2024–25 1. FSV Mainz 05 season

Mainz 05
2024–25 season
Manager	Bo Henriksen
Stadium	MEWA ARENA
Bundesliga	10th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Nadiem Amiri (2); All: ; Nadiem Amiri (3)
Biggest win	FC St. Pauli 0–3 Mainz 05
	← 2023–24
	All statistics correct as of 5 October 2024.

The 2024–25 season is the 120th season in the history of the 1. FSV Mainz 05 and the club's 16th consecutive season in the Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the DFB-Pokal.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Aymen Barkok	Hertha BSC	Loan return	30 June 2024
MF	Ben Bobzien	Austria Lustenau	Loan return	30 June 2024
FW	Delano Burgzorg	Huddersfield Town	Loan return	30 June 2024
DF	Lucas Laux	SV Sandhausen	Loan return	30 June 2024
MF	Paul Nebel	Karlsruher SC	Loan return	30 June 2024
MF	Kaishū Sano	Kashima Antlers	€2,500,000	3 July 2024	^[1]
FW	Armindo Sieb	Bayern Munich	Loan	2 July 2024
DF	Moritz Jenz	VfL Wolfsburg	Loan	28 August 2024	^[2]
MF	Hong Hyun-seok	Gent	€4,000,000	29 August 2024	^[3]
MF	Gabriel Vidović	Bayern Munich	Loan	30 August 2024	^[4]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Jessic Ngankam	Eintracht Frankfurt	Loan return	30 June 2024	^[5]
DF	Sepp van den Berg	Liverpool	Loan return	30 June 2024	^[6]
MF	Leandro Barreiro	Benfica	End of contract	1 July 2024	^[5]
MF	Josuha Guilavogui		End of contract	1 July 2024	^[7]
MF	Merveille Papela		End of contract	1 July 2024	^[5]
FW	Delano Burgzorg	Middlesbrough		1 July 2024
FW	Ludovic Ajorque	Brest	Loan	25 July 2024	^[8]
DF	Edimilson Fernandes	Brest	Loan	30 August 2024	^[9]

Friendlies

Pre-season

6 July 2024 Friendly	TSV Langenlonsheim-Laubenheim	0–13	Mainz 05
14:00

12 July 2024 Friendly	Mainz 05	8–0	FC Basara Mainz	Mainz
18:00				Stadium: Bruchwegstadion

18 July 2024 Friendly	Eintracht Trier	3–0	Mainz 05	Morbach
18:00				Stadium: Alfons-Jakob-Stadion

27 July 2024 Friendly	Mainz 05	3–1	Preußen Münster	Mainz
14:00				Stadium: Bruchwegstadion Attendance: 1,937 Referee: Nicolas Winter

2 August 2024 Friendly	Holstein Kiel	0–2	Mainz 05	Schwaz
15:00				Stadium: Silberstadtarena

10 August 2024 Friendly	Mainz 05	3–1	Montpellier	Mainz
15:30				Stadium: MEWA ARENA

Mid-season

4 September 2024 Friendly	Mainz 05	0–1	Darmstadt 98	Mainz
14:00				Stadium: Bruchwegstadion

9 October 2024 Friendly	Rheinhessen-Auswahl	v	Mainz 05
18:00

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	24 August 2024	May 2025	Matchday 1	9	2	4	3	12	13	−1	022.22
DFB-Pokal	16 August 2024		First round	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Total				10	3	4	3	15	14	+1	030.00

Last updated: 3 November 2024
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Werder Bremen	10	4	3	3	17	21	−4	15
9	Borussia Mönchengladbach	10	4	2	4	15	14	+1	14
10	Mainz 05	10	3	4	3	15	14	+1	13
11	VfB Stuttgart	10	3	4	3	19	19	0	13
12	VfL Wolfsburg	10	3	3	4	19	18	+1	12

Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2024. Source: Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[10]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)

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
9	2	4	3	12	13	−1	10	0	2	3	3	8	−5	2	2	0	9	5	+4

