2021–22 1. FSV Mainz 05 season

1. FSV Mainz 05
2021–22 season
President	Stefan Hofmann
Manager	Bo Svensson
Stadium	Mewa Arena
Bundesliga	6th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Jonathan Burkardt (6); All: ; Jonathan Burkardt (8)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →
	All statistics correct as of 14 December 2021.

The 2021–22 season is the 117th season in the existence of 1. FSV Mainz 05 and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, 1. FSV Mainz 05 are participating in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal.

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 11 October 2021^[1]^[2]


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Finn Dahmen
3	DF	ESP	Aarón Martín
4	DF	NED	Jerry St. Juste
5	MF	NED	Jean-Paul Boëtius
6	MF	GER	Anton Stach
7	MF	KOR	Lee Jae-sung
8	MF	LUX	Leandro Barreiro
9	FW	AUT	Karim Onisiwo
11	FW	DEN	Marcus Ingvartsen (on loan from Union Berlin)
16	DF	GER	Stefan Bell
18	DF	GER	Daniel Brosinski
19	DF	FRA	Moussa Niakhaté (captain)
22	MF	AUT	Kevin Stöger
23	DF	ANG	Anderson Lucoqui
24	MF	GER	Merveille Papela
25	MF	GER	Niklas Tauer


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	MF	GER	Paul Nebel
27	GK	GER	Robin Zentner (vice-captain)
28	FW	HUN	Ádám Szalai
29	FW	GER	Jonathan Burkardt
30	DF	SUI	Silvan Widmer
31	MF	GER	Dominik Kohr (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt)
32	GK	GER	Lasse Rieß
33	GK	ISR	Omer Hanin
34	DF	AUT	David Nemeth
35	MF	GER	Stephan Fürstner
36	MF	JPN	Kaito Mizuta
37	MF	LUX	Timothé Rupil
38	FW	GER	Ben Bobzien
41	GK	GER	Marius Liesegang
42	DF	GER	Alexander Hack
43	MF	GER	Romario Rösch

Out on loan[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	FRA	Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel (at Brest until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	GER	Luca Kilian (at FC Köln until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	BEL	Dimitri Lavalée (at Sint-Truiden until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	FRA	Jean-Philippe Mateta (at Crystal Palace until 30 June 2022)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	GER	Jonathan Meier (at Hansa Rostock until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	SUI	Edimilson Fernandes (at Arminia Bielefeld until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	GHA	Abass Issah (at Rijeka until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	AUT	Marlon Mustapha (at Admira Wacker until 30 June 2022)

Transfers[]

In[]

Out[]

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 June 2021	DF	Phillipp Mwene	PSV	Free	^[3]
1 June 2021	MF	Danny Latza	Schalke 04	Free	^[4]
1 June 2021	MF	Levin Öztunali	Union Berlin	Free	^[5]
10 June 2021	FW	Marlon Mustapha	Admira Wacker Mödling	Loan	^[6]
10 June 2021	GK	Florian Muller	VFB Stuttgart	€5 million	^[7]
23 June 2021	MF	Pierre Kunde	Olympiacos F.C.	Undisclosed	^[8]
29 June 2021	MF	Issah Abass	NK Rijeka	Loan	^[9]
8 July 2021	FW	Ji Dong-Won	FC Seoul	Undisclosed	^[10]
9 July 2021	FW	Robin Quaison	Al-Ettifaq	Undisclosed	^[11]
14 August 2021	DF	Jonathan Maier	Hansa Rostock	Loan	^[12]
25 August 2021	DF	Luca Killian	1. FC Köln	Loan	^[13]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

9 July 2021 Friendly	Mainz 05	2–1	Würzburger Kickers	Mainz, Germany
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	St. Juste 21' Boëtius 29'	Report	Sané 15'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Timo Gerach

23 July 2021 Friendly	Mainz 05	0–1	Liverpool	Grödig, Austria
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Kilian 86' (o.g.)	Stadium: Untersberg-Arena Attendance: 3,500

27 July 2021 Friendly	Mainz 05	1–0	Gaziantep	St. Johann in Tirol, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Koasastadion

31 July 2021 Friendly	Mainz 05	3–2	Genoa	Mainz, Germany
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Burkardt 8' Boëtius 49' Szalai 96'	Report	Buksa 30' Bianchi 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Nicolas Winter
Note: The match was played in four quarters 30 minutes each.

2 September 2021 Friendly	Mainz 05	0–0	Karlsruher SC	Mainz, Germany
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Bruchwegstadion Attendance: 200 Referee: Robert Kampka

Competitions[]

Overall record[]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	15 August 2021	14 May 2022	Matchday 1	17	7	3	7	25	17	+8	041.18
DFB-Pokal	8 August 2021		First round	2	1	1	0	5	4	+1	050.00
Total				19	8	4	7	30	21	+9	042.11

Last updated: 18 December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Union Berlin	17	7	6	4	23	21	+2	27
8	1. FC Köln	17	6	7	4	27	27	0	25
9	Mainz 05	17	7	3	7	25	17	+8	24
10	RB Leipzig	17	6	4	7	30	22	+8	22
11	Hertha BSC	17	6	3	8	20	35	−15	21

Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2021. Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.^[14]

