankfurt's Commerzbank-Arena. After beating Armenian team Mika as well as Icelandic team Keflavik at the qualifier rounds Mainz fell to champions Sevilla by 2-0 in the opening round.

In the season 2010-11, Mainz equalled the Bundesliga record for the start of the season with their first win in seven matches of the season. The season ended with their highest finish so far, finishing in fifth position and earned them a second place in the UEFA Europa League where they were knocked out in the third round of qualifying through Romanian Club Gaz Metan Medias.

The performance of the club season-to-season has been excellent. the club:

The club plays their games at home in Mewa Arena, a new arena which was inaugurated in 2011. It has an capacity of 34,034. The first sporting event to be held in the new venue is that of the LIGA total! Cup 2011 that took place from 19 July until 20 July 2011 with the other players comprising Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Hamburger SV.

Die Nullfunfer previously played at the Bruchwegstadion that was constructed in 1928. It was changed several times throughout the years to host an audience of more than 20300 fans. With a typical attendance of 15,000 during the two. Bundesliga the team's recent successes has seen them consistently crowding their venues. The average attendance for home games for this season of 2015-16 was 29,324 people.

Mainz is renowned as one of the three most important Carnival cities of Germany with the other two being Dusseldorf as well as Cologne. After each Mainzer goal in an home game it is the "Narrhallamarsch" is a well-known German carnival tune performed by the Mainzer team, is played.

The reserve team of the club 1. FSV Mainz 05 II, has , along with the progress of the senior team up to Bundesliga level, made it through the ranks. The team made it to Oberliga levels in the year 1999. Then, it was being promoted to the Regionalliga in 2003. After about two years, it was dropped to the Oberliga again. In 2008, they received promotion into the Regionalliga West again and when the league was cut in by 2012, the team was then relegated to in the brand new Regionalliga Sudwest. A third-place performance in this league in 2014 enabled the team to be part of the promotion round of the 3. Liga which did well over the Regionalliga Nordost champions and played at this level from 2014 to 2015.

League

• German amateur champions: 1982
• Regionalliga Südwest (II) champions: 1973
• Oberliga Südwest (III) champions: 1981, 1988, 1990
• Amateurliga Südwest (III) champions: 1978

Regional

• Kreisliga Hessen (I) champions: 1921
• Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar (I) champions: 1927
• Bezirksliga Main-Hessen (Hessen group) (I) champions: 1932, 1933
• South West Cup (Tiers III-VII) winners: 1980, 1982, 1986

Youth

• German under 19 champions: 2009
• Under 17 Bundesliga South/Southwest champions: 2014

Individual Club Awards

• DFB-Pokal semi-finalists: 2009
• UEFA Fair Play selection: 2005

Reserve team

• Oberliga Südwest (IV) champions: 2003, 2008
• South West Cup winners: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

Detail of the players as below mentioned.

•  Paul Oßwald (1933–35)
•  Helmut Schneider (1946–48)
•  Berno Wischmann (1950 – October 50)
•  Hans Geiger (October 1950–52)
•  Georg Bayerer (1952–53)
•  Emil Izsó (1953 – Dec 54)
•  Heinz Baas (1959–66)
•  Erich Bäumler (1967–68)
•  Bernd Hoss (1971–74)
•  Uwe Klimaschefski (1 July 1974 – 21 September 1974)
•  Gerd Menne (1 Oct 1974 – 7 December 1975)
•  Gerd Higi (interim) (5 December 1975 – 31 December 1975)
•  Horst Hülß (16 January 1976 – 30 June 1980)
•  Herbert Dörenberg (1980 – March 83)
•  Lothar Emmerich (March 1983–84)
•  Horst-Dieter Strich (1984–88)
•  Horst Hülß (1 July 1988 – 13 February 1989)
•  Robert Jung (14 February 1989 – 30 June 1992)
•  Josip Kuze (1 July 1992 – 15 October 1994)
•  Hermann Hummels (20 October 1994 – 17 April 1995)
•  Horst Franz (18 April 1995 – 13 September 1995)
•  Manfred Lorenz (interim) (14 September 1995 – 23 September 1995)
•  Wolfgang Frank (25 September 1995 – 2 March 1997)
•  Manfred Lorenz (interim) (3 March 1997 – 10 March 1997)
•  Reinhard Saftig (11 March 1997 – 23 August 1997)
•  Manfred Lorenz (interim) (23 August 1997 – 15 September 1997)
•  Dietmar Constantini (24 August 1997 – 9 April 1998)
•  Wolfgang Frank (9 April 1998 – 17 April 2000)
•  Dirk Karkuth (18 April 2000 – 30 June 2000)
•  René Vandereycken (1 July 2000 – 14 November 2000)
•  Manfred Lorenz (interim) (15 November 2000 – 21 November 2000)
•  Eckhard Krautzun (21 November 2000 – 28 February 2001)
•  Jürgen Klopp (28 February 2001 – 30 June 2008)
•  Jörn Andersen (1 July 2008 – 3 August 2009)
•  Thomas Tuchel (3 August 2009 – 11 May 2014)
•  Kasper Hjulmand (15 May 2014 – 17 February 2015)
•  Martin Schmidt (17 February 2015 – 22 May 2017)
•  Sandro Schwarz (1 July 2017 – 10 November 2019)
•  Achim Beierlorzer (18 November 2019 – 28 September 2020)
•  Jan-Moritz Lichte (28 September 2020 – 28 December 2020)
•  Jan Siewert (interim) (28 December 2020 – 4 January 2021)
•  Bo Svensson (4 January 2021 –)