Last updated: 3 November 2024.
Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	D
Position	10	12	15	10	12	10	12

Updated to match(es) played on 3 November 2024. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league schedule was released on 4 July 2024.^[11]

24 August 2024 1	Mainz 05	1–1	Union Berlin	Mainz
15:30		Report		Stadium: Mewa Arena Referee: Harm Osmers

31 August 2024 2	VfB Stuttgart	3–3	Mainz 05	Stuttgart
15:30		Report		Stadium: MHPArena Attendance: 59,000 Referee: Timo Gerach

15 September 2024 3	Mainz 05	1–2	Werder Bremen	Mainz
17:30		Report		Stadium: Mewa Arena Referee: Benjamin Brand

20 September 2024 4	FC Augsburg	2–3	Mainz 05	Augsburg
20:30				Stadium: Augsburg Arena Attendance: 28,913 Referee: Sören Storks

28 September 2024 5	Mainz 05	0–2	1. FC Heidenheim	Mainz
15:30	Hanche-Olsen 6' 28' Jenz 49' Kohr 61'	Report	Pieringer 15', 77' Traoré 48' Mainka 49' Gimber 56' Dorsch 80' Schöppner 86'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Florian Exner

5 October 2024 6	FC St. Pauli	0–3	Mainz 05	Hamburg
15:30		Report	Burkardt 5', 62' Sieb 16', 20' Jenz 79' Kohr 88'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Christian Dingert

19 October 2024 7	Mainz 05	0–2	RB Leipzig	Mainz
15:30	Nebel 90+1'	Report	Simons 20' Orbán 37' Haidara 53' Vermeeren 60' Elmas 89'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 30,100 Referee: Felix Zwayer

25 October 2024 8	Mainz 05	1–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mainz
20:30	Lainer 55' (o.g.) Caci 74' Widmer 89' Amiri 90+4'	Report	Scally 40' Kleindienst 57' Sander 80'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Martin Petersen

3 November 2024 9	SC Freiburg	0–0	Mainz 05	Freiburg
15:30	Sildillia 90+2'	Report	Lee Jae-sung 44' Bell 70'	Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion Attendance: 34,400 Referee: Benjamin Brand

9 November 2024 10	Mainz 05	v	Borussia Dortmund	Mainz
15:30				Stadium: Mewa Arena

24 November 2024 11	Holstein Kiel	v	Mainz 05	Kiel
15:30				Stadium: Holstein-Stadion

1 December 2024 12	Mainz 05	v	TSG Hoffenheim	Mainz
15:30				Stadium: Mewa Arena

7 December 2024 13	VfL Wolfsburg	v	Mainz 05	Wolfsburg
				Stadium: Volkswagen Arena

14 December 2024 14	Mainz 05	v	Bayern Munich	Mainz
				Stadium: Mewa Arena

21 December 2024 15	Eintracht Frankfurt	v	Mainz 05	Frankfurt
				Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park