Results summary[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	7	3	7	25	17	+8	24	5	3	1	18	5	+13	2	0	6	7	12	−5

Last updated: 18 December 2021.
Source: DFB

Results by round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	L
Position	5	11	7	4	5	6	9	11	7	5	7	8	9	7	8	6

Updated to match(es) played on 18 December 2021. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.^[15]

15 August 2021 1	Mainz 05	1–0	RB Leipzig	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Niakhaté 13' Nebel 48'	Report	Kampl 7' Sabitzer 80'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Daniel Siebert

21 August 2021 2	VfL Bochum	2–0	Mainz 05	Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Holtmann 21' Rexhbeçaj 54' Polter 56' Riemann 87' Asano 90+3' Zoller 90+4'	Report	Boëtius 56' Barreiro 67' Kohr 89'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 12,548 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

28 August 2021 3	Mainz 05	3–0	Greuther Fürth	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lucoqui 15' Szalai 18' Bell 25' Kohr 28' Stöger 90+2'	Report	Hoogma 22' Seguin 45'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Tobias Reichel

11 September 2021 4	1899 Hoffenheim	0–2	Mainz 05	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gaćinović 39' Vogt 70'	Report	Burkardt 21' Ingvartsen 77' Hack 86'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 8,427 Referee: Marco Fritz

18 September 2021 5	Mainz 05	0–0	SC Freiburg	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hack 45' Zentner 90+3'	Report	Schlotterbeck 64'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Benjamin Brand

25 September 2021 6	Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	Mainz 05	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tah 11' Diaby 44' Wirtz 62' Bakker 83' Alario 90+3'	Report	Lucoqui 44' Stach 69' Lee 86'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 16,624 Referee: Bastian Dankert

3 October 2021 7	Mainz 05	1–2	Union Berlin	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ingvartsen 39' Kohr 75' 90+2'	Report	Haraguchi 45+2' Knoche 66' Awoniyi 69', 73' Prömel 79' Kruse 82'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler

16 October 2021 8	Borussia Dortmund	3–1	Mainz 05	Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Reus 3' Schulz 13' Akanji 35' Haaland 54' (pen.), 90+4'	Report	Bell 50' Ingvartsen 64' Tauer 71' Burkardt 87' Niakhaté 89'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 63,812 Referee: Daniel Schlager

22 October 2021 9	Mainz 05	4–1	FC Augsburg	Mainz
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Onisiwo 10' Bell 15' Burkardt 26', 71' Martín 70'	Report	Oxford 8' Gouweleeuw 63' Vargas 66' Zeqiri 69'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 19,400 Referee: Robert Hartmann

30 October 2021 10	Arminia Bielefeld	1–2	Mainz 05	Bielefeld
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Laursen 42' Andrade 52' Prietl 70'	Report	Lee 25' Kohr 58' Burkardt 69' Hack 77' Bell 80'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 19,477 Referee: Bastian Dankert

5 November 2021 11	Mainz 05	1–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mainz
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Lee 31' Bell 45' Boëtius 53' Widmer 76'	Report	Elvedi 22' Neuhaus 38' Koné 64' Bensebaini 70'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Robert Schröder

21 November 2021 12	Mainz 05	1–1	1. FC Köln	Mainz
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Burkardt 41' Bell 42' Szalai 90+1'	Report	Özcan 47' Duda 54'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 25,500 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

26 November 2021 13	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	Mainz 05	Stuttgart
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ito 21' Mangala 36' Sosa 51', 90+2'	Report	Martín 9' Hack 39' Boëtius 90+5'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

4 December 2021 14	Mainz 05	3–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Burkardt 2' Stach 4' Barreiro 78' Lacroix 90' (o.g.)	Report	Mbabu 82'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Florian Badstübner

11 December 2021 15	Bayern Munich	2–1	Mainz 05	Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Musiala 27', 74' Sané 36' Coman 53' Hernandez 56'	Report	Onisiwo 22' Stach 59' Hack 89' Stöger 90+1'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

14 December 2021 16	Mainz 05	4–0	Hertha BSC	Mainz
20:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Harm Osmers

18 December 2021 17	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Mainz 05	Frankfurt
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Lindstrøm 34'	Report	Martín 90+3'	Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Felix Brych

8 January 2022 18	RB Leipzig	v	Mainz 05	Leipzig
15:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

DFB-Pokal[]

8 August 2021 First round	SV Elversberg	2–2 (a.e.t.) (7–8 p)	Mainz 05	Spiesen-Elversberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Conrad 46' Schnellbacher 73', 110' 86'	Report	Niakhaté 69' Burkardt 89', 116' Kohr 118'	Stadium: Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Thorben Siewer
	Penalties
	Schnellbacher Baumgärtel Conrad Laprévotte Müller Von Piechowski		Niakhaté Stöger Boëtius Burkardt Brosinski Martín St. Juste Stach

26 October 2021 Second round	Mainz 05	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Arminia Bielefeld	Mainz
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Burkardt 53' Onisiwo 59' Ingvartsen 114'	Report	Okugawa 2' Prietl 20' Schöpf 38' Pieper 48' Klos 89'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

18 January 2022 Round of 16	VfL Bochum	v	Mainz 05	Bochum
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion

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