11 January 2025 16	Mainz 05	v	VfL Bochum	Mainz
				Stadium: Mewa Arena

15 January 2025 17	Bayer Leverkusen	v	Mainz 05	Leverkusen
				Stadium: BayArena

18 January 2025 18	Union Berlin	v	Mainz 05	Berlin
				Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei

25 January 2025 19	Mainz 05	v	VfB Stuttgart	Mainz
				Stadium: Mewa Arena

1 February 2025 20	Werder Bremen	v	Mainz 05	Bremen
				Stadium: Weserstadion

8 February 2025 21	Mainz 05	v	FC Augsburg	Mainz
				Stadium: Mewa Arena

15 February 2025 22	1. FC Heidenheim	v	Mainz 05	Heidenheim
				Stadium: Voith-Arena

22 February 2025 23	Mainz 05	v	FC St. Pauli	Mainz
				Stadium: Mewa Arena

1 March 2025 24	RB Leipzig	v	Mainz 05	Leipzig
				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

8 March 2025 25	Borussia Mönchengladbach	v	Mainz 05	Mönchengladbach
				Stadium: Borussia-Park

15 March 2025 26	Mainz 05	v	SC Freiburg	Mainz
				Stadium: Mewa Arena

29 March 2025 27	Borussia Dortmund	v	Mainz 05	Dortmund
				Stadium: Signal Iduna Park

5 April 2025 28	Mainz 05	v	Holstein Kiel	Mainz
				Stadium: Mewa Arena

12 April 2025 29	TSG Hoffenheim	v	Mainz 05	Sinsheim
				Stadium: PreZero Arena

19 April 2025 30	Mainz 05	v	VfL Wolfsburg	Mainz
				Stadium: Mewa Arena

26 April 2025 31	Bayern Munich	v	Mainz 05	Munich
				Stadium: Allianz Arena

3 May 2025 32	Mainz 05	v	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mainz
				Stadium: Mewa Arena

10 May 2025 33	VfL Bochum	v	Mainz 05	Bochum
				Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion

17 May 2025 34	Mainz 05	v	Bayer Leverkusen	Mainz
				Stadium: Mewa Arena

DFB-Pokal

16 August 2024 First round	Wehen Wiesbaden	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Mainz 05	Wiesbaden
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gözüsirin 14'	Report	Kohr 59' Burkardt 113' Amiri 120+1'	Stadium: Brita-Arena

30 October 2024 Second round	Mainz 05	0–4	Bayern Munich	Mainz
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Kohr 19' Jenz 45+3' Nebel 64'	Report	Musiala 2', 37', 45+4' Laimer 43' Sané 45+1'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 33,305 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

References

^ "Mainz unveil Sano: "Looking forward to thrilling like my Japanese predecessors."". Bundesliga News in English. 3 July 2024.
^ "1. FSV Mainz 05 - Moritz Jenz verteidigt künftig für den FSV". 1. FSV Mainz 05.
^ "1. FSV Mainz 05 - Hyunseok Hong wird 05ER". 1. FSV Mainz 05.
^ "1. FSV Mainz 05 - Gabriel Vidović kommt zum FSV". 1. FSV Mainz 05.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Mainz confirm departure of trio". Bulinews.Com. 19 May 2024.
^ Pearce, James. "Liverpool place £20m valuation on Van den Berg" – via NYTimes.com.
^ "Josuha Guilavogui verlässt Mainz 05". bundesliga.de - die offizielle Webseite der Bundesliga.
^ "1. FSV Mainz 05 - Ajorque zu Stade Brest". 1. FSV Mainz 05.
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^ "DFL–Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 7 June 2024. p. 3. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
^ "2024/25 Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists to be released on 4 July". Bundesliga. 7 June 2024.

[1] "Mainz unveil Sano: "Looking forward to thrilling like my Japanese predecessors."". Bundesliga News in English. 3 July 2024.

[2] "1. FSV Mainz 05 - Moritz Jenz verteidigt künftig für den FSV". 1. FSV Mainz 05.

[3] "1. FSV Mainz 05 - Hyunseok Hong wird 05ER". 1. FSV Mainz 05.

[4] "1. FSV Mainz 05 - Gabriel Vidović kommt zum FSV". 1. FSV Mainz 05.

[auto-5] "Mainz confirm departure of trio". Bulinews.Com. 19 May 2024.

[6] Pearce, James. "Liverpool place £20m valuation on Van den Berg" – via NYTimes.com.

[7] "Josuha Guilavogui verlässt Mainz 05". bundesliga.de - die offizielle Webseite der Bundesliga.

[8] "1. FSV Mainz 05 - Ajorque zu Stade Brest". 1. FSV Mainz 05.

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[10] "DFL–Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 7 June 2024. p. 3. Retrieved 10 September 2024.

[11] "2024/25 Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists to be released on 4 July". Bundesliga. 7 June 2024.

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